Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

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The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 (heats^[1] and semifinals^[2]) and 23 July 2001 (final^[3]) at the Fukuoka, Japan.

Records

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

World record		21.64	Moscow, Russia	align=right	16 June 2000
Championship record		22.16	Perth, Australia	align=right	12 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1			22.18	Q, OC
2			22.31	Q
3			22.34	Q, NR
4			22.39	Q
4			22.39	Q
6			22.42	Q
6			22.42	Q
8			22.45	Q
9			22.47	Q
10			22.48	Q
10			22.48	Q
12			22.51	Q
12			22.51	Q
14			22.70	Q
15			22.75	Q
16			22.76	Q
17			22.78
17			22.78
19			22.84
20			22.89
21			22.91
22			22.94
23			22.95
23			22.95
25			22.98
25			22.98
27			22.99
27			22.99
29			23.00
30			23.04
31			23.08
32			23.09
33			23.19
34			23.25
35			23.38
36			23.41
37			23.47
38			23.60
39			23.77
40			23.87
41			23.96
42			24.03
43			24.12
44			24.14
45			24.16
46			24.18
47			24.22
48			24.32
49			24.33
50			24.34
51			24.36
52			24.40
53			24.58
54			24.59
55			24.97
56			25.00
57			25.06
58			25.09
59			25.16
60			25.27
60			25.27
62			25.29
63			25.33
64			25.39
65			25.72
66			25.75
67			25.79
67			25.79
69			26.02
70			26.08
71			26.18
72			26.29
73			26.30
74			26.32
75			26.37
76			26.42
77			26.51
78			26.60
79			26.70
80			26.87
81			27.05
82			27.16
83			27.81
84			28.55
85			28.86
86			29.45
87			30.64
88			31.88	NR
89			32.41
90			34.91
91			37.75
–			DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			22.05	Q, CR
2			22.14	Q
3			22.19	Q
4			22.30	Q
5			22.31	Q
6			22.34	Q
6			22.34	Q
8			22.37	Q
9			22.42
10			22.43
11			22.45
12			22.46
13			22.51
14			22.54
15			22.64
16			22.83

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			22.09
			22.16
			22.18
			22.18
5			22.39
6			22.42
7			22.44
7			22.44

References

• Web site: FINA: 9th World Championships: Men, 50m Freestyle . https://archive.today/20130222055446/http://swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=9645418&gender=1&styleId=1 . dead . 2013-02-22 . Swim Rankings . 2010-01-24 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 9th FINA World Swimming Championships:Heats Results Sunday July 22 – Swimming Day 1 . 2001-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041024105227/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay1.html . 2004-10-24 . 2010-01-25 . . dead .
2. Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024110932/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay1FINAL.html#50mFreeM . 2004-10-24 .
3. Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019204635/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsM50free.html . 2004-10-19 .