Aaron Peirsol established a new world record of 52.54 to defend his Olympic title in the event. His teammate Matt Grevers earned a silver in 53.11, giving the United States a one-two finish.[2][3] Meanwhile, Australia's Hayden Stoeckel and Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin, who both finished behind Grevers by 0.07 of a second, tied for the bronze medal in a matching time of 53.18.[4]
Stoeckel's teammate Ashley Delaney finished fifth in 53.31, while Great Britain's Liam Tancock, who led a field in the first 50 metres, faded only to sixth place in 53.39.[5] Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer (53.51) and Japan's Junichi Miyashita (53.99) rounded out the finale. For the first time in Olympic history, all eight swimmers went faster than a winning time of 54.09, previously set by Peirsol in Athens four years earlier.[2]
Earlier, Grevers erased Peirsol's 2004 Olympic record of 53.45 to pick up a top seed in the prelims, until Stoeckel broke a 53-second barrier, and eventually lowered the record to 52.97 in the semifinals.[6]
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May 08, 2024
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The men s 100 metre backstroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10 12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China 1 Men s 100 metre backstrokeat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueBeijing National Aquatics CenterDateAugust 10 2008 heats August 11 2008 semifinals August 12 2008 final Competitors45 from 35 nationsWinning time52 54 WRMedalistsAaron Peirsol United StatesMatt Grevers United StatesHayden Stoeckel AustraliaArkady Vyatchanin Russia 20042012 Aaron Peirsol established a new world record of 52 54 to defend his Olympic title in the event His teammate Matt Grevers earned a silver in 53 11 giving the United States a one two finish 2 3 Meanwhile Australia s Hayden Stoeckel and Russia s Arkady Vyatchanin who both finished behind Grevers by 0 07 of a second tied for the bronze medal in a matching time of 53 18 4 Stoeckel s teammate Ashley Delaney finished fifth in 53 31 while Great Britain s Liam Tancock who led a field in the first 50 metres faded only to sixth place in 53 39 5 Spain s Aschwin Wildeboer 53 51 and Japan s Junichi Miyashita 53 99 rounded out the finale For the first time in Olympic history all eight swimmers went faster than a winning time of 54 09 previously set by Peirsol in Athens four years earlier 2 Earlier Grevers erased Peirsol s 2004 Olympic record of 53 45 to pick up a top seed in the prelims until Stoeckel broke a 53 second barrier and eventually lowered the record to 52 97 in the semifinals 6 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Semifinals 2 2 1 Semifinal 1 2 2 2 Semifinal 2 2 3 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Aaron Peirsol USA 52 89 Omaha United States 1 July 2008 Olympic record nbsp Aaron Peirsol USA 53 45 Athens Greece 21 August 2004 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time Record August 10 Heat 4 Matt Grevers nbsp United States 53 41 OR August 11 Semifinal 1 Arkady Vyatchanin nbsp Russia 53 06 OR August 11 Semifinal 2 Hayden Stoeckel nbsp Australia 52 97 OR August 12 Final Aaron Peirsol nbsp United States 52 54 WRResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Matt Grevers nbsp United States 53 41 Q OR 2 4 5 Arkady Vyatchanin nbsp Russia 53 64 Q 3 6 4 Aaron Peirsol nbsp United States 53 65 Q 4 6 7 Aschwin Wildeboer nbsp Spain 53 67 Q 5 3 5 Gerhard Zandberg nbsp South Africa 53 75 Q AF 6 6 5 Liam Tancock nbsp Great Britain 53 85 Q 7 5 3 Hayden Stoeckel nbsp Australia 53 93 Q 8 3 8 Ľubos Krizko nbsp Slovakia 54 07 Q NR 9 5 5 Ashley Delaney nbsp