100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1982 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Guayaquil ECU
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 34
Countries 25
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Dirk Richter GDR 56.19
(1 h1)		 55.95
(1 FA)
🥈 Rick Carey USA 57.24
(5 h1)		 56.04
(2 FA)
🥉 Vladimir Shemetov URS 56.96
(2 h1)		 56.42
(3 FA)
4 Sándor Wladár HUN 57.11
(4 h1)		 56.85
(4 FA)
5 Viktor Kuznetsov URS 57.48
(7 h1)		 57.15
(5 FA)
6 Clay Britt USA 57.73
(8 h1)		 57.44
(6 FA)
7 Wade Flemons CAN 57.39
(6 h1)		 57.91
(7 FA)
8 Frank Baltrusch GDR 56.99
(3 h1)		 —
(DQ FA)
9 Mike West CAN 58.14
(10 h1)		 57.84
(1 FB)
10 Stefan Peter GER 58.08
(9 h1)		 58.22
(2 FB)
11 Josef Hladky TCH —
(16 h1)		 58.85
(3 FB)
12 Hidetoshi Takahashi JPN 58.75
(11 h1)		 58.97
(4 FB)
13 Francisco Benítez ESP 59.33
(15 h1)		 59.12
(5 FB)
14 Conrado Porta ARG 58.85
(12 h1)		 59.27
(6 FB)
15 Ricardo Aldabe ESP 58.98
(13 h1)		 59.40
(7 FB)
16 Edsard Schlingemann NED 59.24
(14 h1)		 59.60
(8 FB)
17 Bengt Baron SWE 57.91
(17 h1)		 —
18 Doug Campbell GBR 59.34
(18 h1)		 —
19 Michael Söderlund SWE 59.53
(19 h1)		 —
20 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz POL 59.87
(20 h1)		 —
21 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 1:00.03
(21 h1)		 —
22 Andy Jameson GBR 1:00.07
(22 h1)		 —
23 Petter Ulvestad NOR 1:00.40
(23 h1)		 —
24 Paolo Falchini ITA 1:00.57
(24 h1)		 —
25 Carlos Henao COL 1:00.73
(25 h1)		 —
26 Roger Birrer SUI 1:01.08
(26 h1)		 —
27 Peter Rohde DEN 1:01.49
(27 h1)		 —
28 İhsan Sabri Özün TUR 1:01.59
(28 h1)		 —
29 Gao Shigang CHN 1:03.08
(29 h1)		 —
30 Fernando Rodríguez PER 1:03.09
(30 h1)		 —
31 Erik Rosskopf ISV 1:03.11
(31 h1)		 —
32 Alexander Pilhatsch AUT 1:03.43
(32 h1)		 —
33 Enrique Conterno PER 1:03.82
(33 h1)		 —
AC Herwig Bayer AUT —
(DQ h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Dirk Richter GDR 56.19
2 Vladimir Shemetov URS 56.96
3 Frank Baltrusch GDR 56.99
4 Sándor Wladár HUN 57.11
5 Rick Carey USA 57.24
6 Wade Flemons CAN 57.39
7 Viktor Kuznetsov URS 57.48
8 Clay Britt USA 57.73
9 Stefan Peter GER 58.08
10 Mike West CAN 58.14
11 Hidetoshi Takahashi JPN 58.75
12 Conrado Porta ARG 58.85
13 Ricardo Aldabe ESP 58.98
14 Edsard Schlingemann NED 59.24
15 Francisco Benítez ESP 59.33
16 Josef Hladky TCH —
17 Bengt Baron SWE 57.91
18 Doug Campbell GBR 59.34
19 Michael Söderlund SWE 59.53
20 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz POL 59.87
21 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 1:00.03
22 Andy Jameson GBR 1:00.07
23 Petter Ulvestad NOR 1:00.40
24 Paolo Falchini ITA 1:00.57
25 Carlos Henao COL 1:00.73
26 Roger Birrer SUI 1:01.08
27 Peter Rohde DEN 1:01.49
28 İhsan Sabri Özün TUR 1:01.59
29 Gao Shigang CHN 1:03.08
30 Fernando Rodríguez PER 1:03.09
31 Erik Rosskopf ISV 1:03.11
32 Alexander Pilhatsch AUT 1:03.43
33 Enrique Conterno PER 1:03.82
DQ Herwig Bayer AUT —

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Dirk Richter GDR 55.95
2 Rick Carey USA 56.04
3 Vladimir Shemetov URS 56.42
4 Sándor Wladár HUN 56.85
5 Viktor Kuznetsov URS 57.15
6 Clay Britt USA 57.44
7 Wade Flemons CAN 57.91
DQ Frank Baltrusch GDR —

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mike West CAN 57.84
2 Stefan Peter GER 58.22
3 Josef Hladky TCH 58.85
4 Hidetoshi Takahashi JPN 58.97
5 Francisco Benítez ESP 59.12
6 Conrado Porta ARG 59.27
7 Ricardo Aldabe ESP 59.40
8 Edsard Schlingemann NED 59.60