# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 – 15 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Peter Marshall | United States | 22.61 | Singapore | 22 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 22.93 | Dubai | 18 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 9 | Matt Grevers (USA) | 23.28 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Guilherme Guido (BRA) | 23.48 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | Stanislav Donets (RUS) | 23.49 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) | 23.54 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Robert Hurley (AUS) | 23.57 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Sun Xiaolei (CHN) | 23.60 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | Daniel Orzechowski (BRA) | 23.64 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Pavel Sankovich (BLR) | 23.74 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 5 | Ashley Delaney (AUS) | 23.77 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Ben Hesen (USA) | 23.79 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Mirco Di Tora (ITA) | 23.81 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Christian Diener (GER) | 23.86 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Lavrans Solli (NOR) | 23.87 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 6 | Iskender Baslakov (TUR) | 23.88 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Guy Barnea (ISR) | 24.02 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Cheng Feiyi (CHN) | 24.06 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 7 | Jonatan Kopelev (ISR) | 24.17 | |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Radosław Kawęcki (POL) | 24.20 | |
| 19 | 8 | 7 | Alexis Santos (POR) | 24.22 | |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Damiano Lestingi (ITA) | 24.25 | |
| 21 | 1 | 8 | Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) | 24.36 | |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Dorian Gandin (FRA) | 24.42 | |
| 23 | 7 | 8 | Péter Bernek (HUN) | 24.43 | |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Garth Tune (RSA) | 24.50 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Tomasz Polewka (POL) | 24.52 | |
| 26 | 5 | 7 | Yuki Shirai (JPN) | 24.59 | |
| 27 | 7 | 1 | Darren Murray (RSA) | 24.62 | |
| 28 | 1 | 1 | Mindaugas Sadauskas (LTU) | 24.70 | |
| 29 | 7 | 0 | Andrei Shabasov (RUS) | 24.76 | |
| 30 | 6 | 0 | Kazuki Watanabe (JPN) | 24.91 | |
| 31 | 4 | 3 | Jake Tapp (CAN) | 25.11 | |
| 32 | 8 | 8 | Daniel Ramirez Carranza (MEX) | 25.15 | |
| 33 | 6 | 7 | Güven Duvan (TUR) | 25.17 | |
| 34 | 5 | 4 | Martin Zhelev (BUL) | 25.18 | NR |
| 35 | 8 | 9 | Gábor Balog (HUN) | 25.26 | |
| 36 | 5 | 2 | Danas Rapšys (LTU) | 25.32 | |
| 37 | 5 | 8 | Charles Hockin (PAR) | 25.34 | |
| 38 | 8 | 0 | Ng Kai Wee Rainer (SIN) | 25.36 | |
| 39 | 5 | 5 | Quah Zheng Wen (SIN) | 25.41 | |
| 40 | 5 | 3 | Armando Barrera Aira (CUB) | 25.56 | |
| 41 | 6 | 9 | Rostislav Kubicky (SVK) | 25.67 | |
| 42 | 5 | 9 | Timothy Wynter (JAM) | 25.98 | |
| 43 | 4 | 4 | Jean Luis Gómez (DOM) | 26.04 | NR |
| 43 | 4 | 7 | Awse Ma'aya (JOR) | 26.04 | |
| 45 | 3 | 3 | Samson Opuakpo (NGR) | 26.17 | |
| 46 | 4 | 5 | Boris Kirillov (AZE) | 26.23 | |
| 47 | 4 | 0 | Ngou Pok Man (MAC) | 26.72 | |
| 48 | 4 | 6 | Jamal Chavoshifar (IRI) | 26.98 | |
| 48 | 4 | 1 | Jordan Augier (LCA) | 26.98 | NR |
| 50 | 5 | 0 | Mohammed Al-Ghafri (UAE) | 27.12 | |
| 51 | 4 | 8 | Rahul Monal Chokshi (IND) | 27.48 | |
| 52 | 4 | 2 | Rohit Imoliya (IND) | 27.57 | |
| 53 | 3 | 5 | Mohammad Abdo (PLE) | 27.91 | |
| 54 | 3 | 4 | Sio Kin Hei (MAC) | 28.04 | |
| 55 | 1 | 0 | David van der Colff (BOT) | 28.11 | |
| 56 | 3 | 2 | Julien Brice (LCA) | 28.15 | |
| 57 | 3 | 0 | Oriol Cuñat (AND) | 28.22 | |
| 58 | 3 | 9 | Erdenemunkh Demuul (MGL) | 28.79 | |
| 59 | 3 | 6 | Pablo Feo (AND) | 28.93 | |
| 60 | 2 | 5 | Roman Hramtsov (TKM) | 29.12 | |
| 61 | 3 | 1 | Milimo Mweetwa (ZAM) | 29.40 | |
| 62 | 2 | 4 | Stanford Gore Kawale (PNG) | 29.47 | |
| 63 | 2 | 3 | Faraj Farhan (BHR) | 29.53 | |
| 64 | 3 | 8 | Hilal Hemed Hilal (TAN) | 29.55 | |
| 65 | 4 | 9 | Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane (SEN) | 29.60 | |
| 66 | 2 | 6 | Alassane Sylla (CIV) | 31.28 | |
| 67 | 1 | 2 | Kgosietsile Molefinyane (BOT) | 31.42 | |
| 68 | 2 | 7 | Franc Aleksi (ALB) | 32.04 | |
| 69 | 2 | 1 | Brandon Schuster (SAM) | 32.34 | |
| 70 | 2 | 8 | Umarkhon Alizoda (TJK) | 32.39 | |
| 71 | 1 | 5 | Storm Halbich (VIN) | 35.02 | |
| 72 | 1 | 3 | Ablam Hodadje Awoussou (BEN) | 35.30 | |
| 73 | 1 | 4 | Nikolas Sylvester (VIN) | 36.76 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Moris Beale (SLE) | DSQ | |
| | 1 | 9 | James Sahr (SLE) | DSQ | |
| | 2 | 0 | Giordan Harris (MHL) | DSQ | |
| | 1 | 7 | Luis Rojas Martinez (VEN) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 2 | Mohamed Eltayeb (SUD) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 9 | Rhudi Ayi Mensah Quaye (GHA) | DNS | |
| | 3 | 7 | João Aguiar (ANG) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 23.14 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Robert Hurley | Australia | 23.14 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 23.27 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Sun Xiaolei | China | 23.36 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Daniel Orzechowski | Brazil | 23.37 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Matt Grevers | United States | 23.43 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Iskender Baslakov | Turkey | 23.50 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 23.60 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 23.61 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Ben Hesen | United States | 23.65 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 23.67 | |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 23.67 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 23.68 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Mirco Di Tora | Italy | 23.82 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Christian Diener | Germany | 23.86 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Cheng Feiyi | China | 23.99 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:07.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Robert Hurley | Australia | 23.04 | OC |
| | 7 | Matt Grevers | United States | 23.17 | |
| | 4 | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 23.19 | |
| 4 | 3 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 23.25 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 23.42 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sun Xiaolei | China | 23.43 | |
| 7 | 2 | Daniel Orzechowski | Brazil | 23.47 | |
| 8 | 1 | Iskender Baslakov | Turkey | 23.49 | NR |