The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]
| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 25 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 65 from 59 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 22.13 | ||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Tom Jager (USA) |
21.81 | Nashville, United States | 24 March 1990 |
| Olympic record |  Alexander Popov (EUN) |
21.91 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 1992 |
Competition format
editThe competition consisted of two rounds: heats and finals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to final A, where they competed for the top 8 places. The swimmers with the next 8 times in the heats swam in final B, for ninth through the sixteenth place. Swim-offs were used as necessary to determine advancement.
Results
editHeats
editRule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Swim-off
edit| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Fernando Scherer |  Brazil |
22.71 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Francisco Sánchez |  Venezuela |
22.74 | Q |
| 4 | Bengt Zikarsky |  Germany |
DSQ | q |
Finals
editFinal B
edit| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2 | Pieter van den Hoogenband |  Netherlands |
22.67 | NR |
| 10 | 4 | Bengt Zikarsky | Germany |
22.73 | |
| 11 | 6 | Yuriy Vlasov |  Ukraine |
22.82 | |
| 12 | 3 | Allan Murray |  Bahamas |
22.92 | |
| 8 | Gustavo Borges | Brazil |
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| 14 | 1 | René Gusperti |  Italy |
22.96 | |
| 7 | Christophe Kalfayan |  France |
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| 16 | 5 | Mark Foster |  Great Britain |
23.01 |
Final A
edit| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Alexander Popov |  Russia |
22.13 | |
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5 | Gary Hall, Jr. |  United States |
22.26 | |
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1 | Fernando Scherer | Brazil |
22.29 | SA |
| 4 | 3 | Jiang Chengji |  China |
22.33 | AS |
| 5 | 6 | Brendon Dedekind |  South Africa |
22.59 | |
| 6 | 7 | David Fox | United States |
22.68 | |
| 7 | 8 | Francisco Sánchez | Venezuela |
22.72 | |
| 8 | 2 | Ricardo Busquets |  Puerto Rico |
22.73 |
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Retrieved 9 September 2017.