| Men 50m Backstroke XX Swimming World Championship 2023 Fukuoka, Japan - Sunday, 30th July - Gold Medal: Hunter Armstrong, United States   | 
| Final 20:05 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts |  | 1. Hunter Armstrong |   United States | 24.05s | &s | 3 | 22 | 0.62 | 958 |  | 2. Justin Ress |   United States | 24.24s | +0.19s | 4 | 25 | 0.59 | 935 |  | 3. Jiayu Xu |   China | 24.50s | +0.45s | 5 | 27 | 0.55 | 906 |  | 4. Ksawery Masiuk |   Poland | 24.57s | +0.52s | 6 | 18 | 0.56 | 898 |  | 5. Thomas Ceccon |   Italy | 24.58s | +0.53s | 7 | 22 | 0.61 | 897 |  | 6. Apostolos Christou |   Greece | 24.60s | +0.55s | 2 | 26 | 0.59 | 895 |  | 7. Andrew Jeffcoat |   New Zealand | 24.66s | +0.61s | 8 | 24 | 0.55 | 888 |  | 8. Ole Braunschweig |   Germany | 24.93s | +0.88s | 1 | 25 | 0.60 | 860 |   
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 Semi-Finals - Saturday, 29th July 21:09 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| 1. Jiayu Xu |   China | 24.41s | +0.06s | 3 | 27 | 0.53 | 916 | 2. |  | 2. Ksawery Masiuk |   Poland | 24.47s | +0.12s | 5 | 18 | 0.55 | 909 | 4. |  | 3. Thomas Ceccon |   Italy | 24.57s | +0.22s | 6 | 22 | 0.61 | 898 | 5. |  | 3. Apostolos Christou |   Greece | 24.57s | +0.22s | 4 | 26 | 0.57 | 898 | 5. |  | 5. Kacper Stokowski |   Poland | 24.99s | +0.64s | 2 | 24 | 0.56 | 854 | 11. |  | 6. Conor Ferguson |   Ireland | 25.09s | +0.74s | 7 | 23 | 0.50 | 843 | 13. |  | 7. Ryosuke Irie |   Japan | 25.21s | +0.86s | 8 | 33 | 0.55 | 831 | 15. |  | 8. Yassin Hossam |   Egypt | 25.22s | +0.87s | 1 | 20 | 0.48 | 830 | 16. |   
| 1. Justin Ress |   United States | 24.35s | &s | 4 | 25 | 0.62 | 923 | 1. |  | 2. Hunter Armstrong |   United States | 24.41s | +0.06s | 5 | 22 | 0.61 | 916 | 2. |  | 3. Ole Braunschweig |   Germany | 24.73s | +0.38s | 3 | 25 | 0.57 | 881 | 7. |  | 4. Andrew Jeffcoat |   New Zealand | 24.81s | +0.46s | 7 | 24 | 0.57 | 872 | 8. |  | 5. Isaac Cooper |   Australia | 24.86s | +0.51s | 6 | 19 | 0.52 | 867 | 9. |  | 6. Andrei-Mircea Anghel |   Romania | 24.95s | +0.60s | 2 | 25 | 0.56 | 858 | 10. |  | 7. Michael Laitarovsky |   Israel | 24.99s | +0.64s | 8 | 23 | 0.55 | 854 | 11. |  | 8. Takeshi Kawamoto |   Japan | 25.14s | +0.79s | 1 | 28 | 0.55 | 838 | 14. |   
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| Heat 7 11:07 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Hunter Armstrong |   United States | 24.49s | +0.31s | 4 | 22 | 0.61 | 907 | 3. |  | 2. Isaac Cooper |   Australia | 24.73s | +0.55s | 5 | 19 | 0.53 | 881 | 6. |  | 2. Jiayu Xu |   China | 24.73s | +0.55s | 3 | 27 | 0.53 | 881 | 6. |  | 4. Takeshi Kawamoto |   Japan | 25.05s | +0.87s | 2 | 28 | 0.56 | 847 | 13. |  | 5. Youngjun Won |   South Korea | 25.18s | +1.00s | 8 | 25 | 0.51 | 834 | 19. |  | 6. Guilherme Basseto |   Brazil | 25.22s | +1.04s | 6 | 26 | 0.57 | 830 | 21. |  | 7. Gukailai Wang |   China | 25.29s | +1.11s | 1 | 19 | 0.54 | 824 | 23. |  | 8. Tomas Franta |   Czechia | 25.35s | +1.17s | 7 | 25 | 0.63 | 818 | 24. |  | 9. Srihari Nataraj |   India | 25.51s | +1.33s | 9 | 22 | 0.57 | 802 | 28. |  | 10.Roman Mityukov |   Switzerland | 25.61s | +1.43s | 0 | 22 | 0.56 | 793 | 31. |   
