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50 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	30 July – 1 August 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Aquatics Centre, 2-1, 2chome, Tatsumi, Koto-ku, Tatsumi-no-Mori Seaside Park, Tokyo, Japan
Participants	73 from 66 countries

The 50 freestyles for men and women have recently taken place on the final day of pool swimming at major internationals. Caeleb Dressel was the men’s favorite, having already won gold in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly in Tokyo, and he was the 2017 and 2019 World Champion. Behind him, France’s Florent Manaudou, the 2012 Olympic gold medallist and 2015 World Champion, and Brazilian Bruno Fratus were expected to be his biggest challengers, with his teammate, Michael Andrew, also highly considered.

All the favorites qualified easily through both the heats and semi-finals, with Dressel leading both rounds with 21.32 in the heats and 21.42 in the semis. Manaudou was second in both rounds, while Fratus was third in the semis, and fourth in the heats, just behind Greece’s Kristian Golomeev, co-silver medallist with Fratus at the 2019 Worlds.

In the final Dressel had a relatively slow reaction time but his large frame and powerful kick off the blocks put him in the lead by 10 metres and he was never headed, finishing in a gold medal winning 21.07, an Olympic record. Behind him, Manaudou edged out Fratus for the silver, 21.55 – 21.57, while Andrew was another 0.03 back in fourth. For Dressel this was his third individual gold medal at Tokyo 2020, and his fifth overall, giving him seven gold medals at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Caeleb Dressel	USA	21.32 (1 h10)	21.42 (1 h2)	21.07 (1)	Gold
2	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.65 (2 h10)	21.53 (1 h1)	21.55 (2)	Silver
3	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.67 (1 h8)	21.60 (2 h1)	21.57 (3)	Bronze
4	Michael Andrew	USA	21.89 (5 h8)	21.67 (=3 h2)	21.60 (4)
5	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.66 (1 h9)	21.60 (2 h2)	21.72 (=5)
6	Ben Proud	GBR	21.93 (4 h10)	21.67 (=3 h2)	21.72 (=5)
7	Lorenzo Zazzeri	ITA	21.86 (3 h10)	21.75 (5 h2)	21.78 (7)
8	Thom de Boer	NED	21.75 (2 h8)	21.78 (3 h1)	21.79 (8)
=9	Brent Hayden	CAN	21.85 (4 h8)	21.82 (=4 h1)	–
=9	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	21.88 (2 h9)	21.82 (=4 h1)	–
11	Vladyslav Bukhov	UKR	21.73 (1 h7)	21.83 (6 h2)	–
=12	Maxime Grousset	FRA	21.97 (6 h8)	21.87 (=7 h2)	–
=12	Jesse Puts	NED	21.84 (3 h8)	21.87 (=7 h2)	–
14	Paweł Juraszek	POL	21.97 (5 h10)	21.88 (6 h1)	–
15	Alberto Mestre	VEN	21.96 (4 h9)	22.22 (7 h1)	–
16	Vladimir Morozov	ROC	21.92 (3 h9)	22.25 (8 h1)	–
17	Meiron Cheruti	ISR	22.01 (5 h9)	–	–
18	Josh Liendo	CAN	22.03 (7 h8)	–	–
19	Santo Condorelli	ITA	22.14 (2 h7)	–	–
20	Nikola Miljenić	CRO	22.14 (8 h8)	–	–
21	Yu Hexin	CHN	22.14 (6 h9)	–	–
22	Heiko Gigler	AUT	22.17 (3 h7)	–	–
23	Björn Seeliger	SWE	22.19 (7 h9)	–	–
24	Ali Khalafalla	EGY	22.22 (4 h7)	–	–
25	Brad Tandy	RSA	22.22 (6 h10)	–	–
26	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	22.25 (8 h9)	–	–
27	Maxim Lobanovszkij	HUN	22.25 (7 h10)	–	–
28	Andrej Barna	SRB	22.29 (1 h6)	–	–
29	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	22.31 (8 h10)	–	–
30	Gabriel Castaño	MEX	22.32 (5 h7)	–	–
31	Konrad Czerniak	POL	22.33 (6 h7)	–	–
32	Ian Ho	HKG	22.45 (7 h7)	–	–
33	Dylan Carter	TTO	22.46 (2 h6)	–	–
34	Brett Fraser	CAY	22.46 (3 h6)	–	–
35	Enzo Martínez	URU	22.52 (4 h6)	–	–
36	Renzo Tjon A Joe	SUR	22.56 (5 h6)	–	–
37	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	22.61 (8 h7)	–	–
38	Santi Grassi	ARG	22.67 (6 h6)	–	–
39	Hwang Seon-U	KOR	22.74 (7 h6)	–	–
40	David Popovici	ROU	22.77 (8 h6)	–	–
41	Luke Gebbie	PHI	22.84 (1 h5)	–	–
42	Emir Muratović	BIH	22.91 (2 h5)	–	–
