Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly
| Men's 50 metre butterfly at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Marine Messe Fukuoka | |||||||||
| Location | Fukuoka, Japan | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 July (heats and semifinals) 24 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 91 from 81 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 22.68 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2023.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Andriy Govorov (UKR) | 22.27 | Rome, Italy | 1 July 2018 |
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| Competition record | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | 22.35 | Gwangju, South Korea | 22 July 2019 |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 23 July at 11:35.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 5 | Maxime Grousset | France | 22.74 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 9 | 5 | Jacob Peters | Great Britain | 22.85 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.89 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 8 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt | 23.10 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 10 | 6 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 23.13 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | 3 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | 23.14 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | 4 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 23.14 | Q |
| 8 | 10 | 5 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 23.19 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 23.27 | Q, =NR |
| 9 | 9 | 2 | Dare Rose | United States | 23.27 | Q |
| 9 | 10 | 3 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 23.27 | Q |
| 9 | 10 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 23.27 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | 6 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 23.32 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 7 | Mario Mollà | Spain | 23.34 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | 7 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 23.36 | Q |
| 15 | 10 | 7 | Josif Miladinov | Bulgaria | 23.36 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Stergios Bilas | Greece | 23.39 | |
| 18 | 9 | 6 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 23.40 | |
| 18 | 10 | 9 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 23.40 | |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 23.43 | |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 23.44 | |
| 22 | 7 | 5 | Tomer Frankel | Israel | 23.48 | |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Baek In-chul | South Korea | 23.50 | =NR |
| 24 | 8 | 0 | Adilbek Mussin | Kazakhstan | 23.55 | |
| 25 | 10 | 1 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 23.57 | |
| 26 | 8 | 9 | Shaun Champion | Australia | 23.60 | |
| 27 | 6 | 3 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 23.65 | NR |
| 27 | 7 | 0 | Julien Henx | Luxembourg | 23.65 | |
| 29 | 10 | 8 | Shaine Casas | United States | 23.69 | |
| 30 | 9 | 8 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 23.73 | |
| 30 | 9 | 9 | Mikkel Lee | Singapore | 23.73 | |
| 32 | 7 | 3 | Oskar Hoff | Sweden | 23.74 | |
| 33 | 7 | 9 | Tibor Tistan | Slovakia | 23.75 | |
| 33 | 8 | 1 | Naoki Mizunuma | Japan | 23.75 | |
| 35 | 10 | 0 | Chen Juner | China | 23.79 | |
| 35 | 10 | 2 | Takeshi Kawamoto | Japan | 23.79 | |
| 37 | 9 | 7 | Wang Changhao | China | 23.83 | |
| 38 | 6 | 4 | Adrian Jaskiewicz | Poland | 23.84 | |
| 39 | 6 | 6 | Kayky Mota | Brazil | 23.85 | |
| 40 | 5 | 6 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 23.91 | |
| 41 | 8 | 3 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 23.92 | |
| 42 | 7 | 6 | Miguel Nascimento | Portugal | 23.95 | |
| 43 | 7 | 4 | Daniel Gracík | Czech Republic | 23.96 | |
| 44 | 6 | 5 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 24.02 | |
| 45 | 6 | 7 | Jorge Iga | Mexico | 24.05 | |
| 46 | 6 | 2 | Jarod Hatch | Suspended Member Federation | 24.07 | |
| 47 | 9 | 1 | Piero Codia | Italy | 24.13 | |
| 48 | 6 | 9 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 24.14 | |
| 49 | 6 | 0 | Ian Ho | Hong Kong | 24.20 | |