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| Heat 6 11:05 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Justin Ress |   United States | 24.18s |   | 4 | 25 | 0.61 | 942 | 1. |  | 2. Ole Braunschweig |   Germany | 24.72s | +0.54s | 3 | 25 | 0.57 | 882 | 5. |  | 3. Thomas Ceccon |   Italy | 24.80s | +0.62s | 5 | 22 | 0.67 | 873 | 8. |  | 4. Andrei-Mircea Anghel |   Romania | 24.86s | +0.68s | 2 | 25 | 0.56 | 867 | 9. |  | 5. Conor Ferguson |   Ireland | 24.95s | +0.77s | 7 | 23 | 0.50 | 858 | 11. |  | 6. Lamar Taylor |   Bahamas | 25.12s | +0.94s | 9 | 20 | 0.60 | 840 | 17. |  | 7. Adrian Santos |   Spain | 25.15s | +0.97s | 0 | 20 | 0.55 | 837 | 18. |  | 8. Bjoern Seeliger |   Sweden | 25.38s | +1.20s | 6 | 23 | 0.60 | 815 | 25. |  | 9. Hugo Gonzalez |   Spain | 25.42s | +1.24s | 8 | 24 | 0.59 | 811 | 26. |  | 10.Aron Szekely |   Hungary | 25.59s | +1.41s | 1 | 18 | 0.59 | 795 | 30. |   
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| Heat 5 11:03 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Apostolos Christou |   Greece | 24.48s | +0.30s | 4 | 26 | 0.56 | 908 | 2. |  | 2. Ksawery Masiuk |   Poland | 24.71s | +0.53s | 5 | 18 | 0.55 | 883 | 4. |  | 3. Kacper Stokowski |   Poland | 24.91s | +0.73s | 7 | 24 | 0.56 | 862 | 10. |  | 4. Andrew Jeffcoat |   New Zealand | 24.95s | +0.77s | 3 | 24 | 0.55 | 858 | 11. |  | 5. Michael Laitarovsky |   Israel | 25.10s | +0.92s | 1 | 23 | 0.54 | 842 | 15. |  | 6. Ryosuke Irie |   Japan | 25.11s | +0.93s | 6 | 33 | 0.53 | 841 | 16. |  | 7. Javier Acevedo |   Canada | 25.18s | +1.00s | 2 | 25 | 0.57 | 834 | 19. |  | 8. Joao Costa |   Portugal | 25.28s | +1.10s | 9 | 21 | 0.58 | 825 | 22. |  | 9. Gede Siman I Sudartawa |   Indonesia | 25.87s | +1.69s | 0 | 28 | 0.55 | 769 | 33. |  | -. Bradley Woodward |   Australia | DNS |   | 8 | 25 | - | - | -. |   
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| Heat 4 11:01 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Yassin Hossam |   Egypt | 25.07s | +0.89s | 5 | 20 | 0.49 | 845 | 14. |  | 2. Mu-Lun Chuang |   Chinese Taipei | 25.50s | +1.32s | 3 | 22 | 0.56 | 803 | 27. |  | 3. Markus Lie |   Norway | 25.55s | +1.37s | 8 | 28 | 0.53 | 799 | 29. |  | 4. Zheng Wen Quah |   Singapore | 25.76s | +1.58s | 4 | 26 | 0.51 | 779 | 32. |  | 5. Girts Feldbergs |   Latvia | 25.93s | +1.75s | 7 | 30 | 0.62 | 764 | 35. |  | 6. Charles Hockin Brusquetti |   Paraguay | 25.96s | +1.78s | 2 | 33 | 0.54 | 761 | 36. |  | 7. Clayton Jimmie |   South Africa | 25.97s | +1.79s | 1 | 28 | 0.60 | 760 | 37. |  | 8. Jerard Jacinto |  SMF | 26.41s | +2.23s | 6 | 22 | 0.51 | 723 | 41. |  | 9. Filippos Iakovidis |   Cyprus | 26.42s | +2.24s | 0 | 25 | 0.59 | 722 | 42. |  | 10.Noe Pantskhava |   Georgia | 26.63s | +2.45s | 9 | 17 | 0.62 | 705 | 44. |   
