Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200m Backstroke
at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates24 July (prelims, semifinals)
25 July (final)
Winning time1 minute 55.92 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Croatia
bronze medal    France
← 
2005 →

The Men's 200 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam July 24–25, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] and Semifinal[2] heats were on 24 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The Final[3] swam on 25 July.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:

Results[]

Final[]

Place Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Aaron Peirsol  USA 1:55.92
2 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 1:57.47
3 Simon Dufour  France 1:57.90
4 Bryce Hunt  USA 1:57.92
5 Matt Welsh  Australia 1:57.94
6 Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia 1:58.07
7 Răzvan Florea  Romania 1:58.66
8 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia 1:58.96

Semifinals[]

Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 S2 L4 Aaron Peirsol  USA 1:55.82 q, CR
2 S2 L5 Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia 1:57.88 q
3 S1 L5 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 1:57.94 q
4 S1 L6 Bryce Hunt  USA 1:58.04 q
5 S1 L4 Matt Welsh  Australia 1:58.34 q
6 S1 L2 Răzvan Florea  Romania 1:58.52 q
7 S2 L6 Simon Dufour  France 1:58.81 q
8 S1 L3 Gregor Tait  Great Britain 1:59.02 swim off
8 S1 L7 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia 1:59.02 swim off, q
10 S2 L2 Yoav Gath  Israel 1:59.22
11 S2 L7 Markus Rogan  Austria 1:59.29
12 S2 L1 Steffen Driesen  Germany 1:59.40
13 S2 L3 László Cseh  Hungary 1:59.45
14 S2 L8 Keith Beavers  Canada 1:59.86
15 S1 L1 Jorge Sánchez  Spain 2:00.19
16 S1 L8 Helge Meeuw  Germany 2:00.21

Swim-off for 8th

  1. Blaz Medvesk (Slovenia) -- 1:58.61—q
  2. Gregor Tait (Great Britain) -- 1:58.80

Preliminaries[]

Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 H8 L4 Aaron Peirsol   1:57.28 q
2 H6 L5 Matt Welsh   1:58.26 q
3 H8 L1 Arkady Vyatchanin   1:59.18 q
4 H7 L4 Gordan Kožulj   1:59.20 q
5 H8 L6 László Cseh   1:59.49 q
6 H8 L2 Gregor Tait   1:59.62 q
7 H8 L3 Simon Dufour   1:59.68 q
8 H7 L2 Bryce Hunt   1:59.71 q
9 H7 L8 Yoav Gath   1:59.82 q
10 H8 L5 Răzvan Florea   1:59.96 q
11 H7 L5 Markus Rogan   2:00.04 q
12 H6 L7 Blaž Medvešek   2:00.06 q
12 H8 L7 Steffen Driesen   2:00.06 q
14 H7 L6 Jorge Sánchez   2:00.27 q
15 H7 L3 Keith Beavers   2:00.56 q
16 H6 L8 Helge Meeuw   2:00.73 q
17 H5 L1   2:00.76
18 H6 L2 Ray Hass   2:00.77
19 H4 L3 Tomomi Morita   2:01.10
20 H5 L2 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk   2:01.35
21 H6 L6 Evgueni Alechine   2:01.42
22 H5 L7 Alex Lim   2:01.43
23 H6 L3 Ouyang Kunpeng   2:01.44
24 H7 L1 Klaas Erik Zwering   2:01.56
25 H6 L4 James Goddard   2:01.91
26 H5 L4 Rogério Romero   2:02.06
27 H6 L1 Cameron Gibson   2:02.36
28 H5 L5 Ahmed Hussein   2:02.45
29 H4 L4 Pavel Suškov   2:02.65
30 H8 L8 Rui Yu   2:02.80
31 H7 L7 Viktor Bodrogi   2:03.22
32 H5 L6 Min Sung   2:04.10
33 H5 L8 Paulo Machado   2:04.21
34 H3 L6 Květoslav Svoboda   2:04.96
35 H5 L3   2:05.05
36 H4 L2   2:05.82
37 H4 L5 Andrei Mihailov   2:08.30
38 H3 L2 Jared Heine   2:08.88
39 H3 L4 Juan Carlo Antonio Piccio   2:10.18
40 H4 L8 Ashby Brendan   2:10.40
41 H3 L3   2:10.55
42 H2 L5   2:11.18
43 H3 L1   2:13.43
44 H4 L6 Yury Zaharov   2:13.81
45 H4 L1   2:14.18
46 H4 L7 Mauricio Prudencio   2:14.30
47 H3 L5   2:14.55
48 H2 L4   2:16.10
49 H2 L6   2:18.09
50 H3 L8 Rony Bakale   2:19.03
51 H2 L8   2:19.89
52 H2 L3   2:20.02
53 H2 L1   2:21.29
54 H1 L4   2:22.56
55 H2 L2   2:25.33
56 H1 L5   2:25.49
57 H1 L6   2:27.31
58 H1 L3   2:33.65
59 H1 L2   2:34.69
- - Ryan Pini   DNS

References[]

  1. ^ 2003 Worlds results: Men's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
  2. ^ 2003 Worlds results: Men's 200m Backstroke Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
  3. ^ 2003 Worlds results: Men's 200m Backstroke Finals Archived 2009-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
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