Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre backstroke
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	17 February (heats and semifinal) 18 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	45
Nations:	41
Win Value:	24.13
Gold:	Isaac Cooper
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Hunter Armstrong
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Ksawery Masiuk
Bronze Nation:	POL
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 17 February at 09:57.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	5			24.58	Q
1	5	4			24.66	Q
3	3	7			24.72	Q
4	3	4			24.75	Q
4	4	4			24.75	Q
6	4	5			24.82	Q
7	5	6			24.88	Q
8	5	3			24.94	Q
9	5	7			25.01	Q
10	3	2			25.02	Q
11	3	5			25.03	Q
12	4	7			25.10	Q
13	4	3			25.14	Q
14	5	8			25.15	Q
15	3	3			25.16	Q
16	3	1			25.18	Q
17	3	6			25.28
18	4	1			25.41
19	2	4			25.43
20	5	2			25.60
21	5	1			25.80
22	2	7			25.86
23	5	0			25.92
24	5	9			25.97
25	3	9			26.06
25	4	8			26.06
27	2	6			26.08
28	3	8			26.17
29	2	3			26.25
29	2	8			26.25
31	4	9			26.33
32	4	6			26.36
33	2	2			26.37
34	2	5			26.43
35	4	0			26.45
36	2	9			26.72
37	2	1			26.74
38	1	4			27.71
39	1	5			27.79
40	2	0			27.93
41	1	6			28.78
42	1	3			28.97
43	1	1			29.16
44	1	2			33.95
–	1	7			Did not start
	1	8
	4	2
	3	0			Disqualified

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 February at 20:06.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5			24.12	Q, OC
2	1	4			24.43	Q
3	2	3			24.46	Q
3	2	4			24.46	Q
5	2	5			24.60	Q
6	2	6			24.68	Q
7	1	3			24.70	Q
8	1	6			24.74	Q
9	1	8			24.84
10	2	8			24.88
11	2	7			25.01
12	2	1			25.06
13	1	1			25.09
14	1	7			25.10
15	1	2			25.13
16	2	2			25.14

Final

The final was held on 18 February at 19:02.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			24.13
	5			24.33
	6			24.44	=NR
4	3			24.59
5	8			24.74
6	2			24.77
7	7			24.82
8	1			24.86

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213070553/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000102EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217090309/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000102EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217171943/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000102EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
6. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 18 February 2024. 18 February 2024. 18 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240218160835/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000102EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.