| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | World Aquatics Championships Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang | |||||||||
| Dates | 1 August (heats and semifinals) 2 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 116 from 108 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.14 | |||||||||
| 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 freestyle event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 1 to 2 August 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore.[1][2]
Background
[edit]Cam McEvoy of Australia, the reigning Olympic champion and world leader with a 21.30 in 2025, was widely regarded as the favourite to win the event, while Great Britain's Ben Proud, a consistent podium finisher since 2022, was anticipated to contend for gold. The United States' Jack Alexy, second in world rankings with 21.36, was aiming to return to form after missing the U.S. Olympic team in 2024. Brazil's Gui Caribé and Russia's Egor Kornev, who was competing for the Neutral Athletes B team, were also chasing podium finishes. The defending world champion was Vladislav Bukhov of Ukraine, though his recent results had been inconsistent.[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 at approved qualifying events. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 22.05 seconds. 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 22.82. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron McEvoy |  Australia
|
21.25 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| Benjamin Proud |  Great Britain
|
21.25 | 2024 British Championships |
| Jack Alexy |  United States
|
21.36 | 2025 United States Championships |
| Egor Kornev |  Neutral Athletes B
|
21.43 | 2025 Russian Championships |
| Guilherme Caribé |  Brazil
|
21.46 | 2025 Brazilian Championships |
| Josh Liendo |  Canada
|
21.48 | 2024 Canadian Trials |
| Leonardo Deplano |  Italy
|
21.50 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| Meiron Cheruti |  Israel
|
21.60 | 2025 Israeli Trials |
| Maxime Grousset |  France
|
21.60 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy
|
21.64 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[7]
| World record | César Cielo (BRA) |
20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | 18 December 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | Caeleb Dressel (USA) |
21.04 | Gwangju, South Korea | 27 July 2019 |
Heats
[edit]The heats took place on 1 August 2025 at 10:51.[8][9]
Swim-off
[edit]The swim-off was started on 1 August at 12:44.[14]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Santo Condorelli | United States |
21.83 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Martin Kartavi | Israel |
21.94 |
Semifinals
[edit]The semifinals took place on 1 August at 19:34.[8][15]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Cameron McEvoy |  Australia |
21.30 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Jack Alexy | United States |
21.32 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Andrej Barna |  Serbia |
21.45 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Egor Kornev |  Neutral Athletes B |
21.51 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy |
21.59 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.61 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | Santo Condorelli | United States |
21.68 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel |
21.77 | S/off |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Ji Yu-chan |  South Korea |
21.77 | S/off |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Guilherme Caribé | Brazil |
21.78 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Jere Hribar |  Croatia |
21.79 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Thomas Fannon |  Ireland |
21.81 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Vladyslav Bukhov |  Ukraine |
21.82 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Szebasztián Szabó |  Hungary |
21.84 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy |
21.87 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Ian Ho |  Hong Kong |
22.15 |
Swim-off
[edit]The swim-off was started on 1 August at 20:58.[16]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Ji Yu-chan | South Korea |
21.66 | Q, AS |
| 2 | 4 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel |
21.74 |
Final
[edit]The final took place on 2 August at 19:09.[8][17]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia |
21.14 | |
 |
7 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.26 | |
 |
5 | Jack Alexy | United States |
21.46 | |
| 4 | 2 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy |
21.52 | |
| 5 | 6 | Egor Kornev | Neutral Athletes B |
21.53 | |
| 6 | 3 | Andrej Barna | Serbia |
21.60 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ji Yu-chan | South Korea |
21.71 | |
| 8 | 1 | Santo Condorelli | United States |
21.73 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Only including swimmers who were on the start list for this event
References
[edit]- ^ "World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025". worldaquatics-singapore2025.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ Blacker, Sam (21 July 2025). "2025 World Championship Previews: No New Tricks Required For The Old Dogs In Men's 50 Free". SwimSwam. Retrieved 24 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 6 July 2025.
- ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 1 August 2025.
- ^ "World Aquatics". World Aquatics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Kaufman, Sophie (1 August 2025). "2025 Worlds, Euro Recap: Scott Comes In Clutch Again, Team GB Extends Men's 4x200 Free Reign". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wild, Mark (3 August 2025). "2025 Worlds, Day 8 Africa Recap: Banner Season for Continent, Most Medals at Worlds Since 2009". SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ Folsom, Madeline (1 August 2025). "2025 Worlds: Day 6 Oceania Recap, One Individual Medal On Day 6, Seven Chances Tomorrow". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
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