Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly

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Men's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location Gwangju, South Korea
Dates21 July (heats and semifinals)
22 July (final)
Competitors94 from 87 nations
Winning time22.35
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
  2017
2022  

The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 and 22 July 2019. [1] [2] The defending champion Ben Proud finished 7th in the final. The winner, Caeleb Dressel, set a competition record in the final, winning in 22.35 seconds.

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Govorov  (UKR)22.27 Rome, Italy 1 July 2018
Competition recordFlag of Serbia.svg  Milorad Čavić  (SRB)22.67 Rome, Italy 27 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
21 July Semifinal Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.57 CR
22 July Final 22.35 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 21 July at 11:02. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
185 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.84Q
1104 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.84Q
384 Oleg Kostin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.01Q
4106 Szebasztián Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 23.07Q
595 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.09Q
6108 Daniel Zaitsev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23.26Q, NR
7103 Andrey Zhilkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.27Q
893 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 23.33Q
9105 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.35Q
1089 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 23.36Q
1194 Nicholas Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 23.48Q
1298 Meiron Cheruti Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 23.49Q, NR
1383 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.51Q
14107 Piero Codia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.52Q
1575 Abdelrahman Sameh Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 23.54Q, NR
1686 Konrad Czerniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23.63Q
1773 Adilbek Mussin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 23.64 NR
1890 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23.67
1996 Yauhen Tsurkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 23.70
2091 Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 23.73
2192 Naoki Mizunuma Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.74
2280 Niksa Stojkovski Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23.75
23109 Cui Junming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23.80
2482 Mathys Goosen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23.84
2578 Umitcan Gures Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 23.86
25102 Marius Kusch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.86
2787 Serhiy Shevtsov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23.87
2871 Julien Henx Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 23.91 NR
2881 Vinicius Lanza Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 23.91
3088 Yu Hexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23.92
3199 Riku Pöytäkivi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 23.93
32101 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 23.94
3374 Roberto Strelkov Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 23.99
34100 Tadas Duškinas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 24.02
3570 Nikola Miljenić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 24.06
3697 Ryan Coetzee Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24.13
3764 Yusuf Tibazi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 24.18
3876 Daniel Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24.21
3972 Benjamin Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 24.23
4077 Antani Ivanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 24.28
4179 Virdhawal Khade Flag of India.svg  India 24.41
4254 Vladimír Štefánik Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 24.47
4362 George-Adrian Ratiu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.48
4468 Joshua Edwards Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.52
4561 Ng Cheuk Yin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 24.54
4666 Paul le Nguyễn Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 24.58
4763 Mihajlo Čeprkalo Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.59
4865 Heo Hwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 24.63
4967 Glenn Sutanto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 24.84
5069 Abeiku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 24.85
5155 Aleksi Schmid Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 24.88
5252 Abbas Qali Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 24.91
5360 Lin Chien-liang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 24.96
5453 Ralph Goveia Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 25.08
5456 Jie Chan Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 25.08
5644 Boško Radulović Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 25.11
5743Daniel FranciscoFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 25.15
5851 Bernat Lomero Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 25.24
5857 Seggio Bernardina Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao 25.24
6022 Ifeakachuku Nmor Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 25.34
6146 Erico Cuna Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 25.40
6250 Issa Mohamed Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 25.44
6359 Jayhan Odlum-Smith Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 25.47
6458 Yousif Bu Arish Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 25.48
6541 Stefano Mitchell Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 25.69
6638 Irvin Hoost Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 25.97
6713 Vahan Mkhitaryan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 26.06
6847 Rami Anis FINA Independent Athletes 26.24
6929 Abdulla Ahmed Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 26.69 NR
7028 Kerry Ollivierre Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 26.93
7145 Hilal Hilal Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 27.13
7220 Keouodom Lim Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 27.33
7340 Mohammed Jibali Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 27.53
7421 Ousmane Touré Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 27.67
7524 Troy Pina Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 27.68
7648 Billy-Scott Irakose Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 28.43
7734 Leon Seaton Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 28.54
7833 Izzeldin Ibrahim Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 28.62
7927 Simanga Dlamini Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 28.64
8035 Jefferson Kpanou Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 28.72
8149 Alijon Khairulloev Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 28.81
8230 Edgar Iro Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 29.40
8314 Albachir Mouctar Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 29.45
8426 Achala Gekabel Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 29.59
8523 Michael Swift Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 29.60
8625 Joshua Wyse Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 29.85
8736 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 30.39
8815 Slava Sihanouvong Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 30.40
8932 Cedrick Niyibizi Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 30.92
9039 Charly Ndjoume Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 31.71
9137 Houssein Gaber Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 31.74
9212 Mohamed Ibrahim Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 32.53
9316 Kinley Lhendup Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 34.21
9431 Hassan Baidar Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 34.70
42 Davidson Vincent Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 July at 20:23. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.80Q
25 Szebasztián Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 23.09Q
31 Piero Codia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.29
43 Daniel Zaitsev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23.31
58 Konrad Czerniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23.36
66 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 23.37
72 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 23.41
87 Meiron Cheruti Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 23.62

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.57Q, CR , AM
27 Nicholas Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22.77Q
35 Oleg Kostin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.88Q
43 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.95Q
52 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.14Q
66 Andrey Zhilkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.21Q
71 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.29
88 Abdelrahman Sameh Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 23.68

Final

The final was held on 22 July at 20:47. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.35 CR , AM
Silver medal icon.svg6 Oleg Kostin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.70 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Nicholas Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22.79
42 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.80
57 Szebasztián Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22.90 NR
63 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.91
71 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.01
88 Andrey Zhilkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.11

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