See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.
| Event: | Men's 50 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2018 Mediterranean Games |
| Dates: | 25 June 2018 |
| Venue: | Campclar Aquatic Center |
| Location: | Tarragona, Spain |
| Competitors: | 20 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Win Value: | 21.66 |
| Gold: | Kristian Golomeev |
| Gold Nation: | GRE |
| Silver: | Oussama Sahnoune |
| Silver Nation: | ALG |
| Bronze: | Ali Khalafalla |
| Bronze Nation: | EGY |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 25 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record | 20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | 18 December 2009 | ||
| Mediterranean Games record | 21.17 | Pescara, Italy | 28 June 2009 |
The heats were held at 09:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Ali Khalafalla | 22.05 | Q, NR | ||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Oussama Sahnoune | 22.16 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Kristian Golomeev | 22.37 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Andrea Vergani | 22.51 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Andrej Barna | 22.57 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Luca Dotto | 22.58 | Q | ||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Juan Segura | 22.79 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Nikola Bjelajac | 22.96 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Hüseyin Emre Sakçı | 22.97 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Abdelrahman Elaraby | 22.99 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Uroš Nikolić | 23.12 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Adi Mešetović | 23.19 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Yalım Acımış | 23.21 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Souhail Hamouchane | 23.29 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Fotios Koliopoulos | 23.49 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Omiros Zagkas | 23.62 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Marcos García | 23.74 | |||
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Anthony Barbar | 23.87 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Vangelis Zorbis | 24.10 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Dren Ukimeraj | 26.09 | |||
| 1 | 1 | Audai Hassouna |
The final was held at 17:30.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kristian Golomeev | 21.66 | NR | |||
| 5 | Oussama Sahnoune | 21.96 | NR | |||
| 4 | Ali Khalafalla | 21.97 | NR | |||
| 4 | 6 | Andrea Vergani | 22.13 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Luca Dotto | 22.13 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Juan Segura | 22.44 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Andrej Barna | 22.60 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Nikola Bjelajac | 22.84 | =NR |