The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 February 2024.
Background Australia's Cameron McEvoy was the defending champion and favourite for the event, followed by Great Britain's Ben Proud. SwimSwam wrote that they were the "two clear-and-away front-runners in this race", predicting that McEvoy would win gold, Proud would win silver, and Michael Andrew of the United States would win bronze. Also in contention for medals were Isaac Cooper of Australia, Ukraine's Vladyslav Bukhov, Greeks Kristian Gkolomeev and Stergios Bilas, and Italian Leonardo Deplano.
Qualification
Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time at approved qualifying events. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 22.12 seconds. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 22.89. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women into the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. +Top 10 fastest qualification timesSwimmerCountryTimeCompetitionCameron McEvoy21.062023 World Aquatics ChampionshipsBen Proud21.582023 World Aquatics ChampionshipsMichael Andrew21.642023 USA Swimming ChampionshipsIsaac Cooper21.652023 World Aquatics ChampionshipsSzebasztian Szabó21.672023 World Aquatics ChampionshipsDylan Carter21.69ASATT Championship 2023Vladyslav Bukhov21.702023 World Aquatics ChampionshipsJi Yu-chan21.722022 Asian GamesLeonardo Deplano21.742023 World Aquatics ChampionshipsMatt King21.802023 USA Swimming Championships
Heats The heats were held on 16 February at 10:08.
+ Results Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 12 4 Cameron McEvoy 21.13 Q 2 10 5 Vladyslav Bukhov 21.56 Q 3 11 6 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.70 Q 4 10 4 Michael Andrew 21.78 Q 5 12 2 Ian Yentou Ho 21.83 Q 6 11 1 Lorenzo Zazzeri 21.85 Q 7 12 5 Isaac Cooper 21.86 Q 8 11 4 Benjamin Proud 21.88 Q 9 12 6 Kenzo Simons 21.89 Q 10 12 3 Ji Yu-chan 21.93 Q 11 10 2 Dylan Carter 21.95 Q 12 11 3 Leonardo Deplano 21.98 Q 13 11 9 Bjoern Seeliger 21.99 Q 14 10 3 Matt King 22.03 Q 15 9 1 Andrej Barna 22.05 Q 16 9 6 Matej Duša 22.12 Q, NR 17 12 0 Thom de Boer 22.13 18 11 2 Diogo Ribeiro 22.14 19 12 1 Nicholas Lia 22.19 20 9 4 Pawel Juraszek 22.20 20 10 8 Nikola Miljenic 22.20 22 10 7 Mikel Schreuders 22.22 22 11 8 Shinri Shioura 22.22 24 10 1 Thomas Fannon 22.23 24 10 6 Stergios Marios Bilas 22.23 26 11 7 Miguel Nascimento 22.25 27 11 0 Alberto Mestre 22.26 28 12 7 Jonathan Tan 22.27 29 9 7 Heiko Gigler 22.28 30 11 5 Szebasztian Szabo 22.32 31 8 6 Clayton Jimmie 22.33 32 9 5 Lamar Taylor 22.41 33 9 2 Kaloyan Bratanov 22.48 33 12 8 Andrii Govorov 22.48 35 10 9 Remi Fabiani 22.55 36 9 9 Oussama Sahnoune 22.76 37 9 8 Kalle Aleksanteri Makinen 22.81 38 9 3 Cameron Gray 22.84 39 9 0 Javier Núñez 22.95 40 8 3 Samyar Abdoli 22.98 41 8 0 Diego Aranda 23.06 42 10 0 Emre Sakci 23.11 43 8 4 Adi Mesetovic 23.12 44 8 5 Stephen Calkins 23.15 45 8 8 Hansel Mccaig 23.30 46 7 0 Grisi Koxhaku 23.41 47 5 4 Yousuf Almatrooshi 23.44 48 1 3 Kyle Abeysinghe 23.45 48 7 5 Emad Addin Zapen 23.45 50 