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100 metres Backstroke, Men

Date	7 – 8 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	39 from 32 countries

Australian Mitch Larkin won both backstroke events at the 2015 World Championships and, based on recent times, was a co-favorite along with American Ryan Murphy, who had won relay medals at Kazan, but no individual medals. The other American, David Plummer, was making his Olympic début at 30-years-old, but was considered a medal contender, along with Japan’s Ryosuke Irie and France’s Camille Lacourt.

The US put both their swimmers on the podium with Murphy winning gold in an Olympic record 51.97, ahead of China’s surprising Xu Jiayu, while Plummer won the bronze medal. Larkin placed fourth and Irie seventh. Murphy would come back later in the week to win gold in the 200 backstroke, where Larkin was second, and Murphy also won gold in the 4x100 medley relay.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Ryan Murphy	USA	53.06 (2 h3)	52.49 (1 h1)	51.97 (1)	Gold	OR
2	Xu Jiayu	CHN	53.01 (1 h3)	52.73 (2 h1)	52.31 (2)	Silver
3	David Plummer	USA	53.19 (1 h4)	52.50 (1 h2)	52.40 (3)	Bronze
4	Mitch Larkin	AUS	53.04 (2 h5)	52.70 (2 h2)	52.43 (4)
5	Camille Lacourt	FRA	52.96 (1 h5)	52.72 (3 h2)	52.70 (5)
6	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	53.25 (3 h3)	52.84 (3 h1)	52.74 (6)
7	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	53.49 (4 h5)	53.21 (4 h1)	53.42 (7)
8	Robert Glință	ROU	53.51 (2 h4)	53.34 (4 h2)	53.50 (8)
9	Grigory Tarasevich	RUS	53.65 (4 h4)	53.46 (5 h2)	–
10	Chris Reid	RSA	53.68 (5 h4)	53.70 (5 h1)	–
11	Chris Walker-Hebborn	GBR	53.54 (3 h4)	53.75 (6 h1)	–
12	Jan-Philip Glania	GER	53.87 (5 h3)	53.94 (6 h2)	–
13	Josh Beaver	AUS	53.47 (3 h5)	53.95 (7 h2)	–
14	Guilherme Guido	BRA	53.80 (5 h5)	54.16 (8 h2)	–
15	Corey Main	NZL	53.99 (1 h2)	54.29 (7 h1)	–
16	Shane Ryan	IRL	53.85 (4 h3)	54.40 (8 h1)	–
17	Javier Acevedo	CAN	54.11 (6 h4)	–	–
18	Apostolos Christou	GRE	54.12 (6 h5)	–	–
19	Junya Hasegawa	JPN	54.17 (7 h5)	–	–
20	Hugo González	ESP	54.18 (2 h2)	–	–
21	Li Guangyuan	CHN	54.36 (3 h2)	–	–
22	Quah Zheng Wen	SGP	54.38 (7 h4)	–	–
23	Radosław Kawęcki	POL	54.39 (8 h4)	–	–
24	Danas Rapšys	LTU	54.40 (4 h2)	–	–
25	Gábor Balog	HUN	54.48 (6 h3)	–	–
26	Tomasz Polewka	POL	54.52 (5 h2)	–	–
27	Yakov Toumarkin	ISR	54.66 (7 h3)	–	–
28	Simone Sabbioni	ITA	54.91 (8 h3)	–	–
29	Mikita Tsmyh	BLR	54.97 (8 h5)	–	–
30	Won Yeong-Jun	KOR	55.05 (6 h2)	–	–
31	Albert Subirats	VEN	55.44 (7 h2)	–	–
32	Viktar Stasialovich	BLR	55.68 (8 h2)	–	–
33	Merdan Ataýew	TKM	56.34 (1 h1)	–	–
34	Tim Wynter	JAM	57.20 (2 h1)	–	–
35	David van der Colff	BOT	57.77 (3 h1)	–	–
36	Driss Lahrichi	MAR	58.01 (4 h1)	–	–
37	Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	UAE	59.58 (5 h1)	–	–
38	Hamdan Bayusuf	KEN	1:00.28 (6 h1)	–	–
39	Noah Al-Khulaifi	QAT	1:07.47 (7 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	7 August 2016 — 14:16
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Camille Lacourt	FRA	52.96	Q
2	–	Xu Jiayu	CHN	53.01	Q
3	–	Mitch Larkin	AUS	53.04	Q
4	–	Ryan Murphy	USA	53.06	Q
5	–	David Plummer	USA	53.19	Q
6	–	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	53.25	Q
7	–	Josh Beaver	AUS	53.47	Q
8	–	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	53.49	Q
9	–	Robert Glință	ROU	53.51	Q
10	–	Chris Walker-Hebborn	GBR	53.54	Q
11	–	Grigory Tarasevich	RUS	53.65	Q
12	–	Chris Reid	RSA	53.68	Q
13	–	Guilherme Guido	BRA	53.80	Q
14	–	Shane Ryan	IRL	53.85	Q
15	–	Jan-Philip Glania	GER	53.87	Q
16	–	Corey Main	NZL	53.99	Q
17	–	Javier Acevedo	CAN	54.11
18	–	Apostolos Christou	GRE	54.12
19	–	Junya Hasegawa	JPN	54.17
20	–	Hugo González	ESP	54.18
21	–	Li Guangyuan	CHN	54.36
22	–	Quah Zheng Wen	SGP	54.38
23	–	Radosław Kawęcki	POL	54.39
24	–	Danas Rapšys	LTU	54.40
25	–	Gábor Balog	HUN	54.48
26	–	Tomasz Polewka	POL	54.52
27	–	Yakov Toumarkin	ISR	54.66
28	–	Simone Sabbioni	ITA	54.91
29	–	Mikita Tsmyh	BLR	54.97
30	–	Won Yeong-Jun	KOR	55.05
31	–	Albert Subirats	VEN	55.44
32	–	Viktar Stasialovich	BLR	55.68
33	–	Merdan Ataýew	TKM	56.34
34	–	Tim Wynter	JAM	57.20
35	–	David van der Colff	BOT	57.77
36	–	Driss Lahrichi	MAR	58.01
37	–	Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	UAE	59.58
38	–	Hamdan Bayusuf	KEN	1:00.28
39	–	Noah Al-Khulaifi	QAT	1:07.47

