Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates28 July (heats and semifinals)
29 July (final)
Competitors121 from 110 nations
Winning time21.06 OC
Medalists
gold medal Cameron McEvoy   Australia
silver medal Jack Alexy   United States
bronze medal Benjamin Proud   Great Britain
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4×100 mmenwomenmixed
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4×100 mmenwomenmixed
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
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The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record  César Cielo (BRA) 20.91 São Paulo, Brazil 18 December 2009
Competition record  Caeleb Dressel (USA) 21.04 Gwangju, South Korea 27 July 2019

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 28 July at 11:12.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 13 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 21.35 Q
2 13 3 Szebasztián Szabó  Hungary 21.67 Q
3 13 5 Florent Manaudou  France 21.72 Q
4 13 6 Jack Alexy  United States 21.73 Q
5 11 0 Isaac Cooper  Australia 21.82 Q
6 11 2 Meiron Cheruti  Israel 21.85 Q
7 10 9 Jordan Crooks  Cayman Islands 21.90 Q, NR
7 12 4 Benjamin Proud  Great Britain 21.90 Q
9 11 4 Ryan Held  United States 21.91 Q
9 13 2 Kristian Gkolomeev  Greece 21.91 Q
11 11 7 Vladyslav Bukhov  Ukraine 21.92 Q
12 12 0 Nicholas Lia  Norway 21.94 Q, NR
13 11 3 Joshua Liendo  Canada 21.97 Q
14 12 3 Leonardo Deplano  Italy 21.99 Q
15 12 2 Kenzo Simons  Netherlands 22.04 Q
16 12 7 Diogo Ribeiro  Portugal 22.05 Q
17 9 3 Mikel Schreuders  Aruba 22.10 S/off
17 13 8 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 22.10 S/off
19 13 7 Ian Ho  Hong Kong 22.12
20 11 5 Thom de Boer  Netherlands 22.13
20 11 8 Tom Fannon  Ireland 22.13
22 12 6 Lewis Burras  Great Britain 22.14
23 11 1 Shinri Shioura  Japan 22.15
24 10 5 Ji Yuchan  South Korea 22.17
25 13 0 Andrii Govorov  Ukraine 22.18
26 13 1 Jonathan Tan  Singapore 22.20
27 10 4 Katsumi Nakamura  Japan 22.21
28 9 1 Lamar Taylor  Bahamas 22.26 NR
28 13 9 Marcelo Chierighini  Brazil 22.26
30 11 6 Lorenzo Zazzeri  Italy 22.28
31 10 1 Ali Khalafalla  Egypt 22.30
31 10 6 Björn Seeliger  Sweden 22.30
33 10 3 Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 22.32
34 12 1 Miguel Nascimento  Portugal 22.38
35 10 7 Michael Pickett  New Zealand 22.41
36 10 8 Heiko Gigler  Austria 22.46
37 8 5 Remi Fabiani  Luxembourg 22.47 NR
38 12 9 Wang Changhao  China 22.50
39 9 7 Sergio de Celis  Spain 22.51
40 10 2 Andrej Barna  Serbia 22.52
41 9 4 Matej Dusa  Slovakia 22.53
42 8 4 Peter Varjasi  Germany 22.54
43 10 0 Guido Buscaglia  Argentina 22.56
44 9 0 Kamil Sieradzki  Poland 22.59
45 9 5 Nikola Miljenić  Croatia 22.61
46 8 2 Jorge Iga  Mexico 22.64
47 9 2 Daniel Zaitsev  Estonia 22.68
48 12 8 Teong Tzen Wei  Singapore 22.76
49 8 6 Xander Skinner  Namibia 22.78
50 7 7 David Young  Fiji 22.87 NR
50 8 0 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.87
52 8 7 Adi Mešetović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.92
53 9 6 Emre Sakçı  Turkey 22.94
54 8 1 Samyar Abdoli  Iran 23.00
55 7 6 Leo Nolles  Uruguay 23.10
56 7 5 Stefano Mitchell  Antigua and Barbuda 23.21
57 1 4 Matthew Abeysinghe  Sri Lanka 23.23
58 9 9 Oussama Sahnoune  Algeria 23.26
59 9 8 Nikolas Antoniou  Cyprus 23.27
60 8 9 Daniil Pancerevas  Lithuania 23.30
61 8 3 Luong Jérémie Loïc Nino  Vietnam 23.39
62 7 1 Benedict Parfit  Bermuda 23.47
63 7 3 Gabriel Martinez  Honduras 23.52
63 8 8 Wu Chun-feng  Chinese Taipei 23.52
65 6 7 Colins Obi Ebingha  Nigeria 23.54 NR
66 7 2 Mohammed Bedour  Jordan 23.59
67 7 4 Alaa Maso  Athlete Refugee Team 23.74
68 2 4 Alexander Shah    Nepal 23.89
69 7 0 Tendo Mukalazi  Uganda 23.94
70 6 1 José Alberto Quintanilla  Bolivia 24.06
71 3 0 Micah Masei  American Samoa 24.16
72 5 6 Brandon Schuster  Samoa 24.19
73 3 8 Damien Shamambo  Zambia 24.22
74 6 4 Swaleh Abubakar Talib Suspended Member Federation 24.23
75 7 9 Musa Zhalayev  Turkmenistan 24.29
76 6 6 Batbayar Enkhtamir  Mongolia 24.37
77 7 8 Belly-Cresus Ganira  Burundi 24.39
78 6 2 Collins Saliboko  Tanzania 24.43
79 6 9 Warren Lawrence  Dominica 24.51
80 6 5 Shane Cadogan  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.59
81 5 4 Syed Tariq  Pakistan 24.76
82 5 3 Josh Tarere  Papua New Guinea 24.77
83 6 8 Leon Seaton  Guyana 24.82
84 5 7 Mahmoud Abu Gharbieh  Palestine 24.88 NR
85 5 5 Yousef Al-Khulaifi  Qatar 24.92
86 6 0 Asif Reza  Bangladesh 24.94
87 2 1 Joel Ling Thai Yu  Brunei 24.96
88 3 7 Mohammed Qatat  Libya 25.15
89 5 2 Marc Dansou  Benin 25.16
90 5 8 Cedrick Niyibizi  Rwanda 25.28 NR
91 5 1 Phansovannarun Montross  Cambodia 25.36
92 2 5 Santisouk Inthavong  Laos 25.56
92 5 9 Tajhari Williams  Turks and Caicos Islands 25.56
94 2 2 Kapeli Siua  Tonga 25.83
95 2 0 Ailton Veira  Cape Verde 26.16
96 4 4 Travis Dui Sakurai  Palau 26.22
97 4 2 Alexander Fleming Lake  Anguilla 26.23
98 5 0 Fakhriddin Madkamov  Tajikistan 26.40
99 4 6 Houmed Houssein  Djibouti 26.76 NR
100 4 7 Souleymane Napare  Burkina Faso 26.85
101 4 5 Ekow Gwira  Ghana 27.22
102 4 1 Edgar Iro  Solomon Islands 27.28
103 4 3 Elhadj Diallo  Guinea 27.69
104 3 4 Phillip Kinono  Marshall Islands 27.72
105 2 6 Johnathan Silas  Vanuatu 27.78
106 4 0 Simanga Dlamini  Eswatini 27.84
107 4 8 Joshua Wyse  Sierra Leone 27.89
108 3 3 Adam Girard  Gabon 28.15
109 3 5 Muhammad Ali Moosa  Malawi 28.20
110 3 2 Magnim Jordano Daou  Togo 28.26
111 4 9 Aseel Khousrof  Yemen 28.39
112 1 5 Ousman Jobe  Gambia 28.47
113 2 8 Freddy Mayala  Congo 28.61
114 2 9 Tilahun Ayal Malede  Ethiopia 28.77
115 3 6 Jolanio Guterres  Timor-Leste 30.36
116 2 7 Pedro Rogery  Guinea-Bissau 30.66
117 3 9 Omar McHangama  Comoros 31.50
118 1 3 Refiloe Chopho  Lesotho 31.68 NR
119 3 1 Terence Tengue  Central African Republic 32.18
2 3 Hugo Nguichie  Cameroon DSQ
11 9 Guilherme Caribé  Brazil
6 3 Alassane Seydou  Niger DNS
12 5 Maxime Grousset  France

