The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and the semifinals and 8 August with the final.Start list
Despite losing lane four to American Nathan Adrian, France's Florent Manaudou threw down a personal and textile best of 21.19 to win his first World Championship in the event, holding off Adrian and Brazilian Bruno Fratus by over three-tenths of a second, an enormous margin in swimming's shortest race. Adrian grabbed the silver in 21.52, following up a new American Record of 21.37 achieved earlier in the semifinals. Fratus took home the bronze, his first World Championship medal ever, in 21.55. Vladimir Morozov, the defending silver medalist from Barcelona, missed the podium in fourth place by a fingertip in 21.56. Ukraine's Andriy Hovorov and Italy's Marco Orsi tied for fifth in 21.86, while Greece's Kristian Golomeev, the defending NCAA 100 freestyle champion, took seventh in 21.98. Great Britain's Benjamin Proud finished eight in 22.04 to round out the championship final.
Plagued by injury, Brazil's defending World Champion César Cielo scratched the event. Other notable swimmers included China's Ning Zetao (22.18) and American Anthony Ervin (22.02), who both missed the championship final.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats were held at 09:30.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 12 4 Florent Manaudou 21.71 Q 2 11 2 Nathan Adrian 21.73Q 3 12 2 Kristian Golomeev 21.87 Q, NR 4 12 5 Vladimir Morozov 21.97 Q 5 11 5 Bruno Fratus 22.01 Q 6 10 4 Marco Orsi 22.03 Q 7 10 5 Ben Proud 22.13 Q 8 10 3 Krisztián Takács 22.21 Q 9 11 7 Andriy Hovorov 22.23 Q 10 12 6 Katsumi Nakamura 22.25 Q 11 11 3 Matthew Abood 22.28 Q 12 10 7 Shinri Shioura 22.34 Q 13 12 7 Andrey Grechin 22.38 Q 14 10 6 Ning Zetao 22.43 Q 15 11 4 Anthony Ervin 22.44 Q 16 12 8 Odysseus Meladinis 22.47 Q17 10 1 François Heersbrandt 22.48 11 1 Luca Dotto 19 12 1 Clément Mignon 22.50 20 10 2 Yu Hexin 22.51 10 0 Simonas Bilis 22 11 6 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 22.54 23 9 6 Christoffer Carlsen 22.61 24 12 9 Marius Radu 22.6525 10 9 Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate 22.66 11 0 Renzo Tjon A Joe 27 9 0 Anton Latkin 22.67 11 8 Jasper Aerents 29 9 5 Geoffrey Cheah 22.68 30 9 8 Mario Todorović 22.71 31 9 3 Boris Stojanović 22.81 32 11 9 Dylan Carter 22.8233 9 7 Ali Khalafalla 22.88 10 8 Karl Krug 35 8 5 Sidni Hoxha 22.93 36 9 1 Cristian Quintero 22.94 37 8 2 Julien Henx 22.97 38 8 3 Virdhawal Khade 23.01 39 8 0 Elvis Burrows 23.06 40 9 2 Demir Atasoy 23.16 41 8 1 Oliver Elliot 23.29 9 9 Luís Flores 43 8 7 Jordan Augier 23.30 44 7 2 Vahan Mkhitaryan 23.36 45 12 0 Alejandro Escudero 23.38 46 8 8 Andrew Chetcuti 23.43 47 7 6 Sam Seghers 23.46 48 7 7 Allan Gutiérrez 23.47 49 8 6 Mohammad Madwa 23.50 50 7 5 Maksim Inić 23.54 51 8 4 Gabriel Melconian Alvez 23.73 52 8 9 Meli Malani 23.78 53 7 9 Jagger Stephens 23.8454 5 5 Ahmad Attellesey 23.89 7 8 Mikel Schreuders 56 6 4 Thibaut Danho 23.91 57 7 4 Stanislav Karnaukhov 23.92 