Swimming — 100 metres Backstroke, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 767
Total countries 129

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1908 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 21 11
1912 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 18 7
1920 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 12 6
1924 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 20 11
1928 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 19 12
1932 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 16 9
1936 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 30 17
1948 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 39 24
1952 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 38 25
1956 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 25 14
1960 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 37 27
1968 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 37 26
1972 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 39 26
1976 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 41 28
1980 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 33 22
1984 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 45 31
1988 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 52 38
1992 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 52 37
1996 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 50 43
2000 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 55 48
2004 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 44 38
2008 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 45 36
2012 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 43 33
2016 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 39 32
2020 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 41 30
2024 100 metres Backstroke, Men Olympic 46 36

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1908 Arno BiebersteinGER Ludvig DamDEN Bert HaresnapeGBR
1912 Harry HebnerUSA Otto FahrGER Paul KellnerGER
1920 Warren KealohaUSA Ray KegerisUSA Gérard BlitzBEL
1924 Warren KealohaUSA Paul WyattUSA Károly BarthaHUN
1928 George KojacUSA Walter LauferUSA Paul WyattUSA
1932 Masaji KiyokawaJPN Toshio IrieJPN Kentaro KawatsuJPN
1936 Adolph KieferUSA Al Vande WegheUSA Masaji KiyokawaJPN
1948 Allen StackUSA Bob CowellUSA Georges Vallerey, Jr.FRA
1952 Yoshi OyakawaUSA Gilbert BozonFRA Jack TaylorUSA
1956 David TheileAUS John MoncktonAUS Frank McKinneyUSA
1960 David TheileAUS Frank McKinneyUSA Bob BennettUSA
1968 Roland MatthesGDR Charlie HickcoxUSA Ronnie MillsUSA
1972 Roland MatthesGDR Mike StammUSA John MurphyUSA
1976 John NaberUSA Peter RoccaUSA Roland MatthesGDR
1980 Bengt BaronSWE Viktor KuznetsovURS Vladimir DolgovURS
1984 Rick CareyUSA Dave WilsonUSA Mike WestCAN
1988 Daichi SuzukiJPN Dave BerkoffUSA Igor PolyanskyURS
1992 Mark TewksburyCAN Jeff RouseUSA Dave BerkoffUSA
1996 Jeff RouseUSA Rodolfo FalcónCUB Neisser BentCUB
2000 Lenny KrayzelburgUSA Matt WelshAUS Stev ThelokeGER
2004 Aaron PeirsolUSA Markus RoganAUT Tomomi MoritaJPN
2008 Aaron PeirsolUSA Matt GreversUSA Hayden Stoeckel
Arkady Vyatchanin
AUS
RUS
2012 Matt GreversUSA Nick ThomanUSA Ryosuke IrieJPN
2016 Ryan MurphyUSA Xu JiayuCHN David PlummerUSA
2020 Yevgeny RylovROC Kliment KolesnikovROC Ryan MurphyUSA
2024 Thomas CecconITA Xu JiayuCHN Ryan MurphyUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 15 14 10 39
Australia AUS 2 2 1 5
Japan JPN 2 1 4 7
East Germany GDR 2 0 1 3
Germany GER 1 1 2 4
ROC ROC 1 1 0 2
Canada CAN 1 0 1 2
Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 2 0 2
Soviet Union URS 0 1 2 3
Cuba CUB 0 1 1 2
France FRA 0 1 1 2
Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Roland Matthes GDR 2 0 1 3
David Theile AUS 2 0 0 2
Warren Kealoha USA 2 0 0 2
Aaron Peirsol USA 2 0 0 2
Jeff Rouse USA 1 1 0 2
Matt Grevers USA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2000 Summer Olympics Mehdi Addadi 46 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Jorge Lima 32 See all
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Mario Chávez =4 See all
Australasia ANZ 1908 Summer Olympics Edward Cooke DNS See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics David Theile 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics David Theile 1 Gold
Austria AUT 2004 Summer Olympics Markus Rogan 2 Silver See all
Bangladesh BAN 2008 Summer Olympics Mohammed Rana 45 See all
Barbados BAR 2004 Summer Olympics Nicky Neckles 25 See all
Belarus BLR 2012 Summer Olympics Paval Sankovich 18 See all
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics Gérard Blitz 3 Bronze See all
Benin BEN 2024 Summer Olympics Alexis Kpade 42 See all
Bermuda BER 1948 Summer Olympics Donald Shanks 32 See all
