Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Marine Messe Fukuoka | |||||||||
| Location | Fukuoka, Japan | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 July (heats and semifinals) 29 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 121 from 110 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.06 OC | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2023.
Records
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 | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | 21.04 | Gwangju, South Korea | 27 July 2019 |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 28 July at 11:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 4 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 21.35 | Q |
| 2 | 13 | 3 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 21.67 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.72 | Q |
| 4 | 13 | 6 | Jack Alexy | United States | 21.73 | Q |
| 5 | 11 | 0 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 21.82 | Q |
| 6 | 11 | 2 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 21.85 | Q |
| 7 | 10 | 9 | Jordan Crooks | Cayman Islands | 21.90 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 12 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 21.90 | Q |
| 9 | 11 | 4 | Ryan Held | United States | 21.91 | Q |
| 9 | 13 | 2 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 21.91 | Q |
| 11 | 11 | 7 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 21.92 | Q |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 21.94 | Q, NR |
| 13 | 11 | 3 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 21.97 | Q |
| 14 | 12 | 3 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 21.99 | Q |
| 15 | 12 | 2 | Kenzo Simons | Netherlands | 22.04 | Q |
| 16 | 12 | 7 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | 22.05 | Q |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 22.10 | S/off |
| 17 | 13 | 8 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.10 | S/off |
| 19 | 13 | 7 | Ian Ho | Hong Kong | 22.12 | |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands | 22.13 | |
| 20 | 11 | 8 | Tom Fannon | Ireland | 22.13 | |
| 22 | 12 | 6 | Lewis Burras | Great Britain | 22.14 | |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Shinri Shioura | Japan | 22.15 | |
| 24 | 10 | 5 | Ji Yuchan | South Korea | 22.17 | |
| 25 | 13 | 0 | Andrii Govorov | Ukraine | 22.18 | |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Jonathan Tan | Singapore | 22.20 | |
| 27 | 10 | 4 | Katsumi Nakamura | Japan | 22.21 | |
| 28 | 9 | 1 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 22.26 | NR |
| 28 | 13 | 9 | Marcelo Chierighini | Brazil | 22.26 | |
| 30 | 11 | 6 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 22.28 | |
| 31 | 10 | 1 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 22.30 | |
| 31 | 10 | 6 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 22.30 | |
| 33 | 10 | 3 | Alberto Mestre | Venezuela | 22.32 | |
| 34 | 12 | 1 | Miguel Nascimento | Portugal | 22.38 | |
| 35 | 10 | 7 | Michael Pickett | New Zealand | 22.41 | |
| 36 | 10 | 8 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 22.46 | |
| 37 | 8 | 5 | Remi Fabiani | Luxembourg | 22.47 | NR |
| 38 | 12 | 9 | Wang Changhao | China | 22.50 | |
| 39 | 9 | 7 | Sergio de Celis | Spain | 22.51 | |
| 40 | 10 | 2 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 22.52 | |
| 41 | 9 | 4 | Matej Dusa | Slovakia | 22.53 | |
| 42 | 8 | 4 | Peter Varjasi | Germany | 22.54 | |
| 43 | 10 | 0 | Guido Buscaglia | Argentina | 22.56 | |
| 44 | 9 | 0 | Kamil Sieradzki | Poland | 22.59 | |
| 45 | 9 | 5 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia | 22.61 | |
| 46 | 8 | 2 | Jorge Iga | Mexico | 22.64 | |
| 47 | 9 | 2 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 22.68 | |
| 48 | 12 | 8 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 22.76 | |
| 49 | 8 | 6 | Xander Skinner | Namibia | 22.78 | |
| 50 | 7 | 7 | David Young | Fiji | 22.87 | NR |
| 50 | 8 | 0 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 22.87 | |
| 52 | 8 | 7 | Adi Mešetović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.92 | |
| 53 | 9 | 6 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 22.94 | |
| 54 | 8 | 1 | Samyar Abdoli | Iran | 23.00 | |
| 55 | 7 | 6 | Leo Nolles | Uruguay | 23.10 | |
| 56 | 7 | 5 | Stefano Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 23.21 | |
| 57 | 1 | 4 | Matthew Abeysinghe | Sri Lanka | 23.23 | |
| 58 | 9 | 9 | Oussama Sahnoune | Algeria | 23.26 | |
| 59 | 9 | 8 | Nikolas Antoniou | Cyprus | 23.27 | |
| 60 | 8 | 9 | Daniil Pancerevas | Lithuania | 23.30 | |
| 61 | 8 | 3 | Lương Jeremie Loic Nino | Vietnam | 23.39 | |
| 62 | 7 | 1 | Benedict Parfit | Bermuda | 23.47 | |
| 63 | 7 | 3 | Gabriel Martinez | Honduras | 23.52 | |
| 63 | 8 | 8 | Wu Chun-feng | Chinese Taipei | 23.52 | |
| 65 | 6 | 7 | Colins Obi Ebingha | Nigeria | 23.54 | NR |
| 66 | 7 | 2 | Mohammed Bedour | Jordan | 23.59 | |
| 67 | 7 | 4 | Alaa Maso |  Athlete Refugee Team |
23.74 | |
| 68 | 2 | 4 | Alexander Shah | Nepal | 23.89 | |
| 69 | 7 | 0 | Tendo Mukalazi | Uganda | 23.94 | |
| 70 | 6 | 1 | José Alberto Quintanilla | Bolivia | 24.06 | |
