Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Campclar Aquatic Center | |||||||||
| Location | Tarragona, Spain | |||||||||
| Dates | 24 June | |||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 54.68 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20132022 → | ||||||||||
| Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Paralympic events | ||
| 100 m free S10 | men | women |
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 24 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Ryan Murphy (USA)
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51.85 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 August 2016 |
| Mediterranean Games record |  Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP)
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52.38 | Pescara, Italy | 1 July 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | Simone Sabbioni |  Italy |
54.72 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy |
54.75 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Youssef Said |  Egypt |
55.74 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Gabriel José Lopes |  Portugal |
55.79 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Jorge Martín |  Spain |
56.26 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
56.64 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece |
56.80 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Anton Lončar |  Croatia |
56.97 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Anže Ferš Eržen |  Slovenia |
57.07 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Ege Başer |  Turkey |
57.32 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Juan Segura | Spain |
57.37 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Francisco Santos | Portugal |
57.43 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Geoffroy Mathieu |  France |
57.54 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Driss Lahrichi |  Morocco |
57.77 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Filippos Iakovidis |  Cyprus |
57.98 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Ryad Bouhamidi |  Algeria |
58.51 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou | Cyprus |
58.67 |
Final
The final was held at 18:32.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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7 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
54.68 | |
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4 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy |
54.77 | |
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5 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy |
54.77 | |
| 4 | 1 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece |
55.23 | |
| 5 | 6 | Gabriel José Lopes | Portugal |
55.77 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jorge Martín | Spain |
55.88 | |
| 7 | 8 | Anton Lončar | Croatia |
56.22 | |
| 8 | 3 | Youssef Said | Egypt |
56.48 |
References
- "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
| Mediterranean Games champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke | |
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