7 6 Bernat Lomero 23.47 51 8 7 Stefano Mitchell 23.48 52 8 1 Jeancarlo Calderon 23.52 53 7 3 Tendo Mukalazi 23.63 54 7 7 Tristan Dorville 23.70 55 8 2 Alaa Maso 23.73 56 8 9 Johann Stickland 23.75 57 5 3 Steven Aimable 23.77 58 6 4 Alexander Shah 23.79 59 7 4 Colins Obi Ebingha 23.80 60 6 3 Jose Quintanilla 23.87 61 7 2 Micah Masei 24.00 62 6 5 Nixon Hernandez 24.01 63 7 1 Musa Zhalayev 24.10 64 6 6 Antoine De Lapparent 24.14 65 7 8 Irvin Hoost 24.23 66 6 9 Mohamad Zubaid 24.25 67 5 5 Adam Moncherry 24.27 67 7 9 Sidrell Williams 24.27 69 6 10 Belly-Cresus Ganira 24.32 70 6 2 Filipe Gomes 24.34 71 6 1 Ovesh Purahoo 24.35 72 6 7 Damien Shamambo 24.50 73 6 8 Issa Samir Hamed Al 24.60 74 5 6 SMH Tariq 24.62 75 5 2 Josh Tarere 24.64 76 2 9 Alexien Kouma 24.77 77 1 0 Jefferson Kpanou 24.83 78 5 1 Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi 24.85 79 5 7 Yousef Al-khulaifi 25.04 80 5 8 Cedrick Niyibizi 25.12 81 2 8 Brandon George 25.31 82 5 0 Tajhari Williams 25.35 83 1 4 Samiul Islam Rafi 25.47 84 1 5 Aaron Ghebre Owusu 25.66 85 5 9 Haziq Samil 25.72 86 4 4 Katerson Moya 25.80 86 4 7 Houmed Houssein Barkat 25.80 NR 88 4 5 Travis Dui Sakurai 25.83 89 2 5 Camil Doua 25.93 90 4 2 Michael Mponezya Joseph 25.94 91 4 3 Fakhriddin Madkamov 26.38 92 4 6 Slava Sihanouvong 26.48 93 4 8 Souleymane Napare 26.51 94 4 1 Kinley Lhendup 26.62 95 2 6 Troy Nestor Pina 26.88 96 3 1 Christian Nii Nortey 27.16 97 1 8 Charles Levi Avi 27.21 98 3 2 AAA Khousrof 27.32 99 3 7 Ousman Jobe 27.34 100 4 0 Edgar Richardson Iro 27.35 101 3 5 Joshua Wyse 27.37 102 2 2 Fode Amara Camara 27.44 103 3 6 Magnim Jordano Daou 27.49 104 4 9 Phillip Kinono 27.62 105 2 0 Charly Ndjoume 27.69 106 3 4 Johnathan Silas 27.74 107 2 3 Yann Emmanuel Douma 27.87 108 1 6 Aristote Ndombe 27.88 109 1 2 Bereket Demissie Girkebo 28.17 110 3 3 Adam Mpali 28.61 111 2 1 Troy Nisbett 29.23 112 3 9 Refiloe Chopho 29.56 113 3 8 Jolanio Guterres 30.06 114 1 1 Ibrahim Mohamed 30.43 115 3 0 Pedro Rogery 30.63 116 2 4 Terence Tengue 31.69 1 7 Higinio Ndong 12 9 Pan Zhanle 2 7 AB Mamane
Semifinals The semifinals were held on 16 February at 19:40.
+ Results Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Cameron McEvoy 21.23 Q 2 1 4 Vladyslav Bukhov 21.38 Q, NR 3 1 6 Ben Proud 21.54 Q 4 2 1 Björn Seeliger 21.67 Q 5 2 5 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.72 Q 6 2 2 Kenzo Simons 21.73 Q 7 2 6 Isaac Cooper 21.74 Q 8 1 5 Michael Andrew 21.77 Q 9 1 3 Lorenzo Zazzeri 21.80 10 1 7 Leonardo Deplano 21.81 11 2 3 Ian Ho 21.84 12 1 2 Ji Yu-chan 21.87 13 2 8 Andrej Barna 21.89 NR 14 1 1 Matt King 21.99 15 2 7 Dylan Carter 22.01 16 1 8 Matej Duša 22.11 NR
Final The final was held on 17 February at 19:09.
+ Results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time 5 Vladyslav Bukhov 21.44 4 Cameron McEvoy 21.45 3 Ben Proud 21.53 4 8 Michael Andrew 21.71 5 1 Isaac Cooper 21.77 6 7 Kenzo Simons 21.81 7 6 Björn Seeliger 21.83 8 2 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.84
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