| Men 100m Backstroke XXI Swimming World Championship 2024 Doha, Qatar - Tuesday, 13th February - Hunter Armstrong, United States | 
| Final 19:59 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | pts | L | ag |  | 1. Hunter Armstrong |   United States | 52.68s |   |   | 25.61s | 939 | 4 | 23 |  | 2. Hugo Gonzalez |   Spain | 52.70s |   | +0.02s | 25.53s | 938 | 3 | 24 |  | 3. Apostolos Christou |   Greece | 53.36s |   | +0.68s | 25.63s | 904 | 6 | 27 |  | 4. Evangelos Makrygiannis |   Greece | 53.38s |   | +0.70s | 26.16s | 903 | 7 | 23 |  | 5. Pieter Coetze |   South Africa | 53.51s |   | +0.83s | 25.85s | 896 | 5 | 19 |  | 6. Roman Mityukov |   Switzerland | 53.64s |   | +0.96s | 26.04s | 890 | 2 | 23 |  | 7. Miroslav Knedla |   Czechia | 53.74s |   | +1.06s | 25.77s | 885 | 1 | 18 |  | 8. Jack Aikins |   United States | 54.50s |   | +1.82s | 26.14s | 848 | 8 | 21 |   
| World and Championship Record: Thomas Ceccon, Italy 51.60s Budapest, Hungary 20th June 2022 |  | Olympic Qualification Time (14th Tokyo 2020): 53.74s |  | Olympic Consideration Time (+0.5% OQT): 54.01s |   
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 Semi-Finals - Monday, 12th February 19:17 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Semi 1 19:17 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | pts | L | ag |  | 1. Hunter Armstrong |   United States | 53.04s | Q |   | 25.71s | 920 | 5 | 23 |  | 5. Roman Mityukov |   Switzerland | 53.64s | Q | +0.60s | 25.89s | 890 | 7 | 23 |  | 6. Evangelos Makrygiannis |   Greece | 53.67s | Q | +0.63s | 26.11s | 888 | 4 | 23 |  | 7. Miroslav Knedla |   Czechia | 53.70s | Q | +0.66s | 26.07s | 887 | 1 | 18 |  | 8. Jack Aikins |   United States | 53.72s | Q | +0.68s | 26.03s | 886 | 2 | 21 |  | 10.Juho Lee |   South Korea | 53.82s |   | +0.78s | 25.84s | 881 | 6 | 29 |  | 15.Oleksandr Zheltiakov |   Ukraine | 54.05s |   | +1.01s | 26.18s | 870 | 8 | 18 |  | 16.Bradley Woodward |   Australia | 54.20s |   | +1.16s | 26.44s | 862 | 3 | 25 |   
| Semi 2 19:22 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | pts | L | ag |  | 2. Pieter Coetze |   South Africa | 53.07s | Q | +0.03s | 25.56s | 919 | 4 | 19 |  | 3. Hugo Gonzalez |   Spain | 53.22s | Q | +0.18s | 26.08s | 911 | 5 | 24 |  | 4. Apostolos Christou |   Greece | 53.62s | Q | +0.58s | 25.57s | 891 | 6 | 27 |  | 9. Kai Van Westering |   Netherlands | 53.80s |   | +0.76s | 25.77s | 882 | 2 | 20 |  | 11.Ole Braunschweig |   Germany | 53.89s |   | +0.85s | 25.68s | 877 | 1 | 26 |  | 11.Michele Lamberti |   Italy | 53.89s |   | +0.85s | 25.93s | 877 | 3 | 23 |  | 13.Conor Ferguson |   Ireland | 53.90s |   | +0.86s | 26.34s | 877 | 7 | 24 |  | 14.Kacper Stokowski |   Poland | 54.03s |   | +0.99s | 25.96s | 871 | 8 | 25 |   
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Heats - Monday, 12th February 09:48 | 
| Best 16 times advanced to Semi-Finals. OQT - First 8. OCT - First 13. | 
