| Finswimming – men's 50 m apnoea at the 2005 World Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Sportpark Wedau, Schwimmstadion, Duisburg, Germany | ||||||
| Date | 22 July 2005 | ||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 11 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The men's 50 m apnoea competition in finswimming at the 2005 World Games took place on 22 July 2005 at the Schwimmstadion in Sportpark Wedau in Duisburg, Germany. [1]
A total of 18 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeny Skorzhenko |  Russia | 14.35 | Q |
| 2 | Andrey Burakov | Russia | 14.71 | Q |
| 3 | Riccardo Galli |  Italy | 14.94 | Q |
| 4 | Nikolai Tover |  Estonia | 14.99 | Q |
| 5 | Li Yi |  China | 15.03 | Q |
| 6 | Yuan Haifeng | China | 15.07 | Q |
| 7 | Igor Soroka |  Ukraine | 15.11 | Q |
| 8 | Ha Gi-bong |  South Korea | 15.56 | Q |
| 9 | Hideaki Sakai |  Japan | 15.58 | |
| 10 | Enrico Schultz |  Germany | 15.69 | |
| 10 | Kim Tae-kyun | South Korea | 15.69 | |
| 12 | Athanasios Gkougkos |  Greece | 15.74 | |
| 13 | Sami Sorri |  Finland | 15.80 | |
| 14 | Erven Morice |  France | 15.85 | |
| 15 | Kimmo Korja | Finland | 15.86 | |
| 16 | Michail Papadopoulos | Greece | 16.41 | |
| 17 | Yves Rolack | Germany | 17.01 | |
| Cesare Fumarola | Italy | DNS |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Evgeny Skorzhenko | Russia | 14.35 |
 | Nikolai Tover | Estonia | 14.79 |
 | Igor Soroka | Ukraine | 14.83 |
| 4 | Andrey Burakov | Russia | 14.95 |
| 5 | Yuan Haifeng | China | 14.96 |
| 6 | Li Yi | China | 15.05 |
| 7 | Riccardo Galli | Italy | 15.11 |
| 8 | Ha Gi-bong | South Korea | 15.48 |
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