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A semi-rare occurence, the top four finishers from prelims and semi-finals of the men’s 50-meter back remained the same. France’s Camille Lacourt maintained his spot at the top of the qualifiers list with a time of 24.27, improving upon his 2015 best of 24.56 from the French Championships earlier this year.
Matt Grevers of the USA lowered his time to a 24.59 after posting a 24.68 in prelims this morning.
Australian teammates Ben Treffers and Mitchell Larkin succeeded in snagging third and fourth place respectively again from separate heats with only a .01 second difference. Treffers turned in a final time of 24.64 to situate himself in the middle of the pool for tomorrow’s finals, while Larkin touched in 24.65 for fourth.
Liam Tancock of Great Britain rose in the rankings with a time of 24.75 to claim the fifth-place seed, dropping .16 seconds from her prelims time of 24.91.
Russia’s Vladimir Morozov rose into the top eight with a finishing time of 24.77, a vast improvement his prelims swim of 25.27.
David Plummer of the USA slipped to the seventh-place seed with a time of 24.82, only adding .03 seconds to his prelims time of 24.79.
Norway’s Lavrans Solli rounded out the top eight qualifiers with a final time of 24.93 for tomorrow’s finals.