43	Artur Barseghyan	ARM	23.14 (3 h5)	–	–
44	Alaa Maso	EOR	23.30 (4 h5)	–	–
45	Nikolas Antoniou	CYP	23.38 (5 h5)	–	–
46	Ghirmai Efrem	ERI	23.94 (6 h5)	–	–
47	Filipe Gomes	MAW	24.00 (7 h5)	–	–
48	Myagmar Delgerkhüü	MGL	24.63 (8 h5)	–	–
49	Shane Cadogan	VIN	24.71 (1 h4)	–	–
50	Alassane Seydou	NIG	24.75 (2 h4)	–	–
51	Mohammed Ariful Islam	BAN	24.81 (3 h4)	–	–
52	Hem Puch	CAM	24.91 (4 h4)	–	–
53	Marc Dansou	BEN	24.99 (5 h4)	–	–
54	Adama Ouédraogo	BUR	25.22 (6 h4)	–	–
55	Eloi Maniraguha	RWA	25.38 (7 h4)	–	–
56	Shaquille Moosa	ZAM	25.54 (8 h4)	–	–
57	Mawupemon Otogbe	TOG	25.68 (1 h3)	–	–
58	Troy Pina	CPV	25.97 (2 h3)	–	–
59	Santisouk Inthavong	LAO	26.04 (3 h3)	–	–
60	Olimjon Ishanov	TJK	26.12 (4 h3)	–	–
61	Mamadou Bah	GUI	26.52 (5 h3)	–	–
62	Abdelmalik Muktar	ETH	26.65 (6 h3)	–	–
63	Simanga Dlamini	SWZ	26.94 (7 h3)	–	–
64	Charly Ndjoume	CMR	27.22 (1 h2)	–	–
65	Houssein Gaber Ibrahim	DJI	27.41 (2 h2)	–	–
66	Ebrima Buaro	GAM	27.44 (3 h2)	–	–
67	Shawn Dingilius-Wallace	PLW	27.46 (4 h2)	–	–
68	Adam Mpali	GAB	27.66 (1 h1)	–	–
69	Fahim Anwari	AFG	27.67 (5 h2)	–	–
70	Phillip Kinono	MHL	27.86 (6 h2)	–	–
71	Joshua Wyse	SLE	27.90 (8 h3)	–	–
72	José Da Silva Viegas	TLS	28.59 (2 h1)	–	–
73	Diosdado Miko	GEQ	31.03 (3 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	30 July 2021 — 19:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	21.32	Q
2	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.65	Q
3	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.66	Q
4	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.67	Q
5	–	Vladyslav Bukhov	UKR	21.73	Q
6	–	Thom de Boer	NED	21.75	Q
7	–	Jesse Puts	NED	21.84	Q
8	–	Brent Hayden	CAN	21.85	Q
9	–	Lorenzo Zazzeri	ITA	21.86	Q
10	–	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	21.88	Q
11	–	Michael Andrew	USA	21.89	Q
12	–	Vladimir Morozov	ROC	21.92	Q
13	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.93	Q
14	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	21.96	Q
=15	–	Maxime Grousset	FRA	21.97	Q
=15	–	Paweł Juraszek	POL	21.97	Q
17	–	Meiron Cheruti	ISR	22.01
18	–	Josh Liendo	CAN	22.03
=19	–	Santo Condorelli	ITA	22.14
=19	–	Nikola Miljenić	CRO	22.14
=19	–	Yu Hexin	CHN	22.14
22	–	Heiko Gigler	AUT	22.17
23	–	Björn Seeliger	SWE	22.19
=24	–	Ali Khalafalla	EGY	22.22
=24	–	Brad Tandy	RSA	22.22
=26	–	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	22.25
=26	–	Maxim Lobanovszkij	HUN	22.25
28	–	Andrej Barna	SRB	22.29
29	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	22.31
30	–	Gabriel Castaño	MEX	22.32
31	–	Konrad Czerniak	POL	22.33
32	–	Ian Ho	HKG	22.45
=33	–	Dylan Carter	TTO	22.46
=33	–	Brett Fraser	CAY	22.46
35	–	Enzo Martínez	URU	22.52
36	–	Renzo Tjon A Joe	SUR	22.56
37	–	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	22.61
38	–	Santi Grassi	ARG	22.67
39	–	Hwang Seon-U	KOR	22.74
40	–	David Popovici	ROU	22.77
41	–	Luke Gebbie	PHI	22.84
42	–	Emir Muratović	BIH	22.91
43	–	Artur Barseghyan	ARM	23.14
44	–	Alaa Maso	EOR	23.30
45	–	Nikolas Antoniou	CYP	23.38
46	–	Ghirmai Efrem	ERI	23.94
47	–	Filipe Gomes	MAW	24.00
48	–	Myagmar Delgerkhüü	MGL	24.63
49	–	Shane Cadogan	VIN	24.71
50	–	Alassane Seydou	NIG	24.75
51	–	Mohammed Ariful Islam	BAN	24.81
52	–	Hem Puch	CAM	24.91
53	–	Marc Dansou	BEN	24.99
54	–	Adama Ouédraogo	BUR	25.22
55	–	Eloi Maniraguha	RWA	25.38
56	–	Shaquille Moosa	ZAM	25.54
57	–	Mawupemon Otogbe	TOG	25.68
58	–	Troy Pina	CPV	25.97
59	–	Santisouk Inthavong	LAO	26.04
60	–	Olimjon Ishanov	TJK	26.12
61	–	Mamadou Bah	GUI	26.52
62	–	Abdelmalik Muktar	ETH	26.65
63	–	Simanga Dlamini	SWZ	26.94
64	–	Charly Ndjoume	CMR	27.22
65	–	Houssein Gaber Ibrahim	DJI	27.41
66	–	Ebrima Buaro	GAM	27.44
67	–	Shawn Dingilius-Wallace	PLW	27.46
68	–	Adam Mpali	GAB	27.66
69	–	Fahim Anwari	AFG	27.67
70	–	Phillip Kinono	MHL	27.86
71	–	Joshua Wyse	SLE	27.90
72	–	José Da Silva Viegas	TLS	28.59
73	–	Diosdado Miko	GEQ	31.03

