50 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 2021 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Abu Dhabi UAE
Held 18 – 19 December 2021
Status Medal
Competitors 99
Countries 93
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Ben Proud GBR 20.91
(1 h10)
20.95
(2 h2)
20.46
(1 F)
🥈 Ryan Held USA 21.01
(2 h10)
20.81
(1 h2)
20.70
(2 F)
🥉 Josh Liendo CAN 21.01
(2 h11)
20.88
(1 h1)
20.76
(3 F)
4 Lorenzo Zazzeri ITA 21.08
(3 h10)
21.02
(3 h2)
20.94
(4 F)
5 Thom de Boer NED 20.94
(1 h11)
20.98
(2 h1)
21.07
(5 F)
6 Maxime Grousset FRA 21.44
(5 h10)
21.16
(3 h1)
21.08
(6 F)
7 Szebasztián Szabó HUN 21.46
(3 h9)
21.06
(4 h2)
21.26
(7 F)
8 Ian Ho HKG 21.36
(1 h9)
21.22
(5 h2)
21.27
(8 F)
9 Leonardo Deplano ITA 21.33
(3 h11)
21.27
(4 h1)
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10 Daniil Markov NEU 21.50
(4 h11)
21.33
(5 h1)
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=11 Matej Duša SVK 21.44
(1 h7)
21.38
(=6 h2)
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=11 Daniel Zaitsev EST 21.44
(2 h9)
21.38
(=6 h2)
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13 Jesse Puts NED 21.39
(4 h10)
21.41
(6 h1)
—
14 Abdelrahman Sameh EGY 21.53
(2 h8)
21.43
(7 h1)
—
15 Nicholas Lia NOR 21.44
(1 h8)
21.44
(8 h1)
—
16 Michael Andrew USA 21.52
(5 h11)
21.63
(8 h2)
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17 Vladimir Morozov NEU 21.54
(6 h11)
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18 Emre Sakçı TUR 21.55
(4 h9)
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19 Vladyslav Bukhov UKR 21.59
(5 h9)
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20 Calum Bain IRL 21.61
(6 h10)
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21 Paweł Juraszek POL 21.68
(6 h9)
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22 Jasper Aerents BEL 21.70
(7 h10)
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23 Miguel Nascimento POR 21.72
(3 h8)
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24 Simonas Bilis LTU 21.74
(7 h11)
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=25 Wang Changhao CHN 21.78
(=4 h8)
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=25 Zhang Zhoujian CHN 21.78
(=4 h8)
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27 Nikola Miljenić CRO 21.79
(8 h10)
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28 Mikel Schreuders ARU 21.80
(2 h7)
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29 Brad Tandy RSA 21.87
(9 h10)
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30 Aleksey Tarasenko UZB 21.91
(3 h7)
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31 Yuri Kisil CAN 21.93
(8 h11)
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32 Oussama Sahnoune ALG 21.96
(7 h9)
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33 Gabriel Santos BRA 21.98
(8 h9)
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34 Emir Muratović BIH 22.00
(9 h9)
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=35 Kaloyan Bratanov BUL 22.05
(6 h8)
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=35 Guido Buscaglia ARG 22.05
(10 h10)
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37 Julien Henx LUX 22.08
(9 h11)
— —
38 Alberto Mestre VEN 22.16
(10 h9)
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39 Thomas Hallock SUI 22.23
(7 h8)
— —
40 Nikolas Antoniou CYP 22.33
(4 h7)
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41 Lamar Taylor BAH 22.38
(5 h7)
— —
42 Aleksandr Varakin KAZ 22.40
(8 h8)
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43 Luis Ortiz PUR 22.41
(6 h7)
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44 George-Alexandru Stoica-Constantin ROU 22.43
(7 h7)
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45 Sina Gholampour IRI 22.61
(9 h8)
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46 Mohammed Omar Bedour JOR 22.72
(10 h8)
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47 Souhail Hamouchane MAR 22.81
(8 h7)
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48 Alaa Maso REF 22.87
(9 h7)
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49 Adama Niane SEN 22.90
(1 h6)
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50 Nixon Hernández ESA 23.22
(2 h6)
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51 Sidrell Williams JAM 23.23
(3 h6)
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52 José Quintanilla BOL 23.42
(4 h6)
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53 Gregory Anodin MRI 23.46
(5 h6)
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54 Vladimir Mamikonyan ARM 23.54
(6 h6)
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55 Tendo Mukalazi UGA 23.56
(7 h6)
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56 Kerry Ollivierre GRN 23.58