Heat #1

Time	14:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Merdan Ataýew	TKM	56.34	0.67	27.23 (2)	29.11 (1)
2	–	Tim Wynter	JAM	57.20	0.82	26.99 (1)	30.21 (4)
3	–	David van der Colff	BOT	57.77	0.52	28.05 (3)	29.72 (2)
4	–	Driss Lahrichi	MAR	58.01	0.68	28.21 (=4)	29.80 (3)
5	–	Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	UAE	59.58	0.66	28.21 (=4)	31.37 (5)
6	–	Hamdan Bayusuf	KEN	1:00.28	0.78	28.29 (6)	31.99 (6)
7	–	Noah Al-Khulaifi	QAT	1:07.47	0.70	31.48 (7)	35.99 (7)

Heat #2

Time	14:19

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Corey Main	NZL	53.99	0.55	26.18 (=2)	27.81 (2)	Q
2	–	Hugo González	ESP	54.18	0.57	26.46 (6)	27.72 (1)
3	–	Li Guangyuan	CHN	54.36	0.64	26.28 (5)	28.08 (3)
4	–	Danas Rapšys	LTU	54.40	0.70	26.22 (4)	28.18 (5)
5	–	Tomasz Polewka	POL	54.52	0.57	25.89 (1)	28.64 (6)
6	–	Won Yeong-Jun	KOR	55.05	0.55	26.89 (8)	28.16 (4)
7	–	Albert Subirats	VEN	55.44	0.64	26.68 (7)	28.76 (7)
8	–	Viktar Stasialovich	BLR	55.68	0.60	26.18 (=2)	29.50 (8)

Heat #3

Time	14:22

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Xu Jiayu	CHN	53.01	0.60	25.44 (1)	27.57 (3)	Q
2	–	Ryan Murphy	USA	53.06	0.57	25.86 (5)	27.20 (1)	Q
3	–	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	53.25	0.54	25.77 (3)	27.48 (2)	Q
4	–	Shane Ryan	IRL	53.85	0.68	25.48 (2)	28.37 (7)	Q
5	–	Jan-Philip Glania	GER	53.87	0.68	25.81 (4)	28.06 (4)	Q
6	–	Gábor Balog	HUN	54.48	0.67	26.27 (7)	28.21 (5)
7	–	Yakov Toumarkin	ISR	54.66	0.63	26.40 (8)	28.26 (6)
8	–	Simone Sabbioni	ITA	54.91	0.60	26.21 (6)	28.70 (8)

Heat #4

Time	14:25

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	David Plummer	USA	53.19	0.63	25.48 (2)	27.71 (3)	Q
2	–	Robert Glință	ROU	53.51	0.60	25.74 (3)	27.77 (4)	Q
3	–	Chris Walker-Hebborn	GBR	53.54	0.54	25.92 (5)	27.62 (2)	Q
4	–	Grigory Tarasevich	RUS	53.65	0.57	25.39 (1)	28.26 (8)	Q
5	–	Chris Reid	RSA	53.68	0.66	25.82 (4)	27.86 (5)	Q
6	–	Javier Acevedo	CAN	54.11	0.57	26.61 (8)	27.50 (1)
7	–	Quah Zheng Wen	SGP	54.38	0.75	26.34 (7)	28.04 (6)
8	–	Radosław Kawęcki	POL	54.39	0.65	26.30 (6)	28.09 (7)

