| Swimming - Men's 50m Freestyle Results |
| August 14 - Semifinal |
| 1 |
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Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil |
21.34, Olympic Record |
| 2 |
 |
Alain Bernard, France |
21.54 |
| 3 |
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Ashley Callus, Australia |
21.68 |
| 4 |
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Stefan Nystrand, Sweden |
21.71 |
| 5 |
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Roland Schoeman, South Africa |
21.74 |
| 6 |
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Eamon Sullivan, Australia |
21.75 |
| 7 |
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Amaury Leveaux, France |
21.76 |
| 7 |
 |
Ben Wildman-Tobriner, United States |
21.76 |
| 9 |
 |
Krisztian Takacs, Hungary |
21.84 |
| 10 |
 |
Duje Draganja, Croatia |
21.85 |
| 11 |
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George Bovell Iii, Trinidad and Tobago |
21.86 |
| 12 |
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Gideon Louw, South Africa |
21.97 |
| 13 |
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Garrett Weber-Gale, United States |
22.08 |
| 14 |
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Rafed Ziad El-Masri, Germany |
22.09 |
| 15 |
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Bartosz Kizierowski, Poland |
22.12 |
| 16 |
 |
Nicholas Santos, Brazil |
22.15 |
| August 14 - Semifinal - Heat: 1 |
| 1 |
 |
Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil |
21.34, Olympic Record |
| 2 |
 |
Stefan Nystrand, Sweden |
21.71 |
| 3 |
 |
Eamon Sullivan, Australia |
21.75 |
| 4 |
 |
Krisztian Takacs, Hungary |
21.84 |
| 5 |
 |
Duje Draganja, Croatia |
21.85 |
| 6 |
 |
George Bovell Iii, Trinidad and Tobago |
21.86 |
| 7 |
 |
Gideon Louw, South Africa |
21.97 |
| 8 |
 |
Rafed Ziad El-Masri, Germany |
22.09 |
| August 14 - Semifinal - Heat: 2 |
| 1 |
 |
Alain Bernard, France |
21.54 |
| 2 |
 |
Ashley Callus, Australia |
21.68 |
| 3 |
 |
Roland Schoeman, South Africa |
21.74 |
| 4 |
 |
Amaury Leveaux, France |
21.76 |
| 4 |
 |
Ben Wildman-Tobriner, United States |
21.76 |
| 6 |
 |
Garrett Weber-Gale, United States |
22.08 |
| 7 |
 |
Bartosz Kizierowski, Poland |
22.12 |
| 8 |
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Nicholas Santos, Brazil |
22.15 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries |
| 1 |
 |
Amaury Leveaux, France |
21.46, Olympic Record |
| 2 |
 |
Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil |
21.47 |
| 3 |
 |
Stefan Nystrand, Sweden |
21.75 |
| 3 |
 |
Ben Wildman-Tobriner, United States |
21.75 |
| 5 |
 |
Roland Schoeman, South Africa |
21.76 |
| 6 |
 |
George Bovell Iii, Trinidad and Tobago |
21.77 |
| 7 |
 |
Alain Bernard, France |
21.78 |
| 8 |
 |
Eamon Sullivan, Australia |
21.79 |
| 9 |
 |
Garrett Weber-Gale, United States |
21.95 |
| 10 |
 |
Rafed Ziad El-Masri, Germany |
21.96 |
| 11 |
 |
Nicholas Santos, Brazil |
22.00 |
| 12 |
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Duje Draganja, Croatia |
22.05 |
| 13 |
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Ashley Callus, Australia |
22.11 |
| 14 |
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Krisztian Takacs, Hungary |
22.14 |
| 15 |
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Bartosz Kizierowski, Poland |
