Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Appearance
Men's 200m Backstroke at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 24 July (prelims, semifinals) 25 July (final) | |||||||||
Winning time | 1 minute 55.92 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2003 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The Men's 200 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam July 24–25, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] and Semifinal[2] heats were on 24 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The Final[3] swam on 25 July.
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:
- WR: 1:55.15 swum by Aaron Peirsol (USA) on March 22, 2002 in Minneapolis, USA
- CR: 1:57.13 swum by Aaron Peirsol (USA) on July 27, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
Results
[edit]Final
[edit]Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Aaron Peirsol | ![]() |
1:55.92 | |
2 | Gordan Kožulj | ![]() |
1:57.47 | |
3 | Simon Dufour | ![]() |
1:57.90 | |
4 | Bryce Hunt | ![]() |
1:57.92 | |
5 | Matt Welsh | ![]() |
1:57.94 | |
6 | Arkady Vyatchanin | ![]() |
1:58.07 | |
7 | Răzvan Florea | ![]() |
1:58.66 | |
8 | Blaž Medvešek | ![]() |
1:58.96 |
Semifinals
[edit]Rank | Heat + Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | S2 L4 | Aaron Peirsol | ![]() |
1:55.82 | q, CR |
2 | S2 L5 | Arkady Vyatchanin | ![]() |
1:57.88 | q |
3 | S1 L5 | Gordan Kožulj | ![]() |
1:57.94 | q |
4 | S1 L6 | Bryce Hunt | ![]() |
1:58.04 | q |
5 | S1 L4 | Matt Welsh | ![]() |
1:58.34 | q |
6 | S1 L2 | Răzvan Florea | ![]() |
1:58.52 | q |
7 | S2 L6 | Simon Dufour | ![]() |
1:58.81 | q |
8 | S1 L3 | Gregor Tait | ![]() |
1:59.02 | swim off |
8 | S1 L7 | Blaž Medvešek | ![]() |
1:59.02 | swim off, q |
10 | S2 L2 | Yoav Gath | ![]() |
1:59.22 | |
11 | S2 L7 | Markus Rogan | ![]() |
1:59.29 | |
12 | S2 L1 | Steffen Driesen | ![]() |
1:59.40 | |
13 | S2 L3 | László Cseh | ![]() |
1:59.45 | |
14 | S2 L8 | Keith Beavers | ![]() |
1:59.86 | |
15 | S1 L1 | Jorge Sánchez | ![]() |
2:00.19 | |
16 | S1 L8 | Helge Meeuw | ![]() |
2:00.21 |
Swim-off for 8th
- Blaz Medvesk (Slovenia) -- 1:58.61—q
- Gregor Tait (Great Britain) -- 1:58.80
Preliminaries
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 2003 Worlds results: Men's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ 2003 Worlds results: Men's 200m Backstroke Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ 2003 Worlds results: Men's 200m Backstroke Finals Archived 2009-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.