| | Event type
100 metres Backstroke, Men
| Date | 16 – 18 July 1924 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Piscine des Tourelles, Saint-Mandé |
| Participants | 20 from 11 countries |
This event started badly for the Americans with the disqualification, for a false start, of the Hawaiian Henry Luning. This turned out to be the only the blemish on a perfect record as his compatriots Warren Paoa Kealoha and Paul Wyatt proved to be a class above the rest of the competition. Kealoha repeated his triumph of Antwerp in a time and bettered his time of 1920 by two seconds, finishing clear of Wyatt with Károly Bartha of Hungary taking the final place on the podium. Keahola broke the world record six times in his career, taking it from 1:15.6 to 1:11.4.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Kealoha |  USA | 1:13.4 (1 h1) | 1:13.6 (1 h1) | 1:13.2 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Paul Wyatt | USA | 1:19.4 (1 h3) | 1:17.0 (2 h1) | 1:15.4 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Károly Bartha |  HUN | 1:18.0 (1 h2) | 1:19.0 (3 h1) | 1:17.8 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Gérard Blitz |  BEL | 1:19.0 (2 h1) | 1:19.0 (1 h2) | 1:19.6 (4) | |||
| 5 | Austin Rawlinson |  GBR | 1:18.8 (1 h4) | 1:19.2 (2 h2) | 1:20.0 (5) | |||
| 6 | Takahiro Saito |  JPN | 1:20.2 (2 h4) | 1:19.8 (4 h1) | – | |||
| 7 | John McDowall | GBR | 1:21.8 (2 h2) | 1:22.0 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 8 | Emil Zeibig |  FRA | 1:22.4 (2 h3) | 1:23.4 (3 h2) | – | |||
| =9 | Jimmy Worthington | GBR | 1:23.2 (3 h1) | 1:24.2 (4 h2) | – | |||
| =9 | Sven Thaulow |  NOR | 1:24.0 (1 h5) | 1:24.2 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 11 | Erik Skoglund |  SWE | 1:27.4 (2 h5) | 1:26.6 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 12 | Aart van Wilgenburg |  NED | 1:24.6 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 13 | Pieter van Senus | NED | 1:24.8 (3 h4) | – | – | |||
| 14 | Maurice Ducos | FRA | 1:25.0 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 15 | Tsunenobu Ishida | JPN | 1:26.0 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 16 | Viktor Legát |  TCH | 1:27.8 (3 h5) | – | – | |||
| 17 | Georges Paulus | FRA | 1:28.0 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 18 | Eugène Kuborn |  LUX | 1:29.0 (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Moris | LUX | 1:41.2 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| Henry Luning | USA | [1:16.4] (DQ h2) | – | – | ||||
| Juan Behrensen |  ARG | – (DNS h1) | – | – | ||||
| Aladár Bitskey | HUN | – (DNS h4) | – | – | ||||
| Emilio Polli |  ITA | – (DNS h4) | – | – | ||||
| Václav Bičák | TCH | – (DNS h3) | – | – | ||||
| J. Vodička | TCH | – (DNS h1) | – | – | ||||
| Bela Deak |  YUG | – (DNS h5) | – | – | ||||
| Z. Mirković | YUG | – (DNS h3) | – | – |
Round One
| Date | 16 July 1924 — 10:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Kealoha | USA | 1:13.4 | ||
| 2 | Károly Bartha | HUN | 1:18.0 | ||
| 3 | Austin Rawlinson | GBR | 1:18.8 | ||
| 4 | Gérard Blitz | BEL | 1:19.0 | ||
| 5 | Paul Wyatt | USA | 1:19.4 | ||
| 6 | Takahiro Saito | JPN | 1:20.2 | ||
| 7 | John McDowall | GBR | 1:21.8 | ||
| 8 | Emil Zeibig | FRA | 1:22.4 | ||
| 9 | Jimmy Worthington | GBR | 1:23.2 | ||
