Aaron qualified 1st for the 200m Backstroke final tomorrow motning.

The day’s complete results -> here

Men’’s 200 Back

1 1 4 PEIRSOL Aaron Jul 23 1983 United States 0.68 27.46 56.27
28.81 1:25.61
29.34 1:55.26
29.65
2 2 4 LOCHTE Ryan Aug 03 1984 United States 0.67 27.44 56.36
28.92 1:26.09
29.73 1:55.40
29.31 0.14
3 2 5 ROGAN Markus May 04 1982 Austria 0.74 27.90 57.11
29.21 1:26.79
29.68 1:56.34
29.55 1.08
4 2 6 IRIE Ryosuke Jan 24 1990 Japan 0.52 27.18 56.43
29.25 1:26.55
30.12 1:56.35
29.80 1.09
5 1 2 FLOREA Razvan Ionut Sep 29 1980 Romania 0.66 27.42 56.74
29.32 1:27.14
30.40 1:56.45
29.31 1.19
6 2 3 TAIT Gregor Apr 20 1979 Great Britain 0.67 27.71 57.50
29.79 1:27.14
29.64 1:56.72
29.58 1.46
7 1 3 STOECKEL Hayden Aug 10 1984 Australia 0.64 27.18 56.56
29.38 1:26.39
29.83 1:56.73
30.34 1.47 OC
8 1 5 VYATCHANIN Arkady Apr 04 1984 Russian Fed. 0.80 27.74 57.40
29.66 1:26.99
29.59 1:56.85
29.86 1.59
8 2 7 MEEUW Helge Aug 29 1984 Germany 0.71 27.04 56.63
29.59 1:27.49
30.86 1:56.85
29.36 1.59

Men’’s 200 Back Swimoff
Rank Lane Name NOC R.T. 50m 100m 150m Time Time Behind
1 4 VYATCHANIN Arkady RUS 0.85 (2) 27.52 (1) 56.87
29.35 (1) 1:27.82
30.95 1:57.75
29.93
2 5 MEEUW Helge GER 0.73 (1) 27.13 (2) 57.22
30.09 (2) 1:29.26
32.04 2:00.97
31.71 3.22

* Americans Go 1-2 in Men’s 200 Back, Aaron Peirsol Top Seed

“... Racing in the first semifinal, Peirsol looked smooth en route to a time of 1:55.26....”

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Aaron qualified 2nd for the 200m Backstroke semifinal tomorrow morning.

* U.S. Goes 1-2 in Men’s 200 Back Qualifying

“... THEY share the world record and staged epic duels at last year’s World Championships and at the United States Olympic Trials. Now, Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol are the top qualifiers heading into the semifinal round of the 200 backstroke. Like that scenario wasn’t going to unfold.

Swimming in the last of six preliminary heats, Lochte turned in a time of 1:56.29 to qualify just ahead of Peirsol, who has already defended his Olympic title in the 100 backstroke. Peirsol generated a time of 1:56.35...”

AP Mark J. Terrill

Congratulations Aaron to a new World Record and defending the Olympic title!

* Days complete results -> here

Men’’s 100 Back

1 2 PEIRSOL Aaron USA 0.63 (2) 25.65 52.54
26.89 WR

2 5 GREVERS Matt USA 0.67 (3) 25.68 53.11
27.43 0.57
3 3 VYATCHANIN Arkady RUS 0.77 (7) 26.11 53.18
27.07 0.64
3 4 STOECKEL Hayden AUS 0.58 (4) 25.78 53.18
27.40 0.64
5 8 DELANEY Ashley AUS 0.53 (5) 25.89 53.31
27.42 0.77
6 7 TANCOCK Liam GBR 0.55 (1) 25.11 53.39
28.28 0.85
7 6 WILDEBOER Aschwin ESP 0.61 (6) 26.00 53.51
27.51 0.97
8 1 MIYASHITA Junichi JPN 0.62 (8) 26.30 53.99
27.69 1.45

* Aaron Peirsol Crushes 100 Back World Record En Route To Win

“...Sitting back during the preliminaries and semifinals, Peirsol shredded the field in the championship final, establishing a world record of 52.54, well under the 52.89 he posed at Trials. Peirsol was out in 25.65, trailing only Liam Tancock of Great Britain, and brought his race home in 26.89, easily the fastest back-end split. ...”

* Aaron Peirsol defends Olympic 100 back title
* Coughlin and Peirsol Repeat Their Sweep of 100 Backstrokes
* Peirsol breaks 10th world record wins 100m backstroke

***

Reuters Jerry Lempen

AP Mark J. Terrill

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Aaron qualified 5th with a time of 53.56 for the final of the 100m Backstroke.

* 52 Club Grows to Four, Hayden Stoeckel Wins Semifinal Round of 100 Back

* Day’s Complete Results -> here

Men’s 100 Back Results
1 2 6 STOECKEL Hayden Aug 10 1984 Australia 0.59 25.77 52.97
27.20 OR
2 2 4 GREVERS Matt Mar 26 1985 United States 0.66 25.89 52.99
27.10 0.02
3 1 4 VYATCHANIN Arkady Apr 04 1984 Russian Fed. 0.78 26.01 53.06
27.05 0.09 ER
4 1 5 WILDEBOER Aschwin Feb 14 1986 Spain 0.60 26.17 53.51
27.34 0.54
5 2 5 PEIRSOL Aaron Jul 23 1983 United States 0.72 26.07 53.56
27.49 0.59
6 1 3 TANCOCK Liam May 07 1985 Great Britain 0.56 25.68 53.61
27.93 0.64
7 1 2 MIYASHITA Junichi Oct 17 1983 Japan 0.58 26.09 53.69
27.60 0.72 AS
8 2 2 DELANEY Ashley Apr 11 1986 Australia 0.50 25.96 53.76
27.80 0.79

* Coventry, Kitajima Set New World Marks

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Aaron won his heat of the 100m backstroke with a time of 53.65 and qualified 3rd for the semifinals tomorrow morning.

Official heats ranking here

1 Grevers Matt United States 53.41*
2 Vyatchanin Arkady Russia 53.64*
3 Peirsol Aaron United States 53.65*
4 Wildeboer Aschwin Spain 53.67*
5 Zandberg Gerhard South Africa 53.75*
6 Tancock Liam Britain 53.85*
7 Stoeckel Hayden Australia 53.93*
8 Krizko Lubos Slovakia 54.07*
9 Delaney Ashley Australia 54.08*
10 Miyashita Junichi Japan 54.12*
11 Donets Stanislav Russia 54.18*
12 Morita Tomomi Japan 54.21*
13 Rogan Markus Austria 54.22*
14 di Tora Mirco Italy 54.39*
15 Barnea Guy Israel 54.50*
16 Tait Gregor Britain 54.62*

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