2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 – 13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Men's 100m Backstroke
at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates12 December (heats and semifinals)
13 December (final)
Winning time49.89
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Brazil
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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordNick Thoman  United States48.94Manchester18 December 2009
Championship recordStanislav Donets  Russia48.95Dubai19 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

[1]

RankHeatLaneNameTimeNotes
154  Robert Hurley (AUS)50.22Q
264  Matt Grevers (USA)50.55Q
374  Stanislav Donets (RUS)50.83Q
465  Guilherme Guido (BRA)51.14Q
555  Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP)51.19Q
573  Ashley Delaney (AUS)51.19Q
746  Guy Barnea (ISR)51.30Q, NR
863  Kosuke Hagino (JPN)51.40Q
976  Pavel Sankovich (BLR)51.48Q
1075  Radosław Kawęcki (POL)51.51Q
1162  Péter Bernek (HUN)51.55Q
1277  Iskender Baslakov (TUR)51.56Q
1366  Damiano Lestingi (ITA)51.58Q
1472  Christian Diener (GER)51.61Q
1567  Mirco Di Tora (ITA)51.69Q
1652  Cheng Feiyi (CHN)51.70Q
1778  Jonatan Kopelev (ISR)51.82
1856  Daniel Orzechowski (BRA)51.89
1953  Yuki Shirai (JPN)51.99
2068  Darren Murray (RSA)52.09
2170  Chris Walker-Hebborn (GBR)52.11
2211  Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ)52.17
2358  Ben Hesen (USA)52.19
2418  Xu Jiayu (CHN)52.21
2571  Andrei Shabasov (RUS)52.22
2651  Corey Main (NZL)52.60
2761  Lavrans Solli (NOR)52.66
2857  Alexis Santos (POR)52.74
2950  Tomasz Polewka (POL)53.03
3060  Dorian Gandin (FRA)53.35
3169  Güven Duvan (TUR)53.45
3244  Garth Tune (RSA)53.68
3342  Martin Zhelev (BUL)53.89NR
3449  Charles Hockin (PAR)54.00
3559  Lukas Räuftlin (SUI)54.08
3645  Quah Zheng Wen (SIN)54.70NR
3779  Gábor Balog (HUN)54.74
3847  Jake Tapp (CAN)54.96
3940  Danas Rapšys (LTU)55.08
4035  Armando Barrera Aira (CUB)55.15
4143  Ng Kai Wee Rainer (SIN)55.20
4248  Rostislav Kubicky (SVK)55.22
4334  Timothy Wynter (JAM)55.55
4433  Jean Luis Gómez (DOM)55.64NR
4539  Awse Ma'aya (JOR)56.16
4637  Boris Kirillov (AZE)56.32
4736  Yeziel Morales (PUR)56.95
4824  Ngou Pok Man (MAC)57.19
4931  Jamal Chavoshifar (IRI)58.26
5030  Rohit Imoliya (IND)58.96
5123  Roy Barahona (HON)59.15
5221  Samson Opuakpo (NGR)59.17
5332  Mohammed Al-Ghafri (UAE)59.50
5438  Nicholas Coard (GRN)59.82
5522  David van der Colff (BOT)1:00.28
5626  Sio Kin Hei (MAC)1:01.34
5727  Pablo Feo (AND)1:01.65
5828  Erdenemunkh Demuul (MGL)1:02.08
5925  Rahul Monal Chokshi (IND)1:02.73
6029  Hilal Hemed Hilal (TAN)1:05.37
6120  Faraj Farhan (BHR)1:06.85
6214  Brandon Schuster (SAM)1:09.34
6315  Storm Halbich (VIN)1:21.02
6413  Nikolas Sylvester (VIN)1:25.77
41  Daniel Ramirez Carranza (MEX)DSQ
16  Rhudi Ayi Mensah Quaye (GHA)DNS
17  Luis Rafael Rojas Martinez (VEN)DNS

Semifinals

[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125Stanislav Donets  Russia49.98Q
214Matt Grevers  United States50.24Q
313Ashley Delaney  Australia50.66Q
424Robert Hurley  Australia50.70Q
517Iskender Baslakov  Turkey50.77Q, NR
612Radosław Kawęcki  Poland50.88Q
715Guilherme Guido  Brazil50.98Q
811Christian Diener  Germany51.06Q
926Guy Barnea  Israel51.12NR
1023Aschwin Wildeboer  Spain51.16
1127Péter Bernek  Hungary51.42
1218Cheng Feiyi  China51.43
1322Pavel Sankovich  Belarus51.47
1328Mirco Di Tora  Italy51.47
1516Kosuke Hagino  Japan51.56
1621Damiano Lestingi  Italy51.63

Final

The final was held at 19:24.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Matt Grevers  United States49.89
4Stanislav Donets  Russia49.91
1Guilherme Guido  Brazil50.50
43Ashley Delaney  Australia50.61
56Robert Hurley  Australia50.63
67Radosław Kawęcki  Poland50.75
72Iskender Baslakov  Turkey50.76NR
88Christian Diener  Germany51.27

References