The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 22 and 23 August 2017.[1]
| Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2017 Summer Universiade | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Taiwan Sport University Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||
| Dates | 22 August (heats and semifinals) 23 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 40 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 24.72 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.
| World record |  Liam Tancock (GBR) |
24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record |  Junya Koga (JPN) |
24.63 | Belgrade, Serbia | 8 July 2009 |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were held on 22 August at 10:14.[2]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held on 22 August at 20:48.[3]
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Shane Ryan |  Ireland |
24.97 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
25.20 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Ben Treffers |  Australia |
25.34 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Viktar Staselovich |  Belarus |
25.40 | |
| 5 | 5 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus |
25.43 | |
| 6 | 1 | Matteo Milli |  Italy |
25.55 | |
| 7 | 2 | Dmytro Gurnytskyi |  Ukraine |
25.59 | |
| 8 | 8 | Charles Hockin |  Paraguay |
25.85 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Tomasz Polewka |  Poland |
25.11 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Nikita Ulyanov |  Russia |
25.11 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Won Young-jun |  South Korea |
25.13 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Justin Ress |  United States |
25.19 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Taylor Dale | United States |
25.22 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Jonatan Kopelev |  Israel |
25.42 | |
| 7 | 7 | Niccolò Bonacchi | Italy |
25.46 | |
| 8 | 1 | Shuhei Uno |  Japan |
25.55 |
Final edit
The final was held on 23 August at 20:40.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Shane Ryan | Ireland |
24.72 | NR |
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2 | Justin Ress | United States |
24.73 | |
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6 | Won Young-jun | South Korea |
25.06 | |
| 4 | 1 | Taylor Dale | United States |
25.15 | |
| 5 | 3 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland |
25.18 | |
| 6 | 5 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia |
25.20 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ben Treffers | Australia |
25.21 | |
| 8 | 7 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
25.27 |
References edit
- ^ "2017 Summer Universiade – Swimming – Technical handbook" (PDF). data.2017.gov.taipei. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results
- ^ Final results