Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Men's 100 metre backstroke

|games = 2022

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Sandwell Aquatics Centre

|dates = 29 July (heats, semifinals)
30 July (final)

|competitors = 38

|nations = 27

|win_value = 53.78

|gold = Pieter Coetze

|goldCGA = RSA

|silver = Brodie Williams

|silverCGA = ENG

|bronze = Bradley Woodward

|bronzeCGA = AUS

|prev = 2018

|next = 2026

}}

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 29 and 30 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Thomas Ceccon|ITA}}

| world_mark = 51.60

| world_place = Budapest, Hungary

| world_date = 22 June 2022

| world_ref =

| commonwealth_athlete = {{flagathlete|Mitch Larkin|AUS}}

| commonwealth_mark = 52.11

| commonwealth_place = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| commonwealth_date = 6 November 2015

| commonwealth_ref =

| games_athlete = {{flagCGFathlete|Chris Walker-Hebborn|ENG|2014}}

| games_mark = 53.12

| games_place = Glasgow, United Kingdom

| games_date = 25 July 2014

| games_ref =

}}

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:{{cite web|title=Swimming - Daily Schedule|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athletic-sports-schedule/SWM/*|publisher=Birmingham 2022|accessdate=28 July 2022}}

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

class="wikitable" ! Date ! Time ! Round
rowspan=2\| Friday 29 July 2022	11:49	Qualifying
20:44	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon\| Saturday 30 July 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon\| 21:05	style=background:lemonchiffon\| Final

Results

=Heats=

[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMM100MBA------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Heats Results]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	3	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Pieter\|Coetze}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	53.91	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	4	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brodie\|Williams}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	54.49	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	3	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bradley\|Woodward}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.54	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	4	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Luke\|Greenbank}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	54.55	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	4	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Srihari\|Nataraj}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|IND\|2022}}	54.68	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	5	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Andrew\|Jeffcoat}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2022}}	54.79	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	5	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mitch\|Larkin}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.85	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	5	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joshua\|Edwards-Smith}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.97	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 9	4	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Javier\|Acevedo}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	54.99	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 10	5	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Martyn\|Walton}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	55.01	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 11	3	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Craig\|McNally}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	55.09	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 12	5	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joe\|Small\|Joe Small (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	55.13	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 13	3	5	align=left\|{{sortname	Quah Zheng Wen}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SGP\|2022}}	55.67	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 14	4	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|McFadzen}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	55.75	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 15	4	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Liam\|White\|Liam White (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	55.90	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 16	3	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Harry\|Shalamon}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|JEY\|2022}}	56.07	Q
17	5	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Scott\|Gibson\|Scott Gibson (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	56.54	R
18	3	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jack\|Kirby\|Jack Kirby (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|COK\|2022}}	56.55	R
19	4	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Davante\|Carey}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|BAH\|2022}}	57.27
20	5	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jack\|Harvey\|Jack Harvey (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	57.31	NR
21	5	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Lamar\|Taylor}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|BAH\|2022}}	57.51
22	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Keanan\|Dols}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JAM\|2022}}	57.80
23	3	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Sofoklis\|Mougis}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|CYP\|2022}}	58.09
24	3	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Zackary\|Gresham}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GRN\|2022}}	59.55
25	4	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Harry\|Robinson\|Harry Robinson (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|IOM\|2022}}	59.66
26	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bede\|Aitu}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|COK\|2022}}	59.77
27	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Warren\|Lawrence}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|DMA\|2022}}	{{sort\|60.13\|1:00.13}}
28	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nathaniel\|Thomas\|Nathaniel Thomas (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JAM\|2022}}	{{sort\|60.27\|1:00.27}}
29	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Atuhaire\|Ambala}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|UGA\|2022}}	{{sort\|61.68\|1:01.68}}	NR
30	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alan Koti Lopeti\|Uhi}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TGA\|2022}}	{{sort\|61.94\|1:01.94}}
31	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jordan\|Gonzalez}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|GIB\|2022}}	{{sort\|62.10\|1:02.10}}
32	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Tyler\|Fred}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SEY\|2022}}	{{sort\|62.14\|1:02.14}}
33	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Rohan Karim\|Shearer}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|TCA\|2022}}	{{sort\|63.16\|1:03.16}}
34	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Sekhel\|Tzedeq}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUY\|2022}}	{{sort\|63.37\|1:03.37}}
35	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kokoro\|Frost}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SAM\|2022}}	{{sort\|65.05\|1:05.05}}
36	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mohamed Aan\|Hussain}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|MDV\|2022}}	{{sort\|67.07\|1:07.07}}
37	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mohamed Rihan\|Shiham}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|MDV\|2022}}	{{sort\|71.87\|1:11.87}}
38	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joshua\|Yon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2022}}	{{sort\|72.95\|1:12.95}}

