Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 29, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 30, 2011 (final)
Competitors121 from 96 nations
Winning time21.52
Medalists
gold medal    Brazil
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    France
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The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.

Records[]

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record César Cielo  Brazil 20.91 São Paulo December 18, 2009
Championship record César Cielo  Brazil 21.08 Rome August 1, 2009

Results[]

Heats[]

117 swimmers participated in 16 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 14 4 César Cielo  Brazil 22.03 Q
1 15 4 Nathan Adrian  United States 22.03 Q
1 15 8 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.03 Q
4 16 8 Adam Brown  Great Britain 22.08 Q
5 15 2 Krisztián Takács  Hungary 22.15 Q
5 16 5 Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 22.15 Q
7 15 1 Sergey Fesikov  Russia 22.16 Q
7 16 1 Marco Orsi  Italy 22.16 Q
9 16 6 Matthew Abood  Australia 22.17 Q
10 15 3 Alain Bernard  France 22.19 Q
11 16 2 Gideon Louw  South Africa 22.21 Q
12 15 6 Luca Dotto  Italy 22.25 Q
13 14 5 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 22.26 Q
14 15 7 Matt Targett  Australia 22.31 Q
15 16 7 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.32 Q
16 14 3 Andrey Grechin  Russia 22.33 Q
17 15 5 Brent Hayden  Canada 22.34
17 13 1 David Dunford  Kenya 22.34
19 14 8 Dominik Kozma  Hungary 22.36
20 16 3 Cullen Jones  United States 22.37
21 16 4 Frédérick Bousquet  France 22.38
22 14 6 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 22.51
23 14 7 Simon Burnett  Great Britain 22.54
24 13 4 Lü Zhiwu  China 22.55
25 11 5 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 22.65
25 14 2 Marco di Carli  Germany 22.65
27 13 3 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 22.67
28 12 8 Roy-Allan Burch  Bermuda 22.69 NR
29 12 4 Hanser García  Cuba 22.72
30 13 2 Jasper Aerents  Belgium 22.73
31 13 8 Flori Lang   Switzerland 22.80
32 13 6  Portugal 22.81
33 13 7 Odysseas Meladinis  Greece 22.90
34 12 3 Mindaugas Sadauskas  Lithuania 22.95
35 12 1 Barry Murphy  Ireland 22.96
36 14 1  Poland 22.99
37 13 5 Elvis Burrows  Bahamas 23.14
38 12 7 Shehab Younis  Egypt 23.17
39 11 4 Sidni Hoxha  Albania 23.18 NR
40 12 6 Virdhawal Khade  India 23.21
41 12 5  Colombia 23.31
42 11 3  Latvia 23.57
43 10 4 Andrew Chetcuti  Malta 23.65
44 10 2  Morocco 23.83
45 9 4 Luke Hall   23.92
46 10 3 Yellow Yeiyah  Nigeria 24.01
46 11 2 Oliver Elliot  Chile 24.01
48 10 6  Costa Rica 24.12
49 11 8  French Polynesia 24.15
50 11 6  Moldova 24.23
51 11 1 Mohammad Bidaryan  Iran 24.33
52 11 7 Kareem Ennab  Jordan 24.35
53 9 7 Chakyl Camal  Mozambique 24.40
54 9 5 Christopher Duenas  Guam 24.41
55 10 5 Mikael Koloyan  Armenia 24.45
56 9 2  Saint Lucia 24.59
57 8 3 Heshan Unamboowe  Sri Lanka 24.64
57 9 3  Andorra 24.64
59 10 1 Kevin Avila  Guatemala 24.66
60 8 6 Esau Simpson  Grenada 24.72
61 9 6  Grenada 24.78
62 9 8 Niall Roberts  Guyana 24.80
63 8 4 Mahfizur Rahman Sagor  Bangladesh 24.82
64 10 8  Lebanon 24.95
65 8 7 Sergey Krovyakov  Turkmenistan 25.11
66 4 8 Adama Ouedraogo  Burkina Faso 25.33
67 9 1 Emile Bakale  Congo 25.38
68 7 7  Zambia 25.70
69 7 1  Madagascar 25.72
69 8 5 Kerson Hadley  Micronesia 25.72
71 7 5 Kouassi Brou  Ivory Coast 25.81
72 7 2 Christian Nikles  Brunei 25.86
73 6 3 Tolga Akcayli  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.96
74 7 8 Mamadou Soumare  Mali 26.05
75 10 7 Tamir Andryei  Mongolia 26.26
76 8 1 John Kamyuka  Botswana 26.30
77 8 2 Shane Mangroo  Seychelles 26.32
78 7 3 Zachary Payne  Cook Islands 26.50
79 6 4  Palestine 26.65
80 6 5 Israr Hussain  Pakistan 27.03
81 6 8 Hemthon Ponloeu  Cambodia 27.22
82 6 7 Prasiddha Jung Shah    Nepal 27.30
83 5 7  Cambodia 27.48
84 6 1 Ganzi Mugula  Uganda 27.58
84 4 3 Paul Edingue Ekane  Cameroon 27.58
84 6 6    Nepal 27.58
87 3 2  Sudan 27.67
88 4 4 Abdourahman Osman  Djibouti 27.69
89 4 5  Bahrain 27.70
90 4 2 Giordan Harris  Marshall Islands 27.71
91 2 2 Jackson Niyomugabo  Rwanda 27.73
91 3 6 Ching Maou Wei  American Samoa 27.73
93 2 7  Rwanda 28.08
94 5 6  Mongolia 28.14
95 3 4  Palau 28.21
96 8 8  Comoros 28.52
97 4 6  Antigua and Barbuda 28.57
98 5 3  Uganda 28.65
99 5 8 Mulualem Girma Teshale  Ethiopia 28.81
100 7 4  Comoros 28.82
101 3 8 Phathana Inthavong  Laos 28.94
102 5 2 Alisher Chingizov  Tajikistan 29.05
103 4 7 Ammaar Ghadiyali  Tanzania 29.23
104 4 1  Congo 29.24
105 2 4  Sudan 29.49
106 1 4 Christian Nassif  Central African Republic 29.71
107 5 4 Amadou Camara  Guinea 29.72
108 3 3  Benin 31.49
109 2 5  Marshall Islands 31.73
110 3 1  Djibouti 31.79
111 7 6 Seele Benjamin Ntai  Lesotho 32.74
112 3 7  Niger 33.37
113 3 5  Niger 33.83
114 5 5  Lesotho 34.54
115 1 5  Central African Republic 35.11
116 2 3  Mauritania 45.18
1 3  DR Congo DNS
2 6  Mauritania DSQ
5 1  Gambia DNS
6 2 Folarin Ogunsola  Gambia DNS
12 2 Nabil Kebbab  Algeria DNS

