100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Göteborg SWE
Held 20 April 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 43
Countries 29
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Neisser Bent CUB 52.94
(1 h6)		 52.77
(1 FA)
🥈 Brian Retterer USA 53.05
(1 h5)		 53.06
(2 FA)
🥉 Adrian Radley AUS 53.06
(2 h6)		 53.36
(3 FA)
4 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 53.22
(2 h5)		 53.48
(4 FA)
5 Keitaro Konnai JPN 53.87
(1 h4)		 53.53
(5 FA)
6 Wang Wei CHN 53.74
(3 h6)		 53.75
(6 FA)
7 Josh Watson AUS 53.75
(3 h5)		 54.36
(7 FA)
8 Darius Grigalionis LTU 54.11
(4 h5)		 54.80
(8 FA)
9 Vladimir Selkov RUS 54.23
(2 h4)		 53.29
(1 FB)
10 Martin Harris GBR 54.30
(3 h4)		 54.04
(2 FB)
11 Stev Theloke GER 54.91
(5 h4)		 54.06
(3 FB)
12 Adam Ruckwood GBR 54.16
(4 h6)		 54.32
(4 FB)
13 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 54.80
(5 h6)		 54.52
(5 FB)
14 Emanuele Merisi ITA 54.64
(4 h4)		 54.65
(6 FB)
15 Mark Versfeld CAN 55.01
(6 h6)		 56.62
(7 FB)
16 Shamek Pietucha CAN 55.02
(7 h6)		 —
(DQ FB)
17 Miroslav Machovič SVK 55.13
(5 h5)		 —
18 Nate Dusing USA 55.21
(1 h3)		 —
19 Daniel Carlsson SWE 55.31
(8 h6)		 —
=20 Tom Karlsen NOR 55.32
(2 h3)		 —
=20 Daniel Lönnberg SWE 55.32
(6 h5)		 —
22 Mindaugas Špokas LTU 55.34
(6 h4)		 —
23 Nuno Laurentino POR 55.43
(7 h4)		 —
24 Leonardo Costa BRA 55.51
(8 h4)		 —
25 Jan Víťazka CZE 55.71
(3 h3)		 —
26 Greg Main-Baillie RSA 55.88
(4 h3)		 —
27 Tomislav Karlo CRO 55.98
(7 h5)		 —
28 Philippe Meyer SUI 56.18
(5 h3)		 —
29 Pablo Abal ARG 56.64
(6 h3)		 —
30 Alexis Perdomo VEN 56.78
(1 h2)		 —
31 Nicolás Rajcevich CHI 56.79
(2 h2)		 —
32 Tane Strickland NZL 56.90
(7 h3)		 —
33 Allan Jørgensen NOR 57.77
(3 h2)		 —
34 Igor Ivanov EST 58.99
(1 h1)		 —
35 Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW 59.24
(4 h2)		 —
36 Enzo Marzullo CHI 59.53
(5 h2)		 —
37 Bruno Nopponen EST 59.90
(6 h2)		 —
38 Liu Tung-Lin TPE 59.94
(7 h2)		 —
39 Luis Alberto Soto CRC 1:00.16
(2 h1)		 —
40 Juan Manuel Durán CRC 1:02.36
(3 h1)		 —
41 Behzad Khabazian IRI 1:04.36
(4 h1)		 —
42 Omid Teimouri IRI 1:07.13
(5 h1)		 —
43 Liang Ching-Yu TPE 1:10.70
(8 h2)		 —
DNS Ricardo BusquetsDNS PUR —
(DNS h3)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Igor Ivanov EST 58.99
2 Luis Alberto Soto CRC 1:00.16
3 Juan Manuel Durán CRC 1:02.36
4 Behzad Khabazian IRI 1:04.36
5 Omid Teimouri IRI 1:07.13

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Alexis Perdomo VEN 56.78
2 Nicolás Rajcevich CHI 56.79
3 Allan Jørgensen NOR 57.77
4 Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW 59.24
5 Enzo Marzullo CHI 59.53
6 Bruno Nopponen EST 59.90
7 Liu Tung-Lin TPE 59.94
8 Liang Ching-Yu TPE 1:10.70

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nate Dusing USA 55.21
2 Tom Karlsen NOR 55.32
3 Jan Víťazka CZE 55.71
4 Greg Main-Baillie RSA 55.88
5 Philippe Meyer SUI 56.18
6 Pablo Abal ARG 56.64
7 Tane Strickland NZL 56.90
DNS Ricardo BusquetsDNS PUR —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Keitaro Konnai JPN 53.87
2 Vladimir Selkov RUS 54.23
3 Martin Harris GBR 54.30
4 Emanuele Merisi ITA 54.64
5 Stev Theloke GER 54.91
6 Mindaugas Špokas LTU 55.34
7 Nuno Laurentino POR 55.43
8 Leonardo Costa BRA 55.51

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Brian Retterer USA 53.05
2 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 53.22
3 Josh Watson AUS 53.75
4 Darius Grigalionis LTU 54.11
5 Miroslav Machovič SVK 55.13
6 Daniel Lönnberg SWE 55.32
7 Tomislav Karlo CRO 55.98

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neisser Bent CUB 52.94
2 Adrian Radley AUS 53.06
3 Wang Wei CHN 53.74
4 Adam Ruckwood GBR 54.16
5 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 54.80
6 Mark Versfeld CAN 55.01
7 Shamek Pietucha CAN 55.02
8 Daniel Carlsson SWE 55.31

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neisser Bent CUB 52.77
2 Brian Retterer USA 53.06
3 Adrian Radley AUS 53.36
4 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 53.48
5 Keitaro Konnai JPN 53.53
6 Wang Wei CHN 53.75
7 Josh Watson AUS 54.36
8 Darius Grigalionis LTU 54.80

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Vladimir Selkov RUS 53.29
2 Martin Harris GBR 54.04
3 Stev Theloke GER 54.06
4 Adam Ruckwood GBR 54.32
5 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 54.52
6 Emanuele Merisi ITA 54.65
7 Mark Versfeld CAN 56.62
DQ Shamek Pietucha CAN —