50 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2008 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Manchester GBR
Held 11 – 12 April 2008
Status Medal
Competitors 65
Countries 50
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Peter Marshall USA 23.74
(2 h5)		 23.57
(2 h1)		 23.49
(1 F)
🥈 Liam Tancock GBR 23.64
(1 h7)		 23.41
(1 h1)		 23.53
(2 F)
🥉 Ash Delaney AUS 24.30
(3 h7)		 23.68
(3 h2)		 23.57
(3 F)
4 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.92
(3 h8)		 23.63
(2 h2)		 23.65
(4 F)
5 Gerhard Zandberg RSA 24.16
(2 h7)		 23.70
(4 h2)		 23.70
(5 F)
6 Randall Bal USA 23.55
(1 h9)		 23.60
(1 h2)		 23.73
(6 F)
7 Sun Xiaolei CHN 24.27
(3 h9)		 23.73
(5 h2)		 23.82
(7 F)
8 Albert Subirats VEN 23.71
(1 h5)		 23.76
(6 h2)		 23.94
(8 F)
9 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 24.23
(2 h9)		 23.79
(3 h1)		 —
10 Guilherme Guido BRA 23.81
(1 h8)		 23.89
(7 h2)		 —
11 Stanislav Donets RUS 24.00
(4 h8)		 23.94
(4 h1)		 —
12 Guy Barnea ISR 24.32
(4 h7)		 23.95
(5 h1)		 —
13 Matthew Clay GBR 23.87
(2 h8)		 23.96
(6 h1)		 —
14 Robert Hurley AUS 24.32
(4 h9)		 24.09
(8 h2)		 —
15 Ľuboš Križko SVK 24.41
(5 h7)		 24.17
(7 h1)		 —
16 Callum Ng CAN 24.29
(5 h8)		 24.62
(8 h1)		 —
17 Garth Tune RSA 24.49
(5 h9)		 — —
18 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 24.54
(6 h9)		 — —
19 Daniel Bell NZL 24.64
(7 h9)		 — —
20 Ivan Tolić CRO 24.78
(6 h7)		 — —
21 Gordan Kožulj CRO 25.06
(1 h6)		 — —
22 Eduardo Otero ARG 25.07
(2 h6)		 — —
23 Dmitry Smirnov RUS 25.25
(7 h7)		 — —
24 Uğur Orel Oral TUR 25.30
(6 h8)		 — —
=25 Kim Simmenes NOR 25.56
(3 h6)		 — —
=25 Danil Bugakov UZB 25.56
(7 h8)		 — —
27 Manabu Sasaki JPN 25.60
(3 h5)		 — —
28 Lin Yu-An TPE 25.67
(4 h6)		 — —
29 Adriano Niz POR 25.88
(8 h7)		 — —
30 Miroslav Machovič SVK 25.91
(5 h6)		 — —
31 Andres Olvik EST 25.92
(6 h6)		 — —
32 Kaspar Raigla EST 26.06
(7 h6)		 — —
33 Brett Fraser CAY 26.17
(4 h5)		 — —
34 Nicolás Francia URU 26.23
(8 h6)		 — —
35 David Dunford KEN 26.34
(1 h4)		 — —
36 Konstantīns Blohins LAT 26.66
(1 h1)		 — —
37 Abdullah Al-Thuwaini KUW 26.87
(2 h4)		 — —
38 Pedro Medel CUB 26.88
(5 h5)		 — —
39 Kari Høvdanum FAR 27.02
(6 h5)		 — —
40 Amine Kouame MAR 27.22
(3 h4)		 — —
=41 Obaid Al-Jasmi UAE 27.23
(2 h1)		 — —
=41 Jean Gómez DOM 27.23
(4 h4)		 — —
43 Rony Bakale CGO 27.46
(5 h4)		 — —
44 Kieran Locke ISV 27.48
(7 h5)		 — —
45 Heshan Unamboowe SRI 27.79
(6 h4)		 — —
46 Gaël Adam MRI 28.11
(7 h4)		 — —
47 Zane Jordan ZAM 28.25
(1 h3)		 — —
48 Kerson Hadley FSM 29.15
(2 h3)		 — —
49 Tural Abbasov AZE 29.16
(8 h4)		 — —
50 Akshay Shah KEN 29.44
(3 h3)		 — —
51 Sofyan El-Gadi LBA 29.79
(4 h3)		 — —
52 Andrey Molchanov TKM 29.92
(3 h1)		 — —
53 Talal Al-Hasawi KUW 30.01
(5 h3)		 — —
54 Sidni Hoxha ALB 30.18
(1 h2)		 — —
55 Jean-Luc Augier LCA 30.52
(6 h3)		 — —
56 Jean Paul Miralda HON 30.89
(2 h2)		 — —
57 Julien Brice LCA 30.98
(7 h3)		 — —
58 Majd Tawil PLE 31.54
(3 h2)		 — —
59 Fouad Al-Atrash PLE 31.73
(8 h3)		 — —
60 Tegue Ouattara CIV 32.33
(4 h2)		 — —
61 Gilbert Kaburu UGA 32.50
(5 h2)		 — —
62 Baasir Hassan PAK 36.89
(6 h2)		 — —
63 Syed Naqvi PAK 37.63
(7 h2)		 — —
DQ Enea Murataj ALB —
(DQ h2)		 — —
DQ Flori Lang SUI —
(DQ h9)		 — —
DNS Yacoub BilalDNS MTN —
(DNS h1)		 — —
DNS Artiom GladunDNS MDA —
(DNS h5)		 — —
DNS Nick DriebergenDNS NED —
(DNS h8)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Konstantīns Blohins LAT 26.66
2 Obaid Al-Jasmi UAE 27.23
3 Andrey Molchanov TKM 29.92
DNS Yacoub BilalDNS MTN —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sidni Hoxha ALB 30.18
2 Jean Paul Miralda HON 30.89
3 Majd Tawil PLE 31.54
4 Tegue Ouattara CIV 32.33
5 Gilbert Kaburu UGA 32.50
6 Baasir Hassan PAK 36.89
7 Syed Naqvi PAK 37.63
DQ Enea Murataj ALB —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Zane Jordan ZAM 28.25
2 Kerson Hadley FSM 29.15
3 Akshay Shah KEN 29.44
4 Sofyan El-Gadi LBA 29.79
5 Talal Al-Hasawi KUW 30.01
6 Jean-Luc Augier LCA 30.52
7 Julien Brice LCA 30.98
8 Fouad Al-Atrash PLE 31.73

