Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly

Men's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 24, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 25, 2011 (final)
Competitors56 from 52 nations
Winning time23.10
Medalists
gold medal César Cielo   Brazil
silver medal Matthew Targett   Australia
bronze medal Geoff Huegill   Australia
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The men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Rafael Muñoz  Spain 22.43 Málaga April 5, 2009
Championship record Milorad Čavić  Serbia 22.67 Rome July 27, 2009

Results

Heats

56 swimmers participated in 7 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 César Cielo  Brazil 23.26 Q
2 6 4 Geoff Huegill  Australia 23.27 Q
3 5 6 Florent Manaudou  France 23.31 Q
4 5 5 Jason Dunford  Kenya 23.48 Q
5 6 5 Steffen Deibler  Germany 23.50 Q
6 7 7 Ivan Lenđer  Serbia 23.51 Q
7 6 8 Konrad Czerniak  Poland 23.52 Q, NR
8 5 4 Matthew Targett  Australia 23.53 Q
9 6 3 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 23.63 Q
10 7 3 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 23.64 Q
11 6 6 François Heersbrandt  Belgium 23.73 Q
12 5 2 Milorad Čavić  Serbia 23.76 Q
13 7 8 Benjamin Hockin  Paraguay 23.82 Q
14 7 5 Frederick Bousquet  France 23.84 Q
15 5 8 Antony James  Great Britain 23.94 Q
16 7 2 Joeri Verlinden  Netherlands 23.96 S-Off
16 7 1 Nikita Konovalov  Russia 23.96 S-Off
18 6 7 Octavio Alesi  Venezuela 23.99
19 4 4 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia 24.01
20 7 6 Mario Todorović  Croatia 24.05
21 5 1 Yauheni Tsurkin  Belarus 24.09
22 4 2 Yeugeniy Lazuka  Azerbaijan 24.14
23 4 3 Marco Belotti  Italy 24.19
23 5 3 Cullen Jones  United States 24.19
25 6 1 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 24.26
26 4 1 Joseph Bartoch  Canada 24.29
27 6 2 Zhou Jiawei  China 24.33
28 5 7 Elvis Burrows  Bahamas 24.35
29 4 8 Joshua McLeod  Trinidad and Tobago 24.41
30 4 5 Daniel Bell  New Zealand 24.43
31 4 6 Michal Rubáček  Czech Republic 24.59
32 4 7 Virdhaval Vikram Khade  India 24.65
33 3 6 Marcelino Richaards  Suriname 25.36
34 3 5 Serghei Golban  Moldova 25.37
35 3 4 Yellow Yeiyah  Nigeria 25.41
36 3 8 Ifalemi Paea  Tonga 25.50
37 3 7 Andrew Chetcuti  Malta 25.54
38 2 4 Javier Hernandez  Honduras 26.05
39 3 2 Joao Matias  Angola 26.06
40 3 1 Obaid Al-Jasmi  United Arab Emirates 26.20
41 3 3 Rami Anis  Syria 26.22
42 1 3 Iohanad Dheyaa  Iraq 27.51
43 2 5 Mark Thompson  Zambia 28.90
44 1 1 Mohamed Abdelrawf Mahmoud  Sudan 29.02
45 2 3 John Kamyuka  Botswana 29.03
46 2 2 Conrad Gaira  Uganda 29.36
47 2 6 Fiseha Hailu  Ethiopia 29.58
48 1 6 Khalid Ismaeel Alibaba  Bahrain 29.95
49 1 4 Inayath Hassan  Maldives 30.03
50 2 7 Tolga Akcayli  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30.05
51 1 2 Dionisio Augustine II  Micronesia 30.59
52 2 1 Chingizov Alisher  Tajikistan 30.64
53 2 8 Wei Ching Maou  American Samoa 31.29
54 1 7 Kyle Zreibe  Antigua and Barbuda 36.25
1 8 Abd Mohamed Mahmoud  Sudan DNS
1 5 Amer Ali  Iraq DSQ

Swimoff

As two swimmers had the same time in the heats at place 16 they had to participate in a swimoff to determine the last semifinal swimmer.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Joeri Verlinden  Netherlands 23.77 Q
2 5 Nikita Konovalov  Russia 23.84

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:30.[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Geoff Huegill  Australia 23.26 Q
2 5 Jason Dunford  Kenya 23.34 Q
3 6 Matthew Targett  Australia 23.41 Q
4 1 Frederick Bousquet  France 23.42 Q
5 2 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 23.48
6 3 Ivan Lenđer  Serbia 23.54
7 7 Milorad Čavić  Serbia 23.59
8 8 Joeri Verlinden  Netherlands 23.73

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 César Cielo  Brazil 23.19 Q
2 5 Florent Manaudou  France 23.32 Q
3 2 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 23.39 Q
3 3 Steffen Deibler  Germany 23.39 Q
5 6 Konrad Czerniak  Poland 23.48 NR
6 7 François Heersbrandt  Belgium 23.68
7 8 Antony James  Great Britain 23.74
8 1 Benjamin Hockin  Paraguay 23.95

Final

The final was held at 18:39.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 César Cielo  Brazil 23.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Matthew Targett  Australia 23.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Geoff Huegill  Australia 23.35
4 8 Frederick Bousquet  France 23.38
5 3 Florent Manaudou  France 23.49
6 2 Steffen Deibler  Germany 23.55
7 6 Jason Dunford  Kenya 23.60
8 7 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 23.64

References

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly (swimoff)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-24.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 m butterfly (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[permanent dead link‍]