Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29–30 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
VenuePalau Sant Jordi
DateJuly 29, 2013 (heats &
semifinals)
July 30, 2013 (final)
Competitors53 from 49 nations
Winning time52.93
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    France
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Barcelona Palau San Jordi

Records

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

World record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 51.94 Indianapolis, United States 8 July 2009 [3][4]
Competition record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 52.19 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009 [5]

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10:14.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 6 Ashley Delaney   Australia 53.60 Q
2 5 5 David Plummer   United States 53.62 Q
3 6 7 Xu Jiayu   China 53.63 Q
4 5 4 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 53.66 Q
5 4 4 Jérémy Stravius   France 53.85 Q
6 6 4 Matt Grevers   United States 53.92 Q
7 6 5 Kosuke Hagino   Japan 53.94 Q
8 4 3 László Cseh   Hungary 54.06 Q
9 5 2 Bastiaan Lijesen   Netherlands 54.07 Q
10 4 2 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 54.20 Q
10 5 6 Camille Lacourt   France 54.20 Q
12 5 3 Chris Walker-Hebborn   Great Britain 54.23 Q
13 4 5 Cheng Feiyi   China 54.30 Q
14 6 3 Gareth Kean   New Zealand 54.37 Q
15 1 5 Darren Murray   South Africa 54.64 Q
16 4 6 Charles Francis   Canada 54.72 Q
17 6 2 Aschwin Wildeboer   Spain 54.75
18 5 7 Mirco di Tora   Italy 54.76
19 6 1 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin   Israel 54.85
20 5 9 Federico Grabich   Argentina 55.03
21 5 1 Daniel Orzechowski   Brazil 55.09
22 4 7 Pavel Sankovich   Belarus 55.13
23 6 8 Lavrans Solli   Norway 55.52
24 6 9 I Gede Siman Sudartawa   Indonesia 55.55
25 4 0 Danas Rapšys   Lithuania 55.68
26 5 0 Alexandr Tarabrin   Kazakhstan 55.70
27 4 1 Felix Wolf   Germany 55.88
28 6 0 Lukas Räuftlin    Switzerland 56.11
29 5 8 Pedro Medel   Cuba 56.12
30 3 5 Martin Baďura   Czech Republic 56.19
31 3 6 Charles Hockin   Paraguay 56.50
32 3 3 Danil Bukin   Uzbekistan 56.63
33 4 9 Guven Duvan   Turkey 56.78
34 3 4 Jean-François Schneiders   Luxembourg 56.88
35 4 8 Shin Hee-Wong   South Korea 56.95
36 3 9 Boris Kirillov   Azerbaijan 58.17
37 3 8 Ngou Pok Man   Macau 58.26
38 3 7 Heshan Unamboowe   Sri Lanka 58.49
39 2 4 Artiom Gladun   Moldova 58.60
40 3 0 Jean Luis Gómez   Dominican Republic 59.30
41 3 1 Awse Ma'aya   Jordan 59.75
42 3 2 Khachik Plavchyan   Armenia 59.79 NR
43 2 3 Gorazd Chepishevski   North Macedonia 1:00.11
44 2 5 Rodrigo Soriano   El Salvador 1:00.79
45 2 6 Jordan Augier   Saint Lucia 1:00.99 NR
46 2 2 Hamdan Bayusuf   Kenya 1:01.05
47 2 7 Eisner Barberena   Nicaragua 1:01.44
48 1 3 Maroun Waked   Lebanon 1:02.23
49 2 1 Yaaqoub Al-Saadi   United Arab Emirates 1:02.97
50 2 8 Victor Torres   U.S. Virgin Islands 1:04.41
51 2 0 Erdenemunkh Demuul   Mongolia 1:05.18
52 1 4 Faraj Saleh Faraj Sultan   Bahrain 1:05.67
53 2 9 Andrianirina Lalanomena   Madagascar 1:06.10

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held at 18:18.[7]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Matt Grevers   United States 52.97 Q
2 4 David Plummer   United States 53.10 Q
3 5 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 53.41 Q
4 1 Gareth Kean   New Zealand 53.81 Q
5 2 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 53.82
6 7 Chris Walker-Hebborn   Great Britain 53.96
7 6 László Cseh   Hungary 54.00
8 8 Charles Francis   Canada 54.96

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Jérémy Stravius   France 53.23 Q
2 7 Camille Lacourt   France 53.42 Q
3 6 Kosuke Hagino   Japan 53.68 Q
4 4 Ashley Delaney   Australia 53.74 Q
5 5 Xu Jiayu   China 53.84
6 2 Bastiaan Lijesen   Netherlands 53.92
7 1 Cheng Feiyi   China 54.20
8 8 Darren Murray   South Africa 55.02

Final

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The final was held at 19:06.[8]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Matt Grevers   United States 52.93
  5 David Plummer   United States 53.12
  3 Jérémy Stravius   France 53.21
4 6 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 53.29
5 2 Camille Lacourt   France 53.51
6 1 Ashley Delaney   Australia 53.55
7 7 Kosuke Hagino   Japan 53.93
8 8 Gareth Kean   New Zealand 54.25

References

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  1. ^ "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Peirsol reclaims 100 back record". ESPN. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Aaron Peirsol's stunning swim steals limelight from Michael Phelps". Guardian.co.uk. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: United States Men Sweep Relays, Sets World Record in 400 Medley Relay". Guardian.co.uk. 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  6. ^ Heats Results
  7. ^ Semifinals Results
  8. ^ Final Results
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