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| Heat 3 10:59 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Remi Fabiani |   Luxembourg | 25.87s | +1.69s | 2 | 21 | 0.55 | 769 | 33. |  | 2. Diego Camacho Salgado |   Mexico | 26.04s | +1.86s | 5 | 20 | 0.53 | 754 | 38. |  | 3. Jack Kirby |   Barbados | 26.17s | +1.99s | 1 | 23 | 0.50 | 743 | 39. |  | 4. Tonnam Kanteemool |   Thailand | 26.39s | +2.21s | 6 | 18 | 0.55 | 725 | 40. |  | 5. Maximillian Wilson |   US Virgin Islands | 26.62s | +2.44s | 8 | 19 | 0.57 | 706 | 43. |  | 6. Homer Abbasi |   Iran | 26.70s | +2.52s | 3 | 20 | 0.52 | 700 | 45. |  | 7. Shiu Yue Lau |   Hong Kong | 26.70s | +2.52s | 7 | 26 | 0.56 | 700 | 45. |  | 8. Erkhes Enkhtur |   Mongolia | 26.94s | +2.76s | 0 | 15 | 0.60 | 681 | 47. |  | 9. Warren Adam Lawrence |  DMA | 27.45s | +3.27s | 9 | 20 | 0.60 | 644 | 52. |  | -. Dylan Carter |   Trinidad Tobago | DNS |   | 4 | 27 | - | - | -. |   
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| Heat 2 10:57 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Hansel McCaig |   Fiji | 26.97s | +2.79s | 3 | 20 | 0.57 | 679 | 49. |  | 2. Andrej Stojanovski |   North Macedonia | 27.35s | +3.17s | 4 | 18 | 0.62 | 651 | 50. |  | 4. Bede Aitu |   Cook Islands | 28.19s | +4.01s | 5 | 21 | 0.63 | 594 | 54. |  | 5. Jeno Heyns |   Surinam | 28.30s | +4.12s | 6 | 20 | 0.54 | 588 | 55. |  | 6. Tajhari Williams |  TCN | 29.44s | +5.26s | 7 | 15 | 0.68 | 522 | 56. |  | 7. Swaleh Abubakar Talib |  SMF | 30.03s | +5.85s | 1 | 23 | 0.59 | 492 | 59. |  | 8. Troy Pina |   Cabo Verde | 30.85s | +6.67s | 9 | 24 | 0.55 | 453 | 60. |  | 9. Alexander Mitchelle Fleming Lake |  AGU | 30.89s | +6.71s | 8 | 18 | 0.70 | 452 | 61. |  | 10.Mohamed Rihan Shiham |   Maldives | 31.44s | +7.26s | 0 | 16 | 0.66 | 428 | 62. |   
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| Heat 1 10:55 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Isaiah Aleksenko |   Northern Marianas | 26.94s | +2.76s | 4 | 17 | 0.64 | 681 | 47. |  | 2. Tameea Elhamayda |   Qatar | 27.41s | +3.23s | 6 | 16 | 0.65 | 647 | 51. |  | 3. Mohamad Zubaid |   Kuwait | 27.64s | +3.46s | 2 | 15 | 0.67 | 631 | 53. |  | 3. Omer Sahib Kadhim Huraish |   Iraq | 29.88s | +5.70s | 7 | 18 | 0.57 | 499 | 57. |  | 4. Kapeli Siua |   Tonga | 29.96s | +5.78s | 2 | 18 | 0.53 | 495 | 58. |  | 5. Giorgio Armani Nguichie Kamseu Kamogne |   Cameroon | 33.75s | +9.57s | 5 | 16 | 0.66 | 346 | 63. |  | 6. Hamzah Mayas |   Yemen | 39.35s | +15.17s | 3 | 16 | 0.60 | 218 | 64. |  | -. Ibrahim Kamara |   Siera Leone | DNS |   | 1 | 21 | - | - | -. |   
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