Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue Foro Italico
Dates31 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
1 August 2009 (final)
Competitors222 from 140 nations
Winning time21.08 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
  2007
2011  

The heats for the men's 50 metre freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on 31 July (heats and semifinals) and 1 August 2009 (final) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Contents

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World recordFlag of France.svg  Frédérick Bousquet  (FRA)20.94 Montpellier, France26 April 2009
Championship recordFlag of South Africa.svg  Roland Schoeman  (RSA)21.69 Montreal, Canada30 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
31 JulyHeat 21 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 21.64 CR
31 JulyHeat 22 César Cielo Filho Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil21.37 CR
31 JulySemifinal 1 Duje Draganja Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 21.29 CR
31 JulySemifinal 2 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg France21.21 CR
31 JulySwim-off George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 21.20 CR
1 AugustFinal César Cielo Filho Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil21.08 CR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 César Cielo Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil21.37224 CR
2 Stefan Nystrand Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden21.56233 NR
3 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg France21.63234
4 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21.64213
5 Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg United States21.68225
6 Amaury Leveaux Flag of France.svg France21.70235
7 Krisztián Takács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 21.71226
8 Duje Draganja Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 21.72216
9 Roland Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa21.82215
10 Cullen Jones Flag of the United States.svg United States21.88214
11 Matthew Abood Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia21.90232
12 Konrad Czerniak Flag of Poland.svg Poland21.93217
13 Nicholas Santos Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil21.95223
14 David Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 21.96228
15 Brent Hayden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada22.03222
16 Graeme Moore Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa22.04206
17 Steffen Deibler Flag of Germany.svg Germany22.07211
18 Marco Orsi Flag of Italy.svg Italy22.09236
19 Barry Murphy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 22.14185 NR
20 Petter Stymne Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden22.18230
21 Kyle Richardson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia22.21207
22 Simon Burnett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain22.23239
23 Lukasz Gasior Flag of Poland.svg Poland22.25237
24 Ioannis Kalargaris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 22.29204
25 Jacinto de Jesus Ayala Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 22.31208 NR
25 Flori Lang Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland22.31212
27 Alexandre Agostinho Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal22.36229 NR
28 Alexei Puninski Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 22.37187
29 Elvis Burrows Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 22.39175 NR
30 Jernej Godec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 22.41218
31 Norbert Trandafir Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 22.50202
32 Ranmaru Harada Flag of Japan.svg Japan22.51191
32 Apostolos Tsagkarakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 22.51203
34 Nabil Kebbab Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 22.54210
35 Paulius Viktoravicius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 22.55168
36 Kaan Tayla Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 22.57197
36 Lü Zhiwu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China22.57205
38 Vlad Razvan Caciuc Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 22.59194
39 Yoris Grandjean Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium22.62231
40 Adam Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain22.64220
41 Makoto Ito Flag of Japan.svg Japan22.66238
42 Terrence Haynes Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 22.70188 NR
43 Paulo Santos Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal22.74201
44 Virdhawal Khade Flag of India.svg India22.79209
45 Brett Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 22.80131
46 Cai Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China22.81221
47 Dmytro Cherkasov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.86184
48 Juan Cambindo Romanos Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 22.87186
49 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 22.90172
50 Roman Kucik Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 22.91153
50 Mindaugas Sadauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 22.91171
52 Michal Navara Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 22.93157
53 Andrejs Dūda Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 22.95133 NR
54 Andrei Radzionau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 22.98195
55 Roberto Gómez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 22.99163
56 Aurelien Kunzi Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland23.00193
57 Andrii Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23.05179
58 Roy-Allan Burch Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 23.10165
58 Jani Rusi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 23.10200
60 Crox Acuña Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 23.13162
60 Joel Greenshields Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada23.13192
62 Stanislav Kuzmin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 23.15183
62 Oliver Elliot Banados Flag of Chile.svg Chile23.15198
64 Pasha Vahdati Rad Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 23.21135
65 Raúl Martínez Colomer Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 23.28166
66 Martyn Forde Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 23.30181
66 Martin Spitzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 23.30189
68 Daniil Tulupov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 23.32164
68 Daniel Coakley Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 23.32196
70 Cheah Geoffrey Robin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 23.35176
71 Dominik Koll Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 23.42156
72 Vladimir Sidorkin Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23.43177
73 Martín Kutscher Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 23.44190
74 Mohammad Bidarian Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 23.49130
