2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre backstroke
The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships took place 14 - 15 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
No new records were set during this competition.Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 9 | | 23.28 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | | 23.48 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | | 23.49 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | | 23.54 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | | 23.57 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | | 23.60 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | | 23.64 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | | 23.74 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 5 | | 23.77 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | | 23.79 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | | 23.81 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | | 23.86 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | | 23.87 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 6 | | 23.88 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | | 24.02 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | | 24.06 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 7 | | 24.17 | |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | | 24.20 | |
| 19 | 8 | 7 | | 24.22 | |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | | 24.25 | |
| 21 | 1 | 8 | | 24.36 | |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | | 24.42 | |
| 23 | 7 | 8 | | 24.43 | |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | | 24.50 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | | 24.52 | |
| 26 | 5 | 7 | | 24.59 | |
| 27 | 7 | 1 | | 24.62 | |
| 28 | 1 | 1 | | 24.70 | |
| 29 | 7 | 0 | | 24.76 | |
| 30 | 6 | 0 | | 24.91 | |
| 31 | 4 | 3 | | 25.11 | |
| 32 | 8 | 8 | | 25.15 | |
| 33 | 6 | 7 | | 25.17 | |
| 34 | 5 | 4 | | 25.18 | NR |
| 35 | 8 | 9 | | 25.26 | |
| 36 | 5 | 2 | | 25.32 | |
| 37 | 5 | 8 | | 25.34 | |
| 38 | 8 | 0 | | 25.36 | |
| 39 | 5 | 5 | | 25.41 | |
| 40 | 5 | 3 | | 25.56 | |
| 41 | 6 | 9 | | 25.67 | |
| 42 | 5 | 9 | | 25.98 | |
| 43 | 4 | 4 | | 26.04 | NR |
| 43 | 4 | 7 | | 26.04 | |
| 45 | 3 | 3 | | 26.17 | |
| 46 | 4 | 5 | | 26.23 | |
| 47 | 4 | 0 | | 26.72 | |
| 48 | 4 | 6 | | 26.98 | |
| 48 | 4 | 1 | | 26.98 | NR |
| 50 | 5 | 0 | | 27.12 | |
| 51 | 4 | 8 | | 27.48 | |
| 52 | 4 | 2 | | 27.57 | |
| 53 | 3 | 5 | | 27.91 | |
| 54 | 3 | 4 | | 28.04 | |
| 55 | 1 | 0 | | 28.11 | |
| 56 | 3 | 2 | | 28.15 | |
| 57 | 3 | 0 | | 28.22 | |
| 58 | 3 | 9 | | 28.79 | |
| 59 | 3 | 6 | | 28.93 | |
| 60 | 2 | 5 | | 29.12 | |
| 61 | 3 | 1 | | 29.40 | |
| 62 | 2 | 4 | | 29.47 | |
| 63 | 2 | 3 | | 29.53 | |
| 64 | 3 | 8 | | 29.55 | |
| 65 | 4 | 9 | | 29.60 | |
| 66 | 2 | 6 | | 31.28 | |
| 67 | 1 | 2 | | 31.42 | |
| 68 | 2 | 7 | | 32.04 | |
| 69 | 2 | 1 | | 32.34 | |
| 70 | 2 | 8 | | 32.39 | |
| 71 | 1 | 5 | | 35.02 | |
| 72 | 1 | 3 | | 35.30 | |
| 73 | 1 | 4 | | 36.76 | |
| 1 | 6 | | | |
| 1 | 9 | | | |
| 2 | 0 | | | |
| 1 | 7 | | | |
| 2 | 2 | | | |
| 2 | 9 | | | |
| 3 | 7 | | | |
Semifinals
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Stanislav Donets | | 23.14 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Robert Hurley | | 23.14 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Guilherme Guido | | 23.27 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Sun Xiaolei | | 23.36 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Daniel Orzechowski | | 23.37 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Matt Grevers | | 23.43 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Iskender Baslakov | | 23.50 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Ashley Delaney | | 23.60 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Aschwin Wildeboer | | 23.61 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Ben Hesen | | 23.65 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Pavel Sankovich | | 23.67 | |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Guy Barnea | | 23.67 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Lavrans Solli | | 23.68 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Mirco Di Tora | | 23.82 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Christian Diener | | 23.86 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Cheng Feiyi | | 23.99 | |
Final
The final was held at 19:07.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Robert Hurley | AUS | 23.04 | OC |
| 7 | Matt Grevers | USA | 23.17 | |
| 4 | Stanislav Donets | RUS | 23.19 | |
| 4 | 3 | Guilherme Guido | BRA | 23.25 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ashley Delaney | AUS | 23.42 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sun Xiaolei | CHN | 23.43 | |
| 7 | 2 | Daniel Orzechowski | BRA | 23.47 | |
| 8 | 1 | Iskender Baslakov | TUR | 23.49 | NR |
