100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2002 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Moskva RUS
Held 3 – 4 April 2002
Status Medal
Competitors 50
Countries 37
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Matt Welsh AUS 52.72
(2 h7)		 51.73
(1 h2)		 51.26
(1 F)
🥈 Aaron Peirsol USA 51.98
(1 h1)		 52.36
(3 h2)		 51.71
(2 F)
🥉 Peter Marshall USA 53.02
(3 h1)		 52.26
(2 h2)		 51.84
(3 F)
4 Örn Arnarson ISL 53.67
(4 h7)		 52.95
(3 h1)		 52.71
(4 F)
5 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 53.05
(3 h7)		 52.99
(4 h1)		 52.77
(5 F)
6 Riley Janes CAN 52.79
(2 h1)		 52.55
(1 h1)		 52.86
(6 F)
7 Marko Strahija CRO 52.71
(1 h7)		 52.73
(2 h1)		 52.90
(7 F)
8 Markus Rogan AUT 53.10
(1 h4)		 52.94
(4 h2)		 53.27
(8 F)
9 Nuno Laurentino POR 53.36
(2 h4)		 53.04
(5 h2)		 —
10 Peter Mankoč SLO 53.34
(1 h6)		 53.11
(5 h1)		 —
11 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 53.78
(3 h5)		 53.21
(6 h1)		 —
12 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 53.69
(3 h6)		 53.29
(6 h2)		 —
13 Gordan Kožulj CRO 53.58
(2 h5)		 53.34
(7 h1)		 —
14 Yoav Gath ISR 53.47
(1 h5)		 53.42
(7 h2)		 —
15 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 53.60
(2 h6)		 53.44
(8 h2)		 —
16 Mattias Ohlin SWE 53.37
(3 h4)		 54.22
(8 h1)		 —
17 Darius Grigalionis LTU 53.85
(4 h6)		 — —
18 Yu Rui CHN 53.96
(5 h7)		 — —
19 Blaž Medvešek SLO 54.01
(6 h7)		 — —
20 Vladislav Aminov RUS 54.11
(4 h5)		 — —
=21 Jakob Andersen DEN 54.14
(=5 h6)		 — —
=21 Miroslav Machovič SVK 54.14
(=5 h6)		 — —
23 Chen Lei CHN 54.17
(4 h4)		 — —
24 Toni Helbig GER 54.20
(5 h5)		 — —
25 Eduardo Otero ARG 54.42
(6 h5)		 — —
26 Cleber Costa BRA 54.49
(7 h6)		 — —
27 Pablo Abal ARG 54.58
(7 h7)		 — —
28 Rogério Romero BRA 54.75
(8 h7)		 — —
29 Nicky Neckles BAR 55.08
(5 h4)		 — —
30 Petter Sjødal NOR 55.35
(1 h3)		 — —
31 Igor Beretić SCG 55.37
(2 h3)		 — —
32 Flori Lang SUI 55.62
(7 h5)		 — —
33 Beau Mannix AUS 55.69
(8 h5)		 — —
34 Martin Viilep EST 55.84
(6 h4)		 — —
35 Neisser Bent CUB 55.85
(3 h3)		 — —
36 Luka Gabrilo SUI 55.90
(7 h4)		 — —
37 Diego Urreta MEX 56.13
(4 h3)		 — —
38 Emre Çelik TUR 56.57
(5 h3)		 — —
39 Alexandru Ivlev MDA 56.63
(8 h4)		 — —
40 Drew MacKay CAY 56.80
(1 h2)		 — —
41 Mark Chay SGP 58.13
(2 h2)		 — —
42 Mauricio Prudencio BOL 58.76
(6 h3)		 — —
43 Dulyarit Phuangthong THA 59.07
(7 h3)		 — —
44 Pavel Belousov MDA 59.33
(3 h2)		 — —
45 Tsai Chi-Wen TPE 1:00.21
(4 h2)		 — —
46 Kabir Singh Walia KEN 1:03.10
(4 h1)		 — —
47 Rony Bakale CGO 1:04.74
(5 h1)		 — —
48 Nuno Rola ANG 1:05.22
(6 h1)		 — —
DQ Fadi Saeed IRQ —
(DQ h1)		 — —
DQ Daniel Lönnberg SWE —
(DQ h6)		 — —
DNS Hojamamed HojamamedovDNS TKM —
(DNS h1)		 — —
DNS Guillermo CabreraDNS DOM —
(DNS h2)		 — —
DNS Christopher BackhausDNS DOM —
(DNS h2)		 — —
DNS Khaly CissDNS SEN —
(DNS h2)		 — —
DNS Abdulaziz Al-ThuwiDNS KUW —
(DNS h2)		 — —
DNS Artyom LobodrygaDNS KAZ —
(DNS h3)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aaron Peirsol USA 51.98
2 Riley Janes CAN 52.79
3 Peter Marshall USA 53.02
4 Kabir Singh Walia KEN 1:03.10
5 Rony Bakale CGO 1:04.74
6 Nuno Rola ANG 1:05.22
DQ Fadi Saeed IRQ —
DNS Hojamamed HojamamedovDNS TKM —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Drew MacKay CAY 56.80
2 Mark Chay SGP 58.13
3 Pavel Belousov MDA 59.33
4 Tsai Chi-Wen TPE 1:00.21
DNS Guillermo CabreraDNS DOM —
DNS Christopher BackhausDNS DOM —
DNS Khaly CissDNS SEN —
DNS Abdulaziz Al-ThuwiDNS KUW —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Petter Sjødal NOR 55.35
2 Igor Beretić SCG 55.37
3 Neisser Bent CUB 55.85
4 Diego Urreta MEX 56.13
5 Emre Çelik TUR 56.57
6 Mauricio Prudencio BOL 58.76
7 Dulyarit Phuangthong THA 59.07
DNS Artyom LobodrygaDNS KAZ —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Markus Rogan AUT 53.10
2 Nuno Laurentino POR 53.36
3 Mattias Ohlin SWE 53.37
4 Chen Lei CHN 54.17
5 Nicky Neckles BAR 55.08
6 Martin Viilep EST 55.84
7 Luka Gabrilo SUI 55.90
8 Alexandru Ivlev MDA 56.63

