100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Venue West-Berlin GER
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 34
Countries 26
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Bob Jackson USA 56.95
(1 h1)		 56.36
(1 F)
🥈 Peter Rocca USA 57.43
(2 h1)		 56.69
(2 F)
🥉 Rômulo Arantes BRA 58.66
(4 h1)		 58.01
(3 F)
4 Glenn Patching AUS 58.77
(6 h1)		 58.44
(4 F)
5 Fred Eefting NED 58.69
(5 h1)		 59.10
(5 F)
6 Conrado Porta ARG 58.78
(7 h1)		 59.13
(6 F)
7 Gary Hurring NZL 58.33
(3 h1)		 57.83
(7 F)
8 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 58.83
(8 h1)		 —
9 Carlos Berrocal PUR 59.03
(9 h1)		 —
10 Gary Abraham GBR 59.18
(10 h1)		 —
11 Lutz Wanja GDR 59.20
(11 h1)		 —
12 Jan Thorell SWE 59.23
(12 h1)		 —
13 Michael Söderlund SWE 59.43
(13 h1)		 —
14 Wade Flemons CAN 59.54
(14 h1)		 —
15 Miloslav Roľko TCH 59.58
(15 h1)		 —
16 Reinhold Becker GER 59.65
(16 h1)		 —
17 Thomas Ackenhausen GDR 59.73
(17 h1)		 —
18 Krasimir Petrov BUL 59.78
(18 h1)		 —
19 Jim Carter GBR 1:00.59
(19 h1)		 —
20 Jay Tapp CAN 1:00.61
(20 h1)		 —
21 Thomas Lebherz GER 1:00.94
(21 h1)		 —
22 Noriyoshi Mishina JPN 1:01.17
(22 h1)		 —
23 Sándor Wladár HUN 1:01.50
(23 h1)		 —
24 Genaro Otero COL 1:01.71
(24 h1)		 —
25 José Yepes ECU 1:01.84
(25 h1)		 —
26 Daniele Cerabino ITA 1:01.92
(26 h1)		 —
27 Erich Thomann SUI 1:02.38
(27 h1)		 —
28 Leszek Górski POL 1:02.59
(28 h1)		 —
29 Lukman Niode INA 1:03.77
(29 h1)		 —
30 Zafer Atamer TUR 1:04.58
(30 h1)		 —
31 David Lindquist ISV 1:04.81
(31 h1)		 —
32 Jasim Zablah KUW 1:14.10
(32 h1)		 —
33 Waleed Ali KUW 1:17.99
(33 h1)		 —
AC Viktor Kuznetsov URS 57.56
(DQ h1)		 57.41
(DQ F)
DNS David CumminsDNS IRL —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Lan BullockDNS NZL —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Bob Jackson USA 56.95
2 Peter Rocca USA 57.43
3 Gary Hurring NZL 58.33
4 Rômulo Arantes BRA 58.66
5 Fred Eefting NED 58.69
6 Glenn Patching AUS 58.77
7 Conrado Porta ARG 58.78
8 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 58.83
9 Carlos Berrocal PUR 59.03
10 Gary Abraham GBR 59.18
11 Lutz Wanja GDR 59.20
12 Jan Thorell SWE 59.23
13 Michael Söderlund SWE 59.43
14 Wade Flemons CAN 59.54
15 Miloslav Rolko TCH 59.58
16 Reinhold Becker GER 59.65
17 Thomas Ackenhausen GDR 59.73
18 Krasimir Petrov BUL 59.78
19 Jim Carter GBR 1:00.59
20 Jay Tapp CAN 1:00.61
21 Thomas Lebherz GER 1:00.94
22 Noriyoshi Mishina JPN 1:01.17
23 Sándor Wladár HUN 1:01.50
24 Genaro Otero COL 1:01.71
25 José Yepes ECU 1:01.84
26 Daniele Cerabino ITA 1:01.92
27 Erich Thomann SUI 1:02.38
28 Leszek Górski POL 1:02.59
29 Lukman Niode INA 1:03.77
30 Zafer Atamer TUR 1:04.58
31 David Lindquist ISV 1:04.81
32 Jasim Zablah KUW 1:14.10
33 Waleed Ali KUW 1:17.99
DQ Viktor Kuznetsov URS 57.56
DNS David CumminsDNS IRL —
DNS Lan BullockDNS NZL —

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Bob Jackson USA 56.36
2 Peter Rocca USA 56.69
3 Rômulo Arantes BRA 58.01
4 Glenn Patching AUS 58.44
5 Fred Eefting NED 59.10
6 Conrado Porta ARG 59.13
7 Gary Hurring NZL 57.83
DQ Viktor Kuznetsov URS 57.41