The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 2 August with the heats and the semifinals and 3 August with the final.[1]
| Men's 50 metre butterfly at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | |||||||||||||
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 Victory Ceremony | |||||||||||||
| Dates | 2 August (heats and semifinals) 3 August (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 80 from 77 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 22.97 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Rafael Muñoz (ESP) |
22.43 | Málaga, Spain | 5 April 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record |  Milorad Čavić (SRB) |
22.67 | Rome, Italy | 27 July 2009 |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were held at 10:44.[2]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held on 2 August at 18:07.[3]
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Nicholas Santos |  Brazil |
23.05 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | László Cseh |  Hungary |
23.06 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | Konrad Czerniak |  Poland |
23.07 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Andriy Hovorov |  Ukraine |
23.15 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | César Cielo | Brazil |
23.29 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | François Heersbrandt |  Belgium |
23.34 | NR |
| 7 | 6 | Chad le Clos |  South Africa |
23.49 | |
| 8 | 8 | Dylan Carter |  Trinidad and Tobago |
23.60 | NR |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Florent Manaudou |  France |
22.84 | Q, =NR |
| 2 | 7 | Ben Proud |  Great Britain |
23.24 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Joseph Schooling |  Singapore |
23.27 | Q, AS |
| 4 | 8 | Santo Condorelli |  Canada |
23.30 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Yauhen Tsurkin |  Belarus |
23.41 | |
| 6 | 5 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain |
23.44 | |
| 6 | 6 | Shi Yang |  China |
23.44 | |
| 8 | 1 | Takeshi Kawamoto |  Japan |
23.74 |
Final edit
The final was held on 3 August at 18:17.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Florent Manaudou | France |
22.97 | |
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5 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil |
23.09 | |
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3 | László Cseh | Hungary |
23.15 | |
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6 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland |
23.15 | |
| 5 | 2 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine |
23.18 | |
| 6 | 8 | César Cielo | Brazil |
23.21 | |
| 7 | 1 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore |
23.25 | AS |
| 8 | 7 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
23.39 |
References edit
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