2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueManchester Arena
LocationManchester, England
Dates10 April (heats and semis)
11 April (final)
Competitors108 from 74 nations
Winning time20.81 WR
Medalists
gold medal Duje Draganja   Croatia
silver medal Mark Foster   Great Britain
bronze medal Gerhard Zandberg   South Africa
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The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 April 2008 at the Manchester Arena.

The event was won by the defending champion Croatian Duje Draganja in a new world record time of 20.81 seconds, breaking the previous mark set by Sweden's Stefan Nystrand six months earlier by 0.12 seconds. Swimming in lane 1 in the final, Draganja also broke the championship record of 21.31 set by Cullen Jones of the United States in Shanghai in 2006.

Great Britain's Mark Foster won the silver medal, finishing a half a second behind Draganja while Gerhard Zandberg of South Africa finished third in 21.33.[1]

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[2]

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 20.93 Berlin 18 November 2007
Championship record Cullen Jones  United States 21.31 Shanghai 6 April 2006

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 12 8 Bryan Lundquist  United States 21.44 Q
2 13 4 Mark Foster  Great Britain 21.60 Q
3 6 1 Ryan Lochte  United States 21.61 Q
4 14 4 Duje Draganja  Croatia 21.67 Q
=5 12 6 Grant Brits  Australia 21.77 Q
14 1 Nabil Kebbab  Algeria
7 14 8 Jernej Godec  Slovenia 21.81 Q
8 12 1 Eduardo Lorente  Spain 21.88 Q
9 9 5 David Dunford  Kenya 21.89 Q
=10 11 3 Jason Dunford  Kenya 21.92 Q
13 5 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago
12 12 4 Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa 21.98 Q
13 14 2 José Meolans  Argentina 22.00 Q
14 10 2  Great Britain 22.03 Q
=15 12 5 Salim Iles  Algeria 22.06 Q
14 5 Fernando Silva  Brazil
17 12 2 Robert Lijesen  Netherlands 22.11
18 12 3 Mario Todorović  Croatia 22.20
19 13 2 Kaan Tayla  Turkey 22.21
20 13 7 Johannes Dietrich  Germany 22.23
21 14 7 Flori Lang   Switzerland 22.24
22 13 3  South Africa 22.25
=23 13 6 Cameron Gibson  New Zealand 22.32
14 3 Matti Rajakylä  Finland
25 10 3 Eduardo Deboni  Brazil 22.34
26 11 8 Kenrick Monk  Australia 22.37
27 9 4 Ľuboš Križko  Slovakia 22.38
28 14 6 Andrey Grechin  Russia 22.44
29 9 1  Japan 22.56
30 10 8 Andrey Kapralov  Russia 22.61
31 11 7 Alexandre Agostinho  Portugal 22.64
32 10 4  Argentina 22.70
33 11 1  Portugal 22.79
=34 9 3 Markus Deibler  Germany 22.87
10 6 Raichin Antonov  Bulgaria
36 11 2  Lebanon 22.93
37 12 7 Huang Shaohua  China 22.94
38 11 6 Bryan Tay  Singapore 22.97
39 5 1 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 23.08
40 9 8 Ankur Poseria  India 23.12
41 10 1 Mohammad Bidarian  Iran 23.14
42 8 1 Mohamed Mamdouh  Egypt 23.19
43 10 7  Egypt 23.25
44 8 6  Philippines 23.30
45 10 5  Macau 23.31
46 9 7  Turkey 23.59
47 9 6 Mikael Koloyan  Armenia 23.62
48 13 1 Lü Zhiwu  China 23.89
49 9 2  Chinese Taipei 23.90
50 8 3  Estonia 23.93
51 7 3  Angola 23.94
52 1 4  Indonesia 23.96
53 8 8  Armenia 24.00
=54 7 2 Kieran Locke  United States Virgin Islands 24.03
8 5  Iran
56 7 5 Emile Bakale  Republic of the Congo 24.16
57 6 5 Zane Jordan  Zambia 24.35
58 8 4 Chakyl Camal  Mozambique 24.41
59 8 7 Gael Adam  Mauritius 24.45
60 7 8 Fernando Medrano  Nicaragua 24.50
61 7 6 Luke Hall  Eswatini 24.59
62 7 1  Azerbaijan 24.77
63 4 6  Grenada 24.80
64 5 5 Sidni Hoxha  Albania 24.86
65 6 4 Heshan Unamboowe  Sri Lanka 24.88
66 6 6  Dominican Republic 24.90
67 5 3  Grenada 24.95
68 6 7  Saint Lucia 24.96
69 6 2  Saudi Arabia 24.98
70 4 5  Pakistan 25.03
71 4 7  Morocco 25.05
72 6 3  Jamaica 25.07
=73 5 2  Saudi Arabia 25.14
6 8  Albania
75 4 4 Andreý Molçanow  Turkmenistan 25.23
76 5 4  Saint Lucia 25.29
77 4 1 Andryein Tamir  Mongolia 25.32
78 4 3  Macau 25.43
79 4 2  Pakistan 25.50
80 5 8  Eswatini 25.60
81 5 6  Gibraltar 25.67
82 3 7 Sergeý Krowýakow  Turkmenistan 25.75
83 2 6 Kerson Hadley  Federated States of Micronesia 25.80
84 5 7  Zambia 26.03
85 3 4  Mongolia 26.34
86 7 7 Tural Abbasov  Azerbaijan 26.39
87 3 6 John Kamyuka  Botswana 26.40
88 3 3 Sofyan El Gadi  Libya 26.59
89 3 5  Palestine 26.72
90 3 2  Ivory Coast 26.74
91 4 8 Kouassi Brou  Ivory Coast 26.99
92 2 2  Maldives 27.70
93 3 8  Palestine 28.10
94 3 1 Gilbert Kaburu  Uganda 28.49
95 2 1  Tanzania 30.92
96 1 6  Tanzania 34.21
1 3 Yellow Yeiyah  Nigeria DNS
1 5  Mali
2 3 Rene Jacob Yougbara  Burkina Faso
2 5  Mauritania
2 7  Sierra Leone
2 8 Adama Ouedraogo  Burkina Faso
7 4  Moldova
8 2  Moldova
11 4 Alessandro Calvi  Italy
13 8 Michele Santucci  Italy
2 4 Petero Okotai  Cook Islands DSQ
11 5 Danil Bugakov  Uzbekistan

