| Men's 50 metre butterfly at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | World Aquatics Championships Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang | |||||||||
| Dates | 27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 98 from 93 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 22.48 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2025 World Aquatics Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | |||
| Solo | |||
| Technical | men | women | |
| Free | men | women | |
| Duet | |||
| Technical | women | mixed | |
| Free | women | mixed | |
| Team | |||
| Technical | mixed | ||
| Free | mixed | ||
| Acrobatic | mixed | ||
| Diving | |||
| Individual | |||
| 1 m | men | women | |
| 3 m | men | women | |
| 10 m | men | women | |
| Synchronised | |||
| 3 m | men | women | mixed |
| 10 m | men | women | mixed |
| Individual & Synchronised | |||
| Team | mixed | ||
| High diving | |||
| 20 m | women | ||
| 27 m | men | ||
| Open water swimming | |||
| Individual | |||
| 3 km knockout sprints | men | women | |
| 5 km | men | women | |
| 10 km | men | women | |
| Relay | |||
| 4 × 1.5 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 event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 27 to 28 July 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore.[1][2]
Background
[edit]Switzerland’s Noè Ponti was the top seed with a best of 22.65 from April 2024. Ponti had set multiple short course world records in late 2024 and had recorded most of his fastest long course times in 2025. Canada’s Ilya Kharun was seeded second after lowering his best to 22.68 at the Canadian Trials in June, while France’s Maxime Grousset held the third seed with 22.70 from the French Trials. Other top seeds included Nyls Korstanje of the Netherlands (22.72), Abdelrahman Sameh of Egypt (22.80), and Luca Armbruster of Germany (22.92). Defending world champion Thomas Ceccon of Italy was seeded 10th with 23.00. Former world champion Ben Proud of Great Britain and Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago were also entered.[3]
Qualification
[edit]Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 23.36. 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 24.18. 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 to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events.[4][5]
| Swimmer | Country | Time | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noè Ponti |  Switzerland
|
22.65 | 2024 Swiss Championships |
| Ilya Kharun |  Canada
|
22.68 | 2025 Canadian Trials |
| Maxime Grousset |  France
|
22.70 | 2025 French Elite |
| Nyls Korstanje |  Netherlands
|
22.72 | 2025 AP Race London International |
| Abdelrahman Sameh |  Egypt
|
22.80 | Monaco stop of the 2025 Mare Nostrum Swim Tour |
| Oleg Kostin |  Individual Neutral Athletes
|
22.85 | Monaco stop of the 2025 Mare Nostrum Swim Tour |
| Florent Manaudou | France
|
22.87 | 2024 French Elite |
| Kyle Chalmers |  Australia
|
22.89 | 2025 Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm |
| Luca Armbruster |  Germany
|
22.92 | 2025 German Championships |
| Dylan Carter |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
22.93 | 2025 Trinidad and Tobago Championships |
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[7]
| World record |  Andriy Govorov (UKR) |
22.27 | Rome, Italy | 1 July 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record |  Caeleb Dressel (USA) |
22.35 | Gwangju, South Korea | 22 July 2019 |
Heats
[edit]The heats took place on 27 July at 11:11.[8][9]
Semifinals
[edit]The semifinals took place on 27 July at 19:23.[13][9]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Maxime Grousset | France |
22.61 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland |
22.72 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Ben Proud |  Great Britain |
22.74 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands |
22.79 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Diogo Ribeiro |  Portugal |
22.83 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Thomas Ceccon |  Italy |
22.84 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Guilherme Caribé |  Brazil |
22.91 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | Luca Armbruster | Germany |
22.91 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Ilya Kharun | Canada |
22.92 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Simon Bucher |  Austria |
22.95 | NR |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Stergios Bilas |  Greece |
23.00 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Dare Rose | United States |
23.02 | |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Joshua Liendo | Canada |
23.11 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt |
23.12 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Sean Niewold | Netherlands |
23.17 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Michael Andrew | United States |
23.23 |
Final
[edit]The final took place on 28 July at 19:45.[9][14]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Maxime Grousset | France |
22.48 | NR[15] |
 |
5 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland |
22.51 | NR[15] |
 |
7 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy |
22.67 | NR[15] |
| 4 | 2 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal |
22.77 | NR[15] |
| 5 | 3 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
22.79 | |
| 6 | 6 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands |
22.84 | |
| 6 | 8 | Luca Armbruster | Germany |
22.84 | NR[15] |
| 8 | 1 | Guilherme Caribé | Brazil |
22.92 |
References
[edit]- ^ "World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025". worldaquatics-singapore2025.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ Keith, Braden (17 July 2025). "2025 World Championship Preview: Canadians Clash In Attempt to Push Past Ponti in Men's 50 Fly". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ "Standard Entry Times" (PDF). World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "Qualifying | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Wild, Mark (28 July 2025). "2025 Worlds, Day 2 African Recap: Coetze on the Hunt for Rare WUGS and Worlds Double". SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ Wild, Mark (28 July 2025). "2025 Worlds, Day 2 African Recap: Coetze on the Hunt for Rare WUGS and Worlds Double". SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ a b c Blacker, Sam (27 July 2025). "2025 Worlds, Day 1 Oceanian Recap: A Golden Start For Australia". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2025.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Kaufman, Sophie (28 July 2025). "2025 Worlds, Euro Recap Day 2: Roos Vanotterdijk Wins Belgium's First Worlds Medal Since 1998". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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