Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2009 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	31 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 1 August 2009 (final)
Competitors:	222
Nations:	140
Win Value:	21.08 seconds
Gold:	César Cielo Filho
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silver:	Frédérick Bousquet
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Amaury Leveaux
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	2007
Next:	2011

See main article: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

The heats for the men's 50 metre freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on 31 July (heats and semifinals) and 1 August 2009 (final) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

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

World record		20.94	Montpellier, France	align=right	26 April 2009
Championship record		21.69	Montreal, Canada	align=right	30 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Nationality	Time	Record
31 July	Heat 21		21.64	CR
31 July	Heat 22		21.37	CR
31 July	Semifinal 1		21.29	CR
31 July	Semifinal 2	France	21.21	CR
31 July	Swim-off		21.20	CR
1 August	Final		21.08	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			21.37	22	4	CR
2			21.56	23	3	NR
3			21.63	23	4
4			21.64	21	3
5			21.68	22	5
6			21.70	23	5
7			21.71	22	6
8			21.72	21	6
9			21.82	21	5
10			21.88	21	4
11			21.90	23	2
12			21.93	21	7
13			21.95	22	3
14			21.96	22	8
15			22.03	22	2
16			22.04	20	6
17			22.07	21	1
18			22.09	23	6
19			22.14	18	5	NR
20			22.18	23	0
21			22.21	20	7
22			22.23	23	9
23			22.25	23	7
24			22.29	20	4
25			22.31	20	8	NR
25			22.31	21	2
27			22.36	22	9	NR
28			22.37	18	7
29			22.39	17	5	NR
30			22.41	21	8
31			22.50	20	2
32			22.51	19	1
32			22.51	20	3
34			22.54	21	0
35			22.55	16	8
36			22.57	19	7
36			22.57	20	5
38			22.59	19	4
39			22.62	23	1
40			22.64	22	0
41			22.66	23	8
42			22.70	18	8	NR
43			22.74	20	1
44			22.79	20	9
45			22.80	13	1
46			22.81	22	1
47			22.86	18	4
48			22.87	18	6
49			22.90	17	2
50			22.91	15	3
50			22.91	17	1
52			22.93	15	7
53			22.95	13	3	NR
54			22.98	19	5
55			22.99	16	3
56			23.00	19	3
57			23.05	17	9
58			23.10	16	5
58			23.10	20	0
60			23.13	16	2
60			23.13	19	2
62			23.15	18	3
62			23.15	19	8
64			23.21	13	5
65			23.28	16	6
66			23.30	18	1
66			23.30	18	9
68			23.32	16	4
68			23.32	19	6
70			23.35	17	6
71			23.42	15	6
72			23.43	17	7
73			23.44	19	0
74			23.49	13	0
74			23.49	15	1
74			23.49	16	9
77			23.58	15	9
77			23.58	16	1
79			23.63	14	1	NR
80			23.64	12	9
80			23.64	15	8
82			23.68	17	8
83			23.69	17	3
84			23.74	19	9
85			23.75	14	2
86			23.77	11	0
86			23.77	17	4
88		Virgin Islands	23.78	9	7
88			23.78	13	8
90			23.79	12	5
90			23.79	14	6
92			23.80	16	7
93			23.85	15	4
94			23.87	11	4
95			23.89	14	4
96			23.90	13	4
97			23.91	13	2	NR
98			23.93	18	0
99			23.96	15	0
100			23.99	11	8
101			24.01	15	5
102			24.08	15	2
102			24.08	17	0
104			24.15	12	4
105			24.16	12	2
106			24.18	13	6
107			24.23	12	7
108			24.27	14	3
109			24.34	12	3
110			24.35	11	7
111			24.37	12	6
112			24.40	10	8
113			24.50	13	7
114			24.52	14	7
115			24.56	14	0
116			24.57	1	5
117			24.58	10	5
118			24.59	12	0
119			24.61	11	3
119			24.61	16	0
121			24.62	10	3
121			24.62	11	5
123			24.64	13	9
124			24.71	11	2
125			24.80	9	5
126			24.82	9	8
127			24.84	14	5
128			24.96	11	9
129			25.06	9	6	NR
130			25.09	10	9
131			25.16	18	2
132			25.18	2	3
133			25.22	11	6
134			25.24	8	1
135			25.28	8	3
136			25.32	9	3
136			25.32	10	6
138			25.34	8	4
139			25.35	12	1
140	Jean Hugues Gregoire		25.42	8	7
141			25.43	8	8
142			25.45	8	9
143			25.48	1	3
144			25.49	6	4
144			25.49	8	6
146			25.53	7	4
147			25.55	7	1
147			25.55	8	5
149			25.56	11	1
150			25.59	6	9
151			25.68	10	4
152			25.75	14	9
153			25.84	4	0
154			25.90	7	7
155			25.93	9	9
156			25.98	7	9
156			25.98	10	0
158			25.99	3	9
159			26.06	7	6
160			26.10	7	3
160			26.10	9	0
162			26.17	7	0
163			26.19	7	5
164			26.26	2	0
164			26.26	5	8
166			26.36	10	1
167			26.40	7	2
168			26.42	5	7
169			26.48	7	8
170			26.49	6	7
171			26.54	9	4
172			26.80	3	6
173			26.88	6	3
174			27.03	6	6
175			27.29	3	2
176			27.47	5	3
177			27.51	6	2
178			27.59	4	4
179			27.62	5	4
180			27.68	5	1
181			27.72	8	2
182			27.83	6	1
182			27.83	6	8
184			27.86	6	5
185			27.87	3	4
186			27.96	5	2
187			27.99	1	2
188			28.14	5	0
189			28.48	1	6
190			28.53	10	2
191			28.70	4	5
192			28.93	2	7
193			28.94	6	0
194			28.99	3	3
195			29.07	5	9
196			29.31	2	8
197			29.46	5	5
198			29.60	2	4
198			29.60	4	3
200			29.72	4	6
200			29.72	5	6
202			30.19	3	1
203			30.56	1	4
204			30.71	4	1
205			31.41	3	8
206			31.56	4	8
207			32.32	3	5
208			32.54	1	7
209			1:02.51	4	7
—			DNS	2	1
—			DNS	2	2
—			DNS	2	5
—			DNS	2	6
—			DNS	3	0
—			DNS	3	7
—			DNS	4	2
—			DNS	4	9
—			DNS	10	7
—			DNS	12	8
—			DNS	21	9
—			DNS	22	7
—			DQ	8	0