Australia 54 08 Q 10 5 2 Junichi Miyashita nbsp Japan 54 12 Q 11 4 2 Stanislav Donets nbsp Russia 54 18 Q 12 4 3 Tomomi Morita nbsp Japan 54 21 Q 13 6 3 Markus Rogan nbsp Austria 54 22 Q 14 6 1 Mirco Di Tora nbsp Italy 54 39 Q 15 5 1 Guy Barnea nbsp Israel 54 50 Q 16 5 6 Gregor Tait nbsp Great Britain 54 62 Q 17 4 6 Aristeidis Grigoriadis nbsp Greece 54 71 18 3 4 Damiano Lestingi nbsp Italy 54 78 19 5 4 Helge Meeuw nbsp Germany 54 88 20 6 2 Guilherme Guido nbsp Brazil 54 89 6 8 Răzvan Florea nbsp Romania 22 4 8 George Du Rand nbsp South Africa 54 90 23 3 7 Sung Min nbsp South Korea 54 99 24 4 1 Gordan Kozulj nbsp Croatia 55 05 25 3 3 Benjamin Stasiulis nbsp France 55 08 26 2 6 Omar Pinzon nbsp Colombia 55 11 27 3 6 Jonathan Massacand nbsp Switzerland 55 21 NR 28 4 7 Nick Driebergen nbsp Netherlands 55 31 29 2 5 Pavel Sankovich nbsp Belarus 55 39 30 3 1 Derya Buyukuncu nbsp Turkey 55 43 31 5 8 Jake Tapp nbsp Canada 55 54 32 3 2 Vytautas Janusaitis nbsp Lithuania 55 65 33 6 6 Thomas Rupprath nbsp Germany 55 77 34 5 7 Marko Strahija nbsp Croatia 55 89 35 2 4 Orn Arnarson nbsp Iceland 56 15 36 2 3 Roland Rudolf nbsp Hungary 56 25 37 2 2 Sun Xiaolei nbsp China 56 44 38 2 8 Oleksandr Isakov nbsp Ukraine 56 55 39 1 4 Danil Bugakov nbsp Uzbekistan 56 59 40 2 7 Eduardo German Otero nbsp Argentina 56 74 41 2 1 Tomas Fucik nbsp Czech Republic 57 29 42 1 5 Stanislav Osinsky nbsp Kazakhstan 57 42 43 1 3 Jared Heine nbsp Marshall Islands 58 86 44 1 2 Souhaib Kalala nbsp Syria 1 00 24 45 1 6 Rubel Mohammad Rana nbsp Bangladesh 1 04 82 Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Arkady Vyatchanin nbsp Russia 53 06 Q OR EU 2 5 Aschwin Wildeboer nbsp Spain 53 51 Q 3 3 Liam Tancock nbsp Great Britain 53 61 Q 4 2 Junichi Miyashita nbsp Japan 53 69 Q AS 5 7 Tomomi Morita nbsp Japan 53 95 6 8 Gregor Tait nbsp Great Britain 54 37 7 6 Ľubos Krizko nbsp Slovakia 54 38 8 1 Mirco Di Tora nbsp Italy 54 92 Semifinal 2 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Hayden Stoeckel nbsp Australia 52 97 Q OR 2 4 Matt Grevers nbsp United States 52 99 Q 3 5 Aaron Peirsol nbsp United States 53 56 Q 4 2 Ashley Delaney nbsp Australia 53 76 Q 5 1 Markus Rogan nbsp Austria 53 80 6 3 Gerhard Zandberg nbsp South Africa 53 98 7 7 Stanislav Donets nbsp Russia 54 57 8 8 Guy Barnea nbsp Israel 54 93 Final edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 2 Aaron Peirsol nbsp United States 52 54 WR nbsp 5 Matt Grevers nbsp United States 53 11 nbsp 3 Arkady Vyatchanin nbsp Russia 53 18 4 Hayden Stoeckel nbsp Australia 5 8 Ashley Delaney nbsp Australia 53 31 6 7 Liam Tancock nbsp Great Britain 53 39 NR 7 6 Aschwin Wildeboer nbsp Spain 53 51 8 1 Junichi Miyashita nbsp Japan 53 99References edit Olympic Swimming Schedule USA Today 9 August 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2013 a b Lohn John 11 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Aaron Peirsol Crushes 100 Back World Record En Route To Win Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 2 June 2013 Retrieved 16 May 2013 Aaron Peirsol wins gold in 100m backstroke Matt Grevers takes silver Los Angeles Times 11 August 2008 Retrieved 16 May 2013 Dead heat bronze for Stoeckel Peirsol wins backstroke gold ABC News 12 August 2008 Retrieved 16 May 2013 Peirsol wins 100m backstroke gold BBC Sport 12 August 2008 Retrieved 16 May 2013 Lohn John 10 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Club 52 Grows to Four Hayden Stoeckel Wins Semifinal Round of 100 Back Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 1 November 2012 Retrieved 16 May 2013 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s 100 metre backstroke amp oldid 1149861883, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
