Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates11 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
12 August 2016 (final)
Competitors85 from 72 nations
Winning time21.40
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anthony Ervin  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Florent Manaudou  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nathan Adrian  United States
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The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 11–12 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Summary[]

Sixteen years after he tied for the gold with Gary Hall, Jr., U.S. swimmer Anthony Ervin, aged 35, reclaimed his title in the program's shortest race to become the oldest male champion in Olympic swimming history. He threw down a gold-medal time of 21.40 to touch out the defending titleholder Florent Manaudou of France by a hundredth of a second.[2] Manaudou was quick off the blocks, but could not catch Ervin near the wall to finish with a silver in 21.41.[3] Meanwhile, Ervin's teammate Nathan Adrian swam to another bronze-medal feat at the Games with a 21.49.[4][5]

Separated the top three by almost two tenths of a second, Great Britain's Benjamin Proud finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 21.68, while Ukraine's Andriy Govorov, who led a vast field of swimmers earlier in the heats, slipped shortly to fifth in 21.74. Brazil's hometown favorite Bruno Fratus, fourth-place finalist from London 2012, and South Africa's Brad Tandy shared the sixth spot in a matching 21.79, with Lithuanian swimmer Simonas Bilis (22.08) closing out the field.[5]

Other notable swimmers featured Australia's Cameron McEvoy, Russia's Vladimir Morozov, Manaudou's brother-in-law and countryman Frédérick Bousquet, and Trinidad and Tobago's George Bovell, who scored a twenty-seventh place finish in his fifth Olympic appearance.[6][7]

Records[]

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

World record  César Cielo (BRA) 20.91 São Paulo, Brazil 18 December 2009 [8][9]
Olympic record  César Cielo (BRA) 21.30 Beijing, China 16 August 2008 [10]

Qualification[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event was 22.27 seconds. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) could automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time was 23.05 seconds. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time was eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events was reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event could also use their universality place.[11]

Competition format[]

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results[]

Heats[]

