Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2005 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Parc Jean-Drapeau
Dates:	29 July 2005 (heats, semifinals) 30 July 2005 (final)
Competitors:	133
Nations:	92
Win Value:	21.69 seconds
Gold:	Roland Schoeman
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Duje Draganja
Silvernoc:	CRO
Bronze:	Bartosz Kizierowski
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	2003
Next:	2007

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 (heats and semifinals) and 30 July 2005 at the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Canada.

Records

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

World record		21.64	Moscow, Russia	align=right	16 June 2000
Championship record		21.92	Barcelona, Spain	align=right	26 July 2003

The following records were established during the competition:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time
1	16	2	22.08
2	16	3	22.21
3	15	2	22.24
4	16	6	22.31
5	17	3	22.38
6	17	4	22.41
7	16	4	22.42
8	17	6	22.47
8	17	2	22.47
10	13	4	22.51
11	15	5	22.53
12	17	8	22.56
13	15	4	22.57
13	15	7	22.57
15	17	5	22.64
16	14	4	22.65
16	15	3	22.65
18	14	6	22.68
18	16	7	22.68
20	12	6	22.71
21	16	5	22.72
22	15	1	22.74
23	16	1	22.79
24	15	6	22.81
25	15	8	22.82
26	14	5	22.90
27	17	1	22.96
28	13	2	22.97
28	14	2	22.97
30	13	5	22.99
31	17	7	23.07
32	14	8	23.13
33	14	7	23.24
34	12	7	23.30
35	13	3	23.36
36	13	6	23.38
36	13	7	23.38
38	10	5	23.43
39	12	4	23.44
40	14	1	23.47
41	2	8	23.58
41	11	3	23.58
41	12	5	23.58
44	12	8	23.59
45	13	8	23.60
46	12	3	23.62
47	11	4	23.66
48	11	5	23.84
49	11	7	23.94
50	2	1	23.98
51	10	6	24.05
52	12	2	24.08
53	9	4	24.17
54	11	2	24.19
55	11	6	24.22
56	11	1	24.25
57	7	3	24.33
57	9	8	24.33
59	9	5	24.45
59	9	2	24.45
61	8	4	24.49
62	9	7	24.51
62	10	8	24.51
64	1	5	24.55
65	10	7	24.56
66	10	1	24.57
67	10	3	24.64
68	7	8	24.67
68	9	3	24.67
70	8	5	24.68
71	11	8	24.76
72	1	3	24.87
73	9	6	24.92
74	10	2	24.94
75	8	8	24.97
76	7	6	25.01
77	6	3	25.03
78	2	2	25.07
79	8	6	25.08
80	7	1	25.14
81	5	3	25.17
82	6	4	25.22
82	10	4	25.22
84	9	1	25.23
85	7	7	25.24
86	8	2	25.30
87	6	7	25.36
88	6	5	25.51
88	6	8	25.51
88	8	1	25.51
91	8	7	25.56
92	7	4	25.57
93	6	2	25.66
94	7	2	25.72
95	5	5	25.80
96	6	6	25.99
97	4	2	26.05
97	5	2	26.05
99	1	2	26.09
100	5	6	26.10
101	5	4	26.22
102	7	5	26.31
103	5	7	26.37
104	5	8	26.69
105	4	1	27.00
106	3	1	27.30
107	3	4	27.34
108	4	4	27.48
109	2	6	28.14
110	4	6	28.16
111	4	7	28.28
112	2	4	28.45
113	3	5	28.48
114	3	6	29.20
115	2	3	30.73
116	3	3	30.97
117	3	7	31.44
–	1	4	DNS
–	1	6	DNS
–	2	5	DNS
–	2	7	DNS
–	3	2	DNS
–	3	8	DNS
–	4	3	DNS
–	4	5	DNS
–	4	8	DNS
–	5	1	DNS
–	6	1	DNS
–	8	3	DNS
–	12	1	DNS
–	13	1	DNS
–	14	3	DNS
–	16	8	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			22.29
2	4			22.51

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time
1	2	6	22.09
2	2	4	22.14
2	2	5	22.14
4	1	1	22.19
4	2	2	22.19
6	1	3	22.20
6	1	8	22.20
8	1	4	22.26
9	1	5	22.31
10	1	6	22.35
10	2	3	22.35
12	2	8	22.44
13	2	1	22.47
14	2	7	22.54
15	1	2	22.61
16	1	7	22.72