Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 50 metre freestyle

The boys' 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 9 and 10 October at the Natatorium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]

Boys' 50 metre freestyle at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
The podium.
Venue	Natatorium
Dates	9 October (heats, semifinals) 10 October (final)
Competitors	54 from 49 nations
Winning time	22.33
Medalists
Thomas Ceccon    Italy   Daniil Markov    Russia   Abdelrahman Sameh    Egypt
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Results

Heats

The heats were started on 9 October at 10:58.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Abdelrahman Sameh	Egypt	22.60	Q
2	7	6	Daniil Markov	Russia	22.73	Q
3	7	4	Björn Seeliger	Sweden	22.84	Q
4	7	3	Robin Hanson	Sweden	22.85	Q
5	5	5	Thomas Ceccon	Italy	22.93	Q
5	6	4	André de Souza	Brazil	22.93	Q
7	5	6	Michael Pickett	New Zealand	23.02	Q
7	7	2	Gabriel Nortjie	South Africa	23.02	Q
9	4	3	Lee Yoo-yeon	South Korea	23.05	Q
9	6	2	George-Adrian Ratiu	Romania	23.05	Q
11	6	2	Kenzo Simons	Netherlands	23.07	Q
12	7	5	Ashton Brinkworth	Australia	23.11	Q
13	6	3	Federico Burdisso	Italy	23.15	Q, WD
14	6	8	Artur Barseghyan	Armenia	23.17	Q,NR
15	5	3	Lucas Peixoto	Brazil	23.24	Q
16	6	1	Joshua Liendo	Canada	23.28	Q
16	6	6	Guillermo Cruz	Mexico	23.28	Q
18	7	1	Matej Duša	Slovakia	23.30
19	5	1	Jean-Marc Delices	France	23.41
20	4	4	Mohammed Bedour	Jordan	23.62
21	4	5	Alexey Belfer	Finland	23.67
22	5	7	Rafael Miroslaw	Germany	23.77
22	6	7	Robbie Powell	Ireland	23.77
24	5	2	Joseph Jackson	Australia	23.81
25	4	1	Jordan Crooks	Cayman Islands	23.88
26	7	8	Kai Legband	Bermuda	23.96
27	3	6	Gal Cohen Groumi	Israel	23.97
28	4	6	Alen Okhotinskiy	Kazakhstan	24.08
29	7	7	Izaak Bastian	Bahamas	24.13
30	5	8	Jack Kirby	Barbados	24.14
31	4	2	Andrés Bustamante	Mexico	24.18
32	4	7	Akhmadjon Umurov	Uzbekistan	24.29
33	3	2	Rudi Spiteri	Malta	24.35
33	3	4	Martín Valdivieso	Chile	24.35
35	4	8	Ivan Semidetnov	Moldova	24.39
36	3	5	Ethan Dang	United States	24.55
37	3	3	Delron Felix	Grenada	24.77
38	3	7	Raffaele Tamagnini	San Marino	24.87
39	3	1	Finau 'Ohuafi	Tonga	25.54
40	1	7	Andrew Qumsieh	Palestine	26.58
41	3	8	Ismat Moani	Sudan	27.07
42	2	3	Murray MacPherson	Malawi	27.50
43	1	2	Mubal Azzam Ibrahim	Maldives	27.51
44	2	5	Shihab Fayez	Oman	27.55
45	1	6	Sauod Al-Shamroukh	Kuwait	27.57
46	2	4	Bunna Poeuvpichra	Cambodia	28.11
47	2	6	Joshua Wyse	Sierra Leone	28.57
48	2	2	Daniel Ranis	Marshall Islands	29.21
49	2	7	Momodou Saine	The Gambia	30.97
50	2	1	Tarann Ambonguilat	Gabon	31.53
51	1	4	Omar Barry	Burkina Faso	32.44
52	1	3	Andrés Akue	Equatorial Guinea	32.61
53	2	8	Amadou Barry	Guinea	32.90
54	1	5	Eddie Boyengue	Republic of the Congo	37.28

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 9 October at 18:23.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Daniil Markov	Russia	22.30	Q
2	2	4	Abdelrahman Sameh	Egypt	22.48	Q
3	2	3	Thomas Ceccon	Italy	22.57	Q
4	2	1	Artur Barseghyan	Armenia	22.69	Q
5	1	3	André de Souza	Brazil	22.71	Q
5	2	5	Björn Seeliger	Sweden	22.71	Q
7	1	2	George-Adrian Ratiu	Romania	22.85	Q
8	1	5	Robin Hanson	Sweden	22.93	QSO
8	2	2	Lee Yoo-yeon	South Korea	22.93	QSO
10	2	6	Michael Pickett	New Zealand	22.98
11	1	1	Lucas Peixoto	Brazil	23.02
12	1	7	Ashton Brinkworth	Australia	23.12
13	2	7	Kenzo Simons	Netherlands	23.18
14	1	6	Gabriel Nortjie	South Africa	23.22
15	1	8	Guillermo Cruz	Mexico	23.30
16	2	8	Joshua Liendo	Canada	23.38

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 9 October at 19:53.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Robin Hanson	Sweden	22.76	Q
2	5	Lee Yoo-yeon	South Korea	22.87

Final

Daniil Markov, Silver medailist

The final was held on 10 October at 18:00.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Thomas Ceccon	Italy	22.33
	4	Daniil Markov	Russia	22.37
	5	Abdelrahman Sameh	Egypt	22.43
4	2	André de Souza	Brazil	22.57
5	7	Björn Seeliger	Sweden	22.77
6	1	George-Adrian Ratiu	Romania	22.79
7	8	Robin Hanson	Sweden	22.96
8	6	Artur Barseghyan	Armenia	23.13