Swim-off

The swim-off to decide the first replacement was started on 28 July at 12:57.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mikel Schreuders  Aruba 22.10 R1
2 5 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 22.14 R2

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 28 July at 20:40.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 21.25 Q
2 1 5 Jack Alexy  United States 21.60 Q
3 1 6 Benjamin Proud  Great Britain 21.61 Q
4 2 3 Isaac Cooper  Australia 21.65 Q
5 2 6 Jordan Crooks  Cayman Islands 21.73 Q, NR
6 1 1 Leonardo Deplano  Italy 21.74 Q
7 1 2 Kristian Gkolomeev  Greece 21.85 Q
8 2 1 Joshua Liendo  Canada 21.88 WD
9 2 2 Ryan Held  United States 21.91 S/off
9 2 7 Vladyslav Bukhov  Ukraine 21.91 S/off
11 2 8 Kenzo Simons  Netherlands 21.92
12 2 5 Florent Manaudou  France 21.96
13 1 8 Diogo Ribeiro  Portugal 22.03
14 1 3 Meiron Cheruti  Israel 22.04
15 1 7 Nicholas Lia  Norway 22.12
16 1 4 Szebasztián Szabó  Hungary 22.16

Swim-off

The swim-off to decide the first replacement was started on 28 July at 22:09.[8]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ryan Held  United States 21.68 Q
2 5 Vladyslav Bukhov  Ukraine 21.70 R1

Final

The final was started on 29 July at 20:09.[9]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 21.06 OC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Jack Alexy  United States 21.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Benjamin Proud  Great Britain 21.58
4 6 Isaac Cooper  Australia 21.70
5 8 Ryan Held  United States 21.72
6 2 Jordan Crooks  Cayman Islands 21.73 =NR
7 1 Kristian Gkolomeev  Greece 21.82
8 7 Leonardo Deplano  Italy 21.92

References

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2023.