The aim of this research was to determine the differences in swimming pace between the finalists and semifinalists of the 2019 World Championships in the discipline of 100 m backstroke held in the South Korean city of Kwangju in 2019. The research was carried out on 16 swimmers (8 finalists and 8 semi-finalists), using 8 variables for evaluating swimming pace. Differences between groups were determined using the Student`s T-test of independent samples. No statistically significant differences in swimming pace were found between the finalists and semi-finalists of the World Championships, but there was a statistically significant difference in passing times in favor of the finalists. The finalists were faster in the first and second passing times than the semi-finalists, while their pace drop is numerically smaller compared to the semi-finalists, but not statistically significant.
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