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50 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	11 – 12 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	85 from 72 countries

As always the event was hard to predict because of the nature of the shortest sprint. France’s Florent Manaudou was the 2015 World Champion, the defending champion, and had the year’s fastest time of 21.41. American Nathan Adrian had won silver at the 2015 Worlds, and had the third fastest time of the year, also trailing Australian Cameron McEvoy. A medal longshot was felt to be the second American Anthony Ervin, who was a former champion in the event, but that was 16 years ago, in 2000.

Ervin stunned the swimming world by coming back to win the gold medal in 21.40, 16 years after he had done so in Sydney. Manaudou was only 1/100th back in second, while Adrian won the bronze medal in 21.49.

Ervin equaled the mark of Dara Torres, who won swimming gold medals 16 years apart, but hers included relays. Among male swimmers, Australian Frank Beaurepaire had won medals over 16 years (1908-24), but not golds. The record span for individual swimming gold medals was only 8 years, prior to Rio, although Michael Phelps won individual golds over 12 years, counting Rio. At 35 years, 78 days old on the day of the 50 metre final, Ervin became the oldest Olympic swimming gold medalist, surpassing Torres, who was 33-162 in 2000. The oldest previous individual gold medalst was Dutch woman Inge de Bruijn, also in the 50 freestyle, in 2004 at 30-363.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Anthony Ervin	USA	21.63 (2 h10)	21.46 (=1 h2)	21.40 (1)	Gold
2	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.72 (2 h11)	21.32 (1 h1)	21.41 (2)	Silver
3	Nathan Adrian	USA	21.61 (1 h10)	21.47 (2 h1)	21.49 (3)	Bronze
4	Ben Proud	GBR	21.83 (=3 h10)	21.54 (3 h2)	21.68 (4)
5	Andriy Hovorov	UKR	21.49 (1 h11)	21.46 (=1 h2)	21.74 (5)
=6	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.93 (3 h11)	21.71 (=4 h2)	21.79 (=6)
=6	Brad Tandy	RSA	21.94 (4 h9)	21.80 (3 h1)	21.79 (=6)
8	Simonas Bilis	LTU	22.01 (5 h11)	21.71 (=4 h2)	22.08 (8)
9	Luca Dotto	ITA	21.87 (3 h9)	21.84 (6 h2)	–
10	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	21.81 (2 h9)	21.88 (4 h1)	–
11	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	21.80 (1 h9)	21.89 (7 h2)	–
12	Santo Condorelli	CAN	21.83 (=3 h10)	21.97 (5 h1)	–
13	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.93 (5 h10)	21.98 (6 h1)	–
14	Norbert Trandafir	ROU	22.10 (6 h10)	21.99 (7 h1)	–
15	Ítalo Manzine	BRA	21.96 (4 h11)	22.05 (8 h2)	–
16	Shinri Shioura	JPN	22.01 (5 h9)	22.18 (8 h1)	–
17	Krisztián Takács	HUN	22.12 (6 h11)	–	–
18	Katsumi Nakamura	JPN	22.13 (7 h10)	–	–
19	Damian Wierling	GER	22.18 (6 h9)	–	–
