The men's 50-metre freestyle event was the 28th event contested of the swimming events at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships at the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia. The heats were held in the morning session of the meet on 30 March 2007, with the semi-finals in the evening session of the same day. The final was held on the evening of 31 March 2007.

Records Prior to the championships, the following world and World Championship records were listed by FINA. World record 21.64 Moscow, Russia 16 June 2000Championship record 21.69 Montreal, Canada 30 July 2005

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 23 4 Bartosz Kizierowski 22.03 2 23 5 Eamon Sullivan 22.06 3 24 4 Cullen Jones 22.09 4 23 6 Stefan Nystrand 22.12 5 24 3 Ben Wildman-Tobriner 22.20 6 22 2 César Cielo Filho 22.25 7 23 2 Alain Bernard 22.26 8 24 5 Frédérick Bousquet 22.33 8 24 2 Eduard Lorente Ginesta 22.33 10 22 5 Roland Schoeman 22.34 11 24 1 Jernej Godec 22.39 12 23 7 Petter Stymne 22.46 13 24 6 Brent Hayden 22.50 14 23 3 Ashley Callus 22.55 15 21 8 Gerhard Zandberg 22.60 16 22 3 Salim Iles 22.63 17 24 8 George Bovell 22.64 18 23 8 Makoto Ito 22.66 19 21 5 Simon Burnett 22.69 20 21 2 Matti Rajakylä 22.73 21 21 4 Andrey Grechin 22.76 22 22 8 Apostolos Tsagkarakis 22.77 23 24 7 Rafed-Zyad Almasri 22.82 24 22 6 Yevgeny Lagunov 22.83 24 23 1 Matthew Rose 22.83 26 18 6 Bruno Barbic 22.86 27 22 1 Cai Li 22.98 28 22 7 Rolandas Gimbutis 23.00 29 21 7 Jakob Andkjær 23.01 30 18 3 Octavian Guţu 23.06 31 18 5 Jacinto Ayala 23.09 32 21 6 Yoris Grandjean 23.10 33 19 3 Stanislau Neviarouski 23.13 34 20 6 Lorenzo Vismara 23.16 35 19 1 Octavio Alesi 23.18 36 17 2 Camilo Becerra 23.25 37 17 3 Cameron Gibson 23.30 37 21 1 Norbert Trandafir 23.30 39 19 7 Mark Herring 23.32 40 18 1 Mario Todorović 23.33 40 20 1 Paul Kutscher 23.33 42 15 8 David Dunford 23.35 43 19 6 Jere Hård 23.36 44 20 2 Yuriy Yegoshin 23.37 44 20 7 Karel Novy 23.37 46 17 4 Alessandro Gaffuri 23.43 46 19 2 Nicolas Oliveira 23.43 48 20 8 Michael Schubert 23.44 49 17 1 Robin Dale Oen 23.50 49 20 3 Gabriel Melconian 23.50 51 18 2 Josh Laban Virgin Islands 23.64 52 17 8 Alexandr Sklyar 23.69 53 20 4 Shi Yang 23.73 54 18 4 Vitaly Khan 23.74 55 16 4 Hiroaki Yamamoto 23.76 55 19 8 Ravil Nachaev 23.76 57 17 6 Terrence Haynes 23.80 58 17 7 Carl Probert 23.84 59 19 5 Alexandre Bakhtiarov 23.85 60 18 7 Giedrius Titenis 23.97 61 19 4 Roy-Allan Burch 23.98 62 16 1 Martyn Forde 23.99 63 14 6 Lim Nam-Gyun 24.01 64 18 8 Shai Liwnat 24.03 65 20 5 Arwut Chinnapasaen 24.05 66 15 4 Virdhawal Khade 24.06 67 16 5 Crox Acuña 24.12 68 15 6 Jan Roodzant 24.18 69 17 5 Vasilii Danilov 24.22 70 16 3 Basil Kaaki 24.31 71 16 6 Mohammad Bidaryan 24.38 72 15 3 Quee Lim Ernest Teo 24.48 73 15 2 Russell Ong 24.49 74 16 7 Varun Divgikar 24.53 75 14 3 Rama Vyombo 24.55 76 15 1 Yellow Yeiyah 24.62 77 14 1 Kristian Olsen 24.65 78 16 2 Mikael Koloyan 24.67 79 12 1 Charles Ridaura Carbonell 24.68 80 14 8 Kieran Locke Virgin Islands 24.69 81 13 5 Harutyun Harutyunyan 24.71 82 10 6 Youssef Hafdi 24.73 83 15 7 Dmitriy Loginov 24.79 84 15 5 Wei Wen Wang 24.82 85 14 4 Nikola Ustadvich 24.85 86 11 5 Luke Hall 24.88 87 13 7 Rodion Davelaar 24.93 88 14 7 Manuel Alonso Yabar-Davila 24.95 89 12 7 Daniel Lee 24.99 90 14 5 Brian Howard Ho 25.01 91 11 8 Amine Kouam 25.08 92 11 4 Marcelo Alba 25.11 93 12 4 Anas Hamadeh 25.13 94 13 3 Obaid Al-Jasmi 25.20 95 11 3 Gael Adam 25.24 96 13 8 Christopher Duenas 25.29 97 10 7 Rainui Terupaia 25.38 97 12 2 Daryl Harford 25.38 99 13 1 Jose Enmanuel Lobo