Men's 50 metre butterfly at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | ||||||||||
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Venue | Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 14 December (heats and semifinals) 15 December (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 104 | |||||||||
Winning time | 21.81 CR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2018 FINA World Swimming Championships | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×50 m | men | women |
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×50 m | men | women |
4×100 m | men | women |
Mixed relay | ||
4×50 m | freestyle | medley |
The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 and 15 December 2018 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. [1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Nicholas Santos | ![]() | 21.75 | Budapest | 6 October 2018 |
Championship record | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 21.95 | Doha | 6 December 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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16 December | Final | Nicholas Santos | ![]() | 21.81 | CR |
The heats were started at 9:52. [2]
The swim-off was held on 14 December at 11:07. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Riku Pöytäkivi | ![]() | 22.71 | Q |
2 | 4 | Matheus Santana | ![]() | 23.18 |
The semifinals were held at 19:33. [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 22.34 | Q |
2 | 3 | Mikhail Vekovishchev | ![]() | 22.56 | Q |
3 | 4 | Dylan Carter | ![]() | 22.62 | Q |
4 | 7 | Umitcan Gures | ![]() | 22.82 | |
5 | 2 | Mehdy Metella | ![]() | 22.83 | |
6 | 6 | Yauhen Tsurkin | ![]() | 22.84 | |
7 | 8 | Riku Pöytäkivi | ![]() | 22.94 | |
8 | 1 | Niksa Stojkovski | ![]() | 23.19 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Nicholas Santos | ![]() | 21.96 | Q |
2 | 5 | Marius Kusch | ![]() | 22.44 | Q |
3 | 3 | Takaya Yasue | ![]() | 22.52 | Q |
4 | 2 | Takeshi Kawamoto | ![]() | 22.74 | Q |
5 | 6 | Ryan Coetzee | ![]() | 22.75 | Q |
6 | 8 | Piero Codia | ![]() | 22.76 | NR |
7 | 1 | Matteo Rivolta | ![]() | 22.79 | |
8 | 7 | Michael Andrew | ![]() | 22.81 |
The final was held at 19:41. [5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Nicholas Santos | ![]() | 21.81 | CR |
![]() | 5 | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 21.97 | |
![]() | 7 | Dylan Carter | ![]() | 22.38 | NR |
4 | 3 | Marius Kusch | ![]() | 22.40 | |
5 | 1 | Takeshi Kawamoto | ![]() | 22.50 | |
6 | 2 | Mikhail Vekovishchev | ![]() | 22.60 | |
6 | 6 | Takaya Yasue | ![]() | 22.60 | |
8 | 8 | Ryan Coetzee | ![]() | 22.88 |
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