Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Campclar Aquatic Center | |||||||||
| Location | Tarragona, Spain | |||||||||
| Dates | 24 June | |||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 54.68 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | women | |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| Paralympic events | ||
| 100 m free S10 | men | women |
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 24 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Ryan Murphy (USA)
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51.85 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 August 2016 |
| Mediterranean Games record |  Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP)
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52.38 | Pescara, Italy | 1 July 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Simone Sabbioni |  Italy |
54.72 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy |
54.75 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Youssef Said |  Egypt |
55.74 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Gabriel José Lopes |  Portugal |
55.79 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Jorge Martín | Spain |
56.26 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
56.64 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece |
56.80 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Anton Lončar |  Croatia |
56.97 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Anže Ferš Eržen |  Slovenia |
57.07 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Ege Başer |  Turkey |
57.32 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Juan Segura | Spain |
57.37 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Francisco Santos | Portugal |
57.43 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Geoffroy Mathieu |  France |
57.54 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Driss Lahrichi |  Morocco |
57.77 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Filippos Iakovidis |  Cyprus |
57.98 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Ryad Bouhamidi |  Algeria |
58.51 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou | Cyprus |
58.67 |
Final
The final was held at 18:32.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
54.68 | |
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4 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy |
54.77 | |
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5 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy |
54.77 | |
| 4 | 1 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece |
55.23 | |
| 5 | 6 | Gabriel José Lopes | Portugal |
55.77 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jorge Martín | Spain |
55.88 | |
| 7 | 8 | Anton Lončar | Croatia |
56.22 | |
| 8 | 3 | Youssef Said | Egypt |
56.48 |
References
- ^ "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.