22.15 |
| 16 |
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Gideon Louw, South Africa |
22.17 |
| 17 |
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Andrey Grechin, Russia |
22.20 |
| 18 |
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Jernej Godec, Slovenia |
22.21 |
| 19 |
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Flori Lang, Switzerland |
22.27 |
| 20 |
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David Dunford, Kenya |
22.29 |
| 21 |
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Evgeni Lagunov, Russia |
22.30 |
| 22 |
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Javier Noriega, Spain |
22.33 |
| 23 |
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Mark Foster, Great Britain |
22.35 |
| 23 |
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Salim Iles, Algeria |
22.35 |
| 25 |
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Miko Malberg, Estonia |
22.37 |
| 26 |
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Apostolos Tsagkarakis, Greece |
22.39 |
| 27 |
 |
Richard Hortness, Canada |
22.42 |
| 28 |
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Yoris Grandjean, Belgium |
22.45 |
| 29 |
 |
Matti Rajakyla, Finland |
22.48 |
| 30 |
 |
Cai Li, China |
22.50 |
| 30 |
 |
Alessandro Calvi, Italy |
22.50 |
| 32 |
 |
Robert Lijesen, Netherlands |
22.51 |
| 33 |
 |
Jakob Schioett Andkjaer, Denmark |
22.52 |
| 34 |
 |
Jacinto de Jesus Ayala Benjamin, Dominican Republic |
22.57 |
| 35 |
 |
Jose Martin Meolans, Argentina |
22.58 |
| 36 |
 |
Andrei Radzionau, Belarus |
22.65 |
| 37 |
 |
Kaan Tayla, Turkey |
22.66 |
| 38 |
 |
Steffen Deibler, Germany |
22.67 |
| 39 |
 |
Daniel Coakley, Philippines |
22.69 |
| 40 |
 |
Virdhawal Khade, India |
22.73 |
| 41 |
 |
Oliver Elliot, Chile |
22.75 |
| 42 |
 |
Yuriy Yegoshin, Ukraine |
22.77 |
| 43 |
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Norbert Trandafir, Romania |
22.80 |
| 44 |
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Arni Mar Arnason, Iceland |
22.81 |
| 45 |
 |
Jevon Atkinson, Jamaica |
22.83 |
| 45 |
 |
Mohammad Madwa, Kuwait |
22.83 |
| 47 |
 |
Jonathan Javier Camacho Riera, Venezuela |
22.87 |
| 48 |
 |
Stanislav Kuzmin, Kazakhstan |
22.91 |
| 49 |
 |
Camilo Becerra, Colombia |
22.93 |
| 50 |
 |
Picasso, Uruguay |
23.01 |
| 51 |
 |
Martyn Forde, Barbados |
23.08 |
| 52 |
 |
Elvis Vereance Burrows, Bahamas |
23.19 |
| 53 |
 |
Josh Laban, U.S. Virgin Islands |
23.28 |
| 54 |
 |
Mohamed El Nady, Egypt |
23.92 |
| 55 |
 |
Yellow Yei Yah, Nigeria |
24.00 |
| 56 |
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Vitaly Vasilev, Kyrgyzstan |
24.02 |
| 57 |
 |
Rodion Davelaar, Netherlands Antilles |
24.21 |
| 58 |
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Rolandas Gimbutis, Lithuania |
24.36 |
| 59 |
 |
Anas Hamadeh, Jordan |
24.40 |
| 60 |
 |
Luke Hall, Swaziland |
24.41 |
| 61 |
 |
Alain Brigion Tobe, Cameroon |
24.53 |
| 62 |
 |
Alois Dansou, Benin |
24.54 |
| 63 |
 |
Sidni Hoxha, Albania |
24.56 |
| 64 |
 |
Omar Jasim, Brunei Darussalam |
24.65 |
| 65 |
 |
Zane Jordan, Zambia |
24.82 |
| 66 |
 |
Daniel Lee, Sri Lanka |
24.92 |
| 67 |
 |
Chakyl Camal, Mozambique |
24.93 |
| 68 |
 |
Andrey Molchanov, Turkmenistan |
25.02 |
| 69 |
 |
Niall Roberts, Guyana |
25.13 |
