100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2008 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Manchester GBR
Held 9 – 10 April 2008
Status Medal
Competitors 62
Countries 50
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Liam Tancock GBR 51.43
(2 h8)		 51.50
(4 h2)		 50.14
(1 F)
🥈 Randall Bal USA 51.90
(1 h7)		 50.89
(2 h1)		 50.42
(2 F)
🥉 Stanislav Donets RUS 51.35
(1 h8)		 50.71
(1 h1)		 50.53
(3 F)
4 Markus Rogan AUT 51.30
(1 h6)		 50.95
(1 h2)		 50.61
(4 F)
5 Ash Delaney AUS 52.24
(3 h8)		 51.31
(=3 h1)		 50.71
(5 F)
6 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 52.34
(2 h7)		 51.33
(2 h2)		 50.96
(6 F)
7 Guilherme Guido BRA 52.89
(4 h7)		 51.38
(3 h2)		 51.04
(7 F)
8 Robert Hurley AUS 52.71
(5 h8)		 51.31
(=3 h1)		 51.19
(8 F)
9 Peter Marshall USA 52.51
(3 h6)		 51.75
(5 h2)		 —
10 Gerhard Zandberg RSA 52.48
(4 h8)		 51.89
(5 h1)		 —
11 Matthew Clay GBR 52.04
(2 h6)		 52.17
(6 h2)		 —
12 Gordan Kožulj CRO 52.73
(3 h7)		 52.53
(7 h2)		 —
13 Guy Barnea ISR 52.78
(4 h6)		 52.63
(6 h1)		 —
14 Sun Xiaolei CHN 53.18
(6 h6)		 52.80
(8 h2)		 —
15 Callum Ng CAN 52.98
(5 h6)		 53.46
(7 h1)		 —
16 Daniel Bell NZL 53.30
(7 h6)		 53.80
(8 h1)		 —
17 George du Rand RSA 53.47
(6 h8)		 — —
18 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 53.77
(5 h7)		 — —
19 Dmitry Smirnov RUS 54.13
(6 h7)		 — —
20 Ivan Tolić CRO 54.14
(7 h8)		 — —
21 Manabu Sasaki JPN 54.20
(1 h5)		 — —
22 Nick Driebergen NED 54.22
(7 h7)		 — —
23 Adriano Niz POR 54.60
(8 h8)		 — —
24 Flori Lang SUI 54.69
(8 h6)		 — —
25 Andres Olvik EST 54.77
(2 h5)		 — —
26 Kim Simmenes NOR 55.21
(8 h7)		 — —
27 Miroslav Machovič SVK 55.44
(3 h5)		 — —
28 Eduardo Otero ARG 55.73
(4 h5)		 — —
29 Brett Fraser CAY 55.84
(1 h4)		 — —
30 Danil Bugakov UZB 55.94
(5 h5)		 — —
31 Lazar Bogdanovski SRB 56.12
(2 h4)		 — —
32 Emre Çelik TUR 56.50
(3 h4)		 — —
33 Lin Yu-An TPE 56.57
(6 h5)		 — —
34 Kaspar Raigla EST 56.63
(1 h3)		 — —
35 Konstantīns Blohins LAT 56.86
(1 h1)		 — —
36 Pedro Medel CUB 57.28
(7 h5)		 — —
37 Kari Høvdanum FAR 57.33
(4 h4)		 — —
38 Taki M'Rabet TUN 57.42
(5 h4)		 — —
39 Nicolás Francia URU 57.67
(2 h3)		 — —
40 Sergey Pankov UZB 57.74
(3 h3)		 — —
41 Amine Kouame MAR 57.89
(6 h4)		 — —
42 Kieran Locke ISV 57.98
(7 h4)		 — —
43 Abdullah Al-Thuwaini KUW 58.17
(4 h3)		 — —
44 Yury Zakharov KGZ 58.47
(8 h5)		 — —
45 Jean Gómez DOM 59.00
(5 h3)		 — —
46 Rony Bakale CGO 59.91
(6 h3)		 — —
47 Heshan Unamboowe SRI 59.94
(7 h3)		 — —
48 Gaël Adam MRI 1:00.03
(8 h3)		 — —
49 Zane Jordan ZAM 1:00.10
(1 h2)		 — —
50 Bilal Achalhi MAR 1:00.66
(2 h2)		 — —
51 Akshay Shah KEN 1:01.76
(3 h2)		 — —
52 Hazem Tashkandi KSA 1:02.26
(4 h2)		 — —
53 Tural Abbasov AZE 1:03.04
(5 h2)		 — —
54 Sofyan El-Gadi LBA 1:03.89
(6 h2)		 — —
55 Andrey Molchanov TKM 1:04.92
(2 h1)		 — —
56 Talal Al-Hasawi KUW 1:05.10
(7 h2)		 — —
57 Jean Paul Miralda HON 1:06.53
(3 h1)		 — —
58 Fouad Al-Atrash PLE 1:08.97
(4 h1)		 — —
59 Tegue Ouattara CIV 1:14.33
(5 h1)		 — —
60 Mustafa Naqvi PAK 1:23.95
(6 h1)		 — —
61 Waqas Ahmad PAK 1:29.31
(8 h2)		 — —
DQ Obaid Al-Jasmi UAE —
(DQ h1)		 — —
DNS Artiom GladunDNS MDA —
(DNS h4)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Konstantīns Blohins LAT 56.86
2 Andrey Molchanov TKM 1:04.92
3 Jean Paul Miralda HON 1:06.53
4 Fouad Al-Atrash PLE 1:08.97
5 Tegue Ouattara CIV 1:14.33
6 Mustafa Naqvi PAK 1:23.95
DQ Obaid Al-Jasmi UAE —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Zane Jordan ZAM 1:00.10
2 Bilal Achalhi MAR 1:00.66
3 Akshay Shah KEN 1:01.76
4 Hazem Tashkandi KSA 1:02.26
5 Tural Abbasov AZE 1:03.04
6 Sofyan El-Gadi LBA 1:03.89
7 Talal Al-Hasawi KUW 1:05.10
8 Waqas Ahmad PAK 1:29.31

