Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2001 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 26 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 27 July 2001 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 42 | |||||||||
Winning time | 1 minute 57.13 seconds | |||||||||
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 27 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 26 July, with the final being held on 27 July.[3]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
World record | Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) | 1:55.87 | Sydney, Australia | 27 August 1999 |
Championship record | Vladimir Selkov (RUS) | 1:57.42 | Rome, Italy | 7 September 1994 |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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27 July | Final | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:57.13 | CR |
Results
Heats
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:59.79 | Q |
2 | Marc Lindsay | United States | 2:00.12 | Q |
3 | Viktor Bodrogi | Hungary | 2:00.27 | Q |
4 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 2:00.63 | Q |
5 | Örn Arnarson | Iceland | 2:00.66 | Q |
6 | Yoav Gath | Israel | 2:00.72 | Q |
7 | Emanuele Merisi | Italy | 2:00.82 | Q |
8 | Marko Strahija | Croatia | 2:00.97 | Q |
9 | Gordan Kožulj | Croatia | 2:01.19 | Q |
10 | Rogerio Romero | Brazil | 2:01.30 | Q |
11 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 2:01.35 | Q |
12 | Klaas-Erik Zwering | Netherlands | 2:01.36 | Q, WD |
13 | Pierre Roger | France | 2:01.41 | Q |
14 | Raymond Hass | Australia | 2:01.42 | Q |
15 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 2:01.57 | Q |
16 | Kozan Hashimoto | Japan | 2:01.61 | Q |
17 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 2:02.40 | Q |
18 | Haruki Takeuchi | Japan | 2:02.43 | |
19 | Miroslav Machovič | Slovakia | 2:02.48 | |
20 | Péter Horváth | Hungary | 2:02.74 | |
21 | Keng Liat Lim | Malaysia | 2:03.17 | |
22 | Blaž Medvešek | Slovenia | 2:03.45 | |
23 | Eduardo Germán Otero | Argentina | 2:03.81 | |
24 | Ioannis Kokkodis | Greece | 2:04.82 | |
25 | Zheng Shibin | China | 2:04.94 | |
26 | Martin Viilep | Estonia | 2:05.19 | |
27 | George Gleason | United States Virgin Islands | 2:05.21 | |
28 | Philipp Gilgen | Switzerland | 2:05.23 | |
29 | Diego Urreta | Mexico | 2:06.04 | |
30 | Gary Tan | Singapore | 2:06.45 | |
31 | Juan Carlos Rodela | Mexico | 2:07.90 | |
32 | Gerald Koh | Singapore | 2:08.30 | |
33 | Sergio Cabrera | Paraguay | 2:09.43 | |
34 | Ignacio Bengoechea | Chile | 2:11.27 | |
35 | Christophee Backisavs | Dominican Republic | 2:14.50 | |
36 | Eduardo Gil | El Salvador | 2:14.63 | |
37 | Wu Nien-Pin | Chinese Taipei | 2:14.71 | |
38 | Hsu Kuo-Tung | Chinese Taipei | 2:18.03 | |
39 | Chi Lon Lei | Macau | 2:19.12 | |
40 | Mohammad Nazeri | Iran | 2:19.91 | |
41 | Rony Bakale | Republic of the Congo | 2:26.44 | |
– | Hojamammed Hojamammedou | Turkmenistan | DSQ | |
– | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS |
Semifinals
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:58.12 | Q |
2 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 1:58.91 | Q |
3 | Viktor Bodrogi | Hungary | 1:59.24 | Q |
4 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 1:59.34 | Q |
5 | Yoav Gath | Israel | 1:59.39 | Q |
6 | Örn Arnarson | Iceland | 1:59.75 | Q |
7 | Gordan Kožulj | Croatia | 1:59.80 | Q |
8 | Emanuele Merisi | Italy | 1:59.98 | Q |
9 | Raymond Hass | Australia | 1:59.99 | |
10 | Marc Lindsay | United States | 2:00.72 | |
11 | Marko Strahija | Croatia | 2:00.98 | |
12 | Rogerio Romero | Brazil | 2:01.05 | |
13 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 2:01.33 | |
14 | Kozan Hashimoto | Japan | 2:01.34 | |
15 | Steffen Driesen | Germany | 2:01.54 | |
16 | Pierre Roger | France | 2:02.98 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:57.13 | CR | |
Markus Rogan | Austria | 1:58.07 | ||
Örn Arnarson | Iceland | 1:58.37 | ||
4 | Matt Welsh | Australia | 1:58.80 | |
5 | Gordan Kožulj | Croatia | 1:59.23 | |
6 | Viktor Bodrogi | Hungary | 1:59.74 | |
7 | Emanuele Merisi | Italy | 1:59.83 | |
8 | Yoav Gath | Israel | 2:00.09 |