Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Competition:	2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:	27 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 28 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:	80
Win Value:	23.50 seconds
Gold:	Geoff Huegill
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Lars Frölander
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Mark Foster
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Next:	2003

See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.

The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 28 July. The heats^[1] and semifinals^[2] took place 27 July, with the final being held on 28 July.^[3]

Records

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

World record		23.60	Sydney, Australia	align=right	14 May 2000
Championship record	New event

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
27 July	Heat 10			23.71	CR
27 July	Semifinal 2			23.44	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1		23.71	Q, CR
2		23.91	Q
3		23.96	Q
4		24.02	Q
5		24.03	Q
6		24.08	Q
7		24.14	Q
8		24.27	Q
9		24.28	Q
10		24.31	Q
11		24.36	Q
12		24.38	Q
13		24.39	Q
14		24.40	Q
15		24.42	Q
16		24.45	QSO
16		24.45	QSO
18		24.47
19		24.50
20		24.53
21		24.55
22		24.57
22		24.57
24		24.58
25		24.59
26		24.64
27		24.79
28		24.83
28		24.83
28		24.83
31		24.93
32		24.95
33		24.96
34		25.05
35		25.09
36		25.18
37		25.19
38		25.21
39		25.27
40		25.34
41		25.58
42		25.77
43		25.84
44		26.02
45		26.08
46		26.09
47		26.13
48		26.15
49		26.17
50		26.20
50		26.20
52		26.58
53		26.60
54		26.62
55		26.70
56		26.78
57		26.83
58		26.85
59		26.86
60		26.88
61		27.12
62		27.17
63		27.19
64		27.41
65		27.47
66		27.49
67	Gael Souci	27.55
68		27.76
69		27.78
70		27.90
71		27.97
72		28.00
73		28.19
74		28.61
75		28.69
76		28.90
77		28.99
78		29.44
79		29.74
80		31.46
–		DNS
–		DNS
–		DNS
–		DNS
–		DNS
–		DNS

Swim-off

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			24.47	Q
2			24.54

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Notes
1	23.44	Q, WR
2	23.66	Q
3	23.68	Q
4	23.73	Q
5	23.91	Q
6	23.93	Q
7	23.97	Q
8	24.01	Q
9	24.04
10	24.18
11	24.23
12	24.26
13	24.31
14	24.40
14	24.40
16	24.45

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			23.50
			23.57
			23.62
4			23.76
5			23.85
6			23.99
7			24.10
8			24.16

Notes and References

Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-07 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20010801155357/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay6.html#50FlyM . 1 August 2001 .
Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-07 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024130432/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay6FINAL.html#50FlyM . 24 October 2004 .
Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-07 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019141434/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsM50fly.html . 19 October 2004 .