Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates11 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
12 August 2016 (final)
Competitors85 from 72 nations
Winning time21.40
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anthony Ervin Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Florent Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2012
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The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 11–12 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]

Summary

Sixteen years after he tied for the gold with Gary Hall, Jr., U.S. swimmer Anthony Ervin, aged 35, reclaimed his title in the program's shortest race to become the oldest male champion in Olympic swimming history. He threw down a gold-medal time of 21.40 to touch out the defending titleholder Florent Manaudou of France by a hundredth of a second. [2] Manaudou was quick off the blocks, but could not catch Ervin near the wall to finish with a silver in 21.41. [3] Meanwhile, Ervin's teammate Nathan Adrian swam to another bronze-medal feat at the Games with a 21.49. [4] [5]

Separated the top three by almost two tenths of a second, Great Britain's Benjamin Proud finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 21.68, while Ukraine's Andriy Govorov, who led a vast field of swimmers earlier in the heats, slipped shortly to fifth in 21.74. Brazil's hometown favorite Bruno Fratus, fourth-place finalist from London 2012, and South Africa's Brad Tandy shared the sixth spot in a matching 21.79, with Lithuanian swimmer Simonas Bilis (22.08) closing out the field. [5]

Other notable swimmers featured Australia's Cameron McEvoy, Russia's Vladimir Morozov, Manaudou's brother-in-law and countryman Frédérick Bousquet, and Trinidad and Tobago's George Bovell, who scored a twenty-seventh place finish in his fifth Olympic appearance. [6] [7]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Brazil.svg  César Cielo  (BRA)20.91 São Paulo, Brazil 18 December 2009 [8] [9]
Olympic recordFlag of Brazil.svg  César Cielo  (BRA)21.30 Beijing, China 16 August 2008 [10]

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event was 22.27 seconds. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) could automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time was 23.05 seconds. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time was eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events was reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event could also use their universality place. [11]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round. [1]

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.

RankHeatLaneNameNationTimeNotes
1113 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21.49Q, NR
2104 Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.61Q
3105 Anthony Ervin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.63Q
4114 Florent Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 21.72Q
594 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 21.80Q
695 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.81Q
7103 Benjamin Proud Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 21.83Q
107 Santo Condorelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Q
992 Luca Dotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.87Q
10106 Kristian Gkolomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.93Q
115 Bruno Fratus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Q
1296 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21.94Q
13116 Ítalo Duarte Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21.96Q
1497 Shinri Shioura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22.01Q
118 Simonas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Q, NR
16108 Norbert Trandafir Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 22.10Q
17112 Krisztián Takács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22.12
18102 Katsumi Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22.13
1993 Damian Wierling Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22.18
2082 Yu Hexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 22.20
2178 Renzo Tjon-A-Joe Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 22.23 NR
84 Filip Wypych Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
2372 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 22.25 =NR
117 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2571 Oussama Sahnoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 22.27
91 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg  France
2787 George Bovell Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 22.30
2883 Aleksei Brianskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.33
2977 Douglas Erasmus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.37
3088 Ning Zetao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 22.38
3176 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 22.44
3264 Geoffrey Cheah Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 22.46
3385 Odysseus Meladinis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 22.47
101 Matthew Abood Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
3573 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.50
98 Paweł Juraszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
37111 Federico Bocchia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.54
3881 François Heersbrandt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22.58
3974 Jasper Aerents Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22.61
4065 Mario Todorović Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 22.65
4113 Sidni Hoxha Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 22.80 NR
86 Ziv Kalontarov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
4366 Shane Ryan Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 22.88
4463 Cristian Quintero Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 22.92
4562 Jordan Augier Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 23.28
4667 José Alberto Quintanilla Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 23.35
4761 Vahan Mkhitaryan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 23.50
4856 Abdoul Niane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 23.66
4944 Hilal Hemed Hilal Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 23.70 NR [12]
5068 Anthony Barbar Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 23.77
5154 Meli Malani Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 23.88
55 Maksim Inić Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
5353 Ahmad Attellesey Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 23.89
5457 Mahfizur Rahman Sagor Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 23.92
5558 Abeiku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 24.30
5617 Adam Viktora Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 24.32
5751 Lum Zhaveli Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 24.53
5845 Farhan Farhan Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 24.61
5943 Samson Opuakpo Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 24.85
6052 Batsaikhany Dulguun Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 24.90
6121 Nikolas Sylvester Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.64 NR
6248 Olim Qurbonov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 25.77
6347 Giordan Harris Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 25.81
6446 Joshua Tibatemwa Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 25.98
6535 Dionisio Augustine Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 26.17
6641 Billy-Scott Irakose Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 26.36
6727 Tindwende Sawadogo Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 26.38
6842 Eloi Imaniraguha Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 26.43
6938 Santisouk Inthavong Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 26.54 NR
7024 Albachir Mouctar Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 26.56 NR
7134 Ibrahim Nishwan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 26.72
7236 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 26.78
7325 Osman Kamara Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 26.90
7422 Bourhan Abro Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 27.13
7515 Maël Ambonguilat Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 27.21
7631 Athoumane Solihi Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 27.31
7732 Jules Bessan Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 27.32
7833 Amadou Camara Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 27.35
7937 Pap Jonga Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 27.48
8026 Eméric Kpegba Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 27.67
8123 Abdelaziz Mohamed Ahmed Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 27.71
8228 Dienov Andres Koka Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 28.00
8314 Brave Lifa Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 28.54
8412 Christian Nassif Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 30.00
8516 Frantz Dorsainvil Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 30.86

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

RankHeatLaneNameNationTimeNotes
115 Florent Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 21.32Q
224 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21.46Q, NR
25 Anthony Ervin Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
414 Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.47Q
526 Benjamin Proud Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 21.54Q, NR
627 Bruno Fratus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21.71Q
28 Simonas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Q, NR
817 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21.80Q
922 Luca Dotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.84
1013 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.88
1123 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 21.89
1216 Santo Condorelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21.97
1312 Kristian Gkolomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.98
1418 Norbert Trandafir Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 21.99
1521 Ítalo Duarte Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22.05
1611 Shinri Shioura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22.18

Final

RankLaneNameNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Anthony Ervin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.40
Silver medal icon.svg4 Florent Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 21.41
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.49
42 Benjamin Proud Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 21.68
55 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21.74
67 Bruno Fratus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21.79
8 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
81 Simonas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 22.08

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