The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 (heats and semifinals) and 23 July 2001 (final) at the Fukuoka, Japan.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 21.64 Moscow, Russia 16 June 2000Championship record 22.16 Perth, Australia 12 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 22 July Semifinal 2 Anthony Ervin 22.05 CR

Results

Heats Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Brett Hawke 22.18 Q, OC 2 José Meolans 22.31 Q 3 Julio Santos 22.34 Q, NR 4 Bartosz Kizierowski 22.39 Q 4 Roland Schoeman 22.39 Q 6 Ashley Callus 22.42 Q 6 Anthony Ervin 22.42 Q 8 Jason Lezak 22.45 Q 9 Johan Kenkhuis 22.47 Q 10 Pieter van den Hoogenband 22.48 Q 10 Stefan Nystrand 22.48 Q 12 Mark Foster 22.51 Q 12 Vyacheslav Shyrshov 22.51 Q 14 Ricardo Busquets 22.70 Q 15 Tomohiro Yamanoi 22.75 Q 16 Attila Zubor 22.76 Q 17 Salim Iles 22.78 17 Edvaldo Valério 22.78 19 Oleksandr Volynets 22.84 20 Christoph Bühler 22.89 21 Lorenzo Vismara 22.91 22 Karel Novy 22.94 23 Riley Janes 22.95 23 Ravil Nachaev 22.95 25 Marijan Kanjer 22.98 25 Milorad Čavić 22.98 27 Camilo Becerra 22.99 27 Leonid Khokhlov 22.99 29 Jere Hård 23.00 30 Nicholas Santos 23.04 31 Rolandas Gimbutis 23.08 32 Nicholas Folker 23.09 33 Peter Mankoč 23.19 34 Duje Draganja 23.25 35 Eric La Fleur 23.38 36 Kim Min-Seok 23.41 37 Oswaldo Quevedo 23.47 38 Shunsuke Ito 23.60 39 Arwut Chinnapasaen 23.77 40 Brendan Ashby 23.87 41 Wu Nien-Pin 23.96 42 Jesús González 24.03 43 Carl Probert 24.12 44 Alejandro Siqueiros 24.14 45 Ismael Ortiz 24.16 46 Leslie Kwok 24.18 47 Danil Haustov 24.22 48 Harbeth Fu Wing 24.32 49 Gustavo Barrios 24.33 50 Khuwaiter Saeed Hadi Al Shaleri 24.34 51 Christophe Lim Wen Ying 24.36 52 Gregory Arkhurst 24.40 53 Cliff Ansel Matthew Gittens 24.58 54 Ernest Teo 24.59 55 Yu Lung Lubrey Lim 24.97 56 Chon Kit Alias Joao Tang 25.00 57 Nicholas Diaper 25.06 58 Kenny Roberts 25.09 59 Malick Fall 25.16 60 Graham Smith 25.27 60 Khaly Ciss 25.27 62 Keng Ip Lou 25.29 63 Gael Souci 25.33 64 Davy Bisslik 25.39 65 João Aguiar 25.72 66 Barnsley Albert 25.75 67 Hamid Nassir 25.79 67 Naji Fesguson 25.79 69 Zieahmed Ouattara 26.02 70 Omar Núñez 26.08 71 Kenneth Maronie 26.18 72 Yang Shang-Hsuan 26.29 73 Le Minh Trong Le 26.30 74 Loren Lindborg 26.32 75 Onan Orlando Thom 26.37 76 William Kang 26.42 77 Sule Cole Shade 26.51 78 Rainui Teriipaia 26.60 79 Ganaa Galbadrakh 26.70 80 Nuno Miguel Cardoso Rola 26.87 81 Hesham Shehab 27.05 82 Mark Unpingco 27.16 83 Joe Atuhaire 27.81 84 Rony Bakale 28.55 85 Mahamad Ahmad 28.86 86 Abbas Alneel 29.45 87 Fabrice Ndikumana 30.64 88 Eric Moussambani 31.88 NR 89 Carlos Notarianni 32.41 90 Joshua Marfleet 34.91 91 Glyn Tonge 37.75 – Richard Sam Bera DNS

Semifinals Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anthony Ervin 22.05 Q, CR 2 Pieter van den Hoogenband 22.14 Q 3 Mark Foster 22.19 Q 4 Vyacheslav Shyrshov 22.30 Q 5 Stefan Nystrand 22.31 Q 6 Roland Schoeman 22.34 Q 6 Brett Hawke 22.34 Q 8 Tomohiro Yamanoi 22.37 Q 9 Bartosz Kizierowski 22.42 10 Jason Lezak 22.43 11 José Meolans 22.45 12 Ashley Callus 22.46 13 Johan Kenkhuis 22.51 14 Attila Zubor 22.54 15 Julio Santos 22.64 16 Ricardo Busquets 22.83

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Anthony Ervin 22.09 Pieter van den Hoogenband 22.16 Tomohiro Yamanoi 22.18 Roland Schoeman 22.18 5 Brett Hawke 22.39 6 Vyacheslav Shyrshov 22.42 7 Stefan Nystrand 22.44 7 Mark Foster 22.44

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