# Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 100 metre backstroke

The boys' 100 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 17 and 18 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:31.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Li Guangyuan | China | 55.33 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 7 | Robert Glință | Romania | 55.46 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 55.47 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 55.78 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 55.94 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 55.99 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Christopher Reid | South Africa | 56.25 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 8 | Patrick Mulcare | United States | 56.28 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 56.30 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Nic Groenewald | Australia | 56.35 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Laurent Bams | Netherlands | 56.47 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Patrick Conaton | United States | 56.59 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Vitor Guaraldo | Brazil | 56.73 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 4 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 56.77 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 56.94 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 56.96 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Jānis Šaltāns | Latvia | 57.00 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Andrii Khloptsov | Ukraine | 57.06 | |
| 19 | 4 | 6 | Armin Porobic | Norway | 57.14 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Žan Pogačar | Slovenia | 57.46 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Ricky Anggawidjaja | Indonesia | 57.50 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Robinson Molina | Venezuela | 57.74 | |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 57.79 | |
| 24 | 3 | 7 | Trần Duy Khôi | Vietnam | 57.80 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Berk Özkul | Turkey | 57.87 | |
| 26 | 3 | 1 | Kristinn Þórarinsson | Iceland | 57.98 | |
| 27 | 2 | 2 | David McLeod | Trinidad and Tobago | 58.18 | |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Lau Shiu Yue | Hong Kong | 58.40 | |
| 29 | 2 | 6 | Karl Luht | Estonia | 58.62 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Danail Slavchev | Bulgaria | 58.91 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Lushano Lamprecht | Namibia | 58.94 | |
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Raham Peiravani | Iran | 58.96 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Timothy Wynter | Jamaica | 59.21 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Song Suk-gyu | South Korea | 59.55 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 54.48 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Li Guangyuan | China | 54.52 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 54.86 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 55.09 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 55.10 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 55.55 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 55.70 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Patrick Mulcare | United States | 55.86 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Nic Groenewald | Australia | 55.99 | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Christopher Reid | South Africa | 55.99 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Laurent Bams | Netherlands | 56.03 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Vitor Guaraldo | Brazil | 56.27 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 56.38 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Patrick Conaton | United States | 56.95 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 57.11 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 57.34 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 54.24 |
| | 4 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 54.24 |
| | 5 | Li Guangyuan | China | 54.56 |
| 4 | 6 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 55.06 |
| 5 | 2 | Robert Glință | Romania | 55.21 |
| 6 | 1 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 55.38 |
| 7 | 7 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 55.42 |
| 8 | 8 | Patrick Mulcare | United States | 58.08 |