title: Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
  
  The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 22 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Monday, 22 September 2014 | 09:00 | Heats |
  | Monday, 22 September 2014 | 19:06 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Liam Tancock (GBR) | 24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Junya Koga (JPN) | 24.24 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
  | Games Record | Junya Koga (JPN) | 25.08 | Guangzhou, China | 18 November 2010 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Junya Koga (JPN) | 24.46 | GR |
  | 2 | 4 | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 25.04 | |
  | 3 | 2 | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 25.07 | |
  | 4 | 2 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA) | 25.40 | |
  | 5 | 3 | Park Seon-kwan (KOR) | 25.60 | |
  | 6 | 4 | Sun Xiaolei (CHN) | 25.68 | |
  | 6 | 4 | Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) | 25.68 | |
  | 8 | 2 | Merdan Ataýew (TKM) | 26.31 | |
  | 8 | 3 | Daniil Bukin (UZB) | 26.31 | |
  | 10 | 3 | Ngou Pok Man (MAC) | 26.54 | |
  | 11 | 4 | Lau Shiu Yue (HKG) | 26.55 | |
  | 12 | 3 | Chung Lai Yeung (HKG) | 26.56 | |
  | 12 | 4 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 26.56 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Jamal Chavoshifar (IRI) | 26.77 | |
  | 15 | 2 | Ricky Anggawijaya (INA) | 26.84 | |
  | 16 | 3 | P. S. Madhu (IND) | 26.85 | |
  | 17 | 4 | Rainer Ng (SIN) | 26.94 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Yuan Ping (TPE) | 26.95 | |
  | 19 | 2 | Mohammed Al-Ghaferi (UAE) | 27.59 | |
  | 20 | 4 | Mohammed Abdo (PLE) | 29.29 | |
  | 21 | 3 | Wong Pok Iao (MAC) | 29.54 | |
  | 22 | 1 | Trần Duy Khôi (VIE) | 30.44 | |
  | 23 | 4 | Muhammad Asif (PAK) | 31.49 | |
  | 24 | 3 | Nishwan Ibrahim (MDV) | 34.11 | |
  | 25 | 1 | Yousef Al-Washali (YEM) | 35.89 | |
  | 26 | 1 | Ismail Muthasim Adnan (MDV) | 37.62 | |
  
  ### Swim-off
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Daniil Bukin (UZB) | 26.27 | |
  | 2 | Merdan Ataýew (TKM) | 26.40 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Junya Koga (JPN) | 24.28 | GR |
  | | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 24.98 | |
  | | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 25.24 | |
  | 4 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA) | 25.42 | |
  | 5 | Park Seon-kwan (KOR) | 25.44 | |
  | 6 | Sun Xiaolei (CHN) | 25.46 | |
  | 7 | Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) | 25.77 | |
  | 8 | Daniil Bukin (UZB) | 26.25 | |
  