20	Yu Hexin	CHN	22.20 (1 h8)	–	–
21	Renzo Tjon A Joe	SUR	22.23 (1 h7)	–	–
22	Filip Wypych	POL	22.23 (2 h8)	–	–
23	Ali Khalafalla	EGY	22.25 (2 h7)	–	–
24	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	22.25 (7 h11)	–	–
25	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	22.27 (3 h7)	–	–
26	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	22.27 (7 h9)	–	–
27	George Bovell	TTO	22.30 (3 h8)	–	–
28	Aleksey Bryansky	RUS	22.33 (4 h8)	–	–
29	Douglas Erasmus	RSA	22.37 (4 h7)	–	–
30	Ning Zetao	CHN	22.38 (5 h8)	–	–
31	Federico Grabich	ARG	22.44 (5 h7)	–	–
32	Geoffrey Cheah	HKG	22.46 (1 h6)	–	–
33	Odysseus Meladinis	GRE	22.47 (6 h8)	–	–
34	Matt Abood	AUS	22.47 (8 h10)	–	–
35	Yuri Kisil	CAN	22.50 (6 h7)	–	–
36	Paweł Juraszek	POL	22.50 (8 h9)	–	–
37	Federico Bocchia	ITA	22.54 (8 h11)	–	–
38	François Heersbrandt	BEL	22.58 (7 h8)	–	–
39	Jasper Aerents	BEL	22.61 (7 h7)	–	–
40	Mario Todorović	CRO	22.65 (2 h6)	–	–
41	Sidni Hoxha	ALB	22.80 (1 h1)	–	–
42	Ziv Kalontarov	ISR	22.80 (8 h8)	–	–
43	Shane Ryan	IRL	22.88 (3 h6)	–	–
44	Cristian Quintero	VEN	22.92 (4 h6)	–	–
45	Jordan Augier	LCA	23.28 (5 h6)	–	–
46	José Quintanilla	BOL	23.35 (6 h6)	–	–
47	Vahan Mkhitaryan	ARM	23.50 (7 h6)	–	–
48	Abdoul Niane	SEN	23.66 (1 h5)	–	–
49	Hilal Hilal	TAN	23.70 (1 h4)	–	–
50	Anthony Barbar	LBN	23.77 (8 h6)	–	–
=51	Meli Malani	FIJ	23.88 (=2 h5)	–	–
=51	Maksim Inić	MNE	23.88 (=2 h5)	–	–
53	Ahmad Attellesey	LBA	23.89 (4 h5)	–	–
54	Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman	BAN	23.92 (5 h5)	–	–
55	Abeiku Jackson	GHA	24.30 (6 h5)	–	–
56	Adam Viktora	SEY	24.32 (2 h1)	–	–
57	Lum Zhaveli	KOS	24.53 (7 h5)	–	–
58	Farhan Farhan	BRN	24.61 (2 h4)	–	–
59	Samson Opuakpo	NGR	24.85 (3 h4)	–	–
60	Batsaikhanyn Dölgöön	MGL	24.90 (8 h5)	–	–
61	Nikolas Sylvester	VIN	25.64 (1 h2)	–	–
62	Olim Kurbanov	TJK	25.77 (4 h4)	–	–
63	Giordan Harris	MHL	25.81 (5 h4)	–	–
64	Joshua Tibatemwa	UGA	25.98 (6 h4)	–	–
65	Dionisio Augustine	FSM	26.17 (1 h3)	–	–
66	Billy-Scott Irakose	BDI	26.36 (7 h4)	–	–
67	Thierry Sawadogo	BUR	26.38 (2 h2)	–	–
68	Eloi Maniraguha	RWA	26.43 (8 h4)	–	–
69	Santisouk Inthavong	LAO	26.54 (2 h3)	–	–
70	Albachir Mouctar	NIG	26.56 (3 h2)	–	–
71	Ibrahim Nishwan	MDV	26.72 (3 h3)	–	–
72	Shawn Dingilius-Wallace	PLW	26.78 (4 h3)	–	–
73	Osman Kamara	SLE	26.90 (4 h2)	–	–
74	Bourhan Abro	DJI	27.13 (5 h2)	–	–
75	Maël Ambonguilat	GAB	27.21 (3 h1)	–	–
76	Soule Soilihi Athoumane	COM	27.31 (5 h3)	–	–
77	Jules Bessan	BEN	27.32 (6 h3)	–	–
78	Amadou Camara	GUI	27.35 (7 h3)	–	–
79	Pap Jonga	GAM	27.48 (8 h3)	–	–
80	Eméric Kpegba	TOG	27.67 (6 h2)	–	–
81	Abdelaziz Mohamed Ahmed	SUD	27.71 (7 h2)	–	–
82	Dienov Andrés Koka	CGO	28.00 (8 h2)	–	–
83	Brave Lifa	MAW	28.54 (4 h1)	–	–
84	Christian Nassif	CAF	30.00 (5 h1)	–	–
85	Frantz Dorsainvil	HAI	30.86 (6 h1)	–	–
DNS	Erik Risolvato	PUR	– (DNS h7)	–	–		1

