Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	18 June (heats and semifinals) 19 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	71
Nations:	63
Win Value:	22.57
Gold:	Caeleb Dressel
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Nicholas Santos
Silver Nation:	BRA
Bronze:	Michael Andrew
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 18 June at 09:55.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	8			22.87	Q, NR
2	7	4			22.88	Q
2	8	6			22.88	Q, NR
4	6	4			22.89	Q
5	7	1			23.04	Q, NR
6	6	6			23.07	Q
7	7	3			23.08	Q
8	8	5			23.11	Q
9	6	5			23.27	Q
10	8	2			23.31	Q
11	7	5			23.34	Q
12	8	1			23.38	Q
13	8	4			23.46	Q
14	6	0			23.51	Q, NR
14	8	3			23.51	Q
16	6	3			23.53
16	6	7			23.53
18	6	1			23.54
19	8	8			23.58
20	6	2			23.60
21	7	8			23.62
21	8	7			23.62
23	7	6			23.64
23	7	7			23.64
25	6	8			23.66
26	5	6			23.69
26	7	9			23.69
28	5	5			23.72
28	8	9			23.72
30	7	0			23.73
31	7	2			23.78
32	5	3			23.83
33	6	9			23.86
34	4	6			23.94	NR
35	5	4			24.01
36	5	1			24.02
37	5	7			24.11
38	5	2			24.13
38	4	5			24.13
40	4	8			24.16
41	8	0			24.26
42	4	4			24.32
43	4	7			24.34
44	5	0			24.38
45	4	3			24.39
46	5	9			24.60
47	3	3			24.61
48	4	2			24.77
49	4	1			24.81
50	4	0			24.97
51	3	4			25.04
51	3	5			25.04	NR
53	3	2			25.27
54	1	3			25.44
55	3	6			25.59
56	1	7			25.63
57	4	9			26.11
58	1	6			26.21
59	2	7			26.89
60	3	7			27.07
61	2	8			27.24
62	3	1			27.33
63	2	6			27.50
64	2	0			27.85
65	2	4			29.06
66	3	9			29.24
67	3	0			29.25
68	2	5			29.57
69	1	5			30.50
70	1	4			33.76
–	1	2			Did not start
	2	1
	2	2
	2	9
	3	8
	2	3			Disqualified

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 18 June at 11:39.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			23.38	Q
2	5			23.40

Semifinals

The heats were started on 18 June at 18:24.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	6			22.76	Q
2	1	4			22.79	Q
2	2	5			22.79	Q, NR
4	1	5			22.87	Q
5	1	6			22.91	Q
6	2	4			22.98	Q
7	2	8			23.03	Q
8	2	1			23.04	Q
9	1	3			23.10
10	2	2			23.14
11	1	1			23.18	NR
12	1	2			23.23
13	2	3			23.29
14	2	7			23.31
15	1	7			23.38
16	1	8			23.50

Final

The final was held on 19 June at 18:48.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			22.57
	8			22.78
	6			22.79
4	7			22.85	NR
5	3			22.86
6	2			23.01
7	4			23.08
8	1			23.29

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. fina.org. 15 June 2022.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
3. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 18 June 2022.
4. Web site: Swim-off results. omegatiming.com. 18 June 2022.
5. Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 18 June 2022.
6. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 19 June 2022.