Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 30, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 31, 2011 (final)
Competitors43 from 38 nations
Winning time24.50
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2009
2013  

The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
Championship record
Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 24.04 Rome August 2, 2009

Results

Heats

39 swimmers participated in 6 heats. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145 Gerhard Zandberg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24.72Q
264 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 25.03Q
362 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.04Q
447 Flori Lang Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.12Q
542 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.14Q
665 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.17Q
743 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.18Q
844 Nick Thoman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.22Q
855 David Plummer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.22Q
1054 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.26Q
1051 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.26Q
1261 Mirco di Tora Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.28Q
1356 Hayden Stoeckel Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.29Q
1463 Ashley Delaney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.33Q
1466 Bastiaan Lijesen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.33Q
1658 Charles Francis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.43Q
1753 Sun Xiaolei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.44
1857 Cheng Feiyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.52
1941 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25.58
2052 Vitaly Borisov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.60
2148 Pavel Sankovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.80
2267 Daniel Bell Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25.91
2333 Roko Šimunić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 26.07
2434 Pedro Medel Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 26.08
2568 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 26.13
2636 Jean-François Schneiders Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 26.70
2737 Oliver Elliot Banados Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 26.72 NR
2831 Zane Jordan Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 27.12
2932 Boris Kirillov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 27.25
3024 Emile Bakale Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 28.34
3138 Antonio Tong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 28.46
3225 Alban Laye-Joseph Diop Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 29.02
3313 Kerson Hadley Flag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia 30.46
3422 Ahmed Atari Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 32.37
3527 Husam Ahmed Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 33.44
3621 Mulualem Girma Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 33.85
3714 Phathana Inthavong Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 35.30
3828 Mohamed Eltayeb Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 35.98
3915 Thierry Videgni Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 42.95
23 Adbulrahman Alishaq Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar DNS
26 Folarin Ogunsola Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia DNS
35 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNS
46 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:14. [2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.62Q
24 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 24.85Q
36 Nick Thoman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.03Q
45 Flori Lang Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.07Q
53 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.14
67 Mirco di Tora Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.40
71 Ashley Delaney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.43
88 Charles Francis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.56

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Gerhard Zandberg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24.91Q
23 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24.99Q
32 David Plummer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.03Q
46 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.09Q
51 Hayden Stoeckel Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.20
65 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.20
77 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.46
88 Bastiaan Lijesen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.51

Final

The final was held at 18:35. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.50
Silver medal icon.svg5 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 24.57
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Gerhard Zandberg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24.66
46 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24.82
57 David Plummer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.92
62 Nick Thoman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.01
68 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.01
81 Flori Lang Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.15

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References

  1. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-31.[ permanent dead link ]