The men's 50 metre freestyle swimming

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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 was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex

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 in Athens

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, Greece

Greece

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 on August 19 and 20. The event was won by American

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 Gary Hall Jr., the defending co

Anthony Ervin

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-champion of this event

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle

These are the results of the men's 50 metre freestyle competition in swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Records:Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Neither record was broken at the Sydney Games....

 from the 2000 Summer Olympics

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 in Sydney

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.

Eleven first round heats were raced, comprising a total of 86 swimmers. The fastest 16 swimmers from this group qualified to move on to the semifinals stage. After the heats had been raced, the cut-off time was 22.53 second

Second

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s. The 16 swimmers who advanced then raced in two semifinals of eight swimmers each, the results being pooled and the fastest eight swimmers advancing to the final. The cut-off time to proceed into the final was 22.19 seconds.

Medalists

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Neither record was broken at the Athens Games.

World Record	Alexander Popov Alexander Popov (swimmer) Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov ; is a Russian former Olympic gold-winning swimmer, widely regarded as one of the greatest sprint freestyle swimmers of all time.-Career:Born in Lesnoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast , Popov began swimming at age 8 at...  (RUS) Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	21.64 s	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	16 June 2000
Olympic Record		21.91 s	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	30 July 1992

Results

Rank	Swimmer	Heats		Semi Final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1		22.04	1	22.18	5	21.93
2		22.28	5	22.19	8	21.94
3		22.41	8	21.99	1	22.02
4		22.42	11	22.18	7	22.08
5		22.33	7	22.12	3	22.11
6		22.42	10	22.07	2	22.18
7		22.41	9	22.18	6	22.26
8		22.26	4	22.16	4	22.37
9		22.26	3	22.22
10		22.30	6	22.26
11		22.52	15	22.27
12		22.24	2	22.29
13		22.52	14	22.36
14		22.53	16	22.46
15		22.45	12	22.52
16		22.51	13	22.63
17		22.56
18		22.58
		22.58
		22.58
21		22.59
22		22.70
23		22.71
24		22.72
25		22.80
26		22.82
27		22.90
28		22.96
29		22.97
30		23.01
31		23.05
32		23.12
33		23.13
34		23.19
35		23.20
36		23.23
		23.23
		23.23
39		23.26
40		23.31
41		23.33
42		23.41
43		23.43
		23.43
45		23.51
46		23.52
		23.52
48		23.54
49		23.56
50		23.58
51		23.61
52		23.67
53		23.69
54		23.84
55		23.88
56		23.90
57		24.68
58		24.82
		24.82
60		24.86
61		25.07
62		25.33
63		25.47
64		26.16
65		26.40
66		26.61
		26.61
68		26.75
69		26.81
70		27.49
71		27.55
72		27.68
73		27.71
74		27.72
75		27.77
76		28.10
77		28.17
78		28.99
79		29.96
80		29.97
81		30.36
82		32.86
83		34.11
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