=Semifinals=

[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMM100MBA------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Semifinals Results]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Pieter\|Coetze}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	53.67	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brodie\|Williams}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	54.00	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Andrew\|Jeffcoat}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2022}}	54.01	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bradley\|Woodward}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.02	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Luke\|Greenbank}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	54.23	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mitch\|Larkin}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.26	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Srihari\|Nataraj}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|IND\|2022}}	54.55	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joshua\|Edwards-Smith}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.78	Q
9	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Javier\|Acevedo}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	54.81	R
10	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Craig\|McNally}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	54.86	R
11	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joe\|Small\|Joe Small (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	55.22
12	1	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|McFadzen}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	55.50
12	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Martyn\|Walton}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	55.50
14	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Liam\|White\|Liam White (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	55.68
15	1	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Harry\|Shalamon}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|JEY\|2022}}	56.25
16	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname	Quah Zheng Wen}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SGP\|2022}}	56.41

=Final=

[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMM100MBA------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold1}}	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Pieter\|Coetze}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	53.78
{{silver2}}	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brodie\|Williams}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	53.91
{{bronze3}}	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bradley\|Woodward}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.06
4	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Andrew\|Jeffcoat}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2022}}	54.13
5	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Luke\|Greenbank}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	54.28
6	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mitch\|Larkin}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.30
7	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Srihari\|Nataraj}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|IND\|2022}}	54.31
8	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joshua\|Edwards-Smith}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.83

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - Men's 100 metre backstroke}}

Men's 100 metre backstroke

Commonwealth Games

Category:2022 in men's swimming

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	3	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Pieter\|Coetze}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	53.91	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	4	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brodie\|Williams}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	54.49	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	3	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bradley\|Woodward}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.54	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	4	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Luke\|Greenbank}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	54.55	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	4	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Srihari\|Nataraj}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|IND\|2022}}	54.68	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	5	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Andrew\|Jeffcoat}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2022}}	54.79	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	5	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mitch\|Larkin}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.85	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	5	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joshua\|Edwards-Smith}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.97	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 9	4	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Javier\|Acevedo}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	54.99	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 10	5	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Martyn\|Walton}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	55.01	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 11	3	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Craig\|McNally}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	55.09	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 12	5	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joe\|Small\|Joe Small (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	55.13	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 13	3	5	align=left\|{{sortname	Quah Zheng Wen}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SGP\|2022}}	55.67	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 14	4	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|McFadzen}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	55.75	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 15	4	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Liam\|White\|Liam White (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	55.90	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 16	3	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Harry\|Shalamon}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|JEY\|2022}}	56.07	Q
17	5	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Scott\|Gibson\|Scott Gibson (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	56.54	R
18	3	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jack\|Kirby\|Jack Kirby (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|COK\|2022}}	56.55	R
19	4	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Davante\|Carey}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|BAH\|2022}}	57.27
20	5	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jack\|Harvey\|Jack Harvey (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	57.31	NR
21	5	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Lamar\|Taylor}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|BAH\|2022}}	57.51
22	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Keanan\|Dols}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JAM\|2022}}	57.80
23	3	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Sofoklis\|Mougis}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|CYP\|2022}}	58.09
24	3	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Zackary\|Gresham}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GRN\|2022}}	59.55
25	4	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Harry\|Robinson\|Harry Robinson (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|IOM\|2022}}	59.66
26	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bede\|Aitu}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|COK\|2022}}	59.77
27	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Warren\|Lawrence}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|DMA\|2022}}	{{sort\|60.13\|1:00.13}}
28	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nathaniel\|Thomas\|Nathaniel Thomas (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JAM\|2022}}	{{sort\|60.27\|1:00.27}}
29	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Atuhaire\|Ambala}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|UGA\|2022}}	{{sort\|61.68\|1:01.68}}	NR
30	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alan Koti Lopeti\|Uhi}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TGA\|2022}}	{{sort\|61.94\|1:01.94}}
31	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jordan\|Gonzalez}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|GIB\|2022}}	{{sort\|62.10\|1:02.10}}
32	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Tyler\|Fred}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SEY\|2022}}	{{sort\|62.14\|1:02.14}}
33	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Rohan Karim\|Shearer}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|TCA\|2022}}	{{sort\|63.16\|1:03.16}}
34	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Sekhel\|Tzedeq}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUY\|2022}}	{{sort\|63.37\|1:03.37}}
35	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kokoro\|Frost}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SAM\|2022}}	{{sort\|65.05\|1:05.05}}
36	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mohamed Aan\|Hussain}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|MDV\|2022}}	{{sort\|67.07\|1:07.07}}
37	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mohamed Rihan\|Shiham}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|MDV\|2022}}	{{sort\|71.87\|1:11.87}}
38	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joshua\|Yon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2022}}	{{sort\|72.95\|1:12.95}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Pieter\|Coetze}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	53.67	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brodie\|Williams}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	54.00	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Andrew\|Jeffcoat}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|NZL\|2022}}	54.01	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bradley\|Woodward}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.02	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Luke\|Greenbank}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	54.23	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mitch\|Larkin}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.26	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Srihari\|Nataraj}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|IND\|2022}}	54.55	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joshua\|Edwards-Smith}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	54.78	Q
9	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Javier\|Acevedo}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	54.81	R
10	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Craig\|McNally}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	54.86	R
11	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joe\|Small\|Joe Small (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	55.22
12	1	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|McFadzen}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	55.50
12	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Martyn\|Walton}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	55.50
14	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Liam\|White\|Liam White (swimmer)}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	55.68
15	1	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Harry\|Shalamon}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|JEY\|2022}}	56.25
16	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname	Quah Zheng Wen}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SGP\|2022}}	56.41