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

Event:	Men's 50-metre freestyle
Competition:	2007 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Rod Laver Arena
Dates:	30 March 2007 (heats, semi-finals) 31 March 2007 (final)
Competitors:	191
Nations:	122
Win Value:	21.88 seconds
Gold:	Ben Wildman-Tobriner
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Cullen Jones
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Stefan Nystrand
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	2005
Next:	2009

See main article: Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. The men's 50-metre freestyle event was the 28th event contested of the swimming events at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships at the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia. The heats were held in the morning session of the meet on 30 March 2007, with the semi-finals in the evening session of the same day. The final was held on the evening of 31 March 2007.

Records

Prior to the championships, the following world and World Championship records were listed by FINA.

World record
21.64		Moscow, Russia	16 June 2000
Championship record
21.69		Montreal, Canada	30 July 2005

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	23	4			22.03
2	23	5			22.06
3	24	4			22.09
4	23	6			22.12
5	24	3			22.20
6	22	2			22.25
7	23	2			22.26
8	24	5			22.33
8	24	2			22.33
10	22	5			22.34
11	24	1			22.39
12	23	7			22.46
13	24	6			22.50
14	23	3			22.55
15	21	8			22.60
16	22	3			22.63
17	24	8			22.64
18	23	8			22.66
19	21	5			22.69
20	21	2			22.73
21	21	4			22.76
22	22	8			22.77
23	24	7			22.82
24	22	6			22.83
24	23	1			22.83
26	18	6			22.86
27	22	1			22.98
28	22	7			23.00
29	21	7			23.01
30	18	3			23.06
31	18	5			23.09
32	21	6			23.10
33	19	3			23.13
34	20	6			23.16
35	19	1			23.18
36	17	2			23.25
37	17	3			23.30
37	21	1			23.30
39	19	7			23.32
40	18	1			23.33
40	20	1			23.33
42	15	8			23.35
43	19	6			23.36
44	20	2			23.37
44	20	7			23.37
46	17	4			23.43
46	19	2			23.43
48	20	8			23.44
49	17	1			23.50
49	20	3			23.50
51	18	2			23.64
52	17	8			23.69
53	20	4			23.73
54	18	4			23.74
55	16	4			23.76
55	19	8			23.76
57	17	6			23.80
58	17	7			23.84
59	19	5			23.85
60	18	7			23.97
61	19	4			23.98
62	16	1			23.99
63	14	6			24.01
64	18	8			24.03
65	20	5			24.05
66	15	4			24.06
67	16	5			24.12
68	15	6			24.18
69	17	5			24.22
70	16	3			24.31
71	16	6			24.38
72	15	3			24.48
73	15	2			24.49
74	16	7			24.53
75	14	3			24.55
76	15	1			24.62
77	14	1			24.65
78	16	2			24.67
79	12	1			24.68
80	14	8			24.69
81	13	5			24.71
82	10	6			24.73
83	15	7			24.79
84	15	5			24.82
85	14	4			24.85
86	11	5			24.88
87	13	7			24.93
88	14	7			24.95
89	12	7			24.99
90	14	5			25.01
91	11	8			25.08
92	11	4			25.11
93	12	4			25.13
94	13	3			25.20
95	11	3			25.24
96	13	8			25.29
97	10	7			25.38
97	12	2			25.38
99	13	1			25.39
99	14	2			25.39
101	13	6			25.44
102	9	4			25.46
103	13	2			25.55
104	9	6			25.61
105	12	5			25.70
106	8	5			25.79
106	9	7			25.79
106	12	6			25.79
109	9	3			25.88
110	10	1			25.89
111	10	4			25.97
112	12	8			25.98
113	10	2			25.99
114	12	3			26.01
115	7	3			26.03
115	8	4			26.03
117	11	7			26.05
118	8	3			26.15
119	9	8			26.16
119	10	8			26.16
121	8	8			26.23
122	11	6			26.24
123	8	2			26.25
124	8	6			26.29
125	10	3			26.34
126	6	4			26.39
127	8	7			26.49
128	11	1			26.62
129	7	5			26.67
130	1	6			26.75
131	6	3			26.78
132	6	5			26.95
133	7	7			27.01
134	7	4			27.06
135	9	2			27.21
136	6	2			27.31
136	7	6			27.31
138	11	2			27.44
139	4	4			27.45
140	7	2			27.55
141	7	8			27.58
142	6	1			27.67
143	6	6			27.71
144	5	5			27.83
145	5	2			27.85
146	5	8			27.94
147	4	7			28.29
148	2	8			28.30
149	1	7			28.51
150	5	1			28.55
151	4	5			28.63
152	6	7			28.80
153	5	7			29.08
154	2	1			29.10
155	4	2			29.42
156	9	1			29.44
157	1	3			29.54
158	3	5			29.59
159	5	4			29.68
160	3	4			29.88
161	4	1			30.14
162	2	5			30.27
163	6	8			31.25
164	5	3			31.57
165	1	1			31.67
166	3	3			31.78
167	2	3			32.11
168	2	2			32.29
169	3	6			32.37
170	5	6			32.41
171	4	3			33.15
172	1	2			33.91
173	2	6			34.42
174	8	1			38.00
175	3	2			38.06
	2	4			DNS
	2	7			DNS
	3	1			DNS
	3	7			DNS
	3	8			DNS
	4	6			DNS
	4	8			DNS
	7	1			DNS
	9	5			DNS
	13	4			DNS
	16	8			DNS
	21	3			DNS
	22	4			DNS
	1	4			DSQ
	1	5			DSQ
	10	5			DSQ

Semi-finals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5			21.99
2	2	5			22.00
3	1	3			22.09	SA
4	2	4			22.13
5	1	4			22.19
6	2	3			22.23
7	1	2			22.24
8	2	1			22.31
9	2	2			22.40
9	2	6			22.40
11	2	8			22.44
12	1	6			22.50
13	1	8			22.56
14	2	7			22.59
15	1	1			22.63
16	1	7			22.64

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			21.88
	5			21.94
	4			21.97
4	6			22.00
5	2			22.05
6	3			22.12
7	1			22.16
8	8			22.28

References

• Web site: 12th FINA World Championships: Melbourne 2007: Men's 50m Freestyle: Heats: Official Results . Omega Timing . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070407230620/http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2007/melbourne2007/F74_ResSummary_28_Heats_Men_50_Free.pdf . 7 April 2007 . dmy-all .
• Web site: 12th FINA World Championships: Melbourne 2007: Men's 50m Freestyle: Semifinals: Official Results . Omega Timing . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070621004516/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2007/melbourne2007/F74_ResSummary_228_Semifinals_Men_50_Free.pdf . 21 June 2007 . dmy-all .
• Web site: 12th FINA World Championships: Melbourne 2007: Men's 50m Freestyle: Final: Official Results . Omega Timing . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070409052151/http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2007/melbourne2007/F73_ResByHeat_128_Finals_Men_50_Free.pdf . 9 April 2007 . dmy-all .