# Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were held on October 24, 2023, at the Aquatic Center in Santiago, Chile.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | César Cielo Filho (BRA) | 20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | December 18, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | César Cielo Filho (BRA) | 21.58 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 20, 2011 |

## Results

| KEY: | QA | Qualified for A final | QB | Qualified for B final | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | WD | Withdrew |

### Heats

The first round was held on October 24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Jonny Kulow | United States | 21.90 | QA |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | David Curtiss | United States | 22.10 | QA |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Alberto Mestre | Venezuela | 22.20 | QA |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Gabriel Castaño | Mexico | 22.38 | QA |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Victor Alcará | Brazil | 22.46 | QA |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Guilherme Caribé | Brazil | 22.47 | QA |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 22.48 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Marcelo Chierighini | Brazil | 22.57 | WD |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Guido Buscaglia | Argentina | 22.58 | QA |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Diego Mas Fraiz | Venezuela | 22.64 | QB |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 22.69 | QB |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Edouard Fullum-Huot | Canada | 22.78 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Nikoli Blackman | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.84 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Stephen Calkins | Canada | 22.85 | QB |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Jorge Iga | Mexico | 23.00 | WD |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Matias Santiso | Argentina | 23.02 | QB |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Mariano Lazzerini | Chile | 23.13 | QB |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Leo Nolles | Uruguay | 23.17 | QB |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Jeancarlo Calderón | Panama | 23.32 | |
| 20 | 2 | 4 | Jack Kirby | Barbados | 23.48 | |
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Ben Hockin | Paraguay | 23.58 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Gabriel Martinez | Honduras | 23.59 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Nixon Hernández | El Salvador | 23.90 | |
| 24 | 2 | 5 | James Allison | Cayman Islands | 24.00 | |
| 25 | 3 | 7 | Elías Ardiles | Chile | 24.14 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Sidrell Williams | Jamaica | 24.17 | |
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Irvin Hoost | Suriname | 24.18 | |
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Guido Montero | Costa Rica | 24.31 | |
| 29 | 2 | 1 | Miguel Vásquez | Independent Athletes Team | 24.34 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Nector Segovia | El Salvador | 24.45 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Adriel Sanes | Virgin Islands | 24.54 | |
| 32 | 1 | 5 | Zackary Gresham | Grenada | 24.89 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Nikolas Sylvester | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.03 | |
| — | 5 | 1 | Stefano Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | DNS | |

### Final B

The B final was also held on October 24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 3 | Edouard Fullum-Huot | Canada | 22.45 |
| 10 | 5 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 22.58 |
| 11 | 4 | Diego Mas Fraiz | Venezuela | 22.59 |
| 12 | 6 | Nikoli Blackman | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.73 |
| 13 | 2 | Stephen Calkins | Canada | 22.96 |
| 14 | 7 | Matias Santiso | Argentina | 22.97 |
| 15 | 1 | Mariano Lazzerini | Chile | 23.06 |
| 16 | 8 | Leo Nolles | Uruguay | 23.40 |

### Final A

The A final was also held on October 24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | David Curtiss | United States | 21.85 |
| | 4 | Jonny Kulow | United States | 21.90 |
| | 1 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 22.13 |
| 4 | 3 | Alberto Mestre | Venezuela | 22.16 |
| 5 | 6 | Gabriel Castaño | Mexico | 22.27 |
| 5 | 7 | Guilherme Caribé | Brazil | 22.27 |
| 7 | 8 | Guido Buscaglia | Argentina | 22.39 |
| 7 | 2 | Victor Alcará | Brazil | 22.39 |