Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:	2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:	22 July 2021 (heats, semifinals) 23 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:	57
Win Value:	54.31 seconds
Gold:	Matt Welsh
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Örn Arnarson
Silvernoc:	ISL
Bronze:	Steffen Driesen
Bronzenoc:	GER
Previous:	1998
Next:	2003

See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.

The men's 100 meter backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 23 July. The heats^[1] and semifinals^[2] took place 22 July, with the final being held on 23 July.^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:

World record		53.60	Sydney, Australia	align=right	24 August 1999
Championship record		54.49	Rome, Italy	align=right	11 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			55.08	Q
2			55.44	Q
3			55.47	Q
4			55.56	Q
5			55.63	Q
6			55.67	Q
7			55.85	Q
8			55.99	Q
9			56.02	Q
10			56.04	Q
11			56.11	Q
12			56.24	Q
12			56.24	Q
14			56.25	Q
15			56.28	Q
16			56.00	QSO
16			56.00	QSO
18			56.38
19			56.39
20			56.50
21			56.63
22			56.70
23			56.77
24			56.82
25			56.97
26			57.09
27			57.16
28			57.35
29			57.50
30			57.77
31			58.00
32			58.15
33			58.52
34			58.60
35			58.62
36			59.28
37			59.71
38			59.80
39			1:00.63
40			1:00.73
41			1:00.74
42			1:01.08
43			1:01.86
44			1:02.28
45			1:03.07
46			1:03.50
47			1:05.58
48			1:06.13
49			1:07.05
50			1:07.96
51			1:08.40
52			1:08.77
53			1:09.55
54			1:11.77
55			1:13.93
56			1:22.13
–			DSQ
–			DNS

Swim-off

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			56.27	Q
2			56.61

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			54.93	Q
2			55.21	Q
3			55.22	Q
4			55.26	Q
5			55.38	Q
6			55.42	Q
7			55.47	Q
8			55.78	Q
9			55.82
10			55.89
11			55.98
12			56.16
13			56.29
14			56.41
15			56.52
16			56.54

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			54.31	CR
			54.75
			54.91
4			54.97
5			55.23
6			55.43
7			55.60
8			55.98

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024105227/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay1.html#100mBackM . 24 October 2004 .
2. Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024110932/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay1FINAL.html#100mBackM . 24 October 2004 .
3. Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20040821135405/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsM100back.html . 21 August 2004 .