| 70 |
 |
Kerson Hadley, Micronesia |
25.34 |
| 71 |
 |
Stewart Glenister, American Samoa |
25.45 |
| 72 |
 |
John Kamyuka, Botswana |
25.54 |
| 73 |
 |
Hamza Abdo, Palestine |
25.60 |
| 74 |
 |
Adil Baig, Pakistan |
25.66 |
| 75 |
 |
Omar Nunez, Nicaragua |
26.00 |
| 76 |
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Kouassi Franck Olivier Brou, Ivory Coast |
26.08 |
| 77 |
 |
Kyaw Zin, Burma (Myanmar) |
26.17 |
| 78 |
 |
Tural Abbasov, Azerbaijan |
26.31 |
| 79 |
 |
Ponlpeu Hemthon, Cambodia |
27.39 |
| 80 |
 |
Charlton Nyirenda, Malawi |
27.46 |
| 81 |
 |
Prasiddha Jung Shah, Nepal |
27.59 |
| 82 |
 |
Gilbert Kaburu, Uganda |
27.72 |
| 83 |
 |
Jackson Niyomugabo, Rwanda |
27.74 |
| 84 |
 |
Khalid Yahya Rushaka, Tanzania |
28.50 |
| 85 |
 |
Dwayne Benjamin Didon, Seychelles |
28.95 |
| 86 |
 |
Mohamed Coulibaly, Mali |
29.09 |
| 87 |
 |
Alisher Chingizov, Tajikistan |
29.10 |
| 88 |
 |
Ibrahim Shameel, Maldives |
29.28 |
| 89 |
 |
Mamadou Cisse, Guinea |
29.29 |
| 90 |
 |
Thepphithak Chindavong, Laos |
29.31 |
| 91 |
 |
Mohamed Attoumane, Comoros |
29.63 |
| 92 |
 |
Rene Jacob Yougbare, Burkina Faso |
30.08 |
| 93 |
 |
Adam Ahmed, Sudan |
30.12 |
| 94 |
 |
Abdulsalam Al Gadabi, Yemen |
30.63 |
| 95 |
 |
Mohamed Lamine Alhousseini Alhassan, Niger |
30.90 |
| 96 |
 |
Kareem Valentine, Antigua and Barbuda |
31.23 |
| 97 |
 |
Stany Kempompo Ngangola, Congo |
35.19 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 1 |
| 1 |
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Alois Dansou, Benin |
24.54 |
| 2 |
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Omar Jasim, Brunei Darussalam |
24.65 |
| 3 |
 |
Omar Nunez, Nicaragua |
26.00 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 2 |
| 1 |
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Thepphithak Chindavong, Laos |
29.31 |
| 2 |
 |
Rene Jacob Yougbare, Burkina Faso |
30.08 |
| 3 |
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Abdulsalam Al Gadabi, Yemen |
30.63 |
| 4 |
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Mohamed Lamine Alhousseini Alhassan, Niger |
30.90 |
| 5 |
 |
Kareem Valentine, Antigua and Barbuda |
31.23 |
| 6 |
 |
Stany Kempompo Ngangola, Congo |
35.19 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 3 |
| 1 |
 |
Charlton Nyirenda, Malawi |
27.46 |
| 2 |
 |
Jackson Niyomugabo, Rwanda |
27.74 |
| 3 |
 |
Khalid Yahya Rushaka, Tanzania |
28.50 |
| 4 |
 |
Dwayne Benjamin Didon, Seychelles |
28.95 |
| 5 |
 |
Mohamed Coulibaly, Mali |
29.09 |
| 6 |
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Alisher Chingizov, Tajikistan |
29.10 |
| 7 |
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Ibrahim Shameel, Maldives |
29.28 |
| 8 |
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Mamadou Cisse, Guinea |
29.29 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 4 |
| 1 |
 |
Stewart Glenister, American Samoa |
25.45 |
| 2 |
 |
Hamza Abdo, Palestine |
25.60 |
| 3 |
 |
Kyaw Zin, Burma (Myanmar) |
26.17 |
| 4 |
 |
Tural Abbasov, Azerbaijan |
26.31 |
| 5 |
 |
Ponlpeu Hemthon, Cambodia |
27.39 |
| 6 |
 |
Prasiddha Jung Shah, Nepal |
27.59 |
| 7 |
 |
Gilbert Kaburu, Uganda |
27.72 |
| 8 |
 |
Adam Ahmed, Sudan |
30.12 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 5 |
| 1 |
 |
Alain Brigion Tobe, Cameroon |
24.53 |
| 2 |
 |
