2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 and 7 December 2016.[1]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueWFCU Centre
Dates6 December (heats and semifinals)
7 December (final)
Competitors73 from 55 nations
Winning time49.65
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    China
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Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Matt Grevers   United States 48.92 Indianapolis 12 December 2015
Championship record Stanislav Donets   Russia 48.95 Dubai 19 December 2010

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were held at 11:28.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 5 Xu Jiayu   China 50.21 Q
2 8 3 Mitch Larkin   Australia 50.22 Q
3 8 4 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 50.63 Q
4 6 7 Jacob Pebley   United States 50.64 Q
5 7 3 Junya Koga   Japan 50.71 Q
7 4 Andrey Shabasov   Russia Q
7 8 9 Grigoriy Tarasevich   Russia 50.93 Q
8 7 5 Masaki Kaneko   Japan 51.01 Q
9 8 6 Robert Glință   Romania 51.03 Q
10 6 4 Pavel Sankovich   Belarus 51.07 Q
11 6 3 Tomasz Polewka   Poland 51.11 Q
12 6 5 Bobby Hurley   Australia 51.13 Q
13 7 7 Javier Acevedo   Canada 51.32 Q
14 6 2 Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate   Spain 51.50 Q
15 6 6 Danas Rapšys   Lithuania 51.61 Q
7 6 David Gamburg   Israel Q
17 8 7 Thomas Avetand   France 51.80
18 4 3 Anton Loncar   Croatia 51.86
19 6 8 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 52.02
20 7 9 Apostolos Christou   Greece 52.07 NR
21 8 0 Gabriel Lopes   Portugal 52.21
22 8 8 Tomáš Franta   Czech Republic 52.24
23 6 1 Oleg Garasymovytch   France 52.36
24 5 1 Lê Nguyễn Paul   Vietnam 52.57 NR
25 7 8 Charlie Boldison   Great Britain 52.61
26 7 1 Viktar Staselovich   Belarus 52.62
27 5 6 Charles Hockin   Paraguay 52.80 NR
28 5 3 Markus Thormeyer   Canada 53.15
29 7 2 Iskender Baslakov   Turkey 53.19
30 6 9 Mattias Carlsson   Sweden 53.34
31 5 2 Ricky Ellis   South Africa 53.37
7 0 Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea
33 5 8 Trần Duy Khôi   Vietnam 53.64
34 5 5 Gaston Hernandez   Argentina 53.71
35 8 1 Magnus Jakupsson   Denmark 53.89
36 5 7 Christopher Courtis   Barbados 53.94 NR
37 5 0 David Adalsteinsson   Iceland 54.12
38 5 4 Kristinn Þórarinsson   Iceland 54.43
39 5 9 Kristóf Rasovszky   Hungary 54.52
40 4 5 Francis Fong   Singapore 54.89
41 1 1 Boris Kirillov   Azerbaijan 54.90 NR
42 4 6 Jarryd Baxter   South Africa 55.18
43 4 9 Keanan Dols   Jamaica 55.39 NR
44 4 7 Yeziel Morales Miranda   Puerto Rico 55.68
45 3 7 Adel Elfakir   Libya 55.83 NR
46 4 8 Gorazd Chepishevski   Macedonia 55.98 NR
47 3 0 Syed Hasseb Tariq   Pakistan 56.79 NR
48 3 4 Adil Assouab   Morocco 56.82
49 3 6 Jarod Alexander Arroyo   Puerto Rico 57.32
50 2 5 Jordan Gonzalez   Gibraltar 57.65 NR
51 3 8 Hernan Gonzalez Medina   Panama 57.68 NR
52 4 2 Ivo Kunzle Savastano   Paraguay 57.78
53 4 0 Eisner Barberena Espinoza   Nicaragua 57.89 NR
54 1 8 Sebastien Kouma   Mali 58.03 NR
55 2 4 Steven Kimani Maina   Kenya 58.18
56 3 1 Alex McCallum   Cayman Islands 58.38
57 3 5 Abdullah Al-Doori   Iraq 58.63 NR
58 2 3 William Clark   Fiji 58.77 NR
59 3 3 Yum Cheng Man   Macau 59.71
60 3 2 Heriniavo Michael Rasolonjatovo   Madagascar 1:00.05 NR
61 1 7 Mohammad Juwel Ahmed   Bangladesh 1:00.98 NR
62 2 6 Kennet Libohova   Albania 1:01.96
63 2 2 Livingston Aika   Papua New Guinea 1:02.55
64 2 1 Daryl Appleton   Antigua and Barbuda 1:02.96 NR
65 2 8 Elijah James Cruz   Gibraltar 1:03.90
66 2 0 Temaruata Strickland   Cook Islands 1:04.57 NR
67 1 4 Tongli Panuve   Tonga 1:05.86 NR
68 3 9 Naveed Hussian   Pakistan 1:07.01
69 2 9 Cruz Halbich   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:07.78 NR
70 1 5 Aaron de Freitas   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:13.93
71 1 2 Joseph Richard Sumari   Tanzania 1:14.93
72 1 6 Dennis Hamis Mhini   Tanzania 1:17.30
6 0 Michael Taylor   United States DSQ
1 3 Tanner Poppe   Guam DNS
2 7 Hasan Isam Sadeq   Iraq DNS
4 1 Driss Lachrichi   Morocco DNS
4 4 Daniil Bukin   Uzbekistan DNS
8 2 Dylan Carter   Trinidad and Tobago DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held at 18:46.[3]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Andrey Shabasov   Russia 49.71 Q
2 4 Mitch Larkin   Australia 50.10 Q
3 5 Jacob Pebley   United States 50.56 Q
4 6 Masaki Kaneko   Japan 50.65
5 2 Pavel Sankovich   Belarus 50.83
6 7 Bobby Hurley   Australia 50.87
7 1 Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate   Spain 51.43
8 8 David Gamburg   Israel 51.76

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Xu Jiayu   China 49.99 Q, AS
2 5 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 50.17 Q
3 2 Robert Glință   Romania 50.37 Q, NR
4 6 Grigoriy Tarasevich   Russia 50.54 Q
5 3 Junya Koga   Japan 50.59 Q
6 8 Danas Rapšys   Lithuania 51.10
7 1 Javier Acevedo   Canada 51.16
8 7 Tomasz Polewka   Poland 51.37

Final edit

The final was held at 18:37.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Mitch Larkin   Australia 49.65
  4 Andrey Shabasov   Russia 49.69
  5 Xu Jiayu   China 50.02
4 8 Junya Koga   Japan 50.21
5 6 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 50.22
6 1 Jacob Pebley   United States 50.24
7 2 Robert Glință   Romania 50.52
8 7 Grigoriy Tarasevich   Russia 50.95

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ "Semifinals results". Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  4. ^ "Final results". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-06-15.