Heat #5

Time	14:28

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Camille Lacourt	FRA	52.96	0.91	25.51 (1)	27.45 (3)	Q
2	–	Mitch Larkin	AUS	53.04	0.64	25.63 (2)	27.41 (1)	Q
3	–	Josh Beaver	AUS	53.47	0.59	25.79 (3)	27.68 (5)	Q
4	–	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	53.49	0.56	26.07 (6)	27.42 (2)	Q
5	–	Guilherme Guido	BRA	53.80	0.65	26.24 (8)	27.56 (4)	Q
6	–	Apostolos Christou	GRE	54.12	0.62	26.00 (5)	28.12 (7)
7	–	Junya Hasegawa	JPN	54.17	0.61	26.23 (7)	27.94 (6)
8	–	Mikita Tsmyh	BLR	54.97	0.64	25.98 (4)	28.99 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	7 August 2016 — 23:12
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Ryan Murphy	USA	52.49	Q
2	–	David Plummer	USA	52.50	Q
3	–	Mitch Larkin	AUS	52.70	Q
4	–	Camille Lacourt	FRA	52.72	Q
5	–	Xu Jiayu	CHN	52.73	Q
6	–	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	52.84	Q
7	–	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	53.21	Q
8	–	Robert Glință	ROU	53.34	Q
9	–	Grigory Tarasevich	RUS	53.46
10	–	Chris Reid	RSA	53.70
11	–	Chris Walker-Hebborn	GBR	53.75
12	–	Jan-Philip Glania	GER	53.94
13	–	Josh Beaver	AUS	53.95
14	–	Guilherme Guido	BRA	54.16
15	–	Corey Main	NZL	54.29
16	–	Shane Ryan	IRL	54.40

Heat #1

Time	23:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ryan Murphy	USA	52.49	0.66	25.58 (2)	26.91 (1)	Q
2	–	Xu Jiayu	CHN	52.73	0.55	25.50 (1)	27.23 (3)	Q
3	–	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	52.84	0.56	25.68 (3)	27.16 (2)	Q
4	–	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	53.21	0.54	25.92 (5)	27.29 (4)	Q
5	–	Chris Reid	RSA	53.70	0.65	26.31 (7)	27.39 (5)
6	–	Chris Walker-Hebborn	GBR	53.75	0.58	25.88 (4)	27.87 (7)
7	–	Corey Main	NZL	54.29	0.55	26.46 (8)	27.83 (6)
8	–	Shane Ryan	IRL	54.40	0.68	25.94 (6)	28.46 (8)

Heat #2

Time	23:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	David Plummer	USA	52.50	0.65	25.19 (1)	27.31 (2)	Q
2	–	Mitch Larkin	AUS	52.70	0.71	25.50 (4)	27.20 (1)	Q
3	–	Camille Lacourt	FRA	52.72	0.78	25.29 (2)	27.43 (3)	Q
4	–	Robert Glință	ROU	53.34	0.60	25.48 (3)	27.86 (5)	Q
5	–	Grigory Tarasevich	RUS	53.46	0.60	25.77 (6)	27.69 (4)
6	–	Jan-Philip Glania	GER	53.94	0.72	26.07 (8)	27.87 (6)
7	–	Josh Beaver	AUS	53.95	0.54	26.01 (7)	27.94 (7)
8	–	Guilherme Guido	BRA	54.16	0.66	25.58 (5)	28.58 (8)

Final Round

Date	8 August 2016 — 22:38

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ryan Murphy	USA	51.97	0.65	25.39 (4)	26.58 (1)	OR
2	–	Xu Jiayu	CHN	52.31	0.55	25.26 (2)	27.05 (=4)
3	–	David Plummer	USA	52.40	0.73	25.35 (3)	27.05 (=4)
4	–	Mitch Larkin	AUS	52.43	0.62	25.18 (1)	27.25 (6)
5	–	Camille Lacourt	FRA	52.70	0.67	25.78 (5)	26.92 (3)
6	–	Yevgeny Rylov	RUS	52.74	0.55	25.92 (7)	26.82 (2)
7	–	Ryosuke Irie	JPN	53.42	0.54	25.87 (6)	27.55 (7)
8	–	Robert Glință	ROU	53.50	0.68	25.94 (8)	27.56 (8)