100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Singapore SGP
Held 28 – 29 July 2025
Status Medal
Competitors 59
Countries 51
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Pieter Coetze RSA 52.80
(3 h4)		 52.29
(2 h2)		 51.85
(1 F)
🥈 Thomas Ceccon ITA 53.65
(4 h6)		 52.35
(3 h2)		 51.90
(2 F)
🥉 Yohann N'Doye Brouard FRA 52.30
(1 h6)		 52.47
(5 h2)		 51.92
(3 F)
4 Hubert Kós HUN 52.60
(1 h4)		 52.21
(1 h2)		 52.20
(4 F)
5 Oliver Morgan GBR 52.93
(4 h4)		 52.41
(4 h2)		 52.37
(5 F)
6 Kliment Kolesnikov NEU 52.57
(1 h5)		 52.26
(1 h1)		 52.38
(6 F)
7 Miron Lifintsev NEU 52.77
(2 h6)		 52.57
(3 h1)		 52.51
(7 F)
8 Apostolos Christou GRE 52.61
(2 h5)		 52.44
(2 h1)		 52.62
(8 F)
9 Ksawery Masiuk POL 52.82
(3 h5)		 52.67
(4 h1)		 —
10 Christian Bacico ITA 52.72
(2 h4)		 52.72
(6 h2)		 —
11 Xu Jiayu CHN 53.73
(5 h6)		 53.14
(5 h1)		 —
=12 Mewen Tomac FRA 53.07
(3 h6)		 53.15
(=6 h1)		 —
=12 Miroslav Knedla CZE 53.59
(4 h5)		 53.15
(=6 h1)		 —
14 Evangelos Makrygiannis GRE 53.29
(5 h4)		 53.36
(7 h2)		 —
15 Ádám Jászó HUN 53.78
(5 h5)		 53.62
(8 h1)		 —
16 Ulises Saravia ARG 53.74
(6 h6)		 54.32
(8 h2)		 —
17 Lee Ju-Ho KOR 53.79
(7 h6)		 — —
18 Tommy Janton USA 53.87
(6 h5)		 — —
19 Jonathon Marshall GBR 53.91
(6 h4)		 — —
20 Roman Mityukov SUI 53.92
(7 h4)		 — —
21 Riku Matsuyama JPN 53.94
(8 h6)		 — —
22 Finn Harland NZL 54.17
(1 h3)		 — —
23 Adrián Santos ESP 54.22
(8 h4)		 — —
=24 Oleksandr Zheltyakov UKR 54.24
(9 h4)		 — —
=24 Kai Van Westering NED 54.24
(7 h5)		 — —
26 John Shortt IRL 54.26
(9 h6)		 — —
27 Wang Shun CHN 54.31
(8 h5)		 — —
28 Marcus Reyes MEX 54.36
(2 h3)		 — —
29 Quah Zheng Wen SGP 54.39
(1 h2)		 — —
30 Joshua Edwards-Smith AUS 54.52
(3 h3)		 — —
31 Inbar Danziger ISR 54.59
(4 h3)		 — —
32 Guilherme Basseto BRA 54.68
(9 h5)		 — —
33 Denis Popescu ROU 54.80
(10 h6)		 — —
34 Cole Pratt CAN 54.81
(5 h3)		 — —
35 Mantas Kaušpėdas LTU 54.98
(6 h3)		 — —
36 Robert Falborg Pedersen DEN 55.03
(10 h4)		 — —
37 Jack Harvey BER 55.40
(7 h3)		 — —
38 Yeziel Morales PUR 55.41
(8 h3)		 — —
39 Luka Čarapović CRO 55.84
(9 h3)		 — —
40 Liam Carrington TTO 55.87
(2 h2)		 — —
41 Patrick Groters ARU 55.95
(3 h2)		 — —
42 Rémi Fabiani LUX 56.39
(4 h2)		 — —
43 Tonnam Kanteemool THA 56.53
(5 h2)		 — —
44 Jack Aikins USA 56.54
(10 h5)		 — —
45 Edhy Vargas CHI 56.59
(6 h2)		 — —
46 Guðmundur Rafnsson ISL 56.71
(7 h2)		 — —
47 Noe Pantskhava GEO 56.72
(10 h3)		 — —
48 Mohamed Ben Abbes TUN 56.92
(8 h2)		 — —
49 Ahmad Safie LBN 56.94
(1 h1)		 — —
50 Hayden Kwan HKG 57.02
(9 h2)		 — —
51 Nikolass Deičmans LAT 57.18
(10 h2)		 — —
52 Enkhtur Erkhes MGL 57.25
(2 h1)		 — —
53 Alexis Kpade BEN 57.50
(3 h1)		 — —
54 Zackary Gresham GRN 58.25
(4 h1)		 — —
55 Samiul Rafi BAN 58.36
(5 h1)		 — —
56 Joel Ling BRU 1:00.06
(6 h1)		 — —
57 Kokoro Frost SAM 1:02.15
(7 h1)		 — —
58 Mohammed Al-Wahaibi OMA 1:05.92
(8 h1)		 — —
59 Zakhar Pilkevich TJK 1:08.81
(9 h1)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ahmad Safie LBN 56.94
2 Enkhtur Erkhes MGL 57.25
3 Alexis Kpade BEN 57.50
4 Zackary Gresham GRN 58.25
5 Samiul Rafi BAN 58.36
6 Joel Ling BRU 1:00.06
7 Kokoro Frost SAM 1:02.15
8 Mohammed Al-Wahaibi OMA 1:05.92
9 Zakhar Pilkevich TJK 1:08.81

