Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championship - 50 meters on the back (men)

50m backstroke competitions (men) at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships were held in the pool of the Shanghai Vostok Sports Center in Shanghai on July 30 and 31, 2011.

Qualifying heats began on July 30 at 9:31 local time ( UTC + 8 ). Semifinals were held on the same day at 19:14, and the final on July 31 at 18:35.

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Liam Tancock Great Britain	Camy Lacour France	Gerhard Sandberg South Africa

Records

Before the start of the competition, the world record and the world championship record were as follows:

World Record (WR)	24.04	Liam Tancock	Great Britain	Rome , Italy	August 2 , 2009
World Championship (CR) record	24.04	Liam Tancock	Great Britain	Rome , Italy	August 2 , 2009

Heats

Qualifiers

A place	Swim	Track	Sportsman	A country	BP	Time
one	four	five	Gerhard Sandberg	South Africa	0.64	24.72
2	6	four	Camy Lacour	France	0.75	25.03
3	6	2	Helge meow	Germany	0.57	25.04
four	four	7	Flory lang	Switzerland	0.56	25.12
five	four	2	Ashwin Wildebur	Spain	0.56	25.14
6	6	five	Jun Koga	Japan	0.51	25.17
7	four	3	Guy Barnea	Israel	0.57	25.18
eight	four	four	Nick Tomen	USA	0.63	25.22
eight	five	five	David Plummer	USA	0.68	25.22
ten	five	four	Liam Tancock	Great Britain	0.62	25.26
ten	five	one	Aristeidis Grigoriadis	Greece	0.59	25.26
12	6	one	Mirco di Torah	Italy	0.60	25.28
13	five	6	Hayden Stockel	Australia	0.58	25.29
14	6	3	Ashley Delaney	Australia	0.53	25.33
14	6	6	Bastian Leyesen	Netherlands	0.55	25.33
sixteen	five	eight	Charles Francis	Canada	0.70	25.43
17	five	3	Sun Xiaolei	China	0.62	25.44
18	five	7	Cheng Fei	China	0.58	25.52
nineteen	four	one	Guillerme Guide	Brazil	0.60	25.58
20	five	2	Vitaly Borisov	Russia	0.56	25.60
21	four	eight	Pavel Sankovich	Belarus	0.66	25.80
22	6	7	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	0.54	25.91
23	3	3	Roko Shimunich	Croatia	0.58	26.07
24	3	four	Pedro Medel	Cuba	0.61	26.08
25	6	eight	Federico Grabich	Argentina	0.65	26.13
26	3	6	Jean-Francois Schneiders	Luxembourg	0.62	26.70
27	3	7	Oliver Elliot Banyados	Chile	0.71	26.72
28	3	one	Zane Jordan	Zambia	0.50	27.12
29th	3	2	Boris Kirillov	Azerbaijan	0.63	27.25
thirty	2	four	Emil Bakal	Republic of the Congo	0.72	28.34
31	3	eight	Anthony Thun	Macau	0.58	28.46
32	2	five	Alban Laye Joseph Diop	Senegal	0.69	29.02
33	one	3	Kerson Hadley	Micronesia	0.65	30.46
34	2	2	Ahmed Atari	Qatar	0.75	32.37
35	2	7	Husam Ahmed	Maldives	0.69	33.44
36	2	one	Mulualem Girma	Ethiopia	0.72	33.85
37	one	four	Pathana Inthawong	Laos	0.69	35.30
38	2	eight	Muhammad Eltayeb	Sudan	0.77	35.98
39	one	five	Thierry Videni	Benin	0.81	42.95
	2	3	Abdulrahman Alishak	Qatar	DNS	DNS
	2	6	Folarin Ogunsola	Gambia	DNS	DNS
	3	five	Omar Pinson	Colombia	DNS	DNS
	four	6	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	DNS	DNS

Semifinals

A place	Swim	Track	Sportsman	A country	BP	Time
one	one	2	Liam Tancock	Great Britain	0.59	24.62
2	one	four	Camy Lacour	France	0.75	24.85
3	2	four	Gerhard Sandberg	South Africa	0.60	24.91
four	2	3	Ashwin Wildebur	Spain	0.58	24,99
five	one	6	Nick Tomen	USA	0.60	25.03
five	2	2	David Plummer	USA	0.68	25.03
7	one	five	Flory lang	Switzerland	0.56	25.07
eight	2	6	Guy Barnea	Israel	0.57	25.09
9	one	3	Jun Koga	Japan	0.51	25.14
ten	2	one	Hayden Stockel	Australia	0.57	25,20
ten	2	five	Helge meow	Germany	0.64	25,20
12	one	7	Mirco di Torah	Italy	0.59	25.40
13	one	one	Ashley Delaney	Australia	0.55	25.43
14	2	7	Aristeidis Grigoriadis	Greece	0.58	25.46
15	2	eight	Bastian Leyesen	Netherlands	0.60	25.51
sixteen	one	eight	Charles Francis	Canada	0.65	25.56

Final

A place	Track	Sportsman	A country	BP	Time
one	four	Liam Tancock	Great Britain	0.57	24.50
2	five	Camy Lacour	France	0.69	24.57
3	3	Gerhard Sandberg	South Africa	0.57	24.66
four	6	Ashwin Wildebur	Spain	0.58	24.82
five	7	David Plummer	USA	0.71	24.92
6	2	Nick Tomen	USA	0.63	25.01
6	eight	Guy Barnea	Israel	0.57	25.01
eight	one	Flory lang	Switzerland	0.57	25.15

Notes

BP - reaction time (from the start signal to the separation of the legs from the starting bedside table).

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