Swimming at the 2015 SEA Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Swimming – Men's 50 metre backstroke
Games:	2015
Venue:	OCBC Aquatic Centre
Date:	11 June 2015
Competitors:	12
Nations:	8
Gold:	Quah Zheng Wen
Goldseagf:	SIN
Silver:	I Gede Siman Sudartawa
Silverseagf:	INA
Bronze:	Kasipat Chograthin
Bronzeseagf:	THA
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

See main article: Swimming at the 2015 SEA Games. The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming event at the 2015 SEA Games was held on 11 June at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Kallang, Singapore.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing Asian and Games records were as follows:

Asian record		24.24	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009
Games record		25.62	Palembang, Indonesia	16 November 2011

The following records were established during the competition:

Schedule

All times are Singapore Standard Time

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 11 June 2015	09:04	Heat 1
	09:05	Heat 2
	19:38	Final

Results

KEY:

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

WD

Withdrew

DNF

Did not finish

Heats

The heats were held on 11 June.

Heat 1

Heat 1 was held on 11 June.

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1	4		26.41	Q
2	3		26.59	Q
3	6		26.95	Q
4	5		27.11	Q
5	2		31.63
6	7		32.58

Heat 2

Heat 2 was held on 11 June.

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1	4		25.86	Q
2	5		26.17	Q
3	3		26.73	Q
4	6		26.88	Q
5	2		27.61
6	7		31.38

Final

The final was held on 11 June.

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	3		25.27	GR
	4		25.34	NR
	5		25.78
4	2		26.13
5	8		26.19
6	6		26.26
7	7		26.49
8	1		26.66

Notes and References

1. Web site: Number of Athletes - Men's 50m Backstroke . 11 June 2015 . seagames2015.com . 2015 Southeast Asian Games Singapore . 11 June 2015.