Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 25 July. The heats and swmi-finals took place 24 July, with the final being held on 25 July.

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates22 July 2001
Winning time25.34 seconds
Medalists
 Randall Bal   United States
 Thomas Rupprath   Germany
 Matt Welsh   Australia
2003 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Open water swimming
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Freewomen
Duet
Freewomen
Team
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordLenny Krayzelburg United States24.99Sydney13 August 1999

Results

Heats

Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Randall Bal United States25.34
Thomas Rupprath Germany25.44
Matt Welsh Australia25.49
4Stev Theloke Germany25.69
5Mariusz Siembida Poland25.82
6Riley Janes Canada25.98
7Josh Watson Australia26.05
8Vyacheslav Shyrshov Ukraine26.40

References

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