Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates27 July (heats and semifinals)
28 July (final)
Competitors74 from 67 nations
Winning time24.43
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Russia
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The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019.[1][2]

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) 24.00 Glasgow, United Kingdom 4 August 2018
Competition record  Liam Tancock (GBR) 24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The heats were held on 27 July at 10:23.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 4 Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia 24.61 Q
2 7 5 Michael Andrew  United States 24.70 Q
3 8 3 Jérémy Stravius  France 24.78 Q
4 7 6 Zane Waddell  South Africa 24.84 Q
5 6 5 Xu Jiayu  China 24.87 Q
6 6 4 Ryan Murphy  United States 24.93 Q
7 5 6 Mohamed Samy  Egypt 24.95 Q, NR
8 6 2 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 24.98 Q
9 7 4 Robert Glință  Romania 25.00 Q
9 8 7 Apostolos Christou  Greece 25.00 Q
11 8 5 Shane Ryan  Ireland 25.10 WD
12 6 6 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 25.11 Q
12 7 3 Mikita Tsmyh  Belarus 25.11 Q
14 8 6 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 25.12 Q
15 8 2 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 25.16 Q
16 7 2 Michael Laitarovsky  Israel 25.26 Q
17 7 7 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 25.28 Q
18 8 8 Gábor Balog  Hungary 25.29
19 7 0 Tomasz Polewka  Poland 25.31
20 6 3 Mitch Larkin  Australia 25.33
21 7 8 Thierry Bollin   Switzerland 25.37
22 5 4 Lee Ju-ho  South Korea 25.42
23 6 1 Juan Segura  Spain 25.46
24 5 2 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 25.50
24 8 1 Bernhard Reitshammer  Austria 25.50
26 6 0 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 25.58
26 6 8 Nicholas Pyle  Great Britain 25.58
28 6 7 Conor Ferguson  Ireland 25.60
29 5 3 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 25.62
30 5 5 Alexis Santos  Portugal 25.68
31 6 9 Tomáš Franta  Czech Republic 25.69
32 5 1 Nguyen Paul Le  Vietnam 25.73
33 8 9 Wang Peng  China 25.79
34 4 6 Srihari Nataraj  India 25.83 NR
35 4 2 Merdan Ataýew  Turkmenistan 25.84
36 4 7 Kristofer Rogic  Croatia 25.91
37 4 3 Metin Aydin  Turkey 25.95
37 5 7 Emir Muratović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25.95
39 5 0 Karl Johann Luht  Estonia 25.97
40 4 4 Chuang Mu-lun  Chinese Taipei 25.99
41 7 1 I Gede Siman Sudartawa  Indonesia 26.00
42 4 1 Driss Lahrichi  Morocco 26.12
42 5 8 Tern Jian Han  Malaysia 26.12
44 4 8 Kristinn Þórarinsson  Iceland 26.42
44 4 9 Ģirts Feldbergs  Latvia 26.42
46 3 6 Steven Aimable  Senegal 26.48
46 7 9 Robinson Molina  Venezuela 26.48
48 4 0 Jack Kirby  Barbados 26.52
49 5 9 Armando Barrera  Cuba 26.53
50 2 1 Ali Al-Zamil  Kuwait 26.79
51 3 1 Jason Arthur  Ghana 26.84
52 3 2 Gabriel Castillo  Bolivia 26.94
53 4 5 Kasipat Chograthin  Thailand 26.95
54 3 5 Filippos Iakovidis  Cyprus 27.00
55 3 4 Dimuth Peiris  Sri Lanka 27.18
56 1 3 Ghirmai Efrem  Eritrea 27.96
57 3 3 Bradley Vincent  Mauritius 27.97
58 1 5 Delron Felix  Grenada 28.15
59 3 7 Eisner Barberena  Nicaragua 28.25
60 3 8 Ado Gargović  Montenegro 28.27
61 2 7 Omar Alrowaila  Bahrain 28.57
63 2 8 Juhn Tenorio  Northern Mariana Islands 29.42
62 2 2 Juwel Ahmmed  Bangladesh 29.33
64 2 4 Tendo Mukalazi  Uganda 29.70
65 3 0 Leon Seaton  Guyana 29.92
66 2 0 Alassane Lancina  Niger 30.01
67 3 9 Santisouk Inthavong  Laos 30.75
68 2 5 Olimjon Ishanov  Tajikistan 31.51
69 1 2 Samuele Rossi  Seychelles 31.67
70 2 3 Alie Kamara  Sierra Leone 34.66
71 2 9 Houmed Barkat  Djibouti 37.03
72 1 6 Hollingsword Wolul  Vanuatu 38.67
73 2 6 Hedayatullah Noorzad  Afghanistan 39.03 NR
74 1 4 Phillip Kinono  Marshall Islands 41.27
8 0 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas  Norway DNS

Semifinals[edit]

The semifinals were started on 27 July at 21:08.[4]

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 24.56 Q
2 3 Ryan Murphy  United States 24.64 Q
3 5 Zane Waddell  South Africa 24.72 Q
4 4 Michael Andrew  United States 24.76 Q
5 2 Apostolos Christou  Greece 24.76 Q, NR
6 6 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 24.87
7 8 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 25.06
8 7 Mikita Tsmyh  Belarus 25.12

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia 24.35 Q
2 2 Robert Glință  Romania 24.53 Q
3 3 Xu Jiayu  China 24.73 Q
4 1 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 24.88
5 5 Jérémy Stravius  France 24.98
6 8 Michael Laitarovsky  Israel 25.01
7 7 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 25.02
8 6 Mohamed Samy  Egypt 25.16

Final[edit]

The final was held on 28 July at 20:02.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Zane Waddell  South Africa 24.43
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 24.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia 24.51
4 6 Ryan Murphy  United States 24.53
5 1 Michael Andrew  United States 24.58
6 7 Xu Jiayu  China 24.64
7 5 Robert Glință  Romania 24.67
8 8 Apostolos Christou  Greece 24.75 NR

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