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Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates22 July (heats and semifinals)
23 July (final)
Competitors63 from 57 nations
Winning time52.43
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Australia
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The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 22 and 23 July 2019.[1][2] The defending champion was Xu Jiayu, and he successfully defended his title.[3] Jiayu set a competition record in the semifinals by winning his semifinal in 52.17 seconds.

Records

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

World record  Ryan Murphy (USA) 51.85 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 August 2016
Competition record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 52.19 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
22 July Semifinal Xu Jiayu  China 52.17 CR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 22 July at 10:20.[4]

Due to backstroke wedge malfunctions, Simone Sabbioni and Dylan Carter swam alone in new series, after the end of the normal series, and both achieved classification. The swimmers who had obtained the vacancy, and would be disqualified after these 2 series (Thomas Ceccon and Richárd Bohus), received extra vacancies for the semifinal, that ended up being with 18 swimmers.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Xu Jiayu  China 52.85 Q
2 5 2 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 52.95 Q, SA
3 5 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 53.12 Q
4 5 5 Matt Grevers  United States 53.22 Q
5 6 5 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 53.38 Q
6 7 3 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 53.45 Q
7 6 3 Robert Glință  Romania 53.64 Q
8 6 6 Daniel Martin  Romania 53.65 Q
9 7 4 Ryan Murphy  United States 53.69 Q
10 5 3 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 53.77 Q
11 6 0 Mikita Tsmyh  Belarus 53.81 Q, NR
12 7 2 Apostolos Christou  Greece 53.82 Q
13 8 5 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 53.85 Q
14 7 5 Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia 53.89 Q
15 5 7 Luke Greenbank  Great Britain 53.95 Q
16 9 8 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 54.03 Q, NR
17 5 6 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 54.04 Q
18 6 8 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 54.07 Q
19 7 1 Christopher Reid  South Africa 54.12
20 7 0 Tomáš Franta  Czech Republic 54.16 NR
21 6 2 Shane Ryan  Ireland 54.24
22 5 1 Li Guangyuan  China 54.29
22 7 8 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 54.29
24 7 7 Bradley Woodward  Australia 54.41
25 5 0 Lee Ju-ho  South Korea 54.56
26 6 1 Christian Diener  Germany 54.68
27 7 9 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 54.76
28 4 4 Roman Mityukov   Switzerland 54.87
29 6 7 Bernhard Reitshammer  Austria 54.94
30 6 9 Bradlee Ashby  New Zealand 55.02
31 4 2 Gabriel Lópes  Portugal 55.33
32 3 7 Merdan Ataýew  Turkmenistan 55.34
33 4 1 Metin Aydin  Turkey 55.40
34 4 3 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas  Norway 55.42
35 4 6 Anton Loncar  Croatia 55.44
36 4 0 Srihari Nataraj  India 55.55
37 5 9 Hugo González  Spain 55.67
38 3 5 Karl Johann Luht  Estonia 55.75
39 4 9 Mohamed Samy  Egypt 55.87
40 3 4 Adil Kaskabay  Kazakhstan 55.89
41 4 7 Chuang Mu-lun  Chinese Taipei 56.01
42 3 6 Jack Kirby  Barbados 56.25
43 3 3 Ģirts Feldbergs  Latvia 56.34
44 4 5 Omar Pinzón  Colombia 56.37
45 3 1 Jason Arthur  Ghana 56.86
46 3 8 Kristinn Þórarinsson  Iceland 56.99
47 4 8 Armando Barrera  Cuba 57.00
48 3 0 Tern Tern Jian Han  Malaysia 57.34
49 2 4 Filippos Iakovidis  Cyprus 58.26
50 2 6 Gabriel Castillo  Bolivia 58.47
51 2 9 Ali Al-Zamil  Kuwait 58.63
52 3 2 Robinson Molina  Venezuela 59.08
53 2 3 Kasipat Chograthin  Thailand 59.10
54 2 5 Dimuth Peiris  Sri Lanka 59.62
55 2 2 Syed Tariq  Pakistan 59.71
56 2 8 Netani Ross  Fiji 1:00.30
57 2 7 Eisner Barberena  Nicaragua 1:00.56
58 1 3 Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo  Madagascar 1:00.87
59 2 1 Ado Gargović  Montenegro 1:01.37
60 1 5 Omar Al-Rowaila  Bahrain 1:02.96
61 2 0 Juhn Tenorio  Northern Mariana Islands 1:04.91
62 1 4 Juwel Ahmmed  Bangladesh 1:05.00
63 1 6 Hedayatullah Noorzad  Afghanistan 1:31.35
3 9 Driss Lahrichi  Morocco DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 22 July at 20:18.[6]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 52.44 Q, NR
2 5 Matt Grevers  United States 52.82 Q
3 4 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 53.23 Q
4 1 Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia 53.44
5 7 Apostolos Christou  Greece 53.56
6 2 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 53.59
7 6 Daniel Martin  Romania 53.71
8 0 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 53.94
9 8 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 54.08

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Xu Jiayu  China 52.17 Q, CR
2 2 Ryan Murphy  United States 52.44 Q
3 5 Mitch Larkin  Australia 52.91 Q
4 3 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 53.13 Q
5 6 Robert Glință  Romania 53.40 Q
6 1 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 53.71
7 8 Luke Greenbank  Great Britain 53.75
8 0 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 54.20
9 7 Mikita Tsmyh  Belarus 54.24

Final

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The final was held on 23 July at 21:06.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Xu Jiayu  China 52.43
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 52.67
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Mitch Larkin  Australia 52.77
4 3 Ryan Murphy  United States 52.78
5 6 Matt Grevers  United States 52.82
6 7 Ryosuke Irie  Japan 53.22
7 1 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 53.26
8 8 Robert Glință  Romania 54.22

References

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  1. ^ Schedule
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Xu Jiayu wins gold in men's 100m backstroke at FINA Worlds - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on July 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Heats results
  5. ^ "Dylan Carter Re-Swims 100 Back for 16th Place by .01, Trinidad & Tobago Record". SwimSwam. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. ^ Semifinals results
  7. ^ Final results