Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date:	30 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	76
Nations:	41
Gold:	Alexander Popov
Goldnoc:	EUN
Silver:	Matt Biondi
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Tom Jager
Bronzenoc:	USA
Win Value:	21.91
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

The men's 50-metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.^[1]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Competition format

The 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

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	4			22.21	Q
2	10	4			22.32	Q
3	9	4			22.45	Q
4	10	1			22.57	Q
5	9	3			22.65	Q
6	9	6			22.70	Q
	9	5				Q
8	10	5			22.72	Q
9	8	5			22.77	q
10	9	2			22.88	q
11	10	3			22.92	q
	10	7				q
13	8	3			23.01	q
	8	6				q,
15	8	2			23.10	q
	10	2				q
17	8	7			23.15	q
18	8	8			23.20
19	10	6			23.27
20	6	5			23.34
21	9	1			23.35
22	9	8			23.39
23	1	6			23.42
24	7	2			23.44
25	7	4			23.47
26	7	5			23.51
27	7	8			23.52
28	7	3			23.55
29	10	8			23.61
30	5	5			23.63
31	8	1			23.68
32	7	7			23.72
33	6	2			23.74
34	4	7			23.79
	7	1
36	7	6			23.81
37	6	1			23.87
	6	4
39	6	3			23.90
40	5	3			23.95
41	5	7			24.13
	6	8
43	5	4			24.14
44	5	1			24.20
45	5	2			24.23
46	3	5			24.32
47	4	1			24.61
48	4	3			24.66
49	1	7			24.69
50	6	6			24.72
51	4	8			24.75
52	4	6			24.78
53	5	8			24.85
54	2	4			25.12
55	3	4			25.27
56	4	2			25.29
57	1	2			25.35
58	2	3			25.44
59	3	3			25.45
60	3	2			25.53
61	3	6			25.76
62	2	5			25.79
63	3	1			25.84
64	3	7			25.91
65	2	7			26.31
66	2	2			26.41
67	2	6			26.51
68	2	1			26.78
69	1	1			28.11
70	1	4			28.75
71	1	5			29.27
72	1	3			30.37
	5	6
	4	5
	4	4
	9	7

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	2			22.69
10	4			22.71
11	5			22.88
	6
13	1			23.01
14	3			23.04
15	7			23.06
16	8			23.18

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			21.91
	5			22.09
	3			22.30
4	2			22.50
	1
6	8			22.52
7	6			22.54
8	7			22.73

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 50 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163841/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/mens-100-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 12 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 357. 27 August 2017.
3. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 357. 27 August 2017.