FINA World Championships Predictions: Men’s 50 Back

by David Rieder - Senior Writer

20 July 2017, 05:00am

Two-time defending World Champion Camille Lacourt will compete in the 50 back at the FINA World Championships (his last race before retirement), and so will veterans Xu Jiayu, Junya Koga and Matt Grevers.

But the man with the top time in the world so far this year is none of those guys—it’s 19-year-old American Justin Ress, who took down Grevers and 100/200 back Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy at U.S. Nationals last month. That means Murphy won’t swim the 50 back in Budapest.

Read below to see what Swimming World’s trio of experts think will happen in Budapest. David Rieder, John Lohn and Andy Ross will each offer their predictions for who will finish on the podium.

Men’s 50 Back

Current Records:

World Record: Liam Tancock, GBR (2009) — 24.04
Championship Record: Liam Tancock, GBR (2009) — 24.04
American Record: Randall Bal (2008) — 24.33

2015 World Champion: Camille Lacourt, FRA — 24.33
2017 World No. 1: Justin Ress, USA — 24.41

Swimming World Predictions

David Rieder’s Picks:

Gold: Xu Jiayu, CHN
Silver: Camille Lacourt, FRA
Bronze: Justin Ress, USA

John Lohn’s Picks:

Gold: Xu Jiayu, CHN
Silver: Justin Ress, USA
Bronze: Camille Lacourt, FRA

Andy Ross’ Picks:

Gold: Xu Jiayu, CHN
Silver: Camille Lacourt, FRA
Bronze: Matt Grevers, USA

Previous Events

Day One:

• Men’s 400 Free
• Women’s 400 Free
• Women’s 400 Free Relay
• Men’s 400 Free Relay

Day Two:

• Men’s 100 Breast
• Women’s 100 Fly
• Men’s 50 Fly
• Women’s 200 IM

Day Three:

• Men’s 200 Free
• Women’s 1500 Free
• Women’s 100 Back
• Men’s 100 Back
• Women’s 100 Breast

Day Four:

• Women’s 200 Free
• Men’s 200 Fly
• Men’s 50 Breast
• Men’s 800 Free
• Mixed 400 Medley Relay

Day Five:

• Men’s 200 IM
• Men’s 100 Free
• Women’s 50 Back
• Women’s 200 Fly
• Women’s 800 Free Relay

Day Six:

• Women’s 100 Free
• Men’s 200 Back
• Women’s 200 Breast
• Men’s 200 Breast
• Men’s 800 Free Relay

Day Seven:

• Women’s 50 Fly
• Men’s 50 Free
• Women’s 200 Back
• Men’s 100 Fly
• Women’s 800 Free
• Mixed 400 Free Relay

Day Eight:

• Women’s 50 Breast
• Men’s 400 IM
• Women’s 50 Free

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