| Men 100m Backstroke Swimming VII World Championship 1994 Rome, Italy - Saturday, 10th September - Gold Medal: Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spain | 
| Final 20:25 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts |  | 1. Martin Lopez-Zubero |   Spain | 55.17s | CR | 5 | 25 | 834 |  | 2. Jeff Rouse |   United States | 55.51s | +0.34s | 4 | 23 | 819 |  | 3. Tamas Deutsch |   Hungary | 55.69s | +0.52s | 6 | 24 | 811 |  | 4. Vladimir Selkov |   Russia | 55.72s | +0.55s | 2 | 23 | 809 |  | 5. Brian Retterer |   United States | 55.77s | +0.60s | 3 |   | 807 |  | 6. Rodolfo Falcon Cabrera |   Cuba | 55.85s | +0.68s | 1 | 21 | 804 |  | 7. Tino Weber |   Germany | 55.98s | +0.81s | 8 | 24 | 798 |  | 8. Martin Harris |   Great Britain | 56.21s | +1.04s | 7 | 25 | 788 |   
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| Final B 20:30 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 9. Franck Schott |   France | 56.44s |   | 2 | 24 | 779 | 1. |  | 10.Hajime Itoi |   Japan | 56.60s | +0.16s | 4 | 23 | 772 | 2. |  | 11.Adam Ruckwood |   Great Britain | 56.69s | +0.25s | 5 | 19 | 769 | 3. |  | 12.Michael Masanelli |   France | 57.00s | +0.56s | 3 |   | 756 | 4. |  | 13.Steven Dewick |   Australia | 57.02s | +0.58s | 1 | 18 | 755 | 5. |  | 14.Ralf Braun |   Germany | 57.27s | +0.83s | 6 | 21 | 745 | 6. |  | 15.Mariusz Siembida |   Poland | 57.30s | +0.86s | 7 | 19 | 744 | 7. |  | 16.Carlos Ventosa |   Spain | 58.14s | +1.70s | 8 | 23 | 712 | 8. |   
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Heats - Saturday, 10th September 10:45 | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 to Final B. | 
| Heat 7 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 1. Jeff Rouse |   United States | 55.35s |   | 4 | 23 | 826 | 1. |  | 2. Martin Lopez-Zubero |   Spain | 55.62s | +0.27s | 3 | 25 | 814 | 2. |  | 5. Vladimir Selkov |   Russia | 56.04s | +0.69s | 5 | 23 | 796 | 5. |  | 9. Hajime Itoi |   Japan | 56.52s | +1.17s | 6 | 23 | 776 | 9. |  | 18.Chris Renaud |   Canada | 57.25s | +1.90s | 1 | 18 | 746 | 18. |  | 29.Sergey Ushkalov |   Kazakhstan | 58.02s | +2.67s | 8 | 22 | 717 | 29. |  | 31.Adrian O'Connor |   Ireland | 58.26s | +2.91s | 7 | 22 | 708 | 31. |  | -. Craig Ford |   New Zealand | DNS |   | - |   | - | -. |   
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| Heat 6 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 3. Brian Retterer |   United States | 55.79s | +0.44s | 4 |   | 806 | 3. |  | 4. Tamas Deutsch |   Hungary | 55.92s | +0.57s | 7 | 24 | 801 | 4. |  | 10.Adam Ruckwood |   Great Britain | 56.54s | +1.19s | 6 | 19 | 775 | 10. |  | 11.Michael Masanelli |   France | 56.55s | +1.20s | 2 |   | 774 | 11. |  | 13.Franck Schott |   France | 56.69s | +1.34s | 5 | 24 | 769 | 13. |  | 19.Emanuele Merisi |   Italy | 57.42s | +2.07s | 3 | 21 | 740 | 19. |  | 20.Volodymyr Nikolaychuk |   Ukraine | 57.59s | +2.24s | 8 | 19 | 733 | 20. |  | 21.Rogerio Aoki Romero |   Brazil | 57.61s | +2.26s | 1 | 24 | 732 | 21. |   
