Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly

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Men's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue Foro Italico
Dates26 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
27 July 2009 (final)
Competitors204
Winning time22.67 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2007
2011  

The heats for the men's 50 metre butterfly race at the 2009 World Championships occurred on Sunday, 26 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Contents

Records

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

World recordFlag of Spain.svg  Rafael Muñoz  (ESP)22.43 Málaga, Spain5 April 2009
Championship recordFlag of South Africa.svg  Roland Schoeman  (RSA)22.96 Montreal, Canada25 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
26 JulyHeat 20 Roland Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 22.90 CR
26 JulyHeat 21 Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg Spain22.90 =CR
26 JulySemifinal 1 Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg Spain22.68 CR
27 JulyFinal Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 22.67 CR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Roland Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa22.90205 CR , AF
2 Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg Spain22.90214 =CR
3 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 22.93215
4 Jakob Andkjær Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23.04213 NR
5 Andrew Lauterstein Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia23.10195
6 Duje Draganja Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23.14182
7 Jernej Godec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 23.20203
8 Albert Subirats Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 23.23184 SA
8 Nicholas Santos Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 23.23206 =SA
8 Matt Targett Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia23.23204
11 Yevgeny Korotyshkin Flag of Russia.svg Russia 23.24216 NR
12 Sergiy Breus Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23.35207 NR
13 Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23.40194
13 Corney Swanepoel Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand23.40210 NR
15 Mario Todorović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23.45201
16 Graeme Moore Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa23.48208
17 Thomas Rupprath Flag of Germany.svg Germany23.49217
18 Ivan Lenđer Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 23.51218
19 Johannes Dietrich Flag of Germany.svg Germany23.55193
20 Kaio de Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil23.60212
21 Mattia Nalesso Flag of Italy.svg Italy23.65198
21 Paolo Facchinelli Flag of Italy.svg Italy23.65211
23 Octavio Alesi Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 23.67186
24 Martin Spitzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 23.69175 NR
25 Ryo Takayasu Flag of Japan.svg Japan23.73192
26 Elvis Burrows Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 23.74167 NR
27 Stefanos Dimitriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.75183
27 Romain Sassot Flag of France.svg France23.75202
29 Daniel Bell Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand23.76219
30 Douglas Clark Lennox II Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 23.8884 NR
31 Alon Mandel Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 23.90168 NR
31 Masayuki Kishida Flag of Japan.svg Japan23.90200
33 Zhou Jiawei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China23.91196
34 François Heersbrandt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium23.92185 NR
35 Tyler McGill Flag of the United States.svg United States23.93177
36 Michal Rubáček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 23.94189
37 Ryan Pini Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 23.95169
38 Krisztián Takács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 23.97181
39 Matt Grevers Flag of the United States.svg United States23.98180
40 Andrejs Dūda Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 24.03124
41 Joe Bartoch Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada24.04187
42 Romāns Miloslavskis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 24.05115
42 Shi Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China24.05199
42 Emil Dall-Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.05209
45 Ian Hulme Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain24.08160
46 Dinko Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 24.13173
46 Diogo Carvalho Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal24.13176
48 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg Poland24.14188
49 Simão Morgado Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal24.15190
50 Jeong Doo-Hee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 24.16161
50 Andrii Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24.16191
52 Evgeny Lazuka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24.18164
53 Pavel Sankovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24.22170
54 Michal Navara Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 24.26144
54 Norbert Trandafir Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.26154 NR
56 Martin Verner Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 24.28179
57 Virdhawal Khade Flag of India.svg India24.32178
58 Damien Courtois Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland24.33172
59 Shaune Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 24.35149
60 Daniel Bego Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 24.38132
60 Jacinto de Jesus Ayala Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 24.38163 NR
62 Gustavo Daniel Paschetta Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina24.39171
63 Marcin Babuchowski Flag of Poland.svg Poland24.40166
64 Apostolos Tsagkarakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.41158
65 David Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 24.48125
66 Alexandru Felix Maestru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.53155
67 Goksu Bicer Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24.57153
68 Glenn Victor Sutanto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 24.58148
69 Paulius Viktoravicius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 24.62156
