100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1999 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Hong Kong HKG
Held 3 – 4 April 1999
Status Medal
Competitors 38
Countries 27
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 53.37
(1 h4)		 52.85
(1 h2)		 52.44
(1 F)
🥈 Matt Welsh AUS 54.22
(3 h5)		 53.37
(3 h2)		 52.45
(2 F)
🥉 Mariusz Siembida POL 54.16
(3 h3)		 53.28
(2 h2)		 53.27
(3 F)
4 Darius Grigalionis LTU 54.18
(3 h4)		 53.46
(1 h1)		 53.28
(4 F)
5 Alexandre Massura BRA 54.10
(2 h5)		 53.41
(4 h2)		 53.37
(5 F)
6 Neil Willey GBR 53.70
(2 h4)		 53.76
(2 h1)		 53.55
(6 F)
7 Mattias Ohlin SWE 54.54
(1 h2)		 53.83
(3 h1)		 54.30
(7 F)
8 Martin Harris GBR 54.00
(1 h5)		 53.87
(4 h1)		 54.57
(8 F)
9 Mark Versfeld CAN 54.23
(4 h3)		 53.93
(5 h1)		 —
10 Adrian Radley AUS 54.26
(5 h3)		 53.95
(5 h2)		 —
11 Eithan Urbach ISR 54.48
(5 h5)		 54.18
(6 h2)		 —
12 Simon Thirsk RSA 54.10
(2 h3)		 54.23
(6 h1)		 —
13 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 54.47
(5 h4)		 54.28
(7 h1)		 —
14 Daniel Carlsson SWE 54.35
(4 h4)		 54.31
(8 h1)		 —
15 Nuno Laurentino POR 53.91
(1 h3)		 55.77
(7 h2)		 —
16 Ouyang Kunpeng CHN 54.43
(4 h5)		 58.85
(8 h2)		 —
17 Dustin Hersee CAN 54.58
(2 h2)		 — —
18 Gordan Kožulj CRO 54.66
(6 h4)		 — —
19 Miroslav Machovič SVK 54.67
(6 h5)		 — —
20 Jakob Andersen DEN 54.86
(6 h3)		 — —
21 Aleksandr Popov RUS 54.89
(1 h1)		 — —
22 Tom Karlsen NOR 54.91
(7 h5)		 — —
23 Mindaugas Špokas LTU 54.94
(8 h5)		 — —
24 Gabriel Mangabeira BRA 55.42
(7 h4)		 — —
25 Dan Westcott USA 55.45
(7 h3)		 — —
26 Blaž Medvešek SLO 55.93
(3 h2)		 — —
27 Nicky Neckles BAR 56.57
(4 h2)		 — —
28 Fu Yong CHN 56.69
(8 h3)		 — —
29 Scott Talbot NZL 56.94
(5 h2)		 — —
30 Benjamin Lo-Pinto SEY 57.51
(6 h2)		 — —
31 Wu Nien-Pin TPE 58.67
(7 h2)		 — —
32 Alex Fong HKG 58.99
(2 h1)		 — —
33 Albert Galyautdinov UZB 59.74
(8 h2)		 — —
34 Carl Probert FIJ 1:00.78
(3 h1)		 — —
35 Chung Ka Bo HKG 1:02.05
(4 h1)		 — —
36 Hsu Kuo-Tung TPE 1:02.81
(5 h1)		 — —
37 Tai Ka Kin MAC 1:06.75
(6 h1)		 — —
38 Lei Chi Lon MAC 1:07.13
(7 h1)		 — —
DNS Ricardo BusquetsDNS PUR —
(DNS h4)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aleksandr Popov RUS 54.89
2 Alex Fong HKG 58.99
3 Carl Probert FIJ 1:00.78
4 Chung Ka Bo HKG 1:02.05
5 Hsu Kuo-Tung TPE 1:02.81
6 Tai Ka Kin MAC 1:06.75
7 Lei Chi Lon MAC 1:07.13

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mattias Ohlin SWE 54.54
2 Dustin Hersee CAN 54.58
3 Blaž Medvešek SLO 55.93
4 Nicky Neckles BAR 56.57
5 Scott Talbot NZL 56.94
6 Benjamin Lo-Pinto SEY 57.51
7 Wu Nien-Pin TPE 58.67
8 Albert Galyautdinov UZB 59.74

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nuno Laurentino POR 53.91
2 Simon Thirsk RSA 54.10
3 Mariusz Siembida POL 54.16
4 Mark Versfeld CAN 54.23
5 Adrian Radley AUS 54.26
6 Jakob Andersen DEN 54.86
7 Dan Westcott USA 55.45
8 Fu Yong CHN 56.69

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 53.37
2 Neil Willey GBR 53.70
3 Darius Grigalionis LTU 54.18
4 Daniel Carlsson SWE 54.35
5 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 54.47
6 Gordan Kožulj CRO 54.66
7 Gabriel Mangabeira BRA 55.42
DNS Ricardo BusquetsDNS PUR —

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Martin Harris GBR 54.00
2 Alexandre Massura BRA 54.10
3 Matt Welsh AUS 54.22
4 Ouyang Kunpeng CHN 54.43
5 Eithan Urbach ISR 54.48
6 Miroslav Machovič SVK 54.67
7 Tom Karlsen NOR 54.91
8 Mindaugas Špokas LTU 54.94

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Darius Grigalionis LTU 53.46
2 Neil Willey GBR 53.76
3 Mattias Ohlin SWE 53.83
4 Martin Harris GBR 53.87
5 Mark Versfeld CAN 53.93
6 Simon Thirsk RSA 54.23
7 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 54.28
8 Daniel Carlsson SWE 54.31

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 52.85
2 Mariusz Siembida POL 53.28
3 Matt Welsh AUS 53.37
4 Alexandre Massura BRA 53.41
5 Adrian Radley AUS 53.95
6 Eithan Urbach ISR 54.18
7 Nuno Laurentino POR 55.77
8 Ouyang Kunpeng CHN 58.85

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 52.44
2 Matt Welsh AUS 52.45
3 Mariusz Siembida POL 53.27
4 Darius Grigalionis LTU 53.28
5 Alexandre Massura BRA 53.37
6 Neil Willey GBR 53.55
7 Mattias Ohlin SWE 54.30
8 Martin Harris GBR 54.57