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Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| event | Men's 50 metre backstroke |
| competition | 2009 FINA World Championships |
| venue | Foro Italico |
| dates | 1 August 2009 (heats, semifinals) |
| 2 August 2009 (final) | |
| competitors | 142 |
| win_value | 24.04 seconds |
| gold | Liam Tancock |
| goldNOC | GBR |
| silver | Junya Koga |
| silverNOC | JPN |
| bronze | Gerhard Zandberg |
| bronzeNOC | RSA |
| prev | 2007 |
| next | 2011 |
2 August 2009 (final) Main article: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
The heats for the men's 50 metre backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 1 August, with the final in the evening session of 2 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
| Championship record | Thomas Rupprath | 24.80 | Barcelona, Spain | 27 July 2003 |
|---|
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August | Heat 13 | Guilherme Guido | BRA Brazil | 24.49 | CR |
| 1 August | Semifinal 1 | Liam Tancock | GBR Great Britain | 24.08 | WR |
| 2 August | Final | Liam Tancock | GBR Great Britain | 24.04 | WR |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 24.49 | 13 | 4 | CR, SA |
| 2 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.50 | 14 | 5 | NR |
| 3 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.52 | 13 | 5 | NR |
| 4 | Liam Tancock | 24.55 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Junya Koga | Japan | 24.57 | 15 | 4 | |
| 6 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 24.60 | 14 | 4 | NR |
| 7 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.68 | 13 | 8 | AF |
| 8 | Flori Lang | Switzerland | 24.75 | 14 | 3 | NR |
| 9 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain | 24.77 | 13 | 3 | |
| 10 | Guy Barnea | 24.79 | 14 | 9 | ||
| 11 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 24.80 | 15 | 7 | ||
| 12 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 24.87 | 15 | 6 | |
| 13 | Thomas Rupprath | Germany | 24.92 | 15 | 5 | |
| 14 | Daniel Orzechowski | Brazil | 24.97 | 14 | 8 | |
| 14 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 24.97 | 15 | 3 | |
| 16 | Mirco Di Tora | Italy | 25.01 | 14 | 6 | |
| 17 | Nick Driebergen | Netherlands | 25.08 | 14 | 7 | NR |
| 18 | Enrico Catalano | Italy | 25.10 | 13 | 7 | |
| 19 | Matt Grevers | USA | 25.13 | 15 | 1 | |
| 20 | Pascal Wollach | Canada | 25.23 | 13 | 3 | NR |
| 21 | Vytautas Janušaitis | 25.24 | 11 | 5 | NR | |
| 22 | Aaron Peirsol | USA | 25.30 | 14 | 1 | |
| 23 | Daniel Bell | New Zealand | 25.31 | 13 | 2 | |
| 24 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 25.32 | 13 | 6 | |
| 25 | Răzvan Florea | 25.34 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 26 | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 25.36 | 15 | 2 | |
| 27 | Charl Van Zyl | South Africa | 25.39 | 13 | 0 | |
| 28 | Karl Burdis | 25.40 | 9 | 6 | NR | |
| 29 | Marco Loughran | 25.44 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 30 | Pavel Sankovich | 25.53 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 31 | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 25.54 | 12 | 4 | |
| 32 | Sung Min | 25.57 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Markus Rogan | 25.59 | 15 | 9 | ||
| 34 | Jake Tapp | Canada | 25.68 | 12 | 9 | |
| 35 | Jeong Doohee | 25.77 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 36 | Bruno Claeys | Belgium | 25.84 | 13 | 9 | NR |
| 37 | Nadav Kochavi | 25.94 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 38 | Danil Bugakov | 25.97 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 39 | Cheng Feiyi | China | 26.01 | 12 | 2 | |
| 40 | Derya Büyükuncu | 26.07 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 26.08 | 14 | 0 | |
| 42 | Andres Olvik | 26.11 | 10 | 7 | NR | |
| 43 | Krzysztof Jankiewicz | Poland | 26.19 | 12 | 5 | |
| 44 | Donal O'Neill | 26.29 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Pedro Medel | 26.35 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 46 | Tomas Fucik | 26.40 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 47 | Robi Zbogar | 26.41 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 48 | Zhang Yu | China | 26.42 | 11 | 7 | |
| 49 | Jean-François Schneiders | 26.54 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 50 | David Dunford | 26.62 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 51 | Kaspar Raigla | 26.63 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 52 | Erwin Dokter | 26.68 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 53 | Kouam Amine | 26.69 | 11 | 8 | NR | |
| 54 | Ng Kai Wee Rainer | 26.70 | 10 | 8 | NR | |
| 55 | Mindaugas Sadauskas | 26.71 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 56 | Konstantins Blohins | 26.72 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 57 | Andrejs Dūda | 26.84 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 58 | Oliver Elliot Banados | Chile | 26.94 | 9 | 5 | |
| 59 | Nicholas James | 27.01 | 7 | 9 | NR | |
| 60 | Stanislav Osinsky | 27.06 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 61 | David Rodriguez | 27.07 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 62 | Christian Homer | 27.10 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 62 | Miguel Robles | Mexico | 27.10 | 10 | 1 | NR |
| 64 | Artiom Gladun | 27.13 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 65 | Nicolas Francia Vina | 27.29 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 66 | Glenn Victor Sutanto | 27.32 | 11 | 9 | ||
| 67 | Cheah Geoffrey Robin | 27.36 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 68 | Do Huy Long | 27.39 | 8 | 5 | ||
| 68 | Grant Beahan | 27.39 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 70 | Doğa Çelik | 27.51 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 71 | Jean Luis Gomez | 27.58 | 7 | 3 | NR | |
| 72 | Kári J. á Høvdanum | 27.65 | 8 | 9 | NR | |
