50 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 2000 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Athina GRE
Held 17 March 2000
Status Medal
Competitors 54
Countries 42
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Mark Foster GBR 21.77
(1 h5)
21.43
(1 h1)
21.58
(1 F)
🥈 Brendon Dedekind RSA 21.75
(1 h7)
22.21
(4 h2)
21.62
(2 F)
🥉 Stefan Nystrand SWE 22.02
(2 h7)
21.86
(1 h2)
21.80
(3 F)
4 Brett Hawke AUS 21.82
(1 h6)
21.91
(2 h2)
21.82
(4 F)
5 Ricardo Busquets PUR 21.86
(2 h6)
21.95
(2 h1)
21.96
(5 F)
6 Sabir Muhammad USA 22.12
(=3 h5)
22.10
(3 h2)
22.21
(6 F)
7 Darren Lange AUS 22.12
(=3 h5)
22.20
(4 h1)
22.27
(7 F)
8 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.06
(3 h6)
22.14
(3 h1)
22.33
(8 F)
9 Christoph Bühler SUI 22.30
(4 h6)
22.25
(5 h2)
—
10 Salim Iles ALG 22.11
(3 h7)
22.27
(5 h1)
—
11 Peter Mankoč SLO 22.41
(4 h7)
22.30
(6 h1)
—
12 Marcos Hernández CUB 22.35
(5 h6)
22.31
(6 h2)
—
13 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 22.09
(2 h5)
22.32
(7 h2)
—
14 José Meolans ARG 22.35
(5 h5)
22.35
(7 h1)
—
15 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.46
(1 h2)
22.56
(8 h1)
—
16 Marijan Kanjer CRO 22.46
(1 h4)
22.65
(8 h2)
—
17 Francisco Sánchez VEN 22.49
(5 h7)
— —
18 Mitja Zastrow GER 22.59
(6 h5)
— —
=19 Stephan Kunzelmann GER 22.61
(7 h5)
— —
=19 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 22.61
(6 h6)
— —
21 Sergey Ashikhmin RUS 22.62
(2 h4)
— —
22 Indrek Sei EST 22.70
(3 h4)
— —
23 Denis Pimankov RUS 22.74
(6 h7)
— —
=24 Jere Hård FIN 22.79
(7 h7)
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=24 Issei Nakanishi JPN 22.79
(4 h4)
— —
26 Johan Nyström SWE 22.84
(8 h7)
— —
27 Paul Belk GBR 22.88
(1 h3)
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28 Mauro Gallo ITA 22.95
(7 h6)
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29 Edvaldo Valério BRA 23.06
(5 h4)
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30 Paul Kutscher URU 23.08
(2 h3)
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31 Nicolae Ivan ROU 23.15
(2 h2)
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32 Valentin Milkov BUL 23.22
(6 h4)
— —
33 Peter Domanický SVK 23.30
(3 h3)
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34 Stavros Michailidis CYP 23.32
(7 h4)
— —
35 Athanasios Thanopoulos GRE 23.37
(4 h3)
— —
36 Duje Draganja CRO 23.50
(5 h3)
— —
37 Giorgos Danas GRE 23.51
(6 h3)
— —
38 Esteban Blanco CRC 23.60
(8 h4)
— —
39 Carl Probert FIJ 23.63
(3 h2)
— —
40 Wang Chuan CHN 23.82
(8 h5)
— —
41 Kenny Roberts SEY 23.95
(7 h3)
— —
42 Shane Pedder IND 24.49
(4 h2)
— —
43 Pan Tsung-Nan TPE 24.53
(5 h2)
— —
44 Dan Răcilă MDA 24.61
(6 h2)
— —
45 Emin Quliyev AZE 24.69
(7 h2)
— —
46 Jayamal Wijeratne SRI 25.00
(1 h1)
— —
47 Hsu Ming-Hong TPE 25.06
(2 h1)
— —
48 Mikayel Koloyan ARM 25.79
(8 h2)
— —
49 Wong Tuck Kar MAS 26.01
(3 h1)
— —
50 Chitra Bahadur Gurung NEP 27.78
(4 h1)
— —
51 Rony Bakale CGO 29.75
(5 h1)
— —
52 Marien Michel Ngouabi CGO —
(DQ h1)
— —
53 Lorenzo Vismara ITA —
(DQ h6)
— —
54 Gentle Offoin NGR —
(DNS h3)
— —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jayamal Wijeratne SRI 25.00
2 Hsu Ming-Hong TPE 25.06
3 Wong Tuck Kar MAS 26.01
4 Chitra Bahadur Gurung NEP 27.78
5 Rony Bakale CGO 29.75
DQ Marien Michel Ngouabi CGO —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.46
2 Nicolae Ivan ROU 23.15
3 Carl Probert FIJ 23.63
4 Shane Pedder IND 24.49
5 Pan Tsung-Nan TPE 24.53
6 Dan Răcilă MDA 24.61
7 Emin Quliyev AZE 24.69
8 Mikayel Koloyan ARM 25.79

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Paul Belk GBR 22.88
2 Paul Kutscher URU 23.08
3 Peter Domanický SVK 23.30
4 Athanasios Thanopoulos GRE 23.37
5 Duje Draganja CRO 23.50
6 Giorgos Danas GRE 23.51
7 Kenny Roberts SEY 23.95
DNS Gentle OffoinDNS NGR —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Marijan Kanjer CRO 22.46
2 Sergey Ashikhmin RUS 22.62
3 Indrek Sei EST 22.70
4 Issei Nakanishi JPN 22.79
5 Edvaldo Valério BRA 23.06
6 Valentin Milkov BUL 23.22
7 Stavros Michailidis CYP 23.32
8 Esteban Blanco CRC 23.60

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mark Foster GBR 21.77
2 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 22.09
=3 Sabir Muhammad USA 22.12
=3 Darren Lange AUS 22.12
5 José Meolans ARG 22.35
6 Mitja Zastrow GER 22.59
7 Stephan Kunzelmann GER 22.61
8 Wang Chuan CHN 23.82

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Brett Hawke AUS 21.82
2 Ricardo Busquets PUR 21.86
3 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.06
4 Christoph Bühler SUI 22.30
5 Marcos Hernández CUB 22.35
6 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 22.61
7 Mauro Gallo ITA 22.95
DQ Lorenzo Vismara ITA —

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Brendon Dedekind RSA 21.75
2 Stefan Nystrand SWE 22.02
3 Salim Iles ALG 22.11
4 Peter Mankoč SLO 22.41
5 Francisco Sánchez VEN 22.49
6 Denis Pimankov RUS 22.74
7 Jere Hård FIN 22.79
8 Johan Nyström SWE 22.84

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mark Foster GBR 21.43
2 Ricardo Busquets PUR 21.95
3 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.14
4 Darren Lange AUS 22.20
5 Salim Iles ALG 22.27
6 Peter Mankoč SLO 22.30
7 José Meolans ARG 22.35
8 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.56

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Stefan Nystrand SWE 21.86
2 Brett Hawke AUS 21.91
3 Sabir Muhammad USA 22.10
4 Brendon Dedekind RSA 22.21
5 Christoph Bühler SUI 22.25
6 Marcos Hernández CUB 22.31
7 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 22.32
8 Marijan Kanjer CRO 22.65

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mark Foster GBR 21.58
2 Brendon Dedekind RSA 21.62
3 Stefan Nystrand SWE 21.80
4 Brett Hawke AUS 21.82
5 Ricardo Busquets PUR 21.96
6 Sabir Muhammad USA 22.21
7 Darren Lange AUS 22.27
8 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.33