Round One

Date	11 August 2016 — 13:02
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Andriy Hovorov	UKR	21.49	Q
2	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	21.61	Q
3	–	Anthony Ervin	USA	21.63	Q
4	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.72	Q
5	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	21.80	Q
6	–	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	21.81	Q
=7	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.83	Q
=7	–	Santo Condorelli	CAN	21.83	Q
9	–	Luca Dotto	ITA	21.87	Q
=10	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.93	Q
=10	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.93	Q
12	–	Brad Tandy	RSA	21.94	Q
13	–	Ítalo Manzine	BRA	21.96	Q
=14	–	Shinri Shioura	JPN	22.01	Q
=14	–	Simonas Bilis	LTU	22.01	Q
16	–	Norbert Trandafir	ROU	22.10	Q
17	–	Krisztián Takács	HUN	22.12
18	–	Katsumi Nakamura	JPN	22.13
19	–	Damian Wierling	GER	22.18
20	–	Yu Hexin	CHN	22.20
=21	–	Renzo Tjon A Joe	SUR	22.23
=21	–	Filip Wypych	POL	22.23
=23	–	Ali Khalafalla	EGY	22.25
=23	–	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	22.25
=25	–	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	22.27
=25	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	22.27
27	–	George Bovell	TTO	22.30
28	–	Aleksey Bryansky	RUS	22.33
29	–	Douglas Erasmus	RSA	22.37
30	–	Ning Zetao	CHN	22.38
31	–	Federico Grabich	ARG	22.44
32	–	Geoffrey Cheah	HKG	22.46
=33	–	Odysseus Meladinis	GRE	22.47
=33	–	Matt Abood	AUS	22.47
=35	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	22.50
=35	–	Paweł Juraszek	POL	22.50
37	–	Federico Bocchia	ITA	22.54
38	–	François Heersbrandt	BEL	22.58
39	–	Jasper Aerents	BEL	22.61
40	–	Mario Todorović	CRO	22.65
=41	–	Sidni Hoxha	ALB	22.80
=41	–	Ziv Kalontarov	ISR	22.80
43	–	Shane Ryan	IRL	22.88
44	–	Cristian Quintero	VEN	22.92
45	–	Jordan Augier	LCA	23.28
46	–	José Quintanilla	BOL	23.35
47	–	Vahan Mkhitaryan	ARM	23.50
48	–	Abdoul Niane	SEN	23.66
49	–	Hilal Hilal	TAN	23.70
50	–	Anthony Barbar	LBN	23.77
=51	–	Meli Malani	FIJ	23.88
=51	–	Maksim Inić	MNE	23.88
53	–	Ahmad Attellesey	LBA	23.89
54	–	Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman	BAN	23.92
55	–	Abeiku Jackson	GHA	24.30
56	–	Adam Viktora	SEY	24.32
57	–	Lum Zhaveli	KOS	24.53
58	–	Farhan Farhan	BRN	24.61
59	–	Samson Opuakpo	NGR	24.85
60	–	Batsaikhanyn Dölgöön	MGL	24.90
61	–	Nikolas Sylvester	VIN	25.64
62	–	Olim Kurbanov	TJK	25.77
63	–	Giordan Harris	MHL	25.81
64	–	Joshua Tibatemwa	UGA	25.98
65	–	Dionisio Augustine	FSM	26.17
66	–	Billy-Scott Irakose	BDI	26.36
67	–	Thierry Sawadogo	BUR	26.38
68	–	Eloi Maniraguha	RWA	26.43
69	–	Santisouk Inthavong	LAO	26.54
70	–	Albachir Mouctar	NIG	26.56
71	–	Ibrahim Nishwan	MDV	26.72
72	–	Shawn Dingilius-Wallace	PLW	26.78
73	–	Osman Kamara	SLE	26.90
74	–	Bourhan Abro	DJI	27.13
75	–	Maël Ambonguilat	GAB	27.21
76	–	Soule Soilihi Athoumane	COM	27.31
77	–	Jules Bessan	BEN	27.32
78	–	Amadou Camara	GUI	27.35
79	–	Pap Jonga	GAM	27.48
80	–	Eméric Kpegba	TOG	27.67
81	–	Abdelaziz Mohamed Ahmed	SUD	27.71
82	–	Dienov Andrés Koka	CGO	28.00
83	–	Brave Lifa	MAW	28.54
84	–	Christian Nassif	CAF	30.00
85	–	Frantz Dorsainvil	HAI	30.86
DNS	–	Erik Risolvato	PUR	–		2