Semifinals[]

The semifinals were held at 18:35.[2]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Nathan Adrian  United States 21.94 Q
2 7 Luca Dotto  Italy 21.97 Q
3 2 Alain Bernard  France 22.07 Q
4 1 Matt Targett  Australia 22.09
5 6 Marco Orsi  Italy 22.13
6 5 Adam Brown  Great Britain 22.21
7 3 Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 22.23
8 8 Andrey Grechin  Russia 22.36

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 21.76 Q
2 4 César Cielo  Brazil 21.79 Q
3 3 Krisztián Takács  Hungary 21.97 Q
4 5 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.02 Q
4 7 Gideon Louw  South Africa 22.02 Q
6 6 Sergey Fesikov  Russia 22.09
7 2 Matthew Abood  Australia 22.16
8 8 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.42

Swimoff[]

[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Matt Targett  Australia 22.15
2 5 Sergey Fesikov  Russia 22.32

Final[]

The final was held at 18:09.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 César Cielo  Brazil 21.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Luca Dotto  Italy 21.90
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Alain Bernard  France 21.92
4 3 Nathan Adrian  United States 21.93
5 4 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 21.96
6 2 Krisztián Takács  Hungary 21.99
7 1 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.04
8 7 Gideon Louw  South Africa 22.11

References[]

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (swimoff)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-30.[permanent dead link]

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