2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 50m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	50 meters freestyle
gender	Men
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	85 athletes from 72 countries
Competition phase	11./12. August 2016

The men's 50 meter freestyle competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 11th and 12th, 2016 at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 85 athletes from 72 countries took part.

There were eleven preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals that were held on the same day. The eight fastest swimmers in both semifinals qualified for the final.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record
ER = European record , NAR = North American record , SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record

Existing records

World record	César Cielo ( Brazil )	20.91 s	São Paulo , Brazil	December 18, 2009
Olympic record		21.30 s	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 16, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Florent Manaudou ( France )	21.34 s	London 2012
World Champion		21.19 s	Shanghai 2015
European champion		21.73 s	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sidni Hoxha	Albania	22.80 s	NO
2	Adam Viktora	Seychelles	24.32 s
3	Mael Ambonguilat	Gabon	27.21 s
3	Brave Lifa	Malawi	28.54 s
3	Christian Nassif	Central African Republic	30.00 s
3	Frantz Dorsainvil	Haiti	30.86 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nikolas Sylvester	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	25.64 s	NO
2	Tindwendé Thierry Sawadogo	Burkina Faso	26.38 s
3	Albachir Mouctar	Niger	26.56 s	NO
4th	Osman Kamara	Sierra Leone	26.90 s
5	Bourhan Abro	Djibouti	27.13 s
6th	Emerric Kpegba	Togo	27.67 s
7th	Mohamed Ahmed Abdelaziz	Sudan	27.71 s
8th	Dienov Andres Koka	Republic of the Congo	28.00 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Dionisio Augustine II	Micronesia	26.17 s
2	Santisouk Inthavong	Laos	26.54 s	NO
3	Nishwan Ibrahim	Maldives	26.72 s
4th	Shawn Dingilius-Wallace	Palau	26.78 s
5	Soule Soilihi Athoumane	Comoros	27.31 s
6th	Jules Bessan	Benin	27.32 s
7th	Amadou Camara	Guinea	27.35 s
8th	Pap Jonga	Gambia	27.48 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Hilal Hemed Hilal	Tanzania	23.70 s
2	Farhan Farhan	Brunei	24.61 s
3	Samson Samuel Opuakpo Forcados	Nigeria	24.85 s
4th	Olim Kurbanov	Tajikistan	25.77 s
5	Giordan Harris	Marshall Islands	25.81 s
6th	Joshua Tibatemwa	Uganda	25.98 s
7th	Billy-Scott Irakoze	Burundi	26.36 s
8th	Eloi Imaniraguha	Rwanda	26.43 s

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane	Senegal	23.66 s
2	Meli Malani	Fiji	23.88 s
3	Maksim Inic	Montenegro	23.88 s
4th	Ahmad Attellesey	Libya	23.89 s
5	Mahfizur Rahman Sagor	Bangladesh	23.92 s
6th	Abeku Gyekye Jackson	Ghana	24.30 s
7th	Lum Zhaveli	Kosovo	24.53 s
8th	Dulguun Batsaikhan	Mongolia	24.90 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Geoffrey Robin Cheah	Hong Kong	22.46 s
2	Mario Todorović	Croatia	22.65 s
3	Ryan Shane	Ireland	22.88 s
4th	Cristian Quintero	Venezuela	22.92 s
5	Jordan Augier	St. Lucia	23.28 s
6th	José Quintanilla	Bolivia	23.35 s
7th	Wahan Mchitarjan	Armenia	23.50 s
8th	Anthony Barbarian	Lebanon	23.77 s

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Renzo Tjon-A-Joe	Suriname	22.23 s	NO
2	Ali Khalafalla	Egypt	22.25 s	NR 1
3	Oussama Sahnoune	Algeria	22.27 s
4th	Douglas Erasmus	South Africa	22.37 s
5	Federico Grabich	Argentina	22.44 s
6th	Yuri Kisil	Canada	22.50 s
7th	Jasper Aerents	Belgium	22.61 s

¹ Same national record time as Tamer Ali Zinhom from 1995

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Yu Hexin	People's Republic of China	22.20 s
2	Filip Wypych	Poland	22.23 s
3	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	22.30 s
4th	Alexei Bryansky	Russia	22.33 s
5	Ning Zetao	People's Republic of China	22.38 s
6th	Odyssef's Meladinis	Greece	22.47 s
7th	François Heersbrandt	Belgium	22.58 s
8th	Ziv Kalontarov	Israel	22.80 s

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cameron McEvoy	Australia	21.80 s
2	Vladimir Viktorovich Morozov	Russia	21.81 s
3	Luca Dotto	Italy	21.87 s
4th	Bradley Edward Tandy	South Africa	21.94 s
5	Shinri Shioura	Japan	22.01 s
6th	Damian Wierling	Germany	22.18 s
7th	Frédérick Bousquet	France	22.27 s
8th	Paweł Juraszek	Poland	22.50 s

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nathan Adrian	United States	21.61 s
2	Anthony Ervin	United States	21.63 s
3	Benjamin Proud	United Kingdom	21.83 s
3	Santo Condorelli	Canada	21.83 s
5	Kristian Golomeev	Greece	21.93 s
6th	Norbert Trandafir	Romania	22.10 s
7th	Katsumi Nakamura	Japan	22.13 s
8th	Matthew Abood	Australia	22.47 s

Forward 11

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Andrij Howorov	Ukraine	21.49 s	NO
2	Florent Manaudou	France	21.72 s
3	Bruno Fratus	Brazil	21.93 s
4th	Ítalo Manzine	Brazil	21.96 s
5	Simonas Bilis	Lithuania	22.01 s	NO
6th	Krisztián Takács	Hungary	22.12 s
7th	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	Finland	22.25 s
8th	Federico Bocchia	Italy	22.54 s

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Florent Manaudou	France	21.32 s
2	Nathan Adrian	United States	21.47 s
3	Bradley Edward Tandy	South Africa	21.80 s
4th	Vladimir Viktorovich Morozov	Russia	21.88 s
5	Santo Condorelli	Canada	21.97 s
6th	Kristian Golomeev	Greece	21.98 s
7th	Norbert Trandafir	Romania	21.99 s
8th	Shinri Shioura	Japan	22.18 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Andrij Howorov	Ukraine	21.46 s	NO
	Anthony Ervin	United States
3	Benjamin Proud	United Kingdom	21.54 s	NO
4th	Bruno Fratus	Brazil	21.71 s
	Simonas Bilis	Lithuania		NO
6th	Luca Dotto	Italy	21.84 s
7th	Cameron McEvoy	Australia	21.89 s
8th	Ítalo Manzine	Brazil	22.05 s

final

August 13, 2016, 3:44 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Anthony Ervin	United States	21.40 s
2	Florent Manaudou	France	21.41 s
3	Nathan Adrian	United States	21.49 s
4th	Benjamin Proud	United Kingdom	21.68 s
5	Andrij Howorov	Ukraine	21.74 s
6th	Bruno Fratus	Brazil	21.79 s
	Bradley Edward Tandy	South Africa
8th	Simonas Bilis	Lithuania	22.08 s

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the semi-final
• Result of the final