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2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

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22-year-old Pieter Coetze just unleashed a massive new lifetime best and African record en route to winning the men’s 100m backstroke on the final day of compeition at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

We knew something was brewing for the young South African last night, when he nailed a new Games Record of 52.20 in the individual event’s semi-finals before dropping it even further to 51.98 as lead-off on the South African mixed medley relay.

That represented the second occasion on which Coetze cleared the 52-second barrier, with the other milestone checking in at the 51.85 which took him to the top of the podium at the 2025 World Championships.

Coetze’s time tonight in Glasgow, now his 3rd performance under 52 seconds, represents the 2nd-fastest performance in history, sitting only behind World Record holder Thomas Ceccon of Italy’s standard of 51.60 notched in 2022.

Split Comparison

Split New African Record – 51.77 Old African Record – 51.85 Relay Leadoff – 51.98 50 24.68 24.95 25.18 100 27.09 26.90 26.80

Ollie Morgan of England secured the silver this evening, albeit nearly a second behind in 52.66, while Coetze’s coutrymat Ruard van Renen rounded out the podium in 53.31.

Top 10 Men’s LCM 100 Backstroke Performances All-Time

51.60 – Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022 51.77 – Pieter Coetze (RSA), 2026 51.80 – Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2025 51.82 – Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2023 51.85 – Ryan Murphy (USA), 2016 & Pieter Coetze (RSA), 2025 51.86 – Xu Jiayu (CHN), 2017 51.90 – Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2025 51.92 – Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (ITA), 2025 51.93 – Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022 51.94 – Ryan Murphy (USA), 2018 & Aaron Peirsol (USA), 2009

Coetze set Games record in all three rounds of the 50 back (24.45, 24.29, 24.18), in the 200 back final (1:54.22), and once again in this 1back. His effort this evening would have won Olympic gold at every edition.

The South African remains ranked #1 in the world as the only man to be in the 51-zone thus far this season.

2025-2026 LCM Men 100 BACK

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