50 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2002 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Moskva RUS
Held 5 – 6 April 2002
Status Medal
Competitors 48
Countries 39
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Matt Welsh AUS 24.38
(1 h7)
23.76
(1 h2)
23.66
(1 F)
🥈 Peter Marshall USA 24.60
(1 h1)
24.53
(3 h2)
24.04
(2 F)
🥉 Toni Helbig GER 24.25
(1 h6)
24.24
(1 h1)
24.17
(3 F)
4 Riley Janes CAN 24.23
(1 h2)
24.11
(2 h2)
24.22
(4 F)
5 Darius Grigalionis LTU 24.48
(2 h6)
24.45
(2 h1)
24.28
(5 F)
6 Ante Mašković CRO 24.74
(1 h5)
24.63
(4 h2)
24.60
(6 F)
7 Pablo Abal ARG 24.99
(3 h7)
24.65
(4 h1)
24.62
(7 F)
8 Slava Shyrshov UKR 24.91
(2 h7)
24.59
(3 h1)
24.75
(8 F)
9 Aaron Peirsol USA 24.70
(2 h1)
24.67
(5 h1)
=10 Jakob Andersen DEN 24.90
(=3 h6)
24.75
(6 h1)
=10 Beau Mannix AUS 25.01
(5 h6)
24.75
(5 h2)
12 Nuno Laurentino POR 24.90
(=3 h6)
24.76
(6 h2)
13 Blaž Medvešek SLO 25.03
(4 h7)
24.85
(7 h1)
14 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 24.98
(2 h5)
25.01
(7 h2)
15 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 25.24
(3 h5)
25.17
(8 h1)
16 Miroslav Machovič SVK 25.18
(5 h7)
25.30
(8 h2)
17 Eduardo Otero ARG 25.25
(6 h6)
18 Vladislav Aminov RUS 25.33
(4 h5)
19 Daniel Lönnberg SWE 25.44
(5 h5)
20 Flori Lang SUI 25.48
(6 h7)
21 Yoav Gath ISR 25.54
(7 h6)
22 Martin Viilep EST 25.57
(7 h7)
23 Nicky Neckles BAR 25.71
(6 h5)
24 Cleber Costa BRA 25.74
(8 h7)
25 Ľuboš Križko SVK 25.77
(8 h6)
26 Petter Sjødal NOR 25.85
(7 h5)
27 Mark Chay SGP 26.10
(1 h3)
28 Igor Beretić SCG 26.15
(1 h4)
29 Alexandru Ivlev MDA 26.25
(2 h4)
30 Andrejs Dūda LAT 26.51
(3 h4)
31 Diego Urreta MEX 26.53
(4 h4)
32 Emre Çelik TUR 26.76
(2 h3)
33 Neisser Bent CUB 26.83
(5 h4)
34 Drew MacKay CAY 26.85
(3 h3)
35 Mauricio Prudencio BOL 26.87
(6 h4)
36 Pavel Belousov MDA 27.24
(4 h3)
37 Guillermo Cabrera DOM 27.25
(5 h3)
38 Mikhail Alekseyev UZB 27.54
(7 h4)
39 Christopher Backhaus DOM 27.77
(6 h3)
40 Khaly Ciss SEN 28.40
(2 h2)
41 Abdulaziz Al-Thuwi KUW 28.82
(7 h3)
42 Kabir Singh Walia KEN 29.57
(3 h2)
43 Rony Bakale CGO 29.88
(4 h2)
44 Nuno Rola ANG 30.22
(5 h2)
45 Vladimir Klimushin TKM 30.68
(8 h3)
46 Hodja Hodjamamedov TKM 33.86
(6 h2)
47 Fadi Saeed IRQ 34.80
(3 h1)
DQ Artyom Lobodryga KAZ
(DQ h4)
DNS Mattias OhlinDNS SWE
(DNS h5)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Peter Marshall USA 24.60
2 Aaron Peirsol USA 24.70
3 Fadi Saeed IRQ 34.80

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Riley Janes CAN 24.23
2 Khaly Ciss SEN 28.40
3 Kabir Singh Walia KEN 29.57
4 Rony Bakale CGO 29.88
5 Nuno Rola ANG 30.22
6 Hodja Hodjamamedov TKM 33.86

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mark Chay SGP 26.10
2 Emre Çelik TUR 26.76
3 Drew MacKay CAY 26.85
4 Pavel Belousov MDA 27.24
5 Guillermo Cabrera DOM 27.25
6 Christopher Backhaus DOM 27.77
7 Abdulaziz Al-Thuwi KUW 28.82
8 Vladimir Klimushin TKM 30.68

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Igor Beretić SCG 26.15
2 Alexandru Ivlev MDA 26.25
3 Andrejs Dūda LAT 26.51
4 Diego Urreta MEX 26.53
5 Neisser Bent CUB 26.83
6 Mauricio Prudencio BOL 26.87
7 Mikhail Alekseyev UZB 27.54
DQ Artyom Lobodryga KAZ

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ante Mašković CRO 24.74
2 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 24.98
3 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 25.24
4 Vladislav Aminov RUS 25.33
5 Daniel Lönnberg SWE 25.44
6 Nicky Neckles BAR 25.71
7 Petter Sjødal NOR 25.85
DNS Mattias OhlinDNS SWE

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Toni Helbig GER 24.25
2 Darius Grigalionis LTU 24.48
=3 Jakob Andersen DEN 24.90
=3 Nuno Laurentino POR 24.90
5 Beau Mannix AUS 25.01
6 Eduardo Otero ARG 25.25
7 Yoav Gath ISR 25.54
8 Ľuboš Križko SVK 25.77

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matt Welsh AUS 24.38
2 Slava Shyrshov UKR 24.91
3 Pablo Abal ARG 24.99
4 Blaž Medvešek SLO 25.03
5 Miroslav Machovič SVK 25.18
6 Flori Lang SUI 25.48
7 Martin Viilep EST 25.57
8 Cleber Costa BRA 25.74

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Toni Helbig GER 24.24
2 Darius Grigalionis LTU 24.45
3 Slava Shyrshov UKR 24.59
4 Pablo Abal ARG 24.65
5 Aaron Peirsol USA 24.67
6 Jakob Andersen DEN 24.75
7 Blaž Medvešek SLO 24.85
8 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 25.17

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matt Welsh AUS 23.76
2 Riley Janes CAN 24.11
3 Peter Marshall USA 24.53
4 Ante Mašković CRO 24.63
5 Beau Mannix AUS 24.75
6 Nuno Laurentino POR 24.76
7 Sergey Ostapchuk RUS 25.01
8 Miroslav Machovič SVK 25.30

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matt Welsh AUS 23.66
2 Peter Marshall USA 24.04
3 Toni Helbig GER 24.17
4 Riley Janes CAN 24.22
5 Darius Grigalionis LTU 24.28
6 Ante Mašković CRO 24.60
7 Pablo Abal ARG 24.62
8 Slava Shyrshov UKR 24.75