Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50m Butterfly
Competition:	2005 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	26 July 2005 (preliminaries and semifinals) 27 July 2005 (final)
Competitors:	108
Nations:	83
Win Value:	22.96
Gold:	Roland Schoeman
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Ian Crocker
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Sergiy Breus
Bronzenoc:	UKR
Prev:	2003
Next:	2007

See main article: Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships.

The Men's 50 Butterfly event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 26 - -27 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada. Preliminary^[1] and Semifinal^[2] heats swam on 26 July, with the Final^[3] on 27 July.

Prior to the competition, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:

WR: 23.30 swum by Ian Crocker (United States) on 29 Feb 2004 in Swimming at the 2004 Big 12 Time Trials, Austin, United States.
CR: 23.43 swum by Matt Welsh (Australia) on 21 Jul 2003 in Swimming at the 2003 FINA World Aquatic Championships Barcelona, Spain.

Results

Final

Place	Time	Notes
1	22.96	WR
2	23.12
3	23.38
4	23.48
5	23.74
6	23.84
7	23.96
8	23.99

Semifinals

Rank	Heat+Lane	Time	Notes
1	S1 L4	23.01	q, WR
2	S2 L4	23.32	q
3	S1 L5	23.53	q
4	S1 L3	23.55	q
5	S2 L5	23.62	q
6	S1 L2	23.71	q
7	S2 L3	23.82	q
8	S2 L2	23.85	q

9	S1 L7	23.93
10	S1 L8	24.03
10	S2 L1	24.03
12	S1 L6	24.04
13	S1 L1	24.07
14	S2 L6	24.09
15	S2 L8	24.14
16	S2 L7	24.18

Preliminaries

Rank	Heat+Lane	Swimmer	Time	Notes
1	H14 L4		23.50	q
2	H11 L7		23.57	q
3	H14 L3		23.74	q
4	H14 L2		23.77	q
5	H14 L5		23.87	q
6	H12 L3		23.96	q
6	H13 L2		23.96	q
8	H13 L4		24.07	q
9	H13 L7		24.08	q
9	H14 L1		24.08	q
11	H13 L3		24.09	q
12	H12 L5		24.10	q
13	H14 L6		24.11	q
14	H12 L7		24.15	q
14	H13 L6		24.15	q
16	H12 L6		24.22	swim-off
16	H14 L7		24.22	swim-off, q

18	H12 L2		24.23
19	H11 L4		24.25
20	H12 L8		24.35
21	H10 L7		24.36
22	H13 L5		24.45
23	H11 L3		24.46
24	H14 L8		24.51
25	H10 L5		24.56
25	H12 L4		24.56
27	H11 L1		24.83
28	H10 L1		24.90
29	H11 L2		24.96
30	H12 L1		24.98
31	H10 L8		25.05
31	H13 L8		25.05
33	H9 L4		25.08
34	H11 L8		25.11
35	H9 L6		25.13
36	H8 L6		25.17
37	H8 L3		25.20
38	H10 L4		25.23
39	H10 L6		25.25
40	H11 L5		25.27
41	H9 L7		25.36
42	H8 L5		25.41
42	H10 L3		25.41
44	H11 L6		25.43
45	H6 L7		25.47
46	H9 L2		25.50
47	H7 L4		25.64
48	H8 L4		25.65
49	H9 L3		25.69
50	H8 L7		25.80
51	H8 L1		25.82
51	H9 L1		25.82
53	H8 L8		25.84
54	H8 L2		25.85
55	H7 L6		25.86
56	H6 L3		25.89
57	H9 L5		25.92
58	H6 L8		25.96
59	H5 L4		26.16
60	H4 L2		26.22
61	H9 L8		26.27
62	H6 L5		26.28
63	H7 L5		26.33
64	H6 L2		26.37
65	H4 L4		26.38
66	H6 L1		26.43
67	H5 L8		26.52
68	H6 L6		26.58
69	H6 L4		26.63
69	H7 L7		26.63
71	H4 L6		26.66
72	H5 L7		26.67
73	H4 L7		26.72
74	H7 L1		26.85
75	H7 L3		26.89
76	H1 L6	Yan Lin Aung	26.90
77	H5 L3		26.93
78	H4 L5		26.97
79	H4 L1		27.01
79	H5 L1		27.01
81	H4 L8		27.07
82	H5 L6		27.09
83	H1 L2		27.10
84	H5 L5		27.11
85	H3 L3		27.16
85	H5 L2		27.16
87	H4 L3		27.17
88	H3 L8		27.62
89	H3 L5		27.80
90	H7 L8		27.87
91	H3 L4		28.07
92	H1 L1		28.26
93	H2 L4		28.43
94	H2 L5		28.50
95	H1 L8		28.62
96	H3 L1		28.86
97	H1 L3		29.56
98	H2 L6		30.24
99	H2 L7		30.29
100	H2 L2		30.41
101	H1 L7		30.50
102	H2 L8		33.35
103	H1 L4		34.74
-	H3 L2		DQ
-	H1 L5		DNS
-	H2 L1		DNS
-	H2 L3		DNS
-	H3 L6		DNS
-	H3 L7		DNS
-	H7 L2		DNS
-	H10 L2		DNS
-	H13 L1		DNS

Swim-off for 16thResults from the swim-off for 16th place, between Milorad Cavic and Kaio Almeida were:

24.02 – Milorad Cavic (Serbia & Montenegro)
24.22 – Kaio Almeida (Brazil)

Notes and References

2005 Worlds results: Men's 50m Fly - prelims, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2011-01-21.
2005 Worlds results: Men's 50m Fly - semis, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2011-01-21.
2005 Worlds results: Men's 50m Fly - Final, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2011-01-21.