Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue	Foro Italico
Dates	31 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 1 August 2009 (final)
Competitors	222 from 140 nations
Winning time	21.08 seconds
Medalists
César Cielo Filho    Brazil   Frédérick Bousquet    France   Amaury Leveaux    France
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The heats for the men's 50 metre freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on 31 July (heats and semifinals) and 1 August 2009 (final) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record	Frédérick Bousquet (FRA)	20.94	Montpellier, France	26 April 2009
Championship record	Roland Schoeman (RSA)	21.69	Montreal, Canada	30 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
31 July	Heat 21	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	21.64	CR
31 July	Heat 22	César Cielo Filho	Brazil	21.37	CR
31 July	Semifinal 1	Duje Draganja	Croatia	21.29	CR
31 July	Semifinal 2	Frédérick Bousquet	France	21.21	CR
31 July	Swim-off	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	21.20	CR
1 August	Final	César Cielo Filho	Brazil	21.08	CR

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	César Cielo	Brazil	21.37	22	4	CR
2	Stefan Nystrand	Sweden	21.56	23	3	NR
3	Frédérick Bousquet	France	21.63	23	4
4	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	21.64	21	3
5	Nathan Adrian	United States	21.68	22	5
6	Amaury Leveaux	France	21.70	23	5
7	Krisztián Takács	Hungary	21.71	22	6
8	Duje Draganja	Croatia	21.72	21	6
9	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	21.82	21	5
10	Cullen Jones	United States	21.88	21	4
11	Matthew Abood	Australia	21.90	23	2
12	Konrad Czerniak	Poland	21.93	21	7
13	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	21.95	22	3
14	David Dunford	Kenya	21.96	22	8
15	Brent Hayden	Canada	22.03	22	2
16	Graeme Moore	South Africa	22.04	20	6
17	Steffen Deibler	Germany	22.07	21	1
18	Marco Orsi	Italy	22.09	23	6
19	Barry Murphy	Ireland	22.14	18	5	NR
20	Petter Stymne	Sweden	22.18	23	0
21	Kyle Richardson	Australia	22.21	20	7
22	Simon Burnett	Great Britain	22.23	23	9
23	Lukasz Gasior	Poland	22.25	23	7
24	Ioannis Kalargaris	Greece	22.29	20	4
25	Jacinto de Jesus Ayala	Dominican Republic	22.31	20	8	NR
25	Flori Lang	Switzerland	22.31	21	2
27	Alexandre Agostinho	Portugal	22.36	22	9	NR
28	Alexei Puninski	Croatia	22.37	18	7
29	Elvis Burrows	Bahamas	22.39	17	5	NR
30	Jernej Godec	Slovenia	22.41	21	8
31	Norbert Trandafir	Romania	22.50	20	2
32	Ranmaru Harada	Japan	22.51	19	1
32	Apostolos Tsagkarakis	Greece	22.51	20	3
34	Nabil Kebbab	Algeria	22.54	21	0
35	Paulius Viktoravicius	Lithuania	22.55	16	8
36	Kaan Tayla	Turkey	22.57	19	7
36	Lü Zhiwu	China	22.57	20	5
38	Vlad Razvan Caciuc	Romania	22.59	19	4
39	Yoris Grandjean	Belgium	22.62	23	1
40	Adam Brown	Great Britain	22.64	22	0
41	Makoto Ito	Japan	22.66	23	8
42	Terrence Haynes	Barbados	22.70	18	8	NR
43	Paulo Santos	Portugal	22.74	20	1
44	Virdhawal Khade	India	22.79	20	9
45	Brett Fraser	Cayman Islands	22.80	13	1
46	Cai Li	China	22.81	22	1
