Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue Foro Italico
Dates1 August 2009 (heats, semifinals)
2 August 2009 (final)
Competitors142
Winning time24.04 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2007
2011  

The heats for the men's 50 metre backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 1 August, with the final in the evening session of 2 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Randall Bal  (USA)24.33 Eindhoven, Netherlands5 December 2008
Championship recordFlag of Germany.svg  Thomas Rupprath  (GER)24.80 Barcelona, Spain27 July 2003

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
1 AugustHeat 13 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil24.49 CR
1 AugustSemifinal 1 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain24.08 WR
2 AugustFinal Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain24.04 WR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil24.49134 CR , SA
2 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg Spain24.50145 NR
3 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg France24.52135 NR
4 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.55158
5 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg Japan24.57154
6 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg Germany24.60144 NR
7 Gerhard Zandberg Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa24.68138 AF
8 Flori Lang Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland24.75143 NR
9 Juan Miguel Rando Flag of Spain.svg Spain24.77133
10 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24.79149
11 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.80157
12 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg Japan24.87156
13 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg Germany24.92155
14 Daniel Orzechowski Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil24.97148
14 Ashley Delaney Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia24.97153
16 Mirco Di Tora Flag of Italy.svg Italy25.01146
17 Nick Driebergen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands25.08147 NR
18 Enrico Catalano Flag of Italy.svg Italy25.10137
19 Matt Grevers Flag of the United States.svg USA25.13151
20 Pascal Wollach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada25.23133 NR
21 Vytautas Janušaitis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 25.24115 NR
22 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg USA25.30141
23 Daniel Bell Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand25.31132
24 Benjamin Stasiulis Flag of France.svg France25.32136
25 Răzvan Florea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 25.34142
26 Arkady Vyatchanin Flag of Russia.svg Russia25.36152
27 Charl Van Zyl Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa25.39130
28 Karl Burdis Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25.4096 NR
29 Marco Loughran Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.44126
30 Pavel Sankovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.53123
31 Stanislav Donets Flag of Russia.svg Russia25.54124
32 Sung Min Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25.57150
33 Markus Rogan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25.59159
34 Jake Tapp Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada25.68129
35 Jeong Doohee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25.77106
36 Bruno Claeys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium25.84139 NR
37 Nadav Kochavi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.94116
38 Danil Bugakov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 25.97127
39 Cheng Feiyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China26.01122
40 Derya Büyükuncu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26.07110
41 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg Poland26.08140
42 Andres Olvik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26.11107 NR
43 Krzysztof Jankiewicz Flag of Poland.svg Poland26.19125
44 Donal O'Neill Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 26.29120
45 Pedro Medel Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 26.35105
46 Tomas Fucik Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 26.4092
47 Robi Zbogar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 26.41104
48 Zhang Yu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China26.42117
49 Jean-François Schneiders Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 26.54128
50 David Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 26.6286
51 Kaspar Raigla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26.6398
52 Erwin Dokter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.68113
53 Kouam Amine Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 26.69118 NR
54 Ng Kai Wee Rainer Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 26.70108 NR
55 Mindaugas Sadauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 26.7177
56 Konstantins Blohins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 26.7282
57 Andrejs Dūda Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 26.8481
58 Oliver Elliot Banados Flag of Chile.svg Chile26.9495
59 Nicholas James Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 27.0179 NR
60 Stanislav Osinsky Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 27.06111
61 David Rodriguez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 27.0794
62 Christian Homer Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 27.1099
62 Miguel Robles Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico27.10101 NR
64 Artiom Gladun Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 27.13102
65 Nicolas Francia Vina Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 27.29114
66 Glenn Victor Sutanto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 27.32119
67 Cheah Geoffrey Robin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 27.3684
68 Do Huy Long Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 27.3985
68 Grant Beahan Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 27.3980
70 Doğa Çelik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27.51109
71 Jean Luis Gomez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 27.5873 NR
72 Kári J. á Høvdanum Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 27.6589 NR
73 Rony Bakale Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 27.7088
74 Radomyos Matjiur Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 27.73100
75 Heshan Bandara Unamboowe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27.8371
75 Fernando Castellanos Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 27.8378
77 Yury Zaharov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 27.94103
78 Zane Jordan Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 27.9562
79 Mohammed Al Ghaferi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 28.0563
