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

The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 23 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday, 23 August 2018 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Thursday, 23 August 2018 | 18:00 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Andriy Govorov (UKR) | 22.27 | Rome, Italy | 1 July 2018 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Joseph Schooling (SGP) | 22.93 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 July 2017 |
| Games Record | Shi Yang (CHN) | 23.46 | Incheon, South Korea | 25 September 2014 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Joseph Schooling (SGP) | 23.84 |
| 2 | 6 | Wang Peng (CHN) | 23.89 |
| 3 | 5 | Adilbek Mussin (KAZ) | 23.91 |
| 4 | 5 | Shunichi Nakao (JPN) | 23.98 |
| 5 | 2 | Virdhawal Khade (IND) | 24.09 |
| 6 | 4 | Li Zhuhao (CHN) | 24.13 |
| 7 | 6 | Yuki Kobori (JPN) | 24.17 |
| 8 | 2 | Paul Lê Nguyễn (VIE) | 24.21 |
| 9 | 4 | Teong Tzen Wei (SGP) | 24.28 |
| 10 | 5 | Glenn Victor Sutanto (INA) | 24.36 |
| 11 | 6 | Chang Gyu-cheol (KOR) | 24.44 |
| 12 | 4 | Triady Fauzi Sidiq (INA) | 24.46 |
| 13 | 5 | Artyom Kozlyuk (UZB) | 24.66 |
| 14 | 4 | Seo Min-suk (KOR) | 24.71 |
| 15 | 6 | Lin Chien-liang (TPE) | 24.74 |
| 16 | 5 | Chu Chen-ping (TPE) | 24.84 |
| 17 | 6 | Abbas Qali (KUW) | 24.87 |
| 18 | 4 | Anthony Barbar (LBN) | 24.94 |
| 18 | 5 | Vladislav Shuliko (KGZ) | 24.94 |
| 20 | 5 | Mehdi Ansari (IRI) | 24.95 |
| 21 | 6 | Chan Jie (MAS) | 24.96 |
| 22 | 3 | Navaphat Wongcharoen (THA) | 25.06 |
| 23 | 4 | Ho Tin Long (HKG) | 25.09 |
| 24 | 4 | Waleed Abdulrazzaq (KUW) | 25.12 |
| 25 | 3 | Akalanka Peiris (SRI) | 25.20 |
| 26 | 4 | Cherantha de Silva (SRI) | 25.36 |
| 27 | 6 | Derick Ng (HKG) | 25.42 |
| 28 | 1 | Anshul Kothari (IND) | 25.45 |
| 29 | 3 | Noah Al-Khulaifi (QAT) | 25.70 |
| 30 | 2 | Yousif Bu Arish (KSA) | 25.74 |
| 31 | 3 | Sio Ka Kun (MAC) | 26.11 |
| 32 | 5 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC) | 26.29 |
| 33 | 3 | Yacob Al-Khulaifi (QAT) | 26.30 |
| 34 | 3 | Kawas Behram Aga (PAK) | 26.95 |
| 35 | 3 | Lim Keouodom (CAM) | 27.38 |
| 36 | 1 | Erdenemönkhiin Demüül (MGL) | 27.55 |
| 37 | 1 | Anas Al-Tamari (PLE) | 27.56 |
| 38 | 2 | Alijon Khairulloev (TJK) | 28.67 |
| 39 | 2 | Buman-Uchralyn Bat-Od (MGL) | 29.96 |
| 40 | 2 | Ali Asghar Nazari (AFG) | 30.22 |
| — | 3 | Mohammed Bedour (JOR) | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Joseph Schooling (SGP) | 23.61 |
| | Wang Peng (CHN) | 23.65 |
| | Adilbek Mussin (KAZ) | 23.73 |
| 4 | Shunichi Nakao (JPN) | 23.88 |
| 5 | Li Zhuhao (CHN) | 23.89 |
| 6 | Paul Lê Nguyễn (VIE) | 24.35 |
| 7 | Yuki Kobori (JPN) | 24.40 |
| 8 | Virdhawal Khade (IND) | 24.48 |
