The Men's 50 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam July 26–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] and Semifinal[2] heats were on July 26, with the Final[3] swum on July 27.
Men's 50m Backstroke at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 26 July (prelims) 27 July (final) | |||||||||
Winning time | 24.80 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Prior to the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:
- WR: 24.99 swum by Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) on August 28, 1999 in Sydney, Australia
- CR: 25.31 swum by Thomas Rupprath (Germany) on July 24, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
Results
editFinal
editPlace | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Thomas Rupprath | Germany | 24.80 | WR |
2 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 25.01 | |
3 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 25.07 | |
4 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 25.14 | |
5 | Randall Bal | USA | 25.19 | |
6 | Darius Grigalionis | Lithuania | 25.53 | |
7 | Josh Watson | Australia | 25.62 | |
8 | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 25.75 |
Semifinals
editRank | Heat + Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | S2 L4 | Thomas Rupprath | Germany | 25.07 | q, CR |
2 | S1 L4 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 25.38 | q |
2 | S1 L6 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 25.38 | q |
4 | S2 L6 | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 25.47 | q |
5 | S1 L1 | Josh Watson | Australia | 25.50 | q |
6 | S2 L5 | Randall Bal | USA | 25.51 | q |
7 | S1 L5 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 25.52 | q |
8 | S1 L3 | Darius Grigalionis | Lithuania | 25.61 | q |
9 | S2 L3 | David Ortega | Spain | 25.62 | |
10 | S2 L7 | Alex Lim | Malaysia | 25.68 | |
11 | S2 L8 | Ouyang Kunpeng | China | 25.74 | |
12 | S1 L7 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 25.79 | |
13 | S1 L2 | Ahmed Hussein | Egypt | 25.81 | |
14 | S2 L2 | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 25.91 | |
15 | S1 L8 | Atsushi Nishikori | Japan | 25.95 | |
16 | S2 L1 | Vyacheslav Shyrshov | Ukraine | 25.99 |
Preliminaries
editReferences
edit- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Semifinals. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07.