50 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Singapore SGP
Held 2 – 3 August 2025
Status Medal
Competitors 60
Countries 50
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Kliment Kolesnikov
Team: NAB		 NEU 24.08
(1 h7)		 24.16
(1 h2)		 23.68
(1 F)
🥈 Pieter Coetze RSA 24.36
(1 h5)		 24.32
(1 h1)		 24.17
(=2 F)
🥈 Pavel Samusenko
Team: NAB		 NEU 24.66
(1 h6)		 24.31
(2 h2)		 24.17
(=2 F)
4 Ksawery Masiuk POL 24.89
(3 h6)		 24.41
(3 h2)		 24.51
(4 F)
5 Quintin McCarty USA 24.76
(=3 h7)		 24.52
(3 h1)		 24.58
(5 F)
6 Apostolos Christou GRE 24.65
(4 h5)		 24.50
(2 h1)		 24.59
(6 F)
7 Isaac Cooper AUS 24.80
(6 h7)		 24.53
(4 h1)		 24.61
(7 F)
8 Hubert Kós HUN 24.62
(3 h5)		 24.50
(4 h2)		 24.62
(8 F)
9 Miroslav Knedla CZE 24.52
(2 h5)		 24.61
(5 h2)		 —
10 Oliver Morgan GBR 24.56
(2 h7)		 24.64
(5 h1)		 —
11 Ulises Saravía ARG 24.72
(2 h6)		 24.68
(6 h1)		 —
12 Ádám Jászó HUN 24.73
(5 h5)		 24.74
(6 h2)		 —
13 Adrián Santos ESP 24.76
(=3 h7)		 24.80
(7 h2)		 —
14 Vincent Passek GER 24.79
(6 h5)		 24.82
(8 h2)		 —
15 Christian Bacico ITA 24.89
(7 h7)		 24.90
(7 h1)		 —
16 Finn Harland NZL 24.76
(=3 h7)		 25.02
(8 h1)		 —
17 Ralf Tribuntsov EST 24.90
(8 h7)		 — —
18 Mantas Kaušpėdas LTU 24.95
(7 h5)		 — —
19 Shane Ryan IRL 24.96
(1 h3)		 — —
=20 Shaine Casas USA 24.97
(8 h5)		 — —
=20 Guilherme Basseto BRA 24.97
(4 h6)		 — —
22 Marcus Reyes MEX 24.98
(1 h4)		 — —
23 Iván Martínez ESP 25.03
(5 h6)		 — —
=24 Wang Gukailai CHN 25.04
(2 h4)		 — —
=24 Evangelos Makrygiannis GRE 25.04
(6 h6)		 — —
26 Xu Jiayu CHN 25.08
(7 h6)		 — —
=27 Kai van Westering NED 25.09
(9 h5)		 — —
=27 Andrew Jeffcoat NZL 25.09
(8 h6)		 — —
29 Riku Matsuyama JPN 25.11
(9 h7)		 — —
30 Blake Tierney CAN 25.20
(3 h4)		 — —
31 Robert Falborg Pedersen DEN 25.22
(4 h4)		 — —
32 Nikola Aćin SRB 25.24
(2 h3)		 — —
=33 Jakub Krischke CZE 25.34
(=5 h4)		 — —
=33 Tomer Shuster ISR 25.34
(=5 h4)		 — —
=33 Denis Popescu ROU 25.34
(10 h5)		 — —
36 Masaki Yura JPN 25.35
(9 h6)		 — —
=37 Quah Zheng Wen SGP 25.38
(3 h3)		 — —
=37 Jonathon Marshall GBR 25.38
(10 h6)		 — —
39 Lamar Taylor BAH 25.45
(4 h3)		 — —
40 Jack Harvey BER 25.55
(7 h4)		 — —
41 Oleksandr Zheltyakov UKR 25.64
(8 h4)		 — —
42 Bernhard Reitshammer AUT 25.70
(9 h4)		 — —
=43 Markus Lie NOR 25.76
(1 h2)		 — —
=43 Enkhtur Erkhes MGL 25.76
(5 h3)		 — —
45 Noe Pantskhava GEO 25.82
(6 h3)		 — —
46 Nikola Miljenić CRO 25.91
(10 h4)		 — —
47 Rémi Fabiani LUX 26.02
(7 h3)		 — —
48 Gleb Kovalenya KAZ 26.05
(2 h2)		 — —
49 Patrick Groters ARU 26.06
(8 h3)		 — —
50 Tonnam Kanteemool THA 26.10
(3 h2)		 — —
=51 Charles Hockin PAR 26.11
(4 h2)		 — —
=51 I Gede Siman Sudartawa INA 26.11
(9 h3)		 — —
53 Ahmad Safie LBN 26.20
(1 h1)		 — —
54 Filippos Iakovidis CYP 26.79
(5 h2)		 — —
55 Samiul Rafi BAN 27.21
(6 h2)		 — —
56 Luka Smit MAW 29.98
(7 h2)		 — —
57 Zakhar Pilkevich TJK 31.52
(8 h2)		 — —
58 Claudio Yelegou CMR 32.42
(9 h2)		 — —
59 José Tati CPV 34.68
(10 h2)		 — —
60 Beula Sanga SOL 36.11
(2 h1)		 — —
DNS Foday MansarayDNS SLE —
(DNS h1)		 — —
DNS Roman MityukovDNS SUI —
(DNS h3)		 — —
DNS Thomas CecconDNS ITA —
(DNS h7)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ahmad Safie LBN 26.20
2 Beula Sanga SOL 36.11
DNS Foday MansarayDNS SLE —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Markus Lie NOR 25.76
2 Gleb Kovalenya KAZ 26.05
3 Tonnam Kanteemool THA 26.10
4 Charles Hockin PAR 26.11
5 Filippos Iakovidis CYP 26.79
6 Samiul Rafi BAN 27.21
7 Luka Smit MAW 29.98
8 Zakhar Pilkevich TJK 31.52
9 Claudio Yelegou CMR 32.42
10 José Tati CPV 34.68