Heat #1

Time	19:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Adam Mpali	GAB	27.66	0.74
2	–	José Da Silva Viegas	TLS	28.59	0.64
3	–	Diosdado Miko	GEQ	31.03	0.74

Heat #2

Time	19:02

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Charly Ndjoume	CMR	27.22	0.75
2	–	Houssein Gaber Ibrahim	DJI	27.41	0.65
3	–	Ebrima Buaro	GAM	27.44	0.79
4	–	Shawn Dingilius-Wallace	PLW	27.46	0.75
5	–	Fahim Anwari	AFG	27.67	0.68
6	–	Phillip Kinono	MHL	27.86	0.63

Heat #3

Time	19:04

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Mawupemon Otogbe	TOG	25.68	0.72
2	–	Troy Pina	CPV	25.97	0.60
3	–	Santisouk Inthavong	LAO	26.04	0.64
4	–	Olimjon Ishanov	TJK	26.12	0.66
5	–	Mamadou Bah	GUI	26.52	0.79
6	–	Abdelmalik Muktar	ETH	26.65	0.79
7	–	Simanga Dlamini	SWZ	26.94	0.67
8	–	Joshua Wyse	SLE	27.90	0.70

Heat #4

Time	19:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Shane Cadogan	VIN	24.71	0.62
2	–	Alassane Seydou	NIG	24.75	0.82
3	–	Mohammed Ariful Islam	BAN	24.81	0.65
4	–	Hem Puch	CAM	24.91	0.62
5	–	Marc Dansou	BEN	24.99	0.65
6	–	Adama Ouédraogo	BUR	25.22	0.69
7	–	Eloi Maniraguha	RWA	25.38	0.64
8	–	Shaquille Moosa	ZAM	25.54	0.64

Heat #5

Time	19:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Luke Gebbie	PHI	22.84	0.66
2	–	Emir Muratović	BIH	22.91	0.59
3	–	Artur Barseghyan	ARM	23.14	0.64
4	–	Alaa Maso	EOR	23.30	0.66
5	–	Nikolas Antoniou	CYP	23.38	0.66
6	–	Ghirmai Efrem	ERI	23.94	0.62
7	–	Filipe Gomes	MAW	24.00	0.60
8	–	Myagmar Delgerkhüü	MGL	24.63	0.65

