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Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates26 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
27 July 2001 (final)
Competitors42
Winning time1 minute 57.13 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Austria
bronze medal    Iceland
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 27 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 26 July, with the final being held on 27 July.[3]

Records

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

World record  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 1:55.87 Sydney, Australia 27 August 1999
Championship record  Vladimir Selkov (RUS) 1:57.42 Rome, Italy 7 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
27 July Final Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:57.13 CR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:59.79 Q
2 Marc Lindsay  United States 2:00.12 Q
3 Viktor Bodrogi  Hungary 2:00.27 Q
4 Matt Welsh  Australia 2:00.63 Q
5 Örn Arnarson  Iceland 2:00.66 Q
6 Yoav Gath  Israel 2:00.72 Q
7 Emanuele Merisi  Italy 2:00.82 Q
8 Marko Strahija  Croatia 2:00.97 Q
9 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 2:01.19 Q
10 Rogerio Romero  Brazil 2:01.30 Q
11 Markus Rogan  Austria 2:01.35 Q
12 Klaas-Erik Zwering  Netherlands 2:01.36 Q, WD
13 Pierre Roger  France 2:01.41 Q
14 Raymond Hass  Australia 2:01.42 Q
15 Tobias Oriwol  Canada 2:01.57 Q
16 Kozan Hashimoto  Japan 2:01.61 Q
17 Steffen Driesen  Germany 2:02.40 Q
18 Haruki Takeuchi  Japan 2:02.43
19 Miroslav Machovič  Slovakia 2:02.48
20 Péter Horváth  Hungary 2:02.74
21 Keng Liat Lim  Malaysia 2:03.17
22 Blaž Medvešek  Slovenia 2:03.45
23 Eduardo Germán Otero  Argentina 2:03.81
24 Ioannis Kokkodis  Greece 2:04.82
25 Zheng Shibin  China 2:04.94
26 Martin Viilep  Estonia 2:05.19
27 George Gleason  United States Virgin Islands 2:05.21
28 Philipp Gilgen  Switzerland 2:05.23
29 Diego Urreta  Mexico 2:06.04
30 Gary Tan  Singapore 2:06.45
31 Juan Carlos Rodela  Mexico 2:07.90
32 Gerald Koh  Singapore 2:08.30
33 Sergio Cabrera  Paraguay 2:09.43
34 Ignacio Bengoechea  Chile 2:11.27
35 Christophee Backisavs  Dominican Republic 2:14.50
36 Eduardo Gil  El Salvador 2:14.63
37 Wu Nien-Pin  Chinese Taipei 2:14.71
38 Hsu Kuo-Tung  Chinese Taipei 2:18.03
39 Chi Lon Lei  Macau 2:19.12
40 Mohammad Nazeri  Iran 2:19.91
41 Rony Bakale  Republic of the Congo 2:26.44
Hojamammed Hojamammedou  Turkmenistan DSQ
George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago DNS

Semifinals

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:58.12 Q
2 Markus Rogan  Austria 1:58.91 Q
3 Viktor Bodrogi  Hungary 1:59.24 Q
4 Matt Welsh  Australia 1:59.34 Q
5 Yoav Gath  Israel 1:59.39 Q
6 Örn Arnarson  Iceland 1:59.75 Q
7 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 1:59.80 Q
8 Emanuele Merisi  Italy 1:59.98 Q
9 Raymond Hass  Australia 1:59.99
10 Marc Lindsay  United States 2:00.72
11 Marko Strahija  Croatia 2:00.98
12 Rogerio Romero  Brazil 2:01.05
13 Tobias Oriwol  Canada 2:01.33
14 Kozan Hashimoto  Japan 2:01.34
15 Steffen Driesen  Germany 2:01.54
16 Pierre Roger  France 2:02.98

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:57.13 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Markus Rogan  Austria 1:58.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Örn Arnarson  Iceland 1:58.37
4 Matt Welsh  Australia 1:58.80
5 Gordan Kožulj  Croatia 1:59.23
6 Viktor Bodrogi  Hungary 1:59.74
7 Emanuele Merisi  Italy 1:59.83
8 Yoav Gath  Israel 2:00.09

References

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  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.