100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2004 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Indianapolis USA
Held 7 – 8 October 2004
Status Medal
Competitors 36
Countries 28
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Swim-Off Final
🥇 Aaron Peirsol USA 53.05
(1 h3)
51.92
(1 h1)
50.72
(1 F)
🥈 Matt Welsh AUS 52.73
(2 h5)
52.00
(2 h1)
51.04
(2 F)
🥉 Thomas Rupprath GER 51.74
(1 h4)
51.39
(1 h2)
51.20
(3 F)
4 Peter Marshall USA 52.52
(1 h5)
52.24
(3 h1)
52.09
(4 F)
5 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 52.64
(2 h4)
52.57
(2 h2)
52.50
(5 F)
6 Stev Theloke GER 52.86
(3 h4)
53.11
(3 h2)
52.77
(6 F)
7 Ryan Pini PNG 53.33
(2 h3)
53.46
(4 h2)
52.80
(1 F)
52.94
(7 F)
8 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 53.66
(4 h3)
53.41
(4 h1)
53.50
(8 F)
9 Takashi Nakano JPN 53.51
(3 h3)
53.46
(5 h1)
53.30
(2 F)
10 Ethan Rolff AUS 53.34
(3 h5)
53.56
(6 h1)
11 Răzvan Florea ROU 53.40
(4 h4)
53.59
(5 h2)
12 Adam Mania POL 53.72
(5 h3)
53.79
(6 h2)
13 Guilherme Guido BRA 54.14
(5 h4)
53.84
(7 h1)
14 George du Rand RSA 53.53
(4 h5)
54.00
(7 h2)
15 Ľuboš Križko SVK 53.87
(5 h5)
54.06
(8 h1)
16 Jakob Andersen DEN 54.05
(6 h5)
54.34
(8 h2)
17 Yu Rui CHN 54.69
(6 h3)
18 Zhao Tao CHN 54.79
(6 h4)
19 Mirko Mazzari ITA 55.05
(7 h4)
20 Miroslav Machovič SVK 55.35
(7 h5)
21 Brendan Ashby ZIM 56.14
(8 h4)
22 Jorge Oliver PUR 56.89
(1 h2)
23 Omar Pinzón COL 57.12
(8 h5)
24 Drew MacKay CAY 57.32
(7 h3)
25 Jason Dunford KEN 58.07
(2 h2)
26 Guillermo Cabrera DOM 58.35
(8 h3)
27 Andrés Páez ECU 59.06
(3 h2)
28 Lei Chi Lon MAC 59.92
(4 h2)
29 Kahlil Elhage AHO 1:01.25
(1 h1)
30 Rômulo Pereira ANG 1:02.09
(5 h2)
31 Khaly Ciss SEN 1:02.62
(6 h2)
32 Rodion Davelaar AHO 1:02.63
(2 h1)
33 Jonathan Calderon LCA 1:03.54
(3 h1)
34 Omar Díaz HON 1:04.09
(4 h1)
35 Reginaldo Panting HON 1:06.13
(5 h1)
DQ Christopher Backhaus DOM
(DQ h2)
DNS Vladimirs KirjanovsDNS LAT
(DNS h1)
DNS Francois GhattasDNS LBN
(DNS h1)
DNS Lee Seung-HyeonDNS KOR
(DNS h2)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kahlil Elhage AHO 1:01.25
2 Rodion Davelaar AHO 1:02.63
3 Jonathan Calderon LCA 1:03.54
4 Omar Díaz HON 1:04.09
5 Reginaldo Panting HON 1:06.13
DNS Vladimirs KirjanovsDNS LAT
DNS Francois GhattasDNS LBN

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jorge Oliver PUR 56.89
2 Jason Dunford KEN 58.07
3 Andrés Páez ECU 59.06
4 Lei Chi Lon MAC 59.92
5 Rômulo Pereira ANG 1:02.09
6 Khaly Ciss SEN 1:02.62
DQ Christopher Backhaus DOM
DNS Lee Seung-HyeonDNS KOR

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aaron Peirsol USA 53.05
2 Ryan Pini PNG 53.33
3 Takashi Nakano JPN 53.51
4 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 53.66
5 Adam Mania POL 53.72
6 Yu Rui CHN 54.69
7 Drew MacKay CAY 57.32
8 Guillermo Cabrera DOM 58.35

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thomas Rupprath GER 51.74
2 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 52.64
3 Stev Theloke GER 52.86
4 Răzvan Florea ROU 53.40
5 Guilherme Guido BRA 54.14
6 Zhao Tao CHN 54.79
7 Mirko Mazzari ITA 55.05
8 Brendan Ashby ZIM 56.14

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Peter Marshall USA 52.52
2 Matt Welsh AUS 52.73
3 Ethan Rolff AUS 53.34
4 George du Rand RSA 53.53
5 Ľuboš Križko SVK 53.87
6 Jakob Andersen DEN 54.05
7 Miroslav Machovič SVK 55.35
8 Omar Pinzón COL 57.12

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aaron Peirsol USA 51.92
2 Matt Welsh AUS 52.00
3 Peter Marshall USA 52.24
4 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 53.41
5 Takashi Nakano JPN 53.46
6 Ethan Rolff AUS 53.56
7 Guilherme Guido BRA 53.84
8 Ľuboš Križko SVK 54.06

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thomas Rupprath GER 51.39
2 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 52.57
3 Stev Theloke GER 53.11
4 Ryan Pini PNG 53.46
5 Răzvan Florea ROU 53.59
6 Adam Mania POL 53.79
7 George du Rand RSA 54.00
8 Jakob Andersen DEN 54.34

Swim-Off

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ryan Pini PNG 52.80
2 Takashi Nakano JPN 53.30

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aaron Peirsol USA 50.72
2 Matt Welsh AUS 51.04
3 Thomas Rupprath GER 51.20
4 Peter Marshall USA 52.09
5 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 52.50
6 Stev Theloke GER 52.77
7 Ryan Pini PNG 52.94
8 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 53.50