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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
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The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.
Quick Facts Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Dates ...
Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 30, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 31, 2011 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 38 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 24.50 | |||||||||
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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 Championship record | Liam Tancock | United Kingdom | 24.04 | Rome | August 2, 2009 |
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Heats
39 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[1]
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Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:14.[2]
Semifinal 1
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 24.62 | Q |
2 | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.85 | Q |
3 | 6 | Nick Thoman | United States | 25.03 | Q |
4 | 5 | Flori Lang | Switzerland | 25.07 | Q |
5 | 3 | Junya Koga | Japan | 25.14 | |
6 | 7 | Mirco di Tora | Italy | 25.40 | |
7 | 1 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 25.43 | |
8 | 8 | Charles Francis | Canada | 25.56 |
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Semifinal 2
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.91 | Q |
2 | 3 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.99 | Q |
3 | 2 | David Plummer | United States | 25.03 | Q |
4 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.09 | Q |
5 | 1 | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 25.20 | |
6 | 5 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 25.20 | |
7 | 7 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 25.46 | |
8 | 8 | Bastiaan Lijesen | Netherlands | 25.51 |
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Final
The final was held at 18:35.[3]
More information Rank, Lane ...
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 24.50 | ||
5 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.57 | ||
3 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.66 | ||
4 | 6 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.82 | |
5 | 7 | David Plummer | United States | 24.92 | |
6 | 2 | Nick Thoman | United States | 25.01 | |
6 | 8 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.01 | |
8 | 1 | Flori Lang | Switzerland | 25.15 |
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- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-31.[permanent dead link]
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke start list[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-24.