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

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 June (heats and semifinals) 24 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	91
Nations:	81
Win Value:	21.32
Gold:	Ben Proud
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Michael Andrew
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Maxime Grousset
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held on 23 June at 09:30.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	10	5			21.71	Q
2	9	3			21.72	Q
3	8	4			21.74	Q
4	9	4			21.76	Q
5	10	6			21.87	Q
6	10	2			21.89	Q
7	10	3			21.90	Q
8	8	5			21.91	Q
9	8	6			21.95	Q
10	8	3			21.97	Q
10	9	6			21.97	Q
12	9	1			21.99	Q
13	9	5			22.04	Q
14	8	7			22.07	Q
15	9	2			22.09	Q
16	9	7			22.12	Q
17	6	2			22.19
17	6	6			22.19
19	5	5			22.20	NR
20	8	0			22.26
20	10	8			22.26
22	7	4			22.30
23	10	1			22.32
24	6	3			22.44
25	6	4			22.45
25	8	2			22.45
27	7	1			22.47
28	8	1			22.48
28	8	8			22.48
30	9	9			22.51
31	7	3			22.53
32	6	5			22.55
33	6	1			22.56
34	7	8			22.59
34	7	9			22.59
36	10	7			22.60
37	9	8			22.64
38	7	7			22.68
38	10	0			22.68
40	9	0			22.69
41	7	5			22.71
41	7	6			22.71
43	6	8			22.74
44	7	2			22.75
45	5	4			22.77
46	10	9	Alexander Varakin		22.79
47	6	7			22.80
48	6	0			22.86
49	5	2			22.92
50	8	9			22.95
51	7	0			23.17
52	5	9			23.20
53	5	8			23.29
54	5	0			23.42
55	5	3			23.46
55	6	9			23.46
57	5	7			23.52
58	5	6			23.74
59	1	2			23.96
60	4	1	Belly-Cresus Ganira		24.03
61	4	2			24.15
62	4	7			24.23
63	4	4			24.38
64	2	2			24.42
65	1	6			24.44
66	4	8			24.57
67	4	5			24.58
68	4	6			24.63
69	4	3			24.94
70	4	0			25.07
71	4	9			25.13
72	3	4			25.26
73	2	7			25.44
74	3	5			25.45
75	3	6			25.50
76	1	8			26.02
77	1	3			26.11
78	2	6			26.25
79	3	3			26.45
80	1	5			26.57
81	2	4			27.05
82	3	2			27.39
83	1	1			27.51
84	3	0			27.54
85	2	0			27.56
86	3	1			27.72
87	3	8			27.93
88	3	9			28.30
89	1	4			29.48
90	2	9			32.52
	2	8
	1	7
	2	1
	2	3
	2	5
	3	7
	5	1		FINA Refugee Team
	10	4

The semifinals started on 23 June at 18:42.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	5	21.42	Q
2	2	2	21.70	Q
3	1	4	21.73	Q
4	1	3	21.78	Q
5	2	5	21.80	Q
5	2	6	21.80	Q
7	1	7	21.81	Q
8	2	4	21.83
8	2	7	21.83
10	2	3	21.87
11	2	1	21.95
12	1	6	21.99
13	1	1	22.00
14	1	2	22.01
15	2	8	22.02
16	1	8	22.13

The swim-off started on 23 June at 20:13.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			21.59	Q
2	4			21.62

The final was held on 24 June at 18:09.^[6]