Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:Men's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:July 25, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 26, 2011 (final)
Competitors:50
Nations:36
Win Value:52.76
Gold:Jérémy Stravius & Camille Lacourt
Goldnoc:FRA
Bronze:Ryosuke Irie
Bronzenoc:JPN
Prev:2009
Next:2013

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World recordAaron Peirsolalign=left 51.94 IndianapolisJuly 8, 2009
Championship recordAaron Peirsolalign=left 52.19 RomeAugust 2, 2009

Results

Heats

50 swimmer participated in 7 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Q
2 6 5 Q
3 7 5 Q
4 6 4 Q
5 6 6 Q
6 5 6 Q
7 7 8 Q
8 5 4 Q
9 7 3 Q
10 5 3 Q
11 7 6 Q
12 5 5 Q
13 7 7 Q
14 5 2 Q
15 6 3 Q
16 4 1 swimoff
16 6 1 swimoff
18 4 5
19 6 7
20 6 2
21 7 2
22 4 7
23 7 1
24 2 4 NR
25 5 8
26 5 1
27 4 4
28 4 6
29 5 7
30 4 2
31 3 5
32 4 8
33 4 3
34 3 3
35 6 8
36 3 1 NR
37 3 6
38 3 4
39 3 8
40 3 7
41 3 2
42 2 3 NR
43 2 7
44 2 5
45 2 6
46 1 4
47 1 5
48 2 1
49 2 2
50 1 3

Swimoff

As two swimmers had the same time in the heats at place 16 they had to participate in a swimoff to determine the last semifinal swimmer, it was held at 11:36.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 54.20 Q
2 4 55.12

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:10.[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 52.76 Q
2 6 53.05 Q
3 7 53.34 Q
4 2 53.49 Q
5 5 53.60 Q
6 3 53.87
7 1 53.98
8 8 54.21

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 53.09 Q
2 5 53.30 Q
3 6 53.69 Q
4 2 53.70
5 7 54.03
6 3 54.10
7 8 54.16
8 1 54.22

Final

The final was held at 19:06.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
3 52.76
4 52.76
5 52.98
4 7 53.01
5 6 53.04
6 1 53.25
7 2 53.28
8 8 53.50 NR

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (heats). Omega Timing. 2011-07-25.
  2. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (swimoff). Omega Timing. 2011-07-25.
  3. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2011-07-25.
  4. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-26.