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 11 3 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 21.49 Q, NR
2 10 4 Nathan Adrian  United States 21.61 Q
3 10 5 Anthony Ervin  United States 21.63 Q
4 11 4 Florent Manaudou  France 21.72 Q
5 9 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 21.80 Q
6 9 5 Vladimir Morozov  Russia 21.81 Q
7 10 3 Benjamin Proud  Great Britain 21.83 Q
10 7 Santo Condorelli  Canada Q
9 9 2 Luca Dotto  Italy 21.87 Q
10 10 6 Kristian Gkolomeev  Greece 21.93 Q
11 5 Bruno Fratus  Brazil Q
12 9 6 Brad Tandy  South Africa 21.94 Q
13 11 6 Ítalo Duarte  Brazil 21.96 Q
14 9 7 Shinri Shioura  Japan 22.01 Q
11 8 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania Q, NR
16 10 8 Norbert Trandafir  Romania 22.10 Q
17 11 2 Krisztián Takács  Hungary 22.12
18 10 2 Katsumi Nakamura  Japan 22.13
19 9 3 Damian Wierling  Germany 22.18
20 8 2 Yu Hexin  China 22.20
21 7 8 Renzo Tjon-A-Joe  Suriname 22.23 NR
8 4 Filip Wypych  Poland
23 7 2 Ali Khalafalla  Egypt 22.25 =NR
11 7 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland
25 7 1 Oussama Sahnoune  Algeria 22.27
9 1 Frédérick Bousquet  France
27 8 7 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.30
28 8 3 Aleksei Brianskiy  Russia 22.33
29 7 7 Douglas Erasmus  South Africa 22.37
30 8 8 Ning Zetao  China 22.38
31 7 6 Federico Grabich  Argentina 22.44
32 6 4 Geoffrey Cheah  Hong Kong 22.46
33 8 5 Odysseus Meladinis  Greece 22.47
10 1 Matthew Abood  Australia
35 7 3 Yuri Kisil  Canada 22.50
9 8 Paweł Juraszek  Poland
37 11 1 Federico Bocchia  Italy 22.54
38 8 1 François Heersbrandt  Belgium 22.58
39 7 4 Jasper Aerents  Belgium 22.61
40 6 5 Mario Todorović  Croatia 22.65
41 1 3 Sidni Hoxha  Albania 22.80 NR
8 6 Ziv Kalontarov  Israel
43 6 6 Shane Ryan  Ireland 22.88
44 6 3 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 22.92
45 6 2 Jordan Augier  Saint Lucia 23.28
46 6 7 José Alberto Quintanilla  Bolivia 23.35
47 6 1 Vahan Mkhitaryan  Armenia 23.50
48 5 6 Abdoul Niane  Senegal 23.66
49 4 4 Hilal Hemed Hilal  Tanzania 23.70 NR[12]
50 6 8 Anthony Barbar  Lebanon 23.77
51 5 4 Meli Malani  Fiji 23.88
5 5 Maksim Inić  Montenegro
53 5 3 Ahmad Attellesey  Libya 23.89
54 5 7 Mahfizur Rahman Sagor  Bangladesh 23.92
55 5 8 Abeiku Jackson  Ghana 24.30
56 1 7 Adam Viktora  Seychelles 24.32
57 5 1 Lum Zhaveli  Kosovo 24.53
58 4 5 Farhan Farhan  Bahrain 24.61
59 4 3 Samson Opuakpo  Nigeria 24.85
60 5 2 Batsaikhany Dulguun  Mongolia 24.90
61 2 1 Nikolas Sylvester  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.64 NR
62 4 8 Olim Qurbonov  Tajikistan 25.77
63 4 7 Giordan Harris  Marshall Islands 25.81
64 4 6 Joshua Tibatemwa  Uganda 25.98
65 3 5 Dionisio Augustine  Federated States of Micronesia 26.17
66 4 1 Billy-Scott Irakose  Burundi 26.36
67 2 7 Tindwende Sawadogo  Burkina Faso 26.38
68 4 2 Eloi Imaniraguha  Rwanda 26.43
69 3 8 Santisouk Inthavong  Laos 26.54 NR
70 2 4 Albachir Mouctar  Niger 26.56 NR
71 3 4 Ibrahim Nishwan  Maldives 26.72
72 3 6 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace  Palau 26.78
73 2 5 Osman Kamara  Sierra Leone 26.90
74 2 2 Bourhan Abro  Djibouti 27.13
75 1 5 Maël Ambonguilat  Gabon 27.21
76 3 1 Athoumane Solihi  Comoros 27.31
77 3 2 Jules Bessan  Benin 27.32
78 3 3 Amadou Camara  Guinea 27.35
79 3 7 Pap Jonga  The Gambia 27.48
80 2 6 Eméric Kpegba  Togo 27.67
81 2 3 Abdelaziz Mohamed Ahmed  Sudan 27.71
82 2 8 Dienov Andres Koka  Republic of the Congo 28.00
83 1 4 Brave Lifa  Malawi 28.54
84 1 2 Christian Nassif  Central African Republic 30.00
85 1 6 Frantz Dorsainvil  Haiti 30.86

Semifinals[]

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 1 5 Florent Manaudou  France 21.32 Q
2 2 4 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 21.46 Q, NR
2 5 Anthony Ervin  United States Q
4 1 4 Nathan Adrian  United States 21.47 Q
5 2 6 Benjamin Proud  Great Britain 21.54 Q, NR
6 2 7 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 21.71 Q
2 8 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania Q, NR
8 1 7 Brad Tandy  South Africa 21.80 Q
9 2 2 Luca Dotto  Italy 21.84
10 1 3 Vladimir Morozov  Russia 21.88
11 2 3 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 21.89
12 1 6 Santo Condorelli  Canada 21.97
13 1 2 Kristian Gkolomeev  Greece 21.98
14 1 8 Norbert Trandafir  Romania 21.99
15 2 1 Ítalo Duarte  Brazil 22.05
16 1 1 Shinri Shioura  Japan 22.18

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Anthony Ervin  United States 21.40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Florent Manaudou  France 21.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Nathan Adrian  United States 21.49
4 2 Benjamin Proud  Great Britain 21.68
5 5 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 21.74
6 7 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 21.79
8 Brad Tandy  South Africa
8 1 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania 22.08

References[]

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