The men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany was held from 22 to 23 July 2025. Matthew King from the United States won the gold medal, Giovanni Guatti from Italy took the silver medal and Jokūbas Keblys from Lithuania earned the bronze medal.
Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Date Time Round22 July 09:35 Heats 20:25 Semifinals 23 July 19:15 Final
Records Prior to the competition, the world and Universiade records were as follows. Category Swimmer Record Date Place Event World record César Cielo 20.91 18 December 2009 São Paulo, Brazil 2009 Brazilian Championships Universiade record Vladimir Morozov 21.67 15 July 2013 Kazan, Russia 2013 Summer Universiade
Results Heats All entered athletes competed across multiple seeded heats in the morning session. Swimmers with the top 16 fastest times advanced, regardless of which individual heat they swam. Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 10 4 22.16 2 9 5 22.22 3 8 5 22.26 4 8 3 22.30 5 8 4 22.31 6 10 6 22.33 7 10 5 22.36 8 9 7 22.38 9 10 1 22.42 10 8 6 22.49 11 9 4 22.64 12 9 1 22.65 12 10 3 22.65 14 9 6 22.68 14 8 7 22.68 16 8 1 22.72 17 7 1 22.78 18 10 2 22.80 19 9 2 22.81 20 9 3 22.82 21 6 1 22.83 22 9 8 22.89 23 10 8 22.93 24 8 2 Baek In-chul 22.94 25 7 8 22.96 26 2 5 22.99 27 8 8 23.00 28 5 2 23.06 29 10 7 23.09 30 6 7 23.11 31 6 4 23.12 31 7 2 23.12 33 5 1 Fan Chen-wei 23.15 34 4 2 Ng Chi Hin 23.17 35 7 6 23.19 36 6 8 23.20 37 6 2 Chuang Mu-lun 23.25 38 5 8 23.28 39 6 3 23.33 40 7 7 23.36 41 1 4 23.43 42 6 5 Lim Yin Chuen 23.53 43 5 3 23.55 44 6 6 23.56 45 4 8 23.61 46 7 4 23.64 47 5 5 23.69 48 3 3 23.81 48 4 3 23.81 50 2 1 23.94 51 4 4 23.95 52 7 7 23.98 53 4 5 24.01 54 4 6 24.19 55 5 6 24.23 56 4 1 24.24 57 3 2 24.38 58 4 7 24.45 59 1 5 Chong Ioi Lam 24.61 60 3 1 24.90 61 3 5 25.16 62 3 6 25.21 63 3 4 25.27 64 3 7 25.66 65 3 8 26.12 66 2 8 26.33 67 1 3 26.48 68 2 6 26.52 69 2 3 27.02 70 2 4 27.16 71 5 2 27.65 — 2 4 — 5 7 — 7 3
Semifinals The 16 advancing swimmers were split into two semifinal heats of 8 during the evening session. The swimmers recording the top 8 fastest times advanced to the final round.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 21.93 2 1 4 22.07 3 1 5 22.08 4 2 3 22.13 5 2 6 22.15 6 1 3 22.17 7 2 5 22.18 8 2 7 22.27 9 1 1 22.29 10 1 6 22.42 11 1 2 22.49 12 2 8 22.57 13 1 7 22.58 14 2 1 22.63 15 2 2 22.64 16 1 8 22.65
Final The fastest 8 swimmers competed in a single race to determine the gold, silver and bronze medalists.
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 21.84 7 22.01 5 22.02 4 3 22.10 5 1 22.17 5 6 22.17 7 8 22.24 8 2 22.25
External links Swimming Rhine Ruhr 2025
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