| Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
| Dates | 27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 74 from 67 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 24.43 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20172022 → | ||||||||||
| 2019 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Highlight | women | |
| 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 |
| Relay | ||
| 4×1.25 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 |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) |
24.00 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4 August 2018 |
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| Competition record |  Liam Tancock (GBR) |
24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 27 July at 10:23.
Semifinals
The semifinals were started on 27 July at 21:08.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia |
24.56 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ryan Murphy |  United States |
24.64 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Zane Waddell |  South Africa |
24.72 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Michael Andrew | United States |
24.76 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
24.76 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 6 | Guilherme Guido |  Brazil |
24.87 | |
| 7 | 8 | Simone Sabbioni |  Italy |
25.06 | |
| 8 | 7 | Mikita Tsmyh |  Belarus |
25.12 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia |
24.35 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Robert Glință |  Romania |
24.53 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Xu Jiayu |  China |
24.73 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Richárd Bohus |  Hungary |
24.88 | |
| 5 | 5 | Jérémy Stravius |  France |
24.98 | |
| 6 | 8 | Michael Laitarovsky |  Israel |
25.01 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel |
25.02 | |
| 8 | 6 | Mohamed Samy |  Egypt |
25.16 |
Final
The final was held on 28 July at 20:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | Zane Waddell | South Africa |
24.43 | |
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3 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia |
24.49 | |
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4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia |
24.51 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ryan Murphy | United States |
24.53 | |
| 5 | 1 | Michael Andrew | United States |
24.58 | |
| 6 | 7 | Xu Jiayu | China |
24.64 | |
| 7 | 5 | Robert Glință | Romania |
24.67 | |
| 8 | 8 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
24.75 | NR |
References
| World long-course champions in men's 50 m backstroke | |
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