Bolivia BOL 2020 Summer Olympics Gabriel Castillo 39 See all
Botswana BOT 2016 Summer Olympics David van der Colff 35 See all
Brazil BRA 1948 Summer Olympics Paulo Silva 9 See all
Brunei Darussalam BRU 2024 Summer Olympics Zeke Chan 45 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Georgi Mihalev 13 See all
Cambodia CAM 1972 Summer Olympics Sarun Van 37 See all
Canada CAN 1992 Summer Olympics Mark Tewksbury 1 Gold See all
Chile CHI 1936 Summer Olympics Alfonso Casasempere =27 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1972 Summer Olympics Hsu Tung-Hsiung 31 See all
Colombia COL 2008 Summer Olympics Omar Pinzón 26 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1988 Summer Olympics Horst Niehaus =42 See all
Croatia CRO 2000 Summer Olympics Gordan Kožulj 14 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Gordan Kožulj 14
Cuba CUB 1996 Summer Olympics Rodolfo Falcón 2 Silver See all
Cyprus CYP 1980 Summer Olympics Lakis Fylaktou 31 See all
Czechia CZE 2024 Summer Olympics Miroslav Knedla =12 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Miloslav Roľko 4 See all
Denmark DEN 1908 Summer Olympics Ludvig Dam 2 Silver See all
East Germany GDR 1968 Summer Olympics Roland Matthes 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Roland Matthes 1 Gold
Egypt EGY 1984 Summer Olympics Sharif Nour 26 See all
El Salvador ESA 1972 Summer Olympics Sergio Hasbún 35 See all
Estonia EST 1992 Summer Olympics Ilmar Ojase 20 See all
Eswatini SWZ 1988 Summer Olympics Yul Mark Du Pont 52 See all
Federated States of Micronesia FSM 2000 Summer Olympics Welbert Samuel 55 See all
Fiji FIJ 1984 Summer Olympics Warren Sorby 40 See all
Finland FIN 1960 Summer Olympics Stig-Olof Grenner =12 See all
France FRA 1952 Summer Olympics Gilbert Bozon 2 Silver See all
Georgia GEO 2024 Summer Olympics Noe Pantskhava 41 See all
Germany GER 1908 Summer Olympics Arno Bieberstein 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Bert Haresnape 3 Bronze See all
Greece GRE 2024 Summer Olympics Apostolos Christou 4 See all
Grenada GRN 2024 Summer Olympics Zackary Gresham 44 See all
Guam GUM 1988 Summer Olympics Patrick Sagisi 41 See all
Guatemala GUA 1968 Summer Olympics Antonio Cruz 35 See all
Honduras HON 1984 Summer Olympics David Galo 43 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1956 Summer Olympics Cheung Kin Man 25 See all
Hungary HUN 1924 Summer Olympics Károly Bartha 3 Bronze See all
Iceland ISL 1988 Summer Olympics Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson 16 See all
India IND 2020 Summer Olympics Srihari Nataraj 27 See all
Indonesia INA 1984 Summer Olympics Lukman Niode 21 See all
Ireland IRL 2016 Summer Olympics Shane Ryan 16 See all
Israel ISR 2000 Summer Olympics Eithan Urbach 8 See all
Italy ITA 2024 Summer Olympics Thomas Ceccon 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 1984 Summer Olympics Allan Marsh 27 See all
Japan JPN 1932 Summer Olympics Masaji Kiyokawa 1 Gold See all
1988 Summer Olympics Daichi Suzuki 1 Gold
Jordan JOR 2004 Summer Olympics Omar Abu-Fares 44 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2012 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Tarabrin 38 See all
Kenya KEN 2016 Summer Olympics Hamdan Bayusuf 38 See all
Kuwait KUW 1996 Summer Olympics Fahad Al-Otaibi 49 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1996 Summer Olympics Konstantin Pryakhin 45 See all
Lebanon LBN 1968 Summer Olympics Yacoub Masboungi 34 See all
Lithuania LTU 1996 Summer Olympics Darius Grigalionis 13 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1928 Summer Olympics Eugène Kuborn 4 h4 r1/3 See all
Madagascar MAD 2020 Summer Olympics Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo 40 See all
Malaya MAL 1956 Summer Olympics Lim Heng Chek 24 See all
Malaysia MAS 2004 Summer Olympics Alex Lim 15 See all
Marshall Islands MHL 2008 Summer Olympics Jared Heine 43 See all
Mexico MEX 1948 Summer Olympics Clemente Mejía =4 See all
Morocco MAR 2016 Summer Olympics Driss Lahrichi 36 See all
Mozambique MOZ 1980 Summer Olympics Pedro Cruz 33 See all
Nepal NEP 1996 Summer Olympics Sitaram Shahi 50 See all
Netherlands NED 1968 Summer Olympics Bob Schoutsen 6 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Fred Eefting 6
New Zealand NZL 1984 Summer Olympics Gary Hurring 4 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1976 Summer Olympics Frank Richardson 41 See all
Norway NOR 1920 Summer Olympics Asbjørn Wang 4 h1 r1/2 See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics Ahmed Nazir 22 See all
Palestine PLE 2024 Summer Olympics Yazan Al-Bawwab 43 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 2004 Summer Olympics Ryan Pini 20 See all