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yoav Gath ISR 53.47
2 Gordan Kožulj CRO 53.58
3 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 53.78
4 Vladislav Aminov RUS 54.11
5 Toni Helbig GER 54.20
6 Eduardo Otero ARG 54.42
7 Flori Lang SUI 55.62
8 Beau Mannix AUS 55.69

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Peter Mankoč SLO 53.34
2 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 53.60
3 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 53.69
4 Darius Grigalionis LTU 53.85
=5 Jakob Andersen DEN 54.14
=5 Miroslav Machovič SVK 54.14
7 Cleber Costa BRA 54.49
DQ Daniel Lönnberg SWE —

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Marko Strahija CRO 52.71
2 Matt Welsh AUS 52.72
3 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 53.05
4 Örn Arnarson ISL 53.67
5 Yu Rui CHN 53.96
6 Blaž Medvešek SLO 54.01
7 Pablo Abal ARG 54.58
8 Rogério Romero BRA 54.75

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Riley Janes CAN 52.55
2 Marko Strahija CRO 52.73
3 Örn Arnarson ISL 52.95
4 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 52.99
5 Peter Mankoč SLO 53.11
6 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 53.21
7 Gordan Kožulj CRO 53.34
8 Mattias Ohlin SWE 54.22

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matt Welsh AUS 51.73
2 Peter Marshall USA 52.26
3 Aaron Peirsol USA 52.36
4 Markus Rogan AUT 52.94
5 Nuno Laurentino POR 53.04
6 Volodymyr Nikolaichuk UKR 53.29
7 Yoav Gath ISR 53.42
8 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 53.44

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matt Welsh AUS 51.26
2 Aaron Peirsol USA 51.71
3 Peter Marshall USA 51.84
4 Örn Arnarson ISL 52.71
5 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 52.77
6 Riley Janes CAN 52.86
7 Marko Strahija CRO 52.90
8 Markus Rogan AUT 53.27