The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 June 2022.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 19 June Semifinal Apostolos Christou 52.09 CR 20 June Final Thomas Ceccon 51.60 WR

Results Heats The heats were started on 19 June at 09:15.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Hunter Armstrong 52.81 Q 2 5 6 Ryosuke Irie 53.16 Q 3 6 3 Apostolos Christou 53.21 Q 4 4 5 Yohann Ndoye Brouard 53.22 Q 5 6 2 Ksawery Masiuk 53.33 Q, NR 6 6 4 Ryan Murphy 53.42 Q 7 6 5 Xu Jiayu 53.45 Q 8 4 3 Mewen Tomac 53.60 Q 9 4 4 Thomas Ceccon 53.70 Q 10 5 3 Hugo González 53.74 Q 11 5 5 Mitch Larkin 53.77 Q 12 4 2 Lee Ju-ho 53.84 Q 13 6 6 Robert Glință 53.86 Q 14 5 2 Isaac Cooper 53.87 Q 15 4 6 Luke Greenbank 53.97 Q 16 5 7 Ole Braunschweig 54.22 Q 17 5 1 Guilherme Basseto 54.26 18 6 7 Andrew Jeffcoat 54.35 19 5 0 Benedek Kovács 54.47 20 3 3 Mohamed Samy 54.67 NR 21 4 8 Oleksandr Zheltiakov 54.86 22 4 0 Javier Acevedo 54.97 23 6 0 Jan Čejka 55.22 24 4 1 Michael Laitarovsky 55.25 25 3 7 Ģirts Feldbergs 55.43 26 4 7 Joe Litchfield 55.52 27 3 9 Chuang Mu-lun 55.57 28 3 5 Ziyad Ahmed 55.75 29 5 8 Quah Zheng Wen 55.76 30 4 9 Armin Lelle 55.82 31 6 9 Omar Pinzón 55.95 32 5 9 Yeziel Morales 56.52 33 3 8 Max Mannes 56.90 34 3 4 Charles Hockin 57.01 35 2 4 Lau Shiu Yue 57.06 36 3 0 Farrel Tangkas 57.17 37 3 1 Patrick Groters 57.37 38 2 3 Yazan Al-Bawwab 59.31 39 2 5 Bede Aitu 59.54 NR 40 1 5 Omar Al-Rowaila 1:00.03 41 2 1 Juhn Tenorio 1:00.93 42 1 3 Mekhayl Engel 1:01.46 43 2 7 Samiul Islam Rafi 1:02.31 44 2 2 Charles Bennici 1:02.57 45 1 4 Benjamin Ko 1:02.66 46 2 6 Dennis Mhini 1:04.71 47 2 0 Mohamed Aan Hussain 1:05.77 48 2 9 Nasser Al-Kindi 1:06.02 – 2 8 Faizan Akbar Did not start 3 2 Jack Kirby 6 8 Roman Mityukov 6 1 Bernhard Reitshammer 3 6 Erikas Grigaitis Disqualified

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 19 June at 18:18.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Apostolos Christou 52.09 Q, CR, NR 2 2 2 Thomas Ceccon 52.12 Q, NR 3 2 4 Hunter Armstrong 52.37 Q 4 2 3 Ksawery Masiuk 52.58 Q, NR 5 1 5 Yohann Ndoye Brouard 52.72 Q 6 1 3 Ryan Murphy 52.80 Q 7 1 4 Ryosuke Irie 52.85 Q 8 2 1 Robert Glință 53.00 Q 9 1 6 Mewen Tomac 53.41 10 2 6 Xu Jiayu 53.49 11 1 2 Hugo González 53.50 12 1 1 Isaac Cooper 53.55 13 2 7 Mitch Larkin 53.73 14 2 8 Luke Greenbank 53.99 15 1 7 Lee Ju-ho 54.07 16 1 8 Ole Braunschweig 54.18

Final The final was held on 20 June at 19:00.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Thomas Ceccon 51.60 WR 7 Ryan Murphy 51.97 3 Hunter Armstrong 51.98 4 2 Yohann Ndoye Brouard 52.50 5 4 Apostolos Christou 52.57 6 6 Ksawery Masiuk 52.75 7 1 Ryosuke Irie 52.83 8 8 Robert Glință 53.63

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