Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates 22 July 2001
Winning time 25.34 seconds
Medalists
    United States
    Germany
    Australia
2003 FINA
World Championships

Barcelona, Spain
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 women
Duet women
Team women
Combination women
Water polo

The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 25 July. The heats and swmi-finals took place 24 July, with the final being held on 25 July.

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World recordLenny Krayzelburg United States 24.99 Sydney13 August 1999

Results

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Randall Bal  United States 25.34
2nd, silver medalist(s) Thomas Rupprath  Germany 25.44
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Matt Welsh  Australia 25.49
4 Stev Theloke  Germany 25.69
5 Mariusz Siembida  Poland 25.82
6 Riley Janes  Canada 25.98
7 Josh Watson  Australia 26.05
8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov  Ukraine 26.40

References

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