The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2026 Mediterranean Games was held on 25 August 2026 at the in Taranto.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows: World record51.60Budapest, Hungary20 June 2022Mediterranean Games record52.38Pescara, Italy1 July 2009
During the competition, Apostolos Christou broke the Mediterranean Games record in the final, winning the gold medal in 52.34. He improved the previous record of 52.38, set by Aschwin Wildeboer at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, by 0.04 seconds. RecordAthleteTimeLocationDateImprovementMediterranean Games record52.34Taranto, Italy25 August 2026−0.04 s
Results
Heats The heats were held at 10:51. RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes125Francesco Lazzari55.34q226João Nogueira da Costa55.45q315Daniele Del Signore55.48q424Apostolos Christou55.52q514Evangelos Makrygiannis55.62q613Mert Ali Satır55.72q717Ricardo Matias Santos56.11q816Luka Čarapović56.33q912Primož Senica Pavletic56.56R11023Teo Del Riego Torres56.62R21127Abdellah Ardjoune57.071222Mohamed Yassin Ben Abbes57.101321Ahmad Safie57.25
Final The final was held at 18:54.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes6Apostolos Christou52.34GR4Francesco Lazzari54.282Evangelos Makrygiannis54.5443Daniele Del Signore54.6257Mert Ali Satır55.1565João Nogueira da Costa55.1878Luka Čarapović55.2981Ricardo Matias Santos55.99
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