Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
Introduction The '''men's 50 metre freestyle''' event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 (heats and semifinals) and 23 July 2001 (final) at the Fukuoka, Japan.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:'''World record'''    '''21.64'''  Moscow, Russia  16 June 2000'''Championship record'''    '''22.16'''  Perth, Australia  12 January 1991The following record was established during the competition:DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 22 July  Semifinal 2  Anthony Ervin    22.05  '''CR'''
Results ===Heats=== Rank  Swimmer  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Brett Hawke    22.18  Q 2  José Meolans    22.31  Q 3  Julio Santos    22.34  Q, '''NR''' 4  Bartosz Kizierowski    22.39  Q 4  Roland Schoeman    22.39  Q 6  Ashley Callus    22.42  Q 6  Anthony Ervin    22.42  Q 8  Jason Lezak    22.45  Q 9  Johan Kenkhuis    22.47  Q 10  Pieter van den Hoogenband    22.48  Q 10  Stefan Nystrand    22.48  Q 12  Mark Foster    22.51  Q 12  Vyacheslav Shyrshov    22.51  Q 14  Ricardo Busquets    22.70  Q 15  Tomohiro Yamanoi    22.75  Q 16  Attila Zubor    22.76  Q 17  Salim Iles    22.78   17  Edvaldo Valério    22.78   19  Oleksandr Volynets    22.84   20  Christoph Bühler    22.89   21  Lorenzo Vismara    22.91   22  Karel Novy    22.94   23  Riley Janes    22.95   23  Ravil Nachaev    22.95   25  Marijan Kanjer    22.98   25  Milorad Čavić    22.98   27  Camilo Becerra    22.99   27  Leonid Khokhlov    22.99   29  Jere Hård    23.00   30  Nicholas Santos    23.04   31  Rolandas Gimbutis    23.08   32  Nicholas Folker    23.09   33  Peter Mankoč    23.19   34  Duje Draganja    23.25   35  Eric La Fleur    23.38   36  Kim Min-Seok    23.41   37  Oswaldo Quevedo    23.47   38  Shunsuke Ito    23.60   39  Arwut Chinnapasaen    23.77   40  Brendan Ashby    23.87   41  Wu Nien-Pin    23.96   42  Jesús González    24.03   43  Carl Probert    24.12   44  Alejandro Siqueiros    24.14   45  Ismael Ortiz    24.16   46  Leslie Kwok    24.18   47  Danil Haustov    24.22   48  Harbeth Fu Wing    24.32   49  Gustavo Barrios    24.33   50  Khuwaiter Saeed Hadi Al Shaleri    24.34   51  Christophe Lim Wen Ying    24.36   52  Gregory Arkhurst    24.40   53  Cliff Ansel Matthew Gittens    24.58   54  Ernest Teo    24.59   55  Yu Lung Lubrey Lim    24.97   56  Chon Kit Alias Joao Tang    25.00   57  Nicholas Diaper    25.06   58  Kenny Roberts    25.09   59  Malick Fall    25.16   60  Graham Smith    25.27   60  Khaly Ciss    25.27   62  Keng Ip Lou    25.29   63  Gael Souci    25.33   64  Davy Bisslik    25.39   65  João Aguiar    25.72   66  Barnsley Albert    25.75   67  Hamid Nassir    25.79   67  Naji Fesguson    25.79   69  Zieahmed Ouattara    26.02   70  Omar Núñez    26.08   71  Kenneth Maronie    26.18   72  Yang Shang-Hsuan    26.29   73  Le Minh Trong Le    26.30   74  Loren Lindborg    26.32   75  Onan Orlando Thom    26.37   76  William Kang    26.42   77  Sule Cole Shade    26.51   78  Rainui Teriipaia    26.60   79  Ganaa Galbadrakh    26.70   80  Nuno Miguel Cardoso Rola    26.87   81  Hesham Shehab    27.05   82  Mark Unpingco    27.16   83  Joe Atuhaire    27.81   84  Rony Bakale    28.55   85  Mahamad Ahmad    28.86   86  Abbas Alneel    29.45   87  Fabrice Ndikumana    30.64   88  Eric Moussambani    31.88  '''NR''' 89  Carlos Notarianni    32.41   90  Joshua Marfleet    34.91   91  Glyn Tonge    37.75   –  Richard Sam Bera    DNS  ===Semifinals=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Anthony Ervin    22.05  Q, '''CR''' 2  Pieter van den Hoogenband    22.14  Q 3  Mark Foster    22.19  Q 4  Vyacheslav Shyrshov    22.30  Q 5  Stefan Nystrand    22.31  Q 6  Roland Schoeman    22.34  Q 6  Brett Hawke    22.34  Q 8  Tomohiro Yamanoi    22.37  Q 9  Bartosz Kizierowski    22.42   10  Jason Lezak    22.43   11  José Meolans    22.45   12  Ashley Callus    22.46   13  Johan Kenkhuis    22.51   14  Attila Zubor    22.54   15  Julio Santos    22.64   16  Ricardo Busquets    22.83  ===Final=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   Anthony Ervin    22.09     Pieter van den Hoogenband    22.16     Tomohiro Yamanoi    22.18     Roland Schoeman    22.18   5  Brett Hawke    22.39   6  Vyacheslav Shyrshov    22.42   7  Stefan Nystrand    22.44   7  Mark Foster    22.44
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