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

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location Gwangju, South Korea
Dates26 July (heats and semifinals)
27 July (final)
Competitors131 from 125 nations
Winning time21.04
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  2017
2022  

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]

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Records

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

World record Flag of Brazil.svg  César Cielo  (BRA)20.91 São Paulo, Brazil 18 December 2009
Competition recordFlag of Brazil.svg  César Cielo  (BRA)21.08 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
27 July Final Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.04 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 26 July at 10:43. [4]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1133 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.49Q
2144 Benjamin Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.69Q
3135 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.70Q
4134 Bruno Fratus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21.71Q
5123 Shinri Shioura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 21.78Q
6145 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.80Q
7143 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.82Q
8137 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21.93Q
9125 Paweł Juraszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.97Q
10121 Marcelo Chierighini Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22.03Q
11148 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 22.04Q
12113 Meiron Cheruti Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 22.06Q, NR
13142 Maxim Lobanovskij Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22.11Q
14130 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 22.12Q
15122 Jesse Puts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.16Q
16115 Wu Chun-feng Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 22.21QSO, = NR
16149 Yu Hexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 22.21QSO
18126 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.24
19103 Yang Jae-hoon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 22.26 NR
20114 Pieter Timmers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22.32
21139 Renzo Tjon A Joe Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 22.33
21146 Simonas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 22.33
21147 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 22.33
24132 Oussama Sahnoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 22.37
25131 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.38
26104 Artsiom Machekin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 22.41
26128 Katsumi Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22.41
28109 Daniel Zaitsev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 22.46
29141 Luca Dotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.48
30129 Nándor Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22.51
31140 Vladislav Grinev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.52
32107 Hüseyin Emre Sakçı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 22.54
33138 Bruno Blašković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 22.55
34102 Jonathan Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 22.56
34108 Emir Muratović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.56 NR
34124 Andrea Vergani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.56
37136 Andriy Hovorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.57
38116 Ian Ho Yentou Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 22.59
38118 Michael Pickett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22.59
40105 Juan Francisco Segura Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22.64
41110 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 22.65
4296 Julien Henx Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 22.71 NR
43111 Alexandr Varakin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 22.72
4495 Peter Wetzlar Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 22.77 NR
44112 Andrej Barna Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 22.77
46117 Niksa Stojkovski Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 22.79
47101 Enzo Martínez Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 22.87
48100 George-Adrian Ratiu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 22.88
4994 Bernhard Reitshammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 22.91
50119 Virdhawal Khade Flag of India.svg  India 22.95
5183 Xander Skinner Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 23.04 NR
5292 Vladimír Štefánik Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 23.06
5293 Tobias Bjerg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23.06
5439 Constantin Malachi Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 23.11
5599 Brett Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 23.12
5685 Andrew Chetcuti Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 23.17
57106 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 23.23
5891 Luke Gebbie Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 23.26
5997 Triady Fauzi Sidiq Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 23.36
6084 Omiros Zagkas Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 23.37
6190 Benyamin Gharehassanloo Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 23.39
6275 Stefano Mitchell Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 23.44 NR
6387 Isaac Beitia Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 23.45
6482 Jean-Luc Zephir Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 23.51
6581 Vahan Mkhitaryan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 23.62
6673 Waleed Abdulrazzak Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 23.64
6788 Horus Briseño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 23.65
6886 Marco Flores Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 23.71
6976 Danilo Rosafio Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23.86
7074 Abdoul Niane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 23.88
7132 Ghirmai Efrem Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 23.92
7235 Myagmaryn Delgerkhüü Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 23.93 NR
7370 Micah Masei Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 24.05
7431 Nixon Hernández Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 24.12
7578 Jared Fitzgerald Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 24.15
7672 Sam Seghers Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 24.16
7679 Filipe Gomes Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 24.16
7880 Miguel Mena Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 24.19
7963Daniel FranciscoFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 24.21
7965 Boško Radulović Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 24.21
8164 Kerry Ollivierre Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 24.23
8289 Jorge Depassier Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 24.29
8371 Jagger Stephens Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 24.45
8459 Erico Cuna Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 24.60
8562 Issa Al-Adawi Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 24.65
8668 Christian Nikles Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 24.69
8669 Atuhaire Ambala Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 24.69 NR
8838 Musa Zhalayev Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 24.71
8961 Shane Cadogan Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.80
9016 Yellow Yeiyah Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 24.81
9112 Samuele Rossi Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 24.90
9223 Mohd Ariful Islam Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 24.92
9360 Theo Chiabaut Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 24.96
9477 Hilal Hemed Hilal Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 25.01
9528 Hem Puch Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 25.13
9666 Firass Saidi Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 25.20
9767 Andrew Fowler Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 25.26
9853 Finau Ohuafi Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 25.32
9915 Alassane Lancina Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 25.33
9957 Belly-Cresus Ganira Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 25.33
10121 Adama Ouedraogo Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 25.38 NR
10125 Alexander Shah Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 25.38
10313 Nabeel Hatoum Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 25.42 NR
10454 Mohammed Jibali Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 25.44
10533 Troy Pina Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 25.64
10656 Kaleo Kihleng Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 25.71
10755 Olimjon Ishanov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 25.73
10836 Mark Hoare Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 25.76
10951 Santisouk Inthavong Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 25.79
11014 Mawupemon Otogbe Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 25.84
11150 Jefferson Kpanou Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 26.18
11252 Abobakr Abass Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 26.21 NR
11324 Guerby Ruuska Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 27.11
11427 Joshua Wyse Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 27.17
11544 Ali Imaan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 27.21
11648 Abdelmalik Muktar Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 27.39
11658 Clayment Lafiara Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 27.39
11826 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 27.45
11949 Ebrima Buaro Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 27.83
12041 Mamadou Bah Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 27.91
12140 Cedrick Niyibizi Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 28.27
12230 Charly Ndjoume Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 28.45
12343 Mohamed Ibrahim Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 29.17
12446 Phillip Kinono Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 29.25
12545 Tenzin Sangay Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 29.49
12642 José da Silva Viegas Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 29.51
12747 Hassan Baidar Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 29.98
12837 Adam Mpali Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 30.26
12929 Hamid Rahimi Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan 30.79
13020 Diosdado Miko Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 31.78
22 Houmed Hussein Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti DSQ
34 Thibaut Danho Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast DNS
98 Khurshidjon Tursunov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
120 Miguel Nascimento Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
127 Clément Mignon Flag of France.svg  France

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 26 July at 12:00. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Yu Hexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 22.08Q
24 Wu Chun-feng Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 22.24

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 26 July at 20:41. [6]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Bruno Fratus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21.53Q
24 Benjamin Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.56Q
33 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.60Q
41 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 21.86
56 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21.88
67 Meiron Cheruti Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 22.01 NR
78 Yu Hexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 22.11
82 Marcelo Chierighini Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22.19

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.18Q
25 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.65Q
32 Paweł Juraszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.69Q
43 Shinri Shioura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 21.74Q
56 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.77Q
61 Maxim Lobanovskij Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 21.89
78 Jesse Puts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21.91
87 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 21.98

Final

The final was started on 27 July at 20:09. [7]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.04 CR , NR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Bruno Fratus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21.45
Silver medal icon.svg6 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.45
42 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.53
53 Benjamin Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.55
68 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.62
77 Paweł Juraszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.67
81 Shinri Shioura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 21.81

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References

  1. Schedule
  2. Start list
  3. McCarriston, Shanna (27 July 2019). "American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins three titles in one night at World Championships, puts gold medal count at six". CBS Sports.
  4. Heats results
  5. Swim-off results
  6. Semifinals results
  7. Final results