Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre backstroke
Championship:	2019 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final)
Venue:	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location:	Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors:	74
Nations:	67
Win Value:	24.43
Gold:	Zane Waddell
Gold Nation:	RSA
Silver:	Evgeny Rylov
Silver Nation:	RUS
Bronze:	Kliment Kolesnikov
Bronze Nation:	RUS
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held on 27 July at 10:23.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	4	24.61	Q
2	7	5	24.70	Q
3	8	3	24.78	Q
4	7	6	24.84	Q
5	6	5	24.87	Q
6	6	4	24.93	Q
7	5	6	24.95	Q, NR
8	6	2	24.98	Q
9	7	4	25.00	Q
9	8	7	25.00	Q
11	8	5	25.10
12	6	6	25.11	Q
12	7	3	25.11	Q
14	8	6	25.12	Q
15	8	2	25.16	Q
16	7	2	25.26	Q
17	7	7	25.28	Q
18	8	8	25.29
19	7	0	25.31
20	6	3	25.33
21	7	8	25.37
22	5	4	25.42
23	6	1	25.46
24	5	2	25.50
24	8	1	25.50
26	6	0	25.58
26	6	8	25.58
28	6	7	25.60
29	5	3	25.62
30	5	5	25.68
31	6	9	25.69
32	5	1	25.73
33	8	9	25.79
34	4	6	25.83	NR
35	4	2	25.84
36	4	7	25.91
37	4	3	25.95
37	5	7	25.95
39	5	0	25.97
40	4	4	25.99
41	7	1	26.00
42	4	1	26.12
42	5	8	26.12
44	4	8	26.42
44	4	9	26.42
46	3	6	26.48
46	7	9	26.48
48	4	0	26.52
49	5	9	26.53
50	2	1	26.79
51	3	1	26.84
52	3	2	26.94
53	4	5	26.95
54	3	5	27.00
55	3	4	27.18
56	1	3	27.96
57	3	3	27.97
58	1	5	28.15
59	3	7	28.25
60	3	8	28.27
61	2	7	28.57
63	2	8	29.42
62	2	2	29.33
64	2	4	29.70
65	3	0	29.92
66	2	0	30.01
67	3	9	30.75
68	2	5	31.51
69	1	2	31.67
70	2	3	34.66
71	2	9	37.03
72	1	6	38.67
73	2	6	39.03	NR
74	1	4	41.27
	8	0

The semifinals were started on 27 July at 21:08.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	24.56	Q
2	3	24.64	Q
3	5	24.72	Q
4	4	24.76	Q
5	2	24.76	Q, NR
6	6	24.87
7	8	25.06
8	7	25.12

The final was held on 28 July at 20:02.^[5]