# 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 12 and 13 December 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) | 22.11 | Kazan, Russia | 23 November 2022 |
| Competition record | Florent Manaudou (FRA) | 22.22 | Doha, Qatar | 6 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 12 December at 9:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Miron Lifintsev | Neutral Athletes B | 22.87 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 22.89 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 22.98 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 23.01 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Pavel Samusenko | Neutral Athletes B | 23.02 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 23.05 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Ralf Tribuntsov | Estonia | 23.06 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Guilherme Basseto | Brazil | 23.11 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 7 | Miroslav Knedla | Czech Republic | 23.13 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 23.28 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Ruard van Renen | South Africa | 23.29 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 23.29 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | Mewen Tomac | France | 23.32 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 23.33 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 23.35 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | 23.37 | QSO |
| 16 | 5 | 9 | Mantas Kaušpėdas | Lithuania | 23.37 | QSO, NR |
| 18 | 6 | 5 | Kaiya Seki | Japan | 23.41 | R |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Denis Popescu | Romania | 23.44 | |
| 20 | 5 | 5 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 23.45 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 23.51 | NR |
| 21 | 5 | 3 | Masaki Yura | Japan | 23.51 | |
| 21 | 6 | 0 | Cooper Morley | New Zealand | 23.51 | |
| 24 | 5 | 7 | Iván Martínez | Spain | 23.61 | |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Oliver Morgan | Great Britain | 23.64 | |
| 26 | 6 | 8 | Grigori Pekarski | Neutral Athletes A | 23.66 | |
| 27 | 4 | 0 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 23.69 | |
| 28 | 5 | 8 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 23.70 | |
| 29 | 4 | 1 | Markus Lie | Norway | 23.76 | |
| 30 | 2 | 3 | Maximillian Wilson | United States Virgin Islands | 23.81 | NR |
| 31 | 5 | 0 | Dino Hasibović Sirotanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.84 | |
| 32 | 3 | 7 | Ulises Saravia | Argentina | 23.91 | |
| 33 | 4 | 9 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece | 23.95 | |
| 34 | 3 | 2 | Ádám Jászó | Hungary | 23.98 | |
| 35 | 3 | 6 | Oleksandr Zheltiakov | Ukraine | 23.99 | |
| 36 | 4 | 8 | Xu Yifan | China | 24.01 | |
| 37 | 3 | 8 | Mert Ali Satır | Turkey | 24.02 | |
| 38 | 2 | 2 | Samuel Törnqvist | Sweden | 24.05 | |
| 39 | 3 | 0 | Chuang Mu-lun | Chinese Taipei | 24.28 | |
| 40 | 2 | 4 | Noe Pantskhava | Georgia | 24.29 | NR |
| 40 | 3 | 4 | Jason Mahmutoglu | Philippines | 24.29 | NR |
| 42 | 2 | 7 | Ģirts Feldbergs | Latvia | 24.55 | |
| 43 | 2 | 8 | Mikhail Kleshko | Uzbekistan | 24.64 | NR |
| 43 | 3 | 9 | Meiron Amir Cheruti | Israel | 24.64 | |
| 45 | 2 | 1 | Charles Hockin | Paraguay | 24.76 | |
| 46 | 1 | 2 | Akash Mani | India | 24.87 | |
| 47 | 2 | 0 | Mohamad Zubaid | Kuwait | 25.06 | NR |
| 48 | 2 | 9 | Samiul Islam Rafi | Bangladesh | 25.09 | NR |
| 49 | 2 | 6 | Kokoro Frost | Samoa | 25.58 | NR |
| 50 | 1 | 5 | Tendo Kaumi | Uganda | 27.30 | NR |
| 51 | 1 | 4 | Amos Ferley | Seychelles | 27.35 | NR |
| | 1 | 6 | Fahim Anwari | Afghanistan | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 1 | 7 | Joash McKonie | Zimbabwe | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 2 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 9 | Michael Andrew | United States | Did not start | Did not start |

### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 12 December at 11:45.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Mantas Kaušpėdas | Lithuania | 22.91 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | 23.27 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 12 December at 17:57.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Miron Lifintsev | Neutral Athletes B | 22.70 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Pavel Samusenko | Neutral Athletes B | 22.72 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 22.73 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 22.73 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Miroslav Knedla | Czech Republic | 22.74 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 22.79 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 22.85 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 22.89 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 23.03 | R, NR |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Mewen Tomac | France | 23.06 | R |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Mantas Kaušpėdas | Lithuania | 23.09 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Ruard van Renen | South Africa | 23.21 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Ralf Tribuntsov | Estonia | 23.23 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Guilherme Basseto | Brazil | 23.30 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 23.48 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 23.55 | |

### Final

The final was started on 13 December at 18:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Miron Lifintsev | Neutral Athletes B | 22.47 | WJ |
| | 7 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 22.49 | OC |
| | 8 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 22.56 | NR |
| 4 | 1 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 22.64 | NR |
| 5 | 3 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 22.68 | NR |
| 6 | 5 | Pavel Samusenko | Neutral Athletes B | 22.74 | |
| 7 | 2 | Miroslav Knedla | Czech Republic | 22.89 | |
| 8 | 6 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 22.97 | |