(8 h6)
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57 Alassane Seydou NIG 23.61
(1 h5)
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58 Miguel Mena NCA 23.79
(9 h6)
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59 Julio César Rodríguez PAN 23.85
(1 h1)
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60 Juhn Tenorio NMI 23.97
(2 h1)
— —
61 Alexander Shah NEP 24.07
(1 h4)
— —
62 Christian Nikles BRU 24.11
(2 h5)
— —
63 Crésus Ganira BDI 24.22
(3 h5)
— —
64 Yousef Al-Khulaifi QAT 24.23
(2 h4)
— —
=65 Dalvi Elezi ALB 24.24
(=4 h5)
— —
=65 Raphael Grand'Pierre HAI 24.24
(=4 h5)
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67 Mohamed Asif Reza BAN 24.28
(1 h2)
— —
68 Hilal Hilal TAN 24.38
(6 h5)
— —
69 Eltonte Leonard VIN 24.52
(3 h1)
— —
70 Andrew Fowler GUY 24.58
(7 h5)
— —
71 Eloi Maniraguha RWA 24.60
(8 h5)
— —
72 Martin Muja KOS 24.61
(3 h4)
— —
73 Jefferson Kpanou BEN 24.65
(9 h5)
— —
74 Ahmed Al-Hasani IRQ 24.74
(2 h2)
— —
75 Vasilije Andrić MNE 24.90
(10 h5)
— —
76 Mahmoud Abu Gharbieh PLE 24.95
(3 h2)
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=77 Mohamed Aan Hussain MDV 25.00
(4 h1)
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=77 Terrel Monplaisir LCA 25.00
(4 h2)
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79 Montross Phansovannarun CAM 25.28
(4 h4)
— —
80 Matt Savitz GIB 25.38
(5 h2)
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81 Rohan Shearer TKS 25.47
(6 h2)
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82 Troy Pina CPV 25.61
(5 h4)
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83 Sangay Tenzin BHU 26.29
(1 h3)
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84 Mamadou Bah GUI 26.48
(2 h3)
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85 Edgar Iro SOL 26.52
(6 h4)
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86 Yann Douma CGO 26.73
(7 h2)
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87 Saddam Ramziyorzoda TJK 26.81
(7 h4)
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=88 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace PLW 27.10
(3 h3)
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=88 Houssein Gaber Ibrahim DJI 27.10
(8 h4)
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90 Joshua Wyse SLE 27.12
(9 h4)
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91 Phillip Kinono MHL 27.78
(4 h3)
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92 Achala Gekabel ETH 27.98
(5 h3)
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93 Hakim Youssouf COM 28.05
(6 h3)
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94 Muhammad Ali Moosa MAW 28.16
(7 h3)
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95 Ebrahim Al-Maleki YEM 28.32
(8 h2)
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96 Omar Darboe GAM 28.59
(8 h3)
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97 Adam Mpali GAB 28.71
(9 h3)
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98 Jolanio Guterres TLS 32.33
(5 h1)
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99 Terence Tengue CAF 34.27
(9 h2)
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DNS Higinio NdongDNS GEQ —
(DNS h1)
— —
DNS Loïc LeenaertsDNS TOG —
(DNS h2)
— —
DNS Yves MunyuDNS COD —
(DNS h3)
— —
DNS Souleymane NaparéDNS BUR —
(DNS h4)
— —
DNS Danilo RosafioDNS KEN —
(DNS h6)
— —
DNS Colins EbinghaDNS NGR —
(DNS h7)
— —
DNS Mikkel LeeDNS SGP —
(DNS h11)
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Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Julio César Rodríguez PAN 23.85
2 Juhn Tenorio NMI 23.97
3 Eltonte Leonard VIN 24.52
4 Mohamed Aan Hussain MDV 25.00
5 Jolanio Guterres TLS 32.33
DNS Higinio NdongDNS GEQ —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mohamed Asif Reza BAN 24.28
2 Ahmed Al-Hasani IRQ 24.74
3 Mahmoud Abu Gharbieh PLE 24.95
4 Terrel Monplaisir LCA 25.00
5 Matt Savitz GIB 25.38
6 Rohan Shearer TKS 25.47
7 Yann Douma CGO 26.73
8 Ebrahim Al-Maleki YEM 28.32
9 Terence Tengue CAF 34.27
DNS Loïc LeenaertsDNS TOG —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sangay Tenzin BHU 26.29
2 Mamadou Bah GUI 26.48
3 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace PLW 27.10
4 Phillip Kinono MHL 27.78
5 Achala Gekabel ETH 27.98
6 Hakim Youssouf COM 28.05
7 Muhammad Ali Moosa MAW 28.16
8 Omar Darboe GAM 28.59
9 Adam Mpali GAB 28.71
DNS Yves MunyuDNS COD —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Alexander Shah NEP 24.07
2 Yousef Al-Khulaifi QAT 24.23
3 Martin Muja KOS 24.61
4 Montross Phansovannarun CAM 25.28
5 Troy Pina CPV 25.61
6 Edgar Iro SOL 26.52
7 Saddam Ramziyorzoda TJK 26.81
8 Houssein Gaber Ibrahim DJI 27.10
9 Joshua Wyse SLE 27.12
DNS Souleymane NaparéDNS BUR —