58 6 3 Jhonny Pérez 24.11 59 6 2 Sidrell Williams 24.15 60 6 6 Abdoul Niane 24.18 61 6 0 José Alberto Quintanilla 24.19 62 7 0 Miguel Mena 24.25 63 7 3 Anthony Barbar 24.31 64 6 7 Cherantha de Silva FINA Independent Athletes 24.32 65 4 6 Mahfizur Rahman Sagor 24.43 66 6 9 João Aguiar 24.44 67 5 2 Christian Nikles 24.55 NR 68 6 5 Issa Mohamed 24.56 69 5 3 Denilson da Costa 24.66 70 5 9 Abeiku Jackson 24.72 71 4 3 Noah Mascoll-Gomes 24.79 72 5 0 Hilal Hemed Hilal 24.86 73 5 7 Alex Sobers 24.87 74 5 1 Lum Zhaveli 24.91 75 5 4 Farhan Saleh 24.98 76 6 1 Samson Opuakpo 25.02 77 4 4 Valentin Gorshkov 25.07 78 4 5 Kerry Ollivierre 25.37 79 5 8 Batsaikhany Dulguun 25.42 80 4 2 Joshua Tibatemwa 25.54 NR 81 5 6 Mohammad Abdo 25.84 82 3 3 Andrew Fowler 26.03 83 4 7 Giordan Harris 26.18 84 4 8 Muhammad Saad 26.19 85 1 5 Mamadou Soumaré 26.41 86 3 2 Billy-Scott Irakose 26.50 87 3 5 Olim Qurbonov 26.64 88 3 8 Shane Cadogan 26.70 89 3 4 Ibrahim Nishwan 26.76 90 3 6 Dionisio Augustine 26.92 91 1 3 Amadou Camara 26.99 92 2 4 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace 27.02 93 3 7 Mohamed Adnan 27.17 94 1 4 Pap Jonga 27.24 3 9 Jules Bessan 96 2 5 Takumi Sugie 27.26 97 6 8 Athoumane Soilihi 27.34 98 2 7 Santisouk Inthavong 27.42 99 4 1 Sirish Gurung 27.45 100 1 2 Ebrahim Al-Maleki 27.55 101 2 3 Albachir Mouctar 27.57 102 3 0 Hemthon Ponloeu 27.63 103 2 0 Osman Kamara 27.70 104 2 2 Patrick Rukundo 27.75 105 2 1 Abdelaziz Ahmed 27.88 106 2 8 Eméric Kpegba 28.29 107 3 1 Tindwende Sawadogo 28.39 108 1 9 Dienov Andres Koka 28.53 109 2 6 Brave Lifa 29.07 110 2 9 Mael Ambonguilat 29.25 111 1 0 Ahmed Alwan 30.77 112 1 7 Frantz Dorsainvil 31.93 113 1 8 Mokhoro Makara 55.80 1 1 Shad Perriere DNS 1 6 Charly Ndjoume DNS 7 1 Lorenzo Loria DNS 9 4 Pjotr Degtjarjov DNS 12 3 César Cielo DNS 4 0 Abdelmalik Muktar DSQ 4 9 Temaruata Strickland DSQ
Semifinals The semifinals were held at 18.09.Semifinal results
Semifinal 1
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Nathan Adrian 21.37 Q, NR 2 3 Marco Orsi 21.86 Q 3 5 Vladimir Morozov 22.02 4 6 Krisztián Takács 22.07 5 7 Shinri Shioura 22.08 6 8 Odysseus Meladinis 22.14 7 2 Katsumi Nakamura 22.15 8 1 Ning Zetao 22.28
Semifinal 2
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Florent Manaudou 21.41 Q 2 3 Bruno Fratus 21.60 Q 3 6 Benjamin Proud 21.88 Q 4 5 Kristian Golomeev 21.89 Q 5 2 Andriy Hovorov 21.93 Q 6 8 Anthony Ervin 22.02 7 7 Matthew Abood 22.16 8 1 Andrey Grechin 22.66
Swim-off The swim-off was held at 19:38.Swim-off results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Vladimir Morozov 21.90 Q 2 5 Anthony Ervin 21.98
Final The final was held on 8 August at 17:39.Final results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Florent Manaudou 21.19 4 Nathan Adrian 21.52 3 Bruno Fratus 21.55 4 8 Vladimir Morozov 21.56 5 1 Andriy Hovorov 21.86 5 6 Marco Orsi 21.86 7 7 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.98 8 2 Benjamin Proud 22.04
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