Heat #6

Time	19:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Andrej Barna	SRB	22.29	0.62
2	–	Dylan Carter	TTO	22.46	0.63
3	–	Brett Fraser	CAY	22.46	0.66
4	–	Enzo Martínez	URU	22.52	0.66
5	–	Renzo Tjon A Joe	SUR	22.56	0.64
6	–	Santi Grassi	ARG	22.67	0.60
7	–	Hwang Seon-U	KOR	22.74	0.57
8	–	David Popovici	ROU	22.77	0.67

Heat #7

Time	19:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Vladyslav Bukhov	UKR	21.73	0.65	Q
2	–	Santo Condorelli	ITA	22.14	0.62
3	–	Heiko Gigler	AUT	22.17	0.60
4	–	Ali Khalafalla	EGY	22.22	0.58
5	–	Gabriel Castaño	MEX	22.32	0.61
6	–	Konrad Czerniak	POL	22.33	0.68
7	–	Ian Ho	HKG	22.45	0.59
8	–	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	22.61	0.63

Heat #8

Time	19:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.67	0.63	Q
2	–	Thom de Boer	NED	21.75	0.62	Q
3	–	Jesse Puts	NED	21.84	0.60	Q
4	–	Brent Hayden	CAN	21.85	0.67	Q
5	–	Michael Andrew	USA	21.89	0.68	Q
6	–	Maxime Grousset	FRA	21.97	0.63	Q
7	–	Josh Liendo	CAN	22.03	0.60
8	–	Nikola Miljenić	CRO	22.14	0.65

Heat #9

Time	19:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.66	0.68	Q
2	–	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	21.88	0.67	Q
3	–	Vladimir Morozov	ROC	21.92	0.62	Q
4	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	21.96	0.68	Q
5	–	Meiron Cheruti	ISR	22.01	0.63
6	–	Yu Hexin	CHN	22.14	0.60
7	–	Björn Seeliger	SWE	22.19	0.63
8	–	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	22.25	0.67

Heat #10

Time	19:18

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	21.32	0.62	Q
2	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.65	0.62	Q
3	–	Lorenzo Zazzeri	ITA	21.86	0.62	Q
4	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.93	0.59	Q
5	–	Paweł Juraszek	POL	21.97	0.64	Q
6	–	Brad Tandy	RSA	22.22	0.57
7	–	Maxim Lobanovszkij	HUN	22.25	0.66
8	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	22.31	0.58

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 2021 — 11:11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	21.42	Q
2	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.53	Q
=3	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.60	Q
=3	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.60	Q
=5	–	Michael Andrew	USA	21.67	Q
=5	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.67	Q
7	–	Lorenzo Zazzeri	ITA	21.75	Q
8	–	Thom de Boer	NED	21.78	Q
=9	–	Brent Hayden	CAN	21.82
=9	–	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	21.82
11	–	Vladyslav Bukhov	UKR	21.83
=12	–	Maxime Grousset	FRA	21.87
=12	–	Jesse Puts	NED	21.87
14	–	Paweł Juraszek	POL	21.88
15	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	22.22
16	–	Vladimir Morozov	ROC	22.25

Heat #1

Time	11:11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.53	0.61	Q
2	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.60	0.65	Q
3	–	Thom de Boer	NED	21.78	0.60	Q
=4	–	Brent Hayden	CAN	21.82	0.67
=4	–	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	21.82	0.67
6	–	Paweł Juraszek	POL	21.88	0.65
7	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	22.22	0.68
8	–	Vladimir Morozov	ROC	22.25	0.63

Heat #2

Time	11:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	21.42	0.63	Q
2	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.60	0.65	Q
=3	–	Michael Andrew	USA	21.67	0.66	Q
=3	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.67	0.58	Q
5	–	Lorenzo Zazzeri	ITA	21.75	0.62	Q
6	–	Vladyslav Bukhov	UKR	21.83	0.65
=7	–	Maxime Grousset	FRA	21.87	0.62
=7	–	Jesse Puts	NED	21.87	0.57

Final Round

Date	1 August 2021 — 10:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	21.07	0.63	Q
2	–	Florent Manaudou	FRA	21.55	0.61	Q
3	–	Bruno Fratus	BRA	21.57	0.64	Q
4	–	Michael Andrew	USA	21.60	0.66	Q
=5	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	21.72	0.58	Q
=5	–	Ben Proud	GBR	21.72	0.63	Q
7	–	Lorenzo Zazzeri	ITA	21.78	0.61	Q
8	–	Thom de Boer	NED	21.79	0.63	Q