Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 25 July – 26 July. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 25 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 26 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nationality Time Location Date World record Aaron Peirsol United States 53.17 Indianapolis 2 April 2005 Championship record Aaron Peirsol United States 53.61 Barcelona 22 July 2003

No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Results

Preliminary heats Rank Heat/Lane Swimmer Nationality Time Notes 1 H10 L4 Aaron Peirsol 54.41 q 2 H10 L3 Aristeidis Grigoriadis 54.84 q 3 H9 L4 Randall Bal 54.88 q 3 H10 L2 Andrew Lauterstein 54.88 q 5 H8 L5 László Cseh 54.89 q 6 H8 L4 Markus Rogan 54.97 q 7 H9 L2 Blaž Medvešek 55.03 q 8 H8 L6 Junichi Miyashita 55.05 q 9 H9 L3 Arkady Vyatchanin 55.14 q 10 H9 L7 Răzvan Florea 55.15 q 11 H10 L1 Gordan Kožulj 55.20 q 12 H10 L6 Steffen Driesen 55.25 q 13 H9 L5 Matt Welsh 55.40 q 14 H8 L2 Liam Tancock 55.47 q 15 H10 L5 Tomomi Morita 55.51 q 16 H9 L1 David Ortega 55.52 q 17 H9 L6 James Goddard 55.66 18 H7 L6 Vytautas Janušaitis 55.83 19 H10 L7 Alex Lim 55.88 20 H8 L3 Marco di Carli 55.95 21 H8 L8 Scott Talbot 56.07 22 H8 L7 Simon Dufour 56.10 23 H7 L4 Cameron Gibson 56.49 23 H7 L5 Nick Neckles 56.49 25 H7 L1 Pavel Suskov 56.50 26 H8 L1 Pavlo Illichov 56.58 27 H6 L4 Gabriel Mangabeira 56.64 28 H7 L8 Yoav Gath 56.79 29 H7 L3 Derya Büyükuncu 56.81 30 H7 L7 Tomasz Rumianowski 56.86 31 H9 L8 Pierre Roger 56.92 32 H10 L8 Aschwin Wildeboer 57.28 33 H7 L2 Örn Arnarson 57.43 34 H5 L4 Garth Tune 57.83 35 H6 L1 Seung-Hyeon Lee 58.11 36 H6 L5 Chris Vythoulkas 58.88 37 H6 L7 Suriya Suksuphak 59.17 38 H5 L8 Alessio Domenack 59.69 39 H4 L5 Jared Heine 59.76 40 H6 L3 Danil Bugakov 59.86 41 H5 L6 Rony Bakale 59.92 42 H6 L8 Mark Chay 1:00.10 43 H4 L3 Shawn Clarke 1:00.15 44 H5 L2 Andy Wibowo 1:00.65 45 H5 L3 Oleg Pukhnatiy 1:00.98 46 H4 L2 Jason Dunford 1:01.01 47 H4 L4 Zhi Cong Lim 1:01.05 48 H6 L6 Martin Verner 1:01.09 49 H4 L7 Kieran Locke 1:01.25 50 H6 L2 Yury Zaharov 1:01.31 51 H4 L6 David Dunford 1:01.52 52 H5 L5 Guntars Deicmans 1:01.57 53 H4 L1 Gael Adam 1:01.60 54 H3 L3 Francisco Montenegro 1:01.94 55 H1 L3 Onan Orlando Thom 1:02.47 56 H3 L4 Shahin Baradaran 1:02.48 57 H4 L8 LIN Yu-An 1:02.74 58 H3 L5 Andrei Mihailov 1:02.86 59 H3 L6 Khaly Ciss 1:02.95 60 H3 L2 Chi Lon Lei 1:03.15 61 H5 L1 Francois Ghattas 1:03.30 62 H3 L7 Daniel Carrillo 1:03.43 63 H3 L1 Antonio Tong 1:03.45 64 H2 L1 Horacio Carcamo 1:03.71 65 H2 L2 Yassir Abdalla 1:03.74 66 H2 L5 Diego Foianini 1:05.25 67 H5 L7 Romulo Pereira 1:05.29 68 H2 L3 Julio Rivera 1:05.54 69 H2 L7 Imdad Ali 1:06.17 70 H2 L4 Ganbold Urnultsaikhan 1:07.28 71 H2 L8 Andrey Molchanov 1:08.23 72 H1 L5 Alain Brigion-Tobe 1:08.79 - H1 L4 Jonathan Calderon DNS - H2 L6 Leonel Matonse DNS

Semifinals Rank Heat/Lane Swimmer Nationality Time Notes 1 S2 L4 Aaron Peirsol USA 54.46 q 2 S2 L5 Randall Bal USA 54.49 q 2 S2 L8 Tomomi Morita Japan 54.49 q 4 S2 L3 László Cseh Hungary 54.52 q 4 S2 L2 Arkady Vyatchanin Russia 54.52 q 6 S1 L4 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece 54.69 q 7 S1 L3 Markus Rogan Austria 54.75 q 8 S2 L6 Blaž Medvešek Slovenia 54.88 q 9 S2 L1 Matt Welsh Australia 54.89 10 S1 L1 Liam Tancock Great Britain 55.07 11 S2 L7 Gordan Kožulj Croatia 55.08 12 S1 L2 Răzvan Florea Romania 55.34 13 S1 L7 Steffen Driesen Germany 55.37 14 S1 L5 Andrew Lauterstein Australia 55.43 15 S1 L6 Junichi Miyashita Japan 55.44 16 S1 L8 David Ortega Spain 55.73

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Aaron Peirsol USA 53.62 Randall Bal USA 54.02 László Cseh Hungary 54.27 4 Tomomi Morita Japan 54.31 5 Arkady Vyatchanin Russia 54.50 6 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece 54.61 7 Markus Rogan Austria 54.81 8 Blaž Medvešek Slovenia 55.13

References Worlds 2005 results: Men's 100 m backstroke Heats, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-19. Worlds 2005 results: Men's 100 m backstroke Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-19. Worlds 2005 results: Men's 100 m backstroke Finals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-19.