The men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2023.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats were started on 29 July at 10:55.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Justin Ress 24.18 Q 2 5 4 Apostolos Christou 24.48 Q 3 7 4 Hunter Armstrong 24.49 Q 4 5 5 Ksawery Masiuk 24.71 Q 5 6 3 Ole Braunschweig 24.72 Q 6 7 3 Xu Jiayu 24.73 Q 6 7 5 Isaac Cooper 24.73 Q 8 6 5 Thomas Ceccon 24.80 Q 9 6 2 Andrei-Mircea Anghel 24.86 Q 10 5 7 Kacper Stokowski 24.91 Q 11 5 3 Andrew Jeffcoat 24.95 Q 11 6 7 Conor Ferguson 24.95 Q 13 7 2 Takeshi Kawamoto 25.05 Q 14 4 5 Yassin Hossam 25.07 Q 15 5 1 Michael Laitarovsky 25.10 Q 16 5 6 Ryosuke Irie 25.11 Q 17 6 9 Lamar Taylor 25.12 18 6 0 Adrian Santos 25.15 19 5 2 Javier Acevedo 25.18 19 7 8 Won Young-jun 25.18 21 7 6 Guilherme Basseto 25.22 22 5 9 João Costa 25.28 NR 23 7 1 Wang Gukailai 25.29 24 7 7 Tomáš Franta 25.35 25 6 6 Björn Seeliger 25.38 26 6 8 Hugo González 25.42 27 4 3 Chuang Mu-lun 25.50 28 7 9 Srihari Nataraj 25.51 29 4 8 Markus Lie 25.55 30 6 1 Áron Székely 25.59 31 7 0 Roman Mityukov 25.61 32 4 4 Quah Zheng Wen 25.76 33 3 2 Remi Fabiani 25.87 33 5 0 I Gede Siman Sudartawa 25.87 35 4 7 Ģirts Feldbergs 25.93 36 4 2 Charles Hockin 25.96 37 4 1 Clayton Jimmie 25.97 38 3 5 Diego Camacho 26.04 39 3 1 Jack Kirby 26.17 40 3 6 Tonnam Kanteemool 26.39 41 4 6 Jerard Jacinto Suspended Member Federation 26.41 42 4 0 Filippos Iakovidis 26.42 43 3 8 Maximillian Wilson 26.62 44 4 9 Noe Pantskhava 26.63 45 3 3 Homer Abbasi 26.70 45 3 7 Lau Shiu Yue 26.70 47 1 4 Isaiah Aleksenko 26.94 47 3 0 Enkhtur Erkhes 26.94 NR 49 2 3 Hansel McCaig 26.97 NR 50 2 4 Andrej Stojanovski 27.35 NR 51 1 6 Tameea Elhamayda 27.41 52 3 9 Warren Lawrence 27.45 53 2 2 Mohamad Zubaid 27.64 54 2 5 Bede Aitu 28.19 55 2 6 Jeno Heyns 28.30 56 2 7 Tajhari Williams 29.44 57 1 7 Omer Huraish 29.88 58 1 2 Kapeli Siua 29.96 59 2 1 Swaleh Talib Suspended Member Federation 30.03 60 2 9 Troy Pino 30.85 61 2 8 Alexander Fleming-Lake 30.89 62 2 0 Mohamed Shiham 31.44 63 1 5 Giorgio Nguichie Kamseu Kamogne 33.75 64 1 3 Hamzah Mayas 39.35 1 1 Ibrahim Kamara 3 4 Dylan Carter 5 8 Bradley Woodward
Semifinals The semifinal was held on 29 July at 21:06.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Justin Ress 24.35 Q 2 1 3 Xu Jiayu 24.41 Q, NR 2 2 5 Hunter Armstrong 24.41 Q 4 1 5 Ksawery Masiuk 24.47 Q 5 1 4 Apostolos Christou 24.57 Q 5 1 6 Thomas Ceccon 24.57 Q 7 2 3 Ole Braunschweig 24.73 Q 8 2 7 Andrew Jeffcoat 24.81 Q 9 2 6 Isaac Cooper 24.86 10 2 2 Andrei-Mircea Anghel 24.95 11 1 2 Kacper Stokowski 24.99 11 2 8 Michael Laitarovsky 24.99 13 1 7 Conor Ferguson 25.09 14 2 1 Takeshi Kawamoto 25.14 15 1 8 Ryosuke Irie 25.21 16 1 1 Yassin Hossam 25.22
Final The final will be held on 30 July at 20:02.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Hunter Armstrong 24.05 4 Justin Ress 24.24 5 Xu Jiayu 24.50 4 6 Ksawery Masiuk 24.57 5 7 Thomas Ceccon 24.58 6 2 Apostolos Christou 24.60 7 8 Andrew Jeffcoat 24.66 8 1 Ole Braunschweig 24.93
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