The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2026 Asian Games took place on 21 September 2026 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. South Korea's Kim Young-beom won the gold medal in a Games-record time of 21.66 seconds, improving the record he had set in the preliminaries.

Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00) DateTimeEventMonday, 21 September 2026 10:14 Heats 17:12 Final

Records

Results Heats RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes 1 4 21.71 Q, 2 4 22.03 Q 3 3 22.23 Q 4 3 22.24 Q =4 5 22.24 Q 6 5 22.27 Q 7 5 22.29 Q 8 3 22.30 Q 9 4 22.34 Q 10 4 22.43 Q 11 3 22.44 Reserve =11 5 22.44 Reserve 13 5 22.51 14 5 22.58 15 5 22.63 16 4 22.67 17 3 22.73 18 4 22.83 =18 3 22.83 20 4 22.87 21 4 22.95 22 5 23.06 23 4 23.08 24 3 23.16 25 5 23.37 26 2 23.43 27 3 23.45 28 4 23.57 29 1 23.91 30 1 24.04 31 2 24.06 32 5 24.19 33 3 24.22 34 2 24.30 35 2 24.34 36 2 24.35 37 2 24.38 38 2 24.56 39 2 24.68 40 2 24.94 41 2 25.07 42 1 25.62 43 1 26.49 44 1 26.82 45 1 27.13 46 1 27.95 47 1 28.25 3

Final RankAthleteTimeNotes 21.66 21.76 21.94 4 22.04 5 22.06 6 22.11 7 22.17 =7 22.17 9 22.33 10 22.46

References

External links Heats Results Final Results