Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Boys' 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Venue:	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre
Dates:	19 August (heats, semifinals) 20 August (final)
Competitors:	52
Nations:	51
Win Value:	22.00
Gold:	Yu Hexin
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Matheus Santana
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Dylan Carter
Bronzenoc:	TRI
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The boys' 50 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 19 and 20 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Results

The heats were held at 10:25.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4	22.55	Q
2	6	3	22.65	Q
3	3	4	22.79	Q
4	7	6	22.93	Q
5	5	4	22.98	Q
6	7	3	22.99	Q
7	5	7	23.08	Q
8	6	8	23.12	Q
9	7	5	23.14	Q
10	6	4	23.19	Q
11	6	6	23.22	Q
12	6	2	23.37	Q
13	6	5	23.38	Q
14	6	7	23.42	Q
15	4	4	23.49	Q
16	5	6	23.56	Q
17	7	8	23.57
18	7	1	23.62
19	5	1	23.69
20	5	5	23.71
21	4	6	23.76
22	4	2	23.81
23	5	2	23.86
24	6	1	23.99
25	4	3	24.02
26	4	7	24.06
27	7	2	24.12
28	7	7	24.26
29	4	1	24.40
30	4	5	24.61
30	4	8	24.61
32	3	6	24.82
33	3	8	24.85
34	3	5	24.98
35	3	3	25.40
36	3	1	25.53
37	3	7	25.61
38	3	2	25.66
39	2	5	26.15
40	1	3	26.16
41	2	4	26.36
42	1	6	26.39
43	2	3	27.03
44	5	3	27.54
45	2	6	27.58
46	2	2	29.55
47	1	2	29.57
48	2	1	31.31
49	1	5	31.69
50	1	4	32.17
51	2	8	32.65
	2	7	DSQ

The semifinals were held at 18:20.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	22.01	Q, WJR
2	2	4	22.48	Q
3	1	4	22.49	Q
4	2	3	22.74	Q
5	2	6	22.78	Q
6	1	2	22.80	Q
6	1	3	22.80	Q
8	1	5	22.87	Q
9	2	2	23.07
10	2	7	23.14
11	2	1	23.16
12	2	8	23.19
13	1	8	23.26
14	1	6	23.37
15	1	7	23.40
16	1	1	23.43

The final was held at 18:00.