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.
Resultsedit
Heatsedit
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
^. 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.
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Official Report
January 01, 1970
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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 freestyleat the Games of the XXVI OlympiadVenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic CenterDate25 July 1996 heats amp finals Competitors65 from 59 nationsWinning time22 13MedalistsAlexander Popov RussiaGary Hall Jr United StatesFernando Scherer Brazil 19922000 Contents 1 Records 2 Competition format 3 Results 3 1 Heats 3 2 Swim off 3 3 Finals 3 3 1 Final B 3 3 2 Final A 4 References 5 External linksRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Tom Jager USA 21 81 Nashville United States 24 March 1990 Olympic record nbsp Alexander Popov EUN 21 91 Barcelona Spain 30 July 1992Competition format editThe 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 editHeats edit 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 nbsp Russia 22 22 Q 2 8 4 Gary Hall Jr nbsp United States 22 36 Q 3 7 1 Jiang Chengji nbsp China 22 55 Q AS 4 8 2 Brendon Dedekind nbsp South Africa 22 60 Q 5 6 1 Ricardo Busquets nbsp Puerto Rico 22 61 Q NR 6 9 5 David Fox nbsp United States 22 64 Q 7 7 3 Bengt Zikarsky nbsp Germany 22 68 QSO 7 8 Francisco Sanchez nbsp Venezuela QSO NR 8 5 Fernando Scherer nbsp Brazil QSO 10 8 6 Mark Foster nbsp Great Britain 22 73 q 11 9 8 Allan Murray nbsp Bahamas 22 75 q NR 12 8 1 Yuriy Vlasov nbsp Ukraine 22 77 q 13 9 2 Pieter van den Hoogenband nbsp Netherlands 22 82 q 14 8 3 Christophe Kalfayan nbsp France 22 83 q 15 7 6 Rene Gusperti nbsp Italy 22 85 q 16 9 3 Gustavo Borges nbsp Brazil 22 86 q 17 7 2 Pavlo Khnykin nbsp Ukraine 22 91 18 7 7 Raimundas Mazuolis nbsp Lithuania 22 98 9 6 Chris Fydler nbsp Australia 20 8 7 Vladimir Predkin nbsp Russia 23 03 21 7 5 Alexander Luderitz nbsp Germany 23 06 22 9 1 Aleh Rukhlevich nbsp Belarus 23 12 23 7 4 Jose Meolans nbsp Argentina 23 21 24 9 7 Yoav Bruck nbsp Israel 23 22 25 6 4 Felipe Delgado nbsp Ecuador 23 26 26 6 2 Sergey Borisenko nbsp Kazakhstan 23 29 6 8 Indrek Sei nbsp Estonia NR 28 6 7 Bartosz Kizierowski nbsp Poland 23 34 29 5 5 Sion Brinn nbsp Jamaica 23 35 NR 30 6 6 Juan Benavides nbsp Spain 23 36 31 5 8 Stavros Michaelides nbsp Cyprus 23 37 32 5 6 Enrico Linscheer nbsp Suriname 23 45 33 6 3 Par Lindstrom nbsp Sweden 23 47 34 6 5 Georgios Giziotis nbsp Greece 23 56 35 4 8 Yukihiro Matsushita nbsp Japan 23 60 36 4 4 Salim Iles nbsp Algeria 23 61 NR 4 5 Janne Blomqvist nbsp Finland 8 8 Dzmitry Kalinouski nbsp Belarus 39 5 4 Hugues Legault nbsp Canada 23 63 40 3 3 Nicholas Tongue nbsp New Zealand 23 73 5 1 Paulo Trindade nbsp Portugal 42 3 4 Arthur Li Kai Yien nbsp Hong Kong 23 77 43 3 5 Maxim Cazmirciuc nbsp Moldova 23 78 44 5 7 Richard Sam Bera nbsp Indonesia 23 80 45 4 3 Ravil Nachaev nbsp Uzbekistan 23 93 46 3 6 Darrick Bollinger nbsp Guam 23 97 47 4 6 Tamer Hamed nbsp Egypt 24 02 48 5 3 Nicholas O Hare nbsp Ireland 24 03 49 4 7 Sebastian Xavier nbsp India 24 15 50 4 2 Alen Loncar nbsp Croatia 24 17 51 3 2 Kaan Berberoglu nbsp Turkey 24 37 52 4 1 Vitaly Vasilyev nbsp Kyrgyzstan 24 54 53 2 6 Khemo Rivera nbsp Virgin Islands 24 62 NR 54 2 3 Howard Hinds nbsp Netherlands Antilles 24 63 55 3 1 Tamas Kerekjarto nbsp Hungary 24 67 56 2 5 Huang Chih yung nbsp Chinese Taipei 24 89 57 2 2 Alfredo Carrillo nbsp Paraguay 24 91 58 3 8 Sng Ju Wei nbsp Singapore 25 04 59 3 7 Emin Guliyev nbsp Azerbaijan 25 23 60 1 4 Woodrow Lawrence nbsp Dominica 27 88 61 1 5 Moosa Nazim nbsp Maldives 28 37 62 1 3 Rene Makosso nbsp Republic of the Congo 30 00 63 2 1 Michael Collier nbsp Sierra Leone 34 21 5 2 Alexandru Ioanovici nbsp Romania DSQ 2 4 Musa Bakare nbsp Nigeria DNS Swim off edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Fernando Scherer nbsp Brazil 22 71 Q 2 5 Francisco Sanchez nbsp Venezuela 22 74 Q 4 Bengt Zikarsky nbsp Germany DSQ q Finals edit 3 Final B edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 2 Pieter van den Hoogenband nbsp Netherlands 22 67 NR 10 4 Bengt Zikarsky nbsp Germany 22 73 11 6 Yuriy Vlasov nbsp Ukraine 22 82 12 3 Allan Murray nbsp Bahamas 22 92 8 Gustavo Borges nbsp Brazil 14 1 Rene Gusperti nbsp Italy 22 96 7 Christophe Kalfayan nbsp France 16 5 Mark Foster nbsp Great Britain 23 01 Final A edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 4 Alexander Popov nbsp Russia 22 13 nbsp 5 Gary Hall Jr nbsp United States 22 26 nbsp 1 Fernando Scherer nbsp Brazil 22 29 SA 4 3 Jiang Chengji nbsp China 22 33 AS 5 6 Brendon Dedekind nbsp South Africa 22 59 6 7 David Fox nbsp United States 22 68 7 8 Francisco Sanchez nbsp Venezuela 22 72 8 2 Ricardo Busquets nbsp Puerto Rico 22 73References edit 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 editOfficial Report USA Swimming Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men 27s 50 metre freestyle amp oldid 1117444299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
