50 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2006 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Shanghai CHN
Held 7 – 8 April 2006
Status Medal
Competitors 55
Countries 44
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Matt Welsh AUS 24.12
(2 h5)
24.17
(1 h1)
23.53
(1 F)
🥈 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.91
(1 h6)
24.20
(1 h2)
23.70
(2 F)
🥉 Helge Meeuw GER 24.00
(1 h5)
24.21
(2 h1)
24.01
(3 F)
4 Ouyang Kunpeng CHN 24.42
(3 h5)
24.34
(4 h1)
24.03
(4 F)
5 Randall Bal USA 24.54
(2 h7)
24.23
(=2 h2)
24.21
(5 F)
6 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 24.55
(3 h7)
24.29
(3 h1)
24.22
(6 F)
7 Alex Lim MAS 24.35
(2 h6)
24.23
(=2 h2)
24.40
(7 F)
8 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 24.68
(4 h7)
24.56
(4 h2)
25.04
(8 F)
9 Albert Subirats VEN 24.63
(1 h4)
24.53
(5 h1)
10 Ľuboš Križko SVK 24.56
(4 h5)
24.62
(5 h2)
11 Sun Xiaolei CHN 24.79
(3 h6)
24.63
(6 h1)
12 Matt Grevers USA 24.07
(1 h7)
24.64
(6 h2)
13 Tero Räty FIN 24.74
(5 h5)
24.71
(7 h1)
14 Anton Buhayov UKR 24.78
(5 h7)
24.76
(7 h2)
15 Grant Brits AUS 24.91
(4 h6)
25.01
(8 h2)
16 Scott Talbot NZL 24.96
(6 h7)
25.13
(8 h1)
17 Liam Tancock GBR 25.08
(5 h6)
18 Uğur Orel Oral TUR 25.14
(6 h5)
19 George du Rand RSA 25.23
(7 h7)
20 Gabriel Mangabeira BRA 25.26
(6 h6)
21 Guy Barnea ISR 25.30
(7 h6)
22 Ștefan Gherghel ROU 25.41
(8 h7)
23 Stanislav Osinsky KAZ 25.45
(7 h5)
24 Ante Cvitković CRO 25.60
(8 h6)
25 Antonios Gkioulmpas GRE 25.73
(2 h4)
26 Jason Dunford KEN 25.79
(1 h3)
27 Lewis Williams NZL 25.82
(3 h4)
28 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 25.98
(8 h5)
29 Chris Vythoulkas BAH 26.10
(4 h4)
30 Andrés Páez ECU 26.43
(5 h4)
31 Lee Seung-Hyeon KOR 26.53
(6 h4)
=32 David Dunford KEN 27.02
(2 h3)
=32 Đỗ Huy Long VIE 27.02
(7 h4)
34 Francois Ghattas LBN 27.51
(3 h3)
35 Harizal Harizal INA 27.63
(8 h4)
36 Mario Montoya CRC 27.66
(1 h2)
37 Javier Hernández HON 28.15
(2 h2)
38 Yassir Abdalla BOL 28.20
(3 h2)
39 Rony Bakale CGO 28.26
(4 h3)
=40 Wong Ka Seng MAC 28.35
(4 h2)
=40 Juan Francisco Montenegro GUA 28.35
(5 h3)
42 Ronny Vencatachellum MRI 29.23
(5 h2)
43 Kiril Shiryaev GEO 29.29
(6 h3)
44 Oleg Pukhnaty UZB 29.39
(7 h3)
45 Richard Randrianandraina MAD 30.06
(1 h1)
46 Imdad Ali PAK 30.16
(6 h2)
47 Urnultsaikhan Ganbold MGL 30.34
(7 h2)
48 Tural Abbasov AZE 30.49
(8 h3)
49 Majd Abdo PLE 31.48
(8 h2)
50 Jean Paul Miralda HON 31.49
(2 h1)
51 Tegue Ouattara CIV 31.83
(3 h1)
52 Sami Nassar PLE 33.31
(4 h1)
53 Munkhtuvshin Lkhagvadorj MGL 34.57
(5 h1)
54 Isao Misech PLW 37.03
(6 h1)
55 Isaac Rwenzo UGA 42.41
(7 h1)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Richard Randrianandraina MAD 30.06
2 Jean Paul Miralda HON 31.49
3 Tegue Ouattara CIV 31.83
4 Sami Nassar PLE 33.31
5 Munkhtuvshin Lkhagvadorj MGL 34.57
6 Isao Misech PLW 37.03
7 Isaac Rwenzo UGA 42.41

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mario Montoya CRC 27.66
2 Javier Hernández HON 28.15
3 Yassir Abdalla BOL 28.20
4 Wong Ka Seng MAC 28.35
5 Ronny Vencatachellum MRI 29.23
6 Imdad Ali PAK 30.16
7 Urnultsaikhan Ganbold MGL 30.34
8 Majd Abdo PLE 31.48

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jason Dunford KEN 25.79
2 David Dunford KEN 27.02
3 Francois Ghattas LBN 27.51
4 Rony Bakale CGO 28.26
5 Juan Francisco Montenegro GUA 28.35
6 Kiril Shiryaev GEO 29.29
7 Oleg Pukhnaty UZB 29.39
8 Tural Abbasov AZE 30.49

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Albert Subirats VEN 24.63
2 Antonios Gkioulmpas GRE 25.73
3 Lewis Williams NZL 25.82
4 Chris Vythoulkas BAH 26.10
5 Andrés Páez ECU 26.43
6 Lee Seung-Hyeon KOR 26.53
7 Đỗ Huy Long VIE 27.02
8 Harizal Harizal INA 27.63

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Helge Meeuw GER 24.00
2 Matt Welsh AUS 24.12
3 Ouyang Kunpeng CHN 24.42
4 Ľuboš Križko SVK 24.56
5 Tero Räty FIN 24.74
6 Uğur Orel Oral TUR 25.14
7 Stanislav Osinsky KAZ 25.45
8 Yevgeny Alyoshin RUS 25.98

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.91
2 Alex Lim MAS 24.35
3 Sun Xiaolei CHN 24.79
4 Grant Brits AUS 24.91
5 Liam Tancock GBR 25.08
6 Gabriel Mangabeira BRA 25.26
7 Guy Barnea ISR 25.30
8 Ante Cvitković CRO 25.60

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matt Grevers USA 24.07
2 Randall Bal USA 24.54
3 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 24.55
4 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 24.68
5 Anton Buhayov UKR 24.78
6 Scott Talbot NZL 24.96
7 George du Rand RSA 25.23
8 Ștefan Gherghel ROU 25.41

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matt Welsh AUS 24.17
2 Helge Meeuw GER 24.21
3 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 24.29
4 Ouyang Kunpeng CHN 24.34
5 Albert Subirats VEN 24.53
6 Sun Xiaolei CHN 24.63
7 Tero Räty FIN 24.71
8 Scott Talbot NZL 25.13

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thomas Rupprath GER 24.20
=2 Randall Bal USA 24.23
=2 Alex Lim MAS 24.23
4 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 24.56
5 Ľuboš Križko SVK 24.62
6 Matt Grevers USA 24.64
7 Anton Buhayov UKR 24.76
8 Grant Brits AUS 25.01

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matt Welsh AUS 23.53
2 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.70
3 Helge Meeuw GER 24.01
4 Ouyang Kunpeng CHN 24.03
5 Randall Bal USA 24.21
6 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 24.22
7 Alex Lim MAS 24.40
8 Andriy Oleynyk UKR 25.04