Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
Appearance
Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2007 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Rod Laver Arena | |||||||||
Dates | 31 March 2007 (heats, semifinals) 1 April 2007 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 107 | |||||||||
Winning time | 24.98 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2007 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 | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 March (prelims[1] and semifinals[2] ) and on the evening of 1 April (final)[3] at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 107 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 98 swam.
Existing records at the start of the event were:
- World record (WR): 24.80, Thomas Rupprath (Germany), 27 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain.
- Championship record (CR): same
Results
[edit]Final
[edit]Place | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.98 | ||
6 | Thomas Rupprath | Germany | 25.20 | ||
4 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 25.23 | ||
4 | 5 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 25.29 | |
5 | 2 | Matthew Clay | Great Britain | 25.32 | |
6 | 1 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 25.52 | |
7 | 7 | Junya Koga | Japan | 25.56 | |
8 | 8 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 25.61 |
Semifinals
[edit]Rank |
Heat & Lane |
Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | H2-L3 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 25.08 | Q |
2 | H2-L5 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 25.21 | Q |
3 | H1-L4 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 25.26 | Q |
4 | H2-L4 | Thomas Rupprath | Germany | 25.29 | Q |
5 | H1-L5 | Matthew Clay | Great Britain | 25.48 | Q |
6 | H2-L6 | Junya Koga | Japan | 25.55 | Q |
7 | H1-L3 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 25.66 | Q |
8 | H1-L6 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 25.76 | Q |
9 | H2-L1 | Flori Lang | Switzerland | 25.81 | |
10 | H2-L2 | Tomomi Morita | Japan | 25.93 | |
11 | H1-L2 | Ľuboš Križko | Slovakia | 25.96 | |
12 | H2-L7 | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 26.03 | |
13 | H2-L8 | David Ortega Pitarch | Spain | 26.26 | |
14 | H1-L8 | ZHANG Chang | China | 26.33 | |
15 | H1-L1 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 26.45 | |
H1-L7 | Ouyang Kunpeng | China | DQ |
Heats
[edit]See also
[edit]- Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (previous Worlds)
- Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (next Worlds)
References
[edit]- ^ "FINA World Championships Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Official Results" (PDF). OmegaTiming (official timer of the 2007 Worlds).
- ^ "FINA World Championships Men's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Official Results" (PDF). OmegaTiming (official timer of the 2007 Worlds).
- ^ "FINA World Championships Men's 50m Backstroke Final Official Results" (PDF). OmegaTiming (official timer of the 2007 Worlds).