100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1974 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Wien AUT
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 23
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Roland Matthes GDR 58.56
(1 h4)		 58.21
(1 F)
🥈 Lutz Wanja GDR 59.51
(1 h2)		 58.66
(2 F)
🥉 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 59.57
(1 h1)		 58.78
(3 F)
4 Santiago Esteva ESP 59.62
(2 h2)		 59.52
(4 F)
5 Bodo Schlag GER 1:00.31
(1 h3)		 1:00.14
(5 F)
6 Igor Potyakin URS 1:00.52
(=3 h2)		 1:00.38
(6 F)
7 Sergey Mironovich URS 1:00.52
(=3 h2)		 1:00.46
(7 F)
8 Karim Ressang NED 1:00.36
(2 h4)		 1:00.53
(8 F)
9 Anders Sandberg SWE 1:00.61
(3 h4)		 —
10 László Cseh, Sr. HUN 1:00.66
(4 h4)		 —
11 Svante Zetterlund SWE 1:00.70
(5 h2)		 —
12 Lapo Cianchi ITA 1:01.28
(2 h3)		 —
13 Colin Cunningham GBR 1:01.31
(2 h1)		 —
14 Predrag Miloš YUG 1:01.38
(3 h1)		 —
15 Ejvind Pedersen DEN 1:01.58
(3 h3)		 —
16 Helmut Podolan AUT 1:01.78
(4 h3)		 —
17 Nenad Miloš YUG 1:01.92
(5 h3)		 —
18 Franck Meslier FRA 1:02.52
(4 h1)		 —
19 Massimo Nistri ITA 1:03.32
(5 h1)		 —
20 Rob Howard IRL 1:03.43
(6 h3)		 —
21 Lars Finer FIN 1:03.89
(5 h4)		 —
22 Vangelis Koskinas GRE 1:06.68
(6 h2)		 —
23 José Gomes Pereira POR 1:07.41
(6 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 59.57
2 Colin Cunningham GBR 1:01.31
3 Predrag Miloš YUG 1:01.38
4 Franck Meslier FRA 1:02.52
5 Massimo Nistri ITA 1:03.32
6 José Gomes Pereira POR 1:07.41

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lutz Wanja GDR 59.51
2 Santiago Esteva ESP 59.62
=3 Igor Potyakin URS 1:00.52
=3 Sergey Mironovich URS 1:00.52
5 Svante Zetterlund SWE 1:00.70
6 Vangelis Koskinas GRE 1:06.68

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Bodo Schlag GER 1:00.31
2 Lapo Cianchi ITA 1:01.28
3 Ejvind Pedersen DEN 1:01.58
4 Helmut Podolan AUT 1:01.78
5 Nenad Miloš YUG 1:01.92
6 Rob Howard IRL 1:03.43

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Roland Matthes GDR 58.56
2 Karim Ressang NED 1:00.36
3 Anders Sandberg SWE 1:00.61
4 László Cseh, Sr. HUN 1:00.66
5 Lars Finer FIN 1:03.89

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Roland Matthes GDR 58.21
2 Lutz Wanja GDR 58.66
3 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 58.78
4 Santiago Esteva ESP 59.52
5 Bodo Schlag GER 1:00.14
6 Igor Potyakin URS 1:00.38
7 Sergey Mironovich URS 1:00.46
8 Karim Ressang NED 1:00.53