Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 25, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 26, 2011 (final)
Competitors50 from 36 nations
Winning time52.76
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2009
2013  

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.

Contents

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg United States51.94 Indianapolis July 8, 2009
Championship recordAaron PeirsolFlag of the United States.svg United States52.19RomeAugust 2, 2009

Results

Heats

50 swimmer participated in 7 heats. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 53.30Q
265 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 53.34Q
375 David Plummer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.68Q
464 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 53.84Q
566 Stanislav Donets Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 53.85Q
656 Ben Treffers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 53.89Q
778 Gareth Kean Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 53.89Q
854 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 53.99Q
973 Hayden Stoeckel Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 54.05Q
1053 Nick Thoman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.13Q
1176 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 54.14Q
1255 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.15Q
1377 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 54.26Q
1452 Nick Driebergen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54.30Q
1563 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54.32Q
1641 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54.43swimoff
1661 Sun Xiaolei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.43swimoff
1845 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54.47
1967 Mirco di Tora Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.47
2062 Cheng Feiyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.60
2172 Vitaly Borisov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 54.66
2247 Charles Francis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.68
2371 Daniel Bell Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 54.75
2424 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 54.88 NR
2558 Jonatan Kopelev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54.90
2651 Chris Walker-Hebborn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54.91
2744 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54.93
2846 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.01
2957 Bastiaan Lijesen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.09
3042 Charl Crous Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.14
3135 Gerhard Zandberg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.21
3248 Tobias Oriwol Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.27
3343 Marcin Tarczyński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.28
3433 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.32
3568 Park Seon-Kwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 55.39
3631 Bradley Ally Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 55.88 NR
3736 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 55.93
3834 Simon Sjödin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.06
3938 Matas Andriekus Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 56.10
4037 Flori Lang Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 56.40
4132 Abdullah Al-Tuwaini Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 56.94
4223 Jean-François Schneiders Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 57.03 NR
4327 Heshan Unamboowe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 57.95
4425 Alex Hernandez Medina Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 58.15
4526 Charles William Walker Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 58.82
4614 Zane Jordan Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 59.33
4715 Antonio Tong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 1:00.34
4821 Awse Ma'aya Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 1:00.64
4922 Boris Kirillov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1:01.03
5013 Andrey Molchanov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 1:05.39

Swimoff

As two swimmers had the same time in the heats at place 16 they had to participate in a swimoff to determine the last semifinal swimmer, it was held at 11:36. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Sun Xiaolei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.20Q
24 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 55.12

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:10. [3]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 52.76Q
26 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 53.05Q
37 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53.34Q
42 Nick Thoman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.49Q
55 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 53.60Q
63 Ben Treffers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 53.87
71 Nick Driebergen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.98
88 Sun Xiaolei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.21

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 53.09Q
25 David Plummer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.30Q
36 Gareth Kean Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 53.69Q
42 Hayden Stoeckel Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 53.70
57 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 54.03
63 Stanislav Donets Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 54.10
78 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54.16
81 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 54.22

Final

The final was held at 19:06. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 52.76
Gold medal icon.svg4 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 52.76
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 52.98
47 Nick Thoman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.01
56 David Plummer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.04
61 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 53.25
72 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53.28
88 Gareth Kean Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 53.50 NR

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References

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  2. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (swimoff)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-26.[ permanent dead link ]