The men's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Wednesday August 10, 1932 to Friday August 12, 1932.
Sixteen swimmers from nine nations competed.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
World record 1:08.2 George Kojac Amsterdam (NED) August 9, 1928 Olympic record 1:08.2 George Kojac Amsterdam (NED) August 9, 1928
Results
Heats
Wednesday August 10, 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.
Heat 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:08.9 QQ 2 1:13.0 QQ 3 1:14.2 4 1:16.4
Heat 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:09.9 QQ 2 1:10.2 QQ 3 1:10.9 qq 4 1:12.9 5 1:21.0
Heat 3
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:11.3 QQ 2 1:14.3 QQ 3 1:29.2 4 DSQ
Heat 4
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:13.7 QQ 2 1:17.2 QQ 3 1:21.0
Semifinals
Thursday August 11, 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:09.0 QQ 2 1:09.8 QQ 3 1:10.2 QQ 4 1:11.6 5 1:13.3
Semifinal 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:10.9 QQ 2 1:11.6 QQ 3 1:13.0 QQ 4 1:13.9
Final
Friday August 12, 1932: Ernst Küppers who seems to be the main rival of the Japanese swimmers committed a false start, maybe this was the reason why he was only able to finish fifth.
Place Swimmer Time 1 1:08.6 2 1:09.8 3 1:10.0 4 1:10.9 5 1:11.3 6 1:12.8
References
External links Olympic Report