Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Competition:	2009 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	26 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 27 July 2009 (final)
Competitors:	204
Win Value:	22.67 seconds
Gold:	Milorad Čavić
Goldnoc:	SRB
Silver:	Matt Targett
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Rafael Muñoz
Bronzenoc:	ESP
Prev:	2007
Next:	2011

See main article: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

The heats for the men's 50 metre butterfly race at the 2009 World Championships occurred on Sunday, 26 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

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

World record		22.43	Málaga, Spain	align=right	5 April 2009
Championship record		22.96	Montreal, Canada	align=right	25 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Nationality	Time	Record
26 July	Heat 20		22.90	CR
26 July	Heat 21	Spain	22.90	=CR
26 July	Semifinal 1	Spain	22.68	CR
27 July	Final		22.67	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1		22.90	20	5	CR, AF
2		22.90	21	4	=CR
3		22.93	21	5
4		23.04	21	3	NR
5		23.10	19	5
6		23.14	18	2
7		23.20	20	3
8		23.23	18	4	SA
8		23.23	20	6	=SA
8		23.23	20	4
11		23.24	21	6	NR
12		23.35	20	7	NR
13		23.40	19	4
13		23.40	21	0	NR
15		23.45	20	1
16		23.48	20	8
17		23.49	21	7
18		23.51	21	8
19		23.55	19	3
20		23.60	21	2
21		23.65	19	8
21		23.65	21	1
23		23.67	18	6
24		23.69	17	5	NR
25		23.73	19	2
26		23.74	16	7	NR
27		23.75	18	3
27		23.75	20	2
29		23.76	21	9
30		23.88	8	4	NR
31		23.90	16	8	NR
31		23.90	20	0
33		23.91	19	6
34		23.92	18	5	NR
35		23.93	17	7
36		23.94	18	9
37		23.95	16	9
38		23.97	18	1
39		23.98	18	0
40		24.03	12	4
41		24.04	18	7
42		24.05	11	5
42		24.05	19	9
42		24.05	20	9
45		24.08	16	0
46		24.13	17	3
46		24.13	17	6
48		24.14	18	8
49		24.15	19	0
50		24.16	16	1
50		24.16	19	1
52		24.18	16	4
53		24.22	17	0
54		24.26	14	4
54		24.26	15	4	NR
56		24.28	17	9
57		24.32	17	8
58		24.33	17	2
59		24.35	14	9
60		24.38	13	2
60		24.38	16	3	NR
62		24.39	17	1
63		24.40	16	6
64		24.41	15	8
65		24.48	12	5
66		24.53	15	5
67		24.57	15	3
68		24.58	14	8
69		24.62	15	6
70		24.67	15	7
71		24.71	6	3	NR
72		24.73	13	1
73		24.74	14	0
74		24.77	16	2
75		24.89	12	9	NR
75		24.89	16	5
77		24.90	15	9
78		24.91	14	5
79		24.92	12	6
80		24.96	17	4
81		25.06	8	6
81		25.06	14	7
83		25.13	9	3
84		25.15	14	3
85		25.19	15	2
86		25.24	15	1
87		25.25	14	2
88		25.26	13	5
89		25.27	13	3
90		25.28	12	8	NR
91		25.30	13	9
92		25.31	13	8
93		25.33	15	0
94		25.40	12	2
95		25.53	13	7
96		25.58	6	7	NR
96		25.58	12	7
98		25.59	13	4
98		25.59	13	6
100		25.62	9	5
101		25.63	7	6
102		25.68	11	3
102		25.68	11	0	NR
102		25.68	12	3
105		25.74	5	6	NR
105		25.74	9	6
107		25.81	11	8
108		25.83	8	3
109		25.84	9	4
110		25.87	14	1
111		25.88	8	2
111		25.88	11	2
113		25.92	11	6
114		25.94	12	0
115		25.97	10	4
116		25.99	11	7
117		26.00	7	2
117		26.00	11	4
119		26.02	14	6
120		26.03	2	0
121		26.16	7	9
122		26.17	10	3
123		26.20	10	5
124		26.21	8	5
125		26.23	11	9
126		26.26	11	1
127		26.35	8	7
127		26.35	10	7
129		26.42	9	8
130		26.44	7	4
131		26.52	7	7
131		26.52	9	1
133		26.61	10	0
134		26.66	9	7
135		26.72	9	9
135		26.72	10	1
137		26.76	8	9
138		26.80	9	2
139		26.82	10	8
140		26.98	7	0
141		27.02	10	9
142		27.07	6	8
142		27.07	8	0
144		27.10	9	0
145		27.14	10	6
146		27.16	8	8
147		27.21	6	2
147		27.21	7	5
149		27.28	5	5
149		27.28	6	5
151		27.30	10	2
152		27.34	7	1
153		27.47	1	5
154		27.49	7	3
155		27.50	3	5
156		27.52	8	1
157		27.53	5	2
158		27.65	5	4
159		27.71	7	8
160		27.77	2	1
161		27.78	5	1
162		27.83	5	9
163		27.84	6	6
164		27.91	6	1
165		27.98	5	8
166		28.03	6	4
167		28.04	4	6
168		28.07	5	3
169		28.10	4	7
170		28.21	6	9
171		28.25	4	3
171		28.25	5	7
173		28.38	4	1
174		28.45	4	0
175		28.46	5	0
176	Jean Hugues Gregoire	28.53	4	4
177		28.61	4	2
178		28.62	4	9
179		28.88	3	3
180		28.92	4	8
181		29.13	6	0
182		29.16	1	6
183		29.53	3	4
184		29.56	3	1
185		29.72	1	4
186		29.86	3	8
187		30.06	3	9
188		30.11	3	6
189		31.26	2	3
189		31.26	4	5
191		31.58	2	9
192		32.26	2	4
193		32.81	2	8
194		33.18	2	5
195		34.06	1	3
196		37.06	3	0
197		37.47	2	3
198		40.57	2	7
–		DSQ	2	2
–		DSQ	3	2
–		DSQ	3	7
–		DSQ	12	1
–		DSQ	13	0
–		DSQ	19	7

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	22.68	1	4	CR
2	22.75	2	5
3	23.00	2	2	AM
4	23.03	1	3
5	23.04	1	2
6	23.05	1	6	NR
7	23.10	2	1
8	23.14	1	5
9	23.18	2	4
10	23.19	2	3
11	23.25	1	8
12	23.26	2	6
13	23.37	1	7
13	23.37	2	7
15	23.50	1	1
16	23.51	2	8

Final

Rank	Time	Lane	Notes
	22.67	5	CR, NR
	22.73	2	OC
	22.88	4
4	22.93	8	NR
5	23.00	3	=AM
6	23.04	1	NR
7	23.07	7
8	23.10	6