Semifinals[]

The semifinals were held at 19:53.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Mark Foster  Great Britain 21.32 Q
2 2 1 José Meolans  Argentina 21.43 Q
3 2 5 Ryan Lochte  United States 21.46 Q
4 2 4 Bryan Lundquist  United States 21.55 Q
5 2 3 Grant Brits  Australia 21.57 Q
6 2 6 Jernej Godec  Slovenia 21.58 Q
7 1 5 Duje Draganja  Croatia 21.63 Q
8 1 7 Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa 21.72 Q
=9 1 3 Nabil Kebbab  Algeria 21.77
2 7 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago
11 2 8 Salim Iles  Algeria 21.80
12 2 2 David Dunford  Kenya 21.85
13 1 1  Great Britain 21.90
=14 1 8 Fernando Silva  Brazil 21.97
1 6 Eduardo Lorente  Spain
1 2 Jason Dunford  Kenya

Finals[]

The final was held at 20:50.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Duje Draganja  Croatia 20.81 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Mark Foster  Great Britain 21.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa 21.33
4 3 Ryan Lochte  United States 21.44
5 5 José Meolans  Argentina 21.48
6 2 Grant Brits  Australia 21.68
7 7 Jernej Godec  Slovenia 21.74
8 6 Bryan Lundquist  United States 21.77

References[]

  1. ^ "World Short Course Championships: Flash! Duje Draganja Defends 50 Free Title With World Record". Swimming World. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Heat results of the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). FINA. 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Semifinal results of the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). FINA. 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Final results of the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). FINA. 11 April 2018.
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