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

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]

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates8 August (heats and semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors68 from 61 nations
Winning time24.23
Medalists
    France
    United States
    Australia

Records

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

World record  Liam Tancock (GBR)24.04Rome, Italy2 August 2009
Competition record  Liam Tancock (GBR)24.04Rome, Italy2 August 2009

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Camille Lacourt France24.56Q
253Matt Grevers United States24.68Q
364Ben Treffers Australia24.74Q
455Mitch Larkin Australia24.77Q
565David Plummer United States24.79Q
666Liam Tancock Great Britain24.91Q
775Jérémy Stravius France24.95Q
877Pavel Sankovich Belarus24.97Q, NR
976Carl Schwarz Germany25.12Q
1062Jonatan Kopelev Israel25.14Q
1172Simone Sabbioni Italy25.21Q
1273Tomasz Polewka Poland25.25Q
1351Grigory Tarasevich Russia25.27Q
1374Vladimir Morozov Russia25.27Q
1557Lavrans Solli Norway25.28Q
1663Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate Spain25.29QSO
1661Guilherme Guido Brazil25.29QSO
1856Guy Barnea Israel25.31
1950Park Seon-kwan South Korea25.33
2078Quah Zheng Wen Singapore25.44
2146Ralf Tribuntsov Estonia25.45
2244Robert Glință Romania25.48
2345Masaki Kaneko Japan25.49
2468Apostolos Christou Greece25.50
2552Juan Miguel Rando Spain25.54
2660François Heersbrandt Belgium25.55
2741Federico Grabich Argentina25.60
2831Alexis Santos Portugal25.70
2971Xu Jiayu China25.71
3058I Gede Siman Sudartawa Indonesia25.77
3167Russell Wood Canada25.79
3270Viktar Staselovich Belarus25.85
3347Iskender Baskalov Turkey25.94
3443Albert Subirats Venezuela26.07
3548Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea26.11
3679Lê Nguyễn Paul Vietnam26.14
3759Janis Šaltans Latvia26.19
3842Kasipat Chograthin Thailand26.20
3949Omar Pinzón Colombia26.27
4035Mohamed Hussein Egypt26.42
4033Daniil Bukin Uzbekistan26.42
4238Jamal Chavoshifar Iran26.53
4337David McLeod Trinidad and Tobago26.54
4440Charles Hockin Paraguay26.57
4525Merdan Atayev Turkmenistan26.64
4636Martin Zhelev Bulgaria26.66
4730Tern Tern Malaysia26.73
4834Daniel Ramírez Mexico26.84
4926David van der Colff Botswana26.88
5032Riyad Djendouci Algeria27.20
5139Ngou Pok Man Macau27.20
5223Timothy Wynter Jamaica27.21
5327Eisner Barbarena Nicaragua27.35
5422Hamdan Bayusuf Kenya27.74
5524Yaaqoub Al-Saadi United Arab Emirates28.04
5628Noah Mascoll-Gomes Antigua and Barbuda28.69
5721Samson Opuakpo Nigeria28.70
5829Mohammad Ahmed Bangladesh29.10
5920Faraj Saleh Bahrain29.66
6013Adam Allouche Lebanon29.91
6114Arnold Kisulo Uganda29.98
6215Kerry Ollivierre Grenada30.42
6316Kwesi Jackson Ghana31.08
6417Ramziyor Khorkashov Tajikistan33.15
6518Santisouk Inthavong Laos33.24
6612Tano Atta Ivory Coast33.92
6710Ebrahim Al-Maleki Yemen34.19
6811Moris Beale Sierra Leone35.85
69Gábor Balog HungaryDNS

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
14Matt Grevers United States24.59Q
25Mitch Larkin Australia24.65Q
33Liam Tancock Great Britain24.75Q
41Vladimir Morozov Russia24.77Q
56Pavel Sankovich Belarus25.02
62Jonatan Kopelev Israel25.04
77Tomasz Polewka Poland25.11NR
88Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate Spain25.19

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Camille Lacourt France24.27Q
25Ben Treffers Australia24.64Q
33David Plummer United States24.82Q
48Lavrans Solli Norway24.93Q, NR
56Jérémy Stravius France24.94
67Simone Sabbioni Italy25.05
72Carl Schwarz Germany25.20
81Grigory Tarasevich Russia25.42

Final

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

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Camille Lacourt France24.23
5Matt Grevers United States24.61
3Ben Treffers Australia24.69
46Mitch Larkin Australia24.70
57Vladimir Morozov Russia24.73
68Lavrans Solli Norway24.84NR
72Liam Tancock Great Britain24.88
81David Plummer United States24.95

References

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