Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 21 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.

## Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 21 September 2014 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Sunday, 21 September 2014 | 19:26 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 51.94 | Indianapolis, United States | 8 July 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 52.24 | Kumamoto, Japan | 5 September 2009 |
| Games Record | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 53.61 | Guangzhou, China | 16 November 2010 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 53.87 |
| 2 | 3 | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 54.60 |
| 3 | 1 | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | 54.86 |
| 4 | 1 | Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) | 55.51 |
| 5 | 2 | Park Seon-kwan (KOR) | 55.72 |
| 6 | 3 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA) | 56.35 |
| 7 | 3 | Merdan Ataýew (TKM) | 56.63 |
| 8 | 2 | Im Tae-jeong (KOR) | 56.74 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniil Bukin (UZB) | 56.81 |
| 10 | 1 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 57.08 |
| 10 | 1 | Ngou Pok Man (MAC) | 57.08 |
| 12 | 3 | Zhang Yu (CHN) | 57.20 |
| 13 | 1 | Rainer Ng (SIN) | 57.63 |
| 14 | 3 | Trần Duy Khôi (VIE) | 57.74 |
| 15 | 2 | Lin Shih-chieh (TPE) | 57.81 |
| 15 | 3 | P. S. Madhu (IND) | 57.81 |
| 17 | 2 | Lau Shiu Yue (HKG) | 58.02 |
| 18 | 1 | Ricky Anggawijaya (INA) | 58.03 |
| 19 | 2 | Jamal Chavoshifar (IRI) | 58.23 |
| 20 | 2 | Chung Lai Yeung (HKG) | 58.83 |
| 21 | 1 | Wong Pok Iao (MAC) | 1:04.35 |
| 22 | 3 | Muhammad Asif (PAK) | 1:07.48 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 52.34 | GR |
| | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 52.81 | |
| | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | 53.71 | |
| 4 | Park Seon-kwan (KOR) | 54.67 | |
| 5 | Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) | 55.43 | |
| 6 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA) | 55.73 | |
| 7 | Merdan Ataýew (TKM) | 56.63 | |
| 8 | Im Tae-jeong (KOR) | 57.07 | |
