100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2009 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Roma ITA
Held 27 – 28 July 2009
Status Medal
Competitors 118
Countries 84
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Junya Koga JPN 53.08
(=3 h13)		 52.39
(1 h1)		 52.26
(1 F)
🥈 Helge Meeuw GER 53.28
(6 h13)		 52.49
(2 h1)		 52.54
(2 F)
🥉 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 52.93
(1 h12)		 52.76
(4 h2)		 52.64
(3 F)
=4 Liam Tancock GBR 53.08
(=3 h11)		 53.12
(8 h2)		 52.73
(=4 F)
=4 Ryosuke Irie JPN 53.00
(2 h11)		 52.73
(3 h1)		 52.73
(=4 F)
6 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 53.73
(10 h11)		 53.11
(7 h1)		 52.87
(6 F)
7 Matt Grevers USA 54.04
(16 h12)		 52.82
(5 h1)		 53.14
(7 F)
8 Aris Grigoriadis GRE 53.94
(=14 h13)		 53.03
(6 h2)		 53.43
(8 F)
9 Aaron Peirsol USA 53.08
(=3 h13)		 53.22
(9 h2)		 —
10 Ash Delaney AUS 53.33
(7 h12)		 53.24
(10 h2)		 —
11 Markus Rogan AUT 53.62
(8 h11)		 53.40
(11 h1)		 —
12 Jérémy Stravius FRA 53.67
(9 h12)		 53.82
(12 h2)		 —
13 Mirco Di Tora ITA 53.77
(11 h12)		 53.88
(13 h2)		 —
14 Nick Driebergen NED 53.94
(=14 h10)		 53.92
(14 h1)		 —
15 Juan Rando ESP 53.89
(=12 h10)		 54.13
(15 h1)		 —
16 Stanislav Donets RUS 53.89
(=12 h11)		 54.24
(16 h2)		 —
17 Pascal Wollach CAN 54.08
(17 h12)		 — —
18 Guilherme Guido BRA 54.17
(18 h13)		 — —
19 Benjamin Stasiulis FRA 54.18
(19 h13)		 — —
20 George du Rand RSA 54.29
(20 h11)		 — —
21 Răzvan Florea ROU 54.47
(21 h13)		 — —
22 Guy Barnea ISR 54.51
(22 h13)		 — —
23 Daniel Bell NZL 54.58
(23 h13)		 — —
24 Marco Loughran GBR 54.61
(24 h11)		 — —
25 Leonardo Guedes BRA 54.64
(25 h12)		 — —
26 Radosław Kawęcki POL 54.66
(26 h11)		 — —
27 Charl Crous RSA 54.67
(27 h10)		 — —
28 Karl Burdis IRL 54.74
(28 h10)		 — —
29 Damiano Lestingi ITA 54.77
(29 h11)		 — —
30 Omar Pinzón COL 54.97
(30 h11)		 — —
31 Jake Tapp CAN 54.99
(31 h12)		 — —
32 Robert Hurley AUS 55.18
(32 h12)		 — —
33 He Jianbin CHN 55.24
(33 h10)		 — —
34 Seong Min KOR 55.39
(34 h12)		 — —
35 Cheng Feiyi CHN 55.52
(35 h13)		 — —
36 Sebastian Stoss AUT 55.57
(36 h9)		 — —
37 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 55.78
(37 h10)		 — —
38 Flori Lang SUI 55.84
(38 h10)		 — —
=39 Tomáš Fučík CZE 56.10
(=39 h8)		 — —
=39 Andriy Kovbasa UKR 56.10
(=39 h10)		 — —
=41 Donal O'Neill IRL 56.15
(=41 h10)		 — —
=41 Itai Chammah ISR 56.15
(=41 h1)		 — —
43 Krzysztof Jankiewicz POL 56.23
(43 h10)		 — —
44 Bruno Claeys BEL 56.34
(44 h9)		 — —
45 Andres Olvik EST 56.37
(45 h8)		 — —
46 Dimitrios Chasiotis GRE 56.58
(46 h9)		 — —
47 Pedro Oliveira POR 56.69
(47 h9)		 — —
48 Danil Bugakov UZB 56.77
(48 h9)		 — —
49 Felix Maestru ROU 56.80
(49 h8)		 — —
50 Martin Liivamägi EST 57.00
(50 h8)		 — —
51 Stanislav Osinsky KAZ 57.02
(51 h8)		 — —
52 Pedro Medel CUB 57.03
(52 h9)		 — —
53 Miguel Robles MEX 57.14
(53 h9)		 — —
54 Robert Žbogar SLO 57.45
(54 h8)		 — —
55 Jean-François Schneiders LUX 57.49
(55 h8)		 — —
56 Konstantīns Blohins LAT 57.68
