Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
| Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
| Dates | 8 August (heats and semifinals) 9 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 68 from 61 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 24.23 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2015 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | ||
| 5 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
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]
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Liam Tancock (GBR) |
24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | Liam Tancock (GBR) |
24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
Results[]
Heats[]
The heats were held at 09:54.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Camille Lacourt |  France |
24.56 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Matt Grevers |  United States |
24.68 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Ben Treffers |  Australia |
24.74 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Mitch Larkin | Australia |
24.77 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | David Plummer | United States |
24.79 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain |
24.91 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Jérémy Stravius | France |
24.95 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | Pavel Sankovich |  Belarus |
24.97 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 7 | 6 |  Germany |
25.12 | Q | |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Jonatan Kopelev |  Israel |
25.14 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Simone Sabbioni |  Italy |
25.21 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Tomasz Polewka |  Poland |
25.25 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Grigory Tarasevich |  Russia |
25.27 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia |
25.27 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Lavrans Solli |  Norway |
25.28 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate |  Spain |
25.29 | QSO |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Guilherme Guido |  Brazil |
25.29 | QSO |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel |
25.31 | |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Park Seon-kwan |  South Korea |
25.33 | |
| 20 | 7 | 8 | Quah Zheng Wen |  Singapore |
25.44 | |
| 21 | 4 | 6 | Ralf Tribuntsov |  Estonia |
25.45 | |
| 22 | 4 | 4 | Robert Glință |  Romania |
25.48 | |
| 23 | 4 | 5 | Masaki Kaneko |  Japan |
25.49 | |
| 24 | 6 | 8 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
25.50 | |
| 25 | 5 | 2 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain |
25.54 | |
| 26 | 6 | 0 | François Heersbrandt |  Belgium |
25.55 | |
| 27 | 4 | 1 | Federico Grabich |  Argentina |
25.60 | |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Alexis Santos |  Portugal |
25.70 | |
| 29 | 7 | 1 | Xu Jiayu |  China |
25.71 | |
| 30 | 5 | 8 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa |  Indonesia |
25.77 | |
| 31 | 6 | 7 | Russell Wood |  Canada |
25.79 | |
| 32 | 7 | 0 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus |
25.85 | |
| 33 | 4 | 7 |  Turkey |
25.94 | ||
| 34 | 4 | 3 | Albert Subirats |  Venezuela |
26.07 | |
| 35 | 4 | 8 | Ryan Pini |  Papua New Guinea |
26.11 | |
| 36 | 7 | 9 |  Vietnam |
26.14 | ||
| 37 | 5 | 9 |  Latvia |
26.19 | ||
| 38 | 4 | 2 | Kasipat Chograthin |  Thailand |
26.20 | |
| 39 | 4 | 9 | Omar Pinzón |  Colombia |
26.27 | |
| 40 | 3 | 5 | Mohamed Hussein |  Egypt |
26.42 | |
| 40 | 3 | 3 |  Uzbekistan |
26.42 | ||
| 42 | 3 | 8 | Jamal Chavoshifar |  Iran |
26.53 | |
| 43 | 3 | 7 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
26.54 | ||
| 44 | 4 | 0 | Charles Hockin |  Paraguay |
26.57 | |
| 45 | 2 | 5 | Merdan Atayev |  Turkmenistan |
26.64 | |
| 46 | 3 | 6 |  Bulgaria |
26.66 | ||
| 47 | 3 | 0 |  Malaysia |
26.73 | ||
| 48 | 3 | 4 | Daniel Ramírez |  Mexico |
26.84 | |
| 49 | 2 | 6 | David van der Colff |  Botswana |
26.88 | |
| 50 | 3 | 2 |  Algeria |
27.20 | ||
| 51 | 3 | 9 |  Macau |
27.20 | ||
| 52 | 2 | 3 | Timothy Wynter |  Jamaica |
27.21 | |
| 53 | 2 | 7 |  Nicaragua |
27.35 | ||
| 54 | 2 | 2 | Hamdan Bayusuf |  Kenya |
27.74 | |
| 55 | 2 | 4 | Yaaqoub Al-Saadi |  United Arab Emirates |
28.04 | |
| 56 | 2 | 8 | Noah Mascoll-Gomes |  Antigua and Barbuda |
28.69 | |
| 57 | 2 | 1 | Samson Opuakpo |  Nigeria |
28.70 | |
| 58 | 2 | 9 |  Bangladesh |
29.10 | ||
| 59 | 2 | 0 |  Bahrain |
29.66 | ||
| 60 | 1 | 3 | Adam Allouche |  Lebanon |
29.91 | |
| 61 | 1 | 4 |  Uganda |
29.98 | ||
| 62 | 1 | 5 |  Grenada |
30.42 | ||
| 63 | 1 | 6 |  Ghana |
31.08 | ||
| 64 | 1 | 7 |  Tajikistan |
33.15 | ||
| 65 | 1 | 8 | Santisouk Inthavong |  Laos |
33.24 | |
| 66 | 1 | 2 |  Ivory Coast |
33.92 | ||
| 67 | 1 | 0 |  Yemen |
34.19 | ||
| 68 | 1 | 1 |  Sierra Leone |
35.85 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Gábor Balog |  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[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Matt Grevers | United States |
24.59 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mitch Larkin | Australia |
24.65 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain |
24.75 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia |
24.77 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus |
25.02 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel |
25.04 | |
| 7 | 7 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland |
25.11 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate | Spain |
25.19 |
Semifinal 2[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France |
24.27 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ben Treffers | Australia |
24.64 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | David Plummer | United States |
24.82 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Lavrans Solli | Norway |
24.93 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 6 | Jérémy Stravius | France |
24.94 | |
| 6 | 7 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy |
25.05 | |
| 7 | 2 | Germany |
25.20 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia |
25.42 |
Final[]
The final was held on 9 August at 16:32.[5]
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Camille Lacourt | France |
24.23 | |
 |
5 | Matt Grevers | United States |
24.61 | |
 |
3 | Ben Treffers | Australia |
24.69 | |
| 4 | 6 | Mitch Larkin | Australia |
24.70 | |
| 5 | 7 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia |
24.73 | |
| 6 | 8 | Lavrans Solli | Norway |
24.84 | NR |
| 7 | 2 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain |
24.88 | |
| 8 | 1 | David Plummer | United States |
24.95 |
References[]
- ^ Start list
- ^ Heats results
- ^ "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.
- ^ Semifinal results
- ^ Final results
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