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

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.

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates22 July 2001
Winning time25.34 seconds
Medalists
    United States
    Germany
    Australia

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordLenny Krayzelburg United States24.99Sydney13 August 1999

Results

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Randall Bal United States25.34
Thomas Rupprath Germany25.44
Matt Welsh Australia25.49
4Stev Theloke Germany25.69
5Mariusz Siembida Poland25.82
6Riley Janes Canada25.98
7Josh Watson Australia26.05
8Vyacheslav Shyrshov Ukraine26.40

References

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