Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
Appearance
Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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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 | ||
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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
[edit]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 |
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Competition record | Liam Tancock (GBR) | 24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The heats were held at 09:54.[2]
Swim-off
[edit]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
[edit]The semifinals were held on 8 August at 18.45.[4]
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
[edit]The final was held on 9 August at 16:32.[5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
[edit]- ^ 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