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50 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	14 – 16 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	97 from 90 countries

The shortest race on the Olympic schedule was expected to be a sequel to the 100 freestyle which had taken place a few days earlier with France’s Alain Bernard and Eamon Sullivan of Australian once more to the fore. The two men had traded the world record between them in the early part of the Olympic year with Sullivan emerging as the current holder with a blistering performance at the Australian trials. Sullivan, perhaps smarting from his defeat in the 100, was not a factor in the final and the race instead marked the breakthrough of American-trained Brazilian César Cielo Filho. The NCAA champion fought off the challenges of Bernard and his compatriot Amaury Leveaux to record a historic victory for Brazil. It was the first time that a Brazilian swimmer had won an Olympic title.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	César Cielo Filho	BRA	21.47 (1 h11)	21.34 (1 h1)	21.30 (1)	Gold
2	Amaury Leveaux	FRA	21.46 (1 h12)	21.76 (=4 h2)	21.45 (2)	Silver
3	Alain Bernard	FRA	21.78 (2 h13)	21.54 (1 h2)	21.49 (3)	Bronze
4	Ashley Callus	AUS	22.11 (4 h13)	21.68 (2 h2)	21.62 (4)
5	Ben Wildman-Tobriner	USA	21.75 (=2 h12)	21.76 (=4 h2)	21.64 (5)
6	Eamon Sullivan	AUS	21.79 (3 h13)	21.75 (3 h1)	21.65 (6)
7	Roland Schoeman	RSA	21.76 (1 h13)	21.74 (3 h2)	21.67 (7)
8	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	21.75 (=2 h12)	21.71 (2 h1)	21.72 (8)
9	Krisztián Takács	HUN	22.14 (5 h12)	21.84 (4 h1)	–
10	Duje Draganja	CRO	22.05 (5 h11)	21.85 (5 h1)	–
11	George Bovell	TTO	21.77 (2 h11)	21.86 (6 h1)	–
12	Gideon Louw	RSA	22.17 (6 h12)	21.97 (7 h1)	–
14	Garrett Weber-Gale	USA	21.95 (3 h11)	22.08 (6 h2)	–
13	Rafed El-Masri	GER	21.96 (4 h12)	22.09 (8 h1)	–
15	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.15 (6 h11)	22.12 (7 h2)	–
16	Nicholas Santos	BRA	22.00 (4 h11)	22.15 (8 h2)	–
17	Andrey Grechin	RUS	22.20 (7 h12)	–	–
18	Jernej Godec	SLO	22.21 (1 h10)	–	–
19	Flori Lang	SUI	22.27 (1 h8)	–	–
20	David Dunford	KEN	22.29 (1 h9)	–	–
21	Yevgeny Lagunov	RUS	22.30 (5 h13)	–	–
22	Javier Noriega	ESP	22.33 (7 h11)	–	–
=23	Mark Foster	GBR	22.35 (=6 h13)	–	–
=23	Salim Iles	ALG	22.35 (=6 h13)	–	–
25	Miko Mälberg	EST	22.37 (2 h9)	–	–
26	Apostolos Tsagkarakis	GRE	22.39 (2 h10)	–	–
27	Richard Hortness	CAN	22.42 (3 h10)	–	–
28	Yoris Grandjean	BEL	22.45 (4 h10)	–	–
29	Matti Rajakylä	FIN	22.48 (5 h10)	–	–
=30	Cai Li	CHN	22.50 (=3 h9)	–	–
=30	Alessandro Calvi	ITA	22.50 (=3 h9)	–	–
32	Robert Lijesen	NED	22.51 (6 h10)	–	–
33	Jakob Andkjær	DEN	22.52 (7 h10)	–	–
34	Jacinto Ayala	DOM	22.57 (2 h8)	–	–
35	José Meolans	ARG	22.58 (8 h10)	–	–
36	Andrei Radzionau	BLR	22.65 (5 h9)	–	–
