Records

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States Aaron Peirsol Aaron Peirsol Aaron Wells Peirsol is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay... , USA	Austria Markus Rogan Markus Rogan Markus Antonius Rogan is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and a gold medal for 200 m backstroke at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester... , AUT	Japan Tomomi Morita Tomomi Morita is a backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There, he won two bronze medals in the 100 m backstroke and as a member of the 4x100 m medley relay team.-References:* *... , JPN

Heat 1

1.  The Bahamas Christopher Vythoulka, Bahamas 58.31
2.  Kazakhstan Stanislav Osinsky
   Stanislav Osinsky
   Stanislav Aleksandrovich Osinsky is a male backstroke swimmer from Kazakhstan, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008. His best result was finishing in 41st place in the men's 100m backstroke event in Athens, Greece .-References:*...
   
   , Kazakhstan
   Kazakhstan
   Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
   
    59.92
3.  Moldova Alexandr Ivlev, Republic of Moldova 1:00.13
4.  Jordan Omar Abu Fares, Jordan
   Jordan
   Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
   
    1:02.36
5.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Donnie Defreitas, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....
   
    Did not start

Heat 2

1.  Barbados Nicholas Neckles
   Nicholas Neckles
   Nicholas Alfred Neckles is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He swam for Barbados at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics...
   
   , Barbados
   Barbados
   Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
   
    56.32
2.  Slovakia Ľuboš Križko
   Luboš Križko
   Ľuboš Križko is an Olympic swimmer from Trenčín, Slovakia who competes in men's 100 meter backstroke. He finished 13th at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and tied for 27th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
   
   , Slovakia
   Slovakia
   The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
   
    56.62
3.  South Korea Min Sung, Korea
   Korea
   Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
   
    56.78
4.  Finland Matti Mäki
   Matti Mäki
   Matti Mäki is a male backstroke swimmer from Finland. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
   
   , Finland
   Finland
   Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
   
    57.57
5.  United States Virgin Islands George Gleason, U.S. Virgin Islands 57.64
6.  Zimbabwe Brendan Ashby, Zimbabwe
   Zimbabwe
   Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
   
    58.91
7.  Serbia and Montenegro Igor Beretic, Serbia and Montenegro
   Serbia and Montenegro
   Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
   
    59.38
8.  Uzbekistan Danil Bugakov, Uzbekistan
   Uzbekistan
   Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
   
    1:02.28

Heat 3

1.  Independent State of Croatia Gordan Kožulj
   Gordan Kožulj
   Gordan Kožulj is a former backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996....
   
   , Croatia
   Croatia
   Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
   
    55.80 -Q
2.  Greece Aristeidis Grigoriadis
   Aristeidis Grigoriadis
   Aristeidis Grigoriadis is a Greek swimmer from Thessaloniki.-Career:Grigoriadis was the first Greek swimmer to be crowned world champion in the 50 m backstroke event of the 2005 World Championships in Montreal...
   
   , Greece
   Greece
   Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
   
    55.85
3.  Papua New Guinea Ryan Pini
   Ryan Pini
   Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...
   
   , Papua New Guinea
   Papua New Guinea
   Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
   
    55.97
4.  Lithuania Darius Grigalionis
   Darius Grigalionis
   Darius Grigalionis is a backstroke swimmer from Lithuania, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He was born in the city of Panevėžys. A student of the Kaunas University of Technology, he had been a scholarship holder with the Olympic...
   
   , Lithuania
   Lithuania
   Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
   
    56.21
5.  Turkey Derya Büyükunçu
   Derya Büyükunçu
   Derya Büyükuncu is a five-time olympic backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Turkey.In 2009, during the LEN Shourt Course European Championships, Buyukuncu was a finalist in 200 m backstroke. He finished in 5th place at the age of 33. -References:...
   
   , Turkey
   Turkey
   Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
   
    56.34
6.  Egypt Ahmed Hussein, Egypt
   Egypt
   Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
   
    56.86
7.  Brazil Paulo Machado, Brazil
   Brazil
   Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
   
    57.07
8.  Argentina Eduardo German Otero, Argentina
   Argentina
   Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
   
    57.28

Heat 4

1.  Hungary László Cseh
   László Cseh
   László Cseh , is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.-Personal:Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes...
   
   , Hungary
   Hungary
   Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
   
    54.80 -Q
2.  Russia Arkady Vyatchanin
   Arkady Vyatchanin
   Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin is an Russian backstroke swimmer. Vyatchanin has lived and trained in Taganrog since 1999 and is a student of the South Federal University...
   
   , Russia
   Russia
   Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
   
    55.17 -Q
3.  People's Republic of China Kunpeng Ouyang, China
   People's Republic of China
   China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
   
    55.50 -Q
4.  Germany Marco di Carli
   Marco di Carli
   Marco di Carli is a German swimmer who specialisms are backstroke and freestyle. He swims at the SG Frankfurt club and is 1.89 metres tall and weighs 80 kg ....
   