Heat #1

Time	13:02

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Sidni Hoxha	ALB	22.80	0.72
2	–	Adam Viktora	SEY	24.32	0.70
3	–	Maël Ambonguilat	GAB	27.21	0.70
4	–	Brave Lifa	MAW	28.54	0.64
5	–	Christian Nassif	CAF	30.00	0.74
6	–	Frantz Dorsainvil	HAI	30.86	0.75

Heat #2

Time	13:04

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Nikolas Sylvester	VIN	25.64	0.61
2	–	Thierry Sawadogo	BUR	26.38	0.73
3	–	Albachir Mouctar	NIG	26.56	0.77
4	–	Osman Kamara	SLE	26.90	0.69
5	–	Bourhan Abro	DJI	27.13	0.77
6	–	Eméric Kpegba	TOG	27.67	0.72
7	–	Abdelaziz Mohamed Ahmed	SUD	27.71	0.69
8	–	Dienov Andrés Koka	CGO	28.00	0.74

Heat #3

Time	13:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Dionisio Augustine	FSM	26.17	0.65
2	–	Santisouk Inthavong	LAO	26.54	0.69
3	–	Ibrahim Nishwan	MDV	26.72	0.71
4	–	Shawn Dingilius-Wallace	PLW	26.78	0.78
5	–	Soule Soilihi Athoumane	COM	27.31	0.77
6	–	Jules Bessan	BEN	27.32	0.79
7	–	Amadou Camara	GUI	27.35	0.74
8	–	Pap Jonga	GAM	27.48	0.85

Heat #4

Time	13:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Hilal Hilal	TAN	23.70	0.65
2	–	Farhan Farhan	BRN	24.61	0.69
3	–	Samson Opuakpo	NGR	24.85	0.78
4	–	Olim Kurbanov	TJK	25.77	0.71
5	–	Giordan Harris	MHL	25.81	0.68
6	–	Joshua Tibatemwa	UGA	25.98	0.73
7	–	Billy-Scott Irakose	BDI	26.36	0.78
8	–	Eloi Maniraguha	RWA	26.43	0.68

Heat #5

Time	13:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Abdoul Niane	SEN	23.66	0.74
=2	–	Meli Malani	FIJ	23.88	0.67
=2	–	Maksim Inić	MNE	23.88	0.74
4	–	Ahmad Attellesey	LBA	23.89	0.71
5	–	Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman	BAN	23.92	0.68
6	–	Abeiku Jackson	GHA	24.30	0.65
7	–	Lum Zhaveli	KOS	24.53	0.70
8	–	Batsaikhanyn Dölgöön	MGL	24.90	0.72

Heat #6

Time	13:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Geoffrey Cheah	HKG	22.46	0.63
2	–	Mario Todorović	CRO	22.65	0.67
3	–	Shane Ryan	IRL	22.88	0.67
4	–	Cristian Quintero	VEN	22.92	0.66
5	–	Jordan Augier	LCA	23.28	0.66
6	–	José Quintanilla	BOL	23.35	0.67
7	–	Vahan Mkhitaryan	ARM	23.50	0.69
8	–	Anthony Barbar	LBN	23.77	0.70

Heat #7

Time	13:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Renzo Tjon A Joe	SUR	22.23	0.64
2	–	Ali Khalafalla	EGY	22.25	0.62
3	–	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	22.27	0.71
4	–	Douglas Erasmus	RSA	22.37	0.64
5	–	Federico Grabich	ARG	22.44	0.64
6	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	22.50	0.70
7	–	Jasper Aerents	BEL	22.61	0.65
DNS	–	Erik Risolvato	PUR	–	–	3

