Swimming-World championship men's 100m backstroke semifinal results

Aug 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the World championship Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinal on Monday Semifinal 1 1. Matthew Grevers (U.S.) 52.73 Q 2. Liam Tancock (Britain) 53.19 Q 3. David Plummer (U.S.) 53.54 4. Grigory Tarasevich (Russia) 53.64 5. Yakov-Yan Toumarkin (Israel) 53.77 6. Jan-Philip Glania (Germany) 53.78 7. Guilherme Guido (Brazil) 53.88 8. Jeremy Stravius (France) 54.54 Semifinal 2 1. Mitch Larkin (Australia) 52.38 Q 2. Camille Lacourt (France) 52.70 Q 3. Ryosuke Irie (Japan) 53.13 Q 4. Evgeny Rylov (Russia) 53.14 Q 5. Xu Jiayu (China) 53.15 Q 6. Chris Walker-Hebborn (Britain) 53.39 Q 7. Simone Sabbioni (Italy) 53.60 . Benjamin Treffers (Australia) DSQ