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Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates22 July 2021 (heats, semifinals)
23 July 2001 (final)
Competitors57
Winning time54.31 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Iceland
bronze medal    Germany
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2003 →

The men's 100 meter backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 23 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 22 July, with the final being held on 23 July.[3]

Records

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

World record  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 53.60 Sydney, Australia 24 August 1999
Championship record  Jeff Rouse (USA) 54.49 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
23 July Final Matt Welsh  Australia 54.31 CR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Markus Rogan  Austria 55.08 Q
2 Steffen Driesen  Germany 55.44 Q
3 Randall Bal  United States 55.47 Q
4 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 55.56 Q
5 Örn Arnarson  Iceland 55.63 Q
6 Péter Horváth  Hungary 55.67 Q
7 Keng Liat Lim  Malaysia 55.85 Q
8 Stev Theloke  Germany 55.99 Q
9 Aaron Peirsol  United States 56.02 Q
10 Matt Welsh  Australia 56.04 Q
11 Josh Watson  Australia 56.11 Q
12 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia 56.24 Q
12 Alexandre Massura  Brazil 56.24 Q
14 Vladislav Aminov  Russia 56.25 Q
15 Mariusz Siembida  Poland 56.28 Q
16 Emanuele Merisi  Italy 56.00 QSO
16 Eithan Urbach  Israel 56.00 QSO
18 Viktor Bodrogi  Hungary 56.38
19 Atsushi Nishikori  Japan 56.39
20 Pierre Roger  France 56.50
21 Marko Strahija  Croatia 56.63
22 Miroslav Machovič  Slovakia 56.70
23 Darius Grigalionis  Lithuania 56.77
24 Eduardo Germán Otero  Argentina 56.82
25 Sean Sepulis  Canada 56.97
26 Haruki Takeuchi  Japan 57.09
27 Yoav Gath  Israel 57.16
28 Derya Büyükuncu  Turkey 57.35
29 Daniel Lönnberg  Sweden 57.50
30 Martin Viilep  Estonia 57.77
31 Mindaugas Špokas  Lithuania 58.00
32 Ioannis Kokkodis  Greece 58.15
33 Gary Tan  Singapore 58.52
34 George Gleason  United States Virgin Islands 58.60
35 Juan Carlos Rodela  Mexico 58.62
36 Mark Chay  Singapore 59.28
37 Brendan Ashby  Zimbabwe 59.71
38 Sergio Cabrera  Paraguay 59.80
39 Diego Gallo  Uruguay 1:00.63
40 Eduardo Gil  El Salvador 1:00.73
41 Ignacio Bengoechea  Chile 1:00.74
42 Wu Nien-Pin  Chinese Taipei 1:01.08
43 Christophee Backisavs  Dominican Republic 1:01.86
44 Aziz Toumi  Morocco 1:02.28
45 Chi Lon Lei  Macau 1:03.07
46 Fahad Al Otaibi  Kuwait 1:03.50
47 Wing Cheung Victor Wong  Macau 1:05.58
48 Hsu Kuo-Tung  Chinese Taipei 1:06.13
49 Seung Gin Lee  Northern Mariana Islands 1:07.05
50 Nuno Miguel Cardoso Rola  Angola 1:07.96
51 João Carlos Paquet Aguiar  Angola 1:08.40
52 William Kang  Guam 1:08.77
53 Rony Bakale  Republic of the Congo 1:09.55
54 Ganbold Urnultsaikhan  Mongolia 1:11.77
55 Fahd Bayusuf  Kenya 1:13.93
56 Hojamammedou Hojamammed  Turkmenistan 1:22.13
Mohammad Nazeri  Iran DSQ
Mehdi Addadi  Algeria DNS

Swim-off

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Emanuele Merisi  Italy 56.27 Q
2 Eithan Urbach  Israel 56.61

Semifinals

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Randall Bal  United States 54.93 Q
2 Örn Arnarson  Iceland 55.21 Q
3 Markus Rogan  Austria 55.22 Q
4 Steffen Driesen  Germany 55.26 Q
5 Péter Horváth  Hungary 55.38 Q
6 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 55.42 Q
7 Matt Welsh  Australia 55.47 Q
8 Josh Watson  Australia 55.78 Q
9 Stev Theloke  Germany 55.82
10 Aaron Peirsol  United States 55.89
11 Vladislav Aminov  Russia 55.98
12 Mariusz Siembida  Poland 56.16
13 Keng Liat Lim  Malaysia 56.29
14 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia 56.41
15 Alexandre Massura  Brazil 56.52
16 Emanuele Merisi  Italy 56.54

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matt Welsh  Australia 54.31 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Örn Arnarson  Iceland 54.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Steffen Driesen  Germany 54.91
4 Randall Bal  United States 54.97
5 Markus Rogan  Austria 55.23
6 Péter Horváth  Hungary 55.43
7 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 55.60
8 Josh Watson  Australia 55.98

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 21 August 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.