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Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates1 August 2024 (heats and semifinals)
2 August 2024 (final)
Competitors73 from 64 nations
Winning time21.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cameron McEvoy  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ben Proud  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Florent Manaudou  France
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The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 2 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  César Cielo (BRA) 20.91 São Paulo, Brazil 18 December 2009 [2][3]
Olympic record  Caeleb Dressel (USA) 21.07 Tokyo, Japan 1 August 2021

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[4][5]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[4]

Time standards

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The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[6]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Men's events
Event OQT* OCT^
50 m freestyle 21.96 22.07
* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

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The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
1 August 2024 11:18 Heats
20:46 Semifinals
2 August 2024 20:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 10 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 21.32 Q
2 10 7 Jordan Crooks  Cayman Islands 21.51 Q, NR
3 8 5 Florent Manaudou  France 21.54 Q
4 10 1 Lorenzo Zazzeri  Italy 21.64 Q
5 9 4 Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.70 Q
6 6 7 Tom Fannon  Ireland 21.79 Q, NR
8 7 Leonardo Deplano  Italy Q
8 9 8 Ben Armbruster  Australia 21.86 Q
10 2 Kristian Gkolomeev  Greece Q
10 8 8 Meiron Cheruti  Israel 21.88 Q
11 8 4 Vladyslav Bukhov  Ukraine 21.89 Q
10 6 Gabriel Castaño  Mexico Q
13 7 5 Diogo Ribeiro  Portugal 21.91 Q
10 5 Caeleb Dressel  United States Q
15 9 5 Joshua Liendo  Canada 21.92 Q
16 9 3 Maxime Grousset  France 21.94 Q
17 10 3 Chris Guiliano  United States 21.97
18 9 7 Stergios Bilas  Greece 22.00
19 7 1 Martin Kartavi  Israel 22.01
7 4 Taiko Torepe-Ormsby  New Zealand
21 9 1 Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 22.02
22 6 2 Jere Hribar  Croatia 22.08
23 7 3 Renzo Tjon-A-Joe  Netherlands 22.10
24 9 6 Szebasztián Szabó  Hungary 22.12
10 8 Ian Ho  Hong Kong
26 6 6 Mikel Schreuders  Aruba 22.14
27 8 2 Kenzo Simons  Netherlands 22.15
28 9 2 Ji Yu-chan  South Korea 22.16
29 8 6 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 22.18
30 7 2 Andrej Barna  Serbia 22.19
31 8 3 Björn Seeliger  Sweden 22.21
32 6 5 Jonathan Tan  Singapore 22.26
33 6 4 Alexander Cohoon  Great Britain 22.31
7 6 Guilherme Caribé  Brazil
35 7 7 Piotr Ludwiczak  Poland 22.34
36 6 3 Miguel Nascimento  Portugal 22.49
37 6 1 Nicholas Lia  Norway 22.51
38 7 8 Artem Selin  Germany 22.54
39 6 8 Matej Duša  Slovakia 22.64
40 5 6 David Young  Fiji 22.71 NR
41 5 5 Kyle Micallef  Malta 22.89
42 4 2 Thierry Bollin  Switzerland 22.95
43 5 3 Tobi Sijuade  Nigeria 23.34
44 5 4 Evgenii Somov  Individual Neutral Athletes 23.43
45 5 1 Alex Joachim  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.59
46 4 5 Belly-Cresus Ganira  Burundi 23.80
47 5 2 Alaa Maso  Refugee Olympic Team 23.90
48 5 7 Damien Shamambo  Zambia 24.09
49 5 8 Filipe Gomes  Malawi 24.11
50 4 4 Mohamed Aan Hussain  Maldives 24.22
51 4 6 Aaron Ghebre Owusu  Eritrea 24.25
52 4 3 Warren Lawrence  Dominica 24.67
53 4 7 Jion Hosei  Palau 25.67
54 4 1 Houmed Houssein Barkat  Djibouti 26.00
55 4 8 Camil Doua  Mauritania 26.02
56 3 4 Fakhriddin Madkamov  Tajikistan 26.23
57 3 3 Elhadj N'Gnane Diallo  Guinea 26.45
58 3 8 Magnim Jordano Daou  Togo 26.56
59 3 5 Souleymane Napare  Burkina Faso 26.66
3 6 Jose Tati  Cape Verde
61 3 2 Ousman Jobe  The Gambia 26.97
62 3 7 Joshua Wyse  Sierra Leone 27.11
63 3 1 Fahim Anwari  Afghanistan 27.14
64 2 5 Phillip Kinono  Marshall Islands 27.43
65 2 6 Freddy Mayala  Republic of the Congo 27.52
66 1 4 Pedro Rogery  Guinea-Bissau 28.34
67 2 7 Higinio Ndong Obama  Equatorial Guinea 28.42
68 2 3 Adam Mpali  Gabon 28.47
69 2 2 Troy Nisbett  Saint Kitts and Nevis 28.71
70 2 4 Aristote Ndombe Impelenga  Democratic Republic of the Congo 29.04
71 2 1 Jolanio Guterres  East Timor 30.04
72 1 3 Marouane Mamane Hamissou Abba  Niger 30.66
73 1 5 Terence Tengue  Central African Republic 30.96
8 1 Shane Ryan  Ireland Did not start

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Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 3 Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.38 Q
2 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia Q
3 2 6 Leonardo Deplano  Italy 21.50 Q
4 1 4 Jordan Crooks  Cayman Islands 21.54 Q
5 1 1 Caeleb Dressel  United States 21.58 Q
6 1 8 Maxime Grousset  France 21.60 [8]
7 2 2 Kristian Gkolomeev  Greece 21.62 Q
8 2 5 Florent Manaudou  France 21.64 Q
9 2 8 Josh Liendo  Canada 21.69 Q
10 1 3 Thomas Fannon  Ireland 21.74 NR
11 2 7 Vladyslav Bukhov  Ukraine 21.76
12 1 5 Lorenzo Zazzeri  Italy 21.83
13 1 2 Meiron Cheruti  Israel 21.91
14 1 6 Ben Armbruster  Australia 21.94
15 1 7 Gabriel Castaño  Mexico 21.99
16 2 1 Diogo Ribeiro  Portugal 22.01

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 21.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Florent Manaudou  France 21.56
4 8 Josh Liendo  Canada 21.58
5 7 Kristian Gkolomeev  Greece 21.59
6 2 Caeleb Dressel  United States 21.61
7 3 Leonardo Deplano  Italy 21.62
8 6 Jordan Crooks  Cayman Islands 21.64

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  2. ^ "Brazil's Cesar Cielo breaks 50m freestyle world record". France24. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Brazil Long Course Championships: Cesar Cielo Sets World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ Rosado, Laura (2024-08-01). "2024 Paris Olympic: Maxime Grousset Out, Josh Liendo In For Men's 50 Free Final". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-08-02.