The men's 100 metre backstroke of Swimming 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28–29 July 2024 in the Paris La Defense Arena. With 46 athletes competing, the event was won by Thomas Ceccon from Italy, with Xu Jiayu from China taking the silver medal and Ryan Murphy from United States taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to eight athletes. In the first round, the sixteen fastest athletes qualify for the semifinals. In the semifinals, the eight fastest swimmers advance to the final. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.
Preview[]
Forty-six athletes qualified for the event with a plenty of medal contenders after the defending Olympic champion and silver medalist were banned from the Games due to the country's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Ryan Murphy is the only returning medalist from Tokyo 2020 and the leader of the qualifying world rankings in the field that featured the 2017 and 2019 world champion Xu Jiayu, 2022 world champion and current world record holder Thomas Ceccon, reigning world champion Hunter Armstrong, and European champion Apostolos Christou.
Current Records[]
| Record | Date | Nat. | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | 20 June 2022 | 
|
Thomas Ceccon | 51.60 |
| OR | 13 August 2016 | 
|
Ryan Murphy | 51.85 |
Summary[]
Round 1[]
| Heat 1 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
| 1 |  |
Jack Harvey | 55.78 | ||
| 2 |  |
Alexis Michel Roger Dodji Kpade | 57.61 | ||
| 3 |  |
Yazan Al Bawwab | 58.26 | ||
| 4 |  |
Zackary Gresham | 58.92 | ||
| 5 |  |
Zeke Chan | 1:00.38 | ||
| 6 |  |
Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi | 1:00.62 | ||
| Heat 2 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
| 1 |  |
Maximillian Wilson | 54.49 | ||
| 2 |  |
Srihari Nataraj | 55.01 | ||
| 3 |  |
Kane Follows | 55.01 | ||
| 4 |  |
Bernhard Reitshammer | 55.13 | ||
| 5 |  |
Anthony Rincon Velasco | 55.42 | ||
| 6 |  |
Yeziel Morales | 55.76 | ||
| 7 |  |
Berke Saka | 55.85 | ||
| 8 |  |
Noe Pantskhava | 56.46 | ||
| Heat 3 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
| 1 |  |
Kai van Westerling | 54.21 | ||
| 2 |  |
Oleksandr Zheltiakov | 54.32 | ||
| 3 |  |
Thierry Bollin | 54.35 | ||
| 4 |  |
Adam Maraana | 54.61 | ||
| 5 |  |
Marek Ulrich | 54.63 | ||
| 6 |  |
Riku Matsuyama | 54.71 | ||
| 7 |  |
Joao Costa | 54.90 | ||
| 8 |  |
Ulises Saravia | 55.03 | ||
| Heat 4 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
| 1 |  |
Ksawery Masiuk | 53.08 | Q | |
| 2 |  |
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | 53.20 | Q | |
| 3 |  |
Miroslav Knedla | 53.41 | Q | |
| 4 | |
Thomas Ceccon | 53.45 | Q | |
| 5 |  |
Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 53.68 | Q | |
| 6 | |
Ole Braunschweig | 53.95 | ||
| 7 |  |
Javier Acevedo | 54.19 | ||
| 8 | |
Michele Lamberti | 54.22 | ||
| Heat 5 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
| 1 |  |
Hubert Kos | 52.78 | Q | |
| 2 |  |
Pieter Coetze | 52.90 | Q | |
| 3 |  |
Xu Jiayu | 53.20 | Q | |
| 4 |  |
Evangelos Makrygiannis | 53.24 | Q | |
| 5 | |
Hunter Armstrong | 53.34 | Q | |
| 6 | |
Adam Jaszo | 53.97 | ||
| 7 |  |
Isaac Cooper | 54.21 | ||
| 8 |  |
Lee Ju-ho | 54.65 | ||
| Heat 6 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
| 1 | |
Apostolos Christou | 52.95 | Q | |
| 2 | |
Ryan Murphy | 53.06 | Q | |
| 3 |  |
Oliver Morgan | 53.44 | Q | |
| 4 | |
Mewen Tomac | 53.51 | Q | |
| 5 | |
Blake Tierney | 53.89 | Q | |
| 6 | |
Jonny Marshall | 53.93 | Q | |
| 7 | |
Roman Mityukov | 53.94 | ||
| 8 | |
Bradley Woodward | 54.34 | ||
Semifinals[]
| Semifinal 1 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
| 1 | |
Thomas Ceccon | 52.58 | Q | |
| 2 | |
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | 52.63 | Q | |
| 3 | |
Pieter Coetze | 52.63 | Q, AR | |
