Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50m Backstroke
at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates26 July (prelims)
27 July (final)
Winning time24.80 seconds
Medalists
gold medal Thomas Rupprath   Germany
silver medal Matt Welsh   Australia
bronze medal Gerhard Zandberg   South Africa
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Main article: Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships

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.

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

Results[]

Final[]

Place Swimmer Nation Time Notes
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[]

Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
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  Japan 25.95
16 S2 L1 Vyacheslav Shyrshov  Ukraine 25.99

Preliminaries[]

Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 H13 L4 Thomas Rupprath   25.19 q, CR
2 H13 L5 Steffen Driesen   25.48 q
3 H12 L8 Randall Bal   25.53 q
4 H12 L4 Matt Welsh   25.60 q
5 H11 L4 David Ortega   25.71 q
6 H13 L3 Darius Grigalionis   25.76 q
6 H13 L8 Aaron Peirsol   25.76 q
8 H12 L5 Gerhard Zandberg   25.80 q
9 H12 L2 Arkady Vyatchanin   25.85 q
10 H11 L2 Ahmed Hussein   25.89 q
11 H12 L3 Alex Lim   25.93 q
11 H12 L7 Tomomi Morita   25.93 q
13 H10 L8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov   25.97 q
14 H11 L5 Josh Watson   26.01 q
15 H11 L6 Ouyang Kunpeng   26.08 q
15 H13 L6   26.08 q
17 H10 L4 Viktor Bodrogi   26.11
18 H13 L7 Nuno Laurentino   26.13
19 H08 L8 Örn Arnarson   26.18
20 H10 L7 Gregor Tait   26.23
21 H12 L6 Riley Janes   26.24
22 H13 L2 Péter Horváth   26.25
23 H10 L1 Markus Rogan   26.26
23 H13 L1 Min Sung   26.26
25 H10 L5 Blaž Medvešek   26.29
26 H09 L5 Jani Sievinen   26.30
27 H10 L2 Pavlo Illichov   26.34
28 H11 L1   26.35
29 H12 L1 Ryan Pini   26.37
30 H11 L3 Flori Lang   26.46
31 H10 L3 Gordan Kožulj   26.48
32 H08 L5 Pablo Martin Abal   26.49
33 H09 L1 Pavel Suškov   26.61
34 H09 L2   26.64
34 H09 L7 Yoav Gath   26.64
36 H09 L8 Alexandr Ivlev   26.73
37 H08 L4   26.76
38 H09 L3 Eric la Fleur   26.83
39 H09 L4 Paulo Machado   26.86
40 H11 L8 Cameron Gibson   26.94
41 H01 L3 Rui Yu   26.99
42 H11 L7 Orel Oral   27.07
43 H08 L2 Rogério Romero   27.49
44 H08 L3 Oleg Pukhnaty   27.75
45 H07 L4 Nicholas Bovell   28.10
46 H08 L7 Mauricio Prudencio   28.15
47 H06 L2   28.31
48 H07 L5 Albert Subirats   28.35
49 H06 L4 Jared Heine   28.38
50 H08 L6 Ashby Brendan   28.41
51 H07 L8 Ismael Ortiz   28.60
52 H07 L3   28.72
53 H07 L2   28.76
54 H03 L5 Onan Thom   28.80
55 H08 L1   28.82
56 H06 L6   29.01
57 H06 L3   29.21
58 H06 L7   29.24
59 H07 L6 Abed Rahman Kaaki   29.25
60 H05 L5   29.26
61 H06 L5   29.33
62 H05 L8   29.41
63 H05 L4   29.43
64 H06 L1 Rony Bakale   29.66
65 H06 L8   29.74
66 H05 L6 James B. Walsh   29.80
67 H04 L3 Davy Bisslik   29.92
68 H04 L7 Joao Aguiar   29.98
69 H05 L3   30.01
70 H07 L1   30.06
71 H07 L7 Yury Zaharov   30.20
72 H04 L5   30.45
73 H04 L1   30.68
74 H03 L4   30.71
75 H05 L7   30.72
76 H04 L6   30.75
77 H04 L8   30.80
78 H04 L2   30.84
79 H03 L3   31.55
80 H02 L4 Welbert Samuel   31.80
81 H02 L5   32.08
82 H03 L2   32.32
83 H03 L1   32.90
84 H02 L6   33.12
85 H03 L8   33.21
86 H05 L2   33.85
87 H02 L2   45.91
88 H02 L7   47.50
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- - James Goddard   DNS
- - Peter Mankoč   DNS
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References[]

  1. ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07.
  2. ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Semifinals. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07.
  3. ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07.
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