37	Kaan Tayla	TUR	22.66 (8 h11)	–	–
38	Steffen Deibler	GER	22.67 (8 h13)	–	–
39	Daniel Coakley	PHI	22.69 (6 h9)	–	–
40	Virdhawal Khade	IND	22.73 (7 h9)	–	–
41	Oliver Elliot	CHI	22.75 (1 h7)	–	–
42	Yuriy Yehoshyn	UKR	22.77 (3 h8)	–	–
43	Norbert Trandafir	ROU	22.80 (2 h7)	–	–
44	Árni Árnason	ISL	22.81 (3 h7)	–	–
=45	Jevon Atkinson	JAM	22.83 (4 h7)	–	–
=45	Mohammed Madouh	KUW	22.83 (4 h8)	–	–
47	Jonathan Camacho	VEN	22.87 (5 h8)	–	–
48	Stanislav Kuzmin	KAZ	22.91 (5 h7)	–	–
49	Camilo Becerra	COL	22.93 (8 h9)	–	–
50	Francisco Picasso	URU	23.01 (6 h8)	–	–
51	Martyn Forde	BAR	23.08 (6 h7)	–	–
52	Elvis Burrows	BAH	23.19 (7 h8)	–	–
53	Josh Laban	ISV	23.28 (7 h7)	–	–
54	Mohamed Mamduh	EGY	23.92 (8 h12)	–	–
55	Yellow Yei Yah	NGR	24.00 (1 h6)	–	–
56	Vitaly Vasilyev	KGZ	24.02 (8 h7)	–	–
57	Rodion Davelaar	AHO	24.21 (2 h6)	–	–
58	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	24.36 (8 h8)	–	–
59	Anas Hamoudeh	JOR	24.40 (3 h6)	–	–
60	Luke Hall	SWZ	24.41 (4 h6)	–	–
61	Alain Brigion	CMR	24.53 (1 h5)	–	–
62	Aloïs Dansou	BEN	24.54 (1 h1)	–	–
63	Sidni Hoxha	ALB	24.56 (2 h5)	–	–
64	Omar Jasim	BRN	24.65 (2 h1)	–	–
65	Zane Jordan	ZAM	24.82 (3 h5)	–	–
66	Daniel Lee	SRI	24.92 (5 h6)	–	–
67	Chakyl Camal	MOZ	24.93 (6 h6)	–	–
68	Andrey Molchanov	TKM	25.02 (4 h5)	–	–
69	Niall Roberts	GUY	25.13 (7 h6)	–	–
70	Kerson Hadley	FSM	25.34 (5 h5)	–	–
71	Stewart Glenister	ASA	25.45 (1 h4)	–	–
72	John Kamyuka	BOT	25.54 (6 h5)	–	–
73	Hamza Abdo	PLE	25.60 (2 h4)	–	–
74	Adil Baig	PAK	25.66 (7 h5)	–	–
75	Yasser Núñez	NCA	26.00 (3 h1)	–	–
76	Kouassi Brou	CIV	26.08 (8 h5)	–	–
77	Zin Kyaw	MYA	26.17 (3 h4)	–	–
78	Tural Abbasov	AZE	26.31 (4 h4)	–	–
79	Hem Thon Ponloeu	CAM	27.39 (5 h4)	–	–
80	Charlton Nyirenda	MAW	27.46 (1 h3)	–	–
81	Prasiddha Shah	NEP	27.59 (6 h4)	–	–
82	Gilbert Kaburu	UGA	27.72 (7 h4)	–	–
83	Jackson Niyomugabo	RWA	27.74 (2 h3)	–	–
84	Khalid Rushaka	TAN	28.50 (3 h3)	–	–
85	Dwayne Didon	SEY	28.95 (4 h3)	–	–
86	Mohamed Coulibaly	MLI	29.09 (5 h3)	–	–
87	Alisher Chingizov	TJK	29.10 (6 h3)	–	–
88	Ibrahim Shameel	MDV	29.28 (7 h3)	–	–
89	Mamadou Cisse	GUI	29.29 (8 h3)	–	–
90	Thepphithak Chindavong	LAO	29.31 (1 h2)	–	–
91	Mohamed Attoumane	COM	29.63 (8 h6)	–	–
92	Rene Yougbare	BUR	30.08 (2 h2)	–	–
93	Ahmed Adam	SUD	30.12 (8 h4)	–	–
94	Abdulsalam Al-Gadabi	YEM	30.63 (3 h2)	–	–
95	Mohamed Alhousseini	NIG	30.90 (4 h2)	–	–
96	Kareem Valentine	ANT	31.23 (5 h2)	–	–
97	Stany Kempompo Ngangola	COD	35.19 (6 h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	14 August 2008
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Amaury Leveaux	FRA	21.46	QOR
2	–	César Cielo Filho	BRA	21.47	QOR
=3	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	21.75	Q
=3	–	Ben Wildman-Tobriner	USA	21.75	Q
5	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	21.76	Q
6	–	George Bovell	TTO	21.77	Q
7	–	Alain Bernard	FRA	21.78	Q
