# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 and 9 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Florent Manaudou | France | 22.22 | Doha | 6 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:06.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 5 | Junya Koga | Japan | 22.93 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 23.09 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | 3 | Xu Jiayu | China | 23.42 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate | Spain | 23.47 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | 5 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 23.47 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 23.50 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 23.57 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Albert Subirats | Venezuela | 23.59 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia | 23.70 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | Robert Glință | Romania | 23.70 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Robert Hurley | Australia | 23.71 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 6 | Iskender Baskalov | Turkey | 23.83 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Michael Taylor | United States | 23.87 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Jacob Pebley | United States | 23.88 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | Masaki Kaneko | Japan | 23.89 | Q |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 23.98 | Q |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Charles Hockin | Paraguay | 24.06 | |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 24.11 | |
| 19 | 5 | 7 | Daniel Carranza | Mexico | 24.27 | |
| 19 | 7 | 7 | Lê Nguyễn Paul | Vietnam | 24.27 | |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Magnus Jakupsson | Denmark | 24.31 | |
| 22 | 8 | 7 | Danas Rapsys | Lithuania | 24.32 | |
| 23 | 6 | 4 | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 24.35 | |
| 24 | 9 | 1 | David Gamburg | Israel | 24.37 | |
| 25 | 8 | 1 | Charlie Boldison | Great Britain | 24.39 | |
| 26 | 7 | 2 | Andrei Shabasov | Russia | 24.41 | |
| 27 | 9 | 8 | Thomas Avetand | France | 24.45 | |
| 28 | 7 | 1 | Tomas Franta | Czech Republic | 24.52 | |
| 29 | 8 | 9 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.53 | |
| 30 | 2 | 9 | Anton Louie Loncar | Croatia | 24.74 | |
| 31 | 2 | 8 | Gaston Hernandez | Argentina | 24.75 | |
| 32 | 7 | 9 | Axel Pettersson | Iceland | 24.85 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Duy Khoi Tran | Vietnam | 24.90 | |
| 34 | 7 | 0 | Christopher Courtis | Barbados | 24.94 | |
| 34 | 8 | 8 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | 24.94 | |
| 36 | 5 | 6 | Markus Thormeyer | Canada | 24.97 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Justin Plaschka | Jamaica | 25.01 | |
| 38 | 6 | 7 | Neil Fair | South Africa | 25.06 | |
| 39 | 6 | 5 | Ricky Ellis | South Africa | 25.10 | |
| 40 | 5 | 5 | David Adalsteinsson | Iceland | 25.24 | |
| 41 | 7 | 8 | Kristinn Porarinsson | Iceland | 25.27 | |
| 42 | 6 | 6 | Kristóf Rasovszky | Hungary | 25.49 | |
| 43 | 5 | 2 | Boris Kirillov | Azerbaijan | 25.61 | |
| 44 | 5 | 3 | Ivo Kunzle Savastano | Paraguay | 25.75 | |
| 45 | 5 | 8 | Sheikh Tariq | Pakistan | 25.93 | |
| 46 | 6 | 9 | Gorazd Chepishevski | Macedonia | 25.97 | |
| 47 | 6 | 1 | Francis Fong | Singapore | 26.08 | |
| 48 | 5 | 1 | Eisner Barbera Espinoza | Nicaragua | 26.17 | |
| 49 | 4 | 7 | Keanan Michael Dols | Jamaica | 26.33 | |
| 50 | 4 | 8 | Adel El Fakir | Libya | 26.39 | |
| 51 | 6 | 0 | Pok Man Ngou | Macau | 26.47 | |
| 52 | 4 | 4 | Axel Steven Ngui | Philippines | 26.69 | |
| 53 | 4 | 3 | William Clark | Fiji | 26.85 | NR |
| 54 | 4 | 0 | Adil Assouab | Morocco | 26.92 | |
| 55 | 2 | 0 | Sébastien Kouma | Mali | 26.99 | |
| 55 | 4 | 6 | Jordan Gonzalez | Gibraltar | 26.99 | |
| 57 | 1 | 6 | Akaki Vashakidze | Georgia | 27.21 | |
| 58 | 2 | 7 | Mohammad Juwel Ahmed | Bangladesh | 27.25 | |
| 58 | 5 | 0 | Cheng Man Yum | Macau | 27.25 | |
| 60 | 4 | 1 | Alex McCallum | Cayman Islands | 27.48 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:51.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 23.16 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate | Spain | 23.33 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Albert Subirats | Venezuela | 23.37 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 23.47 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Jacob Pebley | United States | 23.63 | |
| 6 | 2 | Robert Glință | Romania | 23.64 | |
| 7 | 7 | Iskender Baslakov | Turkey | 23.85 | |
| 8 | 8 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 24.08 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Junya Koga | Japan | 22.81 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 23.07 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Robert Hurley | Australia | 23.20 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Xu Jiayu | China | 23.39 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 23.57 | |
| 6 | 2 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia | 23.64 | |
| 7 | 8 | Masaki Kaneko | Japan | 23.65 | |
| 8 | 1 | Michael Taylor | United States | 23.84 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:32
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Junya Koga | Japan | 22.85 |
| | 3 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 22.99 |
| | 5 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 23.03 |
| 4 | 7 | Albert Subirats | Venezuela | 23.26 |
| 5 | 6 | Robert Hurley | Australia | 23.32 |
| 6 | 2 | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate | Spain | 23.40 |
| 6 | 8 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 23.40 |
| 8 | 1 | Xu Jiayu | China | 23.54 |