50 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Göteborg SWE
Held 20 April 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 62
Countries 42
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Swim-Off Final
🥇 Francisco Sánchez VEN 22.01
(1 h7)
21.80
(1 FA)
🥈 Mark Foster GBR 21.95
(1 h6)
22.03
(2 FA)
🥉 Ricardo Busquets PUR 22.29
(1 h8)
22.17
(3 FA)
4 José Meolans ARG 22.25
(2 h6)
22.22
(4 FA)
5 Scott Logan AUS 22.31
(2 h8)
22.38
(5 FA)
=6 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.32
(1 h3)
22.39
(=6 FA)
=6 Gustavo Borges BRA 22.36
(=4 h8)
22.22
(1 F)
22.39
(=6 FA)
8 Alexander Lüderitz GER 22.32
(3 h8)
22.43
(8 FA)
9 Sion Brinn JAM 22.48
(6 h8)
22.35
(1 FB)
10 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.38
(3 h6)
22.36
(2 FB)
11 Indrek Sei EST 22.44
(=2 h7)
22.38
(3 FB)
12 Jeff English AUS 22.36
(=4 h8)
22.46
(2 F)
22.47
(4 FB)
13 Felipe Delgado ECU 22.44
(=2 h7)
22.52
(5 FB)
=14 René Gusperti ITA 22.57
(4 h6)
22.58
(=6 FB)
=14 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 22.60
(5 h7)
22.58
(=6 FB)
16 Yuriy Vlasov UKR 22.50
(4 h7)
22.75
(8 FB)
17 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 22.67
(7 h8)
=18 Marcos Hernández CUB 22.69
(1 h4)
=18 Dan Lindström SWE 22.69
(6 h7)
=20 Garret Pulle CAN 22.70
(5 h6)
=20 Xuxa Scherer BRA 22.70
(7 h7)
=22 Brian Retterer USA 22.92
(2 h3)
=22 Yannick Lupien CAN 22.92
(1 h5)
=22 Nicolae Ivan ROU 22.92
(8 h8)
25 Christian Tröger GER 22.94
(6 h6)
26 Roman Yegorov RUS 22.98
(7 h6)
27 Ravil Nachayev UZB 23.05
(3 h3)
28 Oswaldo Quevedo VEN 23.06
(8 h7)
29 Jonas Åkesson SWE 23.08
(2 h5)
30 Denis Pimankov RUS 23.09
(2 h4)
=31 Simon Handley GBR 23.13
(=3 h5)
=31 Stavros Michailidis CYP 23.13
(=3 h5)
33 Alex Miescher SUI 23.16
(3 h4)
34 Nick Folker RSA 23.18
(4 h4)
=35 Anders Dahl NOR 23.20
(=5 h4)
=35 Vermund Vetnes NOR 23.20
(=5 h4)
37 Nick Tongue NZL 23.27
(5 h5)
38 Zhao Lifeng CHN 23.37
(6 h5)
39 Daniel Schmollinger AUT 23.42
(7 h5)
40 Trent Bray NZL 23.48
(7 h4)
41 Tanet Aroonsrisopon THA 23.55
(4 h3)
42 Andrew Turner RSA 23.57
(5 h3)
43 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 23.69
(8 h4)
44 Vitaly Vasilyev KGZ 23.75
(8 h5)
45 Aleksey Makhantsev UZB 23.94
(1 h2)
46 Vicha Ratanachote THA 24.05
(6 h3)
47 Zachary Moffatt HKG 24.16
(2 h2)
48 Rodrigo Olivares CHI 24.21
(7 h3)
49 Ernest Teo SGP 24.24
(3 h2)
50 Tarmo Kilk EST 24.53
(4 h2)
51 José Martínez COL 24.60
(5 h2)
52 Dennis Chaves CRC 24.66
(1 h1)
53 Alfredo Carrillo PAR 24.70
(6 h2)
54 Behzad Khabazian IRI 24.83
(2 h1)
55 Sebastián Rodoni CHI 24.89
(8 h3)
56 Gael Duchenne MRI 25.16
(7 h2)
57 Liu Tung-Lin TPE 25.20
(8 h2)
58 Jorge Ernesto Salazar CRC 25.24
(3 h1)
59 Jasem Al-Asfour KUW 25.35
(4 h1)
60 Igor Bilas BIH 25.73
(5 h1)
61 Wu Chin-Chan TPE 25.79
(6 h1)
62 Farshad Karami IRI 26.10
(7 h1)
DNS Arsenio LópezDNS PUR
(DNS h6)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Dennis Chaves CRC 24.66
2 Behzad Khabazian IRI 24.83
3 Jorge Ernesto Salazar CRC 25.24
4 Jasem Al-Asfour KUW 25.35
5 Igor Bilas BIH 25.73
6 Wu Chin-Chan TPE 25.79
7 Farshad Karami IRI 26.10

