1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 100m Backstroke

Swimming events at the
1997 FINA SC World Championships
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
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

The finals and the qualifying heats of the Men's 100 metres Backstroke event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the last day of the competition, on Sunday 20 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Contents

Finals

RANK FINAL A TIME
 Neisser Bent (CUB) 52.77
 Brian Retterer (USA) 53.06
 Adrian Radley (AUS) 53.36
4.  Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) 53.48
5.  Keitaro Konnai (JPN) 53.53
6.  Wei Wang (CHN) 53.75
7.  Josh Watson (AUS) 54.36
8.  Darius Grigalionis (LTU) 54.80
RANK FINAL B TIME
9.  Vladimir Selkov (RUS) 53.29
10.  Martin Harris (GBR) 54.04
11.  Stev Theloke (GER) 54.06
12.  Adam Ruckwood (GBR) 54.32
13.  Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS) 54.52
14.  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 54.65
15.  Mark Versfeld (CAN) 56.62
 Shamek Pietucha (CAN) DSQ

Qualifying heats

RANK HEATS RANKING TIME
1.  Neisser Bent (CUB) 52.94
2.  Brian Retterer (USA) 53.05
3.  Adrian Radley (AUS) 53.06
4.  Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) 53.22
5.  Wei Wang (CHN) 53.74
6.  Josh Watson (AUS) 53.75
7.  Keitaro Konnai (JPN) 53.87
8.  Darius Grigalionis (LTU) 54.11
9.  Adam Ruckwood (GBR) 54.16
10.  Vladimir Selkov (RUS) 54.23
11.  Martin Harris (GBR) 54.30
12.  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 54.64
13.  Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS) 54.80
14.  Stev Theloke (GER) 54.91
15.  Mark Versfeld (CAN) 55.01
16.  Shamek Pietucha (CAN) 55.02
17.  Miroslav Machovic (SVK) 55.13
18.  Nate Dusing (USA) 55.21
19.  Daniel Carlsson (SWE) 55.31
20.  Tom Karlsen (NOR) 55.32
 Daniel Lonnberg (SWE) 55.32
22.  Mindaugas Spokas (LTU) 55.34
23.  Nuno Laurentino (POR) 55.43
24.  Leonardo Costa (BRA) 55.51
25.  Jan Vitazka (CZE) 55.71
26.  Greg Main-Baillie (RSA) 55.88
27.  Tomislav Karlo (CRO) 55.98
28.  Philippe Meyer (SUI) 56.18
29.  Pablo Abal (ARG) 56.64
30.  Alexis Perdomo (VEN) 56.78
31.  Nicolas Rajcevich (CHI) 56.79
32.  Tane Strickland (NZL) 56.90
33.  Allan Jørgensen (NOR) 57.77

See also

References