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Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
25 July 2001 (final)
Competitors58
Winning time25.34 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Australia
2003 →

The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 25 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 24 July, with the final being held on 25 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) 24.99 Sydney, Australia 13 August 1999
Championship record New event

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
24 July 2001 Heat 8 Randall Bal  United States 25.43 CR
24 July 2001 Semifinal 2 Thomas Rupprath  Germany 25.31 CR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Randall Bal  United States  25.43 Q, CR
2 Riley Janes  Canada  25.90 Q
3 Matt Welsh  Australia  25.91 Q
4 Thomas Rupprath  Germany 25.92 Q
5 Mariusz Siembida  Poland  25.93 Q
6 Darius Grigalionis  Lithuania  25.97 Q
7 Tomomi Morita  Japan 26.05 Q
8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov  Ukraine  26.08 Q
9 Péter Horváth  Hungary  26.14 Q
10 Neil Walker  United States  26.17 Q
11 Alexandre Massura  Brazil  26.22 Q
11 Stev Theloke  Germany  26.22 Q
13 Pablo Martín Abal  Argentina  26.23 Q
14 Daniel Lönnberg  Sweden  26.27 Q
15 Neil Willey  United Kingdom  26.33 QSO
15 Josh Watson  Australia  26.33 QSO
15 Ante Mašković  Croatia 26.33 QSO
18 Atsushi Nishikori  Japan  26.34
19 Markus Rogan  Austria  26.36
20 Rodolfo Falcón  Cuba  26.44
20 Eduardo Otero  Argentina  26.44
20 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia  26.44
23 Miroslav Machovič  Slovakia  26.51
24 Vladislav Aminov  Russia  26.54
25 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia  26.55
26 Eithan Urbach  Israel  26.56
27 Pierre Roger  France  26.57
28 Kim Min-Suk  South Korea  26.58
29 Mindaugas Špokas  Lithuania  26.59
30 Sean Sepulis  Canada  26.62
31 Alex Lim Keng Liat  Malaysia  26.88
32 Martin Viilep  Estonia  27.09
33 Mark Chay  Singapore  27.21
34 Philipp Gilgen  Switzerland  27.22
35 Diego Gallo  Uruguay  27.23
36 Mattias Ohlin  Sweden  27.36
37 Derya Büyükuncu  Turkey  27.38
38 Gary Tan  Singapore  27.51
39 Brendan Ashby  Zimbabwe  28.13
40 Wu Nien-Pin  Chinese Taipei  28.28
41 Ismael Ortiz  Panama  28.40
42 Aziz Toumi  Morocco  28.53
43 Eduardo Gil  El Salvador  28.74
44 Chi Lon Lei  Macau  28.86
45 Christopher Backhaus  Dominican Republic  28.97
46 Wing Cheung Victor Wong  Macau  30.10
47 Davy Bisslik  Aruba  30.26
48 Hsu Kuo-Tung  Chinese Taipei  30.93
49 João Aguiar  Angola  30.95
50 Rainui Teriipaia  Tahiti  31.32
51 Nuno Miguel Rola  Angola  31.55
52 William Kang  Guam  31.63
53 Hamid Nassir  Kenya  32.52
54 Fand Bayusuf  Kenya  33.74
55 Mahamad Ahmad  Sudan  34.64
56 Hojamamed Hojamamedov  Turkmenistan  37.41
57 Carlos Notarianni  Marshall Islands  38.13
Mohammad Nazeri  Iran  DSQ
Gregory Arkhurst  Ivory Coast  DNS

Swim-off

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Neil Willey  United Kingdom  26.13 Q
2 Josh Watson  Australia 26.16 Q
3 Ante Mašković  Croatia 26.24

Semifinals

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Thomas Rupprath  Germany 25.31 Q, CR
2 Randall Bal  United States  25.59 Q
3 Matt Welsh  Australia  25.72 Q
4 Mariusz Siembida  Poland  25.82 Q
5 Riley Janes  Canada  25.83 Q
6 Vyacheslav Shyrshov  Ukraine  25.95 Q
6 Josh Watson  Australia  25.95 Q
6 Stev Theloke  Germany  25.95 Q
9 Tomomi Morita  Japan 25.97
10 Neil Willey  United Kingdom  25.98
11 Pablo Martín Abal  Argentina  26.00
12 Darius Grigalionis  Lithuania  26.08
13 Alexandre Massura  Brazil  26.12
14 Péter Horváth  Hungary  26.30
15 Neil Walker  United States  26.40
16 Daniel Lönnberg  Sweden  26.48

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Randall Bal  United States 25.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Rupprath  Germany 25.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matt Welsh  Australia 25.49
4 Stev Theloke  Germany 25.69
5 Mariusz Siembida  Poland 25.82
6 Riley Janes  Canada 25.98
7 Josh Watson  Australia 26.05
8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov  Ukraine 26.40

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 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.