| 50 | 7 | 8 | Waleed Abdulrazzaq | Kuwait | 24.30 | |
| 51 | 5 | 3 | Ben Hockin | Paraguay | 24.34 | |
| 52 | 5 | 1 | Guido Buscaglia | Argentina | 24.47 | |
| 53 | 5 | 8 | Bryan Leong | Malaysia | 24.54 | |
| 54 | 5 | 2 | Lương Jeremie Loic Nino | Vietnam | 24.56 | |
| 55 | 5 | 0 | Matthew Lawrence | Mozambique | 24.70 | |
| 56 | 5 | 5 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 24.72 | |
| 57 | 5 | 9 | Sajan Prakash | India | 24.93 | |
| 58 | 5 | 7 | Joe Kurniawan | Indonesia | 25.05 | |
| 59 | 5 | 4 | Emil Pérez | Venezuela | 25.22 | |
| 60 | 4 | 2 | Adriel Sanes | U.S. Virgin Islands | 25.28 | |
| 61 | 4 | 4 | Salvador Gordo | Angola | 25.48 | |
| 62 | 2 | 5 | Alex Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.58 | NR |
| 62 | 4 | 1 | Kokoro Frost | Samoa | 25.58 | NR |
| 64 | 4 | 5 | Mohamad Masoud | Athlete Refugee Team | 25.73 | |
| 65 | 4 | 6 | Finau Ohuafi | Tonga | 25.85 | |
| 66 | 4 | 7 | Diego Aranda | Uruguay | 25.87 | |
| 67 | 4 | 8 | Salem Sabt | United Arab Emirates | 25.95 | |
| 68 | 4 | 3 | Jeno Heyns | Suriname | 26.21 | |
| 69 | 2 | 6 | Damien Shamambo | Zambia | 26.46 | |
| 70 | 3 | 3 | Adnan Kabuye | Uganda | 26.54 | |
| 71 | 4 | 9 | Phansovannarun Montross | Cambodia | 26.95 | |
| 72 | 3 | 4 | Fakhriddin Madkamov | Tajikistan | 27.10 | |
| 73 | 3 | 5 | Nathaniel Noka | Papua New Guinea | 27.46 | |
| 74 | 1 | 5 | Hilal Hilal | Tanzania | 27.68 | |
| 75 | 4 | 0 | Alassane Seydou | Niger | 27.91 | |
| 76 | 3 | 1 | Fodé Amara Camara | Guinea | 28.42 | NR |
| 77 | 3 | 6 | Souleymane Napare | Burkina Faso | 28.49 | |
| 78 | 2 | 3 | Ailton Lima | Cape Verde | 28.66 | |
| 79 | 2 | 2 | Nicky Irakoze | Burundi | 28.94 | |
| 80 | 3 | 2 | Houmed Houssein Barkat | Djibouti | 29.02 | |
| 81 | 2 | 1 | Slava Sihanouvong | Laos | 29.13 | |
| 82 | 2 | 7 | Pap Jonga | Gambia | 29.78 | |
| 83 | 3 | 8 | Tilahun Malede | Ethiopia | 29.80 | |
| 84 | 1 | 4 | Giorgio Nguichie Kamseu Kamogne | Cameroon | 29.93 | NR |
| 85 | 2 | 8 | Aseel Khousrof | Yemen | 29.99 | |
| 86 | 3 | 7 | Joshua Wyse | Sierra Leone | 30.08 | |
| 87 | 3 | 0 | Muhammad Ali Moosa | Malawi | 31.57 | |
| 88 | 3 | 9 | Magnim Jordano Daou | Togo | 32.22 | |
| 89 | 2 | 4 | Refiloe Chopho | Lesotho | 34.21 | NR |
| 1 | 3 | David Young | Fiji | DSQ | ||
| 2 | 0 | Mohammed Qatat | Libya | |||
| 6 | 8 | Jaouad Syoud | Algeria | DNS | ||
Semifinals
The semifinals were started on 23 July at 20:23.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Maxime Grousset | France | 22.72 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Dare Rose | United States | 22.79 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Jacob Peters | Great Britain | 22.92 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 22.92 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt | 22.94 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 22.96 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | 23.04 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 23.05 | NR |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.05 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Mario Mollà | Spain | 23.16 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 23.16 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 23.23 | |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 23.26 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 23.27 | =NR |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 23.33 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Josif Miladinov | Bulgaria | 23.40 |
Swim-off
The swim-off was started on 23 July at 22:16.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 23.10 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.26 |
Final
The final was started on 24 July at 21:32.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 22.68 | NR |
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1 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | 22.80 | |
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4 | Maxime Grousset | France | 22.82 | |
| 4 | 3 | Jacob Peters | Great Britain | 22.84 | |
| 5 | 7 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 22.91 | |
| 6 | 5 | Dare Rose | United States | 23.01 | |
| 7 | 8 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 23.26 | |
| 8 | 2 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt | 23.34 |