The Men's 50 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 16–17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Preliminary heats and semifinals of the event were on 16 December; the final on 17 December.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWRRoland Schoeman 20.30 Pietermaritzburg 8 August 2009 CR Duje Draganja 20.81 Manchester 11 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR 16 December 2010 Semifinals César Cielo Filho 20.61 CR 17 December 2010 Final César Cielo Filho 20.51 CR

Results

Preliminary heats Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 16 4 21.06 Q 2 17 5 21.11 Q 3 17 4 21.12 Q 4 16 1 21.23 Q 5 15 5 21.38 Q 6 17 6 21.41 Q 7 15 4 21.43 Q 7 15 7 21.43 Q 7 17 2 21.43 Q 10 15 2 21.45 Q 11 17 1 21.48 Q 12 15 3 21.61 Q 13 16 5 21.66 Q 14 16 3 21.67 * 15 17 3 21.70 Q 16 16 2 21.71 Q 17 16 6 21.72 Q 18 16 7 21.86 19 17 7 21.89 20 17 8 21.90 21 14 5 21.91 22 13 2 21.95 22 14 4 21.95 24 15 1 21.99 25 15 6 22.00 26 13 5 22.07 27 15 8 22.08 28 11 8 22.10 29 13 7 22.13 30 10 4 22.15 30 13 8 22.15 32 16 8 22.16 33 14 6 22.18 34 12 1 22.22 35 11 6 22.29 36 14 7 22.34 36 14 8 22.34 38 14 2 22.39 39 12 3 22.44 40 2 1 22.45 41 12 4 22.50 42 13 3 22.62 43 13 1 22.65 44 14 3 22.70 45 14 1 22.73 46 10 6 22.74 47 12 5 22.80 48 13 4 22.86 49 11 1 22.87 49 12 8 22.87 51 10 5 22.94 51 12 7 22.94 53 12 6 23.05 54 10 1 23.14 54 12 2 23.14 56 9 6 23.16 57 10 7 23.19 57 11 5 23.19 57 11 4 23.19 60 10 3 23.35 61 11 3 23.39 62 9 4 23.50 63 11 7 23.51 64 9 3 23.57 65 8 6 23.78 66 9 5 23.79 67 7 5 23.83 67 7 1 23.83 69 7 3 23.86 70 8 1 24.03 71 9 2 24.04 72 8 5 24.05 73 10 2 24.16 74 7 4 24.36 75 3 7 24.39 76 8 4 24.55 76 8 2 24.55 78 8 8 24.61 79 10 8 24.73 80 5 7 24.82 81 8 7 24.87 82 8 3 24.93 83 7 2 24.96 84 6 4 25.01 85 1 8 25.03 86 9 1 25.13 87 6 7 25.17 88 5 6 25.25 89 7 6 25.28 90 6 3 25.36 91 6 2 25.39 92 3 8 25.45 93 5 3 25.62 94 1 1 25.84 95 7 7 25.93 96 2 3 25.95 97 6 6 25.98 98 5 4 26.22 99 4 6 26.31 100 5 2 26.38 101 5 8 26.40 102 5 5 26.48 103 2 8 26.59 104 1 7 26.65 105 6 1 26.75 106 5 1 26.83 107 2 4 26.96 108 4 2 27.03 109 4 7 27.16 110 4 3 27.21 111 6 8 27.42 112 1 3 27.59 113 4 4 27.74 114 9 7 27.86 115 7 8 28.06 116 4 5 28.10 117 2 2 28.18 118 4 8 28.33 119 1 6 28.75 120 3 2 28.91 121 2 6 29.60 122 1 5 29.83 NR 123 3 1 29.85 124 3 4 30.23 125 6 5 31.55 126 2 7 32.05 127 3 5 32.19 128 4 1 33.79 129 1 2 34.58 130 1 4 40.84 3 6 2 5 3 3 9 8 11 2 13 6 * Kishida scratched the semifinals, so Dotto (17th) advanced to the semifinals in his place.

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 César Cielo 20.61 Q, CR, AM 2 2 1 Marco Orsi 21.10 Q 3 2 5 Frédérick Bousquet 21.17Q 4 1 8 Luca Dotto 21.25 Q 5 2 3 Steffen Deibler 21.25 Q 6 1 6 Alain Bernard 21.26 Q 6 2 6 Sergey Fesikov 21.26 Q 8 1 2 Kyle Richardson 21.29 ? 8 2 2 Josh Schneider 21.29 ? 10 1 5 George Bovell 21.33 11 1 4 Nathan Adrian 21.35 12 1 3 Stefan Nystrand 21.37 13 2 8 Nicholas Santos 21.43 14 2 7 Matthew Abood 21.48 15 1 1 Roland Mark Schoeman 21.57 16 1 7 Andrii Govorov 21.78

Swim-off Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Josh Schneider 21.19 Q 2 5 Kyle Richardson 21.28

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 César Cielo 20.51 CR, AM 3 Frédérick Bousquet 20.81 8 Josh Schneider 20.88 4 2 Steffen Deibler 20.97 5 5 Marco Orsi 21.00 6 7 Alain Bernard 21.20 7 1 Sergey Fesikov 21.23 8 6 Luca Dotto 21.37

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