50 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1997 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Sevilla ESP
Held 23 August 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 29
Countries 22
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Aleksandr Popov RUS 22.57
(1 h3)		 22.30
(1 FA)
🥈 Mark Foster GBR 22.93
(3 h4)		 22.53
(2 FA)
🥉 Julien Sicot FRA 22.76
(1 h4)		 22.78
(3 FA)
4 Alexander Lüderitz GER 23.06
(1 h2)		 22.79
(4 FA)
5 Denis Pimankov RUS 22.89
(2 h3)		 22.80
(5 FA)
6 Torsten Spanneberg GER 22.90
(2 h4)		 22.88
(6 FA)
7 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.90
(1 h1)		 23.03
(7 FA)
8 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 23.05
(4 h4)		 —
(DQ FA)
9 Nicolae Ivan ROU 23.27
(6 h3)		 23.02
(1 FB)
10 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 23.19
(3 h3)		 23.07
(2 FB)
11 René Gusperti ITA 23.22
(=4 h3)		 23.18
(3 FB)
12 Juan Benavides ESP 23.19
(2 h2)		 23.20
(4 FB)
13 Indrek Sei EST 23.22
(=4 h3)		 23.21
(5 FB)
14 Bartosz Kizierowski POL 23.17
(5 h4)		 23.35
(6 FB)
15 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 23.29
(6 h4)		 23.39
(7 FB)
16 Alen Lončar CRO 23.26
(3 h2)		 23.52
(8 FB)
17 Christoph Bühler SUI 23.35
(7 h3)		 —
18 Hans Bijlemans BEL 23.40
(4 h2)		 —
19 Mark Veens NED 23.53
(5 h2)		 —
20 Oren Azrad ISR 23.61
(6 h2)		 —
21 Nick O'Hare IRL 23.64
(7 h2)		 —
22 Alex Miescher SUI 23.69
(8 h3)		 —
23 Attila Zubor HUN 23.78
(2 h1)		 —
24 Nebojša Bikić SCG 23.80
(7 h4)		 —
25 Ivo Benda CZE 23.83
(8 h4)		 —
26 Nick Shackell GBR 23.85
(8 h2)		 —
27 Vermund Vetnes NOR 24.14
(3 h1)		 —
28 Çetin Oğuz TUR 24.44
(4 h1)		 —
29 Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou CYP 24.75
(5 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.90
2 Attila Zubor HUN 23.78
3 Vermund Vetnes NOR 24.14
4 Çetin Oğuz TUR 24.44
5 Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou CYP 24.75

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Alexander Lüderitz GER 23.06
2 Juan Benavides ESP 23.19
3 Alen Lončar CRO 23.26
4 Hans Bijlemans BEL 23.40
5 Mark Veens NED 23.53
6 Oren Azrad ISR 23.61
7 Nick O'Hare IRL 23.64
8 Nick Shackell GBR 23.85

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aleksandr Popov RUS 22.57
2 Denis Pimankov RUS 22.89
3 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 23.19
=4 René Gusperti ITA 23.22
=4 Indrek Sei EST 23.22
6 Nicolae Ivan ROU 23.27
7 Christoph Bühler SUI 23.35
8 Alex Miescher SUI 23.69

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Julien Sicot FRA 22.76
2 Torsten Spanneberg GER 22.90
3 Mark Foster GBR 22.93
4 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 23.05
5 Bartosz Kizierowski POL 23.17
6 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 23.29
7 Nebojša Bikić SCG 23.80
8 Ivo Benda CZE 23.83

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aleksandr Popov RUS 22.30
2 Mark Foster GBR 22.53
3 Julien Sicot FRA 22.78
4 Alexander Lüderitz GER 22.79
5 Denis Pimankov RUS 22.80
6 Torsten Spanneberg GER 22.88
7 Yoav Bruck ISR 23.03
DQ Pieter van den Hoogenband NED —

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nicolae Ivan ROU 23.02
2 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 23.07
3 René Gusperti ITA 23.18
4 Juan Benavides ESP 23.20
5 Indrek Sei EST 23.21
6 Bartosz Kizierowski POL 23.35
7 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 23.39
8 Alen Lončar CRO 23.52