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50 metres Freestyle, Men

Date30 July 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPiscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants75 from 51 countries

Coming in to Barcelona Tom Jager and Matt Biondi had 23 of the 24 fastest times in the event. They had set the last nine world records, with six by Jager. At Seoul, they had won gold and silver, with Biondi winning the gold in a slight upset. But apparently Russian Aleksandr Popov had not read all this. He had already won gold in Barcelona in the 100 free. In May he had set a European record of 22.30 in this event and he led the qualifiers with another record of 22.21, although well off Jager’s world record of 21.81. Popov won the final in 21.91, the third fastest performance ever, with Biondi second and Jager third. Popov would return to Atlanta in four years and defend both titles in the 50 and 100 free, winning the sprint freestyle double-double. Between 1994 and 2003 he would five individual World titles in the events, three in 100 free and two in 50 free.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1B FinalFinal
1186Aleksandr PopovEUN22.21 (1 h8)–21.91 (1)Gold
2603Matt BiondiUSA22.32 (1 h10)–22.09 (2)Silver
3614Tom JagerUSA22.45 (1 h9)–22.30 (3)Bronze
=4227Christophe KalfayanFRA22.70 (=3 h9)–22.50 (=4)
=4528Peter WilliamsRSA22.65 (2 h9)–22.50 (=4)
6245Mark FosterGBR22.72 (3 h10)–22.52 (6)
7187Gennady PrigodaEUN22.57 (2 h10)–22.54 (7)
8286Nils RudolphGER22.70 (=3 h9)–22.73 (8)
920Darren LangeAUS23.01 (=3 h8)22.69 (1)–
10417Raimundas MažuolisLTU22.77 (2 h8)22.71 (2)–
=11283Mark PingerGER22.88 (5 h9)22.88 (=3)–
=11567Pär LindströmSWE22.92 (=4 h10)22.88 (=3)–
1362Gustavo BorgesBRA23.10 (5 h8)23.01 (5)–
14364René GuspertiITA22.92 (=4 h10)23.04 (6)–
1541Angus WaddellAUS23.10 (6 h10)23.06 (7)–
16552Dano HalsallSUI23.15 (6 h8)23.18 (8)–
17215Stéphan CaronFRA23.01 (=3 h8)––1
18481Krzysztof CwalinaPOL23.20 (7 h8)––
19243Mike FibbensGBR23.27 (7 h10)––
20128Stavros MichailidisCYP23.34 (1 h6)––
2145Allan MurrayBAH23.35 (6 h9)––
22521Darryl CronjeRSA23.39 (7 h9)––
23342Mladen KaporIOA23.42 (1 h1)––
24503Ricardo BusquetsPUR23.44 (1 h7)––
25553Stéfan VolérySUI23.47 (2 h7)––
26300Nikos PaleokrassasGRE23.51 (3 h7)––
27425Rodrigo GonzálezMEX23.52 (4 h7)––
28301Nikos SteliouGRE23.55 (5 h7)––
29132Franz MortensenDEN23.61 (8 h10)––
30199Janne BlomqvistFIN23.63 (1 h5)––
31165Indrek SeiEST23.68 (8 h8)––
32348Yoav BruckISR23.72 (6 h7)––
33555Enrico LinscheerSUR23.74 (2 h6)––
=34465Nick SandersNZL23.79 (7 h7)––
=34508Todd TorresPUR23.79 (1 h4)––
36501Paulo TrindadePOR23.81 (8 h7)––
=37139Mohamed El-AzoulEGY23.87 (=3 h6)––
=37469Mark WeldonNZL23.87 (=3 h6)––
39320Michael WrightHKG23.90 (5 h6)––
4082Stephen ClarkeCAN23.95 (2 h5)––
=4165Teófilo FerreiraBRA24.13 (3 h5)––
=41451Musa BakareNGR24.13 (6 h6)––
433Pedro LimaANG24.14 (4 h5)––
4456Geri MewettBER24.20 (5 h5)––
4558Ian RaynorBER24.23 (6 h5)––
46642Ivor Le RouxZIM24.32 (1 h3)––
47394Toshiaki KurasawaJPN24.61 (2 h4)––
48352Laurent AlfredISV24.66 (3 h4)––
49529Mouhamed DiopSEN24.69 (2 h1)––
501Frank LeskajALB24.72 (7 h6)––
51643Rory McGownZIM24.75 (4 h4)––
52313Patrick SagisiGUM24.78 (5 h4)––
5353Marc VerbeeckBEL24.85 (7 h5)––
54312Adrian RomeroGUM25.12 (1 h2)––
55322Plutarco CastellanosHON25.27 (2 h3)––
56539Kenneth YeoSGP25.29 (6 h4)––
57530Bruno N'DiayeSEN25.35 (3 h1)––
58532Ivan RobertsSEY25.44 (2 h2)––
59321Wu Tat CheungHKG25.45 (3 h3)––
60305Andrés SedanoGUA25.53 (4 h3)––
61415Émile LahoudLBN25.76 (5 h3)––
62595Mohamed Bin AbidUAE25.79 (3 h2)––
63303Gustavo BúcaroGUA25.84 (6 h3)––
64596Ahmad FarajUAE25.91 (7 h3)––
65198Carl ProbertFIJ26.31 (4 h2)––
66548Filippo PivaSMR26.41 (5 h2)––
67547Roberto PellandraSMR26.51 (6 h2)––
68533Kenny RobertsSEY26.78 (7 h2)––
69107Gilles CoudrayCGO28.11 (4 h1)––
70196Foy Gordon ChungFIJ28.75 (5 h1)––
71420Ahmed ImthiyazMDV29.27 (6 h1)––
72421Mohamed RasheedMDV30.37 (7 h1)––
DQ398Tsutomu NakanoJPN– (DQ h4)––
DQ418Yves ClausseLUX– (DQ h5)––
DQ432José MossianeMOZ– (DQ h4)––
DNS562Joakim HolmquistSWE– (DNS h9)––