(56 h7)		 — —
57 Naoufel Benabid ALG 57.81
(57 h7)		 — —
58 Amine Kouame MAR 57.95
(58 h7)		 — —
59 Andrejs Dūda LAT 58.00
(59 h7)		 — —
60 Raphaël Stacchiotti LUX 58.03
(60 h9)		 — —
61 Glenn Sutanto INA 58.29
(61 h7)		 — —
62 Rainer Ng SGP 58.57
(62 h7)		 — —
63 Geoffrey Cheah HKG 58.69
(63 h7)		 — —
64 David Rodríguez CUB 58.70
(64 h7)		 — —
65 Đỗ Huy Long VIE 58.79
(65 h7)		 — —
66 Tsung Chao-Lin TPE 58.93
(66 h8)		 — —
67 Nicolás Francia URU 58.94
(67 h9)		 — —
68 Artiom Gladun MDA 58.97
(68 h9)		 — —
69 Rony Bakale CGO 59.10
(69 h6)		 — —
70 Yury Zakharov KGZ 59.13
(70 h8)		 — —
71 Serghei Golban MDA 59.16
(71 h6)		 — —
72 Heshan Unamboowe SRI 59.47
(72 h4)		 — —
73 Bilal Achalhi MAR 59.49
(73 h5)		 — —
74 Jean Gómez DOM 1:00.16
(74 h6)		 — —
75 Doğa Çelik TUR 1:00.22
(75 h8)		 — —
76 Khachik Plavchyan ARM 1:00.31
(76 h6)		 — —
77 Nicholas James ZIM 1:00.34
(77 h5)		 — —
78 Boris Kirillov AZE 1:00.44
(78 h5)		 — —
79 Radomyos Matjiur THA 1:00.61
(79 h6)		 — —
80 Byron Briedenhann NAM 1:00.85
(80 h5)		 — —
81 Ashwin Menon IND 1:00.90
(81 h5)		 — —
82 Mohammed Al-Ghaferi UAE 1:01.18
(82 h5)		 — —
83 Antonio Tong MAC 1:01.41
(83 h5)		 — —
84 Marcelino Richaards SUR 1:01.65
(84 h4)		 — —
85 Ryan Nelthropp ISV 1:01.69
(85 h4)		 — —
86 Kari Høvdanum FAR 1:01.70
(86 h6)		 — —
87 Fernando Castellanos GUA 1:01.92
(87 h3)		 — —
88 Alberto Tasini SMR 1:02.18
(88 h5)		 — —
89 Yousuf Al-Yousef KSA 1:02.28
(89 h6)		 — —
90 Amando Zayas BOL 1:02.87
(90 h3)		 — —
91 Abbas Raad LBN 1:03.28
(91 h6)		 — —
92 Ngou Pok Man MAC 1:03.69
(92 h4)		 — —
93 Praveen Tokas IND 1:03.74
(93 h6)		 — —
94 Samson Opuakpo NGR 1:03.81
(94 h3)		 — —
95 Benjamin Gabbard ASA 1:03.86
(95 h3)		 — —
96 Javier Hernández HON 1:03.98
(96 h6)		 — —
97 Nicholas Coard GRN 1:04.02
(97 h4)		 — —
98 Ronny Vencatachellum MRI 1:04.11
(98 h4)		 — —
99 Tural Abbasov AZE 1:04.47
(99 h5)		 — —
100 Matar Samb SEN 1:04.71
(100 h5)		 — —
101 Mark Sammut MLT 1:05.08
(101 h4)		 — —
102 Edward Caruana MLT 1:05.43
(102 h3)		 — —
103 Vincent Perry FPN 1:05.72
(103 h4)		 — —
104 Juan Carlos Sikaffy HON 1:06.01
(104 h3)		 — —
105 Batsaikhanyn Dölgöön MGL 1:06.96
(105 h4)		 — —
106 Mathieu Marquet MRI 1:07.26
(106 h2)		 — —
107 Sidni Hoxha ALB 1:08.15
(107 h4)		 — —
108 Saif Alaslam Al-Saadi IRQ 1:08.21
(108 h1)		 — —
109 Paul Elaisa FIJ 1:08.81
(109 h2)		 — —
110 Kent Chung Siu BRU 1:08.98
(110 h3)		 — —
111 Carlos Alberto ANG 1:09.14
(111 h2)		 — —
=112 Timur Atahanov TKM 1:09.42
(=112 h2)		 — —
=112 Gary Pineda GUA 1:09.42
(=112 h3)		 — —
114 Perelate Gbagi NGR 1:10.45
(114 h2)		 — —
115 Elaijie Erasito FIJ 1:11.00
(115 h2)		 — —
116 Nadir El-Mofti LBA 1:16.32
(116 h2)		 — —
117 Ibrahim Shameel MDV 1:19.06
(117 h2)		 — —
AC Faiz Muhammad PAK 1:04.46
(DQ h3)		 — —
DNS Mario SulkjaDNS ALB —
(DNS h2)		 — —
DNS Hocine HacianeDNS AND —
(DNS h3)		 — —
DNS Brett FraserDNS CAY —
(DNS h7)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=41 Itai Chammah ISR 56.15
108 Saif Alaslam Al-Saadi IRQ 1:08.21

