2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Men's 50m Freestyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
FRAFrance | Florent Manaudou | 21.34 | |
USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 21.54 | |
BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 21.59 | |
| 4 | BRABrazil | Bruno Fratus | 21.61 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Anthony Ervin | 21.78 |
| 6 | RSASouth Africa | Roland Schoeman | 21.80 |
| 7 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | 21.82 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Eamon Sullivan | 21.98 |
| 9 | RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 21.92 |
| 10 | RUSRussia | Andrey Grechin | 21.98 |
| 11 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 22.00 |
| 12 | HUNHungary | Krisztián Takács | 22.01 |
| 13 | ITAItaly | Luca Dotto | 22.09 |
| 14 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 22.12 |
| 14 | UKRUkraine | Andrii Govorov | 22.12 |
| 16 | ROURomania | Norbert Trandafir | 22.30 |
| 17 | SWESweden | Stefan Nystrand | 22.32 |
| 18 | FRAFrance | Amaury Leveaux | 22.35 |
| 19 | ITAItaly | Marco Orsi | 22.36 |
| 20 | GBRGreat Britain | Adam Brown | 22.39 |
| 21 | RUSRussia | Sergey Fesikov | 22.42 |
| 22 | BELBelgium | Jasper Aerents | 22.43 |
| 23 | CUBCuba | Hanser Garcia | 22.45 |
| 24 | BERBermuda | Roy Burch | 22.47 |
| 25 | FINFinland | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | 22.57 |
| 26 | CHNChina | Shi Yang | 22.64 |
| 27 | KENKenya | David Dunford | 22.72 |
| 28 | CROCroatia | Mario Todorovic | 22.75 |
| 29 | IRLIreland | Barry Murphy | 22.76 |
| 30 | GREGreece | Ioannis Kalargaris | 22.80 |
| 31 | ISLIceland | Mar Arni Arnason | 22.81 |
| 32 | CAYCayman Islands | Brett Fraser | 22.91 |
| 33 | POLPoland | Kacper Majchrzak | 23.00 |
| 34 | EGYEgypt | Shehab Younis | 23.16 |
| 35 | ARGArgentina | Federico Grabich | 23.30 |
| 36 | SWZEswatini | Luke Hall | 23.48 |
| 37 | JORJordan | Kareem Ennab | 24.09 |
| 38 | MOZMozambique | Chakyl Camal | 24.43 |
| 39 | BANBangladesh | Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman | 24.64 |
| 40 | FSMFederated States of Micronesia | Kerson Hadley | 24.82 |
| 41 | BURBurkina Faso | Adama Ouedraogo | 25.26 |
| 41 | COKCook Islands | Tepaia Payne | 25.26 |
| 43 | CGORepublic of the Congo | Emile Bakale | 25.64 |
| 44 | CIVIvory Coast | Franck Olivier Brou Kouassi | 25.82 |
| 45 | VINSaint Vincent and Grenadines | Tolga Akcayli | 26.27 |
| 46 | MHLMarshall Islands | Giordan Harris | 26.88 |
| 47 | NEPNepal | Prasiddha Jung Shah | 26.93 |
| 48 | CAMCambodia | Ponlpeu Hemthon | 27.03 |
| 49 | DJIDjibouti | Osman Abdourahman Mohamed | 27.25 |
| 50 | SUDSudan | Mohamed Elkhedr | 27.26 |
| 51 | ASAAmerican Samoa | Ching Maou Wei | 27.30 |
| 52 | RWARwanda | Jackson Niyomugabo | 27.38 |
| 53 | UGAUganda | Ganzi Mugula | 27.58 |
| 54 | CMRCameroon | Edingue Ekane | 27.87 |
| 55 | CAFCentral African Republic | Christian Nassif | 28.04 |
| 56 | LAOLaos | Pathana Inthavong | 28.17 |
| 57 | ETHEthiopia | Mulualem Girma | 28.99 |
| 58 | BENBenin | Godonou Wilfrid Tevoedjre | 29.77 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | CAFCentral African Republic | Christian Nassif | 28.04 |
| 2 | LAOLaos | Pathana Inthavong | 28.17 |
| 3 | BENBenin | Godonou Wilfrid Tevoedjre | 29.77 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | 21.77 |
| 2 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 21.80 |
| 3 | BRABrazil | Bruno Fratus | 21.82 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Anthony Ervin | 21.83 |
| 5 | RSASouth Africa | Roland Schoeman | 21.92 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 21.95 |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Florent Manaudou | 22.09 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Andrey Grechin | 22.09 |
