2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Men's 100m Backstroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
 |  USAUnited States | Matthew Grevers | 52.16 OR |
 | USAUnited States | Nicholas Thoman | 52.92 |
 |  JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 52.97 |
| 4 |  FRAFrance | Camille Lacourt | 53.08 |
| 5 |  GBRGreat Britain | Liam Tancock | 53.35 |
| 6 |  GERGermany | Helge Meeuw | 53.48 |
| 7 |  AUSAustralia | Hayden Stoeckel | 53.55 |
| 8 |  CHNChina | Cheng Feiyi | 53.77 |
| 9 |  RUSRussia | Arkady Vyatchanin | 53.79 |
| 10 |  NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 53.81 |
| 11 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 53.90 |
| 12 |  ESPSpain | Aschwin Wildeboer | 53.99 |
| 13 |  NZLNew Zealand | Gareth Kean | 54.00 |
| 14 |  GREGreece | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 54.20 |
| 15 |  CANCanada | Charles Francis | 54.42 |
| 16 | AUSAustralia | Daniel Arnamnart | 54.48 |
| 17 | RUSRussia | Vladimir Morozov | 54.01 |
| 18 |  BLRBelarus | Pavel Sankovich | 54.53 |
| 19 |  ITAItaly | Mirco Di Tora | 54.70 |
| 20 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris Walker-Hebborn | 54.78 |
| 21 | CHNChina | He Jianbin | 54.81 |
| 22 |  HUNHungary | Richárd Bohus | 54.84 |
| 23 | NEDNetherlands | Bastiaan Lijesen | 54.88 |
| 24 |  ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 54.91 |
| 25 | ESPSpain | Miguel Rando | 54.93 |
| 26 |  NORNorway | Lavrans Solli | 55.00 |
| 27 |  POLPoland | Marcin Tarczynski | 55.06 |
| 28 |  BRABrazil | Daniel Orzechowski | 55.16 |
| 29 |  TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | 55.22 |
| 30 |  DENDenmark | Mathias Stenderup Gydesen | 55.31 |
| 31 | FRAFrance | Benjamin Stasiulis | 55.36 |
| 32 |  COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 55.37 |
| 32 |  RSASouth Africa | Charl Crous | 55.37 |
| 34 |  CUBCuba | Pedro Medel | 55.40 |
| 35 |  UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Isakov | 55.43 |
| 36 |  KORSouth Korea | Park Seon-Kwan | 55.51 |
| 37 | NZLNew Zealand | Daniel Bell | 55.53 |
| 38 | RUSRussia | Alexandre Tarabrin | 55.55 |
| 39 |  INAIndonesia | I Gede Siman Sudartawa | 55.99 |
| 40 |  BARBarbados | Bradley Ally | 56.27 |
| 41 |  ARGArgentina | Federico Grabich | 56.56 |
| 42 |  SRISri Lanka | Heshan Unamboowe | 57.94 |
| 43 |  ZAMZambia | Zane Jordan | 58.77 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 30 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Matthew Grevers | 52.16 OR |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Nicholas Thoman | 52.92 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 52.97 |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Camille Lacourt | 53.08 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Liam Tancock | 53.35 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Helge Meeuw | 53.48 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Hayden Stoeckel | 53.55 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Cheng Feiyi | 53.77 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Matthew Grevers | 52.66 |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 53.29 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Nicholas Thoman | 53.47 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Helge Meeuw | 53.52 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Hayden Stoeckel | 53.74 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 53.90 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Aschwin Wildeboer | 53.99 |
| 8 | NZLNew Zealand | Gareth Kean | 54.00 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | FRAFrance | Camille Lacourt | 53.03 |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Liam Tancock | 53.25 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Cheng Feiyi | 53.50 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Arkady Vyatchanin | 53.79 |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 53.81 |
| 6 | GREGreece | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 54.20 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Charles Francis | 54.42 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Daniel Arnamnart | 54.48 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Matthew Grevers | 52.66 |
| 2 | FRAFrance | Camille Lacourt | 53.03 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Liam Tancock | 53.25 |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 53.29 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Nicholas Thoman | 53.47 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Cheng Feiyi | 53.50 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Helge Meeuw | 53.52 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Hayden Stoeckel | 53.74 |
| 9 | RUSRussia | Arkady Vyatchanin | 53.79 |
| 10 | NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 53.81 |
| 11 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 53.90 |
| 12 | ESPSpain | Aschwin Wildeboer | 53.99 |
| 13 | NZLNew Zealand | Gareth Kean | 54.00 |
| 14 | GREGreece | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 54.20 |
| 15 | CANCanada | Charles Francis | 54.42 |