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	21.21	2	5	CR
2	21.29	1	6
3	21.32	1	3
4	21.35	2	4
5	21.40	1	2	NR
6	21.45	1	4	NR
7	21.46	2	3
8	21.65	1	5
8	21.65	2	6
10	21.69	2	1
11	21.72	1	7
11	21.72	1	8
13	21.73	2	8	NR
14	21.74	2	7
15	21.78	2	2
16	21.89	1	1	NR

Swim-off

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Lane	Notes
1			21.20	4	CR, NR
2			21.42	5	NR

Final

Rank	Time	Lane	Notes
	21.08	6	CR, AM
	21.21	4
	21.25	3
4	21.38	5
5	21.47	2
6	21.49	1
7	21.51	8
8	21.53	7

External links

Web site: 13th FINA World Championships: Men's 50m Freestyle: Heats: Results Summary . Omega Timing . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715000333/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_27_Heats_Men_50_Free.pdf . 2011-07-15 .
Web site: 13th FINA World Championships: Men's 50m Freestyle: Semifinals: Results Summary . Omega Timing . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090806182608/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_227_Semifinals_Men_50_Free.pdf . 2009-08-06 .
Web site: 13th FINA World Championships: Men's 50m Freestyle: Swim-off: Results Summary . Omega Timing . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090806181740/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_427_Swim-off_Semifinals_1_Men_50_Free.pdf . 2009-08-06 .
Web site: 13th FINA World Championships: Men's 50m Freestyle: Final: Results Summary . Omega Timing . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004030958/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_127_Finals_1_Men_50_Free.pdf . 2009-10-04 .