| 7 | UKRUkraine | Andrii Govorov | 22.09 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 22.11 |
| 11 | ITAItaly | Luca Dotto | 22.12 |
| 11 | RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 22.12 |
| 13 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 22.15 |
| 14 | HUNHungary | Krisztián Takács | 22.19 |
| 15 | ROURomania | Norbert Trandafir | 22.22 |
| 16 | AUSAustralia | Eamon Sullivan | 22.27 |
| 17 | SWESweden | Stefan Nystrand | 22.32 |
| 18 | FRAFrance | Amaury Leveaux | 22.35 |
| 19 | ITAItaly | Marco Orsi | 22.36 |
| 20 | GBRGreat Britain | Adam Brown | 22.39 |
| 21 | RUSRussia | Sergey Fesikov | 22.42 |
| 22 | BELBelgium | Jasper Aerents | 22.43 |
| 23 | CUBCuba | Hanser Garcia | 22.45 |
| 24 | BERBermuda | Roy Burch | 22.47 |
| 25 | FINFinland | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | 22.57 |
| 26 | CHNChina | Shi Yang | 22.64 |
| 27 | KENKenya | David Dunford | 22.72 |
| 28 | CROCroatia | Mario Todorovic | 22.75 |
| 29 | IRLIreland | Barry Murphy | 22.76 |
| 30 | GREGreece | Ioannis Kalargaris | 22.80 |
| 31 | ISLIceland | Mar Arni Arnason | 22.81 |
| 32 | CAYCayman Islands | Brett Fraser | 22.91 |
| 33 | POLPoland | Kacper Majchrzak | 23.00 |
| 34 | EGYEgypt | Shehab Younis | 23.16 |
| 35 | ARGArgentina | Federico Grabich | 23.30 |
| 36 | SWZEswatini | Luke Hall | 23.48 |
| 37 | JORJordan | Kareem Ennab | 24.09 |
| 38 | MOZMozambique | Chakyl Camal | 24.43 |
| 39 | BANBangladesh | Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman | 24.64 |
| 40 | FSMFederated States of Micronesia | Kerson Hadley | 24.82 |
| 41 | BURBurkina Faso | Adama Ouedraogo | 25.26 |
| 41 | COKCook Islands | Tepaia Payne | 25.26 |
| 43 | CGORepublic of the Congo | Emile Bakale | 25.64 |
| 44 | CIVIvory Coast | Franck Olivier Brou Kouassi | 25.82 |
| 45 | VINSaint Vincent and Grenadines | Tolga Akcayli | 26.27 |
| 46 | MHLMarshall Islands | Giordan Harris | 26.88 |
| 47 | NEPNepal | Prasiddha Jung Shah | 26.93 |
| 48 | CAMCambodia | Ponlpeu Hemthon | 27.03 |
| 49 | DJIDjibouti | Osman Abdourahman Mohamed | 27.25 |
| 50 | SUDSudan | Mohamed Elkhedr | 27.26 |
| 51 | ASAAmerican Samoa | Ching Maou Wei | 27.30 |
| 52 | RWARwanda | Jackson Niyomugabo | 27.38 |
| 53 | UGAUganda | Ganzi Mugula | 27.58 |
| 54 | CMRCameroon | Edingue Ekane | 27.87 |
| 55 | CAFCentral African Republic | Christian Nassif | 28.04 |
| 56 | LAOLaos | Pathana Inthavong | 28.17 |
| 57 | ETHEthiopia | Mulualem Girma | 28.99 |
| 58 | BENBenin | Godonou Wilfrid Tevoedjre | 29.77 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | FRAFrance | Florent Manaudou | 21.34 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 21.54 |
| 3 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 21.59 |
| 4 | BRABrazil | Bruno Fratus | 21.61 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Anthony Ervin | 21.78 |
| 6 | RSASouth Africa | Roland Schoeman | 21.80 |
| 7 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | 21.82 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Eamon Sullivan | 21.98 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | BRABrazil | Bruno Fratus | 21.63 |
| 2 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | 21.77 |
| 3 | FRAFrance | Florent Manaudou | 21.80 |
| 4 | RSASouth Africa | Roland Schoeman | 21.88 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Andrey Grechin | 21.98 |
| 6 | ITAItaly | Luca Dotto | 22.09 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 22.12 |
| 8 | ROURomania | Norbert Trandafir | 22.30 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 21.54 |
