Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates:	August 2, 2013 (heats &<br/>semifinals) August 3, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	106
Nations:	98
Win Value:	21.32
Gold:	César Cielo
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silver:	Vladimir Morozov
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	George Bovell
Bronzenoc:	TRI
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The men's 50 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 2–3 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held at 10:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	11	4	21.72	Q
2	11	5	21.76	Q
3	9	7	21.80	Q, NR
4	9	6	21.84	Q
5	10	5	21.87	Q
6	10	4	21.88	Q
7	9	5	21.95	Q
8	11	6	22.01	Q
8	11	7	22.01	Q
10	10	7	22.02	Q, NR
11	9	4	22.04	Q
11	9	3	22.04	Q
13	1	1	22.08	Q
14	10	3	22.09	Q
15	11	3	22.11	Q
16	10	8	22.25	Q
17	10	6	22.30
18	9	2	22.31
19	9	8	22.38
20	10	9	22.41
21	11	2	22.45
22	8	7	22.48	NR
23	10	2	22.61
24	11	1	22.62
25	9	9	22.64
26	7	5	22.69
27	7	6	22.71	NR
28	10	1	22.77
29	11	0	22.78
29	8	4	22.78
31	8	9	22.81
32	7	3	22.84
33	10	0	22.85
34	8	5	22.89
35	7	7	22.90
35	7	0	22.90
37	9	0	22.93
38	7	2	22.98
39	8	3	22.99
40	8	1	23.00
41	7	4	23.07
42	8	6	23.11
43	8	2	23.13
44	7	8	23.14
45	6	6	23.25	NR
46	8	8	23.34	NR
47	6	7	23.47	NR
47	6	8	23.47
49	7	1	23.49
50	6	9	23.58
51	11	9	23.64
52	1	4	23.82
53	6	5	24.00
54	8	0	24.07
55	5	5	24.10
56	6	2	24.11
57	5	3	24.16
58	5	6	24.32
59	2	1	24.39
60	5	8	24.45
61	6	1	24.49
62	6	0	24.54
63	6	4	24.55
64	5	2	24.65
65	7	9	24.69
66	4	4	25.00
67	5	7	25.32
68	5	0	25.33
69	4	3	25.39
70	4	9	25.47
71	4	5	25.52
72	5	9	25.58
73	4	1	25.61
74	4	2	25.64
75	4	6	25.81
76	5	4	25.85
77	1	7	25.99
78	3	5	26.04
79	3	5	26.41
79	4	8	26.41
81	2	0	26.92
82	3	4	26.93
83	3	3	27.14
84	3	1	27.27
85	9	1	27.34
86	2	3	27.46
86	3	7	27.46
88	3	8	27.48
89	2	9	27.53
90	2	5	28.25
91	4	7	28.30
92	3	0	28.38
93	4	0	28.41
94	2	2	28.42
95	3	2	28.74
96	3	9	28.75
97	2	4	28.78
98	2	6	29.00
99	2	7	29.05
100	11	8	29.08
101	1	2	29.79
102	1	6	30.54
103	1	5	31.10
104	1	3	31.78
105	2	8	33.15
	5	1
	6	3

The semifinals were held at 18:38.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	21.60	Q
1	4	21.60	Q
3	7	21.67	Q, =AF
4	1	21.74	Q
5	6	21.84
6	5	21.91
7	8	21.98	NR
8	2	22.04

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	21.37	Q
2	3	21.42	Q
3	8	21.62	Q
4	6	21.63	Q, NR
5	7	21.79
6	5	21.96
7	1	22.00
8	2	22.28

The final was held at 18:09.^[5]