| Heat 6 10:00 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | pts | L | ag | OC |  | 2. Evangelos Makrygiannis |   Greece | 53.43s | Q | +0.11s | 25.80s | 900 | 1 | 23 | QT |  | 4. Hunter Armstrong |   United States | 53.66s | Q | +0.34s | 26.18s | 889 | 4 | 23 | QT |  | 5. Michele Lamberti |   Italy | 53.73s | q | +0.41s | 26.03s | 885 | 7 | 23 | QT |  | 7. Apostolos Christou |   Greece | 53.79s | Q | +0.47s | 25.98s | 882 | 5 | 27 | QT |  | 8. Juho Lee |   South Korea | 53.81s | q | +0.49s | 25.69s | 881 | 2 | 29 | QT |  | 10.Jack Aikins |   United States | 53.87s | Q | +0.55s | 25.98s | 878 | 6 | 21 | CT |  | 19.Adam Jaszo |   Hungary | 54.51s |   | +1.19s | 27.00s | 848 | 3 | 21 |  | 22.Osamu Kato |   Japan | 54.70s |   | +1.38s | 26.36s | 839 | 8 | 28 |  | 26.Bernhard Reitshammer |   Austria | 55.44s |   | +2.12s | 26.48s | 806 | 0 | 29 |  | 30.Yeziel Morales |   Puerto Rico | 55.50s |   | +2.18s | 26.52s | 803 | 9 | 28 |   
    | Heat 5 09:58 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | pts | L | ag | OC |  | 1. Pieter Coetze |   South Africa | 53.32s | Q |   | 25.53s | 906 | 4 | 19 | QT |  | 6. Bradley Woodward |   Australia | 53.76s | q | +0.44s | 26.27s | 884 | 3 | 25 | QT |  | 9. Kai Van Westering |   Netherlands | 53.84s | q | +0.52s | 25.69s | 880 | 1 | 20 | CT |  | 14.Miroslav Knedla |   Czechia | 54.20s | Q | +0.88s | 25.63s | 862 | 5 | 18 |   |  | 16.Oleksandr Zheltiakov |   Ukraine | 54.24s | q | +0.92s | 26.65s | 860 | 2 | 18 |   |  | 20.Ulises Saravia |   Argentina | 54.60s |   | +1.28s | 26.08s | 844 | 7 | 18 |  | 21.Andrew Jeffcoat |   New Zealand | 54.63s |   | +1.31s | 26.32s | 842 | 6 | 24 |  | 25.Denis-Laurean Popescu |   Romania | 55.33s |   | +2.01s | 26.37s | 811 | 8 | 20 |  | 29.Erikas Grigaitis |   Lithuania | 55.48s |   | +2.16s | 26.77s | 804 | 0 | 21 |  | 37.Farrel Tangkas |   Indonesia | 57.21s |   | +3.89s | 27.52s | 733 | 9 | 22 |   
    | Heat 4 09:56 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | pts | L | ag | OC |  | 3. Hugo Gonzalez |   Spain | 53.61s | Q | +0.29s | 26.32s | 891 | 3 | 24 | QT |  | 11.Conor Ferguson |   Ireland | 53.95s | q | +0.63s | 26.60s | 874 | 7 | 24 | CT |  | 12.Ole Braunschweig |   Germany | 54.10s | q | +0.78s | 25.98s | 867 | 6 | 26 | CT |  | 12.Roman Mityukov |   Switzerland | 54.10s | Q | +0.78s | 26.19s | 867 | 5 | 23 | CT |  | 15.Kacper Stokowski |   Poland | 54.23s | q | +0.91s | 26.30s | 861 | 2 | 25 |   |  | 17.Ksawery Masiuk |   Poland | 54.33s |   | +1.01s | 26.11s | 856 | 4 | 19 |  | 18.Blake Tierney |   Canada | 54.46s |   | +1.14s | 26.38s | 850 | 1 | 22 |  | 23.Luke Greenbank |   Great Britain | 54.93s |   | +1.61s | 26.79s | 828 | 8 | 26 |  | 24.Gabriel Lopes |   Portugal | 55.08s |   | +1.76s | 26.47s | 822 | 0 | 26 |  | 31.Girts Feldbergs |   Latvia | 56.02s |   | +2.70s | 27.24s | 781 | 9 | 30 |   
