The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 3 August with the heats and the semifinals and 4 August with the final.[1]
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 3 August (heats and semifinals) 4 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 68 from 58 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 52.40 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 51.94 | Indianapolis, United States | 8 July 2009 |
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Competition record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 52.19 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held on 3 August at 09:49.[2]
Semifinals
editThe semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:48.[3]
Semifinal 1
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Matt Grevers | United States | 52.73 | Q |
2 | 5 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 53.19 | Q |
3 | 8 | David Plummer | United States | 53.54 | |
4 | 6 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia | 53.64 | |
5 | 1 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 53.77 | |
6 | 2 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany | 53.78 | |
7 | 3 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 53.88 | |
8 | 7 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 54.54 |
Semifinal 2
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 52.38 | Q, OC |
2 | 1 | Camille Lacourt | France | 52.70 | Q |
3 | 3 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 53.13 | Q |
4 | 2 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 53.14 | Q |
5 | 5 | Xu Jiayu | China | 53.15 | Q |
6 | 6 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 53.39 | Q |
7 | 7 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 53.60 | |
8 | Ben Treffers | Australia | DSQ |
Final
editThe final was held on 4 August at 18:36.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 52.40 | ||
5 | Camille Lacourt | France | 52.48 | ||
3 | Matt Grevers | United States | 52.66 | ||
4 | 7 | Xu Jiayu | China | 52.89 | |
5 | 8 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 53.02 | |
6 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 53.10 | |
7 | 2 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 53.23 | |
8 | 1 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 53.37 |