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

Event:	Men's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:	24 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 25 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:	58
Win Value:	25.34 seconds
Gold:	Randall Bal
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Thomas Rupprath
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Matt Welsh
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Next:	2003

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

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

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

World record		24.99	Sydney, Australia	align=right	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			25.43	CR
24 July 2001	Semifinal 2			25.31	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Notes
1	25.43	Q, CR
2	25.90	Q
3	25.91	Q
4	25.92	Q
5	25.93	Q
6	25.97	Q
7	26.05	Q
8	26.08	Q
9	26.14	Q
10	26.17	Q
11	26.22	Q
11	26.22	Q
13	26.23	Q
14	26.27	Q
15	26.33	QSO
15	26.33	QSO
15	26.33	QSO
18	26.34
19	26.36
20	26.44
20	26.44
20	26.44
23	26.51
24	26.54
25	26.55
26	26.56
27	26.57
28	26.58
29	26.59
30	26.62
31	26.88
32	27.09
33	27.21
34	27.22
35	27.23
36	27.36
37	27.38
38	27.51
39	28.13
40	28.28
41	28.40
42	28.53
43	28.74
44	28.86
45	28.97
46	30.10
47	30.26
48	30.93
49	30.95
50	31.32
51	31.55
52	31.63
53	32.52
54	33.74
55	34.64
56	37.41
57	38.13
–	DSQ
–	DNS

Swim-off

Rank	Time	Notes
1	26.13	Q
2	26.16	Q
3	26.24

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Notes
1	25.31	Q, CR
2	25.59	Q
3	25.72	Q
4	25.82	Q
5	25.83	Q
6	25.95	Q
6	25.95	Q
6	25.95	Q
9	25.97
10	25.98
11	26.00
12	26.08
13	26.12
14	26.30
15	26.40
16	26.48

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			25.34
			25.44
			25.49
4			25.69
5			25.82
6			25.98
7			26.05
8			26.40

Notes and References

Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024114558/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay3.html#50BackM . 24 October 2004 .
Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024120050/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay3FINAL.html#50BackM . 24 October 2004 .
Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019135348/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsM50back.html . 19 October 2004 .