Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date25 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors65 from 59 nations
Winning time22.13
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Popov  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gary Hall Jr.  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fernando Scherer  Brazil
← 1992
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Records

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

World record   Tom Jager (USA) 21.81 Nashville, United States 24 March 1990
Olympic record   Alexander Popov (EUN) 21.91 Barcelona, Spain 30 July 1992

Competition format

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The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and finals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to final A, where they competed for the top 8 places. The swimmers with the next 8 times in the heats swam in final B, for ninth through the sixteenth place. Swim-offs were used as necessary to determine advancement.

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 9 4 Alexander Popov   Russia 22.22 Q
2 8 4 Gary Hall, Jr.   United States 22.36 Q
3 7 1 Jiang Chengji   China 22.55 Q, AS
4 8 2 Brendon Dedekind   South Africa 22.60 Q
5 6 1 Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico 22.61 Q, NR
6 9 5 David Fox   United States 22.64 Q
7 7 3 Bengt Zikarsky   Germany 22.68 QSO
7 8 Francisco Sánchez   Venezuela QSO, NR
8 5 Fernando Scherer   Brazil QSO
10 8 6 Mark Foster   Great Britain 22.73 q
11 9 8 Allan Murray   Bahamas 22.75 q, NR
12 8 1 Yuriy Vlasov   Ukraine 22.77 q
13 9 2 Pieter van den Hoogenband   Netherlands 22.82 q
14 8 3 Christophe Kalfayan   France 22.83 q
15 7 6 René Gusperti   Italy 22.85 q
16 9 3 Gustavo Borges   Brazil 22.86 q
17 7 2 Pavlo Khnykin   Ukraine 22.91
18 7 7 Raimundas Mažuolis   Lithuania 22.98
9 6 Chris Fydler   Australia
20 8 7 Vladimir Predkin   Russia 23.03
21 7 5 Alexander Lüderitz   Germany 23.06
22 9 1 Aleh Rukhlevich   Belarus 23.12
23 7 4 José Meolans   Argentina 23.21
24 9 7 Yoav Bruck   Israel 23.22
25 6 4 Felipe Delgado   Ecuador 23.26
26 6 2 Sergey Borisenko   Kazakhstan 23.29
6 8 Indrek Sei   Estonia NR
28 6 7 Bartosz Kizierowski   Poland 23.34
29 5 5 Sion Brinn   Jamaica 23.35 NR
30 6 6 Juan Benavides   Spain 23.36
31 5 8 Stavros Michaelides   Cyprus 23.37
32 5 6 Enrico Linscheer   Suriname 23.45
33 6 3 Pär Lindström   Sweden 23.47
34 6 5 Georgios Giziotis   Greece 23.56
35 4 8 Yukihiro Matsushita   Japan 23.60
36 4 4 Salim Iles   Algeria 23.61 NR
4 5 Janne Blomqvist   Finland
8 8 Dzmitry Kalinouski   Belarus
39 5 4 Hugues Legault   Canada 23.63
40 3 3 Nicholas Tongue   New Zealand 23.73
5 1 Paulo Trindade   Portugal
42 3 4 Arthur Li Kai Yien   Hong Kong 23.77
43 3 5 Maxim Cazmirciuc   Moldova 23.78
44 5 7 Richard Sam Bera   Indonesia 23.80
45 4 3 Ravil Nachaev   Uzbekistan 23.93
46 3 6 Darrick Bollinger   Guam 23.97
47 4 6 Tamer Hamed   Egypt 24.02
48 5 3 Nicholas O'Hare   Ireland 24.03
49 4 7 Sebastian Xavier   India 24.15
50 4 2 Alen Lončar   Croatia 24.17
51 3 2 Kaan Berberoğlu   Turkey 24.37
52 4 1 Vitaly Vasilyev   Kyrgyzstan 24.54
53 2 6 Khemo Rivera   Virgin Islands 24.62 NR
54 2 3 Howard Hinds   Netherlands Antilles 24.63
55 3 1 Tamás Kerékjártó   Hungary 24.67
56 2 5 Huang Chih-yung   Chinese Taipei 24.89
57 2 2 Alfredo Carrillo   Paraguay 24.91
58 3 8 Sng Ju Wei   Singapore 25.04
59 3 7 Emin Guliyev   Azerbaijan 25.23
60 1 4 Woodrow Lawrence   Dominica 27.88
61 1 5 Moosa Nazim   Maldives 28.37
62 1 3 René Makosso   Republic of the Congo 30.00
63 2 1 Michael Collier   Sierra Leone 34.21
5 2 Alexandru Ioanovici   Romania DSQ
2 4 Musa Bakare   Nigeria DNS

Swim-off

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Fernando Scherer   Brazil 22.71 Q
2 5 Francisco Sánchez   Venezuela 22.74 Q
4 Bengt Zikarsky   Germany DSQ q

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2 Pieter van den Hoogenband   Netherlands 22.67 NR
10 4 Bengt Zikarsky   Germany 22.73
11 6 Yuriy Vlasov   Ukraine 22.82
12 3 Allan Murray   Bahamas 22.92
8 Gustavo Borges   Brazil
14 1 René Gusperti   Italy 22.96
7 Christophe Kalfayan   France
16 5 Mark Foster   Great Britain 23.01

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Alexander Popov   Russia 22.13
  5 Gary Hall, Jr.   United States 22.26
  1 Fernando Scherer   Brazil 22.29 SA
4 3 Jiang Chengji   China 22.33 AS
5 6 Brendon Dedekind   South Africa 22.59
6 7 David Fox   United States 22.68
7 8 Francisco Sánchez   Venezuela 22.72
8 2 Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico 22.73

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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