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kaspar Raigla EST 56.63
2 Nicolás Francia URU 57.67
3 Sergey Pankov UZB 57.74
4 Abdullah Al-Thuwaini KUW 58.17
5 Jean Gómez DOM 59.00
6 Rony Bakale CGO 59.91
7 Heshan Unamboowe SRI 59.94
8 Gaël Adam MRI 1:00.03

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Brett Fraser CAY 55.84
2 Lazar Bogdanovski SRB 56.12
3 Emre Çelik TUR 56.50
4 Kari Høvdanum FAR 57.33
5 Taki M'Rabet TUN 57.42
6 Amine Kouame MAR 57.89
7 Kieran Locke ISV 57.98
DNS Artiom GladunDNS MDA —

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Manabu Sasaki JPN 54.20
2 Andres Olvik EST 54.77
3 Miroslav Machovič SVK 55.44
4 Eduardo Otero ARG 55.73
5 Danil Bugakov UZB 55.94
6 Lin Yu-An TPE 56.57
7 Pedro Medel CUB 57.28
8 Yury Zakharov KGZ 58.47

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Markus Rogan AUT 51.30
2 Matthew Clay GBR 52.04
3 Peter Marshall USA 52.51
4 Guy Barnea ISR 52.78
5 Callum Ng CAN 52.98
6 Sun Xiaolei CHN 53.18
7 Daniel Bell NZL 53.30
8 Flori Lang SUI 54.69

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Randall Bal USA 51.90
2 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 52.34
3 Gordan Kožulj CRO 52.73
4 Guilherme Guido BRA 52.89
5 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 53.77
6 Dmitry Smirnov RUS 54.13
7 Nick Driebergen NED 54.22
8 Kim Simmenes NOR 55.21

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Stanislav Donets RUS 51.35
2 Liam Tancock GBR 51.43
3 Ash Delaney AUS 52.24
4 Gerhard Zandberg RSA 52.48
5 Robert Hurley AUS 52.71
6 George du Rand RSA 53.47
7 Ivan Tolić CRO 54.14
8 Adriano Niz POR 54.60

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Stanislav Donets RUS 50.71
2 Randall Bal USA 50.89
=3 Ash Delaney AUS 51.31
=3 Robert Hurley AUS 51.31
5 Gerhard Zandberg RSA 51.89
6 Guy Barnea ISR 52.63
7 Callum Ng CAN 53.46
8 Daniel Bell NZL 53.80

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Markus Rogan AUT 50.95
2 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 51.33
3 Guilherme Guido BRA 51.38
4 Liam Tancock GBR 51.50
5 Peter Marshall USA 51.75
6 Matthew Clay GBR 52.17
7 Gordan Kožulj CRO 52.53
8 Sun Xiaolei CHN 52.80

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Liam Tancock GBR 50.14
2 Randall Bal USA 50.42
3 Stanislav Donets RUS 50.53
4 Markus Rogan AUT 50.61
5 Ash Delaney AUS 50.71
6 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 50.96
7 Guilherme Guido BRA 51.04
8 Robert Hurley AUS 51.19