Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates28 July (heats and semifinals)
29 July (final)
Competitors121 from 110 nations
Winning time21.06 OC
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Great Britain
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

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 edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 28 July at 11:12.[5]

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   Brazil
6 3 Alassane Seydou   Niger DNS
12 5 Maxime Grousset   France

Swim-off edit

The swim-off to decide the first replacement was started on 28 July at 12:57.[6]

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 edit

The semifinals were held on 28 July at 20:40.[7]

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 edit

The swim-off to decide the first replacement was started on 28 July at 22:09.[8]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ryan Held   United States 21.68 Q
2 5 Vladyslav Bukhov   Ukraine 21.70 R1

Final edit

The final was started on 29 July at 20:09.[9]

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2023.