Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle
| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 1 August 2024 (heats and semifinals) 2 August 2024 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 73 from 64 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 21.25 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Individual medley | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| Freestyle relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women | |
| Medley relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | mixed | women |
| Marathon | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |
The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 2 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  César Cielo (BRA) |
20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | 18 December 2009 | [2][3] |
| Olympic record |  Caeleb Dressel (USA) |
21.07 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 |
Qualification
[edit]A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[4][5]
Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[4]
Time standards
[edit]The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[6]
The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:
| Men's events | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | OQT* | OCT^ |
| 50 m freestyle | 21.96 | 22.07 |
ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.
^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.Competition format
[edit]The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.
Schedule
[edit]All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2024 | 11:18 | Heats |
| 20:46 | Semifinals | |
| 2 August 2024 | 20:30 | Final |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]
Semifinals
[edit]The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Ben Proud |  Great Britain |
21.38 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Cameron McEvoy |  Australia |
Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Leonardo Deplano |  Italy |
21.50 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Jordan Crooks |  Cayman Islands |
21.54 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Caeleb Dressel | United States |
21.58 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Maxime Grousset |  France |
21.60 | WD[8] |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Kristian Gkolomeev |  Greece |
21.62 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France |
21.64 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Josh Liendo |  Canada |
21.69 | q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Thomas Fannon |  Ireland |
21.74 | NR |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Vladyslav Bukhov |  Ukraine |
21.76 | |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy |
21.83 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Meiron Cheruti |  Israel |
21.91 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Ben Armbruster | Australia |
21.94 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Gabriel Castaño |  Mexico |
21.99 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Diogo Ribeiro |  Portugal |
22.01 |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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5 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia |
21.25 | |
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4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.30 | |
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1 | Florent Manaudou | France |
21.56 | |
| 4 | 8 | Josh Liendo | Canada |
21.58 | |
| 5 | 7 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece |
21.59 | |
| 6 | 2 | Caeleb Dressel | United States |
21.61 | |
| 7 | 3 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy |
21.62 | |
| 8 | 6 | Jordan Crooks | Cayman Islands |
21.64 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ "Brazil's Cesar Cielo breaks 50m freestyle world record". France24. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Brazil Long Course Championships: Cesar Cielo Sets World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Rosado, Laura (2024-08-01). "2024 Paris Olympic: Maxime Grousset Out, Josh Liendo In For Men's 50 Free Final". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
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