   , Germany
   Germany
   Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
   
    55.58 -Q
5.  Russia Evgeny Aleshin
   Evgeny Aleshin
   Evgeny Aleshin is a former Russian swimmer who specialized in backstroke. He competed at the 2004 Olympics and the 2007 World Championships....
   
   , Russia 55.91
6.  New Zealand Cameron Gibson
   Cameron Gibson
   Cameron Gibson is a New Zealand swimming competitor. He won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a time of 2:00.72 minutes....
   
   , New Zealand
   New Zealand
   New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
   
    56.14
7.  Poland Adam Mania
   Adam Mania
   Adam Mania is a swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for Poland. In 2006, he switched allegiance to the United States...
   
   , Poland
   Poland
   Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
   
    56.20
8.  Ukraine Volodymyr Nikolaychuk
   Volodymyr Nikolaychuk
   Volodymyr Nikolaychuk is a backstroke swimmer from Ukraine, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 2000 European Long Course Championships in Helsinki, Finland.-References:* *...
   
   , Ukraine
   Ukraine
   Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
   
    56.62

Heat 5

1.  Austria Markus Rogan
   Markus Rogan
   Markus Antonius Rogan is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and a gold medal for 200 m backstroke at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester...
   
   , Austria
   Austria
   Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
   
    54.87 -Q
2.  Germany Steffen Driesen
   Steffen Driesen
   Steffen Driesen is a backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, he won the silver medal in the 4x100 Medley Relay, alongside Lars Conrad, Jens Kruppa, and Thomas Rupprath.-External...
   
   , Germany 54.92 -Q
3.  Australia Matt Welsh
   Matt Welsh
   Matthew "Matt" Welsh is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. Welsh trained under coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club. He took two golds in 50 metres butterfly and 50 metres backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships in...
   
   , Australia
   Australia
   Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
   
    55.35 -Q
4.  South Africa Gerhard Zandberg, South Africa
   South Africa
   The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
   
    55.62 -Q
5.  United Kingdom Gregor Tait
   Gregor Tait
   Gregor Tait is a Scottish swimmer. He was the Commonwealth Games 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley champion at the 2006 games in Melbourne....
   
   , Great Britain
   United Kingdom
   The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
   
    55.77 -Q
6.  Australia Josh Watson
   Josh Watson
   Josh Watson is an Australian backstroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
   
   , Australia 55.85
7.  Early Modern France Pierre Roger
   Pierre Roger (swimmer)
   Pierre Roger is a backstroke swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the men's individual 100 metres backstroke event at the 2002 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:* *...
   
   , France
   France
   The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
   
    56.07
8.  Canada Matt Rose
   Matthew Rose (swimmer)
   Matthew Rose is an Olympic and former National Record holding swimmer from Canada. He swam for Canada at the 2004 Olympics....
   
   , Canada
   Canada
   Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
   
    56.62

Heat 6

1.  Japan Tomomi Morita
   Tomomi Morita
   is a backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There, he won two bronze medals in the 100 m backstroke and as a member of the 4x100 m medley relay team.-References:* *...
   
   , Japan
   Japan
   Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
   
    54.41 -Q
2.  United States Aaron Peirsol
   Aaron Peirsol
   Aaron Wells Peirsol is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay...
   
   , United States
   United States
   The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
   
    54.65 -Q
3.  United States Lenny Krayzelburg
   Lenny Krayzelburg
   Lenny Krayzelburg is an American backstroke swimmer, and Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. He won a total of 4 Olympic gold medals....
   
   , United States 54.87 -Q
4.  Malaysia Keng Liat Alex Lim, Malaysia 55.22 -Q
5.  Early Modern France Simon Dufour, France 55.76 -Q
6.  Kingdom of Romania Răzvan Florea
   Razvan Florea
   Răzvan Florea is a former Olympic and national record setting backstroke swimmer from Romania. He was the first Romanian male to win an Olympic medal in Swimming when he won the bronze medal in the 200 backstroke at the 2004 Olympics...
   
   , Romania
   Romania
   Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
   
    55.77 -Q
7.  Hungary Péter Horváth
   Péter Horváth
   Péter Horváth is a former butterfly swimmer from Hungary, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992.-References:*...
   
