The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Results

Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Jeff Rouse 54.20 Q 2 5 1 Neisser Bent 54.83 Q, NR 3 6 5 Rodolfo Falcón 55.29 Q 4 5 2 Martín López-Zubero 55.36 Q 5 6 4 Tripp Schwenk 55.71 Q 6 7 1 Ralf Braun 55.73 Q 7 5 6 Franck Schott 55.77 Q 8 7 3 Emanuele Merisi 55.82 Q 9 5 5 Vladimir Selkov 55.87 q, 10 6 8 Robert Braknis 56.14 q 11 7 6 Mariusz Siembida 56.16 q 12 4 4 Darius Grigalionis 56.20 q, NR 13 6 2 Hajime Itoi 56.22 q 14 6 7 Stev Theloke 56.26 q 15 5 4 Neil Willey 56.27 q 16 6 3 Steven Dewick 56.35 q 7 2 Keitaro Konnai q 18 6 1 Chris Renaud 56.52 19 4 6 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk 56.71 4 8 Derya Büyükuncu 21 5 8 Nicolae Butacu 56.73 22 3 7 Eithan Urbach 56.74 23 5 7 Jonathan Winter 56.92 24 4 2 Rogério Romero 56.94 25 5 3 Tamás Deutsch 56.96 26 4 3 Zhao Yi 57.17 7 5 Martin Harris 28 7 8 Mindaugas Špokas 57.20 29 4 1 Carlos Arena 57.40 30 4 5 Nuno Laurentino 57.59 31 3 3 Raymond Papa 57.67 32 1 4 Alex Lim 57.68 NR 33 3 4 Miroslav Machovič 57.78 34 3 5 Tomislav Karlo 57.89 35 2 2 Nicholas Neckles 57.91 36 4 7 Panagiotis Adamidis 58.12 37 3 1 Rastislav Bizub 58.29 38 2 3 Dulyarit Phuangthong 58.32 39 2 6 Kim Min-suk 58.43 40 3 2 Logi Jes Kristjánsson 58.53 41 3 6 Adrian O'Connor 58.56 42 2 5 Sergey Ushkalov 58.61 43 3 8 Artur Elezarov 59.24 44 2 7 Nicolás Rajcevich 59.90 45 1 5 Konstantin Priahin 1:00.26 46 2 8 Gerald Koh 1:00.29 47 2 4 Mike Fung-A-Wing 1:01.24 48 1 3 Leandro Jorge 1:03.86 49 2 1 Fahad Al-Otaibi 1:04.27 50 1 6 Sitaram Shahi 1:14.58 6 6 Jani Sievinen 7 7 Alexander Popov

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 8 Keitaro Konnai 55.74 10 7 Neil Willey 56.07 11 6 Hajime Itoi 56.23 12 5 Mariusz Siembida 56.31 13 3 Darius Grigalionis 56.33 14 2 Stev Theloke 56.63 15 1 Steven Dewick 56.82 16 4 Robert Braknis 57.00

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Jeff Rouse 54.10 3 Rodolfo Falcón 54.98 5 Neisser Bent 55.02 4 6 Martín López-Zubero 55.22 5 2 Tripp Schwenk 55.30 6 8 Emanuele Merisi 55.53 7 7 Ralf Braun 55.56 8 1 Franck Schott 55.76

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming