# 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

| 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 José Alhambra Mollar Spain | Oleksii Virchenko Ukraine |
| S14 | Benjamin Hance Australia | Gabriel Bandeira Brazil | Alexander Hillhouse Denmark |

## Results
### S1

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

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

The event took place on the morning and evening of 31 July.
Entering the event, the World and championships records were as follows:
| 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.
| 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 Crispín | 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.
| 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

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 | Carlos Serrano Zárate | 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

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

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 |

### S12

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
| 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 | Daniel Giraldo Correa | 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.
| 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

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
| 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.
| 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 | |