# Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 21 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 09:06 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 18:06 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record | César Cielo (BRA) | 20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | 18 December 2009 |
| Asian Record | Katsumi Nakamura (JPN) | 21.87 | Yamaguchi, Japan | 11 February 2018 |
| Games Record | Ning Zetao (CHN) | 21.94 | Incheon, South Korea | 23 September 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | 6 | Yu Hexin (CHN) | 22.21 |
| 2 | 7 | Kenneth To (HKG) | 22.38 |
| 3 | 5 | Virdhawal Khade (IND) | 22.43 |
| 4 | 7 | Katsumi Nakamura (JPN) | 22.50 |
| 5 | 6 | Teong Tzen Wei (SGP) | 22.56 |
| 6 | 6 | Lin Chien-liang (TPE) | 22.60 |
| 7 | 5 | Shunichi Nakao (JPN) | 22.62 |
| 8 | 7 | Adilbek Mussin (KAZ) | 22.63 |
| 9 | 5 | Alexandr Varakin (KAZ) | 22.72 |
| 10 | 6 | Yang Jae-hoon (KOR) | 22.77 |
| 11 | 7 | Zhao Xianjian (CHN) | 22.86 |
| 12 | 3 | Seo Min-suk (KOR) | 22.88 |
| 12 | 6 | Matthew Abeysinghe (SRI) | 22.88 |
| 14 | 5 | Triady Fauzi Sidiq (INA) | 22.95 |
| 14 | 7 | Wu Chun-feng (TPE) | 22.95 |
| 16 | 7 | Khurshidjon Tursunov (UZB) | 23.02 |
| 17 | 5 | Joseph Schooling (SGP) | 23.05 |
| 18 | 6 | Aleksey Tarasenko (UZB) | 23.08 |
| 19 | 7 | Benyamin Gharehhassanloo (IRI) | 23.11 |
| 20 | 7 | Kyle Abeysinghe (SRI) | 23.36 |
| 21 | 5 | Keith Lim (MAS) | 23.37 |
| 22 | 4 | Andrew Newling (THA) | 23.48 |
| 23 | 6 | Sina Gholampour (IRI) | 23.54 |
| 24 | 5 | Raymond Sumitra Lukman (INA) | 23.66 |
| 25 | 4 | Ngou Pok Man (MAC) | 23.67 |
| 26 | 4 | Anthony Barbar (LBN) | 23.79 |
| 27 | 4 | Mokhtar Al-Yamani (YEM) | 23.80 |
| 28 | 1 | Anshul Kothari (IND) | 23.83 |
| 28 | 5 | Mohammed Bedour (JOR) | 23.83 |
| 30 | 4 | Jeremy Wong (HKG) | 23.85 |
| 31 | 1 | Waleed Abdulrazzaq (KUW) | 23.89 |
| 32 | 4 | Foong Wei Tze (MAS) | 24.17 |
| 33 | 1 | Yousif Bu Arish (KSA) | 24.39 |
| 34 | 4 | Ngô Đình Chuyền (VIE) | 24.49 |
| 35 | 6 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC) | 24.50 |
| 36 | 4 | Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman (BAN) | 24.54 |
| 37 | 3 | Noah Al-Khulaifi (QAT) | 24.64 |
| 38 | 3 | Issa Al-Adawi (OMA) | 24.68 |
| 39 | 3 | Yacob Al-Khulaifi (QAT) | 24.89 |
| 40 | 3 | Günsennorovyn Zandanbal (MGL) | 25.12 |
| 41 | 3 | Olimjon Ishanov (TJK) | 25.43 |
| 42 | 2 | Muhammad Yahya Khan (PAK) | 25.50 |
| 43 | 3 | Thoeun Thol (CAM) | 25.80 |
| 44 | 3 | Boldbaataryn Buyantogtokh (MGL) | 25.86 |
| 45 | 2 | Loiy Juwaihan (PLE) | 26.15 |
| 46 | 2 | Sirish Gurung (NEP) | 26.33 |
| 47 | 2 | Santisouk Inthavong (LAO) | 26.62 |
| 48 | 2 | Alijon Khairulloev (TJK) | 27.16 |
| 49 | 2 | Ali Imaan (MDV) | 27.60 |
| 50 | 2 | Hassan Ashraf (MDV) | 28.68 |
| 51 | 1 | Ali Asghar Nazari (AFG) | 29.34 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Yu Hexin (CHN) | 22.11 |
| | Katsumi Nakamura (JPN) | 22.20 |
| | Shunichi Nakao (JPN) | 22.46 |
| 4 | Virdhawal Khade (IND) | 22.47 |
| 5 | Kenneth To (HKG) | 22.54 |
| 6 | Teong Tzen Wei (SGP) | 22.59 |
| 7 | Adilbek Mussin (KAZ) | 22.64 |
| 8 | Lin Chien-liang (TPE) | 22.67 |