    | Heat 3 09:53 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | pts | L | ag |  | 26.Kaloyan Levterov |   Bulgaria | 55.44s |   | +2.12s | 26.92s | 806 | 3 | 21 |  | 26.Ziyad Saleem |   Sudan | 55.44s |   | +2.12s | 26.73s | 806 | 6 | 20 |  | 33.Yegor Popov |   Kazakhstan | 56.59s |   | +3.27s | 27.29s | 758 | 5 | 16 |  | 34.Denilson Cyprianos |   Zimbabwe | 56.82s |   | +3.50s | 27.76s | 748 | 8 | 21 |  | 35.Jerard Jacinto |   Philippines | 57.18s |   | +3.86s | 27.33s | 734 | 4 | 22 |  | 36.Charles Hockin Brusquetti |   Paraguay | 57.20s |   | +3.88s | 27.38s | 734 | 2 | 34 |  | 37.Merdan Atayev |   Turkmenistan | 57.21s |   | +3.89s | 27.47s | 733 | 7 | 28 |  | 41.Shiu Yue Lau |   Hong Kong | 57.76s |   | +4.44s | 27.61s | 712 | 0 | 26 |  | 45.Guido Montero |   Costa Rica | 58.88s |   | +5.56s | 28.29s | 673 | 9 | 20 |  | 48.Yazan Al Bawwab |   Palestine | 59.31s |   | +5.99s | 28.54s | 658 | 1 | 24 |   
    | Heat 2 09:51 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | pts | L | ag |  | 39.Anthony Pineiro |   Dominicana | 57.41s |   | +4.09s | 27.95s | 726 | 5 | 16 |  | 40.Dimuth Akalanka Peiris |   Sri Lanka | 57.52s |   | +4.20s | 27.58s | 721 | 9 | 24 |  | 42.Alexis Michel Roger Kpade |   Benin | 58.03s |   | +4.71s | 28.32s | 703 | 3 | 18 |  | 43.Ahmad Safie |   Lebanon | 58.32s |   | +5.00s | 27.71s | 692 | 4 | 17 |  | 44.Dino Hasibovic Sirotanovic |   Bosnia Herzeg. | 58.81s |   | +5.49s | 27.82s | 675 | 6 | 20 |  | 46.Erkhes Enkhtur |   Mongolia | 58.89s |   | +5.57s | 27.97s | 672 | 2 | 15 |  | 49.Zackary Gresham |   Grenada | 59.81s |   | +6.49s | 29.12s | 642 | 8 | 19 |  | 50.Zeke Chan |   Brunei | 1:00.49 |   | +7.17s | 29.45s | 620 | 1 | 16 |  | 51.Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi |   Tonga | 1:01.47 |   | +8.15s | 28.87s | 591 | 0 | 18 |  | 53.Oscar Cyusa Peyre Mitilla |   Rwanda | 1:03.56 |   | +10.24s | 29.82s | 535 | 7 | 18 |   
| Heat 2 09:51 |   | time |   | gap | 50m | pts | L | ag |  | 39.Anthony Pineiro |   Dominicana | 57.41s |   | +4.09s | 27.95s | 726 | 5 | 16 |  | 40.Dimuth Akalanka Peiris |   Sri Lanka | 57.52s |   | +4.20s | 27.58s | 721 | 9 | 24 |  | 42.Alexis Michel Roger Kpade |   Benin | 58.03s |   | +4.71s | 28.32s | 703 | 3 | 18 |  | 43.Ahmad Safie |   Lebanon | 58.32s |   | +5.00s | 27.71s | 692 | 4 | 17 |  | 44.Dino Hasibovic Sirotanovic |   Bosnia Herzeg. | 58.81s |   | +5.49s | 27.82s | 675 | 6 | 20 |  | 46.Erkhes Enkhtur |   Mongolia | 58.89s |   | +5.57s | 27.97s | 672 | 2 | 15 |  | 49.Zackary Gresham |   Grenada | 59.81s |   | +6.49s | 29.12s | 642 | 8 | 19 |  | 50.Zeke Chan |   Brunei | 1:00.49 |   | +7.17s | 29.45s | 620 | 1 | 16 |  | 51.Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi |   Tonga | 1:01.47 |   | +8.15s | 28.87s | 591 | 0 | 18 |  | 53.Oscar Cyusa Peyre Mitilla |   Rwanda | 1:03.56 |   | +10.24s | 29.82s | 535 | 7 | 18 |   
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