Round One

Date30 July 1992 — 13:30
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Aleksandr PopovEUN22.21Q
2–Matt BiondiUSA22.32Q
3–Tom JagerUSA22.45Q
4–Gennady PrigodaEUN22.57Q
5–Peter WilliamsRSA22.65Q
=6–Christophe KalfayanFRA22.70Q
=6–Nils RudolphGER22.70Q
8–Mark FosterGBR22.72Q
9–Raimundas MažuolisLTU22.77q
10–Mark PingerGER22.88q
=11–Pär LindströmSWE22.92q
=11–René GuspertiITA22.92q
=13–Darren LangeAUS23.01q
=13–Stéphan CaronFRA23.01q
=15–Gustavo BorgesBRA23.10q
=15–Angus WaddellAUS23.10q
17–Dano HalsallSUI23.15
18–Krzysztof CwalinaPOL23.20
19–Mike FibbensGBR23.27
20–Stavros MichailidisCYP23.34
21–Allan MurrayBAH23.35
22–Darryl CronjeRSA23.39
23–Mladen KaporIOA23.42
24–Ricardo BusquetsPUR23.44
25–Stéfan VolérySUI23.47
26–Nikos PaleokrassasGRE23.51
27–Rodrigo GonzálezMEX23.52
28–Nikos SteliouGRE23.55
29–Franz MortensenDEN23.61
30–Janne BlomqvistFIN23.63
31–Indrek SeiEST23.68
32–Yoav BruckISR23.72
33–Enrico LinscheerSUR23.74
=34–Todd TorresPUR23.79
=34–Nick SandersNZL23.79
36–Paulo TrindadePOR23.81
=37–Mark WeldonNZL23.87
=37–Mohamed El-AzoulEGY23.87
39–Michael WrightHKG23.90
40–Stephen ClarkeCAN23.95
=41–Teófilo FerreiraBRA24.13
=41–Musa BakareNGR24.13
43–Pedro LimaANG24.14
44–Geri MewettBER24.20
45–Ian RaynorBER24.23
46–Ivor Le RouxZIM24.32
47–Toshiaki KurasawaJPN24.61
48–Laurent AlfredISV24.66
49–Mouhamed DiopSEN24.69
50–Frank LeskajALB24.72
51–Rory McGownZIM24.75
52–Patrick SagisiGUM24.78
53–Marc VerbeeckBEL24.85
54–Adrian RomeroGUM25.12
55–Plutarco CastellanosHON25.27
56–Kenneth YeoSGP25.29
57–Bruno N'DiayeSEN25.35
58–Ivan RobertsSEY25.44
59–Wu Tat CheungHKG25.45
60–Andrés SedanoGUA25.53
61–Émile LahoudLBN25.76
62–Mohamed Bin AbidUAE25.79
63–Gustavo BúcaroGUA25.84
64–Ahmad FarajUAE25.91
65–Carl ProbertFIJ26.31
66–Filippo PivaSMR26.41
67–Roberto PellandraSMR26.51
68–Kenny RobertsSEY26.78
69–Gilles CoudrayCGO28.11
70–Foy Gordon ChungFIJ28.75
71–Ahmed ImthiyazMDV29.27
72–Mohamed RasheedMDV30.37
DQ–José MossianeMOZ–
DQ–Tsutomu NakanoJPN–
DQ–Yves ClausseLUX–
DNS–Joakim HolmquistSWE–

