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.
Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 29, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 30, 2011 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 121 from 96 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 21.52 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | César Cielo | Brazil | 20.91 | São Paulo | December 18, 2009 |
Championship record | César Cielo | Brazil | 21.08 | Rome | August 1, 2009 |
Results edit
Heats edit
117 swimmers participated in 16 heats.[1]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held at 18:35.[2]
Semifinal 1 edit
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Matt Targett | Australia | 22.15 | |
2 | 5 | Sergey Fesikov | Russia | 22.32 |
Final edit
The final was held at 18:09.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | César Cielo | Brazil | 21.52 | ||
6 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 21.90 | ||
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 edit
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (swimoff)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-30.[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle start list[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.