Heat 10

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=12 Juan Rando ESP 53.89
=14 Nick Driebergen NED 53.94
27 Charl Crous RSA 54.67
28 Karl Burdis IRL 54.74
33 He Jianbin CHN 55.24
37 Derya Büyükuncu TUR 55.78
38 Flori Lang SUI 55.84
=39 Andriy Kovbasa UKR 56.10
=41 Donal O'Neill IRL 56.15
43 Krzysztof Jankiewicz POL 56.23

Heat 11

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Ryosuke Irie JPN 53.00
=3 Liam Tancock GBR 53.08
8 Markus Rogan AUT 53.62
10 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 53.73
=12 Stanislav Donets RUS 53.89
20 George du Rand RSA 54.29
24 Marco Loughran GBR 54.61
26 Radosław Kawęcki POL 54.66
29 Damiano Lestingi ITA 54.77
30 Omar Pinzón COL 54.97

Heat 12

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 52.93
7 Ash Delaney AUS 53.33
9 Jérémy Stravius FRA 53.67
11 Mirco Di Tora ITA 53.77
16 Matt Grevers USA 54.04
17 Pascal Wollach CAN 54.08
25 Leonardo Guedes BRA 54.64
31 Jake Tapp CAN 54.99
32 Robert Hurley AUS 55.18
34 Seong Min KOR 55.39

Heat 13

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=3 Junya Koga JPN 53.08
=3 Aaron Peirsol USA 53.08
6 Helge Meeuw GER 53.28
=14 Aris Grigoriadis GRE 53.94
18 Guilherme Guido BRA 54.17
19 Benjamin Stasiulis FRA 54.18
21 Răzvan Florea ROU 54.47
22 Guy Barnea ISR 54.51
23 Daniel Bell NZL 54.58
35 Cheng Feiyi CHN 55.52

