<page_title> Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke </page_title> <section_title> Semifinals </section_title> <table> <cell> Ray Kegeris (USA) <col_header> Swimmer </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1:17.8 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> Q OR <col_header> Qual. </col_header> </cell> </table>
In the semi-final, Ray Kegeris set the Olympic record to 1:17.8 minutes.