Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
Introduction The '''Men's 50m Freestyle''' event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 25–26 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary and Semifinal heats swam on July 25, while the Final swam July 26.Prior to the championships, the following World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:*'''WR''': 21.64 swum by Alexander Popov (Russia) on 16 June 2000 in Moscow, Russia*'''CR''': 22.05 swum by Anthony Ervin (USA) on 22 July 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
Results ===Final=== Place  Lane  Swimmer  Nation  Time  Notes 1  4  Alexander Popov    21.92  CR 2  1  Mark Foster    22.20   3  7  Pieter van den Hoogenband    22.29   4  3  Johan Kenkhuis    22.30   5  6  Julien Sicot    22.38   6  2  Oleksandr Volynets    22.40   7  8  Brett Hawke    22.41   8  5  Jason Lezak    22.44  ===Semifinals=== Rank  Heat + Lane  Swimmer  Nation  Time  Notes 1  S2 L4  Alexander Popov    21.99   2  S1 L4  Jason Lezak    22.14   3  S2 L5  Johan Kenkhuis    22.31   4  S1 L5  Julien Sicot    22.32   5  S2 L2  Oleksandr Volynets    22.34   6  S2 L3  Pieter van den Hoogenband    22.36   7  S1 L2  Mark Foster    22.43   8  S2 L6  Brett Hawke    22.45   9  S1 L6  Ryk Neethling    22.46   10  S2 L8  Frédérick Bousquet    22.47   11  S1 L1  Vyacheslav Shyrshov    22.57   12  S2 L7  Eduard Lorente    22.60   13  S1 L3  Peter Mankoč    22.61   14  S2 L1  Michele Scarica    22.64   14  S1 L8  Denis Pimankov    22.64   16  S1 L7  Karel Novy    22.66  ===Preliminaries=== Rank  Heat+Lane  Swimmer  Nation  Time  Notes 1  H22 L4  Alexander Popov    21.98  q, CR 2  H22 L5  Jason Lezak    22.29  q 3  H21 L4  Johan Kenkhuis    22.32  q 4  H20 L1  Julien Sicot    22.36  q 5  H22 L2  Pieter van den Hoogenband    22.51  q 6  H18 L5  Peter Mankoč    22.54  q 6  H21 L3  Brett Hawke    22.54  q 8  H20 L2  Ryk Neethling    22.56  q 9  H20 L3  Oleksandr Volynets    22.57  q 10  H21 L2  Mark Foster    22.59  q 11  H20 L7  Eduard Lorente    22.60  q 12  H18 L4  Karel Novy    22.63  q 12  H20 L8  Michele Scarica    22.63  q 12  H22 L6  Vyacheslav Shyrshov    22.63  q 15  H22 L8  Frédérick Bousquet    22.64  q 16  H17 L5  Denis Pimankov    22.69  q 17  H20 L6  Roland Schoeman     22.74   17  H21 L6  Salim Iles     22.74   17  H22 L3  Anthony Ervin     22.74   20  H20 L4  Bartosz Kizierowski     22.75   20  H20 L5  Lorenzo Vismara     22.75   20  H22 L7  Stefan Nystrand     22.75   23  H21 L7  Fernando Scherer     22.80   24  H21 L1  Ricardo Bousquet     22.83   25  H19 L8  Pedro Silva     22.86   26  H19 L7  Torsten Spanneberg     22.93   26  H21 L5  Ashley Callus     22.93   28  H19 L3  Milorad Čavić     22.95   29  H16 L8  Matti Rajakylä     23.02   29  H18 L6  Rolandas Gimbutis     23.02   31  H19 L5  Jader Souza     23.04   32  H21 L8  Julio Santos     23.10   33  H19 L6  Jere Hård     23.11   34  H22 L1  Kim Min-Suk     23.13   35  H17 L7  Brent Hayden     23.14   35  H19 L4  Renaat Dreesen     23.14   37  H18 L8  Camilo Becerra    23.17   38  H17 L4  Danil Haustov     23.19   39  H18 L3  Attila Zubor    23.20   40  H17 L6  Eric La Fleur    23.23   41  H18 L2  Ales Volcansek    23.25   42  H16 L1  Paulius Viktoravicius    23.34   42  H18 L1  Chen Zuo    23.34   44  H16 L4  Christoph Bühler    23.36   45  H19 L2  Yannick Lupien    23.37   46  H19 L1  Apostolos Tsagkarakis    23.42   47  H15 L3  Lee Chung-Hee    23.49   48  H17 L3  Rastislav Kanuk    23.56   49  H14 L7  Octavio Alesi    23.64   50  H17 L1  Duje Draganja    23.65   51  H14 L2  Romāns Miloslavskis    23.67   51  H15 L2  Mihály Flaskay    23.67   53  H16 L6  Raymond Rosal    23.68   54  H15 L4  Carl Probert    23.70   55  H13 L4  Ryan Pini    23.74   56  H10 L3  Matjaž Markič    23.83   57  H16 L7  Francisco Picasso    23.85   57  H18 L7  Arwut Chinnapasaen    23.85   59  H16 L3  Stavros Michaelides    23.89   60  H14 L3  Liu Yu    23.92   61  H16 L2  Allen Ong    23.96   62  H12 L2  Heidar Ingi Marinosson     24.02   63  H17 L2  Octavian Guţu    24.04   64  H12 L1  Zeljko Panic    24.05   65  H13 L3  Paul Kutscher    24.08   66  H15 L8  Harbeth Fu Wing    24.10   67  H12 L6  Terrence Haynes    24.15   67  H17 L8  Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou    