| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 25 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 65 from 59 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 22.13 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 |
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.
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).
Swim-off
| 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
Final B
| 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 |
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| 14 | 1 | René Gusperti |  Italy |
22.96 | |
| 7 | Christophe Kalfayan |  France |
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| 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 | |
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5 | Gary Hall, Jr. |  United States |
22.26 | |
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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
| Olympic champions in men's 50 m freestyle | |
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| 50 yards | |
| 50 metres | |
