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

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]

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
Xu Jiayu    China   Ryosuke Irie    Japan   Kang Ji-seok    South Korea
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Schedule

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

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

Records

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

World Record	Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS)	24.00	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4 August 2018
Asian Record	Junya Koga (JPN)	24.24	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009
Games Record	Junya Koga (JPN)	24.28	Incheon, South Korea	22 September 2014

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
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

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	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