2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre butterfly

Men's 50m Butterfly at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates	14 December 2012 (heats and semifinals) 15 December 2012 (final)
Winning time	22.22
Medalists
Nicholas Santos    Brazil   Chad le Clos    South Africa   Tom Shields    United States

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 – 15 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Steffen Deibler	Germany	21.80	Berlin	14 November 2009
Championship record	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	22.40	Dubai	18 December 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
14 December	Heats	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	22.40	=CR
14 December	Semifinals	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	22.23	CR
15 December	Final	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	22.22	CR

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	14	4	Nicholas Santos (BRA)	22.40	Q, =CR
2	14	3	Chad le Clos (RSA)	22.78	Q
3	12	5	Yauhen Tsurkin (BLR)	22.93	Q
4	1	3	Wu Peng (CHN)	22.96	Q
5	14	5	Andriy Hovorov (UKR)	22.98	Q
6	14	9	Peter Mankoč (SLO)	23.05	Q
7	13	5	Jason Dunford (KEN)	23.07	Q
7	13	6	Tom Shields (USA)	23.07	Q
9	12	3	Joeri Verlinden (NED)	23.11	Q
10	12	4	Frédérick Bousquet (FRA)	23.18	Q
11	13	3	Kaio de Almeida (BRA)	23.21	Q
12	14	6	François Heersbrandt (BEL)	23.22	Q, =NR
13	13	8	Ben Hockin (PAR)	23.27	Q, NR
14	14	8	Barry Murphy (IRL)	23.52	Q, NR
15	13	2	Romain Sassot (FRA)	23.53	Q
16	12	2	Evgeny Koptelov (RUS)	23.57	Q
17	14	0	Joseph Schooling (SIN)	23.58	NR
18	14	2	Iskender Baslakov (TUR)	23.61
19	14	7	Joshua McLeod (TRI)	23.63
20	13	1	Matteo Rivolta (ITA)	23.74
21	11	6	Garth Tune (RSA)	23.77
22	11	1	Daniel Ramirez Carranza (MEX)	23.82
23	2	8	Mindaugas Sadauskas (LTU)	23.86
23	11	8	Chang Gyu-Cheol (KOR)	23.86
23	12	9	Viacheslav Prudnikov (RUS)	23.86
26	14	1	Bence Pulai (HUN)	23.92
27	10	1	Shinri Shioura (JPN)	23.93
28	11	3	Cameron Simpson (NZL)	23.97
28	12	0	Mihael Vukić (CRO)	23.97
30	11	2	Alex Hernandez Medina (CUB)	23.98
31	12	8	Grant Irvine (AUS)	24.01
32	13	9	Yevgeniy Lazuka (AZE)	24.04
33	11	9	Coleman Allen (CAN)	24.08
34	10	5	Norbert Trandafir (ROU)	24.10
35	2	4	Chen Yin (CHN)	24.12
36	12	7	Alon Mandel (ISR)	24.21
37	11	7	Krisztián Takács (HUN)	24.23
38	11	5	Martin Verner (CZE)	24.29
39	12	6	Kenta Hirai (JPN)	24.30
40	13	0	Tomáš Plevko (CZE)	24.31
41	10	3	Ozan Gider (TUR)	24.44
42	10	4	Thomas Gossland (CAN)	24.45
43	12	1	Hoang Quy Phuoc (VIE)	24.53
44	10	9	Andrew Chetcuti (MLT)	24.56	NR
45	8	3	Emmanuel Crescimbeni (PER)	24.64
46	9	8	Pjotr Degtjarjov (EST)	24.65
47	10	0	Afshin Asgari (IRI)	24.79
48	9	2	Hsu Chi-Chieh (TPE)	24.84
49	11	4	Joaquin Belza (ARG)	24.88
50	9	1	Orri Freyr Gudmundsson (ISL)	25.03
51	8	4	Jose Lobo Martinez (PAR)	25.06
52	10	6	Ramadhan Abdallah Vyombo (KEN)	25.08
53	9	4	Teimuraz Kobakhidze (GEO)	25.22
54	9	9	Radhames Kalaf (DOM)	25.23
55	9	6	Lao Kuan Fong (MAC)	25.25
55	10	7	Ng Kai Wee Rainer (SIN)	25.25
57	9	0	Pavel Izbisciuc (MDA)	25.26
58	2	6	Ayman Klzie (SYR)	25.30
59	2	1	Anthonny Sitraka Ralefy (MAD)	25.45
60	8	2	Roy Barahona (HON)	25.52
61	8	6	Vahan Mkhitaryan (ARM)	25.57
62	7	9	Andrew Rutherfurd (BOL)	25.63	NR
63	8	5	Samson Opuakpo (NGR)	25.72
64	10	8	Timothy Wynter (JAM)	25.74
65	7	0	Sean Gunn (ZIM)	25.79
66	1	5	Adrian Todd (BOT)	25.84
67	7	2	Ahmad Attellesey (LBA)	25.91
68	9	7	Mohammed Al-Ghafri (UAE)	25.94
69	8	9	Dulguun Batsaikhan (MGL)	26.18
70	6	7	Oriol Cuñat (AND)	26.23
71	7	4	Sio Ka Kun (MAC)	26.26
71	8	8	Valdo Lourenço (MOZ)	26.26
73	7	3	James Sanderson (GIB)	26.31
74	6	6	Ralph Wesley Goveia (ZAM)	26.34
75	7	1	Fernando Medrano Medina (NCA)	26.36
76	7	8	Rahul Monal Chokshi (IND)	26.43
77	8	1	Julian Harding (MLT)	26.44
78	7	6	Nuno Rola (ANG)	26.45
79	9	5	Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane (SEN)	26.53
80	7	5	Sergeý Krowýakow (TKM)	26.56
81	5	4	Esau Simpson (GRN)	26.81
82	11	0	Mbeh Tanji (CMR)	26.82
83	8	0	Omar Omar (BHR)	26.86
84	6	5	David van der Colff (BOT)	26.96
85	6	8	Stanford Gore Kawale (PNG)	27.02
86	6	0	Paul Elaisa (FIJ)	27.04
87	5	1	Julien Brice (LCA)	27.24
88	6	2	Hilal Hemed Hilal (TAN)	27.25
88	8	7	Omar Mithqal (JOR)	27.25
90	6	1	Adam Viktora (SEY)	27.32
91	6	4	Zaur Arkaniya (AZE)	27.50
92	5	0	Roman Hramtsov (TKM)	27.61
93	3	8	Borhane Ahmed Mohamed Abro (DJI)	27.67
94	6	9	Tepaia Zac Payne (COK)	27.88
95	5	5	Alassane Sylla (CIV)	27.92
96	4	4	Tolga Akcayli (VIN)	28.02
97	5	8	Milimo Mweetwa (ZAM)	28.06
98	4	5	Khalid Baba (BHR)	28.11
99	5	6	Giordan Harris (MHL)	28.30
100	5	7	Erdenemunkh Demuul (MGL)	28.38
101	5	2	C. Andrews (COK)	28.50
102	4	6	Joseph Seguina (GUY)	28.56
103	1	4	Aung Thiha (MYA)	28.61
104	6	3	Oliver Quick (GIB)	28.69
105	4	7	Conrad Gaira (UGA)	28.91
106	4	2	Hannibal Gaskin (GUY)	28.94
107	2	0	Mamadou Amara Soumare (MLI)	29.13
108	5	3	Mohamed Muthasim Adnan (MDV)	29.22
109	5	9	Abdulrahman Al-Kuwari (QAT)	29.39
110	4	1	Umarkhon Alizoda (TJK)	29.45
111	4	0	Franc Aleksi (ALB)	29.48
112	4	8	Saylom Souvannala (LAO)	30.49
113	3	4	Jamal Tamasese (SAM)	30.91
114	3	6	Mukhammad Khakimov (TJK)	31.61
115	2	3	Adam David Kitururu (TAN)	32.32
116	1	7	Eloi Imaniraguha (RWA)	32.92
117	3	7	Chavez Joseph (VIN)	34.73
	1	2	Moris Beale (SLE)	DSQ
	1	6	Kamara Osman (SLE)	DSQ
	2	7	Moise Ngondo (COD)	DSQ
	3	0	Martti Aljand (EST)	DSQ
	9	3	Sarma Nair (IND)	DSQ
	1	1	Sorie Marah (SLE)	DNS
	2	2	Abdourahman Mohamed (DJI)	DNS
	2	5	Konrad Czerniak (POL)	DNS
	3	1	Aonzoudine Chaoili (COM)	DNS
	3	2	Athoumani Youssouf (COM)	DNS
	3	3	Ayoub Kalfo (SUD)	DNS
	3	5	Ralph Benjamin Teiko Quaye (GHA)	DNS
	3	9	Essossimana Awizoba (TOG)	DNS
	4	3	Kensuke Kimura (NMI)	DNS
	4	9	Kofi Komla Anku (GHA)	DNS
	7	7	João Aguiar (ANG)	DNS
	10	2	Ryan Lochte (USA)	DNS
	13	4	Rafael Muñoz (ESP)	DNS
	13	7	Aleksander Hetland (NOR)	DNS

