Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Asian Games
Men's 50 metre backstroke ; at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date	20 August 2018
Competitors	38 from 23 nations
Medalists
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The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 20 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 20 August 2018	09:22	Heats
Monday, 20 August 2018	18:28	Final

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time
1	3	I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA)	25.01
2	5	Xu Jiayu (CHN)	25.12
3	5	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	25.25
4	4	Kang Ji-seok (KOR)	25.29
5	3	Wang Peng (CHN)	25.33
6	4	Quah Zheng Wen (SGP)	25.54
7	4	Lee Ju-ho (KOR)	25.67
8	3	Merdan Ataýew (TKM)	26.08
9	4	Kasipat Chograthin (THA)	26.13
10	1	Srihari Nataraj (IND)	26.19
11	5	Paul Lê Nguyễn (VIE)	26.20
12	5	Masaki Kaneko (JPN)	26.23
13	5	Adil Kaskabay (KAZ)	26.30
14	4	Francis Fong (SGP)	26.48
15	4	Chuang Mu-lun (TPE)	26.52
16	4	Ngou Pok Man (MAC)	26.53
17	3	Akalanka Peiris (SRI)	26.57
18	3	Chang Hou-chi (TPE)	26.67
19	5	Ricky Anggawijaya (INA)	26.82
20	3	Tern Jian Han (MAS)	26.88
21	1	Arvind Mani (IND)	26.89
22	5	Lau Shiu Yue (HKG)	26.93
23	3	Cheung Yau Ming (HKG)	26.99
24	5	Haseeb Tariq (PAK)	27.31
25	4	Navaphat Wongcharoen (THA)	27.37
26	3	Mohammed Bedour (JOR)	27.40
27	1	Noah Al-Khulaifi (QAT)	28.75
28	2	Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly (QAT)	28.78
29	2	Muhammad Yahya Khan (PAK)	28.79
30	2	Yum Cheng Man (MAC)	28.88
31	2	Boldbaataryn Buyantogtokh (MGL)	29.72
32	2	Lim Keouodom (CAM)	30.68
33	2	Santisouk Inthavong (LAO)	31.09
34	1	Olimjon Ishanov (TJK)	31.87
35	2	Hussain Haish Hassan (MDV)	31.95
36	1	Ali Imaan (MDV)	32.47
37	1	Ramziyor Khorkashov (TJK)	33.21
38	2	Buman-Uchralyn Bat-Od (MGL)	33.56

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Xu Jiayu (CHN)	24.75
	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	24.88
	Kang Ji-seok (KOR)	25.17
4	Wang Peng (CHN)	25.28
5	I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA)	25.29
6	Quah Zheng Wen (SGP)	25.53
7	Lee Ju-ho (KOR)	25.59
8	Merdan Ataýew (TKM)	25.88