Sidni Hoxha, Albania |
24.56 |
| 3 |
 |
Zane Jordan, Zambia |
24.82 |
| 4 |
 |
Andrey Molchanov, Turkmenistan |
25.02 |
| 5 |
 |
Kerson Hadley, Micronesia |
25.34 |
| 6 |
 |
John Kamyuka, Botswana |
25.54 |
| 7 |
 |
Adil Baig, Pakistan |
25.66 |
| 8 |
 |
Kouassi Franck Olivier Brou, Ivory Coast |
26.08 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 6 |
| 1 |
 |
Yellow Yei Yah, Nigeria |
24.00 |
| 2 |
 |
Rodion Davelaar, Netherlands Antilles |
24.21 |
| 3 |
 |
Anas Hamadeh, Jordan |
24.40 |
| 4 |
 |
Luke Hall, Swaziland |
24.41 |
| 5 |
 |
Daniel Lee, Sri Lanka |
24.92 |
| 6 |
 |
Chakyl Camal, Mozambique |
24.93 |
| 7 |
 |
Niall Roberts, Guyana |
25.13 |
| 8 |
 |
Mohamed Attoumane, Comoros |
29.63 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 7 |
| 1 |
 |
Oliver Elliot, Chile |
22.75 |
| 2 |
 |
Norbert Trandafir, Romania |
22.80 |
| 3 |
 |
Arni Mar Arnason, Iceland |
22.81 |
| 4 |
 |
Jevon Atkinson, Jamaica |
22.83 |
| 5 |
 |
Stanislav Kuzmin, Kazakhstan |
22.91 |
| 6 |
 |
Martyn Forde, Barbados |
23.08 |
| 7 |
 |
Josh Laban, U.S. Virgin Islands |
23.28 |
| 8 |
 |
Vitaly Vasilev, Kyrgyzstan |
24.02 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 8 |
| 1 |
 |
Flori Lang, Switzerland |
22.27 |
| 2 |
 |
Jacinto de Jesus Ayala Benjamin, Dominican Republic |
22.57 |
| 3 |
 |
Yuriy Yegoshin, Ukraine |
22.77 |
| 4 |
 |
Mohammad Madwa, Kuwait |
22.83 |
| 5 |
 |
Jonathan Javier Camacho Riera, Venezuela |
22.87 |
| 6 |
 |
Picasso, Uruguay |
23.01 |
| 7 |
 |
Elvis Vereance Burrows, Bahamas |
23.19 |
| 8 |
 |
Rolandas Gimbutis, Lithuania |
24.36 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 9 |
| 1 |
 |
David Dunford, Kenya |
22.29 |
| 2 |
 |
Miko Malberg, Estonia |
22.37 |
| 3 |
 |
Cai Li, China |
22.50 |
| 3 |
 |
Alessandro Calvi, Italy |
22.50 |
| 5 |
 |
Andrei Radzionau, Belarus |
22.65 |
| 6 |
 |
Daniel Coakley, Philippines |
22.69 |
| 7 |
 |
Virdhawal Khade, India |
22.73 |
| 8 |
 |
Camilo Becerra, Colombia |
22.93 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 10 |
| 1 |
 |
Jernej Godec, Slovenia |
22.21 |
| 2 |
 |
Apostolos Tsagkarakis, Greece |
22.39 |
| 3 |
 |
Richard Hortness, Canada |
22.42 |
| 4 |
 |
Yoris Grandjean, Belgium |
22.45 |
| 5 |
 |
Matti Rajakyla, Finland |
22.48 |
| 6 |
 |
Robert Lijesen, Netherlands |
22.51 |
| 7 |
 |
Jakob Schioett Andkjaer, Denmark |
22.52 |
| 8 |
 |
Jose Martin Meolans, Argentina |
22.58 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 11 |
| 1 |
 |
Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil |
21.47, Olympic Record |
| 2 |
 |
George Bovell Iii, Trinidad and Tobago |
21.77 |
| 3 |
 |
Garrett Weber-Gale, United States |
21.95 |
| 4 |
 |
Nicholas Santos, Brazil |
22.00 |
| 5 |
 |
Duje Draganja, Croatia |
22.05 |
| 6 |
 |
Bartosz Kizierowski, Poland |
22.15 |
| 7 |
 |
Javier Noriega, Spain |
22.33 |
| 8 |
 |
Kaan Tayla, Turkey |
22.66 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 12 |
| 1 |
 |
Amaury Leveaux, France |
21.46, Olympic Record |
| 2 |
 |
Stefan Nystrand, Sweden |
21.75 |
| 2 |
 |
Ben Wildman-Tobriner, United States |
21.75 |
| 4 |
 |
Rafed Ziad El-Masri, Germany |
21.96 |
| 5 |
 |
Krisztian Takacs, Hungary |
22.14 |
| 6 |
 |
Gideon Louw, South Africa |
22.17 |
| 7 |
 |
Andrey Grechin, Russia |
22.20 |
| 8 |
 |
Mohamed El Nady, Egypt |
23.92 |