2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	13 December (heats and semifinals) 14 December (final)
Competitors:	128
Nations:	117
Win Value:	20.33
Gold:	Vladimir Morozov
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Caeleb Dressel
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Brad Tandy
Bronzenoc:	RSA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 and 14 December 2018.^[1]

Records

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

The heats were started on 13 December at 10:17.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	13	9		20.62	Q, NR
2	13	4		20.89	Q
3	13	3		20.97	Q
4	12	4		20.98	Q
5	12	7		21.10	Q, NR
6	12	6		21.19	Q
7	13	5		21.25	Q
8	11	4		21.30	Q
9	13	0		21.31	Q
10	12	2		21.33	Q
11	13	8		21.34	Q
12	11	7		21.35	Q
13	9	6		21.38	Q, NR
13	13	6		21.38	Q
15	11	5		21.39	Q
16	11	3		21.40
16	11	6		21.40
18	12	3		21.48
19	13	1		21.51
20	11	2		21.53
21	13	2		21.57
22	12	1		21.61
22	12	5		21.61
24	11	1		21.66
25	10	0		21.67
26	13	7		21.71
27	9	3		21.73
28	12	8		21.77
29	10	6		21.78	NR
29	12	0		21.78
31	9	9		21.81
32	9	4		21.82
33	11	8		21.85
34	12	9		21.98
35	10	3		22.01
35	10	8		22.01
37	10	5		22.02
38	10	2		22.07
38	11	0		22.07
40	8	2		22.09
41	9	1		22.10
41	10	9		22.10
43	2	6		22.11
44	10	1		22.19
45	11	9		22.25
46	9	2		22.28
46	9	5		22.28
48	10	7		22.29
49	2	7		22.41
50	8	4		22.43
51	8	6		22.44	NR
52	8	3		22.49
53	9	0		22.50
54	9	8		22.51
55	9	7		22.52
56	8	7		22.65
57	7	8		22.75
58	8	0		22.86	NR
59	7	5	Sebastian Arispe	22.98
60	8	5		22.99	NR
61	7	1		23.00
62	7	4		23.10
63	8	1		23.15
64	8	9		23.21
65	8	8		23.30
66	7	3		23.32
67	7	2		23.42
68	6	6		23.51
69	7	6		23.56
70	3	7		23.59
71	6	3		23.60
72	6	4		23.61
73	5	5		23.62
74	6	7		23.65
75	6	8		23.66	NR
76	6	2		23.75
77	6	9		23.77
78	7	7		23.81
79	1	5		23.83
80	6	1		23.84
81	6	5		23.86
82	2	0		24.02
83	3	2		24.09
84	7	9		24.24
85	4	0		24.27
86	3	6		24.35
87	5	2		24.42
88	6	0		24.46
89	1	4		24.77
90	5	6		24.88	NR
91	2	3		24.92
92	1	2		25.00
92	5	4		25.00
94	3	0		25.12
94	5	7		25.12
96	2	1		25.33
97	1	3		25.40
98	3	1		25.43
98	3	8		25.43
100	1	1		25.47
100	5	1		25.47
102	5	8		25.48
103	4	9		25.95
104	4	1		26.03
105	2	9		26.09
106	5	9		26.70
107	2	5		26.71
108	5	0		26.75
109	2	8		27.66
110	2	2		28.06
111	4	2		28.17
112	3	4		28.25
113	4	5		28.55
114	1	6		28.86
115	3	5		29.54
116	4	4		29.63
117	1	8		29.70
118	4	7		29.76
119	3	9		30.06
120	4	6		30.54	NR
121	4	3		30.89
122	2	4		31.21
123	3	3		31.72
124	4	8		32.42
	7	0		DNS
	1	7		DSQ
	5	3		DSQ
	10	4		DSQ

The swim-off was held on 13 December at 11:45.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			21.25	Q
2	4			21.28

The semifinals were started on 13 December at 19:37.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	20.51	Q, =AM
2	5	20.97	Q
3	3	21.03	Q, NR
4	8	21.06	Q
5	6	21.18
6	7	21.30
7	1	21.39
8	2	21.43

The swim-off was held on 14 December at 09:30.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			20.98	Q
2	4			21.08

The final was held on 14 December at 20:03.^[6]