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

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
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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2012 Simmer Olympics teuk place on 29–30 Julie at the Lunnon Aquatics Centre.^[1]

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

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

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

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

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