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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
Victory Ceremony
Dates8 August (heats and semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors68 from 61 nations
Winning time24.23
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Australia
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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

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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

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Heats

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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 Carl Schwarz  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 Iskender Baskalov  Turkey 25.94
34 4 3 Albert Subirats  Venezuela 26.07
35 4 8 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 26.11
36 7 9 Lê Nguyễn Paul  Vietnam 26.14
37 5 9 Janis Šaltans  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 Daniil Bukin  Uzbekistan 26.42
42 3 8 Jamal Chavoshifar  Iran 26.53
43 3 7 David McLeod  Trinidad and Tobago 26.54
44 4 0 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 26.57
45 2 5 Merdan Atayev  Turkmenistan 26.64
46 3 6 Martin Zhelev  Bulgaria 26.66
47 3 0 Tern Tern  Malaysia 26.73
48 3 4 Daniel Ramírez  Mexico 26.84
49 2 6 David van der Colff  Botswana 26.88
50 3 2 Riyad Djendouci  Algeria 27.20
51 3 9 Ngou Pok Man  Macau 27.20
52 2 3 Timothy Wynter  Jamaica 27.21
53 2 7 Eisner Barbarena  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 Mohammad Ahmed  Bangladesh 29.10
59 2 0 Faraj Saleh  Bahrain 29.66
60 1 3 Adam Allouche  Lebanon 29.91
61 1 4 Arnold Kisulo  Uganda 29.98
62 1 5 Kerry Ollivierre  Grenada 30.42
63 1 6 Kwesi Jackson  Ghana 31.08
64 1 7 Ramziyor Khorkashov  Tajikistan 33.15
65 1 8 Santisouk Inthavong  Laos 33.24
66 1 2 Tano Atta  Ivory Coast 33.92
67 1 0 Ebrahim Al-Maleki  Yemen 34.19
68 1 1 Moris Beale  Sierra Leone 35.85
6 9 Gábor Balog  Hungary DNS

Swim-off

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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

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

Semifinal 1

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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

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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 Carl Schwarz  Germany 25.20
8 1 Grigory Tarasevich  Russia 25.42

Final

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

Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Camille Lacourt  France 24.23
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Matt Grevers  United States 24.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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