70 Robi Zbogar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 24.67157
71 Daniel Coakley Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 24.7163 NR
72 Pablo Marmolejo Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico24.73131
73 Nadav Kochavi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24.74140
74 Alexandre Bakhtiarov Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 24.77162
75 Grant Beahan Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 24.89129 NR
75 Daniel Rast Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland24.89165
77 Martin Liivamägi Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 24.90159
78 Stanislav Kuzmin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 24.91145
79 Rimvydas Salcius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 24.92126
80 Norbert Trudman Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 24.96174
81 Yellow Yeiyah Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 25.0686
81 Joshua Mc Leod Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 25.06147
83 Fernando Castellanos Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 25.1393
84 Tan Xue Wei Nicholas Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 25.15143
85 Rustam Khudiyev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25.19152
86 Danil Bugakov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 25.24151
87 Hsu Chi-Chieh Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 25.25142
88 Wong Wing Cheung Victor Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 25.26135
89 Conor Leaney Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25.27133
90 João Matias Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 25.28128 NR
91 Juan Cambindo Romanos Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 25.30139
92 Bader Almuhana Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 25.31138
93 Carlos Viveros Madariaga Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 25.33150
94 Serghei Falcas Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 25.40122
95 Kaspar Raigla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.53137
96 Branden Whitehurst Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 25.5867 NR
96 Kareem Ennab Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 25.58127
98 Fabio Persano Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 25.59134
98 Yury Zaharov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 25.59136
100 Anders McIntyre Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada25.6295
101 James Walsh Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 25.6376
102 Marcelino Richaards Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 25.68113
102 Brad Hamilton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 25.68110 NR
102 Bruno Miguel Esquen Blas Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 25.68123
105 Roy-Allan Burch Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 25.7456 NR
105 Roy Barahona Fuentes Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 25.7496
107 Sim Ri Jin Nicholas Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 25.81118
108 Mikayel Koloyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 25.8383
109 Achelhi Bilal Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 25.8494
110 Raphaël Stacchiotti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 25.87141
111 Emin Noshadi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 25.8882
111 Phillipe Mailliard Rodríguez Flag of Chile.svg Chile25.88112
113 Foo Jian Beng Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 25.92116
114 Yan Ho Chun Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 25.94120
115 Pietro Camilloni Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 25.97104
116 Obaid Al-Jasmi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 25.99117
117 Miguel Navarro Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 26.0072
117 Timothy Ferris Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 26.00114
119 Teymur Guliyev Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 26.02146
120 Kari Joannesarson Hoevdanum Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 26.0320
121 Alexander Ray Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 26.1679
122 Nather Ahmed Al-Hamoud Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 26.17103
123 Niall Christopher Roberts Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 26.20105
124 Hycinth Cijntje Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 26.2185
125 Sergey Pankov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 26.23119
126 Nguyen Vo Thai Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 26.26111
127 Erik Rajohnson Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 26.3587
127 Radhames Kalaf Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 26.35107
129 Rami Anis Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 26.4298
130 Byron Briedenhann Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 26.4474
131 Oriol Cunat Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 26.5277
131 Shawn Clarke Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 26.5291
133 Arjun Jayaprakash Flag of India.svg India26.61100
134 Leonel Matonse Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 26.6697
135 Papa Madiop Ndong Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 26.7299
135 Joel Romeu Lemarchand Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 26.72101
137 Fernando Medrano Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 26.7689
138 Luke Hall Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 26.8092
139 Chong Cheok Kuan Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 26.82108
140 Rony Bakale Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 26.9870
141 Aleksei Klimenko Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 27.02109
142 Alejandro Madde Madde Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 27.0768
142 Heimanu Sichan Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 27.0780
144 Moh'D Aqelah Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 27.1090
145 Abbas Raad Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 27.14106
146 Gerusio Matonse Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 27.1688
147 Eric Arturo Medina Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 27.2162
147 Tural Abbasov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 27.2175
