Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke explained

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Event:	Men's 50 metre backstroke
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	3 July
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	18
Nations:	11
Win Value:	25.00
Gold:	Simone Stefanì
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Juan Segura
Silver Nation:	ESP
Bronze:	Lorenzo Mora
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 3 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.^[1]

Records

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

World record		23.71	Greensboro, United States	28 April 2022
Mediterranean Games record		24.73	Pescara, Italy	27 June 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:54.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			25.17	Q
2	2	6			25.20	Q
3	2	3			25.41	Q
4	1	4			25.42	Q
5	1	5			25.48	Q
6	3	5			25.54	Q
7	2	5			25.75	Q
8	3	3			25.78	Q
9	3	4			25.91
10	1	6			25.94
11	1	3			25.98
12	2	2			26.50
13	3	7			26.54
14	3	2			26.55
15	1	2			26.77
16	1	7			27.46	NR
17	2	7			27.71	NR
18	3	1			27.99
	3	6

Final

The final was held at 18:19.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			25.00
	6			25.09
	7			25.17
4	5			25.19
5	2			25.32
6	3			25.42
7	8			25.62
8	1			25.69

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 50m Backstroke Men – Preliminary – Start List. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 2 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 50m Backstroke Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 3 July 2022. 3 July 2022.
3. Web site: Swimming – 50m Backstroke Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 3 July 2022. 3 July 2022.