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Aleksey Makhantsev UZB 23.94
2 Zachary Moffatt HKG 24.16
3 Ernest Teo SGP 24.24
4 Tarmo Kilk EST 24.53
5 José Martínez COL 24.60
6 Alfredo Carrillo PAR 24.70
7 Gael Duchenne MRI 25.16
8 Liu Tung-Lin TPE 25.20

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.32
2 Brian Retterer USA 22.92
3 Ravil Nachayev UZB 23.05
4 Tanet Aroonsrisopon THA 23.55
5 Andrew Turner RSA 23.57
6 Vicha Ratanachote THA 24.05
7 Rodrigo Olivares CHI 24.21
8 Sebastián Rodoni CHI 24.89

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Marcos Hernández CUB 22.69
2 Denis Pimankov RUS 23.09
3 Alex Miescher SUI 23.16
4 Nick Folker RSA 23.18
=5 Anders Dahl NOR 23.20
=5 Vermund Vetnes NOR 23.20
7 Trent Bray NZL 23.48
8 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 23.69

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yannick Lupien CAN 22.92
2 Jonas Åkesson SWE 23.08
=3 Simon Handley GBR 23.13
=3 Stavros Michailidis CYP 23.13
5 Nick Tongue NZL 23.27
6 Zhao Lifeng CHN 23.37
7 Daniel Schmollinger AUT 23.42
8 Vitaly Vasilyev KGZ 23.75

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mark Foster GBR 21.95
2 José Meolans ARG 22.25
3 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.38
4 René Gusperti ITA 22.57
5 Garret Pulle CAN 22.70
6 Christian Tröger GER 22.94
7 Roman Yegorov RUS 22.98
DNS Arsenio LópezDNS PUR

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Francisco Sánchez VEN 22.01
=2 Indrek Sei EST 22.44
=2 Felipe Delgado ECU 22.44
4 Yuriy Vlasov UKR 22.50
5 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 22.60
6 Dan Lindström SWE 22.69
7 Xuxa Scherer BRA 22.70
8 Oswaldo Quevedo VEN 23.06

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ricardo Busquets PUR 22.29
2 Scott Logan AUS 22.31
3 Alexander Lüderitz GER 22.32
=4 Gustavo Borges BRA 22.36
=4 Jeff English AUS 22.36
6 Sion Brinn JAM 22.48
7 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 22.67
8 Nicolae Ivan ROU 22.92

Swim-Off

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Gustavo Borges BRA 22.22
2 Jeff English AUS 22.46

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Francisco Sánchez VEN 21.80
2 Mark Foster GBR 22.03
3 Ricardo Busquets PUR 22.17
4 José Meolans ARG 22.22
5 Scott Logan AUS 22.38
=6 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.39
=6 Gustavo Borges BRA 22.39
8 Alexander Lüderitz GER 22.43

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sion Brinn JAM 22.35
2 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.36
3 Indrek Sei EST 22.38
4 Jeff English AUS 22.47
5 Felipe Delgado ECU 22.52
=6 René Gusperti ITA 22.58
=6 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 22.58
8 Yuriy Vlasov UKR 22.75