50 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2004 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Indianapolis USA
Held 9 – 10 October 2004
Status Medal
Competitors 38
Countries 28
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.93
(1 h6)
23.82
(1 h2)
23.51
(1 F)
🥈 Matt Welsh AUS 24.45
(1 h4)
24.16
(3 h2)
23.60
(2 F)
🥉 Peter Marshall USA 25.04
(2 h5)
23.93
(2 h2)
23.93
(3 F)
4 Aaron Peirsol USA 24.19
(2 h6)
24.11
(1 h1)
24.03
(4 F)
5 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 25.12
(4 h5)
24.49
(4 h2)
24.38
(5 F)
6 Stev Theloke GER 25.05
(3 h5)
24.63
(3 h1)
24.61
(6 F)
7 Matt Rose CAN 24.63
(2 h4)
24.48
(2 h1)
24.68
(7 F)
8 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 24.90
(3 h4)
24.73
(5 h2)
24.81
(8 F)
9 Uğur Orel Oral TUR 24.97
(3 h6)
24.79
(6 h2)
10 Ľuboš Križko SVK 24.95
(1 h5)
24.93
(4 h1)
11 Ethan Rolff AUS 25.26
(5 h6)
25.00
(5 h1)
12 Adam Mania POL 25.03
(4 h6)
25.14
(6 h1)
13 Jakob Andersen DEN 25.31
(5 h5)
25.27
(7 h1)
14 Takashi Nakano JPN 25.27
(6 h6)
25.33
(7 h2)
15 Ryan Pini PNG 25.59
(4 h4)
25.34
(8 h1)
16 Yu Rui CHN 25.59
(1 h1)
25.74
(8 h2)
17 George du Rand RSA 25.70
(6 h5)
18 Guilherme Guido BRA 25.93
(5 h4)
19 César Cielo Filho BRA 25.99
(6 h4)
20 Ștefan Gherghel ROU 26.04
(7 h6)
21 Miroslav Machovič SVK 26.32
(7 h5)
22 Brendan Ashby ZIM 26.55
(8 h5)
23 Jason Dunford KEN 27.08
(1 h3)
24 Drew MacKay CAY 27.29
(8 h6)
25 Lei Chi Lon MAC 27.42
(2 h3)
26 Andrés Páez ECU 27.44
(7 h4)
27 Guillermo Cabrera DOM 27.53
(3 h3)
28 Kieran Locke ISV 27.83
(4 h3)
29 Christopher Backhaus DOM 28.04
(5 h3)
30 Lao Kuan Fong MAC 28.72
(1 h2)
=31 Rômulo Pereira ANG 29.04
(2 h2)
=31 Kahlil Elhage AHO 29.04
(6 h3)
33 Rodion Davelaar AHO 29.54
(4 h2)
34 Omar Díaz HON 29.66
(5 h2)
35 Jonathan Calderon LCA 30.04
(7 h3)
36 Reginaldo Panting HON 30.20
(6 h2)
37 Joseph Kimani KEN 30.73
(8 h3)
38 Gilbert Kaburu UGA 34.73
(2 h1)
DNS Francois GhattasDNS LBN
(DNS h1)
DNS Jamie PeterkinDNS LCA
(DNS h2)
DNS Lee Seung-HyeonDNS KOR
(DNS h2)
DNS Zhao TaoDNS CHN
(DNS h4)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yu Rui CHN 25.59
2 Gilbert Kaburu UGA 34.73
DNS Francois GhattasDNS LBN

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lao Kuan Fong MAC 28.72
2 Rômulo Pereira ANG 29.04
4 Rodion Davelaar AHO 29.54
5 Omar Díaz HON 29.66
6 Reginaldo Panting HON 30.20
DNS Jamie PeterkinDNS LCA
DNS Lee Seung-HyeonDNS KOR

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jason Dunford KEN 27.08
2 Lei Chi Lon MAC 27.42
3 Guillermo Cabrera DOM 27.53
4 Kieran Locke ISV 27.83
5 Christopher Backhaus DOM 28.04
6 Kahlil Elhage AHO 29.04
7 Jonathan Calderon LCA 30.04
8 Joseph Kimani KEN 30.73

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matt Welsh AUS 24.45
2 Matt Rose CAN 24.63
3 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 24.90
4 Ryan Pini PNG 25.59
5 Guilherme Guido BRA 25.93
6 César Cielo Filho BRA 25.99
7 Andrés Páez ECU 27.44
DNS Zhao TaoDNS CHN

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ľuboš Križko SVK 24.95
2 Peter Marshall USA 25.04
3 Stev Theloke GER 25.05
4 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 25.12
5 Jakob Andersen DEN 25.31
6 George du Rand RSA 25.70
7 Miroslav Machovič SVK 26.32
8 Brendan Ashby ZIM 26.55

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.93
2 Aaron Peirsol USA 24.19
3 Uğur Orel Oral TUR 24.97
4 Adam Mania POL 25.03
5 Ethan Rolff AUS 25.26
6 Takashi Nakano JPN 25.27
7 Ștefan Gherghel ROU 26.04
8 Drew MacKay CAY 27.29

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aaron Peirsol USA 24.11
2 Matt Rose CAN 24.48
3 Stev Theloke GER 24.63
4 Ľuboš Križko SVK 24.93
5 Ethan Rolff AUS 25.00
6 Adam Mania POL 25.14
7 Jakob Andersen DEN 25.27
8 Ryan Pini PNG 25.34

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.82
2 Peter Marshall USA 23.93
3 Matt Welsh AUS 24.16
4 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 24.49
5 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 24.73
6 Uğur Orel Oral TUR 24.79
7 Takashi Nakano JPN 25.33
8 Yu Rui CHN 25.74

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.51
2 Matt Welsh AUS 23.60
3 Peter Marshall USA 23.93
4 Aaron Peirsol USA 24.03
5 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 24.38
6 Stev Theloke GER 24.61
7 Matt Rose CAN 24.68
8 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 24.81