Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 50 metre backstroke

Boys' 50 metre backstroke at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Venue	Natatorium
Dates	9 October (heats, semifinals) 10 October (final)
Competitors	26 from 25 nations
Winning time	24.40
Medalists
Kliment Kolesnikov    Russia   Thomas Ceccon    Italy   Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas    Norway
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The boys' 50 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 9 and 10 October at the Natatorium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ^[1]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 9 October at 10:38. ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	24.74	Q
2	3	4	Wang Guanbin	China	25.93	Q
3	4	5	Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas	Norway	26.14	Q
4	2	4	Thomas Ceccon	Italy	26.24	Q
5	3	1	Anthony Rincón	Colombia	26.27	Q
6	4	2	Lewis Blackburn	Australia	26.29	Q
7	3	3	Sebastian Somerset	Canada	26.30	Q
8	2	1	Roni Kallström	Finland	26.32	Q
9	2	2	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	26.33	Q, NR
10	3	2	Guillermo Cruz	Mexico	26.35	Q
11	3	6	Chuang Mu-lun	Chinese Taipei	26.38	Q
11	4	3	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	26.38	Q
13	3	5	Kenzo Simons	Netherlands	26.41	Q
14	2	3	Gábor Zombori	Hungary	26.44	Q
15	4	1	Arijaus Pavlidi	Lithuania	26.46	Q
16	2	5	Jack Kirby	Barbados	26.48	Q
17	4	6	Marvin Miglbauer	Austria	26.50
18	2	6	Srihari Nataraj	India	26.55
19	2	7	Alanas Tautkus	Lithuania	26.63
20	4	8	Ethan Harder	United States	26.84
21	4	7	Hendrik Duvenhage	South Africa	26.97
22	3	7	Manuel Martos	Spain	27.07
23	3	8	Brynjólfur Óli Karlsson	Iceland	28.09
24	1	5	Bede Aitu	Cook Islands	28.90
25	1	4	Finau 'Ohuafi	Tonga	29.26
26	1	3	Dennis Mhini	Tanzania	29.79

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 9 October at 19:08. ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	24.56	Q
2	2	5	Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas	Norway	25.12	Q
3	2	1	Kenzo Simons	Netherlands	25.81	Q
4	1	5	Thomas Ceccon	Italy	25.98	Q
5	1	4	Wang Guanbin	China	26.05	Q
6	1	1	Gábor Zombori	Hungary	26.10	Q
7	1	3	Lewis Blackburn	Australia	26.17	Q
8	1	2	Guillermo Cruz	Mexico	26.20	Q
9	2	3	Anthony Rincón	Colombia	26.33
10	2	2	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	26.36
11	2	6	Sebastian Somerset	Canada	26.45
12	2	7	Chuang Mu-lun	Chinese Taipei	26.59
13	1	7	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	26.64
14	1	8	Jack Kirby	Barbados	26.77
15	1	6	Roni Kallström	Finland	26.79
16	2	8	Arijaus Pavlidi	Lithuania	26.93

Final

The medailists

Kliment Kolesnikov, Youth Olympic Games Champion

The final was held on 10 October at 18:34. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	24.40
	6	Thomas Ceccon	Italy	25.27
	5	Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas	Norway	25.28
4	2	Wang Guanbin	China	25.83
5	1	Lewis Blackburn	Australia	25.99
6	3	Kenzo Simons	Netherlands	26.26
7	8	Guillermo Cruz	Mexico	26.56
8	7	Gábor Zombori	Hungary	26.63

References

1. "Swimming – Competition Schedule" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
2. Heats results
3. Semifinals results
4. Final results