Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2009 World Championships took place Monday 27 July (prelims and semifinals) and on the evening of Tuesday 28 July (final) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
VenueForo Italico
Dates27 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
28 July 2009 (final)
Competitors121
Winning time52.26 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Spain
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Records

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

World record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 51.94 Indianapolis, United States 8 July 2009
Championship record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 52.98 Melbourne, Australia 27 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Heat 12 Aschwin Wildeboer   Spain 52.93 CR
27 July Semifinal 1 Junya Koga   Japan 52.39 CR
28 July Final Junya Koga   Japan 52.26 CR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Aschwin Wildeboer   Spain 52.93 12 4 CR
2 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 53.00 11 4
3 Liam Tancock   Great Britain 53.08 11 3 NR
3 Junya Koga   Japan 53.08 13 5
3 Aaron Peirsol   United States 53.08 13 4
6 Helge Meeuw   Germany 53.28 13 3
7 Ashley Delaney   Australia 53.33 12 6
8 Markus Rogan   Austria 53.62 11 2
9 Jérémy Stravius   France 53.67 12 3
10 Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 53.73 11 5
11 Mirco di Tora   Italy 53.77 12 7 NR
12 Juan Miguel Rando   Spain 53.89 10 0
12 Stanislav Donets   Russia 53.89 11 6
14 Nicolaas Driebergen   Netherlands 53.94 10 5 NR
14 Aristeidis Grigoriadis   Greece 53.94 13 2
16 Matt Grevers   United States 54.04 12 5
17 Pascal Wollach   Canada 54.08 12 2
18 Guilherme Guido   Brazil 54.17 13 7
19 Benjamin Stasiulis   Lithuania 54.18 13 6
20 George Du Rand   South Africa 54.29 11 8
21 Răzvan Florea   Romania 54.47 13 1
22 Guy Barnea   Israel 54.51 13 8
23 Daniel Bell   New Zealand 54.58 13 0
24 Marco Loughran   Great Britain 54.61 11 1
25 Leonardo Guedes   Brazil 54.64 12 1
26 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 54.66 11 0 NR
27 Charl Van Zyl   South Africa 54.67 10 6
28 Karl Burdis   Ireland 54.74 10 9 NR
29 Damiano Lestingi   Italy 54.77 11 7
30 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 54.97 11 9 NR
31 Jake Tapp   Canada 54.99 12 0
32 Robert Hurley   Australia 55.18 12 8
33 He Jianbin   China 55.24 10 7
34 Sung Min   South Korea 55.39 12 9
35 Cheng Feiyi   China 55.52 13 9
36 Sebastian Stoss   Austria 55.57 9 6
37 Derya Büyükuncu   Turkey 55.78 10 4
38 Flori Lang    Switzerland 55.84 10 3
39 Tomas Fucik   Czech Republic 56.10 8 7
39 Andriy Kovbasa   Ukraine 56.10 10 1
41 Itai Chammah   Israel 56.15 1 5
41 Donal O'Neill   Ireland 56.15 10 8
43 Krzysztof Jankiewicz   Poland 56.23 10 2
44 Bruno Claeys   Belgium 56.34 9 4
45 Andres Olvik   Estonia 56.37 8 2 NR
46 Dimitrios Chasiotis   Greece 56.58 9 1
47 Pedro Oliveira   Portugal 56.69 9 8
48 Danil Bugakov   Uzbekistan 56.77 9 3
49 Alexandru Felix Maestru   Romania 56.80 8 1
50 Martin Liivamägi   Estonia 57.00 8 8
51 Stanislav Osinsky   Kazakhstan 57.02 8 5
52 Pedro Medel   Cuba 57.03 9 2
53 Miguel Robles   Mexico 57.14 9 7
54 Robi Zbogar   Slovenia 57.45 8 3
55 Jean-François Schneiders   Luxembourg 57.49 8 4
56 Konstantins Bohins   Latvia 57.68 7 6
57 Naoufel Benabid   Algeria 57.81 7 5 NR
58 Kouam Amine   Morocco 57.95 7 8 NR
59 Andrejs Dūda   Latvia 58.00 7 2
60 Raphaël Stacchiotti   Luxembourg 58.03 9 0
61 Glenn Victor Sutanto   Indonesia 58.29 7 7
62 Ng Kai Wee Raine   Singapore 58.57 7 4
63 Cheah Geoffrey Robin   Hong Kong 58.69 7 3
64 David Rodriguez   Cuba 58.70 7 1
65 Do Huy Long   Vietnam 58.79 7 0
66 Tsung Chao-Lin   Chinese Taipei 58.93 8 9
67 Nicolas Francia Viña   Uruguay 58.94 9 5
68 Artiom Gladun   Moldova 58.97 9 9
69 Rony Bakale   Republic of the Congo 59.10 6 6
70 Yury Zaharov   Kyrgyzstan 59.13 8 6
71 Serghei Golban   Moldova 59.16 6 3
72 Heshan Bandara Unamboowe   Sri Lanka 59.47 4 9
73 Achelhi Bilal   Morocco 59.49 5 1
74 Jean Luis Gomez   Dominican Republic 1:00.16 6 7
75 Doğa Çelik   Turkey 1:00.22 8 0
76 Khachik Plavchyan   Armenia 1:00.31 6 5
77 Nicholas James   Zimbabwe 1:00.34 5 5
78 Boris Kirillov   Azerbaijan 1:00.44 5 8
79 Radomyos Matjiur   Thailand 1:00.61 6 4
80 Byron Briedenhann   Namibia 1:00.85 5 9
81 Ashwin Menon   India 1:00.90 5 3
82 Mohammed Al Ghaferi   United Arab Emirates 1:01.18 5 6
83 Antonio Tong   Macau 1:01.41 5 4
84 Marcelino Richaards   Suriname 1:01.65 4 5
85 Ryan Nelthropp   United States Virgin Islands 1:01.69 4 2
86 Kari Joannesarson Hoevdanum   Faroe Islands 1:01.70 6 1
87 Fernando Castellanos   Guatemala 1:01.92 3 4
88 Alberto Tasini   San Marino 1:02.18 5 0
89 Yousuf Essa Al Yousuf   Saudi Arabia 1:02.28 6 2
90 Armando Zayas Claure   Bolivia 1:02.87 3 5
91 Abbas Raad   Lebanon 1:03.28 6 9
92 Ngou Pok Man   Macau 1:03.69 4 7
93 Praveen Tokas   India 1:03.74 6 8
94 Samson Opuakpo   Nigeria 1:03.81 3 1
95 Benjamin Gabbard   American Samoa 1:03.86 3 9
96 Javier Hernandez Maradiaga   Honduras 1:03.98 6 0
97 Nicholas Coard   Grenada 1:04.02 4 1
98 Ronny Vencatachellum   Mauritius 1:04.11 4 8
99 Tural Abbasov   Azerbaijan 1:04.47 5 7
100 Matar Samb   Senegal 1:04.71 5 2
101 Mark Sammut   Malta 1:05.08 4 3
102 Edward Caruana Dingli   Malta 1:05.43 3 7
103 Vincent Perry   French Polynesia 1:05.72 4 6
104 Juan Carlos Sikaffy Diaz   Honduras 1:06.01 3 8
105 Batsaikhan Dulguun   Mongolia 1:06.96 4 0
106 Mathieu Marquet   Mauritius 1:07.26 2 4
107 Sidni Hoxha   Albania 1:08.15 4 4
108 Saif Alaslam Saeed Alsaadi   Iraq 1:08.21 1 4
109 Paul Elaisa   Fiji 1:08.81 2 8
110 Siu Kent Chung   Brunei 1:08.98 3 2
111 Carlos Alberto   Angola 1:09.14 2 3
112 Timur Atahanov   Turkmenistan 1:09.42 2 2
112 Gary Pineda   Guatemala 1:09.42 3 0
114 Pepelate Gbagi   Nigeria 1:10.45 2 6
115 Elaijie Erasito   Fiji 1:11.00 2 7
116 Nadir Elmofti   Libya 1:16.32 2 1
117 Shameel Ibrahim   Maldives 1:19.06 2 0
Mario Sulkja   Albania DNS 2 5
Hocine Haciane   Andorra DNS 3 6
Brett Fraser   Cayman Islands DNS 7 9
Faiz Muhammad   Pakistan DSQ 3 3

