Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

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Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	1 July
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	19
Nations:	12
Win Value:	23.38
Gold:	Diogo Ribeiro
Gold Nation:	POR
Silver:	Matteo Rivolta
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Kristian Gkolomeev
Bronze Nation:	GRE
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 1 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.

Records

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

World record		22.27	Rome, Italy	1 July 2018
Mediterranean Games record		23.50	Mersin, Turkey	24 June 2013

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:10.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			23.70	Q
2	2	6			23.81	Q
3	2	3			23.89	Q
4	3	4			24.03	Q
5	1	5			24.05	Q
6	1	6			24.08	Q
7	3	3			24.09	Q
8	3	6			24.15	Q
9	2	4			24.20
10	3	5			24.25
11	1	3			24.26
12	1	7			24.47
13	2	5			24.57
14	3	2			24.66
15	2	2			24.89
16	3	7			25.11
17	1	2			26.26
18	2	7			26.74
19	3	1			29.88

Final

The final was held at 18:04.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			23.38	GR
	3			23.59
	4			23.61
4	5			23.70
5	2			23.71
6	1			23.87
7	7			23.96
8	8			24.27

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 50m Butterfly Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 1 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 50m Butterfly Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 1 July 2022.