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