100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2000 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Athina GRE
Held 18 – 19 March 2000
Status Medal
Competitors 42
Countries 32
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Neil Walker USA 51.86
(1 h5)		 53.28
(1 h2)		 50.75
(1 F)
🥈 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 53.41
(1 h4)		 53.24
(1 h1)		 52.87
(2 F)
🥉 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 53.68
(2 h5)		 53.34
(2 h1)		 52.88
(3 F)
4 Steffen Driesen GER 53.81
(2 h6)		 53.84
(3 h2)		 53.43
(4 F)
5 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 53.49
(1 h6)		 53.48
(2 h2)		 53.46
(5 F)
6 Gordan Kožulj CRO 53.94
(3 h6)		 53.50
(3 h1)		 53.55
(6 F)
7 Marko Strahija CRO 54.12
(4 h4)		 53.79
(5 h1)		 53.63
(7 F)
8 Neil Willey GBR 53.87
(2 h4)		 53.62
(4 h1)		 53.67
(8 F)
9 Mariusz Siembida POL 53.93
(3 h4)		 53.85
(4 h2)		 —
10 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 54.31
(5 h4)		 54.02
(6 h1)		 —
11 Robert Wyllie AUS 53.96
(3 h5)		 54.16
(5 h2)		 —
12 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 54.27
(4 h5)		 54.22
(7 h1)		 —
13 Stev Theloke GER 54.29
(5 h6)		 54.28
(6 h2)		 —
14 Edward Roche AUS 54.21
(4 h6)		 54.45
(7 h2)		 —
15 Nuno Laurentino POR 54.60
(6 h6)		 54.75
(8 h2)		 —
16 Yu Rui CHN 54.79
(2 h3)		 54.90
(8 h1)		 —
17 Jakob Andersen DEN 54.30
(1 h3)		 — —
18 Eithan Urbach ISR 54.39
(5 h5)		 — —
19 Mattias Ohlin SWE 54.41
(6 h5)		 — —
20 Martin Harris GBR 54.85
(6 h4)		 — —
21 Miroslav Machovič SVK 54.88
(7 h4)		 — —
22 Tom Karlsen NOR 54.92
(7 h5)		 — —
23 Jorge Sánchez ESP 54.98
(8 h4)		 — —
24 Răzvan Florea ROU 55.03
(3 h3)		 — —
25 Ľuboš Križko SVK 55.25
(4 h3)		 — —
26 Eduardo Otero ARG 55.28
(7 h6)		 — —
27 Przemysław Wilant POL 55.36
(8 h5)		 — —
28 Philipp Gilgen SUI 55.43
(5 h3)		 — —
29 Sergey Shevko BLR 55.44
(6 h3)		 — —
=30 Ioannis Kokkodis GRE 55.81
(1 h2)		 — —
=30 Blaž Medvešek SLO 55.81
(7 h3)		 — —
32 Tomoaki Giga JPN 56.08
(8 h3)		 — —
33 Benjamin Lo-Pinto SEY 56.56
(2 h2)		 — —
34 Charalampos Taiganidis GRE 56.64
(3 h2)		 — —
35 Alex Fong HKG 57.11
(4 h2)		 — —
36 Esteban Blanco CRC 58.03
(5 h2)		 — —
37 Karim Jenhani TUN 59.25
(6 h2)		 — —
38 Sung Yun-Jung TPE 1:01.19
(1 h1)		 — —
39 Yee Hoi Ping HKG 1:01.27
(7 h2)		 — —
40 Hsu Kuo-Tung TPE 1:02.59
(2 h1)		 — —
41 Alexandros Aresti CYP 1:04.69
(3 h1)		 — —
42 Rony Bakale CGO 1:15.32
(4 h1)		 — —
DNS Neisser BentDNS CUB —
(DNS h1)		 — —
DNS Cole Shade SuleDNS CMR —
(DNS h2)		 — —
DNS Lenny KrayzelburgDNS USA —
(DNS h6)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sung Yun-Jung TPE 1:01.19
2 Hsu Kuo-Tung TPE 1:02.59
3 Alexandros Aresti CYP 1:04.69
4 Rony Bakale CGO 1:15.32
DNS Neisser BentDNS CUB —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ioannis Kokkodis GRE 55.81
2 Benjamin Lo-Pinto SEY 56.56
3 Charalampos Taiganidis GRE 56.64
4 Alex Fong HKG 57.11
5 Esteban Blanco CRC 58.03
6 Karim Jenhani TUN 59.25
7 Yee Hoi Ping HKG 1:01.27
DNS Cole Shade SuleDNS CMR —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jakob Andersen DEN 54.30
2 Yu Rui CHN 54.79
3 Răzvan Florea ROU 55.03
4 Ľuboš Križko SVK 55.25
5 Philipp Gilgen SUI 55.43
6 Sergey Shevko BLR 55.44
7 Blaž Medvešek SLO 55.81
8 Tomoaki Giga JPN 56.08

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 53.41
2 Neil Willey GBR 53.87
3 Mariusz Siembida POL 53.93
4 Marko Strahija CRO 54.12
5 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 54.31
6 Martin Harris GBR 54.85
7 Miroslav Machovič SVK 54.88
8 Jorge Sánchez ESP 54.98

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neil Walker USA 51.86
2 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 53.68
3 Robert Wyllie AUS 53.96
4 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 54.27
5 Eithan Urbach ISR 54.39
6 Mattias Ohlin SWE 54.41
7 Tom Karlsen NOR 54.92
8 Przemysław Wilant POL 55.36

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 53.49
2 Steffen Driesen GER 53.81
3 Gordan Kožulj CRO 53.94
4 Edward Roche AUS 54.21
5 Stev Theloke GER 54.29
6 Nuno Laurentino POR 54.60
7 Eduardo Otero ARG 55.28
DNS Lenny KrayzelburgDNS USA —

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 53.24
2 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 53.34
3 Gordan Kožulj CRO 53.50
4 Neil Willey GBR 53.62
5 Marko Strahija CRO 53.79
6 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 54.02
7 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 54.22
8 Yu Rui CHN 54.90

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neil Walker USA 53.28
2 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 53.48
3 Steffen Driesen GER 53.84
4 Mariusz Siembida POL 53.85
5 Robert Wyllie AUS 54.16
6 Stev Theloke GER 54.28
7 Edward Roche AUS 54.45
8 Nuno Laurentino POR 54.75

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neil Walker USA 50.75
2 Rodolfo Falcón CUB 52.87
3 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 52.88
4 Steffen Driesen GER 53.43
5 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 53.46
6 Gordan Kožulj CRO 53.55
7 Marko Strahija CRO 53.63
8 Neil Willey GBR 53.67