The Men's 50m Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 25–26 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary2003 World Championships results: and Semifinal2003 World Championships results: heats swam on July 25, while the Final swam July 26.2003 World Championships results:

Prior to the championships, the following World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: WR: 21.64 swum by Alexander Popov (Russia) on 16 June 2000 in Moscow, Russia CR: 22.05 swum by Anthony Ervin (USA) on 22 July 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan

Results

Final Place Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 4 Alexander Popov 21.92 CR 2 1 Mark Foster 22.20 3 7 Pieter van den Hoogenband 22.29 4 3 Johan Kenkhuis 22.30 5 6 Julien Sicot 22.38 6 2 Oleksandr Volynets 22.40 7 8 Brett Hawke 22.41 8 5 Jason Lezak 22.44

Semifinals Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 S2 L4 Alexander Popov 21.99 2 S1 L4 Jason Lezak 22.14 3 S2 L5 Johan Kenkhuis 22.31 4 S1 L5 Julien Sicot 22.32 5 S2 L2 Oleksandr Volynets 22.34 6 S2 L3 Pieter van den Hoogenband 22.36 7 S1 L2 Mark Foster 22.43 8 S2 L6 Brett Hawke 22.45 9 S1 L6 Ryk Neethling 22.46 10 S2 L8 Frédérick Bousquet 22.47 11 S1 L1 Vyacheslav Shyrshov 22.57 12 S2 L7 Eduard Lorente 22.60 13 S1 L3 Peter Mankoč 22.61 14 S2 L1 Michele Scarica 22.64 14 S1 L8 Denis Pimankov 22.64 16 S1 L7 Karel Novy 22.66

