# Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 50 metre butterfly

The boys' 50 metre butterfly event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 20 and 21 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:09.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.01 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Yu Hexin | China | 24.38 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Li Zhuhao | China | 24.39 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Aleksandr Sadovnikov | Russia | 24.49 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 24.61 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Jānis Šaltāns | Latvia | 24.68 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Mathys Goosen | Netherlands | 24.69 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | Povilas Strazdas | Lithuania | 24.74 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Armin Porobic | Norway | 24.86 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | Joshua Steyn | South Africa | 24.87 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 24.90 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Santiago Grassi | Argentina | 24.93 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 5 | Sascha Subarsky | Austria | 24.95 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 25.00 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 7 | Chad Idensohn | Zimbabwe | 25.02 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Norbert Szabó | Hungary | 25.07 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Zuhayr Pigot | Suriname | 25.08 | |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Alexander Kunert | Germany | 25.10 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Supakrid Pananuratana | Thailand | 25.16 | |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Franco Reyes | Panama | 25.17 | |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | Guido Buscaglia | Argentina | 25.18 | |
| 22 | 3 | 5 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 25.33 | |
| 23 | 6 | 8 | Adam Vik | Finland | 25.34 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Vedad Ramić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.36 | |
| 25 | 3 | 6 | Nicholas Brown | Australia | 25.44 | |
| 26 | 1 | 2 | Berk Özkul | Turkey | 25.52 | |
| 27 | 3 | 1 | Calum Bain | Ireland | 25.69 | |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Giacomo Carini | Italy | 25.74 | |
| 29 | 4 | 7 | Bedirhan Yıldız | Turkey | 25.85 | |
| 30 | 6 | 2 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 25.92 | |
| 31 | 2 | 5 | Meli Malani | Fiji | 26.02 | |
| 32 | 2 | 6 | Oumar Toure | Mali | 26.05 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | José Alberto Quintanilla | Bolivia | 26.17 | |
| 34 | 2 | 4 | Dylan Koo | Singapore | 26.22 | |
| 35 | 3 | 7 | Sidrell Williams | Jamaica | 26.29 | |
| 36 | 2 | 3 | Vahan Mkhitaryan | Armenia | 26.40 | |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | Ali Al-Kaabi | United Arab Emirates | 26.61 | |
| 38 | 2 | 2 | Waleed Abdulrazzaq | Kuwait | 26.62 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | Adam Viktora | Seychelles | 26.76 | |
| 40 | 2 | 1 | Shakil Fakir | Mozambique | 26.84 | |
| 41 | 2 | 8 | Kwaku Addo | Ghana | 27.45 | |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Hannibal Gaskin | Guyana | 28.11 | |
| 43 | 1 | 6 | Ammaar Ghadiyali | Tanzania | 28.41 | |
| 44 | 1 | 4 | Mohamed Adnan | Maldives | 28.57 | |
| 45 | 1 | 3 | Abdoul Babu | Rwanda | 34.44 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:50.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Yu Hexin | China | 24.03 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.04 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Aleksandr Sadovnikov | Russia | 24.09 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Mathys Goosen | Netherlands | 24.29 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 24.39 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Li Zhuhao | China | 24.41 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Jānis Šaltāns | Latvia | 24.58 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Armin Porobic | Norway | 24.60 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 24.70 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Santiago Grassi | Argentina | 24.71 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Joshua Steyn | South Africa | 24.74 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 24.82 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Povilas Strazdas | Lithuania | 24.83 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Norbert Szabó | Hungary | 24.93 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Sascha Subarsky | Austria | 25.10 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Chad Idensohn | Zimbabwe | 25.10 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:42.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Yu Hexin | China | 23.69 |
| | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.81 |
| | 6 | Mathys Goosen | Netherlands | 24.13 |
| 4 | 3 | Aleksandr Sadovnikov | Russia | 24.16 |
| 5 | 8 | Armin Porobic | Norway | 24.25 |
| 6 | 7 | Li Zhuhao | China | 24.34 |
| 7 | 2 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 24.57 |
| 8 | 1 | Jānis Šaltāns | Latvia | 24.66 |