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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