100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1997 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Sevilla ESP
Held 23 August 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 26
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Martín López-Zubero ESP 56.21
(2 h4)		 55.71
(1 FA)
🥈 Eithan Urbach ISR 55.96
(1 h4)		 55.88
(2 FA)
🥉 Vladimir Selkov RUS 56.63
(3 h3)		 55.97
(3 FA)
4 Emanuele Merisi ITA 56.39
(1 h2)		 56.09
(4 FA)
5 Mariusz Siembida POL 55.98
(1 h3)		 56.10
(5 FA)
6 Jani Sievinen FIN 56.42
(2 h2)		 56.17
(6 FA)
7 Martin Harris GBR 56.64
(4 h3)		 56.27
(7 FA)
8 Neil Willey GBR 56.49
(2 h3)		 56.37
(8 FA)
9 Darius Grigalionis LTU 56.74
(3 h4)		 56.26
(1 FB)
10 Ralf Braun GER 56.88
(4 h4)		 56.31
(2 FB)
11 Carlos Ramos ESP 56.95
(5 h3)		 56.72
(3 FB)
12 Mindaugas Špokas LTU 56.76
(3 h2)		 56.98
(4 FB)
13 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 57.16
(5 h2)		 57.20
(5 FB)
14 Marko Strahija CRO 57.31
(6 h3)		 57.23
(6 FB)
15 Przemysław Wilant POL 57.09
(4 h2)		 57.32
(7 FB)
16 Nuno Laurentino POR 57.40
(1 h1)		 57.58
(8 FB)
17 Jakob Andersen DEN 57.49
(5 h4)		 —
18 Peter Mankoč SLO 57.53
(7 h3)		 —
19 Gordan Kožulj CRO 57.54
(6 h4)		 —
20 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 57.64
(6 h2)		 —
21 Miroslav Machovič SVK 57.86
(8 h3)		 —
22 Lars Kalenka GER 58.05
(7 h4)		 —
23 Adrian O'Connor IRL 58.17
(8 h4)		 —
24 Hugh O'Connor IRL 58.49
(2 h1)		 —
25 Rolf Schwyter SUI 58.55
(3 h1)		 —
26 Yoav Gath ISR 59.73
(7 h2)		 —
DNS Örn ArnarsonDNS ISL —
(DNS h2)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nuno Laurentino POR 57.40
2 Hugh O'Connor IRL 58.49
3 Rolf Schwyter SUI 58.55

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Emanuele Merisi ITA 56.39
2 Jani Sievinen FIN 56.42
3 Mindaugas Špokas LTU 56.76
4 Przemysław Wilant POL 57.09
5 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 57.16
6 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 57.64
7 Yoav Gath ISR 59.73
DNS Örn ArnarsonDNS ISL —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mariusz Siembida POL 55.98
2 Neil Willey GBR 56.49
3 Vladimir Selkov RUS 56.63
4 Martin Harris GBR 56.64
5 Carlos Ramos ESP 56.95
6 Marko Strahija CRO 57.31
7 Peter Mankoč SLO 57.53
8 Miroslav Machovič SVK 57.86

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Eithan Urbach ISR 55.96
2 Martín López-Zubero ESP 56.21
3 Darius Grigalionis LTU 56.74
4 Ralf Braun GER 56.88
5 Jakob Andersen DEN 57.49
6 Gordan Kožulj CRO 57.54
7 Lars Kalenka GER 58.05
8 Adrian O'Connor IRL 58.17

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Martín López-Zubero ESP 55.71
2 Eithan Urbach ISR 55.88
3 Vladimir Selkov RUS 55.97
4 Emanuele Merisi ITA 56.09
5 Mariusz Siembida POL 56.10
6 Jani Sievinen FIN 56.17
7 Martin Harris GBR 56.27
8 Neil Willey GBR 56.37

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Darius Grigalionis LTU 56.26
2 Ralf Braun GER 56.31
3 Carlos Ramos ESP 56.72
4 Mindaugas Špokas LTU 56.98
5 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 57.20
6 Marko Strahija CRO 57.23
7 Przemysław Wilant POL 57.32
8 Nuno Laurentino POR 57.58