The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 25 July. The heats and semifinals took place 24 July, with the final being held on 25 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 24.99 Sydney, Australia 13 August 1999Championship recordNew event

The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 24 July 2001 Heat 8 Randall Bal 25.43 CR 24 July 2001 Semifinal 2 Thomas Rupprath 25.31 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Randall Bal   25.43 Q, CR 2 Riley Janes   25.90 Q 3 Matt Welsh   25.91 Q 4 Thomas Rupprath 25.92 Q 5 Mariusz Siembida   25.93 Q 6 Darius Grigalionis   25.97 Q 7 Tomomi Morita 26.05 Q 8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov   26.08 Q 9 Péter Horváth   26.14 Q 10 Neil Walker   26.17 Q 11 Alexandre Massura   26.22 Q 11 Stev Theloke   26.22 Q 13 Pablo Martín Abal   26.23 Q 14 Daniel Lönnberg   26.27 Q 15 Neil Willey   26.33 QSO 15 Josh Watson   26.33 QSO 15 Ante Mašković 26.33 QSO 18 Atsushi Nishikori   26.34 19 Markus Rogan   26.36 20 Rodolfo Falcón   26.44 20 Eduardo Otero   26.44 20 Blaž Medvešek   26.44 23 Miroslav Machovič   26.51 24 Vladislav Aminov   26.54 25 Peter Mankoč   26.55 26 Eithan Urbach   26.56 27 Pierre Roger   26.57 28 Kim Min-Suk   26.58 29 Mindaugas Špokas   26.59 30 Sean Sepulis   26.62 31 Alex Lim Keng Liat   26.88 32 Martin Viilep   27.09 33 Mark Chay   27.21 34 Philipp Gilgen   27.22 35 Diego Gallo   27.23 36 Mattias Ohlin   27.36 37 Derya Büyükuncu   27.38 38 Gary Tan   27.51 39 Brendan Ashby   28.13 40 Wu Nien-Pin   28.28 41 Ismael Ortiz   28.40 42 Aziz Toumi   28.53 43 Eduardo Gil   28.74 44 Chi Lon Lei   28.86 45 Christopher Backhaus   28.97 46 Wing Cheung Victor Wong   30.10 47 Davy Bisslik   30.26 48 Hsu Kuo-Tung   30.93 49 João Aguiar   30.95 50 Rainui Teriipaia   31.32 51 Nuno Miguel Rola   31.55 52 William Kang   31.63 53 Hamid Nassir   32.52 54 Fand Bayusuf   33.74 55 Mahamad Ahmad   34.64 56 Hojamamed Hojamamedov   37.41 57 Carlos Notarianni   38.13 – Mohammad Nazeri   DSQ – Gregory Arkhurst   DNS

Swim-off

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Neil Willey   26.13 Q 2 Josh Watson 26.16 Q 3 Ante Mašković 26.24

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Thomas Rupprath 25.31 Q, CR 2 Randall Bal   25.59 Q 3 Matt Welsh   25.72 Q 4 Mariusz Siembida   25.82 Q 5 Riley Janes   25.83 Q 6 Vyacheslav Shyrshov   25.95 Q 6 Josh Watson   25.95 Q 6 Stev Theloke   25.95 Q 9 Tomomi Morita 25.97 10 Neil Willey   25.98 11 Pablo Martín Abal   26.00 12 Darius Grigalionis   26.08 13 Alexandre Massura   26.12 14 Péter Horváth   26.30 15 Neil Walker   26.40 16 Daniel Lönnberg   26.48

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Randall Bal 25.34 Thomas Rupprath 25.44 Matt Welsh 25.49 4 Stev Theloke 25.69 5 Mariusz Siembida 25.82 6 Riley Janes 25.98 7 Josh Watson 26.05 8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov 26.40

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