47	Dmytro Cherkasov	Ukraine	22.86	18	4
48	Juan Cambindo Romanos	Colombia	22.87	18	6
49	Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or	Israel	22.90	17	2
50	Roman Kucik	Slovakia	22.91	15	3
50	Mindaugas Sadauskas	Lithuania	22.91	17	1
52	Michal Navara	Slovakia	22.93	15	7
53	Andrejs Dūda	Latvia	22.95	13	3	NR
54	Andrei Radzionau	Belarus	22.98	19	5
55	Roberto Gómez	Venezuela	22.99	16	3
56	Aurelien Kunzi	Switzerland	23.00	19	3
57	Andrii Govorov	Ukraine	23.05	17	9
58	Roy-Allan Burch	Bermuda	23.10	16	5
58	Jani Rusi	Finland	23.10	20	0
60	Crox Acuña	Venezuela	23.13	16	2
60	Joel Greenshields	Canada	23.13	19	2
62	Stanislav Kuzmin	Kazakhstan	23.15	18	3
62	Oliver Elliot Banados	Chile	23.15	19	8
64	Pasha Vahdati Rad	Iran	23.21	13	5
65	Raúl Martínez Colomer	Puerto Rico	23.28	16	6
66	Martyn Forde	Barbados	23.30	18	1
66	Martin Spitzer	Austria	23.30	18	9
68	Daniil Tulupov	Uzbekistan	23.32	16	4
68	Daniel Coakley	Philippines	23.32	19	6
70	Cheah Geoffrey Robin	Hong Kong	23.35	17	6
71	Dominik Koll	Austria	23.42	15	6
72	Vladimir Sidorkin	Estonia	23.43	17	7
73	Martín Kutscher	Uruguay	23.44	19	0
74	Mohammad Bidarian	Iran	23.49	13	0
74	Hycinth Cijntje	Netherlands Antilles	23.49	15	1
74	Conor Leaney	Ireland	23.49	16	9
77	Danil Haustov	Estonia	23.58	15	9
77	Artur Dilman	Kazakhstan	23.58	16	1
79	José Alberto Montoya	Costa Rica	23.63	14	1	NR
80	Nicholas Thomson	Bermuda	23.64	12	9
80	Grant Beahan	Zimbabwe	23.64	15	8
82	Yan Ho Chun	Hong Kong	23.68	17	8
83	Raphaël Stacchiotti	Luxembourg	23.69	17	3
84	Mohammed Madouh	Kuwait	23.74	19	9
85	Mario Montoya	Costa Rica	23.75	14	2
86	Hajder Ensar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.77	11	0
86	Sidni Hoxha	Albania	23.77	17	4
88	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	23.78	9	7
88	Miguel Nesrala	Dominican Republic	23.78	13	8
90	Carlos Viveros Madariaga	Colombia	23.79	12	5
90	Rodion Davelaar	Netherlands Antilles	23.79	14	6
92	Foo Jian Beng	Malaysia	23.80	16	7
93	Kouam Amine	Morocco	23.85	15	4
94	Brad Hamilton	Jamaica	23.87	11	4
95	Lao Kuan Fong	Macau	23.89	14	4
96	Matar Samb	Senegal	23.90	13	4
97	Marcelo Alejandro Alba	Bolivia	23.91	13	2	NR
98	Vasilii Danilov	Kyrgyzstan	23.93	18	0
99	Mikayel Koloyan	Armenia	23.96	15	0
100	Yellow Yeiyah	Nigeria	23.99	11	8
101	Kendrick Uy	Philippines	24.01	15	5
102	Su Shirong Jeffrey	Singapore	24.08	15	2
102	Arwut Chinnapasaen	Thailand	24.08	17	0
104	Kareem Ennab	Jordan	24.15	12	4
105	Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane	Senegal	24.16	12	2
106	Lim Clement	Singapore	24.18	13	6
107	Luke Hall	Eswatini	24.23	12	7
108	Petr Romashkin	Uzbekistan	24.27	14	3
109	Glenn Victor Sutanto	Indonesia	24.34	12	3
110	Zane Jordan	Zambia	24.35	11	7
111	Arjun Jayaprakash	India	24.37	12	6
112	Jonathan Wong	Jamaica	24.40	10	8
113	Harutyun Harutyunyan	Armenia	24.50	13	7
114	Abbas Raad	Lebanon	24.52	14	7
115	Timothy Ferris	Zimbabwe	24.56	14	0
116	Sergej Naumovski	Macedonia	24.57	1	5
117	Fernando Castellanos	Guatemala	24.58	10	5
118	Joshua Mc Leod	Trinidad and Tobago	24.59	12	0
