Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 1986 FINA World Championships
Men's 50 metre freestyle ; at the 1986 FINA World Championships
Date	22 August 1986
Competitors	51 from 34 nations
Winning time	22.49 seconds
Medalists
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships were held on 22 August 1986 in Madrid, Spain.

Results[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stefan Volery	Switzerland	22.62	CR
2	Tom Jager	United States	22.66
3	Ang Peng Siong	Singapore	22.71
4	Dano Halsall	Switzerland	22.83
5	Matt Biondi	United States	22.89
6	Gennadiy Prigoda	Soviet Union	22.98
7	Per Johansson	Sweden	23.03	NR
8	Jörg Woithe	East Germany	22.86
9	Hans Kroes	Netherlands	23.27
10	Greg Fasala	Australia	23.42
11	Franz Mortensen	Denmark	23.48
12		Sweden	23.49
13	Andy Jameson	Great Britain	23.51
14	Patrick Dybiona	Netherlands	23.54
15		East Germany	23.56
16	Blair Hicken	Canada	23.57	NR
17		Brazil	23.59
17	Tzvetan Golomeev	Bulgaria	23.59	NR
19	Giovanni Franceschi	Italy	23.63
20	Sergey Smiriagin	Soviet Union	23.66
21	Andre Schadt	West Germany	23.75
22	Petr Kladiva	Czechoslovakia	23.80
23	Fernando Rodríguez	Peru	23.91	NR
24	Mark Foster	Great Britain	23.97
25	Matthew Renshaw	Australia	24.01
26	Jose Medina	Mexico	24.11
27	Cyro Delgado	Brazil	24.12
28		Canada	24.13
29	Sergio Esteves	Portugal	24.15
30		Spain	24.16
31	Yves Clausse	Luxembourg	24.32
32		Japan	24.36
33	Alexander Pilhatsch	Austria	24.40
34	Anthony Nesty	Suriname	24.45	NR
35	Antonio Portela	Puerto Rico	24.46
36	Hans Foerster	United States Virgin Islands	24.50	NR
37		Algeria	24.57	NR
38		Ireland	24.61
39		Turkey	24.64
40		Egypt	24.71	NR
41		Spain	24.73
42	Manuel Guzman	Puerto Rico	24.82
43		Austria	24.96
44		Dominican Republic	25.05
45	Ayman Nadim	Egypt	25.31
46		Chinese Taipei	25.32
47	Ronald Pickard	United States Virgin Islands	25.47
48		Finland	25.53
49		Chinese Taipei	25.91
50	Michele Piva	San Marino	26.29
51		San Marino	27.11

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
9	Greg Fasala	Australia	23.01
10	Hans Kroes	Netherlands	23.31
11		Sweden	23.53
12	Patrick Dybiona	Netherlands	23.55
13	Franz Mortensen	Denmark	23.71
14	Andy Jameson	Great Britain	23.73
15		East Germany	23.74
16	Blair Hicken	Canada	23.78

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tom Jager	United States	22.49	CR
	Dano Halsall	Switzerland	22.80
	Matt Biondi	United States	22.85
4	Ang Peng Siong	Singapore	23.03
5	Stefan Volery	Switzerland	23.08
6	Per Johansson	Sweden	23.10
7	Jörg Woithe	East Germany	23.12
8	Gennadiy Prigoda	Soviet Union	23.27