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| Heat 5 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 6. Martin Harris |   Great Britain | 56.19s | +0.84s | 5 | 25 | 789 | 6. |  | 7. Rodolfo Falcon Cabrera |   Cuba | 56.25s | +0.90s | 6 | 21 | 787 | 7. |  | 8. Tino Weber |   Germany | 56.40s | +1.05s | 3 | 24 | 781 | 8. |  | 15.Steven Dewick |   Australia | 56.90s | +1.55s | 4 | 18 | 760 | 15. |  | 16.Carlos Ventosa |   Spain | 57.10s | +1.75s | 1 | 23 | 752 | 16. |  | 17.Derya Buyukuncu |   Turkey | 57.12s | +1.77s | 7 | 18 | 751 | 17. |  | 23.Rob Braknis |   Canada | 57.74s | +2.39s | 2 | 21 | 727 | 23. |  | 35.Agh Agh |   Hungary | 58.62s | +3.27s | 8 | 19 | 695 | 35. |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 12.Ralf Braun |   Germany | 56.63s | +1.28s | 6 | 21 | 771 | 12. |  | 14.Mariusz Siembida |   Poland | 56.71s | +1.36s | 4 | 19 | 768 | 14. |  | 22.Sergey Ostapchuk |   Russia | 57.69s | +2.34s | 1 | 18 | 729 | 22. |  | 24.Bartosz Sikora |   Poland | 57.75s | +2.40s | 5 | 18 | 727 | 24. |  | 25.Arunas Savickas |   Lithuania | 57.76s | +2.41s | 3 | 19 | 727 | 25. |  | 27.Gordan Kozulj |   Croatia | 57.88s | +2.53s | 2 | 17 | 722 | 27. |  | 28.Nicolae Butacu |   Romania | 57.93s | +2.58s | 8 | 20 | 720 | 28. |  | 32.Robert Van Der Zant |   Australia | 58.34s | +2.99s | 7 | 19 | 705 | 32. |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 33.Mindaugas Spokas |   Lithuania | 58.36s | +3.01s | 3 | 19 | 704 | 33. |  | 34.Miroslav Machovic |   Slovakia | 58.42s | +3.07s | 1 | 18 | 702 | 34. |  | 35.Jonathan Winter |   New Zealand | 58.62s | +3.27s | 7 | 23 | 695 | 35. |  | 37.Miloslav Dolnik |   Slovakia | 58.69s | +3.34s | 6 |   | 693 | 37. |  | 39.Gary Albertyn |   South Africa | 59.72s | +4.37s | 5 |   | 657 | 39. |  | 40.Nelson Vargas |   Mexico | 59.76s | +4.41s | 4 |   | 656 | 40. |  | -. Ricardo Busquets |   Puerto Rico | DNS |   | - | 19 | - | -. |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 26.Marko Strahija |   Croatia | 57.83s | +2.48s | 3 | 19 | 724 | 26. |  | 30.Nuno Filipe Laurentino Gomes |   Portugal | 58.07s | +2.72s | 5 | 19 | 715 | 30. |  | 38.Alejandro Bermudez Tamayo |   Colombia | 59.01s | +3.66s | 6 | 19 | 681 | 38. |  | 41.Nicholas Neckles |   Barbados | 1:01.10 | +5.75s | 2 | 15 | 614 | 41. |  | 43.Luc Decker |   Luxembourg | 1:02.07 | +6.72s | 1 | 17 | 585 | 43. |  | 44.Brett Halford |   Zimbabwe | 1:02.38 | +7.03s | 8 | 23 | 577 | 44. |  | 50.Hector Perez |   Dominicana | 1:08.42 | +13.07s | 7 |   | 437 | 50. |  | -. Stefano Battistelli |   Italy | DNS |   | - | 24 | - | -. |   
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| Heat 1 10:45 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 42.Nicolas Rajcevich |   Chile | 1:01.92 | +6.57s | 5 | 15 | 590 | 42. |  | 45.Essanai Mustapha |   Tunisia | 1:02.56 | +7.21s | 4 |   | 572 | 45. |  | 46.Tung-Ling Liu |   Chinese Taipei | 1:02.78 | +7.43s | 6 |   | 566 | 46. |  | 47.Benjamin Lopinto |   Seychelles | 1:04.11 | +8.76s | 3 | 18 | 531 | 47. |  | 48.Wei-Chieh Tseng |   Chinese Taipei | 1:04.98 | +9.63s | 2 |   | 510 | 48. |  | 49.Behzad Mehdi Khabazian |   Iran | 1:05.31 | +9.96s | 1 |   | 502 | 49. |  | 51.Zakareya Abdulla |   Kuwait | 1:09.70 | +14.35s | 7 |   | 413 | 51. |  | 52.Jafar Madwah |   Kuwait | 1:11.73 | +16.38s | 8 |   | 379 | 52. |   
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