Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 25 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 24 July, with the final being held on 25 July.[3]

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
25 July 2001 (final)
Competitors58
Winning time25.34 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Australia
2003 →

Records

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

World record   Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 24.99 Sydney, Australia 13 August 1999
Championship record New event

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
24 July 2001 Heat 8 Randall Bal   United States 25.43 CR
24 July 2001 Semifinal 2 Thomas Rupprath   Germany 25.31 CR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Randall Bal   United States  25.43 Q, CR
2 Riley Janes   Canada  25.90 Q
3 Matt Welsh   Australia  25.91 Q
4 Thomas Rupprath   Germany 25.92 Q
5 Mariusz Siembida   Poland  25.93 Q
6 Darius Grigalionis   Lithuania  25.97 Q
7 Tomomi Morita   Japan 26.05 Q
8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov   Ukraine  26.08 Q
9 Péter Horváth   Hungary  26.14 Q
10 Neil Walker   United States  26.17 Q
11 Alexandre Massura   Brazil  26.22 Q
11 Stev Theloke   Germany  26.22 Q
13 Pablo Martín Abal   Argentina  26.23 Q
14 Daniel Lönnberg   Sweden  26.27 Q
15 Neil Willey   United Kingdom  26.33 QSO
15 Josh Watson   Australia  26.33 QSO
15 Ante Mašković   Croatia 26.33 QSO
18 Atsushi Nishikori   Japan  26.34
19 Markus Rogan   Austria  26.36
20 Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba  26.44
20 Eduardo Otero   Argentina  26.44
20 Blaž Medvešek   Slovenia  26.44
23 Miroslav Machovič   Slovakia  26.51
24 Vladislav Aminov   Russia  26.54
25 Peter Mankoč   Slovenia  26.55
26 Eithan Urbach   Israel  26.56
27 Pierre Roger   France  26.57
28 Kim Min-Suk   South Korea  26.58
29 Mindaugas Špokas   Lithuania  26.59
30 Sean Sepulis   Canada  26.62
31 Alex Lim Keng Liat   Malaysia  26.88
32 Martin Viilep   Estonia  27.09
33 Mark Chay   Singapore  27.21
34 Philipp Gilgen   Switzerland  27.22
35 Diego Gallo   Uruguay  27.23
36 Mattias Ohlin   Sweden  27.36
37 Derya Büyükuncu   Turkey  27.38
38 Gary Tan   Singapore  27.51
39 Brendan Ashby   Zimbabwe  28.13
40 Wu Nien-Pin   Chinese Taipei  28.28
41 Ismael Ortiz   Panama  28.40
42 Aziz Toumi   Morocco  28.53
43 Eduardo Gil   El Salvador  28.74
44 Chi Lon Lei   Macau  28.86
45 Christopher Backhaus   Dominican Republic  28.97
46 Wing Cheung Victor Wong   Macau  30.10
47 Davy Bisslik   Aruba  30.26
48 Hsu Kuo-Tung   Chinese Taipei  30.93
49 João Aguiar   Angola  30.95
50 Rainui Teriipaia   Tahiti  31.32
51 Nuno Miguel Rola   Angola  31.55
52 William Kang   Guam  31.63
53 Hamid Nassir   Kenya  32.52
54 Fand Bayusuf   Kenya  33.74
55 Mahamad Ahmad   Sudan  34.64
56 Hojamamed Hojamamedov   Turkmenistan  37.41
57 Carlos Notarianni   Marshall Islands  38.13
Mohammad Nazeri   Iran  DSQ
Gregory Arkhurst   Ivory Coast  DNS

Swim-off

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Neil Willey   United Kingdom  26.13 Q
2 Josh Watson   Australia 26.16 Q
3 Ante Mašković   Croatia 26.24

Semifinals

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Thomas Rupprath   Germany 25.31 Q, CR
2 Randall Bal   United States  25.59 Q
3 Matt Welsh   Australia  25.72 Q
4 Mariusz Siembida   Poland  25.82 Q
5 Riley Janes   Canada  25.83 Q
6 Vyacheslav Shyrshov   Ukraine  25.95 Q
6 Josh Watson   Australia  25.95 Q
6 Stev Theloke   Germany  25.95 Q
9 Tomomi Morita   Japan 25.97
10 Neil Willey   United Kingdom  25.98
11 Pablo Martín Abal   Argentina  26.00
12 Darius Grigalionis   Lithuania  26.08
13 Alexandre Massura   Brazil  26.12
14 Péter Horváth   Hungary  26.30
15 Neil Walker   United States  26.40
16 Daniel Lönnberg   Sweden  26.48

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Randall Bal   United States 25.34
  Thomas Rupprath   Germany 25.44
  Matt Welsh   Australia 25.49
4 Stev Theloke   Germany 25.69
5 Mariusz Siembida   Poland 25.82
6 Riley Janes   Canada 25.98
7 Josh Watson   Australia 26.05
8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov   Ukraine 26.40

References

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  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.