8	–	Eamon Sullivan	AUS	21.79	Q
9	–	Garrett Weber-Gale	USA	21.95	Q
10	–	Rafed El-Masri	GER	21.96	Q
11	–	Nicholas Santos	BRA	22.00	Q
12	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	22.05	Q
13	–	Ashley Callus	AUS	22.11	Q
14	–	Krisztián Takács	HUN	22.14	Q
15	–	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.15	Q
16	–	Gideon Louw	RSA	22.17	Q
17	–	Andrey Grechin	RUS	22.20
18	–	Jernej Godec	SLO	22.21
19	–	Flori Lang	SUI	22.27
20	–	David Dunford	KEN	22.29
21	–	Yevgeny Lagunov	RUS	22.30
22	–	Javier Noriega	ESP	22.33
=23	–	Mark Foster	GBR	22.35
=23	–	Salim Iles	ALG	22.35
25	–	Miko Mälberg	EST	22.37
26	–	Apostolos Tsagkarakis	GRE	22.39
27	–	Richard Hortness	CAN	22.42
28	–	Yoris Grandjean	BEL	22.45
29	–	Matti Rajakylä	FIN	22.48
=30	–	Cai Li	CHN	22.50
=30	–	Alessandro Calvi	ITA	22.50
32	–	Robert Lijesen	NED	22.51
33	–	Jakob Andkjær	DEN	22.52
34	–	Jacinto Ayala	DOM	22.57
35	–	José Meolans	ARG	22.58
36	–	Andrei Radzionau	BLR	22.65
37	–	Kaan Tayla	TUR	22.66
38	–	Steffen Deibler	GER	22.67
39	–	Daniel Coakley	PHI	22.69
40	–	Virdhawal Khade	IND	22.73
41	–	Oliver Elliot	CHI	22.75
42	–	Yuriy Yehoshyn	UKR	22.77
43	–	Norbert Trandafir	ROU	22.80
44	–	Árni Árnason	ISL	22.81
=45	–	Jevon Atkinson	JAM	22.83
=45	–	Mohammed Madouh	KUW	22.83
47	–	Jonathan Camacho	VEN	22.87
48	–	Stanislav Kuzmin	KAZ	22.91
49	–	Camilo Becerra	COL	22.93
50	–	Francisco Picasso	URU	23.01
51	–	Martyn Forde	BAR	23.08
52	–	Elvis Burrows	BAH	23.19
53	–	Josh Laban	ISV	23.28
54	–	Mohamed Mamduh	EGY	23.92
55	–	Yellow Yei Yah	NGR	24.00
56	–	Vitaly Vasilyev	KGZ	24.02
57	–	Rodion Davelaar	AHO	24.21
58	–	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	24.36
59	–	Anas Hamoudeh	JOR	24.40
60	–	Luke Hall	SWZ	24.41
61	–	Alain Brigion	CMR	24.53
62	–	Aloïs Dansou	BEN	24.54
63	–	Sidni Hoxha	ALB	24.56
64	–	Omar Jasim	BRN	24.65
65	–	Zane Jordan	ZAM	24.82
66	–	Daniel Lee	SRI	24.92
67	–	Chakyl Camal	MOZ	24.93
68	–	Andrey Molchanov	TKM	25.02
69	–	Niall Roberts	GUY	25.13
70	–	Kerson Hadley	FSM	25.34
71	–	Stewart Glenister	ASA	25.45
72	–	John Kamyuka	BOT	25.54
73	–	Hamza Abdo	PLE	25.60
74	–	Adil Baig	PAK	25.66
75	–	Yasser Núñez	NCA	26.00
76	–	Kouassi Brou	CIV	26.08
77	–	Zin Kyaw	MYA	26.17
78	–	Tural Abbasov	AZE	26.31
79	–	Hem Thon Ponloeu	CAM	27.39
80	–	Charlton Nyirenda	MAW	27.46
81	–	Prasiddha Shah	NEP	27.59
82	–	Gilbert Kaburu	UGA	27.72
83	–	Jackson Niyomugabo	RWA	27.74
84	–	Khalid Rushaka	TAN	28.50
85	–	Dwayne Didon	SEY	28.95
86	–	Mohamed Coulibaly	MLI	29.09
87	–	Alisher Chingizov	TJK	29.10
88	–	Ibrahim Shameel	MDV	29.28
89	–	Mamadou Cisse	GUI	29.29
90	–	Thepphithak Chindavong	LAO	29.31
91	–	Mohamed Attoumane	COM	29.63
92	–	Rene Yougbare	BUR	30.08
93	–	Ahmed Adam	SUD	30.12
94	–	Abdulsalam Al-Gadabi	YEM	30.63
95	–	Mohamed Alhousseini	NIG	30.90
96	–	Kareem Valentine	ANT	31.23
97	–	Stany Kempompo Ngangola	COD	35.19

