The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 and 22 July 2019.[1][2] The defending champion Ben Proud finished 7th in the final. The winner, Caeleb Dressel, set a competition record in the final, winning in 22.35 seconds.
Men's 50 metre butterfly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
Dates | 21 July (heats and semifinals) 22 July (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 94 from 87 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 22.35 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Andriy Govorov (UKR) | 22.27 | Rome, Italy | 1 July 2018 |
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Competition record | Milorad Čavić (SRB) | 22.67 | Rome, Italy | 27 July 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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21 July | Semifinal | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 22.57 | CR |
22 July | Final | 22.35 | CR |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held on 21 July at 11:02.[3]
Semifinals
editThe semifinals were held on 21 July at 20:23.[4]
Semifinal 1
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 22.80 | Q |
2 | 5 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 23.09 | Q |
3 | 1 | Piero Codia | Italy | 23.29 | |
4 | 3 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 23.31 | |
5 | 8 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 23.36 | |
6 | 6 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.37 | |
7 | 2 | Maxime Grousset | France | 23.41 | |
8 | 7 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 23.62 |
Semifinal 2
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 22.57 | Q, CR, AM |
2 | 7 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 22.77 | Q |
3 | 5 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 22.88 | Q |
4 | 3 | Michael Andrew | United States | 22.95 | Q |
5 | 2 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 23.14 | Q |
6 | 6 | Andrey Zhilkin | Russia | 23.21 | Q |
7 | 1 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 23.29 | |
8 | 8 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt | 23.68 |
Final
editThe final was held on 22 July at 20:47.[5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 22.35 | CR, AM | |
6 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 22.70 | NR | |
5 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 22.79 | ||
4 | 2 | Michael Andrew | United States | 22.80 | |
5 | 7 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 22.90 | NR |
6 | 3 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 22.91 | |
7 | 1 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 23.01 | |
8 | 8 | Andrey Zhilkin | Russia | 23.11 |