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

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:
| World record | Thomas Ceccon (ITA) | 51.60 | Budapest, Hungary | 22 June 2022 |
| Commonwealth record | Mitch Larkin (AUS) | 52.11 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 6 November 2015 |
| Games record | Chris Walker-Hebborn (ENG) | 53.12 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 25 July 2014 |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 29 July 2022 | 11:49 | Qualifying |
| Friday 29 July 2022 | 20:44 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 30 July 2022 | 21:05 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 53.91 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Brodie Williams | England | 54.49 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Bradley Woodward | Australia | 54.54 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | England | 54.55 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Srihari Nataraj | India | 54.68 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Andrew Jeffcoat | New Zealand | 54.79 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 54.85 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Joshua Edwards-Smith | Australia | 54.97 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 54.99 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Martyn Walton | Scotland | 55.01 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Craig McNally | Scotland | 55.09 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Joe Small | Wales | 55.13 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Quah Zheng Wen | Singapore | 55.67 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | James McFadzen | England | 55.75 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Liam White | Wales | 55.90 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Harry Shalamon | Jersey | 56.07 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Scott Gibson | Scotland | 56.54 | R |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Jack Kirby | Cook Islands | 56.55 | R |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Davante Carey | Bahamas | 57.27 | |
| 20 | 5 | 1 | Jack Harvey | Bermuda | 57.31 | NR |
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 57.51 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Keanan Dols | Jamaica | 57.80 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Sofoklis Mougis | Cyprus | 58.09 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Zackary Gresham | Grenada | 59.55 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Harry Robinson | Isle of Man | 59.66 | |
| 26 | 2 | 4 | Bede Aitu | Cook Islands | 59.77 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Warren Lawrence | Dominica | 1:00.13 | |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Nathaniel Thomas | Jamaica | 1:00.27 | |
| 29 | 1 | 4 | Atuhaire Ambala | Uganda | 1:01.68 | NR |
| 30 | 2 | 3 | Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi | Tonga | 1:01.94 | |
| 31 | 2 | 7 | Jordan Gonzalez | Gibraltar | 1:02.10 | |
| 32 | 2 | 1 | Tyler Fred | Seychelles | 1:02.14 | |
| 33 | 1 | 6 | Rohan Karim Shearer | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1:03.16 | |
| 34 | 1 | 5 | Sekhel Tzedeq | Guyana | 1:03.37 | |
| 35 | 2 | 8 | Kokoro Frost | Samoa | 1:05.05 | |
| 36 | 1 | 3 | Mohamed Aan Hussain | Maldives | 1:07.07 | |
| 37 | 1 | 2 | Mohamed Rihan Shiham | Maldives | 1:11.87 | |
| 38 | 1 | 7 | Joshua Yon | Saint Helena | 1:12.95 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 53.67 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Brodie Williams | England | 54.00 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Andrew Jeffcoat | New Zealand | 54.01 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Bradley Woodward | Australia | 54.02 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Luke Greenbank | England | 54.23 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 54.26 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Srihari Nataraj | India | 54.55 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Joshua Edwards-Smith | Australia | 54.78 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 54.81 | R |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Craig McNally | Scotland | 54.86 | R |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Joe Small | Wales | 55.22 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | James McFadzen | England | 55.50 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Martyn Walton | Scotland | 55.50 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Liam White | Wales | 55.68 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Harry Shalamon | Jersey | 56.25 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Quah Zheng Wen | Singapore | 56.41 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 53.78 |
| | 5 | Brodie Williams | England | 53.91 |
| | 6 | Bradley Woodward | Australia | 54.06 |
| 4 | 3 | Andrew Jeffcoat | New Zealand | 54.13 |
| 5 | 2 | Luke Greenbank | England | 54.28 |
| 6 | 7 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 54.30 |
| 7 | 1 | Srihari Nataraj | India | 54.31 |
| 8 | 8 | Joshua Edwards-Smith | Australia | 54.83 |