Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2001 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 22 July 2021 (heats, semifinals) 23 July 2001 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 57 | |||||||||
Winning time | 54.31 seconds | |||||||||
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The men's 100 meter backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 23 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 22 July, with the final being held on 23 July.[3]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
World record | Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) | 53.60 | Sydney, Australia | 24 August 1999 |
Championship record | Jeff Rouse (USA) | 54.49 | Rome, Italy | 11 September 1994 |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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23 July | Final | Matt Welsh | Australia | 54.31 | CR |
Results
Heats
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 55.08 | Q |
2 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 55.44 | Q |
3 | Randall Bal | United States | 55.47 | Q |
4 | Gordan Kožulj | Croatia | 55.56 | Q |
5 | Örn Arnarson | Iceland | 55.63 | Q |
6 | Péter Horváth | Hungary | 55.67 | Q |
7 | Keng Liat Lim | Malaysia | 55.85 | Q |
8 | Stev Theloke | Germany | 55.99 | Q |
9 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 56.02 | Q |
10 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 56.04 | Q |
11 | Josh Watson | Australia | 56.11 | Q |
12 | Blaž Medvešek | Slovenia | 56.24 | Q |
12 | Alexandre Massura | Brazil | 56.24 | Q |
14 | Vladislav Aminov | Russia | 56.25 | Q |
15 | Mariusz Siembida | Poland | 56.28 | Q |
16 | Emanuele Merisi | Italy | 56.00 | QSO |
16 | Eithan Urbach | Israel | 56.00 | QSO |
18 | Viktor Bodrogi | Hungary | 56.38 | |
19 | Atsushi Nishikori | Japan | 56.39 | |
20 | Pierre Roger | France | 56.50 | |
21 | Marko Strahija | Croatia | 56.63 | |
22 | Miroslav Machovič | Slovakia | 56.70 | |
23 | Darius Grigalionis | Lithuania | 56.77 | |
24 | Eduardo Germán Otero | Argentina | 56.82 | |
25 | Sean Sepulis | Canada | 56.97 | |
26 | Haruki Takeuchi | Japan | 57.09 | |
27 | Yoav Gath | Israel | 57.16 | |
28 | Derya Büyükuncu | Turkey | 57.35 | |
29 | Daniel Lönnberg | Sweden | 57.50 | |
30 | Martin Viilep | Estonia | 57.77 | |
31 | Mindaugas Špokas | Lithuania | 58.00 | |
32 | Ioannis Kokkodis | Greece | 58.15 | |
33 | Gary Tan | Singapore | 58.52 | |
34 | George Gleason | United States Virgin Islands | 58.60 | |
35 | Juan Carlos Rodela | Mexico | 58.62 | |
36 | Mark Chay | Singapore | 59.28 | |
37 | Brendan Ashby | Zimbabwe | 59.71 | |
38 | Sergio Cabrera | Paraguay | 59.80 | |
39 | Diego Gallo | Uruguay | 1:00.63 | |
40 | Eduardo Gil | El Salvador | 1:00.73 | |
41 | Ignacio Bengoechea | Chile | 1:00.74 | |
42 | Wu Nien-Pin | Chinese Taipei | 1:01.08 | |
43 | Christophee Backisavs | Dominican Republic | 1:01.86 | |
44 | Aziz Toumi | Morocco | 1:02.28 | |
45 | Chi Lon Lei | Macau | 1:03.07 | |
46 | Fahad Al Otaibi | Kuwait | 1:03.50 | |
47 | Wing Cheung Victor Wong | Macau | 1:05.58 | |
48 | Hsu Kuo-Tung | Chinese Taipei | 1:06.13 | |
49 | Seung Gin Lee | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:07.05 | |
50 | Nuno Miguel Cardoso Rola | Angola | 1:07.96 | |
51 | João Carlos Paquet Aguiar | Angola | 1:08.40 | |
52 | William Kang | Guam | 1:08.77 | |
53 | Rony Bakale | Republic of the Congo | 1:09.55 | |
54 | Ganbold Urnultsaikhan | Mongolia | 1:11.77 | |
55 | Fahd Bayusuf | Kenya | 1:13.93 | |
56 | Hojamammedou Hojamammed | Turkmenistan | 1:22.13 | |
– | Mohammad Nazeri | Iran | DSQ | |
– | Mehdi Addadi | Algeria | DNS |
Swim-off
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Emanuele Merisi | Italy | 56.27 | Q |
2 | Eithan Urbach | Israel | 56.61 |
Semifinals
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Randall Bal | United States | 54.93 | Q |
2 | Örn Arnarson | Iceland | 55.21 | Q |
3 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 55.22 | Q |
4 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 55.26 | Q |
5 | Péter Horváth | Hungary | 55.38 | Q |
6 | Gordan Kožulj | Croatia | 55.42 | Q |
7 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 55.47 | Q |
8 | Josh Watson | Australia | 55.78 | Q |
9 | Stev Theloke | Germany | 55.82 | |
10 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 55.89 | |
11 | Vladislav Aminov | Russia | 55.98 | |
12 | Mariusz Siembida | Poland | 56.16 | |
13 | Keng Liat Lim | Malaysia | 56.29 | |
14 | Blaž Medvešek | Slovenia | 56.41 | |
15 | Alexandre Massura | Brazil | 56.52 | |
16 | Emanuele Merisi | Italy | 56.54 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Matt Welsh | Australia | 54.31 | CR | |
Örn Arnarson | Iceland | 54.75 | ||
Steffen Driesen | Germany | 54.91 | ||
4 | Randall Bal | United States | 54.97 | |
5 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 55.23 | |
6 | Péter Horváth | Hungary | 55.43 | |
7 | Gordan Kožulj | Croatia | 55.60 | |
8 | Josh Watson | Australia | 55.98 |