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	22.23	Q, CR
2	1	6	Tom Shields	United States	22.58	Q
3	1	2	Frédérick Bousquet	France	22.61	Q
4	1	4	Chad le Clos	South Africa	22.70	Q
5	1	3	Peter Mankoč	Slovenia	22.82	Q
6	2	3	Andriy Hovorov	Ukraine	22.93	Q
7	2	2	Joeri Verlinden	Netherlands	22.98	Q
8	1	5	Wu Peng	China	23.05	Q
9	1	7	François Heersbrandt	Belgium	23.10	NR
10	2	5	Yauhen Tsurkin	Belarus	23.16
11	2	7	Kaio de Almeida	Brazil	23.20
12	2	1	Ben Hockin	Paraguay	23.36
13	1	1	Barry Murphy	Ireland	23.39	NR
14	2	6	Jason Dunford	Kenya	23.42
15	2	8	Romain Sassot	France	23.57
16	1	8	Evgeny Koptelov	Russia	23.62

Final

The final was held at 19:52.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	22.22	CR
	6	Chad le Clos	South Africa	22.26
	5	Tom Shields	United States	22.46	NR
4	3	Frédérick Bousquet	France	22.61
5	8	Wu Peng	China	22.78
6	7	Andriy Hovorov	Ukraine	22.85
7	1	Joeri Verlinden	Netherlands	22.90
8	2	Peter Mankoč	Slovenia	22.94

References

External links

• 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Men's 50 metre butterfly entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.