Preliminaries Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 H22 L4 Alexander Popov 21.98 q, CR 2 H22 L5 Jason Lezak 22.29 q 3 H21 L4 Johan Kenkhuis 22.32 q 4 H20 L1 Julien Sicot 22.36 q 5 H22 L2 Pieter van den Hoogenband 22.51 q 6 H18 L5 Peter Mankoč 22.54 q 6 H21 L3 Brett Hawke 22.54 q 8 H20 L2 Ryk Neethling 22.56 q 9 H20 L3 Oleksandr Volynets 22.57 q 10 H21 L2 Mark Foster 22.59 q 11 H20 L7 Eduard Lorente 22.60 q 12 H18 L4 Karel Novy 22.63 q 12 H20 L8 Michele Scarica 22.63 q 12 H22 L6 Vyacheslav Shyrshov 22.63 q 15 H22 L8 Frédérick Bousquet 22.64 q 16 H17 L5 Denis Pimankov 22.69 q 17 H20 L6 Roland Schoeman 22.74 17 H21 L6 Salim Iles 22.74 17 H22 L3 Anthony Ervin 22.74 20 H20 L4 Bartosz Kizierowski 22.75 20 H20 L5 Lorenzo Vismara 22.75 20 H22 L7 Stefan Nystrand 22.75 23 H21 L7 Fernando Scherer 22.80 24 H21 L1 Ricardo Bousquet 22.83 25 H19 L8 Pedro Silva 22.86 26 H19 L7 Torsten Spanneberg 22.93 26 H21 L5 Ashley Callus 22.93 28 H19 L3 Milorad Čavić 22.95 29 H16 L8 Matti Rajakylä 23.02 29 H18 L6 Rolandas Gimbutis 23.02 31 H19 L5 Jader Souza 23.04 32 H21 L8 Julio Santos 23.10 33 H19 L6 Jere Hård 23.11 34 H22 L1 Kim Min-Suk 23.13 35 H17 L7 Brent Hayden 23.14 35 H19 L4 Renaat Dreesen 23.14 37 H18 L8 Camilo Becerra 23.17 38 H17 L4 Danil Haustov 23.19 39 H18 L3 Attila Zubor 23.20 40 H17 L6 Eric La Fleur 23.23 41 H18 L2 Ales Volcansek 23.25 42 H16 L1 Paulius Viktoravicius 23.34 42 H18 L1 Chen Zuo 23.34 44 H16 L4 Christoph Bühler 23.36 45 H19 L2 Yannick Lupien 23.37 46 H19 L1 Apostolos Tsagkarakis 23.42 47 H15 L3 Lee Chung-Hee 23.49 48 H17 L3 Rastislav Kanuk 23.56 49 H14 L7 Octavio Alesi 23.64 50 H17 L1 Duje Draganja 23.65 51 H14 L2 Romāns Miloslavskis 23.67 51 H15 L2 Mihály Flaskay 23.67 53 H16 L6 Raymond Rosal 23.68 54 H15 L4 Carl Probert 23.70 55 H13 L4 Ryan Pini 23.74 56 H10 L3 Matjaž Markič 23.83 57 H16 L7 Francisco Picasso 23.85 57 H18 L7 Arwut Chinnapasaen 23.85 59 H16 L3 Stavros Michaelides 23.89 60 H14 L3 Liu Yu 23.92 61 H16 L2 Allen Ong 23.96 62 H12 L2 Heidar Ingi Marinosson 24.02 63 H17 L2 Octavian Guţu 24.04 64 H12 L1 Zeljko Panic 24.05 65 H13 L3 Paul Kutscher 24.08 66 H15 L8 Harbeth Fu Wing 24.10 67 H12 L6 Terrence Haynes 24.15 67 H17 L8 Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou 24.15 69 H11 L5 Wickus Nienaber 24.18 69 H13 L7 Martyn Forde 24.18 71 H15 L1 Howard Hinds 24.33 72 H13 L5 Ismael Ortiz 24.34 73 H13 L8 Nicholas Bovell 24.40 73 H14 L4 Roberto Sanso 24.40 75 H15 L6 Aleksandr Agafonov 24.41 76 H12 L3 Gregory Arkhurst 24.46 77 H12 L8 Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin 24.47 78 H13 L6 Vyacheslav Titarenko 24.51 79 H15 L5 Ashby Brendan 24.54 80 H11 L4 Carles Ridaura 24.60 81 H15 L7 Sven Schneider 24.61 82 H11 L8 Adil Bellaz 24.67 83 H05 L6 Mauricio Prudencio 24.70 84 H11 L1 Gentle Offoin 24.74 85 H12 L5 Maximiliano Schnettler 24.76 86 H14 L6 Aloïs Dansou 24.81 87 H13 L1 Lim Yu Lung Lubrey 24.83 88 H08 L6 Onan Orlando Thom 24.84 88 H10 L8 Kenny Roberts 24.84 90 H08 L4 Lao Kuan Fong 24.86 91 H11 L2 Kin Lun Doo 24.90 92 H11 L6 Zaid Almarafi 24.92 93 H12 L7 Fadi Jalabi 24.93 94 H11 L7 Gustavo Adolfo Martinez 24.96 95 H11 L3 Levan Berdize 24.98 96 H13 L2 Cem Pasaoglu 24.99 97 H10 L2 V. Arun Vellore 25.00 98 H14 L1 Ayoub Al-Mas 25.05 99 H14 L5 Maran Cruz 25.07 100 H09 L3 Davy Bisslik 25.10 100 H10 L6 Joao Aguiar 25.10 102 H08 L7 Carlos Castro 25.11 103 H10 L4 Le Ba Lam 25.14 104 H09 L2 Rama Vyombo 25.25 105 H09 L8 Wong Wing Cheung Victor 25.28 106 H09 L4 Abed Rahman Kaaki 25.31 106 H10 L5 Jamie Peterkin 25.31 108 H07 L5 Hesham Shehab 25.35 109 H08 L1 Ranui Teriipaia 25.53 109 H09 L1 Babak Farhoudi 25.53 111 H09 L5 Timur Irgashev 25.55 112 H06 L5 Miguel Angel Navarro 25.60 113 H06 L1 Othmane Elghnimi 25.78 114 H06 L2 Aung Yan Lin 25.82 114 H06 L8 Bradford Worrell 25.82 116 H07 L3 Yann Lausan 25.83 117 H07 L4 Ahmed Mohamed Jewel 25.85 118 H06 L4 Loren Lindborg 25.87 119 H05 L7 Cole Shade Sule 25.96 120 H08 L5 Abdoulaye Mbow 25.98 120 H08 L3 Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw 25.98 122 H09 L6 Jean Luc Razakarivony 26.11 123 H09 L7 Tamir Andryei 26.19 123 H10 L7 Urnultsaikhan Ganbold 26.19 125 H07 L2 Connor H Keith 26.21 126 H07 L6 Moe Aung Kyaw 26.24 126 H08 L8 Benjamin Wells 26.24 128 H07 L1 Ronald Ying 26.35 129 H05 L2 Jean Laurent Ravera 26.37 130 H04 L1 Peter James Linch 26.44 131 H07 L8 Amar Shah 26.46 132 H04 L3 Rony Bakale 26.47 133 H05 L5 Patrick Boustant 26.51 134 H05 L1 Anderson Bonabart 26.55 135 H07 L7 Ibrahim Maliki 26.58 136 H05 L3 Kin−Vincent Duenas 26.61 137 H05 L4 Kreshnik Gjata 26.64 138 H06 L3 Mohammed Abbas 26.75 139 H10 L1 Nuno Rola 26.83 140 H06 L6 Orkhan Samadov 26.84 141 H04 L4 Fernando Medrano 26.87 142 H05 L8 Clark Randrianandraina 26.89 143 H04 L7 Welbert Samuel 26.93 144 H04 L6 Stephenson Wallace 27.01 145 H04 L8 Issam Halawani 27.14 146 H03 L4 Chisela Kanchela 27.33 147 H04 L5 Fidel Davis 27.40 148 H01 L3 Hassan Mubah 27.51 149 H06 L7 Aldi Gugushka 27.52 150 H01 L5 Hem Kiri 27.56 151 H02 L8 Joshua Marfleet 27.68 152 H03 L6 Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong 27.71 153 H03 L5 Edgar Luberenga 27.81 154 H02 L4 Carlos Notarianni 28.48 155 H03 L7 Bounthanom Vongphachanh 28.68 156 H03 L2 Hojamamed Hojamamedov 29.07 157 H03 L3 Gilbert Kaburu 29.09 158 H01 L7 Mamadou Ouedraogo 29.19 159 H03 L1 Mohammed Sultan Judat 29.82 160 H02 L6 Leonce Sekama 30.57 161 H02 L7 Blaise Pascal Gasabira 31.22 162 H02 L2 Malique Williams 34.04 163 H02 L1 Glyn Tonge 35.15 - H01 L4 A.A. 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