Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
| Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Campclar Aquatic Center | |||||||||
| Location | Tarragona, Spain | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 June | |||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 25.11 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| Paralympic events | ||
| 100 m free S10 | men | women |
The men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 23 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Liam Tancock (GBR)
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24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
| Mediterranean Games record |  Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP)
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24.73 | Pescara, Italy | 27 June 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 09:55.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Niccolò Bonacchi |  Italy |
25.34 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
25.43 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy |
25.49 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Hugo González | Spain |
25.59 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece |
25.90 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Youssef Said |  Egypt |
25.97 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Sergio Campos | Spain |
26.03 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Alexis Santos |  Portugal |
26.18 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou |  Cyprus |
26.31 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Anže Ferš Eržen |  Slovenia |
26.44 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Gabriel José Lopes | Portugal |
26.44 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | İskender Baslakov |  Turkey |
26.62 | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Driss Lahrichi |  Morocco |
26.68 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Vangelis Zorbis | Cyprus |
26.93 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Anton Lončar |  Croatia |
27.24 | |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Geoffroy Mathieu |  France |
27.43 | |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Ege Başer | Turkey |
27.51 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Ryad Bouhamidi |  Algeria |
27.59 | |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Abdelrahman Elaraby | Egypt |
27.81 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Dion Kadriu |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
30.43 |
Final
The final was held at 17:54.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy |
25.11 | |
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4 | Niccolò Bonacchi | Italy |
25.21 | |
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5 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
25.35 | |
| 4 | 6 | Hugo González | Spain |
25.56 | |
| 5 | 2 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece |
25.71 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sergio Campos | Spain |
26.06 | |
| 7 | 8 | Alexis Santos | Portugal |
26.07 | |
| 7 | 7 | Youssef Said | Egypt |
26.07 |
References
- ^ "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ Final results