# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The men's 50 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 3–4 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Liam Tancock (GBR) | 24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
| Competition record | Liam Tancock (GBR) | 24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | Daniel Orzechowski | Brazil | 24.67 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.72 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 24.79 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.85 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | David Plummer | United States | 24.91 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Bastiaan Lijesen | Netherlands | 24.94 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.97 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | Sun Xiaolei | China | 25.01 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.01 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Matt Grevers | United States | 25.08 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 8 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 25.15 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 25.17 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 25.36 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 25.40 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Federico Grabich | Argentina | 25.44 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain | 25.52 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Mirco di Tora | Italy | 25.54 | |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Gareth Kean | New Zealand | 25.62 | |
| 19 | 6 | 8 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa | Indonesia | 25.68 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | 25.78 | NR |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Cheng Feiyi | China | 25.83 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Shin Hee-Wong | South Korea | 25.84 | |
| 23 | 4 | 9 | Felix Wolf | Germany | 25.90 | |
| 24 | 4 | 0 | Charles Francis | Canada | 26.10 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Guven Duvan | Turkey | 26.25 | |
| 26 | 3 | 4 | Martin Baďura | Czech Republic | 26.26 | |
| 27 | 5 | 9 | Bilal Achelhi | Morocco | 26.27 | |
| 28 | 6 | 0 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 26.36 | |
| 29 | 5 | 0 | Alexandr Tarabrin | Kazakhstan | 26.39 | |
| 30 | 3 | 5 | Charles Hockin | Paraguay | 26.41 | =NR |
| 31 | 6 | 9 | Mohamed Khaled | Egypt | 26.44 | |
| 32 | 3 | 6 | Artiom Gladun | Moldova | 26.93 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | Jordan Augier | Saint Lucia | 27.16 | NR |
| 34 | 3 | 1 | Ngou Pok Man | Macau | 27.18 | |
| 35 | 3 | 7 | Heshan Unamboowe | Sri Lanka | 27.23 | |
| 36 | 3 | 3 | Khachik Plavchyan | Armenia | 27.97 | NR |
| 37 | 3 | 9 | Hamdan Bayusuf | Kenya | 28.20 | |
| 38 | 2 | 8 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 28.54 | |
| 39 | 3 | 0 | Eisner Barberena | Nicaragua | 28.71 | |
| 40 | 2 | 5 | Maroun Waked | Lebanon | 29.31 | |
| 41 | 2 | 3 | Pablo Feo Mato | Andorra | 29.47 | |
| 42 | 2 | 6 | Erdenemunkh Demuul | Mongolia | 29.82 | |
| 43 | 2 | 4 | Victor Torres | U.S. Virgin Islands | 30.01 | |
| 44 | 2 | 2 | Arnold Kisulo | Uganda | 31.08 | |
| 45 | 2 | 0 | Umarkhon Alizoda | Tajikistan | 33.37 | |
| 46 | 2 | 9 | Storm Hablich | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.20 | |
| 47 | 1 | 3 | Miraj Prajapati | Nepal | 34.74 | |
| 48 | 1 | 5 | Ebrahim Al-Maleki | Yemen | 34.84 | |
| 49 | 1 | 2 | Awoussou Ablam | Benin | 35.85 | |
| 50 | 2 | 7 | Hamidou Seydou Lansina | Niger | 36.65 | |
| 51 | 1 | 6 | Sahr James | Sierra Leone | 37.36 | |
| | 3 | 8 | Samson Opuakpo | Nigeria | | DSQ |
| | 1 | 4 | Abdelrahim Mohamed Abdelrahim | Sudan | | DNS |
| | 2 | 1 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | | DNS |
| | 4 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19.15.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 24.73 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Matt Grevers | United States | 24.79 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.90 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 24.95 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Bastiaan Lijesen | Netherlands | 24.99 | |
| 6 | 5 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 25.24 | |
| 7 | 8 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain | 25.28 | |
| 8 | 1 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 25.36 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.39 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 24.45 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Daniel Orzechowski | Brazil | 24.79 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Sun Xiaolei | China | 24.95 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Federico Grabich | Argentina | 25.16 | |
| 6 | 7 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 25.18 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 25.21 | |
| 8 | 3 | David Plummer | United States | 26.00 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.42 | |
| | 5 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 24.54 | |
| | 6 | Matt Grevers | United States | 24.54 | |
| 4 | 7 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | 24.58 | |
| 5 | 8 | Sun Xiaolei | China | 24.76 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Daniel Orzechowski | Brazil | 24.87 | |
| 7 | 3 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.14 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 25.19 | |