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
Location Gwangju, South Korea
Dates27 July (heats and semifinals)
28 July (final)
Competitors74 from 67 nations
Winning time24.43
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2017
2022  

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019. [1] [2]

Contents

Records

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

World record Flag of Russia.svg  Kliment Kolesnikov  (RUS)24.00 Glasgow, United Kingdom 4 August 2018
Competition recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Liam Tancock  (GBR)24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
184 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.61Q
275 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.70Q
383 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 24.78Q
476 Zane Waddell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24.84Q
565 Xu Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24.87Q
664 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.93Q
756 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 24.95Q, NR
862 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.98Q
974 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 25.00Q
987 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.00Q
1185 Shane Ryan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25.10WD
1266 Jonatan Kopelev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.11Q
1273 Mikita Tsmyh Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.11Q
1486 Richárd Bohus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.12Q
1582 Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.16Q
1672 Michael Laitarovsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.26Q
1777 Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.28Q
1888 Gábor Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.29
1970 Tomasz Polewka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.31
2063 Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.33
2178 Thierry Bollin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 25.37
2254 Lee Ju-ho Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25.42
2361 Juan Segura Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.46
2452 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 25.50
2481 Bernhard Reitshammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25.50
2660 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.58
2668 Nicholas Pyle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.58
2867 Conor Ferguson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25.60
2953 Charles Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 25.62
3055 Alexis Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 25.68
3169 Tomáš Franta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25.69
3251 Nguyen Paul Le Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 25.73
3389 Wang Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.79
3446 Srihari Nataraj Flag of India.svg  India 25.83 NR
3542 Merdan Ataýew Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 25.84
3647 Kristofer Rogic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 25.91
3743 Metin Aydin Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25.95
3757 Emir Muratović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25.95
3950 Karl Johann Luht Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.97
4044 Chuang Mu-lun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 25.99
4171 I Gede Siman Sudartawa Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 26.00
4241 Driss Lahrichi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 26.12
4258 Tern Jian Han Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 26.12
4448 Kristinn Þórarinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 26.42
4449 Ģirts Feldbergs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 26.42
4636 Steven Aimable Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 26.48
4679 Robinson Molina Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 26.48
4840 Jack Kirby Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 26.52
4959 Armando Barrera Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 26.53
5021 Ali Al-Zamil Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 26.79
5131 Jason Arthur Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 26.84
5232 Gabriel Castillo Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 26.94
5345 Kasipat Chograthin Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 26.95
5435 Filippos Iakovidis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 27.00
5534 Dimuth Peiris Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27.18
5613 Ghirmai Efrem Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 27.96
5733 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 27.97
5815 Delron Felix Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 28.15
5937 Eisner Barberena Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 28.25
6038 Ado Gargović Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 28.27
6127 Omar Alrowaila Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 28.57
6328 Juhn Tenorio Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 29.42
6222 Juwel Ahmmed Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 29.33
6424 Tendo Mukalazi Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 29.70
6530 Leon Seaton Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 29.92
6620 Alassane Lancina Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 30.01
6739 Santisouk Inthavong Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 30.75
6825 Olimjon Ishanov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 31.51
6912 Samuele Rossi Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 31.67
7023 Alie Kamara Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 34.66
7129 Houmed Barkat Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 37.03
7216 Hollingsword Wolul Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 38.67
7326 Hedayatullah Noorzad Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan 39.03 NR
7414 Phillip Kinono Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 41.27
80 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.56Q
23 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.64Q
35 Zane Waddell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24.72Q
44 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.76Q
52 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.76Q, NR
66 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.87
78 Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.06
87 Mikita Tsmyh Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.12

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.35Q
22 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.53Q
33 Xu Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24.73Q
41 Richárd Bohus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 24.88
55 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 24.98
68 Michael Laitarovsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.01
77 Jonatan Kopelev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.02
86 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 25.16

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2 Zane Waddell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24.43
Silver medal icon.svg3 Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.49
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.51
46 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.53
51 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.58
67 Xu Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24.64
75 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.67
88 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.75 NR

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