2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location Melbourne, Australia
Dates15 December (heats and semifinals)
16 December (final)
Competitors40 from 34 nations
Winning time22.64
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  2021
2024  

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

Records

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

World record Flag of France.svg  Florent Manaudou  (FRA)22.22 Doha, Qatar 6 December 2014
Competition recordFlag of France.svg  Florent Manaudou  (FRA)22.22 Doha, Qatar 6 December 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 15 December at 11:19. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145 Kacper Stokowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.78Q, NR
262 Isaac Cooper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22.79Q, OC
353 Pieter Coetze Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 23.01Q
454 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 23.07Q
555 Lorenzo Mora Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.09Q
643 Javier Acevedo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.10Q, NR
738 Andrei Anghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 23.12Q
865 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.18Q
868 Hunter Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.18Q
1064 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.22Q
1146 Ole Braunschweig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.25Q
1163 Takeshi Kawamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.25Q
1352 Tomáš Franta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 23.26Q, NR
1442 Marek Ulrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.28Q
1532 Ksawery Masiuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23.35Q
1666 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.38Q
1748 Thierry Bollin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 23.48 NR
1858 Cameron Gray Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23.49
1957 Simon Bucher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 23.55
2033 Lamar Taylor Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 23.58 NR
2056 Mewen Tomac Flag of France.svg  France 23.58
2247 Markus Lie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23.65
2322 João Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 23.80
2331 Bradley Woodward Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23.80
2541 Ng Cheuk Yin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 23.83
2651 Wang Gukailai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23.97
2727 Chuang Mu-lun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 24.15 NR
2835 Charles Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 24.29
2861 Rasim Oğulcan Gör Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24.29
3024 Maximillian Wilson Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands 24.31
3136 Jerard Jacinto Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 24.36 NR
3267 Doruk Tekin Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24.63
3321 Ģirts Feldbergs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 24.67
3437 Armin Evert Lelle Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 24.69
3513 Miguel Vásquez Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 25.31 NR
3614 Abdellah Ardjoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 25.71
3715 Kokoro Frost Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 26.18
3816 Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 26.84
3917 Ayman Kelzi Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 27.19 NR
26 Meiron Cheruti Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Disqualified
12 Sheku Kamara Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Did not start
23 Akalanka Peiris Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
25 Ziyad Saleem Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
28 Yazan Al-Bawwab Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
34 Yeziel Morales Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
44 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 15 December at 19:59. [4]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114 Isaac Cooper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22.52Q, WJ, OC
224 Kacper Stokowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.74Q, NR
212 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.74Q
425 Pieter Coetze Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.86Q
515 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 22.90Q
523 Lorenzo Mora Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.90Q
711 Marek Ulrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.03Q
813 Javier Acevedo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.05QSO, WD, NR
816 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.05QSO
822 Hunter Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.05QSO
1127 Ole Braunschweig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.08
1217 Takeshi Kawamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.19
1328 Ksawery Masiuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23.29
1418 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.49
21 Tomáš Franta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Disqualified
26 Andrei Anghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 16 December at 12:55. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.15Q
25 Hunter Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.30

Final

The final was held on 16 December at 21:11. [6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.64
Silver medal icon.svg4 Isaac Cooper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22.73
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Kacper Stokowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.74= NR
47 Lorenzo Mora Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.81
56 Pieter Coetze Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.84 AF
68 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.10
62 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 23.12
81 Marek Ulrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.37

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References

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  2. Start list
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  4. "Men's 50m Backstroke – Semifinals – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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