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 5 Junya Koga   Japan 52.39 CR, AS
2 1 3 Helge Meeuw   Germany 52.49 NR
3 1 4 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 52.73
4 2 4 Aschwin Wildeboer   Spain 52.76
5 1 8 Matt Grevers   United States 52.82
6 2 8 Aristeidis Grigoriadis   Greece 53.03 NR
7 1 2 Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 53.11
8 2 5 Liam Tancock   Great Britain 53.12
9 2 3 Aaron Peirsol   United States 53.22
10 2 6 Ashley Delaney   Australia 53.24
11 1 6 Markus Rogan   Austria 53.40
12 2 2 Jérémy Stravius   France 53.82
13 2 7 Mirco di Tora   Italy 53.88
14 1 1 Nicolaas Driebergen   Netherlands 53.92 NR
15 1 7 Juan Miguel Rando   Spain 54.13
16 2 1 Stanislav Donets   Russia 54.24

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Junya Koga   Japan 52.26 CR, AS
  5 Helge Meeuw   Germany 52.54
  6 Aschwin Wildeboer   Spain 52.64
4 3 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 52.73
4 8 Liam Tancock   Great Britain 52.73 NR
6 1 Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 52.87 NR
7 2 Matt Grevers   United States 53.14
8 7 Aristeidis Grigoriadis   Greece 53.43

See also

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References

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