The Men's 100 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 21 – 22 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] and Semifinal[2] heats swam on July 21; the Final[3] was held on July 22.
Men's 100m Backstroke at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 21 July (prelims, semifinals) 22 July (final) | |||||||||
Winning time | 53.61 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:
- WR: 53.60 swum by Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) on August 24, 1999 in Sydney, Australia
- CR: 54.31 swum by Matt Welsh (Australia) on July 23, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
Results
editFinal
editPlace | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 53.61 | CR |
2 | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 53.92 | |
2 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 53.92 | |
4 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 54.17 | |
5 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 54.53 | |
6 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 54.86 | |
7 | László Cseh | Hungary | 54.95 | |
8 | Alex Lim | Malaysia | 55.18 |
Semifinals
editRank | Heat + Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | S2 L5 | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 54.28 | q, CR |
2 | S1 L4 | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 54.49 | q |
3 | S1 L1 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 54.60 | q |
4 | S2 L4 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 54.77 | q |
4 | S2 L8 | Alex Lim | Malaysia | 54.77 | q |
6 | S2 L2 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 55.11 | q |
7 | S2 L3 | László Cseh | Hungary | 55.12 | q |
8 | S1 L5 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 55.17 | q |
9 | S2 L6 | Ouyang Kunpeng | China | 55.21 | |
10 | S1 L3 | Blaž Medvešek | Slovenia | 55.30 | |
11 | S1 L7 | Simon Dufour | France | 55.31 | |
12 | S1 L8 | Atsushi Nishikori | Japan | 55.36 | |
13 | S2 L1 | Răzvan Florea | Romania | 55.42 | |
14 | S1 L2 | Örn Arnarson | Iceland | 55.67 | |
15 | S1 L6 | Yoav Gath | Israel | 55.71 | |
16 | S2 L7 | Péter Horváth | Hungary | 55.83 |
Preliminaries
editReferences
edit- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 100m Backstroke Prelims, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 100m Backstroke Final Archived 2009-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.