Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The competition over 50 meters freestyle men at the 2012 Olympics in London was held on 2 and 3 August 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre. 58 athletes took part.
There were eight heats. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals, which were held on the same day. For the finale, the fastest eight swimmers qualified both semi-finals.
Abbreviations: WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record, NR = national record ER = European record, NAR = North America record, SAR = South America record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = Africa record, OZR = Ozeanienrekord
- 4.1 Run 1
- 4.2 Run 2
Existing Records
Title holders
Leader
Flow 1
August 2, 2012
Flow 2
August 2, 2012
Ching Wei qualified for the London Olympics, although there is on the Pacific island not a single competitive pool.
Forward 3
August 2, 2012
Forward 4
August 2, 2012
Forward 5
August 2, 2012
Supply 6
August 2, 2012
Supply 7
August 2, 2012
Flow 8
August 2, 2012
Semifinal
Run 1
August 2, 2012
Run 2
August 2, 2012
Final
August 3, 2012, 20:09 CET Clock
Florent Manaudou is the first Frenchman to over 50 meters freestyle Olympic champion.
Gallery
Silver medalist Cullen Jones ( USA) according to the Beijing Games
Defending champion Cesar Cielo (BRA ) wins bronze
Gretschin Andrei (RUS ) separates the semi-finals of
Brent Hayden ( CAN) fails in the semifinals
Amaury Leveaux ( FRA ), silver medalist of Beijing, fails in the flow