| 71 | 3 | 0 | Micah Masei | American Samoa | 24.16 | |
| 72 | 5 | 6 | Brandon Schuster | Samoa | 24.19 | |
| 73 | 3 | 8 | Damien Shamambo | Zambia | 24.22 | |
| 74 | 6 | 4 | Swaleh Abubakar Talib | Suspended Member Federation | 24.23 | |
| 75 | 7 | 9 | Musa Zhalayev | Turkmenistan | 24.29 | |
| 76 | 6 | 6 | Batbayar Enkhtamir | Mongolia | 24.37 | |
| 77 | 7 | 8 | Belly-Cresus Ganira | Burundi | 24.39 | |
| 78 | 6 | 2 | Collins Saliboko | Tanzania | 24.43 | |
| 79 | 6 | 9 | Warren Lawrence | Dominica | 24.51 | |
| 80 | 6 | 5 | Shane Cadogan | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.59 | |
| 81 | 5 | 4 | Syed Tariq | Pakistan | 24.76 | |
| 82 | 5 | 3 | Josh Tarere | Papua New Guinea | 24.77 | |
| 83 | 6 | 8 | Leon Seaton | Guyana | 24.82 | |
| 84 | 5 | 7 | Mahmoud Abu Gharbieh | Palestine | 24.88 | NR |
| 85 | 5 | 5 | Yousef Al-Khulaifi | Qatar | 24.92 | |
| 86 | 6 | 0 | Asif Reza | Bangladesh | 24.94 | |
| 87 | 2 | 1 | Joel Ling Thai Yu | Brunei | 24.96 | |
| 88 | 3 | 7 | Mohammed Qatat | Libya | 25.15 | |
| 89 | 5 | 2 | Marc Dansou | Benin | 25.16 | |
| 90 | 5 | 8 | Cedrick Niyibizi | Rwanda | 25.28 | NR |
| 91 | 5 | 1 | Phansovannarun Montross | Cambodia | 25.36 | |
| 92 | 2 | 5 | Santisouk Inthavong | Laos | 25.56 | |
| 92 | 5 | 9 | Tajhari Williams | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.56 | |
| 94 | 2 | 2 | Kapeli Siua | Tonga | 25.83 | |
| 95 | 2 | 0 | Ailton Veira | Cape Verde | 26.16 | |
| 96 | 4 | 4 | Travis Dui Sakurai | Palau | 26.22 | |
| 97 | 4 | 2 | Alexander Fleming Lake | Anguilla | 26.23 | |
| 98 | 5 | 0 | Fakhriddin Madkamov | Tajikistan | 26.40 | |
| 99 | 4 | 6 | Houmed Houssein | Djibouti | 26.76 | NR |
| 100 | 4 | 7 | Souleymane Napare | Burkina Faso | 26.85 | |
| 101 | 4 | 5 | Ekow Gwira | Ghana | 27.22 | |
| 102 | 4 | 1 | Edgar Iro | Solomon Islands | 27.28 | |
| 103 | 4 | 3 | Elhadj Diallo | Guinea | 27.69 | |
| 104 | 3 | 4 | Phillip Kinono | Marshall Islands | 27.72 | |
| 105 | 2 | 6 | Johnathan Silas | Vanuatu | 27.78 | |
| 106 | 4 | 0 | Simanga Dlamini | Eswatini | 27.84 | |
| 107 | 4 | 8 | Joshua Wyse | Sierra Leone | 27.89 | |
| 108 | 3 | 3 | Adam Girard | Gabon | 28.15 | |
| 109 | 3 | 5 | Muhammad Ali Moosa | Malawi | 28.20 | |
| 110 | 3 | 2 | Magnim Jordano Daou | Togo | 28.26 | |
| 111 | 4 | 9 | Aseel Khousrof | Yemen | 28.39 | |
| 112 | 1 | 5 | Ousman Jobe | Gambia | 28.47 | |
| 113 | 2 | 8 | Freddy Mayala | Congo | 28.61 | |
| 114 | 2 | 9 | Tilahun Ayal Malede | Ethiopia | 28.77 | |
| 115 | 3 | 6 | Jolanio Guterres | Timor-Leste | 30.36 | |
| 116 | 2 | 7 | Pedro Rogery | Guinea-Bissau | 30.66 | |
| 117 | 3 | 9 | Omar McHangama | Comoros | 31.50 | |
| 118 | 1 | 3 | Refiloe Chopho | Lesotho | 31.68 | NR |
| 119 | 3 | 1 | Terence Tengue | Central African Republic | 32.18 | |
| 2 | 3 | Hugo Nguichie | Cameroon | DSQ | ||
| 11 | 9 | Guilherme Caribé Santos | Brazil | |||
| 6 | 3 | Alassane Seydou | Niger | DNS | ||
| 12 | 5 | Maxime Grousset | France | |||
Swim-off
The swim-off to decide the first replacement was started on 28 July at 12:57.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 22.10 | R1 |
| 2 | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.14 | R2 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 28 July at 20:40.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 21.25 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Jack Alexy | United States | 21.60 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 21.61 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 21.65 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Jordan Crooks | Cayman Islands | 21.73 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 21.74 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 21.85 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 21.88 | WD |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Ryan Held | United States | 21.91 | S/off |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 21.91 | S/off |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Kenzo Simons | Netherlands | 21.92 | |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.96 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | 22.03 | |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 22.04 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 22.12 | |
| 16 | 1 | 4 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 22.16 |
Swim-off
The swim-off to decide the first replacement was started on 28 July at 22:09.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Ryan Held | United States | 21.68 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 21.70 | R1 |
Final
The final was started on 29 July at 20:09.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 21.06 | OC |
 |
5 | Jack Alexy | United States | 21.57 | |
 |
3 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 21.58 | |
| 4 | 6 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 21.70 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ryan Held | United States | 21.72 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jordan Crooks | Cayman Islands | 21.73 | =NR |
| 7 | 1 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 21.82 | |
| 8 | 7 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 21.92 |