Men's 100-meter Backstroke Gold Medal Times
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
100-meter Backstroke
| Year | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Walter Brack, GER (100 yds) | 1:16.8 | |
| 1908 | Arno Bieberstein, GER | 1:24.6 | WR |
| 1912 | Harry Hebner, USA | 1:21.2 | |
| 1920 | Warren Kealoha, USA | 1:15.2 | |
| 1924 | Warren Kealoha, USA | 1:13.2 | OR |
| 1928 | George Kojac, USA | 1:08.2 | WR |
| 1932 | Masaji Kiyokawa, JPN | 1:08.6 | |
| 1936 | Adolf Kiefer, USA | 1:05.9 | OR |
| 1948 | Allen Stack, USA | 1:06.4 | |
| 1952 | Yoshinobu Oyakawa, USA | 1:05.4 | OR |
| 1956 | David Theile, AUS | 1:02.2 | OR |
| 1960 | David Theile, AUS | 1:01.9 | OR |
| 1968 | Roland Matthes, E. Ger | 58.7 | OR |
| 1972 | Roland Matthes, E. Ger | 56.58 | OR |
| 1976 | John Naber, USA | 55.49 | WR |
| 1980 | Bengt Baron, SWE | 56.33 | |
| 1984 | Rick Carey, USA | 55.79 | |
| 1988 | Daichi Suzuki, JPN | 55.05 | |
| 1992 | Mark Tewksbury, CAN | 53.98 | OR |
| 1996 | Jeff Rouse, USA | 54.10 | |
| 2000 | Lenny Krayzelburg, USA | 53.72 | OR |
| 2004 | Aaron Peirsol, USA | 54.06 | |
| 2008 | Aaron Peirsol, USA | 52.54 | WR |
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