Competitors 56 from 52 nations Dates 24 Jul 2011 – 25 Jul 2011 | Winning time 23.10 | |
Location Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Pudong, China | ||
The men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.
Contents
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Heats
56 swimmers participated in 7 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:
Swimoff
As two swimmers had the same time in the heats at place 16 they had to participate in a swimoff to determine the last semifinal swimmer.
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:30.
Final
The final was held at 18:39.
References
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA