# Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2019 Pan American Games was held on 9 August 2019 at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster.

## 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: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

The first round was held on August 9.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Michael Chadwick | United States | 21.95 | QA |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Bruno Fratus | Brazil | 22.02 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Nathan Adrian | United States | 22.12 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Pedro Spajari | Brazil | 22.17 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Renzo Tjon-A-Joe | Suriname | 22.24 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Gabriel Castaño | Mexico | 22.36 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Alberto Mestre | Venezuela | 22.52 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Santiago Grassi | Argentina | 22.70 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Brett Fraser | Cayman Islands | 22.74 | QB |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Enzo Martínez | Uruguay | 22.77 | QB |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Luis Martínez | Guatemala | 22.85 | QB |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.87 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Daniel Ramírez | Mexico | 23.00 | QB |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Guido Buscaglia | Argentina | 23.06 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 23.06 | QB |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Oliver Elliot | Chile | 23.25 | QB |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Ben Hockin | Paraguay | 23.26 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Gershwin Greene | Bahamas | 23.33 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Isaac Beitía | Panama | 23.48 | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Adriel Sanes | Virgin Islands | 23.54 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Marco Flores | Honduras | 23.55 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Jack Kirby | Barbados | 23.82 | |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Jean-Luc Zephir | Saint Lucia | 23.84 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | José Alberto Quintanilla | Bolivia | 23.89 | |
| 25 | 2 | 8 | Jesse Washington | Bermuda | 23.92 | |
| 26 | 1 | 5 | Miguel Mena | Nicaragua | 24.00 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Sebastian Arispe Silva | Peru | 24.01 | |
| 28 | 1 | 7 | Anthony Rincón | Colombia | 24.06 | |
| 29 | 1 | 6 | Miguel Zavaleta | Peru | 24.07 | |
| 30 | 1 | 2 | Delron Felix | Grenada | 24.84 | |
| 31 | 1 | 1 | Lleyton Martin | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.00 | |
| 32 | 1 | 8 | Cruz Halbich | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.72 | |

### Final B

The B final was also held on August 9.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 6 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.67 |
| 10 | 5 | Enzo Martínez | Uruguay | 22.74 |
| 11 | 1 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 22.89 |
| 12 | 3 | Luis Martínez | Guatemala | 22.99 |
| 13 | 7 | Guido Buscaglia | Argentina | 23.09 |
| 14 | 2 | Daniel Ramírez | Mexico | 23.16 |
| 15 | 8 | Oliver Elliot | Chile | 23.25 |
| 16 | 4 | Brett Fraser | Cayman Islands | 23.42 |

### Final A

The A final was also held on August 9.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Bruno Fratus | Brazil | 21.61 |
| | 3 | Nathan Adrian | United States | 21.87 |
| | 4 | Michael Chadwick | United States | 21.99 |
| 4 | 7 | Gabriel Castaño | Mexico | 22.23 |
| 5 | 6 | Pedro Spajari | Brazil | 22.27 |
| 6 | 8 | Santiago Grassi | Argentina | 22.28 |
| 7 | 1 | Alberto Mestre | Venezuela | 22.40 |
| 8 | 2 | Renzo Tjon-A-Joe | Suriname | 22.58 |