74 Hycinth Cijntje Flag of the Netherlands Antilles.svg  Netherlands Antilles 23.49151
74 Conor Leaney Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 23.49169
77 Danil Haustov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23.58159
77 Artur Dilman Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 23.58161
79 José Alberto Montoya Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 23.63141 NR
80 Nicholas Thomson Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 23.64129
80 Grant Beahan Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 23.64158
82 Yan Ho Chun Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 23.68178
83 Raphaël Stacchiotti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 23.69173
84 Mohammed Madouh Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 23.74199
85 Mario Montoya Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 23.75142
86 Hajder Ensar Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.77110
86 Sidni Hoxha Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 23.77174
88 Branden Whitehurst Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Virgin Islands23.7897
88 Miguel Nesrala Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 23.78138
90 Carlos Viveros Madariaga Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 23.79125
90 Rodion Davelaar Flag of the Netherlands Antilles.svg  Netherlands Antilles 23.79146
92 Foo Jian Beng Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 23.80167
93 Kouam Amine Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 23.85154
94 Brad Hamilton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.87114
95 Lao Kuan Fong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 23.89144
96 Matar Samb Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 23.90134
97 Marcelo Alejandro Alba Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 23.91132 NR
98 Vasilii Danilov Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 23.93180
99 Mikayel Koloyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 23.96150
100 Yellow Yeiyah Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 23.99118
101 Kendrick Uy Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 24.01155
102 Su Shirong Jeffrey Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 24.08152
102 Arwut Chinnapasaen Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 24.08170
104 Kareem Ennab Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 24.15124
105 Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 24.16122
106 Lim Clement Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 24.18136
107 Luke Hall Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 24.23127
108 Petr Romashkin Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 24.27143
109 Glenn Victor Sutanto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 24.34123
110 Zane Jordan Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 24.35117
111 Arjun Jayaprakash Flag of India.svg India24.37126
112 Jonathan Wong Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 24.40108
113 Harutyun Harutyunyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 24.50137
114 Abbas Raad Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 24.52147
115 Timothy Ferris Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 24.56140
116 Sergej Naumovski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 24.5715
117 Fernando Castellanos Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 24.58105
118 Joshua Mc Leod Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 24.59120
119 Juan Carlos Sikaffy Diaz Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 24.61113
119 Iuri Iazadji Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 24.61160
121 Samson Opuakpo Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 24.62103
121 Anthony Clark Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 24.62115
123 Saeed Al Jesmi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 24.64139
124 Rony Bakale Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 24.71112
125 Julien Brice Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 24.8095
126 Alexander Ray Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 24.8298
127 Humoud Alhumoud Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 24.84145
128 Niall Christopher Roberts Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 24.96119
129 Kailan Staal Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 25.0696NR
130 Andrey Molchanov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 25.09109
131 Wael Koubrousli Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 25.16182
132 Kari Joannesarson Hoevdanum Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 25.1823
133 Moh'D Aqelah Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 25.22116
134 Patricio Vera Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 25.2481
135 Daniel Kevin Pryke Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 25.2883
136 Ivo Chilaule Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 25.3293
136 Heshan Bandara Unamboowe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 25.32106
138 Eli Ebenezer Wong Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 25.3484
139 Omar Jasam Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 25.35121
140Jean Hugues GregoireFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 25.4287
141 Nicholas Coard Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 25.4388
142 Andrea Agius Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 25.4589
143 Adama Ouedraogo Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 25.4813
144 Oriol Cunat Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 25.4964
144 Shane Mangroo Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 25.4986
146 Peter Popahun Pokawin Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 25.5374
147 Ronny Vencatachellum Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 25.5571
147 Fernando Medrano Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 25.5585
149 Erik Rajohnson Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 25.56111
150 Diguan Pigot Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 25.5969
151 Rainui Teriipaia Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 25.68104
152 Nather Ahmed AlHamoud Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 25.75149
153 Kerson Hadley Flag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia 25.8440
154 Jesse Nilon Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 25.9077
155 Edward Caruana Dingli Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 25.9399
156 Gary Pineda Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 25.9879
156 Sergey Krovyakov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 25.98100
158 Fabian Gregory Binns Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 25.9939
159 Mark Paul Thompson Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 26.0676
160 Carlos Alberto Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 26.1073
160 Esau Simpson Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 26.1090
