2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 3 December with the heats and the semifinals and 4 December with the final.[1]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Dates3 December (heats and semifinals)
4 December (final)
Competitors89 from 70 nations
Winning time49.57
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Poland
bronze medal    Japan
bronze medal    United States
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Records

Prior to the 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

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:20.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
171Matt Grevers  United States50.19Q
294Mitch Larkin  Australia50.54Q
386David Gamburg  Israel50.64Q
495Benjamin Stasiulis  France50.66Q
583Ryosuke Irie  Japan50.72Q
674Christian Diener  Germany50.75Q
784Eugene Godsoe  United States50.79Q
875Chris Walker-Hebborn  Great Britain50.81Q
976Stanislav Donets  Russia50.99Q
997Radosław Kawęcki  Poland50.99Q
1193Guilherme Guido  Brazil51.05Q
1285Yuki Shirai  Japan51.06Q
1388Lavrans Solli  Norway51.33Q
1472Danas Rapšys  Lithuania51.35Q
1496Guy Barnea  Israel51.35Q
1682Russell Wood  Canada51.36Q
1789Omar Pinzón  Colombia51.45NR
1877Simone Sabbioni  Italy51.56
1992Niccolo Bonacchi  Italy51.65
2073Alexandr Tarabrin  Kazakhstan51.92
2178Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea51.93
2259Robert Glință  Romania51.99
2398Lucas Salatta  Brazil52.08
2480Apostolos Christou  Greece52.17
2581Gábor Balog  Hungary52.30
2642Rexford Tullius  United States Virgin Islands52.33
2791Péter Bernek  Hungary52.82
2899Martin Baďura  Czech Republic52.90
2965Viktar Staselovich  Belarus52.97
3066Charl Crous  South Africa53.03
3170Lukas Rauftlin   Switzerland53.08
3287Alexis Santos  Portugal53.17
3361Antons Voitovs  Latvia53.29
3464Sun Xiaolei  China53.41
3590Janis Šaltāns  Latvia53.43
3662Martin Zhelev  Bulgaria53.73
3768Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg53.79
3879Stephanus Coetzer  South Africa53.88
3954Davíð Aðalsteinsson  Iceland54.04
4069Semen Makovich  Russia54.09
4167Charles Hockin  Paraguay54.14
4263Marko Krce-Rabar  Croatia54.25
4352Andres Montoya  Colombia54.33
4450Armando Barrera  Cuba54.41
4560Kristinn Þórarinsson  Iceland54.68
4655Lau Shiu Yue  Hong Kong54.86
4741Boris Kirillov  Azerbaijan54.92
4845Jamal Chavoshifar  Iran55.03
4951Roman Dmytrijev  Czech Republic55.23
5046David van der Cloff  Botswana55.37
5157Daniil Bukin  Uzbekistan55.46
5256Ryad Djendouci  Algeria55.50
5358Matías López  Paraguay55.56
5433Matthew Abeysinghe  Sri Lanka56.05
5544Lin Shih-chieh  Chinese Taipei56.28
5631Grigorii Kalminskii  Azerbaijan56.36
5753Ng Kai Hong Henry  Hong Kong56.41
5848Gorazd Chepishevski  Macedonia56.70
5943Merdan Ataýew  Turkmenistan56.82
6040Driss Lahrichi  Morocco57.31
6132Peter Wetzlar  Zimbabwe57.33
6234Rodrigo Suriano  El Salvador57.34
6347Soroush Ghandchi  Iran57.46
6435Neil Muscat  Malta57.55
6549Hamdan Bayusuf  Kenya58.01
6638Yaaqoub Al-Saadi  United Arab Emirates58.23
6736Aram Kostanyan  Armenia58.65
6839Igor Mogne  Mozambique58.69
6930Patrick Groters  Aruba58.78
7037Maroun Waked  Lebanon59.17
7124Yum Cheng Man  Macau59.81
7226Andrea Barberini  San Marino59.93
7325Jeremy Kostons  Curaçao1:00.10
7422Jordan Gonzalez  Gibraltar1:00.60
7523Noah Al-Khulaifi  Qatar1:01.34
7627Rony Bakale  Republic of the Congo1:02.64
7721Nathan Nades  Papua New Guinea1:02.94
7813Aliasger Karimjee  Tanzania1:04.78
7920J'Air Smith  Antigua and Barbuda1:05.22
8028Arnold Kisulo  Uganda1:05.70
8115Temaruata Strickland  Cook Islands1:05.74
8214Dean Hoffman  Seychelles1:06.51
8329Aleksander Ngresi  Albania1:08.85
8412Ahnt Khaung Htut  Myanmar1:09.07
8517Storm Hablich  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1:10.02
8618Phathana Inthavong  Laos1:10.52
8711Tommy Imazu  Guam1:12.30
8816Dionisio Augustine  Federated States of Micronesia1:12.93
8910Tanner Poppe  Guam1:15.96

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:14.[3]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Mitch Larkin  Australia49.62Q
23Christian Diener  Germany50.32Q
32Radosław Kawęcki  Poland50.54Q
45Benjamin Stasiulis  France50.68Q
56Chris Walker-Hebborn  Great Britain50.76
67Yuki Shirai  Japan50.85
71Danas Rapšys  Lithuania50.95
88Russell Wood  Canada51.59

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
17Guilherme Guido  Brazil50.12Q
23Ryosuke Irie  Japan50.16Q
34Matt Grevers  United States50.26Q
46Eugene Godsoe  United States50.42Q
52Stanislav Donets  Russia50.69
65David Gamburg  Israel50.78
71Lavrans Solli  Norway51.33
88Guy Barnea  Israel51.64

Final

The final was held at 18:34.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Mitch Larkin  Australia49.57
1Radosław Kawęcki  Poland50.11
3Ryosuke Irie  Japan50.12
6Matt Grevers  United States50.12
52Christian Diener  Germany50.21
55Guilherme Guido  Brazil50.21
77Eugene Godsoe  United States50.40
88Benjamin Stasiulis  France50.86

References