| GHSSCA: State Champions in Backstroke | ||||
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| YEAR | TIME | SCHOOL | NAME | |
| 1938 | 1:27.60 | Athens | Billy Stewart | |
| 1939 | 1:10.50 | Darlington | Denman Hammond | |
| B 1940 | 1:32.90 | Athens | Hampton Rowland | |
| C 1940 | 2:00.00 | Blue Ridge | R. Allen | |
| 1941 | 1:09.30 | Savannah | John Dubois | |
| 1942 | ?? | Savannah | ? Scott | |
| 1943 | 1:13.70 | North Fulton | J. Leckridge | |
| 1944 | 1:16.20 | Boys' High | E. Swanson | |
| 1945 | 1:13.80 | Boys' High | E. Swanson | |
| 1946 | 1:09.00 | G.M.A. | ? Olsen | |
| 1947 | 1:09.20 | Boys' High | Bob Harp | |
| 1948 | 1:08.00 | G.M.A. | Stewart Bird | |
| 1949 | 1:06.70 | G.M.A. | Stewart Bird | |
| 1950 | 1:05.80 | G.M.A. | Stewart Bird | |
| 1951 | ?? | Marist | Luke Glancy | |
| 1952 | 1:06.00 | G.M.A. | Gordon Hiles | |
| 1953 | 1:03.80 | Athens | Tommy Blakely | |
| 1954 | 1:04.20 | Athens | Tommy Blakely | |
| 1955 | 1:06.70 | Athens | Tommy Blakely | |
| 1956 | 1:10.60 | Druid Hills | Bobby McDonough | |
| 1957 | 1:09.50 | Athens | Jimmy Carlisle | |
| 1958 | 1:08.80 | Northside | Harry Lang | |
| 1959 | 1:06.00 | Marist | Cy Hornsby | |
| 1960 | 1:02.20 | Athens | Alex Patterson | |
| 1961 | 1:07.10 | Westminster | Joff Rees | |
| 1962 | 1:03.20 | Dykes | Ricky Farber | |
| 1963 | 1:06.30 | Druid Hills | Jim Wagner | |
| 1964 | 1:02.90 | Cross Keys | Richard Harrison | |
| 1965 | 1:00.60 | Briarcliff | Albert Baker | |
| 1966 | 57.80 | Briarcliff | Albert Baker | |
| 1967 | 59.00 | Briarcliff | Albert Baker | |
| 1968 | 59.70 | Marist | John Bosbyshell | |
| 1969 | 58.30 | Marist | John Bosbyshell | |
| 1970 | 1:02.70 | Westminster | Steve Collins | |
| 1971 | 58.10 | Savannah | Will Artley | |
| 1972 | 58.50 | Woodward | Henry Gilbert | |
| 1973 | 59.00 | Westminster | Ben Joel | |
| 1974 | 56.35 | Westminster | Ben Joel | |
| 1975 | 55.99 | Westminster | Ben Joel | |
| 1976 | 54.76 | Westminster | Ben Joel | |
| 1977 | 53.95 | Jonesboro | Steve Lundquist | |
| 1978 | 53.58 | Jonesboro | Steve Lundquist | |
| 1979 | 54.63 | Dunwoody | Bart Graham | |
| 1980 | 56.13 | Berkmar | Jeff Bush | |
| 1981 | 54.78 | Tucker | Glenn McCall | |
| 1982 | 52.50 | Tucker | Glenn McCall | |
| 1983 | 53.49 | Stone Mountain | Rob Kelly | |
| 1984 | 51.64 | Dunwoody | Doug Gjertsen | |
| 1985 | 55.68 | St. Pius | Ken Knudson | |
| 1986 | 54.77 | Wheeler | Doug Jones | |
| 1987 | 55.30 | Brookwood | Mike Schulte | |
| 1988 | 51.09 | Wheeler | Doug Jones | |
| 1989 | 53.13 | Brookwood | Jonathan Jennings | |
| 1990 | 52.78 | Morrow | Bobby Brewer | |
| 1991 | 50.89 | Morrow | Bobby Brewer | |
| 1992 | 52.66 | Winder-Barrow | Jason Irwin | |
| 1993 | 50.90 | Shiloh | Shawn McNew | |
| 1994 | 51.19 | Shiloh | Shawn McNew | |
| 1995 | 53.61 | Lovett | Kile Zeller | |
| 1996 | 52.80 | Lakeside DeKalb | Chris Read | |
| 1997 | 52.40 | Lakeside DeKalb | Chris Read | |
| 1998 | 52.07 | Chattahoochee | Brad Dilly | |
| 1999 | 50.03 | Marist | Peter Marshall | |
| 4A 2000 | 52.47 | Pope | Kevin Barkley | |
| 3A 2000 | ||||