The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019.[1][2]
| 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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Records edit
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record |  Liam Tancock (GBR) |
24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were held on 27 July at 10:23.[3]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were started on 27 July at 21:08.[4]
Semifinal 1 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
The final was held on 28 July at 20:02.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
2 | Zane Waddell | South Africa |
24.43 | |
 |
3 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia |
24.49 | |
 |
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 |