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Alassane Seydou NIG 23.61
2 Christian Nikles BRU 24.11
3 Crésus Ganira BDI 24.22
=4 Dalvi Elezi ALB 24.24
=4 Raphael Grand'Pierre HAI 24.24
6 Hilal Hilal TAN 24.38
7 Andrew Fowler GUY 24.58
8 Eloi Maniraguha RWA 24.60
9 Jefferson Kpanou BEN 24.65
10 Vasilije Andrić MNE 24.90

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Adama Niane SEN 22.90
2 Nixon Hernández ESA 23.22
3 Sidrell Williams JAM 23.23
4 José Quintanilla BOL 23.42
5 Gregory Anodin MRI 23.46
6 Vladimir Mamikonyan ARM 23.54
7 Tendo Mukalazi UGA 23.56
8 Kerry Ollivierre GRN 23.58
9 Miguel Mena NCA 23.79
DNS Danilo RosafioDNS KEN —

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Matej Duša SVK 21.44
2 Mikel Schreuders ARU 21.80
3 Aleksey Tarasenko UZB 21.91
4 Nikolas Antoniou CYP 22.33
5 Lamar Taylor BAH 22.38
6 Luis Ortiz PUR 22.41
7 George-Alexandru Stoica-Constantin ROU 22.43
8 Souhail Hamouchane MAR 22.81
9 Alaa Maso REF 22.87
DNS Colins EbinghaDNS NGR —

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nicholas Lia NOR 21.44
2 Abdelrahman Sameh EGY 21.53
3 Miguel Nascimento POR 21.72
=4 Wang Changhao CHN 21.78
=4 Zhang Zhoujian CHN 21.78
6 Kaloyan Bratanov BUL 22.05
7 Thomas Hallock SUI 22.23
8 Aleksandr Varakin KAZ 22.40
9 Sina Gholampour IRI 22.61
10 Mohammed Omar Bedour JOR 22.72

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ian Ho HKG 21.36
2 Daniel Zaitsev EST 21.44
3 Szebasztián Szabó HUN 21.46
4 Emre Sakçı TUR 21.55
5 Vladyslav Bukhov UKR 21.59
6 Paweł Juraszek POL 21.68
7 Oussama Sahnoune ALG 21.96
8 Gabriel Santos BRA 21.98
9 Emir Muratović BIH 22.00
10 Alberto Mestre VEN 22.16

Heat 10

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ben Proud GBR 20.91
2 Ryan Held USA 21.01
3 Lorenzo Zazzeri ITA 21.08
4 Jesse Puts NED 21.39
5 Maxime Grousset FRA 21.44
6 Calum Bain IRL 21.61
7 Jasper Aerents BEL 21.70
8 Nikola Miljenić CRO 21.79
9 Brad Tandy RSA 21.87
10 Guido Buscaglia ARG 22.05

Heat 11

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thom de Boer NED 20.94
2 Josh Liendo CAN 21.01
3 Leonardo Deplano ITA 21.33
4 Daniil Markov NEU 21.50
5 Michael Andrew USA 21.52
6 Vladimir Morozov NEU 21.54
7 Simonas Bilis LTU 21.74
8 Yuri Kisil CAN 21.93
9 Julien Henx LUX 22.08
DNS Mikkel LeeDNS SGP —

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Josh Liendo CAN 20.88
2 Thom de Boer NED 20.98
3 Maxime Grousset FRA 21.16
4 Leonardo Deplano ITA 21.27
5 Daniil Markov NEU 21.33
6 Jesse Puts NED 21.41
7 Abdelrahman Sameh EGY 21.43
8 Nicholas Lia NOR 21.44

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ryan Held USA 20.81
2 Ben Proud GBR 20.95
3 Lorenzo Zazzeri ITA 21.02
4 Szebasztián Szabó HUN 21.06
5 Ian Ho HKG 21.22
=6 Matej Duša SVK 21.38
=6 Daniel Zaitsev EST 21.38
8 Michael Andrew USA 21.63

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ben Proud GBR 20.46
2 Ryan Held USA 20.70
3 Josh Liendo CAN 20.76
4 Lorenzo Zazzeri ITA 20.94
5 Thom de Boer NED 21.07
6 Maxime Grousset FRA 21.08
7 Szebasztián Szabó HUN 21.26
8 Ian Ho HKG 21.27