2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100m Backstroke
at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Men's 100m Backstroke ; at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates	12 December (heats and semifinals); 13 December (final)
Winning time	49.89
Medalists
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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 – 13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Nick Thoman	United States	48.94	Manchester	18 December 2009
Championship record	Stanislav Donets	Russia	48.95	Dubai	19 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Robert Hurley (AUS)	50.22	Q
2	6	4	Matt Grevers (USA)	50.55	Q
3	7	4	Stanislav Donets (RUS)	50.83	Q
4	6	5	Guilherme Guido (BRA)	51.14	Q
5	5	5	Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP)	51.19	Q
5	7	3	Ashley Delaney (AUS)	51.19	Q
7	4	6	Guy Barnea (ISR)	51.30	Q, NR
8	6	3	Kosuke Hagino (JPN)	51.40	Q
9	7	6	Pavel Sankovich (BLR)	51.48	Q
10	7	5	Radosław Kawęcki (POL)	51.51	Q
11	6	2	Péter Bernek (HUN)	51.55	Q
12	7	7	Iskender Baslakov (TUR)	51.56	Q
13	6	6	Damiano Lestingi (ITA)	51.58	Q
14	7	2	Christian Diener (GER)	51.61	Q
15	6	7	Mirco Di Tora (ITA)	51.69	Q
16	5	2	Cheng Feiyi (CHN)	51.70	Q
17	7	8	Jonatan Kopelev (ISR)	51.82
18	5	6	Daniel Orzechowski (BRA)	51.89
19	5	3	Yuki Shirai (JPN)	51.99
20	6	8	Darren Murray (RSA)	52.09
21	7	0	Chris Walker-Hebborn (GBR)	52.11
22	1	1	Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ)	52.17
23	5	8	Ben Hesen (USA)	52.19
24	1	8	Xu Jiayu (CHN)	52.21
25	7	1	Andrei Shabasov (RUS)	52.22
26	5	1	Corey Main (NZL)	52.60
27	6	1	Lavrans Solli (NOR)	52.66
28	5	7	Alexis Santos (POR)	52.74
29	5	0	Tomasz Polewka (POL)	53.03
30	6	0	Dorian Gandin (FRA)	53.35
31	6	9	Güven Duvan (TUR)	53.45
32	4	4	Garth Tune (RSA)	53.68
33	4	2	Martin Zhelev (BUL)	53.89	NR
34	4	9	Charles Hockin (PAR)	54.00
35	5	9	Lukas Räuftlin (SUI)	54.08
36	4	5	Quah Zheng Wen (SIN)	54.70	NR
37	7	9	Gábor Balog (HUN)	54.74
38	4	7	Jake Tapp (CAN)	54.96
39	4	0	Danas Rapšys (LTU)	55.08
40	3	5	Armando Barrera Aira (CUB)	55.15
41	4	3	Ng Kai Wee Rainer (SIN)	55.20
42	4	8	Rostislav Kubicky (SVK)	55.22
43	3	4	Timothy Wynter (JAM)	55.55
44	3	3	Jean Luis Gómez (DOM)	55.64	NR
45	3	9	Awse Ma'aya (JOR)	56.16
46	3	7	Boris Kirillov (AZE)	56.32
47	3	6	Yeziel Morales (PUR)	56.95
48	2	4	Ngou Pok Man (MAC)	57.19
49	3	1	Jamal Chavoshifar (IRI)	58.26
50	3	0	Rohit Imoliya (IND)	58.96
51	2	3	Roy Barahona (HON)	59.15
52	2	1	Samson Opuakpo (NGR)	59.17
53	3	2	Mohammed Al-Ghafri (UAE)	59.50
54	3	8	Nicholas Coard (GRN)	59.82
55	2	2	David van der Colff (BOT)	1:00.28
56	2	6	Sio Kin Hei (MAC)	1:01.34
57	2	7	Pablo Feo (AND)	1:01.65
58	2	8	Erdenemunkh Demuul (MGL)	1:02.08
59	2	5	Rahul Monal Chokshi (IND)	1:02.73
60	2	9	Hilal Hemed Hilal (TAN)	1:05.37
61	2	0	Faraj Farhan (BHR)	1:06.85
62	1	4	Brandon Schuster (SAM)	1:09.34
63	1	5	Storm Halbich (VIN)	1:21.02
64	1	3	Nikolas Sylvester (VIN)	1:25.77
	4	1	Daniel Ramirez Carranza (MEX)	DSQ
	1	6	Rhudi Ayi Mensah Quaye (GHA)	DNS
	1	7	Luis Rafael Rojas Martinez (VEN)	DNS

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Stanislav Donets	Russia	49.98	Q
2	1	4	Matt Grevers	United States	50.24	Q
3	1	3	Ashley Delaney	Australia	50.66	Q
4	2	4	Robert Hurley	Australia	50.70	Q
5	1	7	Iskender Baslakov	Turkey	50.77	Q, NR
6	1	2	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	50.88	Q
7	1	5	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	50.98	Q
8	1	1	Christian Diener	Germany	51.06	Q
9	2	6	Guy Barnea	Israel	51.12	NR
10	2	3	Aschwin Wildeboer	Spain	51.16
11	2	7	Péter Bernek	Hungary	51.42
12	1	8	Cheng Feiyi	China	51.43
13	2	2	Pavel Sankovich	Belarus	51.47
13	2	8	Mirco Di Tora	Italy	51.47
15	1	6	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	51.56
16	2	1	Damiano Lestingi	Italy	51.63

Final

The final was held at 19:24.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Matt Grevers	United States	49.89
	4	Stanislav Donets	Russia	49.91
	1	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	50.50
4	3	Ashley Delaney	Australia	50.61
5	6	Robert Hurley	Australia	50.63
6	7	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	50.75
7	2	Iskender Baslakov	Turkey	50.76	NR
8	8	Christian Diener	Germany	51.27

References

^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke (semifinals)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

External links

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Men's 100 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.

[1] "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-12.

[2] "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke (semifinals)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-12.

[3] "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

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