Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Competition:	2007 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Rod Laver Arena
Dates:	25 March 2007 (heats, semifinals) 26 March 2007 (final)
Competitors:	160
Win Value:	23.18 seconds
Gold:	Roland Schoeman
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Ian Crocker
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Jakob Andkjær
Bronzenoc:	DEN
Prev:	2005
Next:	2009

See main article: Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.

The men's 50 metre butterfly at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March (heats, a swim-off, and semifinals) and on the evening of 26 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 160 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 152 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were:

• World record (WR)

22.96, Roland Schoeman (South Africa), 25 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada.

• Championship record (CR)

22.96, Roland Schoeman (South Africa), Montreal 2005 (25 July 2005)

Results

Final

Place	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
bgcolor=gold align="center"	1	4			23.18
bgcolor=silver align="center"	2	5			23.47
bgcolor=cc9966 align="center"	3	8			23.56
4	6			23.57
5	3			23.61
6	1			23.70
7	2			23.86
8	7			24.14

Semifinals

Rank	Heat/Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Note
1	S1-L4			23.18	Q
2	H2-L4			23.42	Q
3	H2-L5			23.53	Q
4	S1-L3			23.59	Q
5	S1-L5			23.82	Q
6	H2-L8			23.91	Q
7	H2-L3			23.94	Q
8	S1-L6			23.99	Q (swim-off)
8	S1-L1			23.99	(swim-off)
10	H2-L1			24.03
11	S1-L2			24.10
11	S1-L7			24.10
13	H2-L6			24.12
14	S1-L8			24.26
15	H2-L7			24.34
16	H2-L2			24.41

A swim-off for 8th place should have occurred between Jakob Andkjær and Lyndon Ferns who tied for 8th at 23.99; however, results from a semifinal swim-off in the event are not on the OmegaTiming site, nor in the "complete" result page. Andkjær did advance to the finals, as he swam there, and Ferns did not.

Heats

Heat 1

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	3			23.71	5	Q
2	8			27.79	112
3	4			27.90	114
4	1			28.81	129
5	7			28.99	133
6	6			31.44	138
7	5			37.82	149
--	2			DNS	--

Heat 2

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	8			26.07	78
2	6			32.09	140
3	3			33.52	143
4	5			33.97	144
5	2			34.14	145
6	4			34.32	147
7	7			35.63	148

Heat 3

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	4			28.58	127
2	3			28.93	T131
	2
4	5			29.51	137
5	6			32.48	141
6	1			34.30	146
--	7			DNS	--
--	8			DNS	--

Heat 4

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	3			27.94	115
2	6			28.16	120
3	4			28.27	122
4	5			28.83	130
5	7			29.03	134
6	1			29.32	135
7	2			29.45	136
8	8			32.87	142

Heat 5

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	2			26.59	91
2	3			27.77	111
3	6			28.15	119
4	1			28.36	124
5	8			28.54	126
6	7			28.70	128
7	4			31.94	139
--	5			DNS	--

Heat 6

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	6			27.06	97
2	5			27.70	T109
3	7			27.89	113
4	8			28.08	116
5	1			28.10	117
6	4			28.14	118
7	3			28.32	123
8	2			28.39	125

Heat 7

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	8			26.68	92
2	4			27.09	98
3	3			27.16	101
4	7			27.41	104
5	5			27.47	105
6	6			27.55	107
7	2			27.66	108
8	1			28.17	121

Heat 8

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	5			26.39	89
2	4			26.75	93
3	2			27.02	96
4	6			27.12	99
5	3			27.34	102
6	7			27.39	103
7	1			27.70	T109
--	8			DNS	--

Heat 9

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	8			25.99	74
2	7			26.00	75
3	4			26.19	T81
4	6			26.34	86
5	2			26.36	T87
6	5			27.50	106
--	1			DNS	--
--	3			DNS	--

Heat 10

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	3			25.11	54
2	4			25.13	56
3	8			25.62	66
4	6			26.10	79
5	5			26.19	T81
6	7			26.32	85
7	2			26.86	94
8	1			27.14	100

Heat 11

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	4			25.28	59
2	6			25.47	T63
3	3			25.66	68
4	8			26.04	76
5	5			26.30	84
6	1			26.36	T87
7	7			26.89	95
--	2			DNS	--

Heat 12

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	2			24.90	49	NR
2	6			25.22	58
3	3			25.47	T63
4	4			25.71	69
5	5			26.05	77
6	8			26.16	80
7	7			26.24	83
8	1			26.51	90

Heat 13

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	1			24.81	45
2	7			25.43	61
3	5			25.44	62
4	2			25.47	63
5	3			25.82	70
6	6			25.83	71
7	4			25.98	72
	8

Heat 14

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	4			24.41	T26
2	5			24.72	38
3	3			24.74	T39
4	6			24.77	41
5	7			24.83	48
6	2			25.20	57
7	8			25.31	60
--	1			DNS	--

Heat 15

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	4			24.39	25
2	6			24.58	T34
3	1			24.74	T39
4	5			24.78	42
5	8			24.98	51
6	7			25.00	52
7	3			25.12	55
8	2			25.65	67

Heat 16

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	4			24.06	T16	swim-off
2	1			24.55	33
3	3			24.60	36
4	6			24.80	43
	7
6	2			24.82	T46
7	8			24.92	50
8	5			25.01	53

Heat 17

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	3			24.02	T12	Q NR
2	6			24.18	19
3	2			24.41	T26
4	8			24.48	30
5	4			24.50	31
6	1			24.50	32
7	5			24.58	T34
8	7			24.82	T46

Heat 18

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	6			23.30	1	Q
2	5			23.92	7	Q
3	4			23.95	9	Q
4	1			24.06	T16	swim-off
5	8			24.23	22
6	7			24.44	29
7	2		Great Britain	24.61	37
--	3			DNS	--

Heat 19

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	4			23.61	3	Q
2	1			23.73	6	Q
3	5			23.98	10	Q
4	2			24.02	T12	Q
	6					Q
6	8			24.21	21
7	7			24.36	24
8	3			24.41	T26

Heat 20

Heat Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Country	Time	Overall Rank	Note
1	4			23.49	2	Q
2	1			23.66	4	Q
3	7			23.92	7	Q
4	3			24.00	11	Q (scratched semis)
5	6			24.05	15	Q
6	7			24.06	T16	swim-off
7	2			24.20	20
8	8			24.25	23

Swim-off for 16th place

Following the conclusion of the preliminary heats there was a three-way tie in for 16th at 24.06 between Germany's Thomas Rupprath, and Slovenia's two entries in the event: Peter Mankoč and Jernej Godec.

• 1 Jernej Godec, Slovenia – 23.74 (Q)
• 1 Peter Mankoč, Slovenia – 23.74 (Q)
• 3 Thomas Rupprath, Germany – 23.90

As France's Frédérick Bousquet scratched the final, a swim-off to the swim-off tie was not need, and both Godec and Mankoč advanced to the semifinals.

See also

• Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly
• Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly

References

• Men's 50m Fly Heats results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Men's 50m Fly Heats swim-off results (for 16th place in semis) from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Men's 50m Fly Semifinals results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Men's 50m Fly Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.