Martinez 25.39 99 14 2 Srdjan Vujasin 25.39 101 13 6 Yassir Abalalla 25.44 102 9 4 Yannick Roberts 25.46 103 13 2 Goran Stamenov 25.55 104 9 6 Jonathan Calderon 25.61 105 12 5 Marc Pascal Pierre Dansou 25.70 106 8 5 Alois Dansou 25.79 106 9 7 Andrey Molchanov 25.79 106 12 6 Otiko Kpliboh 25.79 109 9 3 Eric Chang 25.88 110 10 1 Wui Chon Cheong 25.89 111 10 4 Leonel Matonse 25.97 112 12 8 Julio Cesar Rivera Coello 25.98 113 10 2 Heshan Unamboowe 25.99 114 12 3 Naji Askia Ferguson 26.01 115 7 3 Pál Joensen 26.03 115 8 4 Kin Wa Cheong 26.03 117 11 7 Heimanu Sichan 26.05 118 8 3 Loai Tashkandi 26.15 119 9 8 Adil Baig 26.16 119 10 8 Carlos Shimizu 26.16 121 8 8 Zane Jordan 26.23 122 11 6 Genaro Mathias Prono Britez 26.24 123 8 2 Jean-Luc Augier 26.25 124 8 6 Joshua Marfleet 26.29 125 10 3 Tamir Andrei 26.34 126 6 4 Niall Roberts 26.39 127 8 7 Hazem Tashkandi 26.49 128 11 1 Monder Al-Jabali 26.62 129 7 5 Marbi Hani 26.67 130 1 6 Raukura Waiti 26.75 131 6 3 Mduduzi Xaba 26.78 132 6 5 Ibrahim Maliki Amadou 26.95 133 7 7 Kyaw Zin 27.01 134 7 4 Fadi Awesat 27.06 135 9 2 Tural Abbasov 27.21 136 6 2 Batchuluun Mendbayar 27.31 136 7 6 Eli Ebenezer Wong 27.31 138 11 2 Timur Kartabaev 27.44 139 4 4 Justine Rodriguez 27.45 140 7 2 Nareth Sovan 27.55 141 7 8 Sami Nassar 27.58 142 6 1 Sergey Krovyakov 27.67 143 6 6 Stephenson Wallace 27.71 144 5 5 Michael Taylor 27.83 145 5 2 Tony Augustine 27.85 146 5 8 Prasiddha Jung Shah 27.94 147 4 7 Isao Misech 28.29 148 2 8 Muwanguzi Muzafuru 28.30 149 1 7 Khaykeo Viengmany 28.51 150 5 1 Justin Decoster 28.55 151 4 5 Hassan Ashraf 28.63 152 6 7 Kevin Cheung 28.80 153 5 7 Ching Maou Wei 29.08 154 2 1 Attoumani Mohamed 29.10 155 4 2 Dante Williams 29.42 156 9 1 Khalid Rushaka 29.44 157 1 3 Petero Okotai 29.54 158 3 5 Rahim Karmali 29.59 159 5 4 Rajib Chitrakar 29.68 160 3 4 Aimable Habimana 29.88 161 4 1 Ibrahim Areesh 30.14 162 2 5 Okai Opanka Adu 30.27 163 6 8 Abdulsalam Al Gadabi 31.25 164 5 3 Aymard Lumuamu−Dimbu 31.57 165 1 1 Thepphithak Chindavong 31.67 166 3 3 Cooper Theodore Graf 31.78 167 2 3 Bernard Blewudzi 32.11 168 2 2 Boipelo Makhothi 32.29 169 3 6 Vincent Leatualevao Jr. 32.37 170 5 6 Abubakarr Jalloh 32.41 171 4 3 Iglay Dangassat−Sissoulou 33.15 172 1 2 Rene Jacob Yougbare 33.91 173 2 6 Salfo Ilbouda 34.42 174 8 1 Gibrilla Bamba 38.00 175 3 2 Lehlohonolo Moromella 38.06 2 4 Amrane Abderemane DNS 2 7 Milorad Čavić DNS 3 1 Modou Gaye DNS 3 7 Alisher Chingizov DNS 3 8 Mohamed Ahmed Lebyadh DNS 4 6 Mohamed Karsani DNS 4 8 Akibou Yacouba Ali Maiga DNS 7 1 Essossimana Awizoba DNS 9 5 Joao Matias DNS 13 4 Joao Aguiar DNS 16 8 Samson Makere DNS 21 3 Pieter van den Hoogenband DNS 22 4 Oleksandr Volynets DNS 1 4 Jackson Niyomugabo DSQ 1 5 Herve Nkurrnziza DSQ 10 5 Chakyl Camal DSQ

Semi-finals Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 Stefan Nystrand 21.99 2 2 5 Cullen Jones 22.00 3 1 3 César Cielo Filho 22.09 SA 4 2 4 Bartosz Kizierowski 22.13 5 1 4 Eamon Sullivan 22.19 6 2 3 Ben Wildman-Tobriner 22.23 7 1 2 Roland Schoeman 22.24 8 2 1 Brent Hayden 22.31 9 2 2 Eduardo Lorente 22.40 9 2 6 Alain Bernard 22.40 11 2 8 Gerhard Zandberg 22.44 12 1 6 Frédérick Bousquet 22.50 13 1 8 Salim Iles 22.56 14 2 7 Jernej Godec 22.59 15 1 1 Ashley Callus 22.63 16 1 7 Petter Stymne 22.64

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 7 Ben Wildman-Tobriner 21.88 5 Cullen Jones 21.94 4 Stefan Nystrand 21.97 4 6 Bartosz Kizierowski 22.00 5 2 Eamon Sullivan 22.05 6 3 César Cielo Filho 22.12 7 1 Roland Schoeman 22.16 8 8 Brent Hayden 22.28

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