Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 50m backstroke M.JPG
Victory Ceremony
Dates8 August (heats and semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors68 from 61 nations
Winning time24.23
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  2013
2017  

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 8 August with the heats and the semifinals and 9 August with the final. [1]

Contents

Records

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

World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Liam Tancock  (GBR)24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009
Competition recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Liam Tancock  (GBR)24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 09:54. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 24.56Q
253 Matt Grevers Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.68Q
364 Ben Treffers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.74Q
455 Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.77Q
565 David Plummer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.79Q
666 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.91Q
775 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 24.95Q
877 Pavel Sankovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24.97Q, NR
976 Carl Schwarz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.12Q
1062 Jonatan Kopelev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.14Q
1172 Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.21Q
1273 Tomasz Polewka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.25Q
1351 Grigory Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.27Q
1374 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.27Q
1557 Lavrans Solli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25.28Q
1663 Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.29QSO
1661 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25.29QSO
1856 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.31
1950 Park Seon-kwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25.33
2078 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 25.44
2146 Ralf Tribuntsov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.45
2244 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 25.48
2345 Masaki Kaneko Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.49
2468 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.50
2552 Juan Miguel Rando Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.54
2660 François Heersbrandt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 25.55
2741 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 25.60
2831 Alexis Santos Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 25.70
2971 Xu Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.71
3058 I Gede Siman Sudartawa Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 25.77
3167 Russell Wood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.79
3270 Viktar Staselovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.85
3347 Iskender Baskalov Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25.94
3443 Albert Subirats Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 26.07
3548 Ryan Pini Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 26.11
3679 Lê Nguyễn Paul Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 26.14
3759 Janis Šaltans Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 26.19
3842 Kasipat Chograthin Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 26.20
3949 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 26.27
4035 Mohamed Hussein Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 26.42
4033 Daniil Bukin Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 26.42
4238 Jamal Chavoshifar Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 26.53
4337 David McLeod Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 26.54
4440 Charles Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 26.57
4525 Merdan Atayev Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 26.64
4636 Martin Zhelev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 26.66
4730 Tern Tern Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 26.73
4834 Daniel Ramírez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 26.84
4926 David van der Colff Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 26.88
5032 Riyad Djendouci Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 27.20
5139 Ngou Pok Man Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 27.20
5223 Timothy Wynter Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 27.21
5327 Eisner Barbarena Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 27.35
5422 Hamdan Bayusuf Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 27.74
5524Yaaqoub Al-SaadiFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 28.04
5628 Noah Mascoll-Gomes Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 28.69
5721 Samson Opuakpo Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 28.70
5829 Mohammad Ahmed Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 29.10
5920 Faraj Saleh Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 29.66
6013 Adam Allouche Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 29.91
6114 Arnold Kisulo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 29.98
6215 Kerry Ollivierre Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 30.42
6316 Kwesi Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 31.08
6417 Ramziyor Khorkashov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 33.15
6518 Santisouk Inthavong Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 33.24
6612 Tano Atta Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 33.92
6710 Ebrahim Al-Maleki Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 34.19
6811 Moris Beale Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 35.85
69 Gábor Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS

Swim-off

It was established that there would be a swim-off between the Brazilian Guilherme Guido and the Spanish Miguel Ortiz. However Guido chose not to swim the race, preferring to rest and focus on the 4 × 100 medley relay. [3]

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 8 August at 18.45. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Matt Grevers Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.59Q
25 Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.65Q
33 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.75Q
41 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.77Q
56 Pavel Sankovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.02
62 Jonatan Kopelev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.04
77 Tomasz Polewka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.11 NR
88 Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.19

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 24.27Q
25 Ben Treffers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.64Q
33 David Plummer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.82Q
48 Lavrans Solli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24.93Q, NR
56 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 24.94
67 Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.05
72 Carl Schwarz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.20
81 Grigory Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.42

Final

The final was held on 9 August at 16:32. [5]

Final Kazan 2015 - 50m backstroke men final.JPG
Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 24.23
Silver medal icon.svg5 Matt Grevers Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.61
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Ben Treffers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.69
46 Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.70
57 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.73
68 Lavrans Solli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24.84 NR
72 Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.88
81 David Plummer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.95

References

  1. Start list
  2. Heats results
  3. "Etiene goes to semifinal of 50, and Brazil in the final of the mixed relay". Best Swimming (in Portuguese). August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  4. Semifinal results
  5. Final results