# Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 50 metre backstroke

The boys' 50 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 19 and 20 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:07.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Robert Glință | Romania | 25.63 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 25.66 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 25.90 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 25.96 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Jānis Šaltāns | Latvia | 26.03 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Vitor Guaraldo | Brazil | 26.13 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 26.20 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Laurent Bams | Netherlands | 26.21 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Robinson Molina | Venezuela | 26.22 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 26.28 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Karl Luht | Estonia | 26.46 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Andriy Khloptsov | Ukraine | 26.53 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Armin Porobic | Norway | 26.60 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Christopher Reid | South Africa | 26.71 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 26.72 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Trần Duy Khôi | Vietnam | 26.73 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | David McLeod | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.78 | |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Lau Shiu Yue | Hong Kong | 26.79 | |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | Žan Pogačar | Slovenia | 26.85 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Patrick Mulcare | United States | 26.86 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Danail Slavchev | Bulgaria | 26.87 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Kristinn Þórarinsson | Iceland | 27.05 | |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | Ricky Anggawidjaja | Indonesia | 27.07 | |
| 24 | 2 | 7 | Berk Özkul | Turkey | 27.29 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Matthew Mac | Canada | 27.59 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Timothy Wynter | Jamaica | 27.61 | |
| 27 | 1 | 6 | Davide Bernardi | San Marino | 28.19 | |
| | 2 | 8 | Chad Idensohn | Zimbabwe | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 25.40 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 25.42 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 25.63 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Vitor Guaraldo | Brazil | 25.79 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 25.79 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Laurent Bams | Netherlands | 25.84 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Andrii Khloptsov | Ukraine | 25.95 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 25.98 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Jānis Šaltāns | Latvia | 26.06 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 26.13 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Armin Porobic | Norway | 26.26 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Robinson Molina | Venezuela | 26.35 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 26.36 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Karl Luht | Estonia | 26.49 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Trần Duy Khôi | Vietnam | 26.71 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Christopher Reid | South Africa | 26.75 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 25.09 | WJR |
| | 3 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 25.44 | |
| | 4 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 25.47 | |
| 4 | 7 | Laurent Bams | Netherlands | 25.61 | |
| 5 | 2 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 25.83 | |
| 6 | 6 | Vitor Guaraldo | Brazil | 25.85 | |
| 7 | 8 | Robert Glință | Romania | 25.96 | |
| 8 | 1 | Andriy Khloptsov | Ukraine | 26.10 | |