| 73 | Rony Bakale | 27.70 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 74 | Radomyos Matjiur | 27.73 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 75 | Heshan Bandara Unamboowe | 27.83 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 75 | Fernando Castellanos | 27.83 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 77 | Yury Zaharov | 27.94 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 78 | Zane Jordan | 27.95 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 79 | Mohammed Al Ghaferi | 28.05 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 80 | Antonio Tong | 28.15 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 81 | Boris Kirillov | 28.36 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 82 | Byron Briedenhann | 28.38 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 83 | Brett Fraser | 28.47 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 84 | Joao Matias | 28.48 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Samson Opuakpo | 28.57 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 85 | Khachik Plavchyan | 28.57 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 87 | Tsung Chao-Lin | 28.62 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 88 | Abbas Raad | 28.70 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 89 | Mario Montoya | 28.85 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 90 | Erik Rajohnson | 28.90 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 91 | Marcelino Richaards | 29.16 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 92 | Ronny Vencatachellum | 29.18 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 93 | Tural Abbasov | 29.28 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 94 | Faiz Muhammad | 29.33 | 5 | 8 | NR | |
| 95 | Nicholas Coard | 29.60 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 96 | Matar Samb | 29.61 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 97 | Jean-Luc Augier | 29.66 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 98 | Kerson Hadley | 29.71 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 99 | Kailan Staal | 29.75 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 100 | Andrey Molchanov | 29.76 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 101 | Mark Sammut | 29.82 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 102 | Heimanu Sichan | 29.99 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 102 | Ngou Pok Man | 29.99 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 104 | Rainui Teriipaia | 30.15 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 105 | Milimo Mweetwa | 30.18 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 106 | Ivo Chilaule | 30.35 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 107 | Batsaikhan Dulguun | 30.41 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 108 | Peter Popahun Pokawin | 30.56 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 109 | Carlos Alberto | 30.64 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 110 | Pepelate Gbagi | 30.83 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 111 | Douglas Miller | 30.95 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 112 | Mathieu Marquet | 31.18 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 113 | Gary Pineda | 31.46 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 114 | Juan Carlos Sikaffy Diaz | 31.47 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 115 | Henk Aloysius Lowe | 31.53 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 116 | Daniel Kevin Pryke | 31.55 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 117 | Timur Atahanov | 31.58 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 118 | Patricio Vera | 31.66 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 119 | Siu Kent Chung | 31.74 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 120 | Mario Sulkja | 31.88 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 121 | Saif Alaslam Saeed Al-Saadi | 32.22 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 122 | Jake Villarreal | 32.26 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 123 | Elaijie Erasito | 32.82 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 124 | Quenton Dupont | 33.07 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 125 | Mohamed Mujahid | 34.06 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 126 | Shameel Ibrahim | 34.66 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 127 | Omar Abdalla | 37.84 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 128 | Nsumizi Alain Boris | 39.17 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 129 | Said Seba | 43.64 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 130 | Isidore Lokossou Krobli | 46.10 | 1 | 1 | ||
| – | Alejandro Jacobo | Mexico | DNS | 1 | 3 | |
| – | Mohamed Bangura | DNS | 1 | 5 | ||
| – | Abdoulkader Houssein | DNS | 2 | 1 | ||
| – | Habonimana Yves | DNS | 2 | 5 | ||
| – | Houmed Hassan Ali | DNS | 2 | 8 | ||
| – | Branden Whitehurst | DNS | 3 | 9 | ||
| – | Hocine Haciane | DNS | 4 | 8 | ||
| – | Achelhi Bilal | DNS | 5 | 3 | ||
| – | Nicholas Thomson | DNS | 6 | 7 | ||
| – | Charles William Walker | DNS | 8 | 3 | ||
| – | Omar Pinzón | DNS | 9 | 7 | ||
| – | Albert Subirats | DNS | 11 | 2 |
Semifinals
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam Tancock | 24.08 | 1 | 5 | WR | |
| 2 | Junya Koga | Japan | 24.29 | 2 | 3 | AS |
| 3 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.46 | 2 | 5 | NR |
| 4 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.48 | 1 | 4 | NR |
| 5 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 24.59 | 1 | 3 | NR |
| 6 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.68 | 2 | 6 | =AF |
| 7 | Mirco Di Tora | Italy | 24.77 | 1 | 8 | NR |
| 7 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 24.77 | 2 | 7 | NR | |
| 9 | Flori Lang | Switzerland | 24.78 | 1 | 6 | |
| 10 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 24.79 | 1 | 7 | |
| 11 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain | 24.80 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | Guy Barnea | 24.81 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Thomas Rupprath | Germany | 24.87 | 2 | 1 | |
| 14 | Daniel Orzechowski | Brazil | 24.92 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 24.98 | 2 | 4 | |
| 16 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 25.02 | 2 | 8 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Tancock | 24.04 | 4 | WR | ||
| Junya Koga | Japan | 24.24 | 5 | AS | |
| Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.34 | 7 | AF | |
| 4 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.57 | 6 | |
| 5 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.61 | 3 | |
| 6 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 24.63 | 2 | |
| 7 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 24.87 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Mirco Di Tora | Italy | 25.15 | 1 |
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