2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueManchester Arena
LocationManchester, England
Dates10 April (heats and semis)
11 April (final)
Competitors108 from 74 nations
Winning time20.81 WR
Medalists
gold medal Duje Draganja  File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
silver medal Mark Foster  File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
bronze medal Gerhard Zandberg  File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
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The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 April 2008 at the Manchester Arena. The event was won by the defending champion Croatian Duje Draganja in a new world record time of 20.81 seconds, breaking the previous mark set by Sweden's Stefan Nystrand six months earlier by 0.12 seconds. Swimming in lane 1 in the final, Draganja also broke the championship record of 21.31 set by Cullen Jones of the United States in Shanghai in 2006. Great Britain's Mark Foster won the silver medal, finishing a half a second behind Draganja while Gerhard Zandberg of South Africa finished third in 21.33.[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[2]

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Stefan Nystrand File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 20.93 Berlin 18 November 2007
Championship record Cullen Jones File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 21.31 Shanghai 6 April 2006

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 12 8 Bryan Lundquist File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 21.44 Q
2 13 4 Mark Foster File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 21.60 Q
3 6 1 Ryan Lochte File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 21.61 Q
4 14 4 Duje Draganja File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 21.67 Q
=5 12 6 Grant Brits File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 21.77 Q
14 1 Nabil Kebbab File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
7 14 8 Jernej Godec File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 21.81 Q
8 12 1 Eduardo Lorente File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 21.88 Q
9 9 5 David Dunford File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 21.89 Q
=10 11 3 Jason Dunford File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 21.92 Q
13 5 George Bovell File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
12 12 4 Gerhard Zandberg File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 21.98 Q
13 14 2 José Meolans File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 22.00 Q
14 10 2 Matthew Tutty File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 22.03 Q
=15 12 5 Salim Iles File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 22.06 Q
14 5 Fernando Silva File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
17 12 2 Robert Lijesen File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 22.11
18 12 3 Mario Todorović File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 22.20
19 13 2 Kaan Tayla File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 22.21
20 13 7 Johannes Dietrich File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 22.23
21 14 7 Flori Lang File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 22.24
22 13 3 Shaun Harris File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 22.25
=23 13 6 Cameron Gibson File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 22.32
14 3 Matti Rajakylä File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
25 10 3 Eduardo Deboni File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 22.34
26 11 8 Kenrick Monk File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 22.37
27 9 4 Ľuboš Križko File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 22.38
28 14 6 Andrey Grechin File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 22.44
29 9 1 Daisuke Abe File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 22.56
30 10 8 Andrey Kapralov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 22.61
31 11 7 Alexandre Agostinho File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 22.64
32 10 4 Matías Aguilera File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 22.70
33 11 1 Paulo Santos File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 22.79
=34 9 3 Markus Deibler File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 22.87
10 6 Raichin Antonov File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
36 11 2 Basil Kaaki File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 22.93
37 12 7 Huang Shaohua File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 22.94
38 11 6 Bryan Tay File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 22.97
39 5 1 Brett Fraser File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands 23.08
40 9 8 Ankur Poseria File:Flag of India.svg India 23.12
41 10 1 Mohammad Bidarian File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 23.14
42 8 1 Mohamed Mamdouh File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 23.19
43 10 7 Abdel El-Badrawy File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 23.25
44 8 6 Charles Walker File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 23.30
45 10 5 Lao Kuan Fong File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau 23.31
46 9 7 Eren Onurlu File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 23.59
47 9 6 Mikael Koloyan File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 23.62
48 13 1 Lü Zhiwu File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 23.89
49 9 2 Yuan Ping File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 23.90
50 8 3 Kaspar Raigla File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 23.93
51 7 3 Joao Matias File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 23.94
52 1 4 Nicko Biondi Ricardo File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 23.96
53 8 8 Harutyun Harutyunyan File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 24.00
=54 7 2 Kieran Locke File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands 24.03
8 5 Emin Noshadi File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
56 7 5 Emile Bakale File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 24.16
57 6 5 Zane Jordan File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 24.35
58 8 4 Chakyl Camal File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 24.41
59 8 7 Gael Adam File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 24.45
60 7 8 Fernando Medrano File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 24.50
61 7 6 Luke Hall File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini 24.59
62 7 1 Teymur Guliyev File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 24.77
