| 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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| 2019 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Highlight | women | |
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Relay | ||
| 4×1.25 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 and 22 July 2019. 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.
Records
Prior 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July | Semifinal | Caeleb Dressel |  United States |
22.57 | CR |
| 22 July | Final | 22.35 | CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 21 July at 11:02.
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 21 July at 20:23.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
The final was held on 22 July at 20:47.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Caeleb Dressel | United States |
22.35 | CR, AM |
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6 | Oleg Kostin | Russia |
22.70 | NR |
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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 |
References
| World long-course champions in men's 50 m butterfly | |
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