2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100m backstroke events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August.

Medalists[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
S1	Kamil Otowski Poland	Anton Kol Ukraine	Francesco Bettella Italy
S2	Gabriel Araújo Brazil	Alberto Abarza Chile	Jacek Czech Poland
S6	Yang Hong China	Dino Sinovčić Croatia	Matías de Andrade Argentina
S7	Andrii Trusov Ukraine	Yurii Shenhur Ukraine	Federico Bicelli Italy
S8	Iñigo Lloips Sanz Spain	Kota Kubota Japan	Sam Downie Great Britain
S9	Simone Barlaam Italy	Ugo Didier France	Timothy Hodge Australia
S10	Stefano Raimondi Italy	Riccardo Menciotti Italy	Ihor Nimchenko Ukraine
S11	Mykhailo Serbin Ukraine	Marco Meneses Portugal	Rogier Dorsman Netherlands
S12	Stephen Clegg Great Britain	Raman Salei Azerbaijan	Douglas Matera Brazil
S13	Thomas van Wanrooij Netherlands	Enrique Jose Alhambra Mollar Spain	Oleksii Virchenko Ukraine
S14	Benjamin Hance Australia	Gabriel Bandeira Brazil	Alexander Hillhouse Denmark

Results[edit]

S1[edit]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Hennadii Boiko	2:08.01
Championship record	Iyad Shalabi	2:25.51

Final

The event took place on 2 Aug 2023 at 17:35. Five swimmers entered and the event progressed directly to final.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result
	4	Kamil Otowski	Poland	2:18.60
	5	Anton Kol	Ukraine	2:27.55
	3	Francesco Bettella	Italy	2:30.89
4	6	Iyad Shalabi	Israel	2:33.53
5	2	Dimitrios Karypidis	Greece	3:04.90

S2[edit]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Liankang Zou	1:45.25
Championship record	Santos Araujo Dos	1:57.69

Final

The event took place on 2 Aug 2023 at 17:42. Seven swimmers entered and the event was treated as a direct final.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result
	4	Gabriel Araújo	Brazil	1:55.34
	5	Alberto Abarza Diaz	Chile	2:06.42
	3	Jacek Czech	Poland	2:07.04
4	6	Roman Bondarenko	Ukraine	2:13.80
5	2	C Tronco Sanchez	Mexico	2:17.05
6	1	Rodrigo Santillan	Peru	2:19.13
7	7	Conrad Hildebrand	Sweden	2:42.85

S6[edit]

The event took place on the morning and evening of 31 July.

Entering the event, the World and championships records were as follows:^[1]

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Zheng Tao :	1:10.84
Championship record	Zheng Tao :	1:12.94

Heats

Nine swimmers entered the event. The top eight, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	6	Yang Hong	China	1:16.55	Q
2	1	5	Jia Hongguang	China	1:17.32	Q
3	2	4	Dino Sinovcic	Croatia	1:17.51	Q
4	1	6	Wang Jingang	China	1:18.46	Q
5	1	4	Matias de Andrade	Argentina	1:19.23	Q
6	2	5	Nelson Crispin	Colombia	1:22.12	Q
7	2	3	David Sanchez Sierra	Spain	1:22.13	Q
8	1	3	Daniel Videira	Portugal	1:22.92	Q
9	2	2	Raul Gutierrez	Mexico	1:24.48

Final

Eight swimmers from six nations took part.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Result
	Yang Hong	China	1:15.17
	Dino Sinovčić	Croatia	1:17.71
	Matías de Andrade	Argentina	1:18.74
4	Wang Jingang	China	1:19.42
5	Nelson Crispín	Colombia	1:19.87
6	Jia Hongguang	China	1:20.72
7	David Sanchez Sierra	Spain	1:20.94
8	Daniel Videira	Portugal	1:22.79

S7[edit]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Andrii Trusov	1:08.14
Championship record	Bohdan Hrynenko	1:08.92

