Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle


The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and the semifinals and 8 August with the final.
Despite losing lane four to American Nathan Adrian, France's Florent Manaudou threw down a personal and textile best of 21.19 to win his first World Championship in the event, holding off Adrian and Brazilian Bruno Fratus by over three-tenths of a second, an enormous margin in swimming's shortest race. Adrian grabbed the silver in 21.52, following up a new American Record of 21.37 achieved earlier in the semifinals. Fratus took home the bronze, his first World Championship medal ever, in 21.55. Vladimir Morozov, the defending silver medalist from Barcelona, missed the podium in fourth place by a fingertip in 21.56. Ukraine's Andriy Hovorov and Italy's Marco Orsi tied for fifth in 21.86, while Greece's Kristian Golomeev, the defending NCAA 100 freestyle champion, took seventh in 21.98. Great Britain's Benjamin Proud finished eight in 22.04 to round out the championship final.
Plagued by injury, Brazil's defending World Champion César Cielo scratched the event. Other notable swimmers included China's Ning Zetao and American Anthony Ervin, who both missed the championship final.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 09:30.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1124Florent Manaudou21.71Q
2112Nathan Adrian21.73Q
3122Kristian Golomeev21.87Q, NR
4125Vladimir Morozov21.97Q
5115Bruno Fratus22.01Q
6104Marco Orsi22.03Q
7105Ben Proud22.13Q
8103Krisztián Takács22.21Q
9117Andriy Hovorov22.23Q
10126Katsumi Nakamura22.25Q
11113Matthew Abood22.28Q
12107Shinri Shioura22.34Q
13127Andrey Grechin22.38Q
14106Ning Zetao22.43Q
15114Anthony Ervin22.44Q
16128Odysseus Meladinis22.47Q
17101François Heersbrandt22.48
17111Luca Dotto22.48
19121Clément Mignon22.50
20102Yu Hexin22.51
20100Simonas Bilis22.51
22116Ari-Pekka Liukkonen22.54
2396Christoffer Carlsen22.61
24129Marius Radu22.65
25109Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate22.66
25110Renzo Tjon A Joe22.66
2790Anton Latkin22.67
27118Jasper Aerents22.67
2995Geoffrey Cheah22.68
3098Mario Todorović22.71
3193Boris Stojanović22.81
32119Dylan Carter22.82
3397Ali Khalafalla22.88
33108Karl Krug22.88
3585Sidni Hoxha22.93
3691Cristian Quintero22.94
3782Julien Henx22.97
3883Virdhawal Khade23.01
3980Elvis Burrows23.06
4092Demir Atasoy23.16
4181Oliver Elliot23.29
4199Luís Flores23.29
4387Jordan Augier23.30
4472Vahan Mkhitaryan23.36
45120Alejandro Escudero23.38
4688Andrew Chetcuti23.43
4776Sam Seghers23.46
4877Allan Gutiérrez23.47
4986Mohammad Madwa23.50
5075Maksim Inić23.54
5184Gabriel Melconian Alvez23.73
5289Meli Malani23.78
5379Jagger Stephens23.84
5455Ahmad Attellesey23.89
5478Mikel Schreuders23.89
5664Thibaut Danho23.91
5774Stanislav Karnaukhov23.92
5863Jhonny Pérez24.11
5962Sidrell Williams24.15
6066Abdoul Niane24.18
6160José Alberto Quintanilla24.19
6270Miguel Mena24.25
6373Anthony Barbar24.31
6467Cherantha de SilvaFINA Independent Athletes24.32
6546Mahfizur Rahman Sagor24.43
6669João Aguiar24.44
6752Christian Nikles24.55
6865Issa Mohamed24.56
6953Denilson da Costa24.66
7059Abeiku Jackson24.72
7143Noah Mascoll-Gomes24.79
7250Hilal Hemed Hilal24.86
7357Alex Sobers24.87
7451Lum Zhaveli24.91
7554Farhan Saleh24.98
7661Samson Opuakpo25.02
7744Valentin Gorshkov25.07
7845Kerry Ollivierre25.37
7958Batsaikhany Dulguun25.42
8042Joshua Tibatemwa25.54NR
8156Mohammad Abdo25.84
8233Andrew Fowler26.03
8347Giordan Harris26.18
8448Muhammad Saad26.19
8515Mamadou Soumaré26.41
8632Billy-Scott Irakose26.50
8735Olim Qurbonov26.64
8838Shane Cadogan26.70
8934Ibrahim Nishwan26.76
9036Dionisio Augustine26.92
9113Amadou Camara26.99
9224Shawn Wallace27.02
9337Mohamed Adnan27.17
9414Pap Jonga27.24
9439Jules Bessan27.24
9625Takumi Sugie27.26
9768Athoumane Soilihi27.34
9827Santisouk Inthavong27.42
9941Sirish Gurung27.45
10012Ebrahim Al-Maleki27.55
10123Albachir Mouctar27.57
10230Hemthon Ponloeu27.63
10320Osman Kamara27.70
10422Patrick Rukundo27.75
10521Abdelaziz Ahmed27.88
10628Eméric Kpegba28.29
10731Tindwende Sawadogo28.39
10819Dienov Andres Koka28.53
10926Brave Lifa29.07
11029Mael Ambonguilat29.25
11110Ahmed Alwan30.77
11217Frantz Dorsainvil31.93
11318Mokhoro Makara55.80
11Shad PerriereDNS
16Charly NdjoumeDNS
71Lorenzo LoriaDNS
94Pjotr DegtjarjovDNS
123César CieloDNS
40Abdelmalik MuktarDSQ
49Temaruata StricklandDSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18.09.

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Nathan Adrian21.37Q, NR
23Marco Orsi21.86Q
35Vladimir Morozov22.02
46Krisztián Takács22.07
57Shinri Shioura22.08
68Odysseus Meladinis22.14
72Katsumi Nakamura22.15
81Ning Zetao22.28

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Florent Manaudou21.41Q
23Bruno Fratus21.60Q
36Benjamin Proud21.88Q
45Kristian Golomeev21.89Q
52Andriy Hovorov21.93Q
68Anthony Ervin22.02
77Matthew Abood22.16
81Andrey Grechin22.66

Swim-off

The swim-off was held at 19:38.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Vladimir Morozov21.90Q
25Anthony Ervin21.98

Final

The final was held on 8 August at 17:39.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Florent Manaudou21.19
4Nathan Adrian21.52
3Bruno Fratus21.55
48Vladimir Morozov21.56
51Andriy Hovorov21.86
56Marco Orsi21.86
77Kristian Golomeev21.98
82Benjamin Proud22.04