Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates22 July 2021 (heats, semifinals)
23 July 2001 (final)
Competitors57
Winning time54.31 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Iceland
bronze medal    Germany

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordLenny Krayzelburg United States53.60Sydney24 Aug 1999
Championship recordJeff Rouse United States54.49Rome11 Sep 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
23 July 2001FinalMatt Welsh Australia54.31CR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Markus Rogan Austria55.08Q
2Steffen Driesen Germany55.44Q
3Randall Bal United States55.47Q
4Gordan Kožulj Croatia55.56Q
5Örn Arnarson Iceland55.63Q
6Péter Horváth Hungary55.67Q
7Keng Liat Lim Malaysia55.85Q
8Stev Theloke Germany55.99Q
9Aaron Peirsol United States56.02Q
10Matt Welsh Australia56.04Q
11Josh Watson Australia56.11Q
12Blaž Medvešek Slovenia56.24Q
12Alexandre Massura Brazil56.24Q
14Vladislav Aminov Russia56.25Q
15Mariusz Siembida Poland56.28Q
16Emanuele Merisi Italy56.00QSO
16Eithan Urbach Israel56.00QSO
18Viktor Bodrogi Hungary56.38
19Atsushi Nishikori Japan56.39
20Pierre Roger France56.50
21Marko Strahija Croatia56.63
22Miroslav Machovič Slovakia56.70
23Darius Grigalionis Lithuania56.77
24Eduardo Germán Otero Argentina56.82
25Sean Sepulis Canada56.97
26Haruki Takeuchi Japan57.09
27Yoav Gath Israel57.16
28Derya Büyükuncu Turkey57.35
29Daniel Lönnberg Sweden57.50
30Martin Viilep Estonia57.77
31Mindaugas Špokas Lithuania58.00
32Ioannis Kokkodis Greece58.15
33Gary Tan Singapore58.52
34George Gleason United States Virgin Islands58.60
35Juan Carlos Rodela Mexico58.62
36Mark Chay Singapore59.28
37Brendan Ashby Zimbabwe59.71
38Sergio Cabrera Paraguay59.80
39Diego Gallo Uruguay1:00.63
40Eduardo Gil El Salvador1:00.73
41Ignacio Bengoechea Chile1:00.74
42Wu Nien-Pin Chinese Taipei1:01.08
43Christophee Backisavs Dominican Republic1:01.86
44Aziz Toumi Morocco1:02.28
45Chi Lon Lei Macau1:03.07
46Fahad Al Otaibi Kuwait1:03.50
47Wing Cheung Victor Wong Macau1:05.58
48Hsu Kuo-Tung Chinese Taipei1:06.13
49Seung Gin Lee Northern Mariana Islands1:07.05
50Nuno Miguel Cardoso Rola Angola1:07.96
51João Carlos Paquet Aguiar Angola1:08.40
52William Kang Guam1:08.77
53Rony Bakale Republic of the Congo1:09.55
54Ganbold Urnultsaikhan Mongolia1:11.77
55Fahd Bayusuf Kenya1:13.93
56Hojamammedou Hojamammed Turkmenistan1:22.13
Mohammad Nazeri IranDSQ
Mehdi Addadi AlgeriaDNS

Swim-off

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Emanuele Merisi Italy56.27Q
2Eithan Urbach Israel56.61

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Randall Bal United States54.93Q
2Örn Arnarson Iceland55.21Q
3Markus Rogan Austria55.22Q
4Steffen Driesen Germany55.26Q
5Péter Horváth Hungary55.38Q
6Gordan Kožulj Croatia55.42Q
7Matt Welsh Australia55.47Q
8Josh Watson Australia55.78Q
9Stev Theloke Germany55.82
10Aaron Peirsol United States55.89
11Vladislav Aminov Russia55.98
12Mariusz Siembida Poland56.16
13Keng Liat Lim Malaysia56.29
14Blaž Medvešek Slovenia56.41
15Alexandre Massura Brazil56.52
16Emanuele Merisi Italy56.54

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Matt Welsh Australia54.31CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Örn Arnarson Iceland54.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Steffen Driesen Germany54.91
4Randall Bal United States54.97
5Markus Rogan Austria55.23
6Péter Horváth Hungary55.43
7Gordan Kožulj Croatia55.60
8Josh Watson Australia55.98

References

  1. "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 21 August 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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