| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Danube Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 July (heats and semifinals) 29 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 120 from 106 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.15 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2017 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women | 
| 3 m | men | women | 
| 10 m | men | women | 
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronized | ||
| 3 m | men | women | 
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women | 
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women | 
| 10 km | men | women | 
| 25 km | men | women | 
| Relay | ||
| 4 × 1,25 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women | 
| 100 m | men | women | 
| 200 m | men | women | 
| 400 m | men | women | 
| 800 m | men | women | 
| 1500 m | men | women | 
| 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 | ||
| 200 m | men | women | 
| 400 m | men | women | 
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women | 
| 4 × 100 m | mixed | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women | 
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women | 
| 4 × 100 m | mixed | |
| Synchronized swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women | 
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2017. [1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  César Cielo  (BRA) | 20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | 18 December 2009 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record |  César Cielo  (BRA) | 21.08 | Rome, Italy | 1 August 2009 | 
The heats were held on 28 July at 09:30. [3]
The semifinals were held on 28 July at 18:09. [4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Caeleb Dressel |  United States | 21.29 | Q, NR | 
| 2 | 5 | Vladimir Morozov |  Russia | 21.45 | Q | 
| 3 | 3 | Ben Proud |  Great Britain | 21.60 | Q | 
| 4 | 2 | Nathan Adrian |  United States | 21.83 | |
| 5 | 6 | Luca Dotto |  Italy | 21.92 | |
| 6 | 7 | Andriy Hovorov |  Ukraine | 21.96 | |
| 7 | 8 | Krisztián Takács |  Hungary | 22.05 | |
| 8 | 1 | Serhiy Shevtsov |  Ukraine | 22.22 | 
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Bruno Fratus |  Brazil | 21.60 | Q | 
| 2 | 1 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen |  Finland | 21.71 | Q | 
| 2 | 5 | Kristian Golomeev |  Greece | 21.71 | Q | 
| 4 | 3 | Paweł Juraszek |  Poland | 21.74 | Q | 
| 5 | 2 | César Cielo |  Brazil | 21.77 | Q | 
| 6 | 6 | Cameron McEvoy |  Australia | 21.81 | |
| 7 | 7 | Damian Wierling |  Germany | 21.93 | |
| 8 | 8 | Shinri Shioura |  Japan | 22.02 | 
The final was held on 29 July at 17:39. [5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | 4 | Caeleb Dressel |  United States | 21.15 | NR | 
|  | 6 | Bruno Fratus |  Brazil | 21.27 | |
|  | 3 | Ben Proud |  Great Britain | 21.43 | |
| 4 | 5 | Vladimir Morozov |  Russia | 21.46 | |
| 5 | 1 | Paweł Juraszek |  Poland | 21.47 | NR | 
| 6 | 7 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen |  Finland | 21.67 | |
| 7 | 2 | Kristian Golomeev |  Greece | 21.73 | |
| 8 | 8 | César Cielo |  Brazil | 21.83 |