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

Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date	21 August 2018
Competitors	51 from 33 nations
Winning time	22.11
Medalists
Yu Hexin    China   Katsumi Nakamura    Japan   Shunichi Nakao    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

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
	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	Notes
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	Notes
	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