# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly

The men's 50 metre butterfly event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28–29 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Rafael Muñoz (ESP) | 22.43 | Málaga, Spain | 5 April 2009 |
| Competition record | Milorad Čavić (SRB) | 22.67 | Rome, Italy | 27 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:05.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | 5 | Roland Mark Schoeman | South Africa | 23.02 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 3 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 23.17 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France | 23.18 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | 2 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine | 23.19 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | 7 | Piero Codia | Italy | 23.21 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | Matt Grevers | United States | 23.29 | Q |
| 7 | 9 | 6 | Eugene Godsoe | United States | 23.31 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | César Cielo | Brazil | 23.32 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 3 | Matt Targett | Australia | 23.36 | Q |
| 10 | 9 | 8 | Wu Peng | China | 23.43 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 23.45 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 23.45 | Q |
| 13 | 9 | 4 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 23.49 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 6 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 23.50 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 23.50 | Q |
| 16 | 9 | 9 | Mario Todorović | Croatia | 23.53 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Ivan Lenđer | Serbia | 23.58 | |
| 18 | 7 | 9 | Barry Murphy | Ireland | 23.65 | |
| 19 | 8 | 8 | Matteo Rivolta | Italy | 23.65 | |
| 20 | 8 | 7 | Yoris Grandjean | Belgium | 23.68 | |
| 21 | 7 | 6 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 23.72 | |
| 22 | 7 | 7 | François Heersbrandt | Belgium | 23.75 | |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 23.76 | |
| 24 | 8 | 9 | Yang Jung-Doo | South Korea | 23.84 | NR |
| 25 | 7 | 8 | Ben Hockin | Paraguay | 23.94 | NR |
| 26 | 5 | 9 | Elvis Burrows | Bahamas | 23.98 | |
| 27 | 9 | 1 | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 23.98 | |
| 28 | 7 | 1 | Chris Wright | Australia | 24.01 | |
| 29 | 5 | 4 | Yevgeniy Lazuka | Azerbaijan | 24.14 | |
| 30 | 8 | 0 | Tadas Duskinas | Lithuania | 24.15 | |
| 31 | 6 | 6 | Simão Morgado | Portugal | 24.20 | |
| 32 | 6 | 0 | Coleman Allen | Canada | 24.25 | |
| 33 | 9 | 0 | Christos Katrantzis | Greece | 24.29 | |
| 34 | 6 | 4 | Bence Pulai | Hungary | 24.31 | |
| 35 | 5 | 7 | Mauricio Fiol | Peru | 24.32 | NR |
| 36 | 6 | 7 | Joshua McLeod | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.43 | |
| 37 | 6 | 5 | Riku Poytakivi | Finland | 24.45 | |
| 38 | 5 | 5 | Michal Navara | Slovakia | 24.54 | |
| 39 | 6 | 8 | Shehab Younis | Egypt | 24.70 | |
| 40 | 5 | 6 | Tomas Plevko | Czech Republic | 24.71 | |
| 41 | 6 | 9 | Norbert Trandafir | Romania | 24.73 | |
| 42 | 5 | 2 | Andrew Chetcuti | Malta | 24.88 | |
| 43 | 5 | 8 | Ricardo Yee | Panama | 24.89 | |
| 44 | 5 | 1 | Oliver Elliot | Chile | 24.96 | NR |
| 45 | 6 | 3 | İskender Baslakov | Turkey | 24.98 | |
| 46 | 6 | 2 | Tomer Zamir | Israel | 25.06 | |
| 47 | 5 | 3 | Gabriel Melconian Alvez | Uruguay | 25.08 | |
| 48 | 6 | 1 | Ifalemi Sau-Paea | Tonga | 25.17 | |
| 49 | 4 | 7 | Anthony Ralefy | Madagascar | 25.53 | |
| 50 | 4 | 5 | Yellow Yeiyah | Nigeria | 25.56 | |
| 51 | 3 | 2 | Christopher Clark | French Polynesia | 25.81 | |
| 52 | 4 | 6 | Adrian Todd | Botswana | 25.98 | |
| 53 | 4 | 4 | Sofyan El Gadi | Libya | 26.08 | |
| 54 | 3 | 6 | Oumar Toure | Mali | 26.09 | |
| 55 | 7 | 0 | Afshin Asgari | Iran | 26.10 | |
| 56 | 4 | 1 | Tyrone Alvarado | Ecuador | 26.13 | |
| 57 | 4 | 8 | Batsaikhan Dulguun | Mongolia | 26.20 | |
| 58 | 4 | 0 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 26.31 | |
| 59 | 3 | 3 | Niall Roberts | Guyana | 26.39 | |
| 60 | 5 | 0 | Damit Davletbaev | Kyrgyzstan | 26.67 | |
| 61 | 4 | 2 | Mohammad Anik Islam | Bangladesh | 26.69 | |
| 62 | 3 | 4 | D. Kalu Achchige | Sri Lanka | 26.70 | |
| 63 | 3 | 5 | Valdo Lourenco | Mozambique | 26.72 | |
| 64 | 4 | 3 | Sergeý Krowýakow | Turkmenistan | 26.79 | |
| 65 | 3 | 7 | Ameer Ali | Iraq | 27.06 | |
| 66 | 4 | 9 | Adam Viktoria | Seychelles | 27.09 | |
| 67 | 1 | 5 | Omar Omar | Qatar | 27.10 | |
| 68 | 3 | 8 | Syed Naqvi | Pakistan | 27.11 | |
| 69 | 3 | 0 | Kensuke Kimura | Northern Mariana Islands | 28.01 | |
| 70 | 2 | 3 | Ahmed Borhane | Djibouti | 28.03 | |
| 71 | 3 | 9 | Hilal Hemed Hilal | Tanzania | 28.25 | |
| 72 | 3 | 1 | Folarin Ogunsola | Gambia | 28.50 | |
| 73 | 2 | 4 | Noah Mascoll-Gomes | Antigua and Barbuda | 28.71 | |
| 74 | 2 | 6 | Adnan Mohamed Muthasim | Maldives | 29.56 | |
| 75 | 2 | 7 | Eloi Imaniraguha | Rwanda | 30.36 | |
| 76 | 2 | 2 | Esayas Ayele | Ethiopia | 30.79 | |
| 77 | 2 | 1 | Osman Kamara | Sierra Leone | 35.66 | |
| 78 | 2 | 8 | Derek Dainard | Micronesia | 35.88 | |
| | 1 | 4 | Ayoub Bagla Gebsa Kalfo | Sudan | | DNS |
| | 2 | 5 | Yousef Al-Nehmi | Yemen | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:37.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | César Cielo | Brazil | 22.86 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 22.90 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine | 22.97 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 4 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 23.19 | |
| 5 | 1 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 23.33 | |
| 6 | 3 | Matt Grevers | United States | 23.35 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mario Todorović | Croatia | 23.47 | |
| 8 | 2 | Wu Peng | China | 23.87 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 22.81 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 22.93 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 23.02 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France | 23.15 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Eugene Godsoe | United States | 23.16 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Roland Mark Schoeman | South Africa | 23.25 | |
| 7 | 2 | Matt Targett | Australia | 23.39 | |
| 8 | 3 | Piero Codia | Italy | 23.50 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:47.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | César Cielo | Brazil | 23.01 |
| | 8 | Eugene Godsoe | United States | 23.05 |
| | 6 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 23.11 |
| 4 | 4 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 23.21 |
| 5 | 2 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine | 23.22 |
| 6 | 3 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 23.28 |
| 6 | 7 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 23.28 |
| 8 | 1 | Florent Manaudou | France | 23.35 |