119	Juan Carlos Sikaffy Diaz	Honduras	24.61	11	3
119	Iuri Iazadji	Moldova	24.61	16	0
121	Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	24.62	10	3
121	Anthony Clark	Tahiti	24.62	11	5
123	Saeed Al Jesmi	United Arab Emirates	24.64	13	9
124	Rony Bakale	Congo	24.71	11	2
125	Julien Brice	Saint Lucia	24.80	9	5
126	Alexander Ray	Namibia	24.82	9	8
127	Humoud Alhumoud	Kuwait	24.84	14	5
128	Niall Christopher Roberts	Guyana	24.96	11	9
129	Kailan Staal	Northern Mariana Islands	25.06	9	6	NR
130	Andrey Molchanov	Turkmenistan	25.09	10	9
131	Wael Koubrousli	Lebanon	25.16	18	2
132	Kari Joannesarson Hoevdanum	Faroe Islands	25.18	2	3
133	Moh'D Aqelah	Jordan	25.22	11	6
134	Patricio Vera	Mozambique	25.24	8	1
135	Daniel Kevin Pryke	Papua New Guinea	25.28	8	3
136	Ivo Chilaule	Mozambique	25.32	9	3
136	Heshan Bandara Unamboowe	Sri Lanka	25.32	10	6
138	Eli Ebenezer Wong	Northern Mariana Islands	25.34	8	4
139	Omar Jasam	Bahrain	25.35	12	1
140	Jean Hugues Gregoire	Mauritius	25.42	8	7
141	Nicholas Coard	Grenada	25.43	8	8
142	Andrea Agius	Malta	25.45	8	9
143	Adama Ouedraogo	Burkina Faso	25.48	1	3
144	Oriol Cunat	Andorra	25.49	6	4
144	Shane Mangroo	Seychelles	25.49	8	6
146	Peter Popahun Pokawin	Papua New Guinea	25.53	7	4
147	Ronny Vencatachellum	Mauritius	25.55	7	1
147	Fernando Medrano	Nicaragua	25.55	8	5
149	Erik Rajohnson	Madagascar	25.56	11	1
150	Diguan Pigot	Suriname	25.59	6	9
151	Rainui Teriipaia	French Polynesia	25.68	10	4
152	Nather Ahmed AlHamoud	Saudi Arabia	25.75	14	9
153	Kerson Hadley	Micronesia	25.84	4	0
154	Jesse Nilon	Samoa	25.90	7	7
155	Edward Caruana Dingli	Malta	25.93	9	9
156	Gary Pineda	Guatemala	25.98	7	9
156	Sergey Krovyakov	Turkmenistan	25.98	10	0
158	Fabian Gregory Binns	Guyana	25.99	3	9
159	Mark Paul Thompson	Zambia	26.06	7	6
160	Carlos Alberto	Angola	26.10	7	3
160	Esau Simpson	Grenada	26.10	9	0
162	Jean-Luc Augier	Saint Lucia	26.17	7	0
163	Siu Kent Chung	Brunei	26.19	7	5
164	Ibrahim Maliki	Niger	26.26	2	0
164	Douglas Miller	Fiji	26.26	5	8
166	Florenc Llanaj	Albania	26.36	10	1
167	Tural Abbasov	Azerbaijan	26.40	7	2
168	Ganzi Mugula	Uganda	26.42	5	7
169	Elaijie Erasito	Fiji	26.48	7	8
170	Quenton Dupont	Eswatini	26.49	6	7
171	Batsaikhan Dulguun	Mongolia	26.54	9	4
172	Ahmed Salam Ali Al-Dulaimi	Iraq	26.80	3	6
173	Jake Villarreal	Marshall Islands	26.88	6	3
174	Shawn Brady	Marshall Islands	27.03	6	6
175	Saif Alaslam Saeed Al-Saadi	Iraq	27.29	3	2
176	Narantsog Tsogjargal	Mongolia	27.47	5	3
177	Hem Thon Ponloeu	Cambodia	27.51	6	2
178	Fahad Alqooz	Bahrain	27.59	4	4
179	Shailesh Shumsher Rana	Nepal	27.62	5	4
180	Inayath Hassan	Maldives	27.68	5	1
181	Ron Roucou	Seychelles	27.72	8	2
182	Nadir Elmofti	Libya	27.83	6	1
182	Mohamed Mujahid	Maldives	27.83	6	8
184	Prasiddha Jung Shah	Nepal	27.86	6	5
185	Dionisio Augustine II	Micronesia	27.87	3	4
186	Maung Htet Zin	Myanmar	27.96	5	2
187	Jules Yao Bessan	Benin	27.99	1	2
188	Wei Ching Maou	American Samoa	28.14	5	0
189	Abib Sereme	Mali	28.48	1	6
190	Barouf Ali	Comoros	28.53	10	2
191	Petero Okotai	Cook Islands	28.70	4	5
