The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships were held on January 12, 1991.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats will be held on 12 January at 10:21.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Matt Biondi 22.42 CR 2 6 4 Tom Jager 22.56 3 4 5 Dano Halsall 22.77 4 4 2 Darren Lange 22.90 5 4 6 Gennadiy Prigoda 22.91 6 6 5 Vladimir Tkachenko 22.98 7 5 5 Lars-Ove Jansson 22.99 8 6 3 Andrew Baildon 23.00 9 5 3 Stéphan Caron 23.01 10 6 3 Christophe Kalfayan 23.09 11 5 6 Göran Titus 23.20 12 4 3 Christian Tröger 23.28 13 4 1 Franz Mortensen 23.29 13 3 5 Ron Dekker 23.29 15 5 2 Gustavo Borges 23.38 16 3 3 Paulo Manuel Trindade 23.47 17 5 7 Stéfan Voléry 23.51 18 3 7 Austyn Shortman 23.53 19 4 6 Nick Sanders 23.55 20 6 6 Dean Kondziolka 23.59 21 6 1 Erd Cabafi 23.61 22 5 1 Feng Qiangbiao 23.64 23 6 8 Rodrigo González 23.70 24 6 1 Shen Jianqiang 23.75 25 3 2 Richard Granneman 23.80 26 3 8 Yoav Bruck 23.86 27 4 8 Michael Wright 23.93 28 2 6 Béla Szabados 24.01 29 5 8 Jarl Inge Melberg 24.20 30 2 5 Richard Bera 24.21 30 3 6 Yves Clausse 24.21 32 3 1 Todd Torres 24.24 33 2 4 Janne Vermasheinä 24.31 34 2 8 Allan Murray 24.49 35 2 2 Gan Kheng Hui 24.51 36 2 3 José Gutiérrez 24.54 37 1 5 Patrick Sagisi 24.58 38 2 1 Maciej Soszyński 24.67 39 1 6 Wisnu Wardhana 25.25 40 2 7 Sofiane Benchekor 25.43 41 1 4 Yeo Wie Jin 25.48 42 1 3 Chen Chun-hung 25.52 43 1 7 Ray Flores 26.35 44 1 2 Michele Piva 26.46 45 1 8 Roberto Pellandra 26.68 46 1 1 Lok Hei 26.76 3 4 Emanuel Nascimento DNS 4 4 Nils Rudolph DNS
Finals
Final B
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Christophe Kalfayan 22.94 10 3 Göran Titus 23.06 11 4 Stéphan Caron 23.11 12 1 Gustavo Borges 23.15 13 6 Christian Tröger 23.18 14 2 Franz Mortensen 23.29 15 7 Ron Dekker 23.39 16 8 Paulo Manuel Trindade 23.48
Final A
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Tom Jager 22.16 CR 4 Matt Biondi 22.26 2 Gennadiy Prigoda 22.62 4 1 Lars-Ove Jansson 22.75 4 7 Vladimir Tkachenko 22.75 6 3 Dano Halsall 22.83 7 8 Andrew Baildon 22.87 8 6 Darren Lange 22.88
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