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.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordCésar Cielo20.91São PauloDecember 18, 2009Championship recordCésar Cielo21.08RomeAugust 1, 2009

Results

Heats 117 swimmers participated in 16 heats.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 14 4 César Cielo 22.03 Q 1 15 4 Nathan Adrian 22.03 Q 1 15 8 George Bovell 22.03 Q 4 16 8 Adam Brown 22.08 Q 5 15 2 Krisztián Takács 22.15 Q 5 16 5 Stefan Nystrand 22.15 Q 7 15 1 Sergey Fesikov 22.16 Q 7 16 1 Marco Orsi 22.16 Q 9 16 6 Matthew Abood 22.17 Q 10 15 3 Alain Bernard 22.19 Q 11 16 2 Gideon Louw 22.21 Q 12 15 6 Luca Dotto 22.25 Q 13 14 5 Bruno Fratus 22.26 Q 14 15 7 Matt Targett 22.31 Q 15 16 7 Roland Schoeman 22.32 Q 16 14 3 Andrey Grechin 22.33 Q 17 15 5 Brent Hayden 22.34 17 13 1 David Dunford 22.34 19 14 8 Dominik Kozma 22.36 20 16 3 Cullen Jones 22.37 21 16 4 Frédérick Bousquet 22.38 22 14 6 Andriy Govorov 22.51 23 14 7 Simon Burnett 22.54 24 13 4 Lü Zhiwu 22.55 25 11 5 Brett Fraser 22.65 25 14 2 Marco di Carli 22.65 27 13 3 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 22.67 28 12 8 Roy-Allan Burch 22.69 NR 29 12 4 Hanser García 22.72 30 13 2 Jasper Aerents 22.73 31 13 8 Flori Lang 22.80 32 13 6 Alexandre Agosthino 22.81 33 13 7 Odysseas Meladinis 22.90 34 12 3 Mindaugas Sadauskas 22.95 35 12 1 Barry Murphy 22.96 36 14 1 Filip Rypych 22.99 37 13 5 Elvis Burrows 23.14 38 12 7 Shehab Younis 23.17 39 11 4 Sidni Hoxha 23.18 NR 40 12 6 Virdhawal Khade 23.21 41 12 5 Juan Manuel Cambindo 23.31 42 11 3 Ivars Akmentiņš 23.57 43 10 4 Andrew Chetcuti 23.65 44 10 2 Amine Kouame 23.83 45 9 4 Luke Hall 23.92 46 10 3 Yellow Yeiyah 24.01 46 11 2 Oliver Elliot 24.01 48 10 6 José Montoya 24.12 49 11 8 Anthony Clark 24.15 50 11 6 Serghei Golban 24.23 51 11 1 Mohammad Bidaryan 24.33 52 11 7 Kareem Ennab 24.35 53 9 7 Chakyl Camal 24.40 54 9 5 Christopher Duenas 24.41 55 10 5 Mikael Koloyan 24.45 56 9 2 Julien Brice 24.59 57 8 3 Heshan Unamboowe 24.64 57 9 3 Gerard Baldrich Pujol 24.64 59 10 1 Kevin Avila 24.66 60 8 6 Esau Simpson 24.72 61 9 6 Nicholas Coard 24.78 62 9 8 Niall Roberts 24.80 63 8 4 Mahfizur Rahman Sagor 24.82 64 10 8 Abbas Raad 24.95 65 8 7 Sergey Krovyakov 25.11 66 4 8 Adama Ouedraogo 25.33 67 9 1 Emile Bakale 25.38 68 7 7 Mark Thompson 25.70 69 7 1 Indra Rakotondrazanaka 25.72 69 8 5 Kerson Hadley 25.72 71 7 5 Kouassi Brou 25.81 72 7 2 Christian Nikles 25.86 73 6 3 Tolga Akcayli 25.96 74 7 8 Mamadou Soumare 26.05 75 10 7 Tamir Andryei 26.26 76 8 1 John Kamyuka 26.30 77 8 2 Shane Mangroo 26.32 78 7 3 Zachary Payne 26.50 79 6 4 Tawil Majd 26.65 80 6 5 Israr Hussain 27.03 81 6 8 Hemthon Ponloeu 27.22 82 6 7 Prasiddha Jung Shah 27.30 83 5 7 Chamraen Youri Maximov 27.48 84 6 1 Ganzi Mugula 27.58 84 4 3 Paul Edingue Ekane 27.58 84 6 6 Shailesh Shumsher Rana 27.58 87 3 2 Mohamed Abd Elrawf Mahmoud 27.67 88 4 4 Abdourahman Osman 27.69 89 4 5 Farhan Sultan 27.70 90 4 2 Giordan Harris 27.71 91 2 2 Jackson Niyomugabo 27.73 91 3 6 Ching Maou Wei 27.73 93 2 7 Patrick Rukundo 28.08 94 5 6 Zandan Gunsennorou 28.14 95 3 4 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace 28.21 96 8 8 Athoumani Youssouf 28.52 97 4 6 Jeffrey Orel 28.57 98 5 3 Conrad Gaira 28.65 99 5 8 Mulualem Girma Teshale 28.81 100 7 4 Ahmed Chawali 28.82 101 3 8 Phathana Inthavong 28.94 102 5 2 Alisher Chingizov 29.05 103 4 7 Ammaar Ghadiyali 29.23 104 4 1 Anauska Ndinga 29.24 105 2 4 Mohamed Eltayeb 29.49 106 1 4 Christian Nassif 29.71 107 5 4 Amadou Camara 29.72 108 3 3 Wilfrid Tevoedjre 31.49 109 2 5 Daniel Langinbelik 31.73 110 3 1 Iourhanta Mohamed Osman 31.79 111 7 6 Seele Benjamin Ntai 32.74 112 3 7 Mohamed Mamaiv Sani 33.37 113 3 5 Razak Marafa 33.83 114 5 5 Tsepo Mafa 34.54 115 1 5 Gailloty Croyeb 35.11 116 2 3 Eycub Leebeid 45.18 – 1 3 Yau Mutas DNS – 2 6 Hamza Labeid DSQ – 5 1 Mamot Faye DNS – 6 2 Folarin Ogunsola DNS – 12 2 Nabil Kebbab DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 18:35.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Nathan Adrian 21.94 Q 2 7 Luca Dotto 21.97 Q 3 2 Alain Bernard 22.07 Q 4 1 Matt Targett 22.09 5 6 Marco Orsi 22.13 6 5 Adam Brown 22.21 7 3 Stefan Nystrand 22.23 8 8 Andrey Grechin 22.36

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Bruno Fratus 21.76 Q 2 4 César Cielo 21.79 Q 3 3 Krisztián Takács 21.97 Q 4 5 George Bovell 22.02 Q 4 7 Gideon Louw 22.02 Q 6 6 Sergey Fesikov 22.09 7 2 Matthew Abood 22.16 8 8 Roland Schoeman 22.42

Swimoff

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Matt Targett 22.15 2 5 Sergey Fesikov 22.32

Final The final was held at 18:09.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 César Cielo 21.52 6 Luca Dotto 21.90 8 Alain Bernard 21.92 4 3 Nathan Adrian 21.93 5 4 Bruno Fratus 21.96 6 2 Krisztián Takács 21.99 7 1 George Bovell 22.04 8 7 Gideon Louw 22.11

References

External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.