The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2023.

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

Results Heats The heats were started on 28 July at 11:12.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 13 4 Cameron McEvoy 21.35 Q 2 13 3 Szebasztián Szabó 21.67 Q 3 13 5 Florent Manaudou 21.72 Q 4 13 6 Jack Alexy 21.73 Q 5 11 0 Isaac Cooper 21.82 Q 6 11 2 Meiron Cheruti 21.85 Q 7 10 9 Jordan Crooks 21.90 Q, NR 7 12 4 Benjamin Proud 21.90 Q 9 11 4 Ryan Held 21.91 Q 9 13 2 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.91 Q 11 11 7 Vladyslav Bukhov 21.92 Q 12 12 0 Nicholas Lia 21.94 Q, NR 13 11 3 Joshua Liendo 21.97 Q 14 12 3 Leonardo Deplano 21.99 Q 15 12 2 Kenzo Simons 22.04 Q 16 12 7 Diogo Ribeiro 22.05 Q 17 9 3 Mikel Schreuders 22.10 S/off 17 13 8 Dylan Carter 22.10 S/off 19 13 7 Ian Ho 22.12 20 11 5 Thom de Boer 22.13 20 11 8 Tom Fannon 22.13 22 12 6 Lewis Burras 22.14 23 11 1 Shinri Shioura 22.15 24 10 5 Ji Yu-chan 22.17 25 13 0 Andrii Govorov 22.18 26 13 1 Jonathan Tan 22.20 27 10 4 Katsumi Nakamura 22.21 28 9 1 Lamar Taylor 22.26 NR 28 13 9 Marcelo Chierighini 22.26 30 11 6 Lorenzo Zazzeri 22.28 31 10 1 Ali Khalafalla 22.30 31 10 6 Björn Seeliger 22.30 33 10 3 Alberto Mestre 22.32 34 12 1 Miguel Nascimento 22.38 35 10 7 Michael Pickett 22.41 36 10 8 Heiko Gigler 22.46 37 8 5 Remi Fabiani 22.47 NR 38 12 9 Wang Changhao 22.50 39 9 7 Sergio de Celis 22.51 40 10 2 Andrej Barna 22.52 41 9 4 Matej Dusa 22.53 42 8 4 Peter Varjasi 22.54 43 10 0 Guido Buscaglia 22.56 44 9 0 Kamil Sieradzki 22.59 45 9 5 Nikola Miljenić 22.61 46 8 2 Jorge Iga 22.64 47 9 2 Daniel Zaitsev 22.68 48 12 8 Teong Tzen Wei 22.76 49 8 6 Xander Skinner 22.78 50 7 7 David Young 22.87 NR 50 8 0 Roland Schoeman 22.87 52 8 7 Adi Mešetović 22.92 53 9 6 Emre Sakçı 22.94 54 8 1 Samyar Abdoli 23.00 55 7 6 Leo Nolles 23.10 56 7 5 Stefano Mitchell 23.21 57 1 4 Matthew Abeysinghe 23.23 58 9 9 Oussama Sahnoune 23.26 59 9 8 Nikolas Antoniou 23.27 60 8 9 Daniil Pancerevas 23.30 61 8 3 Luong Jérémie Loïc Nino 23.39 62 7 1 Benedict Parfit 23.47 63 7 3 Gabriel Martinez 23.52 63 8 8 Wu Chun-feng 23.52 65 6 7 Colins Obi Ebingha 23.54 NR 66 7 2 Mohammed Bedour 23.59 67 7 4 Alaa Maso 23.74 68 2 4 Alexander Shah 23.89 69 7 0 Tendo Mukalazi 23.94 70 6 1 José Alberto Quintanilla 24.06 71 3 0 Micah Masei 24.16 72 5 6 Brandon Schuster 24.19 73 3 8 Damien Shamambo 24.22 74 6 4 Swaleh Abubakar Talib Suspended Member Federation 24.23 75 7 9 Musa Zhalayev 24.29 76 6 6 Batbayar Enkhtamir 24.37 77 7 8 Belly-Cresus Ganira 24.39 78 6 2 Collins Saliboko 24.43 79 6 9 Warren Lawrence 24.51 80 6 5 Shane Cadogan 24.59 81 5 4 Syed Tariq 24.76 82 5 3 Josh Tarere 24.77 83 6 8 Leon Seaton 24.82 84 5 7 Mahmoud Abu Gharbieh 24.88 NR 85 5 5 Yousef Al-Khulaifi 24.92 86 6 0 Asif Reza 24.94 87 2 1 Joel Ling Thai Yu 24.96 88 3 7 Mohammed Qatat 25.15 89 5 2 Marc Dansou 25.16 90 5 8 Cedrick Niyibizi 25.28 NR 91 5 1 Phansovannarun Montross 25.36 92 2 5 Santisouk Inthavong 25.56 92 5 9 Tajhari Williams 25.56 94 2 2 Kapeli Siua 25.83 95 2 0 Ailton Veira 26.16 96 4 4 Travis Dui Sakurai 26.22 97 4 2 Alexander Fleming Lake 26.23 98 5 0 Fakhriddin Madkamov 26.40 99 4 6 Houmed Houssein 26.76 NR 100 4 7 Souleymane Napare 26.85 101 4 5 Ekow Gwira 27.22 102 4 1 Edgar Iro 27.28 103 4 3 Elhadj Diallo 27.69 104 3 4 Phillip Kinono 27.72 105 2 6 Johnathan Silas 27.78 106 4 0 Simanga Dlamini 27.84 107 4 8 Joshua Wyse 27.89 108 3 3 Adam Girard 28.15 109 3 5 Muhammad Ali Moosa 28.20 110 3 2 Magnim Jordano Daou 28.26 111 4 9 Aseel Khousrof 28.39 112 1 5 Ousman Jobe 28.47 113 2 8 Freddy Mayala 28.61 114 2 9 Tilahun Ayal Malede 28.77 115 3 6 Jolanio Guterres 30.36 116 2 7 Pedro Rogery 30.66 117 3 9 Omar McHangama 31.50 118 1 3 Refiloe Chopho 31.68 NR 119 3 1 Terence Tengue 32.18 2 3 Hugo Nguichie 11 9 Guilherme Caribé 6 3 Alassane Seydou 12 5 Maxime Grousset Swim-off The swim-off to decide the first replacement was started on 28 July at 12:57.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Mikel Schreuders 22.10 R1 2 5 Dylan Carter 22.14 R2

