50 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2000 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Athina GRE
Held 16 March 2000
Status Medal
Competitors 40
Countries 29
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Neil Walker USA 24.04
(1 h6)
23.42
(1 h2)
23.99
(1 F)
🥈 Lenny Krayzelburg USA 24.52
(1 h5)
24.21
(2 h2)
24.24
(2 F)
🥉 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 24.34
(2 h6)
24.53
(1 h1)
24.32
(3 F)
=4 Mariusz Siembida POL 25.05
(1 h4)
24.86
(3 h2)
24.67
(=4 F)
=4 Sebastian Halgasch GER 24.75
(3 h6)
24.72
(3 h1)
24.67
(=4 F)
=4 Neil Willey GBR 24.88
(3 h5)
24.64
(2 h1)
24.67
(=4 F)
7 Miro Žeravica CRO 25.15
(5 h5)
24.74
(4 h1)
25.07
(7 F)
8 Ante Mašković CRO 25.13
(5 h6)
24.86
(5 h1)
25.10
(8 F)
=9 Robert Wyllie AUS 25.07
(4 h6)
24.94
(6 h1)
—
=9 Stev Theloke GER 25.22
(3 h4)
24.94
(4 h2)
—
11 Adrian Radley AUS 24.87
(2 h5)
24.96
(5 h2)
—
12 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 25.26
(4 h4)
25.12
(7 h1)
—
13 Jakob Andersen DEN 25.39
(6 h6)
25.15
(6 h2)
—
14 Przemysław Wilant POL 25.11
(2 h4)
25.23
(7 h2)
—
15 Tom Karlsen NOR 25.14
(4 h5)
25.26
(8 h2)
—
16 Nuno Laurentino POR 25.40
(5 h4)
25.44
(8 h1)
—
17 Ricardo Busquets PUR 25.35
(1 h3)
— —
18 Martin Harris GBR 25.43
(7 h6)
— —
19 Eithan Urbach ISR 25.44
(8 h6)
— —
20 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 25.48
(6 h4)
— —
21 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 25.71
(6 h5)
— —
22 Indrek Sei EST 25.75
(7 h4)
— —
23 Eduardo Otero ARG 25.78
(2 h3)
— —
24 Ľuboš Križko SVK 25.81
(8 h4)
— —
25 Miroslav Machovič SVK 25.83
(7 h5)
— —
26 Blaž Medvešek SLO 25.92
(3 h3)
— —
=27 Tomoaki Giga JPN 25.96
(1 h2)
— —
=27 Sergey Shevko BLR 25.96
(4 h3)
— —
29 Yu Rui CHN 26.22
(8 h5)
— —
30 Charalampos Taiganidis GRE 26.37
(5 h3)
— —
31 Benjamin Lo-Pinto SEY 26.42
(6 h3)
— —
32 Esteban Blanco CRC 26.57
(2 h2)
— —
33 Petter Sjødal NOR 26.60
(7 h3)
— —
34 Carl Probert FIJ 27.62
(3 h2)
— —
35 Shane Pedder IND 27.74
(1 h1)
— —
36 Karim Jenhani TUN 27.81
(4 h2)
— —
37 Yee Hoi Ping HKG 28.15
(5 h2)
— —
38 Fai Yau Sun HKG 28.18
(6 h2)
— —
39 Rony Bakale CGO 33.57
(2 h1)
— —
DQ Konstantinos Zarras GRE —
(DQ h3)
— —
DNS Iyad HousheyaDNS PLE —
(DNS h1)
— —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Shane Pedder IND 27.74
2 Rony Bakale CGO 33.57
DNS Iyad HousheyaDNS PLE —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Tomoaki Giga JPN 25.96
2 Esteban Blanco CRC 26.57
3 Carl Probert FIJ 27.62
4 Karim Jenhani TUN 27.81
5 Yee Hoi Ping HKG 28.15
6 Fai Yau Sun HKG 28.18

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ricardo Busquets PUR 25.35
2 Eduardo Otero ARG 25.78
3 Blaž Medvešek SLO 25.92
4 Sergey Shevko BLR 25.96
5 Charalampos Taiganidis GRE 26.37
6 Benjamin Lo-Pinto SEY 26.42
7 Petter Sjødal NOR 26.60
DQ Konstantinos Zarras GRE —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mariusz Siembida POL 25.05
2 Przemysław Wilant POL 25.11
3 Stev Theloke GER 25.22
4 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 25.26
5 Nuno Laurentino POR 25.40
6 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 25.48
7 Indrek Sei EST 25.75
8 Ľuboš Križko SVK 25.81

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lenny Krayzelburg USA 24.52
2 Adrian Radley AUS 24.87
3 Neil Willey GBR 24.88
4 Tom Karlsen NOR 25.14
5 Miro Žeravica CRO 25.15
6 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 25.71
7 Miroslav Machovič SVK 25.83
8 Yu Rui CHN 26.22

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neil Walker USA 24.04
2 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 24.34
3 Sebastian Halgasch GER 24.75
4 Robert Wyllie AUS 25.07
5 Ante Mašković CRO 25.13
6 Jakob Andersen DEN 25.39
7 Martin Harris GBR 25.43
8 Eithan Urbach ISR 25.44

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 24.53
2 Neil Willey GBR 24.64
3 Sebastian Halgasch GER 24.72
4 Miro Žeravica CRO 24.74
5 Ante Mašković CRO 24.86
6 Robert Wyllie AUS 24.94
7 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 25.12
8 Nuno Laurentino POR 25.44

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neil Walker USA 23.42
2 Lenny Krayzelburg USA 24.21
3 Mariusz Siembida POL 24.86
4 Stev Theloke GER 24.94
5 Adrian Radley AUS 24.96
6 Jakob Andersen DEN 25.15
7 Przemysław Wilant POL 25.23
8 Tom Karlsen NOR 25.26

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neil Walker USA 23.99
2 Lenny Krayzelburg USA 24.24
3 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 24.32
=4 Mariusz Siembida POL 24.67
=4 Sebastian Halgasch GER 24.67
=4 Neil Willey GBR 24.67
7 Miro Žeravica CRO 25.07
8 Ante Mašković CRO 25.10