50 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 2000 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Athina GRE
Held 17 March 2000
Status Medal
Competitors 54
Countries 42
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Mark Foster GBR 21.77
(1 h5)
21.43
(1 h1)
21.58
(1 F)
🥈 Brendon Dedekind RSA 21.75
(1 h7)
22.21
(4 h2)
21.62
(2 F)
🥉 Stefan Nystrand SWE 22.02
(2 h7)
21.86
(1 h2)
21.80
(3 F)
4 Brett Hawke AUS 21.82
(1 h6)
21.91
(2 h2)
21.82
(4 F)
5 Ricardo Busquets PUR 21.86
(2 h6)
21.95
(2 h1)
21.96
(5 F)
6 Sabir Muhammad USA 22.12
(=3 h5)
22.10
(3 h2)
22.21
(6 F)
7 Darren Lange AUS 22.12
(=3 h5)
22.20
(4 h1)
22.27
(7 F)
8 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.06
(3 h6)
22.14
(3 h1)
22.33
(8 F)
9 Christoph Bühler SUI 22.30
(4 h6)
22.25
(5 h2)
10 Salim Iles ALG 22.11
(3 h7)
22.27
(5 h1)
11 Peter Mankoč SLO 22.41
(4 h7)
22.30
(6 h1)
12 Marcos Hernández CUB 22.35
(5 h6)
22.31
(6 h2)
13 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 22.09
(2 h5)
22.32
(7 h2)
14 José Meolans ARG 22.35
(5 h5)
22.35
(7 h1)
15 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.46
(1 h2)
22.56
(8 h1)
16 Marijan Kanjer CRO 22.46
(1 h4)
22.65
(8 h2)
17 Francisco Sánchez VEN 22.49
(5 h7)
18 Mitja Zastrow GER 22.59
(6 h5)
=19 Stephan Kunzelmann GER 22.61
(7 h5)
=19 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 22.61
(6 h6)
21 Sergey Ashikhmin RUS 22.62
(2 h4)
22 Indrek Sei EST 22.70
(3 h4)
23 Denis Pimankov RUS 22.74
(6 h7)
=24 Jere Hård FIN 22.79
(7 h7)
=24 Issei Nakanishi JPN 22.79
(4 h4)
26 Johan Nyström SWE 22.84
(8 h7)
27 Paul Belk GBR 22.88
(1 h3)
28 Mauro Gallo ITA 22.95
(7 h6)
29 Edvaldo Valério BRA 23.06
(5 h4)
30 Paul Kutscher URU 23.08
(2 h3)
31 Nicolae Ivan ROU 23.15
(2 h2)
32 Valentin Milkov BUL 23.22
(6 h4)
33 Peter Domanický SVK 23.30
(3 h3)
34 Stavros Michailidis CYP 23.32
(7 h4)
35 Athanasios Thanopoulos GRE 23.37
(4 h3)
36 Duje Draganja CRO 23.50
(5 h3)
37 Giorgos Danas GRE 23.51
(6 h3)
38 Esteban Blanco CRC 23.60
(8 h4)
39 Carl Probert FIJ 23.63
(3 h2)
40 Wang Chuan CHN 23.82
(8 h5)
41 Kenny Roberts SEY 23.95
(7 h3)
42 Shane Pedder IND 24.49
(4 h2)
43 Pan Tsung-Nan TPE 24.53
(5 h2)
44 Dan Răcilă MDA 24.61
(6 h2)
45 Emin Quliyev AZE 24.69
(7 h2)
46 Jayamal Wijeratne SRI 25.00
(1 h1)
47 Hsu Ming-Hong TPE 25.06
(2 h1)
48 Mikayel Koloyan ARM 25.79
(8 h2)
49 Wong Tuck Kar MAS 26.01
(3 h1)
50 Chitra Bahadur Gurung NEP 27.78
(4 h1)
51 Rony Bakale CGO 29.75
(5 h1)
52 Marien Michel Ngouabi CGO
(DQ h1)
53 Lorenzo Vismara ITA
(DQ h6)
54 Gentle Offoin NGR
(DNS h3)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jayamal Wijeratne SRI 25.00
2 Hsu Ming-Hong TPE 25.06
3 Wong Tuck Kar MAS 26.01
4 Chitra Bahadur Gurung NEP 27.78
5 Rony Bakale CGO 29.75
DQ Marien Michel Ngouabi CGO

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.46
2 Nicolae Ivan ROU 23.15
3 Carl Probert FIJ 23.63
4 Shane Pedder IND 24.49
5 Pan Tsung-Nan TPE 24.53
6 Dan Răcilă MDA 24.61
7 Emin Quliyev AZE 24.69
8 Mikayel Koloyan ARM 25.79

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Paul Belk GBR 22.88
2 Paul Kutscher URU 23.08
3 Peter Domanický SVK 23.30
4 Athanasios Thanopoulos GRE 23.37
5 Duje Draganja CRO 23.50
6 Giorgos Danas GRE 23.51
7 Kenny Roberts SEY 23.95
DNS Gentle OffoinDNS NGR

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Marijan Kanjer CRO 22.46
2 Sergey Ashikhmin RUS 22.62
3 Indrek Sei EST 22.70
4 Issei Nakanishi JPN 22.79
5 Edvaldo Valério BRA 23.06
6 Valentin Milkov BUL 23.22
7 Stavros Michailidis CYP 23.32
8 Esteban Blanco CRC 23.60

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mark Foster GBR 21.77
2 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 22.09
=3 Sabir Muhammad USA 22.12
=3 Darren Lange AUS 22.12
5 José Meolans ARG 22.35
6 Mitja Zastrow GER 22.59
7 Stephan Kunzelmann GER 22.61
8 Wang Chuan CHN 23.82

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Brett Hawke AUS 21.82
2 Ricardo Busquets PUR 21.86
3 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.06
4 Christoph Bühler SUI 22.30
5 Marcos Hernández CUB 22.35
6 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 22.61
7 Mauro Gallo ITA 22.95
DQ Lorenzo Vismara ITA

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Brendon Dedekind RSA 21.75
2 Stefan Nystrand SWE 22.02
3 Salim Iles ALG 22.11
4 Peter Mankoč SLO 22.41
5 Francisco Sánchez VEN 22.49
6 Denis Pimankov RUS 22.74
7 Jere Hård FIN 22.79
8 Johan Nyström SWE 22.84

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mark Foster GBR 21.43
2 Ricardo Busquets PUR 21.95
3 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.14
4 Darren Lange AUS 22.20
5 Salim Iles ALG 22.27
6 Peter Mankoč SLO 22.30
7 José Meolans ARG 22.35
8 Yoav Bruck ISR 22.56

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Stefan Nystrand SWE 21.86
2 Brett Hawke AUS 21.91
3 Sabir Muhammad USA 22.10
4 Brendon Dedekind RSA 22.21
5 Christoph Bühler SUI 22.25
6 Marcos Hernández CUB 22.31
7 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 22.32
8 Marijan Kanjer CRO 22.65

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mark Foster GBR 21.58
2 Brendon Dedekind RSA 21.62
3 Stefan Nystrand SWE 21.80
4 Brett Hawke AUS 21.82
5 Ricardo Busquets PUR 21.96
6 Sabir Muhammad USA 22.21
7 Darren Lange AUS 22.27
8 Bill Pilczuk USA 22.33