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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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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.
Quick Facts Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Dates ...
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships | |||||||
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Dates | July 25, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 26, 2011 (final) | ||||||
Competitors | 50 from 36 nations | ||||||
Winning time | 52.76 | ||||||
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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
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Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 51.94 | Indianapolis | July 8, 2009 |
Championship record | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 52.19 | Rome | August 2, 2009 |
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Heats
50 swimmer participated in 7 heats.[1]
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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]
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Sun Xiaolei | China | 54.20 | Q |
2 | 4 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 55.12 |
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Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:10.[3]
Semifinal 1
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 52.76 | Q |
2 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 53.05 | Q |
3 | 7 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 53.34 | Q |
4 | 2 | Nick Thoman | United States | 53.49 | Q |
5 | 5 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 53.60 | Q |
6 | 3 | Ben Treffers | Australia | 53.87 | |
7 | 1 | Nick Driebergen | Netherlands | 53.98 | |
8 | 8 | Sun Xiaolei | China | 54.21 | |
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Semifinal 2
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 53.09 | Q |
2 | 5 | David Plummer | United States | 53.30 | Q |
3 | 6 | Gareth Kean | New Zealand | 53.69 | Q |
4 | 2 | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 53.70 | |
5 | 7 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 54.03 | |
6 | 3 | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 54.10 | |
7 | 8 | Junya Koga | Japan | 54.16 | |
8 | 1 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 54.22 | |
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Final
The final was held at 19:06.[4]
More information Rank, Lane ...
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Camille Lacourt | France | 52.76 | ||
4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 52.76 | ||
5 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 52.98 | ||
4 | 7 | Nick Thoman | United States | 53.01 | |
5 | 6 | David Plummer | United States | 53.04 | |
6 | 1 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 53.25 | |
7 | 2 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 53.28 | |
8 | 8 | Gareth Kean | New Zealand | 53.50 | NR |
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- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[permanent dead link]
- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (swimoff)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[permanent dead link]
- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[permanent dead link]
- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-26.[permanent dead link]
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke start list[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.