Men’s 50m Butterfly – Short Course World Record & Splits
Current Records:
World Record: Noè Ponti, Switzerland, 21.50 – 2 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 (9.85, 11.77) 21.62
- Szebasztian Szabo / Nicholas Santos 21.75
- Noe Ponti 21.79
- Steffen Deibler 21.80
- Ilya Kharun (10.24, 11.60) 21.84
- Roland Schoeman 21.87
- Chad Le Clos 21.95
- Jiajun Sun 21.96
- Tzen Wei Teong (9.90, 12.07) 21.97
Data Analysis and Comparison:
The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 50m Butterfly – Men’s Short Course swimmers. 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.
| 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 | |||||
Here is the list of the Men’s 100m Butterfly Short Course and the 200m Butterfly Short Course.
Watch Noe Ponti’s World Record swim
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
Note: Men’s 50m Butterfly – Short Course World Record & Splits Update Dec 2024
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