The Men's 50 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam July 26–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. PreliminaryWorlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07. and SemifinalWorlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Semifinals. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07. heats were on July 26, with the FinalWorlds 2003 results: Men's 50m Backstroke -- Final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-07. swum on July 27.

Prior to the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: WR: 24.99 swum by Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) on August 28, 1999 in Sydney, Australia CR: 25.31 swum by Thomas Rupprath (Germany) on July 24, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan

Results

Final Place Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Thomas Rupprath 24.80 WR 2 Matt Welsh 25.01 3 Gerhard Zandberg 25.07 4 Steffen Driesen 25.14 5 Randall Bal 25.19 6 Darius Grigalionis 25.53 7 Josh Watson 25.62 8 Aaron Peirsol 25.75

Semifinals Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 S2 L4 Thomas Rupprath 25.07 q, CR 2 S1 L4 Steffen Driesen 25.38 q 2 S1 L6 Gerhard Zandberg 25.38 q 4 S2 L6 Aaron Peirsol 25.47 q 5 S1 L1 Josh Watson 25.50 q 6 S2 L5 Randall Bal 25.51 q 7 S1 L5 Matt Welsh 25.52 q 8 S1 L3 Darius Grigalionis 25.61 q 9 S2 L3 David Ortega 25.62 10 S2 L7 Alex Lim 25.68 11 S2 L8 Ouyang Kunpeng 25.74 12 S1 L7 Tomomi Morita 25.79 13 S1 L2 Ahmed Hussein 25.81 14 S2 L2 Arkady Vyatchanin 25.91 15 S1 L8 Atsushi Nishikori 25.95 16 S2 L1 Vyacheslav Shyrshov 25.99

Preliminaries Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 H13 L4 Thomas Rupprath 25.19 q, CR 2 H13 L5 Steffen Driesen 25.48 q 3 H12 L8 Randall Bal 25.53 q 4 H12 L4 Matt Welsh 25.60 q 5 H11 L4 David Ortega 25.71 q 6 H13 L3 Darius Grigalionis 25.76 q 6 H13 L8 Aaron Peirsol 25.76 q 8 H12 L5 Gerhard Zandberg 25.80 q 9 H12 L2 Arkady Vyatchanin 25.85 q 10 H11 L2 Ahmed Hussein 25.89 q 11 H12 L3 Alex Lim 25.93 q 11 H12 L7 Tomomi Morita 25.93 q 13 H10 L8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov 25.97 q 14 H11 L5 Josh Watson 26.01 q 15 H11 L6 Ouyang Kunpeng 26.08 q 15 H13 L6 Atsushi Nishikori 26.08 q 17 H10 L4 Viktor Bodrogi 26.11 18 H13 L7 Nuno Laurentino 26.13 19 H08 L8 Örn Arnarson 26.18 20 H10 L7 Gregor Tait 26.23 21 H12 L6 Riley Janes 26.24 22 H13 L2 Péter Horváth 26.25 23 H10 L1 Markus Rogan 26.26 23 H13 L1 Min Sung 26.26 25 H10 L5 Blaž Medvešek 26.29 26 H09 L5 Jani Sievinen 26.30 27 H10 L2 Pavlo Illichov 26.34 28 H11 L1 Ales Volcansek 26.35 29 H12 L1 Ryan Pini 26.37 30 H11 L3 Flori Lang 26.46 31 H10 L3 Gordan Kožulj 26.48 32 H08 L5 Pablo Martin Abal 26.49 33 H09 L1 Pavel Suškov 26.61 34 H09 L2 Jens Petersson 26.64 34 H09 L7 Yoav Gath 26.64 36 H09 L8 Alexandr Ivlev 26.73 37 H08 L4 Martin Viilep 26.76 38 H09 L3 Eric la Fleur 26.83 39 H09 L4 Paulo Machado 26.86 40 H11 L8 Cameron Gibson 26.94 41 H01 L3 Rui Yu 26.99 42 H11 L7 Orel Oral 27.07 43 H08 L2 Rogério Romero 27.49 44 H08 L3 Oleg Pukhnaty 27.75 45 H07 L4 Nicholas Bovell 28.10 46 H08 L7 Mauricio Prudencio 28.15 47 H06 L2 Gustavo Vera 28.31 48 H07 L5 Albert Subirats 28.35 49 H06 L4 Jared Heine 28.38 50 H08 L6 Ashby Brendan 28.41 51 H07 L8 Ismael Ortiz 28.60 52 H07 L3 Guillermo Andres Ramirez Lemis 28.72 53 H07 L2 V. Arun Vellore 28.76 54 H03 L5 Onan Thom 28.80 55 H08 L1 Mikhail Alekseyev 28.82 56 H06 L6 Yau Sun Fai 29.01 57 H06 L3 Asela Pradeep Perera 29.21 58 H06 L7 Chi Lon Lei 29.24 59 H07 L6 Abed Rahman Kaaki 29.25 60 H05 L5 Khaly Ciss 29.26 61 H06 L5 Roberto Sanso 29.33 62 H05 L8 Ranui Teriipaia 29.41 63 H05 L4 Olufolahan Oluwole 29.43 64 H06 L1 Rony Bakale 29.66 65 H06 L8 Mohammad Nazeri 29.74 66 H05 L6 James B. Walsh 29.80 67 H04 L3 Davy Bisslik 29.92 68 H04 L7 Joao Aguiar 29.98 69 H05 L3 Rubel Mohammad Rubel Rana 30.01 70 H07 L1 Omar Abu Faris 30.06 71 H07 L7 Yury Zaharov 30.20 72 H04 L5 Fadi Jalabi 30.45 73 H04 L1 Nuno Rola 30.68 74 H03 L4 Patrick Boustany 30.71 75 H05 L7 Kabir Walia 30.72 76 H04 L6 Seung Gin Lee 30.75 77 H04 L8 Urnultsaikhan Ganbold 30.80 78 H04 L2 Sean Chow 30.84 79 H03 L3 Clark Randrianandraina 31.55 80 H02 L4 Welbert Samuel 31.80 81 H02 L5 Peter James Linch 32.08 82 H03 L2 Muzeya Muzyamba 32.32 83 H03 L1 Sarmad A.A. Mohamad 32.90 84 H02 L6 Carlos Notarianni 33.12 85 H03 L8 Mohammed S. Abbas 33.21 86 H05 L2 Hadjamamed Hadjamamedov 33.85 87 H02 L2 Awsan Mohammed Saleh Qardaa 45.91 88 H02 L7 Ali Maiga Akibou 47.50 - - Gilbert Kaburu DQ - - James Goddard DNS - - Peter Mankoč DNS - - Fils Theodore Tchena DNS - - Zhmed Ouattara Zie DNS - - Landry H. Degnifo Enokorin DNS - - Abubakarr Ialloh DNS - - Nkandeu Fortin Leukam DNS - - Emery Nziyumvira DNS

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