Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates26 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
27 July 2001 (final)
Competitors42
Winning time1 minute 57.13 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
  1998
2003  

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 27 July. The heats [1] and semifinals [2] took place 26 July, with the final being held on 27 July. [3]

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Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Lenny Krayzelburg  (USA)1:55.87 Sydney, Australia27 August 1999
Championship recordFlag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Selkov  (RUS)1:57.42 Rome, Italy7 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
27 JulyFinal Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:57.13 CR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:59.79Q
2 Marc Lindsay Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:00.12Q
3 Viktor Bodrogi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:00.27Q
4 Matt Welsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:00.63Q
5 Örn Arnarson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:00.66Q
6 Yoav Gath Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:00.72Q
7 Emanuele Merisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:00.82Q
8 Marko Strahija Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:00.97Q
9 Gordan Kožulj Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:01.19Q
10 Rogerio Romero Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:01.30Q
11 Markus Rogan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:01.35Q
12 Klaas-Erik Zwering Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:01.36Q, WD
13 Pierre Roger Flag of France.svg  France 2:01.41Q
14 Raymond Hass Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:01.42Q
15 Tobias Oriwol Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.57Q
16 Kozan Hashimoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:01.61Q
17 Steffen Driesen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:02.40Q
18 Haruki Takeuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:02.43
19 Miroslav Machovič Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:02.48
20 Péter Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:02.74
21 Keng Liat Lim Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 2:03.17
22 Blaž Medvešek Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:03.45
23 Eduardo Germán Otero Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:03.81
24 Ioannis Kokkodis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:04.82
25 Zheng Shibin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:04.94
26 Martin Viilep Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:05.19
27 George Gleason Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands 2:05.21
28 Philipp Gilgen Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:05.23
29 Diego Urreta Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:06.04
30 Gary Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:06.45
31 Juan Carlos Rodela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:07.90
32 Gerald Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:08.30
33 Sergio Cabrera Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2:09.43
34 Ignacio Bengoechea Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:11.27
35 Christophee Backisavs Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 2:14.50
36 Eduardo Gil Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:14.63
37 Wu Nien-Pin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:14.71
38 Hsu Kuo-Tung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:18.03
39 Chi Lon Lei Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 2:19.12
40 Mohammad Nazeri Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 2:19.91
41 Rony Bakale Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 2:26.44
Hojamammed Hojamammedou Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan DSQ
George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago DNS

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:58.12Q
2 Markus Rogan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:58.91Q
3 Viktor Bodrogi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.24Q
4 Matt Welsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:59.34Q
5 Yoav Gath Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:59.39Q
6 Örn Arnarson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:59.75Q
7 Gordan Kožulj Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:59.80Q
8 Emanuele Merisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.98Q
9 Raymond Hass Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:59.99
10 Marc Lindsay Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:00.72
11 Marko Strahija Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:00.98
12 Rogerio Romero Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:01.05
13 Tobias Oriwol Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.33
14 Kozan Hashimoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:01.34
15 Steffen Driesen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:01.54
16 Pierre Roger Flag of France.svg  France 2:02.98

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:57.13 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Markus Rogan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:58.07
Bronze medal icon.svg Örn Arnarson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:58.37
4 Matt Welsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:58.80
5 Gordan Kožulj Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:59.23
6 Viktor Bodrogi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.74
7 Emanuele Merisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.83
8 Yoav Gath Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:00.09

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 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.