The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 and 12 December 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordXu Jiayu 48.88Tokyo 11 November 2018Championship recordStanislav Donets 48.95Dubai 19 December 2010
Results Heats The heats were started on 11 December at 10:52.Heats results Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Guilherme Guido 49.57 Q, SA 2 4 8 Ryan Murphy 49.72 Q 3 4 4 Xu Jiayu 49.83 Q 4 3 0 Matt Grevers 50.12 Q 5 4 3 Robert Glință 50.22 Q 6 4 5 Mitch Larkin 50.27 Q 7 3 3 Christian Diener 50.28 Q 8 5 5 Simone Sabbioni 50.62 Q 9 3 5 Radosław Kawęcki 50.73 Q 9 5 6 Ryosuke Irie 50.73 Q 11 5 4 Kliment Kolesnikov 50.76 Q 12 4 6 Apostolos Christou 50.92 Q 13 3 6 Guilherme Basseto 50.94 Q 14 3 1 Anton Lončar 51.09 Q 15 5 3 Andrei Shabasov 51.16 Q 16 2 4 Thomas Ceccon 51.30 Q 17 4 1 Gabriel Lopes 51.48 NR 18 4 7 Viktar Staselovich 51.59 19 5 2 Markus Lie 51.60 20 3 8 Bradlee Ashby 51.61 21 5 7 Tomáš Franta 51.82 22 2 3 Omar Pinzón 51.87 23 4 2 Yuma Edo 51.88 24 3 9 Conor Ferguson 52.04 25 3 7 Hugo González 52.05 26 3 2 Cătălin Ungur 52.28 27 5 8 Bernhard Reitshammer 52.34 28 5 1 Li Guangyuan 52.36 29 2 2 Paul Lê Nguyễn 52.48 30 5 0 Dávid Földházi 52.60 31 5 9 İskender Başlakov 52.79 32 4 0 Thierry Bollin 53.02 33 4 9 Chuang Mu-lun 53.81 34 1 8 Merdan Atayev 54.29 35 2 7 Ģirts Feldbergs 54.79 36 1 1 Cadell Lyons 54.92 37 2 5 Lee Ju-ho 55.02 38 2 6 Armando Barrera Aira 55.07 39 2 9 Filippos Iakovidis 55.87 NR 40 2 0 Matthew Mays 56.09 41 1 4 Eisner Barberena Espinoza 56.78 42 1 7 Heriniavo Michael Rasolonjatovo 59.02 43 1 5 Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly 59.41 44 1 3 Bede Aitu 59.68 45 1 2 Omar Al-Rowaila 46 1 6 Joel Gjini 47 1 0 Ali Imaan 2 8 Driss Lahrichi
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 11 December at 19:17.Semifinals results Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Xu Jiayu 49.21 Q 2 2 4 Guilherme Guido 49.45 Q, SA 3 1 4 Ryan Murphy 49.52 Q 4 2 7 Kliment Kolesnikov 49.62 Q 5 1 5 Matt Grevers 49.97 Q 6 2 3 Robert Glință 49.98 Q, NR 7 2 6 Christian Diener 50.04 Q 8 1 3 Mitch Larkin 50.12 Q 9 1 6 Simone Sabbioni 50.21 10 2 8 Andrei Shabasov 50.32 11 2 2 Radosław Kawęcki 50.43 12 1 2 Ryosuke Irie 50.45 13 2 1 Guilherme Basseto 50.83 14 1 7 Apostolos Christou 50.91 15 1 8 Thomas Ceccon 50.96 16 1 1 Anton Lončar 51.20
Final The final was held on 12 December at 19:08.Final results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Ryan Murphy 49.23 4 Xu Jiayu 49.26 6 Kliment Kolesnikov 49.40 4 8 Mitch Larkin 49.46 5 5 Guilherme Guido 49.75 6 2 Matt Grevers 50.02 7 1 Christian Diener 50.24 8 7 Robert Glință 50.36
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