Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam July 26–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] and Semifinal[2] heats were on July 26, with the Final[3] swum on July 27.

Men's 50m Backstroke
at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates26 July (prelims)
27 July (final)
Winning time24.80 seconds
Medalists
 Thomas Rupprath   Germany
 Matt Welsh   Australia
 Gerhard Zandberg   South Africa
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 2003 World Aquatics Championships

Prior to the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:

Results

Final
PlaceSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Thomas Rupprath Germany24.80WR
2Matt Welsh Australia25.01
3Gerhard Zandberg South Africa25.07
4Steffen Driesen Germany25.14
5Randall Bal USA25.19
6Darius Grigalionis Lithuania25.53
7Josh Watson Australia25.62
8Aaron Peirsol USA25.75

Semifinals
RankHeat + LaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1S2 L4Thomas Rupprath Germany25.07q, CR
2S1 L4Steffen Driesen Germany25.38q
2S1 L6Gerhard Zandberg South Africa25.38q
4S2 L6Aaron Peirsol USA25.47q
5S1 L1Josh Watson Australia25.50q
6S2 L5Randall Bal USA25.51q
7S1 L5Matt Welsh Australia25.52q
8S1 L3Darius Grigalionis Lithuania25.61q
9S2 L3David Ortega Spain25.62
10S2 L7Alex Lim Malaysia25.68
11S2 L8Ouyang Kunpeng China25.74
12S1 L7Tomomi Morita Japan25.79
13S1 L2Ahmed Hussein Egypt25.81
14S2 L2Arkady Vyatchanin Russia25.91
15S1 L8Atsushi Nishikori Japan25.95
16S2 L1Vyacheslav Shyrshov Ukraine25.99

Preliminaries
RankHeat+LaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1H13 L4Thomas Rupprath  Germany25.19q, CR
2H13 L5Steffen Driesen  Germany25.48q
3H12 L8Randall Bal  United States25.53q
4H12 L4Matt Welsh  Australia25.60q
5H11 L4David Ortega  Spain25.71q
6H13 L3Darius Grigalionis  Lithuania25.76q
6H13 L8Aaron Peirsol  United States25.76q
8H12 L5Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa25.80q
9H12 L2Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia25.85q
10H11 L2Ahmed Hussein  Egypt25.89q
11H12 L3Alex Lim  Malaysia25.93q
11H12 L7Tomomi Morita  Japan25.93q
13H10 L8Vyacheslav Shyrshov  Ukraine25.97q
14H11 L5Josh Watson  Australia26.01q
15H11 L6Ouyang Kunpeng  China26.08q
15H13 L6Atsushi Nishikori  Japan26.08q
17H10 L4Viktor Bodrogi  Hungary26.11
18H13 L7Nuno Laurentino  Portugal26.13
19H08 L8Örn Arnarson  Iceland26.18
20H10 L7Gregor Tait  Great Britain26.23
21H12 L6Riley Janes  Canada26.24
22H13 L2Péter Horváth  Hungary26.25
23H10 L1Markus Rogan  Austria26.26
23H13 L1Min Sung  South Korea26.26
25H10 L5Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia26.29
26H09 L5Jani Sievinen  Finland26.30
27H10 L2Pavlo Illichov  Ukraine26.34
28H11 L1Ales Volcansek  Croatia26.35
29H12 L1Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea26.37
30H11 L3Flori Lang  Switzerland26.46
31H10 L3Gordan Kožulj  Croatia26.48
32H08 L5Pablo Martin Abal  Argentina26.49
33H09 L1Pavel Suškov  Lithuania26.61
34H09 L2Jens Petersson  Sweden26.64
34H09 L7Yoav Gath  Israel26.64
36H09 L8Alexandr Ivlev  Moldova26.73
37H08 L4Martin Viilep  Estonia26.76
38H09 L3Eric la Fleur  Sweden26.83
39H09 L4Paulo Machado  Brazil26.86
40H11 L8Cameron Gibson  New Zealand26.94
41H01 L3Rui Yu  China26.99
42H11 L7Orel Oral  Turkey27.07
43H08 L2Rogério Romero  Brazil27.49
44H08 L3Oleg Pukhnaty  Uzbekistan27.75
45H07 L4Nicholas Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago28.10
46H08 L7Mauricio Prudencio  Bolivia28.15
47H06 L2Gustavo Vera  Paraguay28.31
48H07 L5Albert Subirats  Venezuela28.35
49H06 L4Jared Heine  Marshall Islands28.38
50H08 L6Ashby Brendan  Zimbabwe28.41
51H07 L8Ismael Ortiz  Panama28.60
52H07 L3Guillermo Andres Ramirez Lemis  Colombia28.72
53H07 L2V. Arun Vellore  India28.76
54H03 L5Onan Thom  Guyana28.80
55H08 L1Mikhail Alekseyev  Uzbekistan28.82
56H06 L6Yau Sun Fai  Hong Kong29.01
57H06 L3Asela Pradeep Perera  Sri Lanka29.21
58H06 L7Chi Lon Lei  Macau29.24
59H07 L6Abed Rahman Kaaki  Lebanon29.25
60H05 L5Khaly Ciss  Senegal29.26
61H06 L5Roberto Sanso  Costa Rica29.33
62H05 L8Ranui Teriipaia  Tahiti29.41
63H05 L4Olufolahan Oluwole  Nigeria29.43
64H06 L1Rony Bakale  Republic of the Congo29.66
65H06 L8Mohammad Nazeri  Iran29.74
66H05 L6James B. Walsh  Philippines29.80
67H04 L3Davy Bisslik  Aruba29.92
68H04 L7Joao Aguiar  Angola29.98
69H05 L3Rubel Mohammad Rubel Rana  Bangladesh30.01
70H07 L1Omar Abu Faris  Jordan30.06
71H07 L7Yury Zaharov  Kyrgyzstan30.20
72H04 L5Fadi Jalabi  Syria30.45
73H04 L1Nuno Rola  Angola30.68
74H03 L4Patrick Boustany  Lebanon30.71
75H05 L7Kabir Walia  Kenya30.72
76H04 L6Seung Gin Lee  Northern Mariana Islands30.75
77H04 L8Urnultsaikhan Ganbold  Mongolia30.80
78H04 L2Sean Chow  Fiji30.84
79H03 L3Clark Randrianandraina  Madagascar31.55
80H02 L4Welbert Samuel  Federated States of Micronesia31.80
81H02 L5Peter James Linch  Zambia32.08
82H03 L2Muzeya Muzyamba  Zambia32.32
83H03 L1Sarmad A.A. Mohamad  Iraq32.90
84H02 L6Carlos Notarianni  Marshall Islands33.12
85H03 L8Mohammed S. Abbas  Iraq33.21
86H05 L2Hadjamamed Hadjamamedov  Turkmenistan33.85
87H02 L2Awsan Mohammed Saleh Qardaa  Yemen45.91
88H02 L7Ali Maiga Akibou  Niger47.50
--Gilbert Kaburu  UgandaDQ
--James Goddard  Great BritainDNS
--Peter Mankoč  SloveniaDNS
--Fils Theodore Tchena  CameroonDNS
--Zhmed Ouattara Zie  Ivory CoastDNS
--Landry H. Degnifo Enokorin  Ivory CoastDNS
--Abubakarr Ialloh  Sierra LeoneDNS
--Nkandeu Fortin Leukam  CameroonDNS
--Emery Nziyumvira  BurundiDNS

References
  1. Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07.
  2. Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Semifinals. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07.
  3. Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07.
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