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Shane Ryan IRL 24.96
2 Nikola Aćin SRB 25.24
3 Quah Zheng Wen SGP 25.38
4 Lamar Taylor BAH 25.45
5 Enkhtur Erkhes MGL 25.76
6 Noe Pantskhava GEO 25.82
7 Rémi Fabiani LUX 26.02
8 Patrick Groters ARU 26.06
9 I Gede Siman Sudartawa INA 26.11
DNS Roman MityukovDNS SUI —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Marcus Reyes MEX 24.98
2 Wang Gukailai CHN 25.04
3 Blake Tierney CAN 25.20
4 Robert Falborg Pedersen DEN 25.22
=5 Jakub Krischke CZE 25.34
=5 Tomer Shuster ISR 25.34
7 Jack Harvey BER 25.55
8 Oleksandr Zheltyakov UKR 25.64
9 Bernhard Reitshammer AUT 25.70
10 Nikola Miljenić CRO 25.91

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Pieter Coetze RSA 24.36
2 Miroslav Knedla CZE 24.52
3 Hubert Kós HUN 24.62
4 Apostolos Christou GRE 24.65
5 Ádám Jászó HUN 24.73
6 Vincent Passek GER 24.79
7 Mantas Kaušpėdas LTU 24.95
8 Shaine Casas USA 24.97
9 Kai van Westering NED 25.09
10 Denis Popescu ROU 25.34

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Pavel Samusenko
Team: NAB		 NEU 24.66
2 Ulises Saravía ARG 24.72
3 Ksawery Masiuk POL 24.89
4 Guilherme Basseto BRA 24.97
5 Iván Martínez ESP 25.03
6 Evangelos Makrygiannis GRE 25.04
7 Xu Jiayu CHN 25.08
8 Andrew Jeffcoat NZL 25.09
9 Masaki Yura JPN 25.35
10 Jonathon Marshall GBR 25.38

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kliment Kolesnikov
Team: NAB		 NEU 24.08
2 Oliver Morgan GBR 24.56
=3 Quintin McCarty USA 24.76
=3 Adrián Santos ESP 24.76
=3 Finn Harland NZL 24.76
6 Isaac Cooper AUS 24.80
7 Christian Bacico ITA 24.89
8 Ralf Tribuntsov EST 24.90
9 Riku Matsuyama JPN 25.11
DNS Thomas CecconDNS ITA —

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Pieter Coetze RSA 24.32
2 Apostolos Christou GRE 24.50
3 Quintin McCarty USA 24.52
4 Isaac Cooper AUS 24.53
5 Oliver Morgan GBR 24.64
6 Ulises Saravía ARG 24.68
7 Christian Bacico ITA 24.90
8 Finn Harland NZL 25.02

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kliment Kolesnikov
Team: NAB		 NEU 24.16
2 Pavel Samusenko
Team: NAB		 NEU 24.31
3 Ksawery Masiuk POL 24.41
4 Hubert Kós HUN 24.50
5 Miroslav Knedla CZE 24.61
6 Ádám Jászó HUN 24.74
7 Adrián Santos ESP 24.80
8 Vincent Passek GER 24.82

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kliment Kolesnikov
Team: NAB		 NEU 23.68
=2 Pieter Coetze RSA 24.17
=2 Pavel Samusenko
Team: NAB		 NEU 24.17
4 Ksawery Masiuk POL 24.51
5 Quintin McCarty USA 24.58
6 Apostolos Christou GRE 24.59
7 Isaac Cooper AUS 24.61
8 Hubert Kós HUN 24.62