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Quah Zheng Wen SGP 54.39
2 Liam Carrington TTO 55.87
3 Patrick Groters ARU 55.95
4 Rémi Fabiani LUX 56.39
5 Tonnam Kanteemool THA 56.53
6 Edhy Vargas CHI 56.59
7 Guðmundur Rafnsson ISL 56.71
8 Mohamed Ben Abbes TUN 56.92
9 Hayden Kwan HKG 57.02
10 Nikolass Deičmans LAT 57.18

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Finn Harland NZL 54.17
2 Marcus Reyes MEX 54.36
3 Joshua Edwards-Smith AUS 54.52
4 Inbar Danziger ISR 54.59
5 Cole Pratt CAN 54.81
6 Mantas Kaušpėdas LTU 54.98
7 Jack Harvey BER 55.40
8 Yeziel Morales PUR 55.41
9 Luka Čarapović CRO 55.84
10 Noe Pantskhava GEO 56.72

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Hubert Kós HUN 52.60
2 Christian Bacico ITA 52.72
3 Pieter Coetze RSA 52.80
4 Oliver Morgan GBR 52.93
5 Evangelos Makrygiannis GRE 53.29
6 Jonathon Marshall GBR 53.91
7 Roman Mityukov SUI 53.92
8 Adrián Santos ESP 54.22
9 Oleksandr Zheltyakov UKR 54.24
10 Robert Falborg Pedersen DEN 55.03

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kliment Kolesnikov NEU 52.57
2 Apostolos Christou GRE 52.61
3 Ksawery Masiuk POL 52.82
4 Miroslav Knedla CZE 53.59
5 Ádám Jászó HUN 53.78
6 Tommy Janton USA 53.87
7 Kai Van Westering NED 54.24
8 Wang Shun CHN 54.31
9 Guilherme Basseto BRA 54.68
10 Jack Aikins USA 56.54

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yohann N'Doye Brouard FRA 52.30
2 Miron Lifintsev NEU 52.77
3 Mewen Tomac FRA 53.07
4 Thomas Ceccon ITA 53.65
5 Xu Jiayu CHN 53.73
6 Ulises Saravia ARG 53.74
7 Lee Ju-Ho KOR 53.79
8 Riku Matsuyama JPN 53.94
9 John Shortt IRL 54.26
10 Denis Popescu ROU 54.80

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=6 Mewen Tomac FRA 53.15
=6 Miroslav Knedla CZE 53.15
1 Kliment Kolesnikov NEU 52.26
2 Apostolos Christou GRE 52.44
3 Miron Lifintsev NEU 52.57
4 Ksawery Masiuk POL 52.67
5 Xu Jiayu CHN 53.14
8 Ádám Jászó HUN 53.62

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Hubert Kós HUN 52.21
2 Pieter Coetze RSA 52.29
3 Thomas Ceccon ITA 52.35
4 Oliver Morgan GBR 52.41
5 Yohann N'Doye Brouard FRA 52.47
6 Christian Bacico ITA 52.72
7 Evangelos Makrygiannis GRE 53.36
8 Ulises Saravia ARG 54.32

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Pieter Coetze RSA 51.85
2 Thomas Ceccon ITA 51.90
3 Yohann N'Doye Brouard FRA 51.92
4 Hubert Kós HUN 52.20
5 Oliver Morgan GBR 52.37
6 Kliment Kolesnikov NEU 52.38
7 Miron Lifintsev NEU 52.51
8 Apostolos Christou GRE 52.62