Swimming at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming event at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games was held on 21 August at the National Aquatic Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Records

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

| Asian Record | Junya Koga (JPN) | 24.24 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Games Record | Quah Zheng Wen (SIN) | 25.20 | Singapore, Singapore | 11 June 2015 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 August | Final | I Gede Siman Sudartawa | Indonesia (INA) | 25.20 | GR |

## Schedule

All times are Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Monday, 21 August 2017 | 09:00 | Heat 1 |
| Monday, 21 August 2017 | 09:00 | Heat 2 |
| Monday, 21 August 2017 | 19:00 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held on 21 August.

**Heat 1**


    Source: Heat 1 results

| Rank | Lane | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Quah Zheng Wen (SGP) | 25.91 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Trần Duy Khôi (VIE) | 26.30 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Francis Fong (SGP) | 26.39 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Tern Jian Han (MAS) | 26.62 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Cheng Pirort (CAM) | 31.26 | |
| 6 | 2 | Pathana Inthavong (LAO) | 32.52 | |

**Heat 2**


    Source: Heat 2 results

| Rank | Lane | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA) | 25.53 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Lê Nguyễn Paul (VIE) | 25.75 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Kasipat Chograthin (THA) | 26.49 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ricky Anggawidjaja (INA) | 26.77 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Jordan Yip (MAS) | 27.61 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lim Keoudom (CAM) | 30.50 | |

### Final

    Source: Final Results

The final was held on 21 August.

| Rank | Lane | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA) | 25.20 | GR |
| | 3 | Quah Zheng Wen (SGP) | 25.39 | |
| | 5 | Lê Nguyễn Paul (VIE) | 25.82 | |
| 4 | 6 | Trần Duy Khôi (VIE) | 25.90 | |
| 5 | 2 | Francis Fong (SGP) | 26.10 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kasipat Chograthin (THA) | 26.26 | |
| 7 | 1 | Tern Jian Han (MAS) | 26.38 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ricky Anggawidjaja (INA) | 26.49 | |