Heat #8

Time	13:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Yu Hexin	CHN	22.20	0.63
2	–	Filip Wypych	POL	22.23	0.66
3	–	George Bovell	TTO	22.30	0.70
4	–	Aleksey Bryansky	RUS	22.33	0.70
5	–	Ning Zetao	CHN	22.38	0.71
6	–	Odysseus Meladinis	GRE	22.47	0.64
7	–	François Heersbrandt	BEL	22.58	0.68
8	–	Ziv Kalontarov	ISR	22.80	0.66

Heat #9

Time	13:18

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	21.80	0.62	Q
2	–	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	21.81	0.64	Q
3	–	Luca Dotto	ITA	21.87	0.64	Q
4	–	Brad Tandy	RSA	21.94	0.61	Q
5	–	Shinri Shioura	JPN	22.01	0.67	Q
6	–	Damian Wierling	GER	22.18	0.67
7	–	Fréd Bousquet	FRA	22.27	0.71
8	–	Paweł Juraszek	POL	22.50	0.61

Heat #10

Time	13:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	21.61	0.67	Q
2	–	Anthony Ervin	USA	21.63	0.72	Q
=3	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.83	0.61	Q
=3	–	Santo Condorelli	CAN	21.83	0.66	Q
5	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.93	0.72	Q
6	–	Norbert Trandafir	ROU	22.10	0.65	Q
7	–	Katsumi Nakamura	JPN	22.13	0.68
8	–	Matt Abood	AUS	22.47	0.71

Heat #11

Time	13:22

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Andriy Hovorov	UKR	21.49	0.60	Q
2	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.72	0.65	Q
3	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.93	0.73	Q
4	–	Ítalo Manzine	BRA	21.96	0.66	Q
5	–	Simonas Bilis	LTU	22.01	0.70	Q
6	–	Krisztián Takács	HUN	22.12	0.70
7	–	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	22.25	0.67
8	–	Federico Bocchia	ITA	22.54	0.80

Semi-Finals

Date	11 August 2016 — 22:03
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.32	Q
=2	–	Andriy Hovorov	UKR	21.46	Q
=2	–	Anthony Ervin	USA	21.46	Q
4	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	21.47	Q
5	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.54	Q
=6	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.71	Q
=6	–	Simonas Bilis	LTU	21.71	Q
8	–	Brad Tandy	RSA	21.80	Q
9	–	Luca Dotto	ITA	21.84
10	–	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	21.88
11	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	21.89
12	–	Santo Condorelli	CAN	21.97
13	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.98
14	–	Norbert Trandafir	ROU	21.99
15	–	Ítalo Manzine	BRA	22.05
16	–	Shinri Shioura	JPN	22.18

Heat #1

Time	22:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.32	0.65	Q
2	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	21.47	0.64	Q
3	–	Brad Tandy	RSA	21.80	0.59	Q
4	–	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	21.88	0.62
5	–	Santo Condorelli	CAN	21.97	0.63
6	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.98	0.69
7	–	Norbert Trandafir	ROU	21.99	0.65
8	–	Shinri Shioura	JPN	22.18	0.66

Heat #2

Time	22:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
=1	–	Andriy Hovorov	UKR	21.46	0.63	Q
=1	–	Anthony Ervin	USA	21.46	0.72	Q
3	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.54	0.61	Q
=4	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.71	0.67	Q
=4	–	Simonas Bilis	LTU	21.71	0.69	Q
6	–	Luca Dotto	ITA	21.84	0.66
7	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	21.89	0.61
8	–	Ítalo Manzine	BRA	22.05	0.64

Final Round

Date	12 August 2016 — 22:44

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Anthony Ervin	USA	21.40	0.69
2	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.41	0.63
3	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	21.49	0.69
4	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.68	0.62
5	–	Andriy Hovorov	UKR	21.74	0.61
=6	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.79	0.71
=6	–	Brad Tandy	RSA	21.79	0.60
8	–	Simonas Bilis	LTU	22.08	0.70