The men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 March and on the evening of 1 April (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 107 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 98 swam.
The men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2009 World Championships took place Monday 27 July and on the evening of Tuesday 28 July (final) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place between 31 July – 1 August at the Foro Italico. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 31 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 1 August.
The men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March and 30 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 57 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 55 swam.
The Men's 100 Butterfly at the 2005 FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum 29 – 30 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary and Semifinals heats were held on 29 July, with the top-16 finishers from the Prelims in the mornings advancing to swim again in Semifinals that evening. The top-8 swimmers from the Semifinals then advanced to swim the race a third time in the Final the next evening.
The Men's 200 Butterfly event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 22 – 23 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary and Semifinal heats were on July 22, with the preliminaries during the morning session and the semifinals during the evening session. The Final swam during the evening session on July 23.
The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 28 July – 29 July. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 28 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 29 July.
The Men's 200 Individual Medley event at the 2005 FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum 27 – 28 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary and Semifinal heats were 27 July; the Final 28 July. The top-16 swimmers from the Prelims in the morning advanced to the 1 of 2 Seminfinal in the evening; the top-8 swimmers from the Semifinals then advanced to the Final the next evening.
The Men's 100 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 21 – 22 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary and Semifinal heats swam on July 21; the Final was held on July 22.
The Men's 200 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam July 24–25, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary and Semifinal heats were on 24 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The Final swam on 25 July.
The Men's 100 Breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 24 and 25 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary and semifinal heats were swum 24 July; finals on July 25.
The Men's 200 Breaststroke event at the XI FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 28 and 29 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary (morning) and semifinal (evening) heats swam 28 July; the final on 29 July.
The Women's 100 Breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 25+26 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada. Preliminary and semifinal heats were swum on 25 July, with the prelims in the morning session and the semis in the evening. The final went the next evening.
The Women's 50 Breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 30 – 31 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary and Semifinal heats were swum on 30 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 31 July.
The Men's 50 Backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 30 – 31 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada. Preliminary and Semifinal heats swam on 30 July; the Final was 31 July.
The Women's 50 Backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum 27 – 28 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary (morning) and Semifinal (evening) heats were on 27 July, with the event's Final heat swum during the evening session on 28 July.
The Women's 100 Backstroke at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum 25 – 26 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary and Semifinal heats were 25 July; the Final heat on 26 July.
The Men's 50 Breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 26 and 27 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada. Preliminary and Semifinal heats were on 26 July; the final was held on 27 July.
Joseph Hunter Armstrong is an American swimmer. He is the world record holder in the long course 50 meter backstroke. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay, swimming backstroke in the prelims, and finished ninth in the 100 meter backstroke. He won a gold medal as part of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, swimming in the prelims heats, at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships as well as a gold medal in the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay, swimming backstroke in the final, a silver medal each in the 50 meter backstroke and the 4×100 meter medley relay, and a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke.
Pieter Coetze is a South African swimmer. He is the African record holder in the long course 100 metre backstroke. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke, the silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke, and the bronze medal in the 200 metre backstroke. At the 2022 World Junior Championships he competed in ten events, including winning the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke, silver medals in the 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, and the 4×100 metre medley relay, as well as a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay.