| 10 | Sven Thaulow | NOR | 1:24.0 | ||
| 11 | Aart van Wilgenburg | NED | 1:24.6 | ||
| 12 | Pieter van Senus | NED | 1:24.8 | ||
| 13 | Maurice Ducos | FRA | 1:25.0 | ||
| 14 | Tsunenobu Ishida | JPN | 1:26.0 | ||
| 15 | Erik Skoglund | SWE | 1:27.4 | ||
| 16 | Viktor Legát | TCH | 1:27.8 | ||
| 17 | Georges Paulus | FRA | 1:28.0 | ||
| 18 | Eugène Kuborn | LUX | 1:29.0 | ||
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Moris | LUX | 1:41.2 | ||
| Henry Luning | USA | [1:16.4] | 1 | ||
| Juan Behrensen | ARG | – | |||
| J. Vodička | TCH | – | |||
| Václav Bičák | TCH | – | |||
| Z. Mirković | YUG | – | |||
| Aladár Bitskey | HUN | – | |||
| Emilio Polli | ITA | – | |||
| Bela Deak | YUG | – |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Kealoha | USA | 1:13.4 | ||
| 2 | Gérard Blitz | BEL | 1:19.0 | ||
| 3 | Jimmy Worthington | GBR | 1:23.2 | ||
| 4 | Maurice Ducos | FRA | 1:25.0 | ||
| Juan Behrensen | ARG | – | |||
| J. Vodička | TCH | – |
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Károly Bartha | HUN | 1:18.0 | ||
| 2 | John McDowall | GBR | 1:21.8 | ||
| 3 | Aart van Wilgenburg | NED | 1:24.6 | ||
| 4 | Tsunenobu Ishida | JPN | 1:26.0 | ||
| 5 | Georges Paulus | FRA | 1:28.0 | ||
| Henry Luning | USA | [1:16.4] | 2 |
Heat #3
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Wyatt | USA | 1:19.4 | ||
| 2 | Emil Zeibig | FRA | 1:22.4 | ||
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Moris | LUX | 1:41.2 | ||
| Václav Bičák | TCH | – | |||
| Z. Mirković | YUG | – |
Heat #4
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Rawlinson | GBR | 1:18.8 | ||
| 2 | Takahiro Saito | JPN | 1:20.2 | ||
| 3 | Pieter van Senus | NED | 1:24.8 | ||
| Aladár Bitskey | HUN | – | |||
| Emilio Polli | ITA | – |
Heat #5
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Thaulow | NOR | 1:24.0 | ||
| 2 | Erik Skoglund | SWE | 1:27.4 | ||
| 3 | Viktor Legát | TCH | 1:27.8 | ||
| 4 | Eugène Kuborn | LUX | 1:29.0 | ||
| Bela Deak | YUG | – |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 17 July 1924 — 10:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Kealoha | USA | 1:13.6 | ||
| 2 | Paul Wyatt | USA | 1:17.0 | ||
| =3 | Károly Bartha | HUN | 1:19.0 | ||
| =3 | Gérard Blitz | BEL | 1:19.0 | ||
| 5 | Austin Rawlinson | GBR | 1:19.2 | ||
| 6 | Takahiro Saito | JPN | 1:19.8 | ||
| 7 | John McDowall | GBR | 1:22.0 | ||
| 8 | Emil Zeibig | FRA | 1:23.4 | ||
| =9 | Jimmy Worthington | GBR | 1:24.2 | ||
| =9 | Sven Thaulow | NOR | 1:24.2 | ||
| 11 | Erik Skoglund | SWE | 1:26.6 |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Kealoha | USA | 1:13.6 | ||
| 2 | Paul Wyatt | USA | 1:17.0 | ||
| 3 | Károly Bartha | HUN | 1:19.0 | ||
| 4 | Takahiro Saito | JPN | 1:19.8 | ||
| 5 | John McDowall | GBR | 1:22.0 | ||
| 6 | Erik Skoglund | SWE | 1:26.6 |
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gérard Blitz | BEL | 1:19.0 | ||
| 2 | Austin Rawlinson | GBR | 1:19.2 | ||
| 3 | Emil Zeibig | FRA | 1:23.4 | ||
| 4 | Jimmy Worthington | GBR | 1:24.2 | ||
| 5 | Sven Thaulow | NOR | 1:24.2 |
Final
| Date | 18 July 1924 — 15:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Kealoha | USA | 1:13.2 | ||
| 2 | Paul Wyatt | USA | 1:15.4 | ||
| 3 | Károly Bartha | HUN | 1:17.8 | ||
| 4 | Gérard Blitz | BEL | 1:19.6 | ||
| 5 | Austin Rawlinson | GBR | 1:20.0 |