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 28 July at 20:40.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Cameron McEvoy 21.25 Q 2 1 5 Jack Alexy 21.60 Q 3 1 6 Benjamin Proud 21.61 Q 4 2 3 Isaac Cooper 21.65 Q 5 2 6 Jordan Crooks 21.73 Q, NR 6 1 1 Leonardo Deplano 21.74 Q 7 1 2 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.85 Q 8 2 1 Joshua Liendo 21.88 WD 9 2 2 Ryan Held 21.91 S/off 9 2 7 Vladyslav Bukhov 21.91 S/off 11 2 8 Kenzo Simons 21.92 12 2 5 Florent Manaudou 21.96 13 1 8 Diogo Ribeiro 22.03 14 1 3 Meiron Cheruti 22.04 15 1 7 Nicholas Lia 22.12 16 1 4 Szebasztián Szabó 22.16 Swim-off The swim-off to decide the first replacement was started on 28 July at 22:09.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Ryan Held 21.68 Q 2 5 Vladyslav Bukhov 21.70 R1

Final The final was started on 29 July at 20:09.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Cameron McEvoy 21.06 OC 5 Jack Alexy 21.57 3 Benjamin Proud 21.58 4 6 Isaac Cooper 21.70 5 8 Ryan Held 21.72 6 2 Jordan Crooks 21.73 =NR 7 1 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.82 8 7 Leonardo Deplano 21.92

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