Swimming at the 2009 Maccabiah Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2009 Maccabiah Games took place on 9 July, at the Wingate Institute. This swimming event used the backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
| Swimming at the 2009 Maccabiah Games | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 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 |
Three heats were held. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top sixteen times from the entire field qualified for the semifinals. Two semifinal heats of eight swimmers each were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times again advanced to the finals; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.
Nations with three or more swimmers meeting the standard could enter only three such swimmers in the final.
Medalists
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m backstroke |  Guy BarneaIsrael (ISR) |
 Joshua HafkinUnited States (USA) |
Itai Chammah Israel (ISR) |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing Maccabiah record was as follows.
| National record | Guy Barnea (ISR) | 55.11 | Netanya, Israel | 9 August 2007 | [1] |
| Maccabiah record | Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) | 55.24 | Haifa, Israel | 15 July 2001 | - |
The following new Maccabiah records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | MR | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 21 | Final | Guy Barnea | Israel | 54.22 | MR | NR |
Heats
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itai Chammah | Israel | 56.79 | 3 | 3 | Q |
| 2 | Joshua Hafkin | United States | 56.98 | 3 | 4 | Q |
| 3 | Ilia Ayzenshtok | Israel | 57.20 | 3 | 5 | Q |
| 4 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 57.29 | 2 | 4 | Q |
| 5 | Iouri Samouilich | Israel | 58.08 | 2 | 3 | Q |
| 6 | Shaun Weinberg | United States | 58.09 | 1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Doron Benjamin |  South Africa | 59.06 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Dashiell Rothberg | United States | 59.59 | 2 | 5 | |
| 9 | David Schnabl | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 59.65 | 2 | 6 | |
| 10 | Adam Pluemer | United States | 1:01.51 | 1 | 5 | Q |
| 11 | Jason Galet | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 1:01.84 | 3 | 6 | Q |
| 12 | Andrew Novakoff | United States | 1:02.04 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | Yuriy Burunov | Australia | 1:02.76 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 | Gregory Shein | Australia | 1:02.94 | 3 | 2 | |
| 15 | Iosif Emil Horvath | Canada | 1:05.62 | 3 | 7 | |
| 16 | Ilan Levy |  Mexico | 1:10.20 | 1 | 7 | |
| 17 | Nathan Hirshbein |  Venezuela | 1:10.75 | 2 | 7 | |
| 18 | Luis Roberto Schoenfeld | Mexico | 1:11.66 | 2 | 1 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 54.22 | |
 | 5 | Joshua Hafkin | United States | 56.43 | |
 | 4 | Itai Chammah | Israel | 57.15 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ilia Ayzenshtok | Israel | 57.63 | |
| 5 | 2 | Shaun Weinberg | United States | 58.37 | |
| 6 | 7 | Doron Benjamin | South Africa | 59.25 | |
| 7 | 8 | Adam Pluemer | United States | 1:00.24 | |
References
- "Maccabiah 2009 Swimming Results" (PDF). Israel Swim Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
- "Maccabiah 2009 Swimming Results" (PDF). Israel Swim Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2009.