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Mladen KaporIOA23.42
2–Mouhamed DiopSEN24.69
3–Bruno N'DiayeSEN25.35
4–Gilles CoudrayCGO28.11
5–Foy Gordon ChungFIJ28.75
6–Ahmed ImthiyazMDV29.27
7–Mohamed RasheedMDV30.37

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Adrian RomeroGUM25.12
2–Ivan RobertsSEY25.44
3–Mohamed Bin AbidUAE25.79
4–Carl ProbertFIJ26.31
5–Filippo PivaSMR26.41
6–Roberto PellandraSMR26.51
7–Kenny RobertsSEY26.78

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Ivor Le RouxZIM24.32
2–Plutarco CastellanosHON25.27
3–Wu Tat CheungHKG25.45
4–Andrés SedanoGUA25.53
5–Émile LahoudLBN25.76
6–Gustavo BúcaroGUA25.84
7–Ahmad FarajUAE25.91

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Todd TorresPUR23.79
2–Toshiaki KurasawaJPN24.61
3–Laurent AlfredISV24.66
4–Rory McGownZIM24.75
5–Patrick SagisiGUM24.78
6–Kenneth YeoSGP25.29
DQ–José MossianeMOZ–
DQ–Tsutomu NakanoJPN–

Heat #5

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Janne BlomqvistFIN23.63
2–Stephen ClarkeCAN23.95
3–Teófilo FerreiraBRA24.13
4–Pedro LimaANG24.14
5–Geri MewettBER24.20
6–Ian RaynorBER24.23
7–Marc VerbeeckBEL24.85
DQ–Yves ClausseLUX–

Heat #6

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Stavros MichailidisCYP23.34
2–Enrico LinscheerSUR23.74
=3–Mark WeldonNZL23.87
=3–Mohamed El-AzoulEGY23.87
5–Michael WrightHKG23.90
6–Musa BakareNGR24.13
7–Frank LeskajALB24.72

Heat #7

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Ricardo BusquetsPUR23.44
2–Stéfan VolérySUI23.47
3–Nikos PaleokrassasGRE23.51
4–Rodrigo GonzálezMEX23.52
5–Nikos SteliouGRE23.55
6–Yoav BruckISR23.72
7–Nick SandersNZL23.79
8–Paulo TrindadePOR23.81

Heat #8

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Aleksandr PopovEUN22.21Q
2–Raimundas MažuolisLTU22.77q
=3–Darren LangeAUS23.01q
=3–Stéphan CaronFRA23.01q
5–Gustavo BorgesBRA23.10q
6–Dano HalsallSUI23.15
7–Krzysztof CwalinaPOL23.20
8–Indrek SeiEST23.68

Heat #9

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Tom JagerUSA22.45Q
2–Peter WilliamsRSA22.65Q
=3–Christophe KalfayanFRA22.70Q
=3–Nils RudolphGER22.70Q
5–Mark PingerGER22.88q
6–Allan MurrayBAH23.35
7–Darryl CronjeRSA23.39
DNS–Joakim HolmquistSWE–

Heat #10

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Matt BiondiUSA22.32Q
2–Gennady PrigodaEUN22.57Q
3–Mark FosterGBR22.72Q
=4–Pär LindströmSWE22.92q
=4–René GuspertiITA22.92q
6–Angus WaddellAUS23.10q
7–Mike FibbensGBR23.27
8–Franz MortensenDEN23.61

B Final

Date30 July 1992 — 20:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Darren LangeAUS22.69
2–Raimundas MažuolisLTU22.71
=3–Pär LindströmSWE22.88
=3–Mark PingerGER22.88
5–Gustavo BorgesBRA23.01
6–René GuspertiITA23.04
7–Angus WaddellAUS23.06
8–Dano HalsallSUI23.18

Final Round

Date30 July 1992 — 20:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Aleksandr PopovEUN21.91OR
2–Matt BiondiUSA22.09
3–Tom JagerUSA22.30
=4–Christophe KalfayanFRA22.50
=4–Peter WilliamsRSA22.50
6–Mark FosterGBR22.52
7–Gennady PrigodaEUN22.54
8–Nils RudolphGER22.73