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

Event:	Men's 50m Backstroke
Competition:	2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	26 July (prelims) 27 July (final)
Win Value:	24.80 seconds
Gold:	Thomas Rupprath
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Matt Welsh
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Gerhard Zandberg
Bronzenoc:	RSA
Prev:	2001
Next:	2005

See 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:

• WR: 24.99 swum by Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) on August 28, 1999 in Sydney, Australia
• CR: 25.31 swum by Thomas Rupprath (Germany) on July 24, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan

Results

Final

Place	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1			24.80	WR
2			25.01
3			25.07
4			25.14
5			25.19
6			25.53
7			25.62
8			25.75

Semifinals

Rank	Heat + Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	S2 L4			25.07	q, CR
2	S1 L4			25.38	q
2	S1 L6			25.38	q
4	S2 L6			25.47	q
5	S1 L1			25.50	q
6	S2 L5			25.51	q
7	S1 L5			25.52	q
8	S1 L3			25.61	q
9	S2 L3			25.62
10	S2 L7			25.68
11	S2 L8			25.74
12	S1 L7			25.79
13	S1 L2			25.81
14	S2 L2			25.91
15	S1 L8			25.95
16	S2 L1			25.99

Preliminaries

Rank	Heat+Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	H13 L4			25.19	q, CR
2	H13 L5			25.48	q
3	H12 L8			25.53	q
4	H12 L4			25.60	q
5	H11 L4			25.71	q
6	H13 L3			25.76	q
6	H13 L8			25.76	q
8	H12 L5			25.80	q
9	H12 L2			25.85	q
10	H11 L2			25.89	q
11	H12 L3			25.93	q
11	H12 L7			25.93	q
13	H10 L8			25.97	q
14	H11 L5			26.01	q
15	H11 L6			26.08	q
15	H13 L6			26.08	q
17	H10 L4			26.11
18	H13 L7			26.13
19	H08 L8			26.18
20	H10 L7			26.23
21	H12 L6			26.24
22	H13 L2			26.25
23	H10 L1			26.26
23	H13 L1			26.26
25	H10 L5			26.29
26	H09 L5			26.30
27	H10 L2			26.34
28	H11 L1			26.35
29	H12 L1			26.37
30	H11 L3			26.46
31	H10 L3			26.48
32	H08 L5			26.49
33	H09 L1			26.61
34	H09 L2			26.64
34	H09 L7			26.64
36	H09 L8			26.73
37	H08 L4			26.76
38	H09 L3			26.83
39	H09 L4			26.86
40	H11 L8			26.94
41	H01 L3			26.99
42	H11 L7			27.07
43	H08 L2			27.49
44	H08 L3			27.75
45	H07 L4			28.10
46	H08 L7			28.15
47	H06 L2			28.31
48	H07 L5			28.35
49	H06 L4			28.38
50	H08 L6			28.41
51	H07 L8			28.60
52	H07 L3			28.72
53	H07 L2			28.76
54	H03 L5			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			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			29.66
65	H06 L8			29.74
66	H05 L6			29.80
67	H04 L3			29.92
68	H04 L7			29.98
69	H05 L3			30.01
70	H07 L1			30.06
71	H07 L7			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			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
-	-			DQ
-	-			DNS
-	-			DNS
-	-			DNS
-	-			DNS
-	-			DNS
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-	-			DNS
-	-			DNS

Notes and 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.