Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
Dates | 26 July (heats and semifinals) 27 July (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 131 from 125 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 21.04 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2019 FINA World Championships | ||
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Artistic swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Technical | mixed | |
Free | women | |
Free | mixed | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Highlight | women | |
Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
Synchronised | ||
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 |
mixed | ||
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
mixed | ||
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
Rosters | men | women |
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2019. [1] [2] Caeleb Dressel finished first in the final, retaining the title he won in the previous Championships. [3]
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 |
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Competition record | César Cielo (BRA) | 21.08 | Rome, Italy | 1 August 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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27 July | Final | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 21.04 | CR |
The heats were held on 26 July at 10:43. [4]
The swim-off was held on 26 July at 12:00. [5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Yu Hexin | China | 22.08 | Q |
2 | 4 | Wu Chun-feng | Chinese Taipei | 22.24 |
The semifinals were held on 26 July at 20:41. [6]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Bruno Fratus | Brazil | 21.53 | Q |
2 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 21.56 | Q |
3 | 3 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.60 | Q |
4 | 1 | Maxime Grousset | France | 21.86 | |
5 | 6 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 21.88 | |
6 | 7 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 22.01 | NR |
7 | 8 | Yu Hexin | China | 22.11 | |
8 | 2 | Marcelo Chierighini | Brazil | 22.19 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 21.18 | Q |
2 | 5 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 21.65 | Q |
3 | 2 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 21.69 | Q |
4 | 3 | Shinri Shioura | Japan | 21.74 | Q |
5 | 6 | Michael Andrew | United States | 21.77 | Q |
6 | 1 | Maxim Lobanovskij | Hungary | 21.89 | |
7 | 8 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 21.91 | |
8 | 7 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 21.98 |
The final was started on 27 July at 20:09. [7]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 21.04 | CR , NR | |
5 | Bruno Fratus | Brazil | 21.45 | ||
6 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.45 | ||
4 | 2 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 21.53 | |
5 | 3 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 21.55 | |
6 | 8 | Michael Andrew | United States | 21.62 | |
7 | 7 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 21.67 | |
8 | 1 | Shinri Shioura | Japan | 21.81 |
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