See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.
| Event: | Men's 50 metre backstroke |
| Games: | 2018 Mediterranean Games |
| Dates: | 23 June |
| Venue: | Campclar Aquatic Center |
| Location: | Tarragona, Spain |
| Competitors: | 20 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Win Value: | 25.11 |
| Gold: | Simone Sabbioni |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Niccolò Bonacchi |
| Silver Nation: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Apostolos Christou |
| Bronze Nation: | GRE |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 23 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record | 24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 | ||
| Mediterranean Games record | 24.73 | Pescara, Italy | 27 June 2009 |
The heats were held at 09:55.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Niccolò Bonacchi | 25.34 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Apostolos Christou | 25.43 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Simone Sabbioni | 25.49 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Hugo González | 25.59 | Q | ||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | 25.90 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Youssef Said | 25.97 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Sergio Campos | 26.03 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Alexis Santos | 26.18 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou | 26.31 | NR | ||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Anže Ferš Eržen | 26.44 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Gabriel José Lopes | 26.44 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 6 | İskender Baslakov | 26.62 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Driss Lahrichi | 26.68 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Vangelis Zorbis | 26.93 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Anton Lončar | 27.24 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Geoffroy Mathieu | 27.43 | |||
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Ege Başer | 27.51 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Ryad Bouhamidi | 27.59 | |||
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Abdelrahman Elaraby | 27.81 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Dion Kadriu | 30.43 |
The final was held at 17:54.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Simone Sabbioni | 25.11 | ||||
| 4 | Niccolò Bonacchi | 25.21 | ||||
| 5 | Apostolos Christou | 25.35 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Hugo González | 25.56 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | 25.71 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Sergio Campos | 26.06 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Alexis Santos | 26.07 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Youssef Said | 26.07 |