Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue Foro Italico
Dates27 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
28 July 2009 (final)
Competitors121
Winning time52.26 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2007
2011  

The men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2009 World Championships took place Monday 27 July (prelims and semifinals) and on the evening of Tuesday 28 July (final) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

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Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Aaron Peirsol  (USA)51.94 Indianapolis, United States8 July 2009
Championship recordFlag of the United States.svg  Aaron Peirsol  (USA)52.98 Melbourne, Australia27 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
27 JulyHeat 12 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg 52.93 CR
27 JulySemifinal 1 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg 52.39 CR
28 JulyFinal Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg 52.26 CR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg Spain52.93124 CR
2 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg Japan53.00114
3 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain53.08113 NR
3 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg Japan53.08135
3 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg USA53.08134
6 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg Germany53.28133
7 Ashley Delaney Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia53.33126
8 Markus Rogan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53.62112
9 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg France53.67123
10 Arkady Vyatchanin Flag of Russia.svg Russia53.73115
11 Mirco di Tora Flag of Italy.svg Italy53.77127 NR
12 Juan Miguel Rando Flag of Spain.svg Spain53.89100
12 Stanislav Donets Flag of Russia.svg Russia53.89116
14 Nicolaas Driebergen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands53.94105 NR
14 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 53.94132
16 Matt Grevers Flag of the United States.svg USA54.04125
17 Pascal Wollach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada54.08122
18 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil54.17137
19 Benjamin Stasiulis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 54.18136
20 George Du Rand Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa54.29118
21 Răzvan Florea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 54.47131
22 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54.51138
23 Daniel Bell Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand54.58130
24 Marco Loughran Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain54.61111
25 Leonardo Guedes Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil54.64121
26 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg Poland54.66110 NR
27 Charl Van Zyl Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa54.67106
28 Karl Burdis Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 54.74109 NR
29 Damiano Lestingi Flag of Italy.svg Italy54.77117
30 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 54.97119 NR
31 Jake Tapp Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada54.99120
32 Robert Hurley Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia55.18128
33 He Jianbin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China55.24107
34 Sung Min Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 55.39129
35 Cheng Feiyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China55.52139
36 Sebastian Stoss Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 55.5796
37 Derya Büyükuncu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 55.78104
38 Flori Lang Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland55.84103
39 Tomas Fucik Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 56.1087
39 Andriy Kovbasa Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 56.10101
41 Itai Chammah Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 56.1515
41 Donal O'Neill Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 56.15108
43 Krzysztof Jankiewicz Flag of Poland.svg Poland56.23102
44 Bruno Claeys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium56.3494
45 Andres Olvik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 56.3782 NR
46 Dimitrios Chasiotis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 56.5891
47 Pedro Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal56.6998
48 Danil Bugakov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 56.7793
49 Alexandru Felix Maestru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 56.8081
50 Martin Liivamägi Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 57.0088
51 Stanislav Osinsky Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 57.0285
52 Pedro Medel Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 57.0392
53 Miguel Robles Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico57.1497
54 Robi Zbogar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 57.4583
55 Jean-François Schneiders Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 57.4984
56 Konstantins Bohins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 57.6876
57 Naoufel Benabid Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 57.8175 NR
58 Kouam Amine Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 57.9578 NR
59 Andrejs Dūda Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 58.0072
60 Raphaël Stacchiotti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 58.0390
61 Glenn Victor Sutanto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 58.2977
62 Ng Kai Wee Raine Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 58.5774
63 Cheah Geoffrey Robin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 58.6973
64 David Rodriguez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 58.7071
65 Do Huy Long Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 58.7970
66 Tsung Chao-Lin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 58.9389
67 Nicolas Francia Viña Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 58.9495
68 Artiom Gladun Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 58.9799
69 Rony Bakale Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 59.1066
70 Yury Zaharov Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 59.1386
71 Serghei Golban Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 59.1663
72 Heshan Bandara Unamboowe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 59.4749
73 Achelhi Bilal Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 59.4951
74 Jean Luis Gomez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1:00.1667
75 Doğa Çelik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:00.2280
76 Khachik Plavchyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1:00.3165
77 Nicholas James Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:00.3455
78 Boris Kirillov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1:00.4458
79 Radomyos Matjiur Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:00.6164
80 Byron Briedenhann Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1:00.8559
81 Ashwin Menon Flag of India.svg India1:00.9053
82 Mohammed Al Ghaferi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1:01.1856
83 Antonio Tong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 1:01.4154
84 Marcelino Richaards Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1:01.6545
85 Ryan Nelthropp Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands 1:01.6942
86 Kari Joannesarson Hoevdanum Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1:01.7061
87 Fernando Castellanos Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:01.9234
88 Alberto Tasini Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 1:02.1850
89 Yousuf Essa Al Yousuf Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1:02.2862
90 Armando Zayas Claure Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 1:02.8735
91 Abbas Raad Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:03.2869
92 Ngou Pok Man Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 1:03.6947
93 Praveen Tokas Flag of India.svg India1:03.7468
94 Samson Opuakpo Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1:03.8131
95 Benjamin Gabbard Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 1:03.8639
96 Javier Hernandez Maradiaga Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1:03.9860
97 Nicholas Coard Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 1:04.0241
98 Ronny Vencatachellum Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:04.1148
99 Tural Abbasov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1:04.4757
100 Matar Samb Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1:04.7152
101 Mark Sammut Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:05.0843
102 Edward Caruana Dingli Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:05.4337
103 Vincent Perry Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 1:05.7246
104 Juan Carlos Sikaffy Diaz Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1:06.0138
105 Batsaikhan Dulguun Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1:06.9640
106 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:07.2624
107 Sidni Hoxha Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1:08.1544
108 Saif Alaslam Saeed Alsaadi Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 1:08.2114
109 Paul Elaisa Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:08.8128
110 Siu Kent Chung Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 1:08.9832
111 Carlos Alberto Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:09.1423
112 Timur Atahanov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 1:09.4222
112 Gary Pineda Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:09.4230
114 Pepelate Gbagi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1:10.4526
115 Elaijie Erasito Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:11.0027
116 Nadir Elmofti Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 1:16.3221
117 Shameel Ibrahim Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1:19.0620
Mario Sulkja Flag of Albania.svg  Albania DNS25
Hocine Haciane Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra DNS36
Brett Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands DNS79
Faiz Muhammad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan DSQ33

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
115 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg Japan52.39 CR , AS
213 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg Germany52.49 NR
314 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg Japan52.73
424 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg Spain52.76
518 Matt Grevers Flag of the United States.svg United States52.82
628 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 53.03 NR
712 Arkady Vyatchanin Flag of Russia.svg Russia53.11
825 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain53.12
923 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg United States53.22
1026 Ashley Delaney Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia53.24
1116 Markus Rogan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53.40
1222 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg France53.82
1327 Mirco di Tora Flag of Italy.svg Italy53.88
1411 Nicolaas Driebergen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands53.92 NR
1517 Juan Miguel Rando Flag of Spain.svg Spain54.13
1621 Stanislav Donets Flag of Russia.svg Russia54.24

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg Japan52.26 CR , AS
Silver medal icon.svg5 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg Germany52.54
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg Spain52.64
43 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg Japan52.73
48 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain52.73 NR
61 Arkady Vyatchanin Flag of Russia.svg Russia52.87 NR
72 Matt Grevers Flag of the United States.svg United States53.14
87 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 53.43

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