162 Jean-Luc Augier Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 26.1770
163 Siu Kent Chung Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 26.1975
164 Ibrahim Maliki Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 26.2620
164 Douglas Miller Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 26.2658
166 Florenc Llanaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 26.36101
167 Tural Abbasov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 26.4072
168 Ganzi Mugula Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 26.4257
169 Elaijie Erasito Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 26.4878
170 Quenton Dupont Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 26.4967
171 Batsaikhan Dulguun Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 26.5494
172 Ahmed Salam Ali Al-Dulaimi Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 26.8036
173 Jake Villarreal Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 26.8863
174 Shawn Brady Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 27.0366
175 Saif Alaslam Saeed Al-Saadi Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 27.2932
176 Narantsog Tsogjargal Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 27.4753
177 Hem Thon Ponloeu Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 27.5162
178 Fahad Alqooz Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 27.5944
179 Shailesh Shumsher Rana Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 27.6254
180 Inayath Hassan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 27.6851
181 Ron Roucou Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 27.7282
182 Nadir Elmofti Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 27.8361
182 Mohamed Mujahid Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 27.8368
184 Prasiddha Jung Shah Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 27.8665
185 Dionisio Augustine II Flag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia 27.8734
186 Maung Htet Zin Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 27.9652
187 Jules Yao Bessan Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 27.9912
188 Wei Ching Maou Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 28.1450
189 Abib Sereme Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 28.4816
190 Barouf Ali Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 28.53102
191 Petero Okotai Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 28.7045
192 Gil Alexandre Koy Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 28.9327
193 Rama Leray Christ-Alex Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 28.9460
194 Esebei Doran Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 28.9933
195 Sedarath Sao Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 29.0759
196 Samson Makere Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 29.3128
197 Alisher Chingizov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 29.4655
198 Mohamed Coulibaly Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 29.6024
198 Koang Gatkos Gor Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 29.6043
200 Salum Mapunda Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 29.7246
200 Kwizera Cedric Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 29.7256
202 Boubacar Alou Moussa Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 30.1931
203 Christian Nassif Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 30.5614
204 Abdoulkader Houssein Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 30.7141
205 Kokou Messan Amegashie Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 31.4138
206 Robert Scanlan Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 31.5648
207 Saido Kamilov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 32.3235
208 Alberto Papus de Meideros Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 32.5417
209 Mohamed Ahmed Lebyadh Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1:02.5147
Mpunga Mboyo Landry Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo DNS21
Aleksandar Jeremic Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia DNS22
Reginald Douglas Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis DNS25
Abu Bakarr Jalloh Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone DNS26
Gibrilla Bamba Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone DNS30
Houmed Hassan Ali Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti DNS37
Modou Gaye Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania DNS42
Lansana Sidibe Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea DNS49
Richard Randrianandraina Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar DNS107
Attoumani Aboudou Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros DNS128
Jakob Andkjær Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DNS219
Yevgeny Lagunov Flag of Russia.svg RussiaDNS227
Kalugala Vithanage Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka DQ80

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg France21.2125 CR
2 Duje Draganja Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 21.2916
3 Amaury Leveaux Flag of France.svg France21.3213
4 César Cielo Filho Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil21.3524
5 Cullen Jones Flag of the United States.svg United States21.4012 NR
6 Stefan Nystrand Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden21.4514 NR
7 Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg United States21.4623
8 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21.6515
8 Krisztián Takács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 21.6526
10 Nicholas Santos Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil21.6921
11 Konrad Czerniak Flag of Poland.svg Poland21.7217
11 Graeme Moore Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa21.7218
13 Brent Hayden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada21.7328 NR
14 Matthew Abood Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia21.7427
15 Roland Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa21.7822
16 David Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 21.8911 NR

Swim-off

RankNameNationalityTimeLaneNotes
1 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21.204 CR
2 Krisztián Takács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 21.425 NR

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeLaneNotes
Gold medal icon.svg César Cielo Filho Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil21.086 CR , AM
Silver medal icon.svg Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg France21.214
Bronze medal icon.svg Amaury Leveaux Flag of France.svg France21.253
4 Duje Draganja Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 21.385
5 Cullen Jones Flag of the United States.svg United States21.472
6 Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg United States21.491
7 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21.518
8 Stefan Nystrand Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden21.537

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