Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:Men's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:2009 FINA World Championships
Venue:Foro Italico
Dates:27 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
28 July 2009 (final)
Competitors:121
Win Value:52.26 seconds
Gold:Junya Koga
Goldnoc:JPN
Silver:Helge Meeuw
Silvernoc:GER
Bronze:Aschwin Wildeboer
Bronzenoc:ESP
Prev:2007
Next:2011

See main article: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

The men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2009 World Championships took place Monday 27 July (prelims and semifinals) and on the evening of Tuesday 28 July (final) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

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

World record 51.94 Indianapolis, United States align=right 8 July 2009
Championship record 52.98 Melbourne, Australia align=right 27 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
27 July Heat 12 Spain52.93 CR
27 July Semifinal 1 Japan 52.39 CR
28 July Final Japan52.26 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 52.93 12 4 CR
2 53.00 11 4
3 53.08 11 3 NR
3 53.08 13 5
3 United States 53.08 13 4
6 53.28 13 3
7 53.33 12 6
8 53.62 11 2
9 53.67 12 3
10 53.73 11 5
11 53.77 12 7 NR
12 53.89 10 0
12 53.89 11 6
14 53.94 10 5 NR
14 53.94 13 2
16 United States 54.04 12 5
17 54.08 12 2
18 54.17 13 7
19 54.18 13 6
20 54.29 11 8
21 54.47 13 1
22 54.51 13 8
23 54.58 13 0
24 54.61 11 1
25 54.64 12 1
26 54.66 11 0 NR
27 54.67 10 6
28 54.74 10 9 NR
29 54.77 11 7
30 54.97 11 9 NR
31 54.99 12 0
32 55.18 12 8
33 55.24 10 7
34 55.39 12 9
35 55.52 13 9
36 55.57 9 6
37 55.78 10 4
38 55.84 10 3
39 56.10 8 7
39 56.10 10 1
41 56.15 1 5
41 56.15 10 8
43 56.23 10 2
44 56.34 9 4
45 56.37 8 2 NR
46 56.58 9 1
47 56.69 9 8
48 56.77 9 3
49 56.80 8 1
50 57.00 8 8
51 57.02 8 5
52 57.03 9 2
53 57.14 9 7
54 57.45 8 3
55 57.49 8 4
56 57.68 7 6
57 57.81 7 5 NR
58 57.95 7 8 NR
59 58.00 7 2
60 58.03 9 0
61 58.29 7 7
62 58.57 7 4
63 58.69 7 3
64 58.70 7 1
65 58.79 7 0
66 58.93 8 9
67 58.94 9 5
68 58.97 9 9
69 59.10 6 6
70 59.13 8 6
71 59.16 6 3
72 59.47 4 9
73 59.49 5 1
74 1:00.16 6 7
75 1:00.22 8 0
76 1:00.31 6 5
77 1:00.34 5 5
78 1:00.44 5 8
79 1:00.61 6 4
80 1:00.85 5 9
81 1:00.90 5 3
82 1:01.18 5 6
83 1:01.41 5 4
84 1:01.65 4 5
85 1:01.69 4 2
86 1:01.70 6 1
87 1:01.92 3 4
88 1:02.18 5 0
89 1:02.28 6 2
90 1:02.87 3 5
91 1:03.28 6 9
92 1:03.69 4 7
93 1:03.74 6 8
94 1:03.81 3 1
95 1:03.86 3 9
96 1:03.98 6 0
97 1:04.02 4 1
98 1:04.11 4 8
99 1:04.47 5 7
100 1:04.71 5 2
101 1:05.08 4 3
102 1:05.43 3 7
103 1:05.72 4 6
104 1:06.01 3 8
105 1:06.96 4 0
106 1:07.26 2 4
107 1:08.15 4 4
108 1:08.21 1 4
109 1:08.81 2 8
110 1:08.98 3 2
111 1:09.14 2 3
112 1:09.42 2 2
112 1:09.42 3 0
114 1:10.45 2 6
115 1:11.00 2 7
116 1:16.32 2 1
117 1:19.06 2 0
— DNS 2 5
— DNS 3 6
— DNS 7 9
— DSQ 3 3

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 5 52.39 CR, AS
2 1 3 52.49 NR
3 1 4 52.73
4 2 4 52.76
5 1 8 52.82
6 2 8 53.03 NR
7 1 2 53.11
8 2 5 53.12
9 2 3 53.22
10 2 6 53.24
11 1 6 53.40
12 2 2 53.82
13 2 7 53.88
14 1 1 53.92 NR
15 1 7 54.13
16 2 1 54.24

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 52.26 CR, AS
5 52.54
6 52.64
4 3 52.73
4 8 52.73 NR
6 1 52.87 NR
7 2 53.14
8 7 53.43

See also

References

published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '09 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-28.
published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '09 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-28.
published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '09 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-28.

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