Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Championship:	2017 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 July (heats and semifinals) 24 July (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	84
Nations:	78
Win Value:	22.75
Gold:	Ben Proud
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Nicholas Santos
Silver Nation:	BRA
Bronze:	Andriy Govorov
Bronze Nation:	UKR
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 23 July at 10:33.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	4			22.92	Q
2	8	5			22.97	Q
3	8	7			23.05	Q, AS
4	7	4			23.11	Q
5	9	4			23.24	Q
6	9	5			23.34	Q
7	7	3			23.38	Q
8	9	3			23.41	Q
9	9	6			23.42	Q
10	7	2			23.49	Q
11	7	6			23.50	Q
12	8	8			23.51	Q
13	9	1			23.52	Q, NR
14	9	2			23.54	Q
15	8	6			23.55	Q
16	8	2			23.66	Q
17	7	5			23.68
18	5	4			23.71
19	6	6			23.73
20	7	1			23.85
21	8	3			23.86
22	7	7			23.91
22	9	7			23.91
24	6	5			23.93
25	9	0			23.94
26	7	0			23.99
27	7	9			24.00
28	7	8			24.09
28	9	9			24.09
30	8	1			24.10
31	8	0			24.13
32	8	9			24.17
33	9	8			24.19
34	6	3			24.20
35	6	1			24.43
36	6	4			24.45
37	5	5			24.50
38	6	9			24.54
39	6	8			24.56
40	5	2			24.58
41	6	7			24.63
41	6	0			24.63
43	6	2			24.65
44	5	8			24.73
45	5	3			24.80
46	4	4			25.02
47	5	1			25.06
48	2	6			25.12
49	5	9			25.15
50	5	6			25.17
51	4	5			25.20
52	5	7			25.23
53	4	3			25.24
54	4	6			25.35
55	5	0			25.43
56	1	7			25.74
57	4	1			25.98
58	4	7			25.99
59	2	4			26.11
60	3	7	Abdullah Al-Doori		26.28
61	2	2	Daniel Francisco		26.33
62	2	8			26.35
63	4	8			26.40
64	4	0			26.44
65	4	9	George Jabbour		26.69
66	3	8			26.95
67	3	4			26.99
68	3	0	Adam Moncherry		27.23
69	3	9			27.45
70	3	5			27.47
71	1	4			27.50
72	1	3			27.52
73	3	6			27.98
74	1	0			28.26
75	3	1			28.57
76	1	5			29.63
77	2	5			29.81
78	1	6			30.08
79	2	1			30.53
80	2	7			30.59
81	1	2			33.70
	1	1
	1	8
	2	3
	2	0
	2	9
	3	3
	3	2
	4	2

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 23 July at 17:53.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			22.76	Q, NR
2	5			22.92	Q
3	3			23.13	Q
4	1			23.31	Q, WJ
5	6			23.51
6	7			23.54
7	8			23.71
8	2			23.72

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			22.77	Q
2	3			22.84	Q
3	5			22.93	Q, AS
4	6			23.25	Q
5	2			23.37
6	7			23.41
7	1			23.52	=NR
8	8			23.62

Final

The final was held on 24 July at 18:17.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			22.75	NR
	3			22.79
	5			22.84
4	4			22.89
5	2			22.95
6	7			23.14
7	8			23.31
8	1			23.38

Notes and References

1. https://www.fina-budapest2017.com/downloads/BP2017_WC_schedule_5.pdf Schedule
2. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0104EB01FFFFFFFFFFFF00 Start list
3. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0104EB01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Heats results
4. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0104EB02FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Semifinals results
5. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0104EB04FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Final results