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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly

Men's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates July 24, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 25, 2011 (final)
Competitors 56 from 52 nations
Winning time 23.10
Medalists
gold medal     Brazil
silver medal     Australia
bronze medal     Australia
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The men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.

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

56 swimmers participated in 7 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:

As two swimmers had the same time in the heats at place 16 they had to participate in a swimoff to determine the last semifinal swimmer.

The semifinals were held at 18:30.

The final was held at 18:39.


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