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]
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 25 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 65 from 59 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 22.13 | ||||||||||||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
Records
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
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
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
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Swim-off
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 3 | Fernando Scherer |  Brazil | 22.71 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Francisco Sánchez | .png.webp){kind=small} Venezuela | 22.74 | Q |
| 4 | Bengt Zikarsky |  Germany | DSQ | q |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 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
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | 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
- "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.
- "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
External links
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