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)
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26 Andrés Páez ECU 27.44
(7 h4)
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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)
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=31 Rômulo Pereira ANG 29.04
(2 h2)
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=31 Kahlil Elhage AHO 29.04
(6 h3)
— —
33 Rodion Davelaar AHO 29.54
(3 h2)
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34 Omar Díaz HON 29.66
(4 h2)
— —
35 Jonathan Calderon LCA 30.04
(7 h3)
— —
36 Reginaldo Panting HON 30.20
(5 h2)
— —
37 Joseph Kimani KEN 30.73
(8 h3)
— —
38 Gilbert Kaburu UGA 34.73
(2 h1)
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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
3 Rodion Davelaar AHO 29.54
4 Omar Díaz HON 29.66
5 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