Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	16 February (heats and semifinal) 17 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	117
Nations:	111
Win Value:	21.44
Gold:	Vladyslav Bukhov
Gold Nation:	UKR
Silver:	Cameron McEvoy
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Ben Proud
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 February 2024.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

The heats were held on 16 February at 10:08.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	12	4	21.13	Q
2	10	5	21.56	Q
3	11	6	21.70	Q
4	10	4	21.78	Q
5	12	2	21.83	Q
6	11	1	21.85	Q
7	12	5	21.86	Q
8	11	4	21.88	Q
9	12	6	21.89	Q
10	12	3	21.93	Q
11	10	2	21.95	Q
12	11	3	21.98	Q
13	11	9	21.99	Q
14	10	3	22.03	Q
15	9	1	22.05	Q
16	9	6	22.12	Q, NR
17	12	0	22.13
18	11	2	22.14
19	12	1	22.19
20	9	4	22.20
20	10	8	22.20
22	10	7	22.22
22	11	8	22.22
24	10	1	22.23
24	10	6	22.23
26	11	7	22.25
27	11	0	22.26
28	12	7	22.27
29	9	7	22.28
30	11	5	22.32
31	8	6	22.33
32	9	5	22.41
33	9	2	22.48
33	12	8	22.48
35	10	9	22.55
36	9	9	22.76
37	9	8	22.81
38	9	3	22.84
39	9	0	22.95
40	8	3	22.98
41	8	0	23.06
42	10	0	23.11
43	8	4	23.12
44	8	5	23.15
45	8	8	23.30
46	7	0	23.41
47	5	4	23.44
48	1	3	23.45
48	7	5	23.45
50	7	6	23.47
51	8	7	23.48
52	8	1	23.52
53	7	3	23.63
54	7	7	23.70
55	8	2	23.73
56	8	9	23.75
57	5	3	23.77
58	6	4	23.79
59	7	4	23.80
60	6	3	23.87
61	7	2	24.00
62	6	5	24.01
63	7	1	24.10
64	6	6	24.14
65	7	8	24.23
66	6	9	24.25
67	5	5	24.27
67	7	9	24.27
69	6	10	24.32
70	6	2	24.34
71	6	1	24.35
72	6	7	24.50
73	6	8	24.60
74	5	6	24.62
75	5	2	24.64
76	2	9	24.77
77	1	0	24.83
78	5	1	24.85
79	5	7	25.04
80	5	8	25.12
81	2	8	25.31
82	5	0	25.35
83	1	4	25.47
84	1	5	25.66
85	5	9	25.72
86	4	4	25.80
86	4	7	25.80
88	4	5	25.83
89	2	5	25.93
90	4	2	25.94
91	4	3	26.38
92	4	6	26.48
93	4	8	26.51
94	4	1	26.62
95	2	6	26.88
96	3	1	27.16
97	1	8	27.21
98	3	2	27.32
99	3	7	27.34
100	4	0	27.35
101	3	5	27.37
102	2	2	27.44
103	3	6	27.49
104	4	9	27.62
105	2	0	27.69
106	3	4	27.74
107	2	3	27.87
108	1	6	27.88
109	1	2	28.17
110	3	3	28.61
111	2	1	29.23
112	3	9	29.56
113	3	8	30.06
114	1	1	30.43
115	3	0	30.63
116	2	4	31.69
–	1	7	Did not start
	12	9
	2	7	Disqualified

The semifinals were held on 16 February at 19:40.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	21.23	Q
2	1	4	21.38	Q, NR
3	1	6	21.54	Q
4	2	1	21.67	Q
5	2	5	21.72	Q
6	2	2	21.73	Q
7	2	6	21.74	Q
8	1	5	21.77	Q
9	1	3	21.80
10	1	7	21.81
11	2	3	21.84
12	1	2	21.87
13	2	8	21.89	NR
14	1	1	21.99
15	2	7	22.01
16	1	8	22.11	NR

The final was held on 17 February at 19:09.^[6]

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