192	Gil Alexandre Koy	Central African Republic	28.93	2	7
193	Rama Leray Christ-Alex	Burundi	28.94	6	0
194	Esebei Doran	Palau	28.99	3	3
195	Sedarath Sao	Cambodia	29.07	5	9
196	Samson Makere	Tanzania	29.31	2	8
197	Alisher Chingizov	Tajikistan	29.46	5	5
198	Mohamed Coulibaly	Mali	29.60	2	4
198	Koang Gatkos Gor	Ethiopia	29.60	4	3
200	Salum Mapunda	Tanzania	29.72	4	6
200	Kwizera Cedric	Burundi	29.72	5	6
202	Boubacar Alou Moussa	Niger	30.19	3	1
203	Christian Nassif	Central African Republic	30.56	1	4
204	Abdoulkader Houssein	Djibouti	30.71	4	1
205	Kokou Messan Amegashie	Togo	31.41	3	8
206	Robert Scanlan	American Samoa	31.56	4	8
207	Saido Kamilov	Tajikistan	32.32	3	5
208	Alberto Papus de Meideros	Benin	32.54	1	7
209	Mohamed Ahmed Lebyadh	Mauritania	1:02.51	4	7
—	Mpunga Mboyo Landry	DR Congo	DNS	2	1
—	Aleksandar Jeremic	Macedonia	DNS	2	2
—	Reginald Douglas	Saint Kitts and Nevis	DNS	2	5
—	Abu Bakarr Jalloh	Sierra Leone	DNS	2	6
—	Gibrilla Bamba	Sierra Leone	DNS	3	0
—	Houmed Hassan Ali	Djibouti	DNS	3	7
—	Modou Gaye	Mauritania	DNS	4	2
—	Lansana Sidibe	Guinea	DNS	4	9
—	Richard Randrianandraina	Madagascar	DNS	10	7
—	Attoumani Aboudou	Comoros	DNS	12	8
—	Jakob Andkjær	Denmark	DNS	21	9
—	Yevgeny Lagunov	Russia	DNS	22	7
—	Kalugala Vithanage	Sri Lanka	DQ	8	0

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	Frédérick Bousquet	France	21.21	2	5	CR
2	Duje Draganja	Croatia	21.29	1	6
3	Amaury Leveaux	France	21.32	1	3
4	César Cielo Filho	Brazil	21.35	2	4
5	Cullen Jones	United States	21.40	1	2	NR
6	Stefan Nystrand	Sweden	21.45	1	4	NR
7	Nathan Adrian	United States	21.46	2	3
8	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	21.65	1	5
8	Krisztián Takács	Hungary	21.65	2	6
10	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	21.69	2	1
11	Konrad Czerniak	Poland	21.72	1	7
11	Graeme Moore	South Africa	21.72	1	8
13	Brent Hayden	Canada	21.73	2	8	NR
14	Matthew Abood	Australia	21.74	2	7
15	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	21.78	2	2
16	David Dunford	Kenya	21.89	1	1	NR

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Lane	Notes
1	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	21.20	4	CR, NR
2	Krisztián Takács	Hungary	21.42	5	NR

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Lane	Notes
	César Cielo Filho	Brazil	21.08	6	CR, AM
	Frédérick Bousquet	France	21.21	4
	Amaury Leveaux	France	21.25	3
4	Duje Draganja	Croatia	21.38	5
5	Cullen Jones	United States	21.47	2
6	Nathan Adrian	United States	21.49	1
7	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	21.51	8
8	Stefan Nystrand	Sweden	21.53	7

• "13th FINA World Championships: Men's 50m Freestyle: Heats: Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-15.
• "13th FINA World Championships: Men's 50m Freestyle: Semifinals: Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-06.
• "13th FINA World Championships: Men's 50m Freestyle: Swim-off: Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-06.
• "13th FINA World Championships: Men's 50m Freestyle: Final: Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-04.