Heats

The event took place on 3 Aug 2023 at 10:26. Nine swimmers entered. The highest ranked eight, regardless of heat, progressed to the final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Andrii Trusov	Ukraine	1:12.13	Q
1	1	5	Yurii Shenhur	Ukraine	1:12.13	Q
3	2	3	Christian Sadie	South Africa	1:14.10	Q
4	1	4	Federico Bicelli	Italy	1:15.06	Q
5	2	5	Inaki Basiloff	Argentina	1:15.40	Q
6	1	3	Marian Kvasnytsia	Ukraine	1:15.45	Q
7	1	6	Nicolas Poggi	Argentina	1:16.22	Q
8	2	2	Wei Soong Toh	Singapore	1:18.60	Q
9	2	6	C Serrano Zarate	Colombia	1:20.69

Final

The event took place on 3 Aug 2023 at 20:12.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result
	5	Andrii Trusov	Ukraine	1:09.37
	4	Yurii Shenhur	Ukraine	1:10.67
	6	Federico Bicelli	Italy	1:12.08
4	3	Christian Sadie	South Africa	1:12.99
5	2	Inaki Basiloff	Argentina	1:13.37
6	8	Wei Soong Toh	Singapore	1:14.97
7	7	Marian Kvasnytsia	Ukraine	1:15.44
8	1	Nicolas Poggi	Argentina	1:17.45

S8[edit]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Robert Griswold	1:02.55
Championship record	Konstantin Lisenkov	1:03.32

Final

The event took place on 3 Aug 2023 at 20:12.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result
	5	Inigo Llopis Sanz	Spain	1:05.32
	4	Kota Kubota	Japan	1:06.40
	2	Sam Downie	Great Britain	1:08.36
4	6	Mark Malyar	Israel	1:09.17
5	3	Kotaro Ogiwara	Japan	1:09.39
6	1	Pipo Carlomagno	Argentina	1:11.08
7	7	S Martos Minguet	Spain	1:11.31
8	8	Jurijs Semjonovs	Latvia	1:19.60

S9[edit]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Simone Barlaam	59.72
Championship record	Simone Barlaam	59.72

Heats

10 swimmers entered the competition.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result
1	5	Timothy Hodge	Australia	1:01.90
2	4	Ugo Didier	France	1:02.58
3	4	Simone Barlaam	Italy	1:04.46
4	5	Jesse Reynolds	New Zealand	1:04.85
5	2	Eduard Horodianyn	Ukraine	1:05.52
6	3	Barry Mcclements	Ireland	1:06.37
7	3	Jendi Pangabean	Indonesia	1:06.43
8	6	Brenden Hall	Australia	1:06.80
9	6	Visser Sam De	Belgium	1:07.56
10	2	Brun Jacobo Garrido	Spain	1:11.68

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result
1	3	Simone Barlaam	Italy	1:00.35
2	5	Ugo Didier	France	1:00.42
3	4	Timothy Hodge	Australia	1:02.15
4	6	Jesse Reynolds	New Zealand	1:04.95
5	2	Eduard Horodianyn	Ukraine	1:05.69
6	7	Barry Mcclements	Ireland	1:05.90
7	8	Brenden Hall	Australia	1:06.35

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S12[edit]

The event took place on the morning and evening of 31 July.

Entering the event, the World and championship records were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	A Svetov-Nevolin :	59.35
Championship record	Yaroslav Denysenko :	59.40

Heats

12 swimmers took part. The Top eight, regardless of heat, progress to the final^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Stephen Clegg	Great Britain	1:00.01	Q
2	1	4	Raman Salei	Azerbaijan	1:02.26	Q
3	1	5	Martin Alex Villarejo	Spain	1:05.62	Q
4	1	3	Dmytro Sukhanov	Ukraine	1:08.30	Q
5	2	5	Maulana Rifky Yavianda	Indonesia	1:08.39	Q
6	2	3	Douglas Matera	Brazil	1:09.19	Q
7	2	2	Roman Mychka	Ukraine	1:09.69	Q
8	2	7	Jahan Abadi Karimi	Iran	1:10.39	Q
9	2	6	Tamayo Borja Sanz	Spain	1:10.58
10	1	6	Correa Daniel Giraldo	Colombia	1:10.84
11	1	2	Roman Potapov	Kazakhstan	1:12.31
12	1	7	Andrey Afanasyev	Kazakhstan	1:14.66

