Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
Introduction 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:'''World record'''    '''24.33'''  Eindhoven, Netherlands  5 December 2008'''Championship record'''    '''24.80'''  Barcelona, Spain  27 July 2003The following records were established during the competition:DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 1 August  Heat 13  Guilherme Guido   Brazil  24.49  '''CR''' 1 August  Semifinal 1  Liam Tancock   Great Britain  24.08  '''WR''' 2 August  Final  Liam Tancock   Great Britain  24.04  '''WR'''
Results ===Heats=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Heat  Lane  Notes 1  Guilherme Guido     24.49  13  4  '''CR''', '''SA''' 2  Aschwin Wildeboer     24.50  14  5  '''NR''' 3  Camille Lacourt     24.52  13  5  '''NR''' 4  Liam Tancock     24.55  15  8   5  Junya Koga     24.57  15  4   6  Helge Meeuw     24.60  14  4  '''NR''' 7  Gerhard Zandberg     24.68  13  8  '''AF''' 8  Flori Lang     24.75  14  3  '''NR''' 9  Juan Miguel Rando     24.77  13  3   10  Guy Barnea     24.79  14  9   11  Aristeidis Grigoriadis     24.80  15  7   12  Ryosuke Irie     24.87  15  6   13  Thomas Rupprath     24.92  15  5   14  Daniel Orzechowski     24.97  14  8   14  Ashley Delaney     24.97  15  3  16  Mirco Di Tora     25.01  14  6  17  Nick Driebergen     25.08  14  7  '''NR''' 18  Enrico Catalano     25.10  13  7  19  Matt Grevers     25.13  15  1    20  Pascal Wollach     25.23  13  3  '''NR''' 21  Vytautas Janušaitis     25.24  11  5  '''NR''' 22  Aaron Peirsol     25.30  14  1  23  Daniel Bell     25.31  13  2    24  Benjamin Stasiulis     25.32  13  6  25  Răzvan Florea     25.34  14  2  26  Arkady Vyatchanin     25.36  15  2  27  Charl Van Zyl     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     25.54  12  4  32  Sung Min     25.57  15  0  33  Markus Rogan     25.59  15  9    34  Jake Tapp     25.68  12  9  35  Jeong Doohee     25.77  10  6  36  Bruno Claeys     25.84  13  9  '''NR''' 37  Nadav Kochavi     25.94  11  6  38  Danil Bugakov     25.97  12  7    39  Cheng Feiyi     26.01  12  2  40  Derya Büyükuncu     26.07  11  0  41  Radosław Kawęcki     26.08  14  0  42  Andres Olvik     26.11  10  7  '''NR''' 43  Krzysztof Jankiewicz     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     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     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     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     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     24.29  2  3  '''AS''' 3  Camille Lacourt     24.46  2  5  '''NR''' 4  Aschwin Wildeboer     24.48  1  4  '''NR''' 5  Helge Meeuw     24.59  1  3  '''NR''' 6  Gerhard Zandberg     24.68  2  6  '''=AF''' 7  Mirco Di Tora     24.77  1  8  '''NR''' 7  Aristeidis Grigoriadis     24.77  2  7  '''NR''' 9  Flori Lang     24.78  1  6   10  Ryosuke Irie     24.79  1  7   11  Juan Miguel Rando     24.80  2  2   12  Guy Barnea     24.81  1  2   13  Thomas Rupprath     24.87  2  1   14  Daniel Orzechowski     24.92  1  1   15  Guilherme Guido     24.98  2  4  16  Ashley Delaney     25.02  2  8 ===Final=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Lane  Notes   Liam Tancock      24.04  4  '''WR'''   Junya Koga     24.24  5  '''AS'''   Gerhard Zandberg     24.34  7 '''AF'''  4  Aschwin Wildeboer      24.57  6    5  Camille Lacourt     24.61  3    6  Helge Meeuw     24.63  2   7  Aristeidis Grigoriadis     24.87  8   8  Mirco Di Tora     25.15  1
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