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 David Dunford KEN 26.34
2 Abdullah Al-Thuwaini KUW 26.87
3 Amine Kouame MAR 27.22
4 Jean Gómez DOM 27.23
5 Rony Bakale CGO 27.46
6 Heshan Unamboowe SRI 27.79
7 Gaël Adam MRI 28.11
8 Tural Abbasov AZE 29.16

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Albert Subirats VEN 23.71
2 Peter Marshall USA 23.74
3 Manabu Sasaki JPN 25.60
4 Brett Fraser CAY 26.17
5 Pedro Medel CUB 26.88
6 Kari Høvdanum FAR 27.02
7 Kieran Locke ISV 27.48
DNS Artiom GladunDNS MDA —

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Gordan Kožulj CRO 25.06
2 Eduardo Otero ARG 25.07
3 Kim Simmenes NOR 25.56
4 Lin Yu-An TPE 25.67
5 Miroslav Machovič SVK 25.91
6 Andres Olvik EST 25.92
7 Kaspar Raigla EST 26.06
8 Nicolás Francia URU 26.23

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Liam Tancock GBR 23.64
2 Gerhard Zandberg RSA 24.16
3 Ash Delaney AUS 24.30
4 Guy Barnea ISR 24.32
5 Ľuboš Križko SVK 24.41
6 Ivan Tolić CRO 24.78
7 Dmitry Smirnov RUS 25.25
8 Adriano Niz POR 25.88

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Guilherme Guido BRA 23.81
2 Matthew Clay GBR 23.87
3 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.92
4 Stanislav Donets RUS 24.00
5 Callum Ng CAN 24.29
6 Uğur Orel Oral TUR 25.30
7 Danil Bugakov UZB 25.56
DNS Nick DriebergenDNS NED —

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Randall Bal USA 23.55
2 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 24.23
3 Sun Xiaolei CHN 24.27
4 Robert Hurley AUS 24.32
5 Garth Tune RSA 24.49
6 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 24.54
7 Daniel Bell NZL 24.64
DQ Flori Lang SUI —

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Liam Tancock GBR 23.41
2 Peter Marshall USA 23.57
3 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 23.79
4 Stanislav Donets RUS 23.94
5 Guy Barnea ISR 23.95
6 Matthew Clay GBR 23.96
7 Ľuboš Križko SVK 24.17
8 Callum Ng CAN 24.62

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Randall Bal USA 23.60
2 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.63
3 Ash Delaney AUS 23.68
4 Gerhard Zandberg RSA 23.70
5 Sun Xiaolei CHN 23.73
6 Albert Subirats VEN 23.76
7 Guilherme Guido BRA 23.89
8 Robert Hurley AUS 24.09

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Peter Marshall USA 23.49
2 Liam Tancock GBR 23.53
3 Ash Delaney AUS 23.57
4 Thomas Rupprath GER 23.65
5 Gerhard Zandberg RSA 23.70
6 Randall Bal USA 23.73
7 Sun Xiaolei CHN 23.82
8 Albert Subirats VEN 23.94