Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
| Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Campclar Aquatic Center | |||||||||
| Location | Tarragona, Spain | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 June | |||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 25.11 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20132022 → | ||||||||||
| Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Paralympic events | ||
| 100 m free S10 | men | women |
The men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 23 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Liam Tancock (GBR)
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24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
| Mediterranean Games record |  Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP)
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24.73 | Pescara, Italy | 27 June 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 09:55.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Niccolò Bonacchi |  Italy |
25.34 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
25.43 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy |
25.49 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Hugo González |  Spain |
25.59 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece |
25.90 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Youssef Said |  Egypt |
25.97 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Sergio Campos | Spain |
26.03 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Alexis Santos |  Portugal |
26.18 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou |  Cyprus |
26.31 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Anže Ferš Eržen |  Slovenia |
26.44 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Gabriel José Lopes | Portugal |
26.44 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | İskender Baslakov |  Turkey |
26.62 | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Driss Lahrichi |  Morocco |
26.68 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Vangelis Zorbis | Cyprus |
26.93 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Anton Lončar |  Croatia |
27.24 | |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Geoffroy Mathieu |  France |
27.43 | |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Ege Başer | Turkey |
27.51 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Ryad Bouhamidi |  Algeria |
27.59 | |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Abdelrahman Elaraby | Egypt |
27.81 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Dion Kadriu |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
30.43 |
Final
The final was held at 17:54.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy |
25.11 | |
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4 | Niccolò Bonacchi | Italy |
25.21 | |
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5 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
25.35 | |
| 4 | 6 | Hugo González | Spain |
25.56 | |
| 5 | 2 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece |
25.71 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sergio Campos | Spain |
26.06 | |
| 7 | 8 | Alexis Santos | Portugal |
26.07 | |
| 7 | 7 | Youssef Said | Egypt |
26.07 |
References
- "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- Final results