World’s Fastest 50m Backstroke – Men’s Long Course
- Hunter Armstrong 23.71
- Kliment Kolesnikov 23.80
- Justin Ress 23.92
- Shaine Casas 24.00
- Liam Tancock 24.04
- Camille Lacourt 24.07
- Robert Glinta 24.12
- Mark Nikolaev 24.23
- Ryan Murphy 24.24
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The chart below compares the World’s fastest 50m Backstroke swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible. Here is Hunter Armstrong’s 50m Backstroke World Record swim to view. Also here is Kliment Kolesnikov’s 50m Backstroke former World Record swim to view.
Here is the list of the Men’s 100m Backstroke Long Course for comparison.
| Men's 50m Backstroke - Long Course | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Armstrong | Kliment Kolesnikov | Justin Rees | Shaine Casas | Liam Tancock | Camille Lacourt | Robert Glinta | Mark Nikolaev | Ryan Murphy | |||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in 198cm | 6 ft 5 in 196cm | 6 ft 5in 196cm | 6 ft 4in 193cm | 6 ft 0 in 183cm | 6 ft 7 in 200cm | 6 ft 1 in 185cm | 6 ft 2 in 190cm | 6 ft 3 in 191cm | ||
| Weight: | 180 lb 81kg | 190 Ib 86kg | 209 lb 95kg | 179 Ib 81kg | 187 Ib 85kg | 165 Ib 75kg | 185 Ib 84kg | 201 Ib 91kg | |||
| Country: | USA | RUS | USA | USA | GBR | FRA | ROU | RUS | USA | ||
| DOB: | 2001-01-24 | 2000-07-09 | 1997-08-03 | 1999-12-25 | 1985-05-07 | 1985-04-22 | 1997-04-18 | 1997-07-30 | 1995-07-02 | ||
| Meet: | 2022 USA World Trials | European Championships 2021 | 2022 USA World Trials | 2022 USA World Trials | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 | European Championships 2010 | European Championships 2018 | Russian National Championships (50m) | US National Championships (50m) | ||
| Strokes | 36 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 35 | ||||||
| Total Time: | 23.71 | 23.80 | 23.92 | 24.00 | 24.04 | 24.07 | 24.12 | 24.23 | 24.24 | ||