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Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates3 August (heats and semifinals)
4 August (final)
Competitors68 from 58 nations
Winning time52.40
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    France
bronze medal    United States
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The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 3 August with the heats and the semifinals and 4 August with the final.[1]

Records

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

World record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 51.94 Indianapolis, United States 8 July 2009
Competition record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 52.19 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 3 August at 09:49.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 5 Mitch Larkin  Australia 52.50 Q, OC
2 7 4 Matt Grevers  United States 53.21 Q
3 6 4 Xu Jiayu  China 53.29 Q
4 6 6 Liam Tancock  Great Britain 53.35 Q
5 7 5 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 53.37 Q
6 6 3 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 53.57 Q
7 5 4 Chris Walker-Hebborn  Great Britain 53.64 Q
8 5 2 Grigory Tarasevich  Russia 53.69 Q
9 7 3 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 53.74 Q
10 6 1 Jan-Philip Glania  Germany 53.78 Q
11 7 6 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 53.83 Q
12 5 3 Jérémy Stravius  France 53.92 Q
6 2 Camille Lacourt  France Q
7 7 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel Q
15 5 6 Ben Treffers  Australia 54.00 Q
16 5 5 David Plummer  United States 54.06 Q
17 7 2 Masaki Kaneko  Japan 54.19
18 5 1 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 54.20
19 6 8 Tomasz Polewka  Poland 54.26
20 5 9 Li Guangyuan  China 54.34
21 7 9 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 54.40 NR
22 7 0 Corey Main  New Zealand 54.51
23 4 4 Gábor Balog  Hungary 54.65
24 7 8 Christian Diener  Germany 54.75
25 6 0 Park Seon-kwan  South Korea 54.80
26 6 7 Christopher Ciccarese  Italy 54.81
6 9 Juan Miguel Rando  Spain
28 5 0 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 54.86
29 5 7 Russell Wood  Canada 54.90
30 4 3 Robert Glință  Romania 55.07
31 7 1 Apostolos Christou  Greece 55.10
32 4 1 Ralf Tribuntsov  Estonia 55.13 NR
33 4 0 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 55.24
34 4 5 Lavrans Solli  Norway 55.28
35 5 8 Pavel Sankovich  Belarus 55.79
36 3 3 Mohamed Hussein  Egypt 55.85
37 3 8 Rexford Tullius  Virgin Islands 55.88
38 4 7 Omar Pinzón  Colombia 55.90
39 3 4 Lukas Rauftlin   Switzerland 56.11
40 4 6 Janis Šaltans  Latvia 56.15
41 3 6 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 56.39
4 9 I Gede Siman Sudartawa  Indonesia
43 3 5 Doruk Tekin  Turkey 56.57
44 4 8 Lê Nguyễn Paul  Vietnam 56.95
45 3 7 Petar Petrović  Serbia 57.44
46 2 6 Timothy Wynter  Jamaica 57.47
47 2 2 Boris Kirillov  Azerbaijan 57.50
48 3 9 Martin Zhelev  Bulgaria 57.55
49 2 3 Merdan Ataýew  Turkmenistan 57.57
50 3 0 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 57.84
51 2 1 David van der Colff  Botswana 57.95
52 3 1 Jamal Chavoshifar  Iran 58.75
53 1 5 Eisner Barbarena  Nicaragua 58.95
54 2 5 Ngou Pok Man  Macau 59.12
55 2 0 Jean Gómez  Dominican Republic 59.69
56 2 9 Lushano Lamprecht  Namibia 59.77
57 1 4 Hamdan Bayusuf  Kenya 1:00.07
58 2 8 Driss Lahrichi  Morocco 1:00.42
59 1 3 Adel Elfakir  Libya 1:00.84
60 2 7 Yaaqoub Al-Saadi  United Arab Emirates 1:01.04
61 1 2 Mohammed Bedour  Jordan 1:02.33
62 1 7 Mohammad Ahmed  Bangladesh 1:04.28
63 1 1 Farhan Saleh  Bahrain 1:04.94
64 1 8 Noah Al-Khulaifi  Qatar 1:05.36
65 1 6 Arnold Kisulo  Uganda 1:06.14
66 1 0 Temaruata Strickland  Cook Islands 1:10.89
67 1 9 Htut Ahnt Khaung  Myanmar 1:12.90
2 4 Daniel Ramírez  Mexico DNS
4 2 Albert Subirats  Venezuela DNS
3 2 Armando Barrera  Cuba DSQ

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:48.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Matt Grevers  United States 52.73 Q
2 5 Liam Tancock  Great Britain 53.19 Q
3 8 David Plummer  United States 53.54
4 6 Grigory Tarasevich  Russia 53.64
5 1 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 53.77
6 2 Jan-Philip Glania  Germany 53.78
7 3 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 53.88
8 7 Jérémy Stravius  France 54.54

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 52.38 Q, OC
2 1 Camille Lacourt  France 52.70 Q
3 3 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 53.13 Q
4 2 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 53.14 Q
5 5 Xu Jiayu  China 53.15 Q
6 6 Chris Walker-Hebborn  Great Britain 53.39 Q
7 7 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 53.60
8 Ben Treffers  Australia DSQ

Final

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Larkin and Grevers after finishing the final heat

The final was held on 4 August at 18:36.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 52.40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Camille Lacourt  France 52.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Matt Grevers  United States 52.66
4 7 Xu Jiayu  China 52.89
5 8 Chris Walker-Hebborn  Great Britain 53.02
6 6 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 53.10
7 2 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 53.23
8 1 Liam Tancock  Great Britain 53.37

References

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