The men's 100 meter backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 23 July. The heats and semifinals took place 22 July, with the final being held on 23 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 53.60 Sydney, Australia 24 August 1999Championship record 54.49 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994 The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 23 July Final Matt Welsh 54.31 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Markus Rogan 55.08 Q 2 Steffen Driesen 55.44 Q 3 Randall Bal 55.47 Q 4 Gordan Kožulj 55.56 Q 5 Örn Arnarson 55.63 Q 6 Péter Horváth 55.67 Q 7 Keng Liat Lim 55.85 Q 8 Stev Theloke 55.99 Q 9 Aaron Peirsol 56.02 Q 10 Matt Welsh 56.04 Q 11 Josh Watson 56.11 Q 12 Blaž Medvešek 56.24 Q 12 Alexandre Massura 56.24 Q 14 Vladislav Aminov 56.25 Q 15 Mariusz Siembida 56.28 Q 16 Emanuele Merisi 56.00 QSO 16 Eithan Urbach 56.00 QSO 18 Viktor Bodrogi 56.38 19 Atsushi Nishikori 56.39 20 Pierre Roger 56.50 21 Marko Strahija 56.63 22 Miroslav Machovič 56.70 23 Darius Grigalionis 56.77 24 Eduardo Germán Otero 56.82 25 Sean Sepulis 56.97 26 Haruki Takeuchi 57.09 27 Yoav Gath 57.16 28 Derya Büyükuncu 57.35 29 Daniel Lönnberg 57.50 30 Martin Viilep 57.77 31 Mindaugas Špokas 58.00 32 Ioannis Kokkodis 58.15 33 Gary Tan 58.52 34 George Gleason 58.60 35 Juan Carlos Rodela 58.62 36 Mark Chay 59.28 37 Brendan Ashby 59.71 38 Sergio Cabrera 59.80 39 Diego Gallo 1:00.63 40 Eduardo Gil 1:00.73 41 Ignacio Bengoechea 1:00.74 42 Wu Nien-Pin 1:01.08 43 Christophee Backisavs 1:01.86 44 Aziz Toumi 1:02.28 45 Chi Lon Lei 1:03.07 46 Fahad Al Otaibi 1:03.50 47 Wing Cheung Victor Wong 1:05.58 48 Hsu Kuo-Tung 1:06.13 49 Seung Gin Lee 1:07.05 50 Nuno Miguel Cardoso Rola 1:07.96 51 João Carlos Paquet Aguiar 1:08.40 52 William Kang 1:08.77 53 Rony Bakale 1:09.55 54 Ganbold Urnultsaikhan 1:11.77 55 Fahd Bayusuf 1:13.93 56 Hojamammedou Hojamammed 1:22.13 – Mohammad Nazeri DSQ – Mehdi Addadi DNS

Swim-off

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Emanuele Merisi 56.27 Q 2 Eithan Urbach 56.61

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Randall Bal 54.93 Q 2 Örn Arnarson 55.21 Q 3 Markus Rogan 55.22 Q 4 Steffen Driesen 55.26 Q 5 Péter Horváth 55.38 Q 6 Gordan Kožulj 55.42 Q 7 Matt Welsh 55.47 Q 8 Josh Watson 55.78 Q 9 Stev Theloke 55.82 10 Aaron Peirsol 55.89 11 Vladislav Aminov 55.98 12 Mariusz Siembida 56.16 13 Keng Liat Lim 56.29 14 Blaž Medvešek 56.41 15 Alexandre Massura 56.52 16 Emanuele Merisi 56.54

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Matt Welsh 54.31 CR Örn Arnarson 54.75 Steffen Driesen 54.91 4 Randall Bal 54.97 5 Markus Rogan 55.23 6 Péter Horváth 55.43 7 Gordan Kožulj 55.60 8 Josh Watson 55.98

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