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
106 Mathieu Marquet MRI 1:07.26
109 Paul Elaisa FIJ 1:08.81
111 Carlos Alberto ANG 1:09.14
=112 Timur Atahanov TKM 1:09.42
114 Perelate Gbagi NGR 1:10.45
115 Elaijie Erasito FIJ 1:11.00
116 Nadir El-Mofti LBA 1:16.32
117 Ibrahim Shameel MDV 1:19.06
DNS Mario SulkjaDNS ALB —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
87 Fernando Castellanos GUA 1:01.92
90 Amando Zayas BOL 1:02.87
94 Samson Opuakpo NGR 1:03.81
95 Benjamin Gabbard ASA 1:03.86
102 Edward Caruana MLT 1:05.43
104 Juan Carlos Sikaffy HON 1:06.01
110 Kent Chung Siu BRU 1:08.98
=112 Gary Pineda GUA 1:09.42
DQ Faiz Muhammad PAK 1:04.46
DNS Hocine HacianeDNS AND —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
72 Heshan Unamboowe SRI 59.47
84 Marcelino Richaards SUR 1:01.65
85 Ryan Nelthropp ISV 1:01.69
92 Ngou Pok Man MAC 1:03.69
97 Nicholas Coard GRN 1:04.02
98 Ronny Vencatachellum MRI 1:04.11
101 Mark Sammut MLT 1:05.08
103 Vincent Perry FPN 1:05.72
105 Batsaikhanyn Dölgöön MGL 1:06.96
107 Sidni Hoxha ALB 1:08.15

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
73 Bilal Achalhi MAR 59.49
77 Nicholas James ZIM 1:00.34
78 Boris Kirillov AZE 1:00.44
80 Byron Briedenhann NAM 1:00.85
81 Ashwin Menon IND 1:00.90
82 Mohammed Al-Ghaferi UAE 1:01.18
83 Antonio Tong MAC 1:01.41
88 Alberto Tasini SMR 1:02.18
99 Tural Abbasov AZE 1:04.47
100 Matar Samb SEN 1:04.71

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
69 Rony Bakale CGO 59.10
71 Serghei Golban MDA 59.16
74 Jean Gómez DOM 1:00.16
76 Khachik Plavchyan ARM 1:00.31
79 Radomyos Matjiur THA 1:00.61
86 Kari Høvdanum FAR 1:01.70
89 Yousuf Al-Yousef KSA 1:02.28
91 Abbas Raad LBN 1:03.28
93 Praveen Tokas IND 1:03.74
96 Javier Hernández HON 1:03.98

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
56 Konstantīns Blohins LAT 57.68
57 Naoufel Benabid ALG 57.81
58 Amine Kouame MAR 57.95
59 Andrejs Dūda LAT 58.00
61 Glenn Sutanto INA 58.29
62 Rainer Ng SGP 58.57
63 Geoffrey Cheah HKG 58.69
64 David Rodríguez CUB 58.70
65 Đỗ Huy Long VIE 58.79
DNS Brett FraserDNS CAY —

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=39 Tomáš Fučík CZE 56.10
45 Andres Olvik EST 56.37
49 Felix Maestru ROU 56.80
50 Martin Liivamägi EST 57.00
51 Stanislav Osinsky KAZ 57.02
54 Robert Žbogar SLO 57.45
55 Jean-François Schneiders LUX 57.49
66 Tsung Chao-Lin TPE 58.93
70 Yury Zakharov KGZ 59.13
75 Doğa Çelik TUR 1:00.22

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
36 Sebastian Stoss AUT 55.57
44 Bruno Claeys BEL 56.34
46 Dimitrios Chasiotis GRE 56.58
47 Pedro Oliveira POR 56.69
48 Danil Bugakov UZB 56.77
52 Pedro Medel CUB 57.03
53 Miguel Robles MEX 57.14
60 Raphaël Stacchiotti LUX 58.03
67 Nicolás Francia URU 58.94
68 Artiom Gladun MDA 58.97

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Junya Koga JPN 52.39
2 Helge Meeuw GER 52.49
3 Ryosuke Irie JPN 52.73
5 Matt Grevers USA 52.82
7 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 53.11
11 Markus Rogan AUT 53.40
14 Nick Driebergen NED 53.92
15 Juan Rando ESP 54.13

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
4 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 52.76
6 Aris Grigoriadis GRE 53.03
8 Liam Tancock GBR 53.12
9 Aaron Peirsol USA 53.22
10 Ash Delaney AUS 53.24
12 Jérémy Stravius FRA 53.82
13 Mirco Di Tora ITA 53.88
16 Stanislav Donets RUS 54.24

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Junya Koga JPN 52.26
2 Helge Meeuw GER 52.54
3 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP 52.64
=4 Liam Tancock GBR 52.73
=4 Ryosuke Irie JPN 52.73
6 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS 52.87
7 Matt Grevers USA 53.14
8 Aris Grigoriadis GRE 53.43