Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
25 July 2001 (final)
Competitors58
Winning time25.34 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Randall Bal  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Thomas Rupprath  Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Matt Welsh  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
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The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 25 July. The heats [1] and semifinals [2] took place 24 July, with the final being held on 25 July. [3]

Contents

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Lenny Krayzelburg  (USA)24.99 Sydney, Australia13 August 1999
Championship recordNew event

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
24 July 2001Heat 8 Randall Bal Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 25.43 CR
24 July 2001Semifinal 2 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.31 CR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Randall Bal Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 25.43Q, CR
2 Riley Janes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.90Q
3 Matt Welsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.91Q
4 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.92Q
5 Mariusz Siembida Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.93Q
6 Darius Grigalionis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 25.97Q
7 Tomomi Morita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 26.05Q
8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26.08Q
9 Péter Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 26.14Q
10 Neil Walker Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 26.17Q
11 Alexandre Massura Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 26.22Q
11 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.22Q
13 Pablo Martín Abal Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 26.23Q
14 Daniel Lönnberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.27Q
15 Neil Willey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 26.33QSO
15 Josh Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26.33QSO
15 Ante Mašković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 26.33QSO
18 Atsushi Nishikori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 26.34
19 Markus Rogan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.36
20 Rodolfo Falcón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 26.44
20 Eduardo Otero Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 26.44
20 Blaž Medvešek Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 26.44
23 Miroslav Machovič Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26.51
24 Vladislav Aminov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26.54
25 Peter Mankoč Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 26.55
26 Eithan Urbach Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 26.56
27 Pierre Roger Flag of France.svg  France 26.57
28 Kim Min-Suk Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 26.58
29 Mindaugas Špokas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 26.59
30 Sean Sepulis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.62
31 Alex Lim Keng Liat Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 26.88
32 Martin Viilep Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 27.09
33 Mark Chay Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 27.21
34 Philipp Gilgen Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 27.22
35 Diego Gallo Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 27.23
36 Mattias Ohlin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 27.36
37 Derya Büyükuncu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27.38
38 Gary Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 27.51
39 Brendan Ashby Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 28.13
40 Wu Nien-Pin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 28.28
41 Ismael Ortiz Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 28.40
42 Aziz Toumi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 28.53
43 Eduardo Gil Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 28.74
44 Chi Lon Lei Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 28.86
45 Christopher Backhaus Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 28.97
46 Wing Cheung Victor Wong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 30.10
47 Davy Bisslik Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 30.26
48 Hsu Kuo-Tung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 30.93
49 João Aguiar Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 30.95
50 Rainui Teriipaia Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 31.32
51 Nuno Miguel Rola Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 31.55
52 William Kang Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 31.63
53 Hamid Nassir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 32.52
54 Fand Bayusuf Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 33.74
55 Mahamad Ahmad Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 34.64
56 Hojamamed Hojamamedov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 37.41
57 Carlos Notarianni Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 38.13
– Mohammad Nazeri Flag of Iran.svg  Iran DSQ
– Gregory Arkhurst Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast DNS

Swim-off

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Neil Willey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 26.13Q
2 Josh Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26.16Q
3 Ante Mašković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 26.24

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.31Q, CR
2 Randall Bal Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 25.59Q
3 Matt Welsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.72Q
4 Mariusz Siembida Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.82Q
5 Riley Janes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.83Q
6 Vyacheslav Shyrshov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25.95Q
6 Josh Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.95Q
6 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.95Q
9 Tomomi Morita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.97
10 Neil Willey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25.98
11 Pablo Martín Abal Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 26.00
12 Darius Grigalionis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 26.08
13 Alexandre Massura Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 26.12
14 Péter Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 26.30
15 Neil Walker Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 26.40
16 Daniel Lönnberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.48

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Randall Bal Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 25.34
Silver medal icon.svg Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.44
Bronze medal icon.svg Matt Welsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.49
4 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.69
5 Mariusz Siembida Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.82
6 Riley Janes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.98
7 Josh Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26.05
8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26.40

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 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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