   , Hungary 57.29
8.  Spain Aschwin Wildeboer, Spain
   Spain
   Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
   
   57.35

Heats ranking

1.  Japan Tomomi Morita, Japan 54.41 -Q
2.  United States Aaron Peirsol, United States 54.65 -Q
3.  Hungary László Cseh, Hungary 54.80 -Q
4.  Austria Markus Rogan, Austria 54.87 -Q
5.  United States Lenny Krayzelburg, United States 54.87 -Q
6.  Germany Steffen Driesen, Germany 54.92 -Q
7.  Russia Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 55.17 -Q
8.  Malaysia Keng Liat Alex Lim, Malaysia 55.22 -Q
9.  Australia Matt Welsh, Australia 55.35 -Q
10.  People's Republic of China Kunpeng Ouyang, China 55.50 -Q
11.  Germany Marco di Carli, Germany 55.58 -Q
12.  South Africa Gerhard Zandberg, South Africa 55.62 -Q
13.  Early Modern France Simon Dufour, France 55.76 -Q
14.  United Kingdom Gregor Tait, Great Britain 55.77 -Q
15.  Kingdom of Romania Răzvan Florea, Romania 55.77 -Q
16.  Independent State of Croatia Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 55.80 -Q
17.  Greece Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greece 55.85
18.  Australia Josh Watson, Australia 55.85
19.  Russia Evgeny Aleshin, Russia 55.91
20.  Papua New Guinea Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea 55.97
21.  Early Modern France Pierre Roger, France 56.07
22.  New Zealand Cameron Gibson, New Zealand 56.14
23.  Poland Adam Mania, Poland 56.20
24.  Lithuania Darius Grigalionis, Lithuania 56.21
25.  Barbados Nicholas Neckles, Barbados 56.32
26.  Turkey Derya Buyukuncu, Turkey 56.34
27.  Slovakia Ľuboš Križko, Slovakia 56.62
28.  Ukraine Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Ukraine 56.62
29.  Canada Matt Rose, Canada 56.62
30.  South Korea Min Sung, Korea 56.78
31.  Egypt Ahmed Hussein, Egypt 56.86
32.  Brazil Paulo Machado, Brazil 57.07
33.  Argentina Eduardo German Otero, Argentina 57.28
34.  Hungary Peter Horvath, Hungary 57.29
35.  Spain Aschwin Wildeboer, Spain 57.35
36.  Finland Matti Maki, Finland 57.57
37.  United States Virgin Islands George Gleason, U.S. Virgin Islands 57.64
38.  The Bahamas Christopher Vythoulkas, Bahamas 58.31
39.  Zimbabwe Brendan Ashby, Zimbabwe 58.91
40.  Serbia and Montenegro Igor Beretic, Serbia and Montenegro 59.38
41.  Kazakhstan Stanislav Osinsky, Kazakhstan 59.92
42.  Moldova Alexandr Ivlev, Republic of Moldova 1:00.13
43.  Uzbekistan Danil Bugakov, Uzbekistan 1:02.28
44.  Jordan Omar Abu Fares, Jordan 1:02.36
45.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Donnie Defreitas, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Did not start

Semi-final 1

1.  United States Aaron Peirsol, United States 54.34
2.  Austria Markus Rogan, Austria 54.42
3.  Germany Steffen Driesen, Germany 54.64
4.  People's Republic of China Kunpeng Ouyang, China 55.28
5.  United Kingdom Gregor Tait, Great Britain 55.31
6.  South Africa Gerhard Zandberg, South Africa 55.76
7.  Independent State of Croatia Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 56.02
8.  Malaysia Keng Liat Alex Lim, Malaysia 56.08

Semi-final 2

1.  Japan Tomomi Morita, Japan 54.62
2.  United States Lenny Krayzelburg, United States 54.63
3.  Australia Matt Welsh, Australia 54.69
4.  Hungary László Cseh, Hungary 54.86
5.  Germany Marco di Carli, Germany 55.03
6.  Russia Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 55.20
7.  Kingdom of Romania Răzvan Florea, Romania 55.27
8.  Early Modern France Simon Dufour, France 56.15

Semi-final ranking

1.  United States Aaron Peirsol, United States 54.34 -Q
2.  Austria Markus Rogan, Austria 54.42 -Q
3.  Japan Tomomi Morita, Japan 54.62 -Q
4.  United States Lenny Krayzelburg, United States 54.63 -Q
5.  Germany Steffen Driesen, Germany 54.64 -Q
6.  Australia Matt Welsh, Australia 54.69 -Q
7.  Hungary László Cseh, Hungary 54.86 -Q
8.  Germany Marco di Carli, Germany 55.03 -Q
9.  Russia Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia 55.20
10.  Kingdom of Romania Răzvan Florea, Romania 55.27
11.  People's Republic of China Kunpeng Ouyang, China 55.28
12.  United Kingdom Gregor Tait, Great Britain 55.31
13.  South Africa Gerhard Zandberg, South Africa 55.76
14.  Independent State of Croatia Gordan Kozulj, Croatia 56.02
15.  Malaysia Keng Liat Alex Lim, Malaysia 56.08
16.  Early Modern France Simon Dufour, France 56.15

Final

1.  United States Aaron Peirsol, United States 54.06
2.  Austria Markus Rogan, Austria 54.35
3.  Japan Tomomi Morita, Japan 54.36 Asian Record
4.  United States Lenny Krayzelburg, United States 54.38
5.  Australia Matt Welsh, Australia 54.52
6.  Hungary László Cseh, Hungary 54.61
7.  Germany Steffen Driesen, Germany 54.63
8.  Germany Marco di Carli, Germany 55.27