Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates29 July (heats and semifinals)
30 July (final)
Competitors64 from 59 nations
Winning time24.05
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    China
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2024 →

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record   Hunter Armstrong (USA) 23.71 Greensboro, United States 28 April 2022
Competition record   Liam Tancock (GBR) 24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 29 July at 10:55.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Justin Ress   United States 24.18 Q
2 5 4 Apostolos Christou   Greece 24.48 Q
3 7 4 Hunter Armstrong   United States 24.49 Q
4 5 5 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 24.71 Q
5 6 3 Ole Braunschweig   Germany 24.72 Q
6 7 3 Xu Jiayu   China 24.73 Q
6 7 5 Isaac Cooper   Australia 24.73 Q
8 6 5 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 24.80 Q
9 6 2 Andrei-Mircea Anghel   Romania 24.86 Q
10 5 7 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 24.91 Q
11 5 3 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 24.95 Q
11 6 7 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 24.95 Q
13 7 2 Takeshi Kawamoto   Japan 25.05 Q
14 4 5 Yassin Hossam   Egypt 25.07 Q
15 5 1 Michael Laitarovsky   Israel 25.10 Q
16 5 6 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 25.11 Q
17 6 9 Lamar Taylor   Bahamas 25.12
18 6 0 Adrian Santos   Spain 25.15
19 5 2 Javier Acevedo   Canada 25.18
19 7 8 Won Young-jun   South Korea 25.18
21 7 6 Guilherme Basseto   Brazil 25.22
22 5 9 João Costa   Portugal 25.28 NR
23 7 1 Wang Gukailai   China 25.29
24 7 7 Tomáš Franta   Czech Republic 25.35
25 6 6 Björn Seeliger   Sweden 25.38
26 6 8 Hugo González   Spain 25.42
27 4 3 Chuang Mu-lun   Chinese Taipei 25.50
28 7 9 Srihari Nataraj   India 25.51
29 4 8 Markus Lie   Norway 25.55
30 6 1 Áron Székely   Hungary 25.59
31 7 0 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 25.61
32 4 4 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 25.76
33 3 2 Remi Fabiani   Luxembourg 25.87
33 5 0 I Gede Siman Sudartawa   Indonesia 25.87
35 4 7 Ģirts Feldbergs   Latvia 25.93
36 4 2 Charles Hockin   Paraguay 25.96
37 4 1 Clayton Jimmie   South Africa 25.97
38 3 5 Diego Camacho   Mexico 26.04
39 3 1 Jack Kirby   Barbados 26.17
40 3 6 Tonnam Kanteemool   Thailand 26.39
41 4 6 Jerard Jacinto   Suspended Member Federation 26.41
42 4 0 Filippos Iakovidis   Cyprus 26.42
43 3 8 Maximillian Wilson   U.S. Virgin Islands 26.62
44 4 9 Noe Pantskhava   Georgia 26.63
45 3 3 Homer Abbasi   Iran 26.70
45 3 7 Lau Shiu Yue   Hong Kong 26.70
47 1 4 Isaiah Aleksenko   Northern Mariana Islands 26.94
47 3 0 Enkhtur Erkhes   Mongolia 26.94 NR
49 2 3 Hansel McCaig   Fiji 26.97 NR
50 2 4 Andrej Stojanovski   North Macedonia 27.35 NR
51 1 6 Tameea Elhamayda   Qatar 27.41
52 3 9 Warren Lawrence   Dominica 27.45
53 2 2 Mohamad Zubaid   Kuwait 27.64
54 2 5 Bede Aitu   Cook Islands 28.19
55 2 6 Jeno Heyns   Suriname 28.30
56 2 7 Tajhari Williams   Turks and Caicos Islands 29.44
57 1 7 Omer Huraish   Iraq 29.88
58 1 2 Kapeli Siua   Tonga 29.96
59 2 1 Swaleh Talib   Suspended Member Federation 30.03
60 2 9 Troy Pino   Cape Verde 30.85
61 2 8 Alexander Fleming-Lake   Anguilla 30.89
62 2 0 Mohamed Shiham   Maldives 31.44
63 1 5 Giorgio Nguichie Kamseu Kamogne   Cameroon 33.75
64 1 3 Hamzah Mayas   Yemen 39.35
1 1 Ibrahim Kamara   Sierra Leone Did not start
3 4 Dylan Carter   Trinidad and Tobago
5 8 Bradley Woodward   Australia

Semifinals edit

The semifinal was held on 29 July at 21:06.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Justin Ress   United States 24.35 Q
2 1 3 Xu Jiayu   China 24.41 Q, NR
2 2 5 Hunter Armstrong   United States 24.41 Q
4 1 5 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 24.47 Q
5 1 4 Apostolos Christou   Greece 24.57 Q
5 1 6 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 24.57 Q
7 2 3 Ole Braunschweig   Germany 24.73 Q
8 2 7 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 24.81 Q
9 2 6 Isaac Cooper   Australia 24.86
10 2 2 Andrei-Mircea Anghel   Romania 24.95
11 1 2 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 24.99
11 2 8 Michael Laitarovsky   Israel 24.99
13 1 7 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 25.09
14 2 1 Takeshi Kawamoto   Japan 25.14
15 1 8 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 25.21
16 1 1 Yassin Hossam   Egypt 25.22

Final edit

The final will be held on 30 July at 20:02.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Hunter Armstrong   United States 24.05
  4 Justin Ress   United States 24.24
  5 Xu Jiayu   China 24.50
4 6 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 24.57
5 7 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 24.58
6 2 Apostolos Christou   Greece 24.60
7 8 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 24.66
8 1 Ole Braunschweig   Germany 24.93

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2023.