Heat #1

Time	18:33

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Aloïs Dansou	BEN	24.54	0.77
2	–	Omar Jasim	BRN	24.65	0.82
3	–	Yasser Núñez	NCA	26.00	0.73

Heat #2

Time	18:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Thepphithak Chindavong	LAO	29.31	1.04
2	–	Rene Yougbare	BUR	30.08	1.01
3	–	Abdulsalam Al-Gadabi	YEM	30.63	0.85
4	–	Mohamed Alhousseini	NIG	30.90	1.23
5	–	Kareem Valentine	ANT	31.23	1.06
6	–	Stany Kempompo Ngangola	COD	35.19	1.11

Heat #3

Time	18:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Charlton Nyirenda	MAW	27.46	0.82
2	–	Jackson Niyomugabo	RWA	27.74	1.01
3	–	Khalid Rushaka	TAN	28.50	0.81
4	–	Dwayne Didon	SEY	28.95	0.75
5	–	Mohamed Coulibaly	MLI	29.09	0.89
6	–	Alisher Chingizov	TJK	29.10	0.92
7	–	Ibrahim Shameel	MDV	29.28	0.67
8	–	Mamadou Cisse	GUI	29.29	0.73

Heat #4

Time	18:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Stewart Glenister	ASA	25.45	0.71
2	–	Hamza Abdo	PLE	25.60	0.71
3	–	Zin Kyaw	MYA	26.17	0.79
4	–	Tural Abbasov	AZE	26.31	0.77
5	–	Hem Thon Ponloeu	CAM	27.39	0.77
6	–	Prasiddha Shah	NEP	27.59	0.77
7	–	Gilbert Kaburu	UGA	27.72	0.80
8	–	Ahmed Adam	SUD	30.12	1.02

Heat #5

Time	18:42

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Alain Brigion	CMR	24.53	0.66
2	–	Sidni Hoxha	ALB	24.56	0.71
3	–	Zane Jordan	ZAM	24.82	0.67
4	–	Andrey Molchanov	TKM	25.02	0.77
5	–	Kerson Hadley	FSM	25.34	0.74
6	–	John Kamyuka	BOT	25.54	0.67
7	–	Adil Baig	PAK	25.66	0.77
8	–	Kouassi Brou	CIV	26.08	0.72

Heat #6

Time	18:44

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Yellow Yei Yah	NGR	24.00	0.76
2	–	Rodion Davelaar	AHO	24.21	0.68
3	–	Anas Hamoudeh	JOR	24.40	0.70
4	–	Luke Hall	SWZ	24.41	0.66
5	–	Daniel Lee	SRI	24.92	0.75
6	–	Chakyl Camal	MOZ	24.93	0.76
7	–	Niall Roberts	GUY	25.13	0.76
8	–	Mohamed Attoumane	COM	29.63	0.75

Heat #7

Time	18:46

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Oliver Elliot	CHI	22.75	0.72
2	–	Norbert Trandafir	ROU	22.80	0.76
3	–	Árni Árnason	ISL	22.81	0.76
4	–	Jevon Atkinson	JAM	22.83	0.67
5	–	Stanislav Kuzmin	KAZ	22.91	0.81
6	–	Martyn Forde	BAR	23.08	0.64
7	–	Josh Laban	ISV	23.28	0.66
8	–	Vitaly Vasilyev	KGZ	24.02	0.85

Heat #8

Time	18:48

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Flori Lang	SUI	22.27	0.61
2	–	Jacinto Ayala	DOM	22.57	0.62
3	–	Yuriy Yehoshyn	UKR	22.77	0.88
4	–	Mohammed Madouh	KUW	22.83	0.68
5	–	Jonathan Camacho	VEN	22.87	0.72
6	–	Francisco Picasso	URU	23.01	0.68
7	–	Elvis Burrows	BAH	23.19	0.67
8	–	Rolandas Gimbutis	LTU	24.36	0.79

Heat #9

Time	18:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	David Dunford	KEN	22.29	0.77
2	–	Miko Mälberg	EST	22.37	0.65
=3	–	Cai Li	CHN	22.50	0.72
=3	–	Alessandro Calvi	ITA	22.50	0.75
5	–	Andrei Radzionau	BLR	22.65	0.81
6	–	Daniel Coakley	PHI	22.69	0.68
7	–	Virdhawal Khade	IND	22.73	0.73
8	–	Camilo Becerra	COL	22.93	0.72