80 Antonio Tong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 28.1587
81 Boris Kirillov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 28.3664
82 Byron Briedenhann Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 28.3869
83 Brett Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 28.4766
84 Joao Matias Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 28.4870
85 Samson Opuakpo Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 28.5756
85 Khachik Plavchyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 28.5776
87 Tsung Chao-Lin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 28.6290
88 Abbas Raad Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 28.7060
89 Mario Montoya Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 28.8565
90 Erik Rajohnson Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 28.9093
91 Marcelino Richaards Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 29.1661
92 Ronny Vencatachellum Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 29.1855
93 Tural Abbasov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 29.2874
94 Faiz Muhammad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 29.3358 NR
95 Nicholas Coard Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 29.6051
96 Matar Samb Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 29.6154
97 Jean-Luc Augier Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 29.6641
98 Kerson Hadley Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 29.7134
99 Kailan Staal Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 29.7546
100 Andrey Molchanov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 29.7632
101 Mark Sammut Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 29.8259
102 Heimanu Sichan Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 29.9957
102 Ngou Pok Man Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 29.99121
104 Rainui Teriipaia Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 30.1552
105 Milimo Mweetwa Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 30.1845
106 Ivo Chilaule Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 30.3524
107 Batsaikhan Dulguun Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 30.4168
108 Peter Popahun Pokawin Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 30.5647
109 Carlos Alberto Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 30.6444
110 Pepelate Gbagi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 30.8349
111 Douglas Miller Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 30.9531
112 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 31.1843
113 Gary Pineda Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 31.4633
114 Juan Carlos Sikaffy Diaz Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 31.4742
115 Henk Aloysius Lowe Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 31.5312
116 Daniel Kevin Pryke Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 31.5538
117 Timur Atahanov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 31.5837
118 Patricio Vera Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 31.6672
119 Siu Kent Chung Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 31.7435
120 Mario Sulkja Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 31.8850
121 Saif Alaslam Saeed Al-Saadi Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 32.2220
122 Jake Villarreal Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 32.2626
123 Elaijie Erasito Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 32.8230
124 Quenton Dupont Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 33.0723
125 Mohamed Mujahid Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 34.0627
126 Shameel Ibrahim Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 34.6622
127 Omar Abdalla Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 37.8429
128 Nsumizi Alain Boris Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 39.1736
129 Said Seba Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 43.6414
130 Isidore Lokossou Krobli Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 46.1011
Alejandro Jacobo Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoDNS13
Mohamed Bangura Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone DNS15
Abdoulkader Houssein Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti DNS21
Habonimana Yves Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi DNS25
Houmed Hassan Ali Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti DNS28
Branden Whitehurst Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands DNS39
Hocine Haciane Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra DNS48
Achelhi Bilal Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DNS53
Nicholas Thomson Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda DNS67
Charles William Walker Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines DNS83
Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNS97
Albert Subirats Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela DNS112

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.0815 WR
2 Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg Japan24.2923 AS
3 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg France24.4625 NR
4 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg Spain24.4814 NR
5 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg Germany24.5913 NR
6 Gerhard Zandberg Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa24.6826 =AF
7 Mirco Di Tora Flag of Italy.svg Italy24.7718 NR
7 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.7727 NR
9 Flori Lang Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland24.7816
10 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg Japan24.7917
11 Juan Miguel Rando Flag of Spain.svg Spain24.8022
12 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24.8112
13 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg Germany24.8721
14 Daniel Orzechowski Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil24.9211
15 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil24.9824
16 Ashley Delaney Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia25.0228

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeLaneNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.044 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Junya Koga Flag of Japan.svg Japan24.245 AS
Bronze medal icon.svg Gerhard Zandberg Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa24.347 AF
4 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg Spain24.576
5 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg France24.613
6 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg Germany24.632
7 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.878
8 Mirco Di Tora Flag of Italy.svg Italy25.151

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