Men’s 50m Butterfly – Short Course
World’s Fastest 50m Butterfly – Men’s Short Course
World Record: No̬ Ponti, Switzerland, 21.50 Р2 November 2024, World Cup
World Junior Record: Ilya Kharun, Canada, 22.28, 14 December 2022, World Championships
Commonwealth Record: Roland Schoeman, South Africa, 21.87, 14 November 2009, World Cup
Top 10 All-Time Performers:
- Noe Ponti 21.50
- Nyls Korstanje 21.74
- Szebasztian Szabo / Nicholas Santos 21.75
- Noe Ponti 21.79
- Steffen Deibler 21.80
- Roland Schoeman 21.87
- Chad Le Clos 21.95
- Jiajun Sun 21.96
- Dylan Carter 21.98
- Tom Shields 21.99
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The chart below compares the World’s fastest 50m Butterfly swimmers short course. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible. Here is Noe Ponti’s New World Record to view.
Also here is Szebasztian Szabo previous 50m Butterfly World Record swim to view. Here is Nicholas Santos’s equal previous 50m Butterfly World Record swim to view
Here is the list of the Men’s 100m Butterfly Short Course and the 200m Butterfly Short Course.
| Men's 50m Butterfly - Short Course | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Szebasztian Szabo | Nicholas Santos | Noe Ponti | Steffen Deibler | Roland Schoeman | Chad Le Clos | Tom Shields | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in 190cm | 6 ft 3 in 191cm | 6 ft 4 in 192cm | 6 ft 1 in 186cm | 6 ft 3 in 190cm | 6 ft 2 in 189cm | 6 ft 4 in 193cm | |||||
| Weight: | 205 Ib 93kg | 196 Ib 89kg | 179 Ib 81kg | 185 Ib 84kg | 185 Ib 84kg | 200 Ib 91kg | ||||||
| Country: | HUN | BRA | SUI | GER | RSA | RSA | USA | |||||
| DOB: | 1996-03-11 | 1980-02-14 | 2001-06-01 | 1987-07-10 | 1980-07-04 | 1992-04-12 | 1991-07-11 | |||||
| Meet: | European Short Course Swimming Championships 2021 | FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 | 2023 European Short Course Swimming Championships | FINA/ Arena Swimming World Cup 2009 | FINA/ Arena Swimming World Cup 2009 | 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2014 | FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 | |||||
| 1st 25m Split | 10.07 | |||||||||||
| Strokes | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2nd 25 split | 11.72 | |||||||||||
| Strokes | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Total Time: | 21.75 | 21.75 | 21.79 | 21.80 | 21.87 | 21.95 | 21.99 | |||||
Below is a quick look at the 50m Butterfly Long Course top All time performers:
All time 50m Butterfly – Men’s Long Course
- Andrii Govorov 22.27
- Caeleb Dressel 22.35
- Rafael Munoz 22.43
- Nicholas Santos 22.60
- Oleg Kostin 22.62
- Milorad Cavic 22.67
- Oleg Kostin 22.70
Note: World’s Fastest 50m Butterfly – Men’s Short Course Update Nov 2024