| 16 | AUSAustralia | Daniel Arnamnart | 54.48 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 13 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Matthew Grevers | 52.92 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Cheng Feiyi | 53.22 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 53.56 |
| 4 | NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 53.62 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Hayden Stoeckel | 53.88 |
| 6 | NZLNew Zealand | Gareth Kean | 54.26 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Daniel Arnamnart | 54.28 |
| 8 | RSASouth Africa | Charl Crous | 55.37 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | FRAFrance | Camille Lacourt | 53.51 |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Liam Tancock | 53.86 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Arkady Vyatchanin | 54.01 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 54.07 |
| 5 | CANCanada | Charles Francis | 54.08 |
| 6 | GREGreece | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 54.52 |
| 7 | POLPoland | Marcin Tarczynski | 55.06 |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Benjamin Stasiulis | 55.36 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Nicholas Thoman | 53.48 |
| 2 | GERGermany | Helge Meeuw | 53.83 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Vladimir Morozov | 54.01 |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Aschwin Wildeboer | 54.36 |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Bastiaan Lijesen | 54.88 |
| 6 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 54.91 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Miguel Rando | 54.93 |
| 8 | BRABrazil | Daniel Orzechowski | 55.16 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | BLRBelarus | Pavel Sankovich | 54.53 |
| 2 | ITAItaly | Mirco Di Tora | 54.70 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris Walker-Hebborn | 54.78 |
| 4 | CHNChina | He Jianbin | 54.81 |
| 5 | HUNHungary | Richárd Bohus | 54.84 |
| 6 | NORNorway | Lavrans Solli | 55.00 |
| 7 | DENDenmark | Mathias Stenderup Gydesen | 55.31 |
| 8 | NZLNew Zealand | Daniel Bell | 55.53 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | 55.22 |
| 2 | COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 55.37 |
| 3 | CUBCuba | Pedro Medel | 55.40 |
| 4 | UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Isakov | 55.43 |
| 5 | KORSouth Korea | Park Seon-Kwan | 55.51 |
| 6 | RUSRussia | Alexandre Tarabrin | 55.55 |
| 7 | INAIndonesia | I Gede Siman Sudartawa | 55.99 |
| 8 | ARGArgentina | Federico Grabich | 56.56 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | BARBarbados | Bradley Ally | 56.27 |
| 2 | SRISri Lanka | Heshan Unamboowe | 57.94 |
| 3 | ZAMZambia | Zane Jordan | 58.77 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Matthew Grevers | 52.92 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Cheng Feiyi | 53.22 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Nicholas Thoman | 53.48 |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Camille Lacourt | 53.51 |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 53.56 |
| 6 | NEDNetherlands | Nick Driebergen | 53.62 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Helge Meeuw | 53.83 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Liam Tancock | 53.86 |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Hayden Stoeckel | 53.88 |
| 10 | RUSRussia | Arkady Vyatchanin | 54.01 |
| 10 | RUSRussia | Vladimir Morozov | 54.01 |
| 12 | GERGermany | Jan-Philip Glania | 54.07 |
| 13 | CANCanada | Charles Francis | 54.08 |
| 14 | NZLNew Zealand | Gareth Kean | 54.26 |
| 15 | AUSAustralia | Daniel Arnamnart | 54.28 |
| 16 | ESPSpain | Aschwin Wildeboer | 54.36 |
| 17 | GREGreece | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 54.52 |
| 18 | BLRBelarus | Pavel Sankovich | 54.53 |
| 19 | ITAItaly | Mirco Di Tora | 54.70 |
| 20 | GBRGreat Britain | Chris Walker-Hebborn | 54.78 |
| 21 | CHNChina | He Jianbin | 54.81 |
| 22 | HUNHungary | Richárd Bohus | 54.84 |
| 23 | NEDNetherlands | Bastiaan Lijesen | 54.88 |
| 24 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 54.91 |
| 25 | ESPSpain | Miguel Rando | 54.93 |
| 26 | NORNorway | Lavrans Solli | 55.00 |
| 27 | POLPoland | Marcin Tarczynski | 55.06 |
| 28 | BRABrazil | Daniel Orzechowski | 55.16 |
| 29 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | 55.22 |
| 30 | DENDenmark | Mathias Stenderup Gydesen | 55.31 |
| 31 | FRAFrance | Benjamin Stasiulis | 55.36 |
| 32 | COLColombia | Omar Pinzon | 55.37 |
| 32 | RSASouth Africa | Charl Crous | 55.37 |
| 34 | CUBCuba | Pedro Medel | 55.40 |
| 35 | UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Isakov | 55.43 |
| 36 | KORSouth Korea | Park Seon-Kwan | 55.51 |
| 37 | NZLNew Zealand | Daniel Bell | 55.53 |
| 38 | RUSRussia | Alexandre Tarabrin | 55.55 |
| 39 | INAIndonesia | I Gede Siman Sudartawa | 55.99 |
| 40 | BARBarbados | Bradley Ally | 56.27 |
| 41 | ARGArgentina | Federico Grabich | 56.56 |
| 42 | SRISri Lanka | Heshan Unamboowe | 57.94 |
| 43 | ZAMZambia | Zane Jordan | 58.77 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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