Paraguay PAR 1992 Summer Olympics Marcos Prono 47 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2016 Summer Olympics Xu Jiayu 2 Silver See all
2024 Summer Olympics Xu Jiayu 2 Silver
Peru PER 1988 Summer Olympics Alejandro Alvizuri 26 See all
Philippines PHI 1936 Summer Olympics Nils Christiansen 9 See all
Poland POL 2000 Summer Olympics Bartosz Kizierowski 5 See all
Portugal POR 1948 Summer Olympics Mário Simas 20 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1976 Summer Olympics Carlos Berrocal 4 See all
Qatar QAT 2016 Summer Olympics Noah Al-Khulaifi 39 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Yevgeny Rylov 1 Gold See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2020 Summer Olympics Lee Ju-Ho 21 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2000 Summer Olympics Alexandru Ivlev 38 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1972 Summer Olympics Kim Brant DNS See all
Romania ROU 2016 Summer Olympics Robert Glință 8 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Robert Glință 8
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Arkady Vyatchanin =3 Bronze See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 2004 Summer Olympics Donnie Defreitas DNS See all
San Marino SMR 1988 Summer Olympics Filippo Piva 48 See all
Senegal SEN 1988 Summer Olympics Bruno N'Diaye 47 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2004 Summer Olympics Igor Beretić 40 See all
Seychelles SEY 2000 Summer Olympics Benjamin Lo-Pinto 47 See all
Singapore SGP 1988 Summer Olympics David Lim 14 See all
Slovakia SVK 2008 Summer Olympics Ľuboš Križko 13 See all
Slovenia SLO 2000 Summer Olympics Blaž Medvešek 32 See all
South Africa RSA 2024 Summer Olympics Pieter Coetze 5 See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Viktor Kuznetsov 2 Silver See all
Spain ESP 1992 Summer Olympics Martín López-Zubero 4 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Martín López-Zubero 4
Sri Lanka SRI 2012 Summer Olympics Heshan Unamboowe 42 See all
Suriname SUR 1984 Summer Olympics Hugo Goossen 36 See all
Sweden SWE 1980 Summer Olympics Bengt Baron 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 2024 Summer Olympics Roman Mityukov 17 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2008 Summer Olympics Souhaib Kalala 44 See all
Thailand THA 1996 Summer Olympics Dulyarit Phuangthong 38 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1984 Summer Olympics Dave Morley 31 See all
Tonga TGA 2024 Summer Olympics Alan Uhi 46 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2012 Summer Olympics George Bovell 29 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2016 Summer Olympics Merdan Ataýew 33 See all
Türkiye TUR 2000 Summer Olympics Derya Büyükuncu 17 See all
Uganda UGA 1984 Summer Olympics Daniel Mulumba DNS See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Volodymyr Nikolaichuk =19 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Vladimir Selkov 5 See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 2016 Summer Olympics Yaaqoub Al-Saadi 37 See all
United States USA 1912 Summer Olympics Harry Hebner 1 Gold See all
1920 Summer Olympics Warren Kealoha 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Warren Kealoha 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics George Kojac 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Adolph Kiefer 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Allen Stack 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Yoshi Oyakawa 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics John Naber 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Rick Carey 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Jeff Rouse 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Lenny Krayzelburg 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Aaron Peirsol 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Aaron Peirsol 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Matt Grevers 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Ryan Murphy 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2024 Summer Olympics Max Wilson 27 See all
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Carlos Noriega 29 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2008 Summer Olympics Danil Bugakov 39 See all
Venezuela VEN 1984 Summer Olympics Giovanni Frigo 25 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Lâm Văn Hoành 30 See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Reinhard Blechert 7 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Frank Hoffmeister 7
Yugoslavia YUG 1952 Summer Olympics Boris Škanata 7 See all
Zambia ZAM 2012 Summer Olympics Zane Jordan 43 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 2004 Summer Olympics Brendan Ashby 39 See all