The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 25 July – 26 July. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 25 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 26 July.
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2005 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 25 July 2005 (heats, semifinals) 26 July 2005 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 74 from 68 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 53.62 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 53.17 | Indianapolis | 2 April 2005 |
Championship record | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 53.61 | Barcelona | 22 July 2003 |
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Results
editPreliminary heats
editSemifinals
editRank | Heat/Lane | Swimmer | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | S2 L4 | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 54.46 | q |
2 | S2 L5 | Randall Bal | USA | 54.49 | q |
2 | S2 L8 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 54.49 | q |
4 | S2 L3 | László Cseh | Hungary | 54.52 | q |
4 | S2 L2 | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 54.52 | q |
6 | S1 L4 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 54.69 | q |
7 | S1 L3 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 54.75 | q |
8 | S2 L6 | Blaž Medvešek | Slovenia | 54.88 | q |
9 | S2 L1 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 54.89 | |
10 | S1 L1 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 55.07 | |
11 | S2 L7 | Gordan Kožulj | Croatia | 55.08 | |
12 | S1 L2 | Răzvan Florea | Romania | 55.34 | |
13 | S1 L7 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 55.37 | |
14 | S1 L5 | Andrew Lauterstein | Australia | 55.43 | |
15 | S1 L6 | Junichi Miyashita | Japan | 55.44 | |
16 | S1 L8 | David Ortega | Spain | 55.73 |
Final
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Aaron Peirsol | USA | 53.62 | ||
Randall Bal | USA | 54.02 | ||
László Cseh | Hungary | 54.27 | ||
4 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 54.31 | |
5 | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 54.50 | |
6 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 54.61 | |
7 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 54.81 | |
8 | Blaž Medvešek | Slovenia | 55.13 |
References
edit- Worlds 2005 results: Men's 100 m backstroke Heats, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- Worlds 2005 results: Men's 100 m backstroke Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- Worlds 2005 results: Men's 100 m backstroke Finals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-19.