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
(6 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 Hodja HodjamamedovDNS 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 Hodja HodjamamedovDNS 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
6 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