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Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
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| Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2007 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Rod Laver Arena | |||||||||
| Dates | 31 March 2007 (heats, semifinals) 1 April 2007 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 107 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 24.98 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2007 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | 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 |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
The men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 March (prelims[1] and semifinals[2] ) and on the evening of 1 April (final)[3] at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 107 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 98 swam.
Existing records at the start of the event were:
- World record (WR): 24.80, Thomas Rupprath (Germany), 27 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain.
- Championship record (CR): same
Results
Final
| Place | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
3 | Gerhard Zandberg |  South Africa |
24.98 | |
 |
6 | Thomas Rupprath |  Germany |
25.20 | |
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4 | Liam Tancock |  Great Britain |
25.23 | |
| 4 | 5 | Steffen Driesen | Germany |
25.29 | |
| 5 | 2 | Matthew Clay | Great Britain |
25.32 | |
| 6 | 1 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis |  Greece |
25.52 | |
| 7 | 7 | Junya Koga |  Japan |
25.56 | |
| 8 | 8 | Matt Welsh |  Australia |
25.61 |
Semifinals
| Rank |
Heat & Lane |
Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H2-L3 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain |
25.08 | Q |
| 2 | H2-L5 | Steffen Driesen | Germany |
25.21 | Q |
| 3 | H1-L4 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa |
25.26 | Q |
| 4 | H2-L4 | Thomas Rupprath | Germany |
25.29 | Q |
| 5 | H1-L5 | Matthew Clay | Great Britain |
25.48 | Q |
| 6 | H2-L6 | Junya Koga | Japan |
25.55 | Q |
| 7 | H1-L3 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece |
25.66 | Q |
| 8 | H1-L6 | Matt Welsh | Australia |
25.76 | Q |
| 9 | H2-L1 | Flori Lang |  Switzerland |
25.81 | |
| 10 | H2-L2 | Tomomi Morita | Japan |
25.93 | |
| 11 | H1-L2 | Ľuboš Križko |  Slovakia |
25.96 | |
| 12 | H2-L7 | Arkady Vyatchanin |  Russia |
26.03 | |
| 13 | H2-L8 | David Ortega Pitarch |  Spain |
26.26 | |
| 14 | H1-L8 | ZHANG Chang |  China |
26.33 | |
| 15 | H1-L1 | Guy Barnea |  Israel |
26.45 | |
| H1-L7 | Ouyang Kunpeng | China |
DQ |