63 4 6 Naji Ferguson File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada 24.80
64 5 5 Sidni Hoxha File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 24.86
65 6 4 Heshan Unamboowe File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 24.88
66 6 6 Radhames Kalaf File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 24.90
67 5 3 Daryl Harford File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada 24.95
68 6 7 Julien Brice File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 24.96
69 6 2 Loai Tashkandi File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 24.98
70 4 5 Sikandar Khan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 25.03
71 4 7 Bilal Achelhi File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 25.05
72 6 3 Jonathan Wong File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 25.07
=73 5 2 Hazem Tashkandi File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 25.14
6 8 Aldi Gugushka File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania
75 4 4 Andreý Molçanow File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 25.23
76 5 4 Jean-Luc Augier File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 25.29
77 4 1 Andryein Tamir File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 25.32
78 4 3 Chong Cheok Kuan File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau 25.43
79 4 2 Shahbaz Khan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 25.50
80 5 8 Mduduzi Xaba File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini 25.60
81 5 6 Jamie Zammitt File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar 25.67
82 3 7 Sergeý Krowýakow File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 25.75
83 2 6 Kerson Hadley File:Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Federated States of Micronesia 25.80
84 5 7 Peter Lynch File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 26.03
85 3 4 Boldbaatar Butekhuils File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 26.34
86 7 7 Tural Abbasov File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 26.39
87 3 6 John Kamyuka File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 26.40
88 3 3 Sofyan El Gadi File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya 26.59
89 3 5 Majed Tawil File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 26.72
90 3 2 Abdel Adams Ouattara Tegue File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 26.74
91 4 8 Kouassi Brou File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 26.99
92 2 2 Ashraf Hassan File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 27.70
93 3 8 Fouad Alatrash File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 28.10
94 3 1 Gilbert Kaburu File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 28.49
95 2 1 Biko Molteni File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 30.92
96 1 6 Jacob Yohana File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 34.21
1 3 Yellow Yeiyah File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria DNS
1 5 Abib Sereme File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
2 3 Rene Jacob Yougbara File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
2 5 Modou Gaye File:Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg Mauritania
2 7 Abu Bakarr Jalloh File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
2 8 Adama Ouedraogo File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
7 4 Artiom Gladun File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
8 2 Gleb Cocorin File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
11 4 Alessandro Calvi File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
13 8 Michele Santucci File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2 4 Petero Okotai File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands DSQ
11 5 Danil Bugakov File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:53.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Mark Foster File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 21.32 Q
2 2 1 José Meolans File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 21.43 Q
3 2 5 Ryan Lochte File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 21.46 Q
4 2 4 Bryan Lundquist File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 21.55 Q
5 2 3 Grant Brits File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 21.57 Q
6 2 6 Jernej Godec File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 21.58 Q
7 1 5 Duje Draganja File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 21.63 Q
8 1 7 Gerhard Zandberg File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 21.72 Q
=9 1 3 Nabil Kebbab File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 21.77
2 7 George Bovell File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
11 2 8 Salim Iles File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 21.80
12 2 2 David Dunford File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 21.85
13 1 1 Matthew Tutty File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 21.90
=14 1 8 Fernando Silva File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 21.97
1 6 Eduardo Lorente File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
1 2 Jason Dunford File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya

Finals

The final was held at 20:50.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Duje Draganja File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 20.81 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Mark Foster File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 21.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Gerhard Zandberg File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 21.33
4 3 Ryan Lochte File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 21.44
5 5 José Meolans File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 21.48
6 2 Grant Brits File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 21.68
7 7 Jernej Godec File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 21.74
8 6 Bryan Lundquist File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 21.77

References

  1. ↑ "World Short Course Championships: Flash! Duje Draganja Defends 50 Free Title With World Record". Swimming World. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Heat results of the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). FINA. 10 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Semifinal results of the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). FINA. 10 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Final results of the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)" (pdf). FINA. 11 April 2018.
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