Heat #10

Time	18:53

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Jernej Godec	SLO	22.21	0.71
2	–	Apostolos Tsagkarakis	GRE	22.39	0.69
3	–	Richard Hortness	CAN	22.42	0.65
4	–	Yoris Grandjean	BEL	22.45	0.74
5	–	Matti Rajakylä	FIN	22.48	0.67
6	–	Robert Lijesen	NED	22.51	0.73
7	–	Jakob Andkjær	DEN	22.52	0.67
8	–	José Meolans	ARG	22.58	0.80

Heat #11

Time	18:55

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	César Cielo Filho	BRA	21.47	0.67	QOR
2	–	George Bovell	TTO	21.77	0.67	Q
3	–	Garrett Weber-Gale	USA	21.95	0.68	Q
4	–	Nicholas Santos	BRA	22.00	0.79	Q
5	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	22.05	0.71	Q
6	–	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.15	0.70	Q
7	–	Javier Noriega	ESP	22.33	0.69
8	–	Kaan Tayla	TUR	22.66	0.72

Heat #12

Time	18:57

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Amaury Leveaux	FRA	21.46	0.75	QOR
=2	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	21.75	0.80	Q
=2	–	Ben Wildman-Tobriner	USA	21.75	0.77	Q
4	–	Rafed El-Masri	GER	21.96	0.76	Q
5	–	Krisztián Takács	HUN	22.14	0.69	Q
6	–	Gideon Louw	RSA	22.17	0.76	Q
7	–	Andrey Grechin	RUS	22.20	0.73
8	–	Mohamed Mamduh	EGY	23.92	0.75

Heat #13

Time	18:59

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	21.76	0.66	Q
2	–	Alain Bernard	FRA	21.78	0.74	Q
3	–	Eamon Sullivan	AUS	21.79	0.67	Q
4	–	Ashley Callus	AUS	22.11	0.67	Q
5	–	Yevgeny Lagunov	RUS	22.30	0.73
=6	–	Mark Foster	GBR	22.35	0.85
=6	–	Salim Iles	ALG	22.35	0.67
8	–	Steffen Deibler	GER	22.67	0.75

Semi-Finals

Date	15 August 2008
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	César Cielo Filho	BRA	21.34	QOR
2	–	Alain Bernard	FRA	21.54	Q
3	–	Ashley Callus	AUS	21.68	Q
4	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	21.71	Q
5	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	21.74	Q
6	–	Eamon Sullivan	AUS	21.75	Q
=7	–	Amaury Leveaux	FRA	21.76	Q
=7	–	Ben Wildman-Tobriner	USA	21.76	Q
9	–	Krisztián Takács	HUN	21.84
10	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	21.85
11	–	George Bovell	TTO	21.86
12	–	Gideon Louw	RSA	21.97
13	–	Garrett Weber-Gale	USA	22.08
14	–	Rafed El-Masri	GER	22.09
15	–	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.12
16	–	Nicholas Santos	BRA	22.15

Heat #1

Time	10:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	César Cielo Filho	BRA	21.34	0.67	QOR
2	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	21.71	0.79	Q
3	–	Eamon Sullivan	AUS	21.75	0.66	Q
4	–	Krisztián Takács	HUN	21.84	0.67
5	–	Duje Draganja	CRO	21.85	0.71
6	–	George Bovell	TTO	21.86	0.67
7	–	Gideon Louw	RSA	21.97	0.77
8	–	Rafed El-Masri	GER	22.09	0.78

Heat #2

Time	10:07

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Alain Bernard	FRA	21.54	0.75	Q
2	–	Ashley Callus	AUS	21.68	0.67	Q
3	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	21.74	0.66	Q
=4	–	Amaury Leveaux	FRA	21.76	0.79	Q
=4	–	Ben Wildman-Tobriner	USA	21.76	0.75	Q
6	–	Garrett Weber-Gale	USA	22.08	0.67
7	–	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	22.12	0.70
8	–	Nicholas Santos	BRA	22.15	0.81

Final Round

Date	16 August 2008 — 10:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	César Cielo Filho	BRA	21.30	0.68	OR
2	–	Amaury Leveaux	FRA	21.45	0.75
3	–	Alain Bernard	FRA	21.49	0.73
4	–	Ashley Callus	AUS	21.62	0.67
5	–	Ben Wildman-Tobriner	USA	21.64	0.68
6	–	Eamon Sullivan	AUS	21.65	0.65
7	–	Roland Schoeman	RSA	21.67	0.64
8	–	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	21.72	0.79