SwimmingSwimming world record
100 m backstroke, men
Record
51.60 s
- Holder
- Thomas Ceccon
- Date
- Place
- Budapest, Hungary
- Standing since
- 2022 (4 years)
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What to remember
June 2022, Budapest: at the World Championships, Italy's Thomas Ceccon swam the 100 m backstroke in 51.60 s on the 20th, in a long course pool.
Born in Thiene, Ceccon is a sprint specialist in both freestyle and backstroke. His record includes four Olympic medals, three world titles and four European titles in long course competition, and he won the Olympic 100 m backstroke title at the 2024 Games.
At the Olympics, men swam the 100 m backstroke as early as 1908, then it was missing from the 1964 Games before returning in 1968. Women have raced it since 1924. The World Championships have included it ever since they began in 1973.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records in swimming” (revision used 1379527312). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Michiel Jelijs from Groningen, The Netherlands, Photo licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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