Final

Eight swimmers from seven nations took part.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nation	Result
	Stephen Clegg	Great Britain	1:00.13
	Raman Salei	Azerbaijan	1:00.83
	Douglas Matera	Brazil	1:04.60
4	Maulana Rifky Yavianda	Indonesia	1:05.00
5	Alex Villarejo Martin	Spain	1:05.69
6	Dmytro Sukhanov	Ukraine	1:06.72
7	Karimi Jahan Abadi	Iran	1:10.68
8	Roman Mychka	Ukraine	1:10.68

S14[edit]

The event took place on the morning and evening of 1 August.

Entering the event, the World and championship records were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Benjamin Hance :	56.88
Championship record	Benjamin Hance :	57.34

Heats

13 swimmers took part. The Top eight, regardless of heat, progress to the final^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Benjamin Hance	Australia	57.48	Q
2	1	4	Gabriel Bandeira	Brazil	1:00.05	Q
3	2	5	Alexander Hillhouse	Denmark	1:00.41	Q
4	1	5	Jordan Catchpole	Great Britain	1:01.11	Q
5	1	3	Vasyl Krainyk	Ukraine	1:01.44	Q
6	2	3	Ricky Betar	Australia	1:01.81	Q
7	2	6	Louis Lawlor	Great Britain	1:01.84	Q
8	1	6	Lee In-kook	South Korea	1:02.19	Q
9	1	7	Lautaro Maidana	Argentina	1:03.02
10	1	2	Hui Ka Chun	Hong Kong	1:03.36
11	2	2	Muhammad Redzuan	Malaysia	1:03.83
12	2	7	Nicholas Bennett	Canada	1:04.19
13	2	1	Cameron Vearncombe	Great Britain	1:05.46

Final

Eight swimmers from seven nations took part.^[7]

Rank	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
	Benjamin Hance	Australia	57.26	CR
	Gabriel Bandeira	Brazil	59.05
	Alexander Hillhouse	Denmark	59.86
4	Jordan Catchpole	Great Britain	1:00.41
5	Vasyl Krainyk	Ukraine	1:01.81
6	Louis Lawlor	Great Britain	1:01.86
7	Ricky Betar	Australia	1:01.89
8	Lee In-kook	South Korea	1:02.31

References[edit]

^ "Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships - Initial Records". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
^ "Men's 100m backstroke S6 Heats" (PDF). paralympic.org. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Men's 100m backstroke S6 Finals" (PDF). paralympic.org. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Men's 100m backstroke S12 Heats" (PDF). paralympic.org. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Men's 100m backstroke S12 Finals" (PDF). paralympic.org. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Men's 100m backstroke S14 Heats" (PDF). paralympic.org. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Men's 100m backstroke S14 Finals" (PDF). paralympic.org. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[1] "Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships - Initial Records". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.

[2] "Men's 100m backstroke S6 Heats" (PDF). paralympic.org. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[3] "Men's 100m backstroke S6 Finals" (PDF). paralympic.org. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[4] "Men's 100m backstroke S12 Heats" (PDF). paralympic.org. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[5] "Men's 100m backstroke S12 Finals" (PDF). paralympic.org. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[6] "Men's 100m backstroke S14 Heats" (PDF). paralympic.org. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[7] "Men's 100m backstroke S14 Finals" (PDF). paralympic.org. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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2023 World Para Swimming Championships
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
Individual medley
150 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Relay
Freestyle	mixed
Medley	mixed
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