Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke
at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates 24 July (prelims, semifinals)
25 July (final)
Winning time 1 minute 55.92 seconds
Medalists
 Aaron Peirsol   United States
 Gordan Kožulj   Croatia
 Simon Dufour   France
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 200 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam July 24–25, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] and Semifinal[2] heats were on 24 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The Final[3] swam on 25 July.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:

Results

Final

Place Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Aaron Peirsol  USA 1:55.92
2 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 1:57.47
3 Simon Dufour  France 1:57.90
4 Bryce Hunt  USA 1:57.92
5 Matt Welsh  Australia 1:57.94
6 Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia 1:58.07
7 Răzvan Florea  Romania 1:58.66
8 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia 1:58.96

Semifinals

Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 S2 L4 Aaron Peirsol  USA 1:55.82 q, CR
2 S2 L5 Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia 1:57.88 q
3 S1 L5 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 1:57.94 q
4 S1 L6 Bryce Hunt  USA 1:58.04 q
5 S1 L4 Matt Welsh  Australia 1:58.34 q
6 S1 L2 Răzvan Florea  Romania 1:58.52 q
7 S2 L6 Simon Dufour  France 1:58.81 q
8 S1 L3 Gregor Tait  Great Britain 1:59.02 swim off
8 S1 L7 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia 1:59.02 swim off, q
10 S2 L2 Yoav Gath  Israel 1:59.22
11 S2 L7 Markus Rogan  Austria 1:59.29
12 S2 L1 Steffen Driesen  Germany 1:59.40
13 S2 L3 László Cseh  Hungary 1:59.45
14 S2 L8 Keith Beavers  Canada 1:59.86
15 S1 L1 Jorge Sánchez  Spain 2:00.19
16 S1 L8 Helge Meeuw  Germany 2:00.21

Swim-off for 8th

  1. Blaz Medvesk (Slovenia) -- 1:58.61—q
  2. Gregor Tait (Great Britain) -- 1:58.80

Preliminaries

Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 H8 L4 Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:57.28 q
2 H6 L5 Matt Welsh  Australia 1:58.26 q
3 H8 L1 Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia 1:59.18 q
4 H7 L4 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 1:59.20 q
5 H8 L6 László Cseh  Hungary 1:59.49 q
6 H8 L2 Gregor Tait  Great Britain 1:59.62 q
7 H8 L3 Simon Dufour  France 1:59.68 q
8 H7 L2 Bryce Hunt  United States 1:59.71 q
9 H7 L8 Yoav Gath  Israel 1:59.82 q
10 H8 L5 Răzvan Florea  Romania 1:59.96 q
11 H7 L5 Markus Rogan  Austria 2:00.04 q
12 H6 L7 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia 2:00.06 q
12 H8 L7 Steffen Driesen  Germany 2:00.06 q
14 H7 L6 Jorge Sánchez  Spain 2:00.27 q
15 H7 L3 Keith Beavers  Canada 2:00.56 q
16 H6 L8 Helge Meeuw  Germany 2:00.73 q
17 H5 L1 Anton Bugayov  Ukraine 2:00.76
18 H6 L2 Ray Hass  Australia 2:00.77
19 H4 L3 Tomomi Morita  Japan 2:01.10
20 H5 L2 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk  Ukraine 2:01.35
21 H6 L6 Evgueni Alechine  Russia 2:01.42
22 H5 L7 Alex Lim  Malaysia 2:01.43
23 H6 L3 Ouyang Kunpeng  China 2:01.44
24 H7 L1 Klaas Erik Zwering  Netherlands 2:01.56
25 H6 L4 James Goddard  Great Britain 2:01.91
26 H5 L4 Rogério Romero  Brazil 2:02.06
27 H6 L1 Cameron Gibson  New Zealand 2:02.36
28 H5 L5 Ahmed Moustafa  Egypt 2:02.45
29 H4 L4 Pavel Suškov  Lithuania 2:02.65
30 H8 L8 Rui Yu  China 2:02.80
31 H7 L7 Viktor Bodrogi  Hungary 2:03.22
32 H5 L6 Min Sung  South Korea 2:04.10
33 H5 L8 Paulo Machado  Brazil 2:04.21
34 H3 L6 Květoslav Svoboda  Czech Republic 2:04.96
35 H5 L3 Sander Ganzevles  Netherlands 2:05.05
36 H4 L2 Martin Viilep  Estonia 2:05.82
37 H4 L5 Andrei Mihailov  Moldova 2:08.30
38 H3 L2 Jared Heine  Marshall Islands 2:08.88
39 H3 L4 Juan Carlo Antonio Piccio  Philippines 2:10.18
40 H4 L8 Ashby Brendan  Zimbabwe 2:10.40
41 H3 L3 Yau Sun Fai  Hong Kong 2:10.55
42 H2 L5 Kunakorn Yimsomruay  Thailand 2:11.18
43 H3 L1 Long Do Huy  Vietnam 2:13.43
44 H4 L6 Yury Zaharov  Kyrgyzstan 2:13.81
45 H4 L1 Guillermo Andres Ramirez Lemis  Colombia 2:14.18
46 H4 L7 Mauricio Prudencio  Bolivia 2:14.30
47 H3 L5 Mikhail Alekseyev  Uzbekistan 2:14.55
48 H2 L4 Oleg Deikrishvili  Georgia (country) 2:16.10
49 H2 L6 Mohammad Nazeri  Iran 2:18.09
50 H3 L8 Rony Bakale  Congo 2:19.03
51 H2 L8 Seung Gin Lee  Northern Mariana Islands 2:19.89
52 H2 L3 Omar Abu Faris  Jordan 2:20.02
53 H2 L1 Chi Lon Lei  Macau 2:21.29
54 H1 L4 Ammar Musaed Al Tamimi  United Arab Emirates 2:22.56
55 H2 L2 Nuno Rola  Angola 2:25.33
56 H1 L5 Kabir Walia  Kenya 2:25.49
57 H1 L6 Patrick Boustany  Lebanon 2:27.31
58 H1 L3 Clark Randrianandraina  Madagascar 2:33.65
59 H1 L2 Muzeya Muzyamba  Zambia 2:34.69
- - Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea DNS

References

  1. ↑ 2003 Worlds results: Men's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
  2. ↑ 2003 Worlds results: Men's 200m Backstroke Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
  3. ↑ 2003 Worlds results: Men's 200m Backstroke Finals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2003 Worlds); retrieved 2010-01-24.
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