149 Peter Popahun Pokawin Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 27.2855
149 Jean-Luc Augier Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 27.2865
151 Jon Pepaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 27.30102
152 Julien Brice Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 27.3471
153 Adama Ouedraogo Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 27.4715
154 Nasir Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 27.4973
155 Kerson Hadley Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 27.5035
156 Gezim Hyka Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 27.5281
157 Andrey Molchanov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 27.5352
158 Juan Carlos Sikaffy Diaz Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 27.6554
159 Nicholas Thomson Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 27.7178
160 Fabian Gregory Binns Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 27.7721
161 Sergey Pevnev Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 27.7851
162 Jean Marie Froget Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 27.8359
163 Vaughn Forsythe Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 27.8466
164 Anthony Clark Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 27.9161
165 Nicholas Coard Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 27.9858
166 Edward Poppe Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 28.0364
167 Kailan Staal Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 28.0446
168 Benjamin Gabbard Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 28.0753
169 Esau Simpsons Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 28.1047
170 Peter James Lynch Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 28.2169
171 Sergey Krovyakov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 28.2543
171 Mark Sammut Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 28.2557
173 Shane Mangroo Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 28.3841
174 Gary Pineda Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 28.4540
175 Milimo Mweetwa Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 28.4650
176Jean Hugues GregoireFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 28.5344
177 Aung Zaw Phyo Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 28.6142
178 Paul Elisa Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 28.6249
179 Quenton Dupont Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 28.8833
180 Siu Kent Chung Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 28.9248
181 Narantsog Tsogjargal Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 29.1360
182 Michael Taylor Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 29.1616
183 Elaijie Erasito Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 29.5334
184 Mohamed Mujahid Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 29.5631
185 Petero Okotai Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 29.7214
186 Ali Mohamed Raaidh Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 29.8638
187 Wei Ching Maou Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 30.0639
188 Cooper Graf Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 30.1136
189 Esebei Doran Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 31.2623
189 Alisher Chingizov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 31.2645
191 Samson Makere Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 31.5829
192 Jonathan Bishop Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 32.2624
193 Mohamed Coulibaly Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 32.8128
194 Said Seba Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 33.1825
195 Soulasan Soulasen Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 34.0613
196 Boubacar Haïdara Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 37.0630
197 Abdoulkader Houssein Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 37.4723
198 Kokou Messan Amegashie Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 40.5727
Houmed Hassan Ali Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti DSQ22
Ingabire-Ahishakiye Gael Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi DSQ32
Rama Leray Christ-Alex Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi DSQ37
Hajder Ensar Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina DSQ121
Pavels Kondrahins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia DSQ130
Nikita Konovalov Flag of Russia.svg RussiaDSQ197

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg Spain22.6814 CR
2 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 22.7525
3 Nicholas Santos Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil23.0022 AM
4 Duje Draganja Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23.0313
5 Matt Targett Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia23.0412
6 Albert Subirats Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 23.0516 NR
7 Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23.1021
8 Jakob Andkjær Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23.1415
9 Roland Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa23.1824
10 Andrew Lauterstein Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia23.1923
11 Graeme Moore Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa23.2518
12 Jernej Godec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 23.2626
13 Sergiy Breus Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23.3717
13 Yevgeny Korotyshkin Flag of Russia.svg Russia23.3727
15 Corney Swanepoel Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand23.5011
16 Mario Todorović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23.5128

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeLaneNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 22.675 CR , NR
Silver medal icon.svg Matt Targett Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia22.732 OC
Bronze medal icon.svg Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg Spain22.884
4 Jakob Andkjær Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 22.938 NR
5 Nicholas Santos Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil23.003 =AM
6 Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23.041 NR
7 Albert Subirats Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 23.077
8 Duje Draganja Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23.106

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