The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 and 14 December 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordChampionship recordFlorent Manaudou22.22Doha6 December 2014
Results Heats The heats were started on 13 December at 9:56.Heats results Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Guilherme Guido 23.00 Q 2 5 0 Shane Ryan 23.03 Q 3 5 3 Christian Diener 23.15 Q 4 3 4 Kliment Kolesnikov 23.16 Q 5 5 5 Evgeny Rylov 23.16 Q 6 5 8 Ryan Murphy 23.25 Q 7 4 5 Simone Sabbioni 23.34 Q 8 3 5 Robert Glință 23.38 Q 9 3 0 Matt Grevers 23.39 Q 9 4 4 Xu Jiayu 23.39 Q 11 4 6 Guilherme Basseto 23.46 Q 12 4 3 Mitch Larkin 23.49 Q 13 5 2 Apostolos Christou 23.57 Q 14 5 6 Dylan Carter 23.73 Q 15 5 1 Gabriel Lópes 23.75 Q 16 3 6 Viktar Staselovich 23.79 Q 17 2 5 Charles Hockin 23.80 NR 18 3 3 Cătălin Ungur 23.91 19 4 8 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas 23.96 20 4 7 İskender Başlakov 23.98 20 5 7 Conor Ferguson 23.98 22 3 2 Thierry Bollin 24.06 23 3 8 Hugo González 24.10 24 2 6 Omar Pinzón 24.15 25 3 1 Andrew Jeffcoat 24.17 26 3 7 Tomáš Franta 24.18 27 4 1 Yuma Edo 24.24 28 2 4 Kang Ji-seok 24.54 29 4 9 Kasipat Chograthin 24.63 NR 30 4 2 Mikita Tsmyh 24.69 31 5 9 Adil Kaskabay 24.79 32 2 2 Ádám Telegdy 25.03 33 2 7 Ģirts Feldbergs 25.27 34 1 7 Merdan Ataýew 25.30 35 2 3 Armando Barrera Aira 25.38 36 4 0 Kristinn Þórarinsson 25.39 37 2 1 Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou 25.68 NR 38 3 9 Chang Hou-Chi 25.85 39 2 8 Eisner Barberena Espinoza 26.45 40 2 0 Andrianirina Lalanomena 27.16 41 2 9 Bede Mark Aitu 27.70 42 1 0 Omar Alrowaila 28.30 43 1 4 Santisouk Inthavong 29.82 44 1 1 Mohammed Jibali 29.90 45 1 9 Olimjon Ishanov 30.50 46 1 5 Imaan Ali 31.16 47 1 8 Tokelo Makepe 34.73 48 1 6 Yousif Ibrahim 34.89 49 1 2 Alie Kamara 36.41 50 1 3 Hollingsword Wolul 37.46
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 13 December at 20:22.Semifinals results
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Ryan Murphy 22.87 Q 2 2 Xu Jiayu 22.91 Q 3 4 Shane Ryan 22.96 Q 4 5 Kliment Kolesnikov 23.15 Q 5 1 Dylan Carter 23.19 NR 6 7 Mitch Larkin 23.22 7 6 Robert Glință 23.25 8 8 Viktar Staselovich 23.80
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Evgeny Rylov 22.68 Q 2 4 Guilherme Guido 23.00 Q 3 6 Simone Sabbioni 23.10 Q 4 5 Christian Diener 23.18 Q 5 2 Matt Grevers 23.22 6 7 Guilherme Basseto 23.39 7 1 Apostolos Christou 23.64 8 8 Gabriel Lópes 23.69 =NR
Final The final was held on 14 December at 20:30.Final results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Evgeny Rylov 22.58 NR 5 Ryan Murphy 22.63 3 Shane Ryan 22.76 NR 4 7 Kliment Kolesnikov 22.77 WJ 5 6 Guilherme Guido 22.79 6 2 Simone Sabbioni 23.26 7 8 Dylan Carter 23.44 8 1 Christian Diener 23.49
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