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 | ||||||||||
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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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Records
editPrior 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
editHeats
editThe heats were held at 09:54.[2]
Swim-off
editIt 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
editThe semifinals were held on 8 August at 18.45.[4]
Semifinal 1
edit| 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
edit| 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
editThe 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 | |
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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