| 4 | |
Ryan Murphy | 52.72 | Q | |
| 5 | |
Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 52.95 | Q | |
| 6 | |
Evangelos Makrygiannis | 52.97 | ||
| 7 | |
Miroslav Knedla | 53.44 | ||
| 8 | |
Jonny Marshall | 53.46 | ||
| Semifinal 2 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
| 1 | |
Xu Jiayu | 52.02 | Q | |
| 2 | |
Apostolos Christou | 52.77 | Q | |
| 3 | |
Oliver Morgan | 52.85 | Q | |
| 4 | |
Hubert Kos | 52.98 | ||
| 5 | |
Hunter Armstrong | 53.11 | ||
| 6 | |
Ksawery Masiuk | 53.44 | ||
| 7 | |
Mewen Tomac | 53.63 | ||
| 8 | |
Blake Tierney | 53.71 | ||
Final[]
| Final Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
| 1 | |
Thomas Ceccon | 52.00 | ||
| 2 | |
Xu Jiayu | 52.32 | ||
| 3 | |
Ryan Murphy | 52.39 | ||
| 4 | |
Apostolos Christou | 52.41 | ||
| 5 | |
Pieter Coetze | 52.58 | AR | |
| 6 | |
Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 52.73 | ||
| 7 | |
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | 52.77 | ||
| 8 | |
Oliver Morgan | 52.84 | ||
Results[]
| Result | Athlete | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
 |
Thomas Ceccon | Italy |
 |
Xu Jiayu | China |
 |
Ryan Murphy | United States |
| 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
| 5 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa |
| 6 | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | Spain |
| 7 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France |
| 8 | Oliver Morgan | Great Britain |
| 9 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece |
| 10 | Hubert Kos | Hungary |
| 11 | Hunter Armstrong | United States |
| 12 | Miroslav Knedla | Czech Republic |
| 12 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland |
| 14 | Jonny Marshall | Great Britain |
| 15 | Mewen Tomac | France |
| 16 | Blake Tierney | Canada |
| 17 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland |
| 18 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany |
| 19 | Adam Jaszo | Hungary |
| 20 | Javier Acevedo | Canada |
| 21 | Kai van Westerling | Netherlands |
| 22 | Isaac Cooper | Australia |
| 23 | Michele Lamberti | Italy |
| 24 | Oleksandr Zheltiakov | Ukraine |
| 25 | Bradley Woodward | Australia |
| 26 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland |
| 27 | Maximillian Wilson | Virgin Islands |
| 28 | Adam Maraana | Israel |
| 29 | Marek Ulrich | Germany |
| 30 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea |
| 31 | Riku Matsuyama | Japan |
| 32 | Joao Costa | Portugal |
| 33 | Srihari Nataraj | India |
| 34 | Kane Follows | New Zealand |
| 35 | Ulises Saravia | Argentina |
| 36 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria |
| 37 | Anthony Rincon Velasco | Colombia |
| 38 | Noe Pantskhava | Georgia |
| 39 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico |
| 40 | Jack Harvey | Bermuda |
| 41 | Berke Saka | Turkey |
| 42 | Alexis Michel Roger Dodji Kpade | Benin |
| 43 | Yazan Al Bawwab | Palestine |
| 44 | Zackary Gresham | Grenada |
| 45 | Zeke Chan | Brunei |
| 46 | Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi | Tonga |
| 2024 Summer Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Swimming 2024 | |
| ← 2020 | 2028 → |
| Men | |
| Freestyle | Backstroke |
| 50 m | 100 m |
| 100 m | 200 m |
| 200 m | Breaststroke |
| 400 m | 100 m |
| 800 m | 200 m |
| 1500 m | |
| Butterfly | Individual Medley |
| 100 m | 200 m |
| 200 m | 400 m |
| Freestyle Relay | Miscellaneous |
| 4x100 m | 4x100 m medley |
| 4x200 m | 10 km open water |
| Women | |
| Freestyle | Backstroke |
| 50 m | 100 m |
| 100 m | 200 m |
| 200 m | Breaststroke |
| 400 m | 100 m |
| 800 m | 200 m |
| 1500 m | |
| Butterfly | Individual Medley |
| 100 m | 200 m |
| 200 m | 400 m |
| Freestyle Relay | Miscellaneous |
| 4x100 m | 4x100 m medley |
| 4x200 m | 10 km open water |
| Mixed | |
| 4x100 m medley | |