Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50m Butterfly
Competition:	2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	20 July (prelims & semifinals) 21 July (final)
Win Value:	23.43 seconds
Gold:	Matt Welsh
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Ian Crocker
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Evgueni Korotychkine
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Prev:	2001
Next:	2005

See main article: Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships.

The Men's 50 Butterfly event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam July 20–21, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary^[1] and Semifinal^[2] heats swam on 20 July, with the Final^[3] swum on 21 July.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were both:

WR & CR: 23.44 swum by Geoff Huegill (Australia) on July 27, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan

Results

Final

Place	Time	Notes
1	23.43	WR
2	23.62
3	23.73
4	23.76
5	23.79
6	23.83
7	23.86
8	23.96

Semifinals

Rank	Heat + Lane	Time	Notes
1	S2 L4	23.47	q
2	S1 L4	23.61	q
3	S1 L5	23.75	q
4	S1 L1	23.76	q
5	S1 L3	23.86	q
5	S2 L5	23.86	q
7	S2 L7	23.88	q
8	S1 L7	23.91	q

9	S1 L6	23.97	q
10	S1 L2	23.98	q
11	S2 L1	24.03	q
12	S2 L6	24.09	q
12	S2 L3	24.09	q
14	S2 L2	24.16	q
15	S2 L8	24.41	q
16	S1 L8	24.43	q

Preliminaries

Rank	Heat+Lane	Swimmer	Time	Notes
1	H14 L6		23.73	q
2	H15 L4		23.75	q
2	H16 L3		23.75	q
4	H15 L5		23.76	q
5	H16 L6		23.90	q
6	H15 L6		24.04	q
7	H16 L4		24.12	q
8	H15 L2		24.14	q
9	H16 L5		24.16	q
10	H14 L5		24.17	q
11	H14 L4		24.21	q
12	H15 L3		24.23	q
13	H14 L2		24.28	q
14	H14 L3		24.34	q
15	H16 L8		24.43	q
16	H16 L2		24.44	q

17	H12 L4		24.45
18	H16 L7		24.47
19	H12 L1		24.51
20	H05 L3		24.52
21	H15 L8		24.53
22	H13 L4		24.59
23	H13 L7		24.61
24	H12 L6		24.66
25	H13 L5		24.67
26	H13 L3		24.70
27	H13 L6		24.72
28	H11 L5		24.75
29	H14 L7		24.76
30	H13 L8		24.77
31	H15 L7		24.80
32	H15 L1		24.82
33	H14 L1		24.83
34	H12 L5		24.86
35	H13 L2		24.89
36	H13 L1		24.94
37	H12 L7		25.05
37	H16 L1		25.05
39	H12 L2		25.12
40	H14 L8		25.15
41	H12 L3		25.16
42	H12 L8		25.17
43	H07 L7		25.23
44	H10 L2		25.26
45	H10 L8		25.34
46	H11 L6		25.37
47	H11 L2		25.43
48	H10 L6		25.44
49	H11 L4		25.45
50	H10 L4		25.53
51	H11 L7		25.55
52	H01 L2		25.63
53	H11 L3		25.64
54	H09 L3		25.66
55	H11 L8		25.71
56	H11 L1		25.75
57	H10 L3		25.84
58	H10 L5		25.92
59	H07 L1		26.09
60	H08 L5		26.13
61	H10 L1		26.20
62	H08 L4		26.21
63	H08 L3		26.25
64	H09 L4		26.27
65	H09 L6		26.34
66	H07 L8		26.42
67	H09 L1		26.48
68	H06 L2		26.53
69	H07 L2		26.58
70	H07 L6		26.61
71	H06 L3		26.63
72	H08 L6		26.70
72	H09 L8		26.70
74	H08 L8		26.71
75	H06 L5		26.73
76	H06 L4		26.77
77	H09 L2		26.78
78	H06 L1		26.79
78	H08 L2		26.79
80	H10 L7		26.83
81	H06 L8		26.88
82	H07 L3		26.91
83	H09 L7		26.96
84	H07 L5		27.00
85	H08 L1		27.01
86	H05 L5		27.08
87	H09 L5		27.21
88	H06 L6		27.24
89	H05 L4		27.31
90	H05 L1		27.33
91	H05 L7		27.51
92	H04 L7		27.68
93	H04 L4		27.73
94	H04 L3		27.91
95	H03 L6		27.93
96	H05 L2		27.98
97	H02 L5		28.07
98	H04 L8		28.19
99	H03 L8		28.30
99	H04 L5		28.30
99	H05 L6		28.30
102	H04 L1	Yan Lin Aung	28.41
103	H06 L7		28.43
104	H03 L2		28.58
105	H03 L4		28.67
106	H04 L6		28.78
107	H05 L8		28.82
108	H03 L3		28.90
109	H03 L7		29.13
110	H01 L3		29.77
111	H03 L5		29.98
112	H02 L6		30.06
113	H03 L1		30.33
114	H02 L3		30.60
115	H02 L4		31.47
116	H02 L7		31.81
117	H02 L1		31.83
118	H02 L2		32.03
-	H02 L8		DQ
-	-		DNS
-	-		DNS
-	-		DNS
-	-		DNS
-	-		DNS
-	-		DNS

Notes and References

Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50 Fly -- prelims, published by Omega Timing on 2003-07-21; retrieved 2013-06-13.
Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50 Fly -- semis, published by Omega Timing on 2003-07-21; retrieved 2013-06-13.
Worlds 2003 results: Men's 50 Fly -- finals, published by Omega Timing on 2003-07-21; retrieved 2013-06-13.