Soummin at the 2012 Simmer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2012 Simmer Olympics teuk place on 29–30 Julie at the Lunnon Aquatics Centre.

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Gemmes o the Olympiad
Venue	London Aquatics Centre
Date	29 July 2012 (heats & semifinals) 30 July 2012 (final)
Competitors	43 frae 33 naitions
Winnin time	52.16 OR
Medallists
1 ! Matt Grevers  United States 2 ! Nick Thoman  United States 3 ! Ryosuke Irie  Japan

Swimmin at the 2012 Simmer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m		men		weemen
100 m		men		weemen
200 m		men		weemen
400 m		men		weemen
800 m				weemen
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		weemen
200 m		men		weemen
Breaststroke
100 m		men		weemen
200 m		men		weemen
Butterflee
100 m		men		weemen
200 m		men		weemen
Individual medley
200 m		men		weemen
400 m		men		weemen
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		weemen
4×200 m		men		weemen
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		weemen
Marathon
10 km		men		weemen

Records

Prior tae this competeetion, the existin warld an Olympic records wur as follows.

Warld record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	51.94	Indianapolis, USA	8 Julie 2009
Olympic record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	52.54	Beijing, Cheenae	12 August 2008

The follaein records wur established durin the competeetion:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
30 Julie	Final	Matt Grevers	United States	52.16	OR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4	Matt Grevers	United States	52.92	Q
2	6	2	Cheng Feiyi	Cheenae	53.22	Q, NR
3	4	4	Nick Thoman	United States	53.48	Q
4	5	4	Camille Lacourt	Fraunce	53.51	Q
5	6	5	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.56	Q
6	6	7	Nick Driebergen	Netherlands	53.62	Q, NR
7	4	5	Helge Meeuw	Germany	53.83	Q
8	5	5	Liam Tancock	Great Breetain	53.86	Q
9	6	6	Hayden Stoeckel	Australie	53.88	Q
10	4	2	Vladimir Morozov	Roushie	54.01	Q, W
10	5	2	Arkady Vyatchanin	Roushie	54.01	Q
12	5	3	Jan-Philip Glania	Germany	54.07	Q
13	5	8	Charles Francis	Canadae	54.08	Q
14	6	3	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	54.26	Q
15	6	1	Daniel Arnamnart	Australie	54.28	Q
16	4	3	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber	Spain	54.32	Q
17	5	6	Aristeidis Grigoriadis	Greece	54.52	Q
18	3	1	Pavel Sankovich	Belaroushie	54.53	NR
19	3	5	Mirco di Tora	Italy	54.70
20	3	7	Chris Walker-Hebborn	Great Breetain	54.78
21	3	4	He Jianbin	Cheenae	54.81
22	3	3	Richárd Bohus	Hungary	54.84
23	4	6	Bastiaan Lijesen	Netherlands	54.88
24	4	1	Yakov Toumarkin	Israel	54.91
25	4	7	Juan Miguel Rando Galvez	Spain	54.93
26	3	8	Lavrans Solli	Norawa	55.00
27	5	1	Marcin Tarczyński	Poland	55.06
28	4	8	Daniel Orzechowski	Brazil	55.16
29	2	8	George Bovell	Trinidad an Tobago	55.22	NR
30	3	2	Mathias Gydesen	Denmark	55.31
31	5	7	Benjamin Stasiulis	Fraunce	55.36
32	2	5	Omar Pinzón	Colombie	55.37
33	6	8	Charl Crous	Sooth Africae	55.37
34	2	1	Pedro Medel	Cuba	55.40	NR
35	2	2	Oleksandr Isakov	Ukraine	55.43
36	2	7	Park Seon-Kwan	Sooth Korea	55.51
37	3	6	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	55.53
38	2	4	Alexandr Tarabrin	Kazakhstan	55.55
39	2	6	I Gede Sudartawa	Indonesie	55.99
40	1	4	Bradley Ally	Barbados	56.27
41	2	3	Federico Grabich	Argentinae	56.56
42	1	5	Heshan Unamboowe	Sri Lanka	57.94
43	1	3	Zane Jordan	Zambie	58.77

Semi-Final

Semi-final 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Naitionality	Time	Notes
1	5	Camille Lacourt	Fraunce	53.03	Q
2	6	Liam Tancock	Great Breetain	53.25	Q
3	4	Cheng Feiyi	Cheenae	53.50	Q
4	2	Arkady Vyatchanin	Roushie	53.79
5	3	Nick Driebergen	Netherlands	53.81
6	8	Aristeidis Grigoriadis	Greece	54.20
7	7	Charles Francis	Canadae	54.42
8	1	Daniel Arnamnart	Australie	54.48

Semi-final 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Matt Grevers	United States	52.66	Q
2	3	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.29	Q
3	5	Nick Thoman	United States	53.47	Q
4	6	Helge Meeuw	Germany	53.52	Q
5	2	Hayden Stoeckel	Australie	53.72	Q
6	7	Jan-Philip Glania	Germany	53.90
7	8	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber	Spain	53.99
8	1	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	54.00

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Time behind	Notes
1 !	4	Matt Grevers	United States	52.16		OR
2 !	2	Nick Thoman	United States	52.92	0.76
3 !	6	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	52.97	0.81
4	5	Camille Lacourt	Fraunce	53.08	0.92
5	3	Liam Tancock	Great Breetain	53.35	1.19
6	1	Helge Meeuw	Germany	53.48	1.32
7	8	Hayden Stoeckel	Australie	53.55	1.39
8	7	Cheng Feiyi	Cheenae	53.77	1.61