Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 30, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 31, 2011 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 38 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 24.50 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2011 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Team | ||
5 km | mixed | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record Championship record |
Liam Tancock | United Kingdom | 24.04 | Rome | August 2, 2009 |
Results[]
Heats[]
39 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | 5 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.72 | Q |
2 | 6 | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 25.03 | Q |
3 | 6 | 2 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 25.04 | Q |
4 | 4 | 7 | Flori Lang | Switzerland | 25.12 | Q |
5 | 4 | 2 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 25.14 | Q |
6 | 6 | 5 | Junya Koga | Japan | 25.17 | Q |
7 | 4 | 3 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.18 | Q |
8 | 4 | 4 | Nick Thoman | United States | 25.22 | Q |
8 | 5 | 5 | David Plummer | United States | 25.22 | Q |
10 | 5 | 4 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 25.26 | Q |
10 | 5 | 1 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 25.26 | Q |
12 | 6 | 1 | Mirco di Tora | Italy | 25.28 | Q |
13 | 5 | 6 | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 25.29 | Q |
14 | 6 | 3 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 25.33 | Q |
14 | 6 | 6 | Bastiaan Lijesen | Netherlands | 25.33 | Q |
16 | 5 | 8 | Charles Francis | Canada | 25.43 | Q |
17 | 5 | 3 | Sun Xiaolei | China | 25.44 | |
18 | 5 | 7 | Cheng Feiyi | China | 25.52 | |
19 | 4 | 1 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 25.58 | |
20 | 5 | 2 | Russia | 25.60 | ||
21 | 4 | 8 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 25.80 | |
22 | 6 | 7 | Daniel Bell | New Zealand | 25.91 | |
23 | 3 | 3 | Croatia | 26.07 | ||
24 | 3 | 4 | Pedro Medel | Cuba | 26.08 | |
25 | 6 | 8 | Federico Grabich | Argentina | 26.13 | |
26 | 3 | 6 | Luxembourg | 26.70 | ||
27 | 3 | 7 | Chile | 26.72 | NR | |
28 | 3 | 1 | Zane Jordan | Zambia | 27.12 | |
29 | 3 | 2 | Boris Kirillov | Azerbaijan | 27.25 | |
30 | 2 | 4 | Emile Bakale | Congo | 28.34 | |
31 | 3 | 8 | Macau | 28.46 | ||
32 | 2 | 5 | Senegal | 29.02 | ||
33 | 1 | 3 | Kerson Hadley | Micronesia | 30.46 | |
34 | 2 | 2 | Ahmed Atari | Qatar | 32.37 | |
35 | 2 | 7 | Maldives | 33.44 | ||
36 | 2 | 1 | Ethiopia | 33.85 | ||
37 | 1 | 4 | Phathana Inthavong | Laos | 35.30 | |
38 | 2 | 8 | Sudan | 35.98 | ||
39 | 1 | 5 | Benin | 42.95 | ||
– | 2 | 3 | Qatar | DNS | ||
– | 2 | 6 | Folarin Ogunsola | Gambia | DNS | |
– | 3 | 5 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | DNS | |
– | 4 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | DNS |
Semifinals[]
The semifinals were held at 19:14.[2]
Semifinal 1[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 24.62 | Q |
2 | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.85 | Q |
3 | 6 | Nick Thoman | United States | 25.03 | Q |
4 | 5 | Flori Lang | Switzerland | 25.07 | Q |
5 | 3 | Junya Koga | Japan | 25.14 | |
6 | 7 | Mirco di Tora | Italy | 25.40 | |
7 | 1 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 25.43 | |
8 | 8 | Charles Francis | Canada | 25.56 |
Semifinal 2[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.91 | Q |
2 | 3 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.99 | Q |
3 | 2 | David Plummer | United States | 25.03 | Q |
4 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.09 | Q |
5 | 1 | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 25.20 | |
6 | 5 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 25.20 | |
7 | 7 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 25.46 | |
8 | 8 | Bastiaan Lijesen | Netherlands | 25.51 |
Final[]
The final was held at 18:35.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 24.50 | ||
5 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.57 | ||
3 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.66 | ||
4 | 6 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.82 | |
5 | 7 | David Plummer | United States | 24.92 | |
6 | 2 | Nick Thoman | United States | 25.01 | |
6 | 8 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.01 | |
8 | 1 | Flori Lang | Switzerland | 25.15 |
References[]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-31.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke start list[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-24.
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