24.15   69  H11 L5  Wickus Nienaber    24.18   69  H13 L7  Martyn Forde    24.18   71  H15 L1  Howard Hinds    24.33   72  H13 L5  Ismael Ortiz    24.34   73  H13 L8  Nicholas Bovell    24.40   73  H14 L4  Roberto Sanso    24.40   75  H15 L6  Aleksandr Agafonov    24.41   76  H12 L3  Gregory Arkhurst    24.46   77  H12 L8  Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin    24.47   78  H13 L6  Vyacheslav Titarenko    24.51   79  H15 L5  Ashby Brendan    24.54   80  H11 L4  Carles Ridaura    24.60   81  H15 L7  Sven Schneider    24.61   82  H11 L8  Adil Bellaz    24.67   83  H05 L6  Mauricio Prudencio    24.70   84  H11 L1  Gentle Offoin    24.74   85  H12 L5  Maximiliano Schnettler    24.76   86  H14 L6  Aloïs Dansou    24.81   87  H13 L1  Lim Yu Lung Lubrey    24.83   88  H08 L6  Onan Orlando Thom    24.84   88  H10 L8  Kenny Roberts    24.84   90  H08 L4  Lao Kuan Fong    24.86   91  H11 L2  Kin Lun Doo    24.90   92  H11 L6  Zaid Almarafi    24.92   93  H12 L7  Fadi Jalabi    24.93   94  H11 L7  Gustavo Adolfo Martinez    24.96   95  H11 L3  Levan Berdize    24.98   96  H13 L2  Cem Pasaoglu    24.99   97  H10 L2  V. Arun Vellore    25.00   98  H14 L1  Ayoub Al-Mas    25.05   99  H14 L5  Maran Cruz    25.07   100  H09 L3  Davy Bisslik    25.10   100  H10 L6  Joao Aguiar    25.10   102  H08 L7  Carlos Castro    25.11   103  H10 L4  Le Ba Lam    25.14   104  H09 L2  Rama Vyombo    25.25   105  H09 L8  Wong Wing Cheung Victor    25.28   106  H09 L4  Abed Rahman Kaaki    25.31   106  H10 L5  Jamie Peterkin    25.31   108  H07 L5  Hesham Shehab    25.35   109  H08 L1  Ranui Teriipaia    25.53   109  H09 L1  Babak Farhoudi    25.53   111  H09 L5  Timur Irgashev    25.55   112  H06 L5  Miguel Angel Navarro    25.60   113  H06 L1  Othmane Elghnimi    25.78   114  H06 L2  Aung Yan Lin    25.82   114  H06 L8  Bradford Worrell    25.82   116  H07 L3  Yann Lausan    25.83   117  H07 L4  Ahmed Mohamed Jewel    25.85   118  H06 L4  Loren Lindborg    25.87   119  H05 L7  Cole Shade Sule    25.96   120  H08 L5  Abdoulaye Mbow    25.98   120  H08 L3  Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw    25.98   122  H09 L6  Jean Luc Razakarivony    26.11   123  H09 L7  Tamir Andryei    26.19   123  H10 L7  Urnultsaikhan Ganbold    26.19   125  H07 L2  Connor H Keith    26.21   126  H07 L6  Moe Aung Kyaw    26.24   126  H08 L8  Benjamin Wells    26.24   128  H07 L1  Ronald Ying    26.35   129  H05 L2  Jean Laurent Ravera    26.37   130  H04 L1  Peter James Linch    26.44   131  H07 L8  Amar Shah    26.46   132  H04 L3  Rony Bakale    26.47   133  H05 L5  Patrick Boustant    26.51   134  H05 L1  Anderson Bonabart    26.55   135  H07 L7  Ibrahim Maliki    26.58   136  H05 L3  Kin−Vincent Duenas    26.61   137  H05 L4  Kreshnik Gjata    26.64   138  H06 L3  Mohammed Abbas    26.75   139  H10 L1  Nuno Rola    26.83   140  H06 L6  Orkhan Samadov    26.84   141  H04 L4  Fernando Medrano    26.87   142  H05 L8  Clark Randrianandraina    26.89   143  H04 L7  Welbert Samuel    26.93   144  H04 L6  Stephenson Wallace    27.01   145  H04 L8  Issam Halawani    27.14   146  H03 L4  Chisela Kanchela    27.33   147  H04 L5  Fidel Davis    27.40   148  H01 L3  Hassan Mubah    27.51   149  H06 L7  Aldi Gugushka    27.52   150  H01 L5  Hem Kiri    27.56   151  H02 L8  Joshua Marfleet    27.68   152  H03 L6  Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong    27.71   153  H03 L5  Edgar Luberenga    27.81   154  H02 L4  Carlos Notarianni    28.48   155  H03 L7  Bounthanom Vongphachanh    28.68   156  H03 L2  Hojamamed Hojamamedov    29.07   157  H03 L3  Gilbert Kaburu    29.09   158  H01 L7  Mamadou Ouedraogo    29.19   159  H03 L1  Mohammed Sultan Judat    29.82   160  H02 L6  Leonce Sekama    30.57   161  H02 L7  Blaise Pascal Gasabira    31.22   162  H02 L2  Malique Williams    34.04   163  H02 L1  Glyn Tonge    35.15   -  H01 L4  A.A. Romain Belemtougri    DQ   -  H02 L3  Ali Maiga Akibou    DQ   -  H16 L5  Nuno Laurentino    DNS   -  H14 L8  Ayoub Salem Mallalah    DNS   -  H08 L2  Ahmed Ouattata Zie    DNS   -  H04 L2  Alain Ives Mewoutou    DNS   -  H03 L8  Aiah Emerson Mansa Musai    DNS   -  H02 L5  Abubakarr Ialloh    DNS   -  H01 L6  Herve Nkurunziza    DNS
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