| Men 100m Backstroke Swimming IV World Championship 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador - Gold Medal: Dirk Richter, East Germany     | 
| Final 06.08 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | pts |  | 1. Dirk Richter |   East Germany | 55.95s | CR |   | 4 | 17 | 849 |  | 2. Rick Carey |   United States | 56.04s |   | +0.09s | 2 | 19 | 845 |  | 3. Vladimir Shemetov |   Soviet Union | 56.42s |   | +0.47s | 5 | 18 | 828 |  | 4. Sandor Wladar |   Hungary | 56.85s |   | +0.90s | 6 | 19 | 809 |  | 5. Viktor Kuznetsov |   Soviet Union | 57.15s |   | +1.20s | 1 | 21 | 797 |  | 6. Clay Britt |   United States | 57.44s |   | +1.49s | 8 | 21 | 785 |  | 7. Wade Flemons |   Canada | 57.91s |   | +1.96s | 7 |   | 766 |  | -. Frank Baltrusch |   East Germany | DSQ |   |   | 3 | 18 |   |   
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| Final B |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 8. Michael West |   Canada | 57.84s |   |   | 5 | 17 |  | 9. Stefan Peter |   West Germany | 58.22s |   | +0.38s | 4 | 17 |  | 10.Josef Hladky |   Czechoslovakia | 58.85s |   | +1.01s | - | 20 |  | 11.Hidetoshi Takahashi |   Japan | 58.97s |   | +1.13s | 3 |   |  | 12.Francisco Benitez |   Spain | 59.12s |   | +1.28s | 1 |   |  | 13.Conrado Porta |   Argentina | 59.27s |   | +1.43s | 6 | 24 |  | 14.Ricardo Aldabe |   Spain | 59.40s |   | +1.56s | 2 | 17 |  | 15.Edsard Schlingemann |   Netherlands | 59.60s |   | +1.76s | 7 | 15 |   
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| Best 8 times advanced to Final>. Next 8 times to Final B. | 
| Heat - |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 1. Dirk Richter |   East Germany | 56.19s | CR |   | - | 17 |  | 2. Vladimir Shemetov |   Soviet Union | 56.96s |   | +0.77s | - | 18 |  | 3. Frank Baltrusch |   East Germany | 56.99s |   | +0.80s | - | 18 |  | 4. Sandor Wladar |   Hungary | 57.11s |   | +0.92s | - | 19 |  | 5. Rick Carey |   United States | 57.24s |   | +1.05s | - | 19 |  | 6. Wade Flemons |   Canada | 57.39s |   | +1.20s | - |   |  | 7. Viktor Kuznetsov |   Soviet Union | 57.48s |   | +1.29s | - | 21 |  | 8. Clay Britt |   United States | 57.73s |   | +1.54s | - | 21 |  | 9. Bengt Baron |   Sweden | 57.91s |   | +1.72s | - | 20 |  | 10.Stefan Peter |   West Germany | 58.08s |   | +1.89s | - | 17 |  | 11.Michael West |   Canada | 58.14s |   | +1.95s | - | 17 |  | 12.Hidetoshi Takahashi |   Japan | 58.75s |   | +2.56s | - |   |  | 13.Conrado Porta |   Argentina | 58.85s |   | +2.66s | - | 24 |  | 14.Ricardo Aldabe |   Spain | 58.98s |   | +2.79s | - | 17 |  | 15.Edsard Schlingemann |   Netherlands | 59.24s |   | +3.05s | - | 15 |  | 16.Francisco Benitez |   Spain | 59.33s |   | +3.14s | - |   |  | 17.Douglas Campbell |   Great Britain | 59.34s |   | +3.15s | - | 21 |  | 18.Michael Soderlund |   Sweden | 59.53s |   | +3.34s | - | 20 |  | 19.Zbigniew Januszkiewicz |   Poland | 59.87s |   | +3.68s | - | 19 |  | 20.Frederic Delcourt |   France | 1:00.03 |   | +3.84s | - | 18 |  | 21.Andy Jameson |   Great Britain | 1:00.07 |   | +3.88s | - | 17 |  | 22.Petter Ulvestad |   Norway | 1:00.40 |   | +4.21s | - |   |  | 23.Paolo Falchini |   Italy | 1:00.57 |   | +4.38s | - | 18 |  | 24.Carlos Henao |   Colombia | 1:00.73 | NR | +4.54s | - |   |  | 25.Roger Birrer |   Switzerland | 1:01.08 |   | +4.89s | - | 18 |  | 26.Peter Rohde |   Denmark | 1:01.49 |   | +5.30s | - | 17 |  | 27.Sadri Ozun |   Turkey | 1:01.59 |   | +5.40s | - | 18 |  | 28.Shigang GAO |   China | 1:03.08 |   | +6.89s | - |   |  | 29.Fernando Rodriguez |   Peru | 1:03.09 | NR | +6.90s | - | 19 |  | 30.Erik Rosskopf |   US Virgin Islands | 1:03.11 |   | +6.92s | - | 17 |  | 31.Alexander Pilhatsch |   Austria | 1:03.43 |   | +7.24s | - | 19 |  | 32.Enrique Conterno |   Peru | 1:03.82 |   | +7.63s | - |   |  | -. Herwig Bayer |   Austria | DSQ |   |   | - | 19 |   
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