Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 26 and 27. The heats and semifinals took place on May 26, the final on May 27.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	César Cielo		align=left	20.91	São Paulo	December 18, 2009
European record	Frédérick Bousquet		align=left	20.94	Montpellier	April 26, 2009
Championship record	Frédérick Bousquet		align=left	21.36	Budapest	August 14, 2010

Results

Heats

53 swimmers participated in 7 heats.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4			22.29	Q
2	6	5			22.30	Q
3	6	4			22.31	Q
4	5	5			22.33	Q
5	6	1			22.38	Q, NR
6	6	6			22.39	Q
7	7	5			22.40	Q
8	7	3			22.41	Q
9	7	7			22.43	Q
10	5	2			22.45	Q, =NR
11	5	6			22.50
12	4	4			22.54	Q
13	5	4			22.61
14	7	6			22.66	Q
15	5	8			22.70	Q
16	6	8			22.70	Q
17	6	7			22.75	Q
18	6	2			22.79	Q
19	7	1			22.81
20	5	3			22.82
21	3	8			22.87
22	4	3			22.89
23	7	2			22.89
24	4	7			22.91
25	5	7			22.91
26	4	8			22.93
27	7	8			22.93
28	3	3			22.98
29	5	1			23.00
30	4	5			23.08
31	3	4			23.11
32	3	6			23.13
33	4	1			23.13
34	4	2			23.21
35	3	1			23.26
36	1	2			23.31
37	3	5			23.32
38	3	7			23.33
39	2	6			23.33
40	2	8			23.42
41	2	3			23.47
42	1	6			23.67
43	2	2			23.68
44	2	7			23.75
45	1	5			23.77
46	1	4			24.18
47	2	1			24.41
48	1	3			24.87
	2	4			DNS
	2	5			DNS
	3	2			DNS
	4	6			DNS
	6	3			DNS

Semifinals

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.^[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			22.06	Q
2	6			22.20	Q
3	4			22.22	Q
4	2			22.33	Q, NR
5	7			22.43
6	3			22.44
7	8			22.53
8	1			22.55

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			22.22	Q
2	3			22.24	Q, NR
3	5			22.26	Q
4	7			22.37	Q
5	6			22.40
6	8			22.49
7	2			22.51
8	1			22.59

Final

The final was held at 17:05.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			21.80
	4			22.04
	5			22.18
4	2			22.22	NR
4	3			22.22
4	8			22.22
7	7			22.24
8	1			22.65

Notes and References

1. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C51A1_Start%20List%20%28Heats%20Individual%29_33_Men_50_Free.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle entry list
2. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_33_Men_50_Free.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle Heats results
3. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_233_Men_50_Free.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle Semifinals results
4. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C73A1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Individual%29_133_Heat1_Men_50_Free.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle Final results