Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Jeff Rouse | | 54.20 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | Neisser Bent | | 54.83 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Rodolfo Falcón | | 55.29 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Martín López-Zubero | | 55.36 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Tripp Schwenk | | 55.71 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 1 | Ralf Braun | | 55.73 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Franck Schott | | 55.77 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Emanuele Merisi | | 55.82 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Vladimir Selkov | | 55.87 | q, |
| 10 | 6 | 8 | Robert Braknis | | 56.14 | q |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | Mariusz Siembida | | 56.16 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | Darius Grigalionis | | 56.20 | q, NR |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Hajime Itoi | | 56.22 | q |
| 14 | 6 | 7 | Stev Theloke | | 56.26 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | Neil Willey | | 56.27 | q |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Steven Dewick | | 56.35 | q |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Keitaro Konnai | | 56.35 | q |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Chris Renaud | | 56.52 | |
| 19 | 4 | 6 | Volodymyr Nikolaychuk | | 56.71 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Derya Büyükuncu | | 56.71 | |
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Nicolae Butacu | | 56.73 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Eithan Urbach | | 56.74 | |
| 23 | 5 | 7 | Jonathan Winter | | 56.92 | |
| 24 | 4 | 2 | Rogério Romero | | 56.94 | |
| 25 | 5 | 3 | Tamás Deutsch | | 56.96 | |
| 26 | 4 | 3 | Zhao Yi | | 57.17 | |
| 26 | 7 | 5 | Martin Harris | | 57.17 | |
| 28 | 7 | 8 | Mindaugas Špokas | | 57.20 | |
| 29 | 4 | 1 | Carlos Arena | | 57.40 | |
| 30 | 4 | 5 | Nuno Laurentino | | 57.59 | |
| 31 | 3 | 3 | Raymond Papa | | 57.67 | |
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Alex Lim | | 57.68 | NR |
| 33 | 3 | 4 | Miroslav Machovič | | 57.78 | |
| 34 | 3 | 5 | Tomislav Karlo | | 57.89 | |
| 35 | 2 | 2 | Nicholas Neckles | | 57.91 | |
| 36 | 4 | 7 | Panagiotis Adamidis | | 58.12 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Rastislav Bizub | | 58.29 | |
| 38 | 2 | 3 | Dulyarit Phuangthong | | 58.32 | |
| 39 | 2 | 6 | Kim Min-suk | | 58.43 | |
| 40 | 3 | 2 | Logi Jes Kristjánsson | | 58.53 | |
| 41 | 3 | 6 | Adrian O'Connor | | 58.56 | |
| 42 | 2 | 5 | Sergey Ushkalov | | 58.61 | |
| 43 | 3 | 8 | Artur Elezarov | | 59.24 | |
| 44 | 2 | 7 | Nicolás Rajcevich | | 59.90 | |
| 45 | 1 | 5 | Konstantin Priahin | | 1:00.26 | |
| 46 | 2 | 8 | Gerald Koh | | 1:00.29 | |
| 47 | 2 | 4 | Mike Fung-A-Wing | | 1:01.24 | |
| 48 | 1 | 3 | Leandro Jorge | | 1:03.86 | |
| 49 | 2 | 1 | Fahad Al-Otaibi | | 1:04.27 | |
| 50 | 1 | 6 | Sitaram Shahi | | 1:14.58 | |
| 6 | 6 | Jani Sievinen | | | |
| 7 | 7 | Alexander Popov | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