| 1 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 21.54 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Anthony Ervin | 21.62 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Eamon Sullivan | 21.88 |
| 5 | RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 21.92 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 22.00 |
| 7 | HUNHungary | Krisztián Takács | 22.01 |
| 8 | UKRUkraine | Andrii Govorov | 22.12 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 21.54 |
| 1 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 21.54 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Anthony Ervin | 21.62 |
| 4 | BRABrazil | Bruno Fratus | 21.63 |
| 5 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | 21.77 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Florent Manaudou | 21.80 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Eamon Sullivan | 21.88 |
| 7 | RSASouth Africa | Roland Schoeman | 21.88 |
| 9 | RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 21.92 |
| 10 | RUSRussia | Andrey Grechin | 21.98 |
| 11 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 22.00 |
| 12 | HUNHungary | Krisztián Takács | 22.01 |
| 13 | ITAItaly | Luca Dotto | 22.09 |
| 14 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 22.12 |
| 14 | UKRUkraine | Andrii Govorov | 22.12 |
| 16 | ROURomania | Norbert Trandafir | 22.30 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 15 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Suspended |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 14 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Suspended |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 13 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Canceled |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Canceled |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Canceled |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Canceled |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Canceled |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 21.80 |
| 2 | BRABrazil | Bruno Fratus | 21.82 |
| 3 | FRAFrance | Florent Manaudou | 22.09 |
| 4 | ITAItaly | Luca Dotto | 22.12 |
| 4 | RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 22.12 |
| 6 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 22.15 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Sergey Fesikov | 22.42 |
| 8 | GREGreece | Ioannis Kalargaris | 22.80 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | RSASouth Africa | Roland Schoeman | 21.92 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 21.95 |
| 3 | UKRUkraine | Andrii Govorov | 22.09 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 22.11 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Eamon Sullivan | 22.27 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Amaury Leveaux | 22.35 |
| 7 | ITAItaly | Marco Orsi | 22.36 |
| 8 | FINFinland | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | 22.57 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | 21.77 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Anthony Ervin | 21.83 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Andrey Grechin | 22.09 |
| 4 | HUNHungary | Krisztián Takács | 22.19 |
| 5 | ROURomania | Norbert Trandafir | 22.22 |
| 6 | SWESweden | Stefan Nystrand | 22.32 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Adam Brown | 22.39 |
| 8 | CUBCuba | Hanser Garcia | 22.45 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | BELBelgium | Jasper Aerents | 22.43 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Shi Yang | 22.64 |
| 3 | KENKenya | David Dunford | 22.72 |
| 4 | CROCroatia | Mario Todorovic | 22.75 |
| 5 | ISLIceland | Mar Arni Arnason | 22.81 |
| 6 | CAYCayman Islands | Brett Fraser | 22.91 |
| 7 | POLPoland | Kacper Majchrzak | 23.00 |
| 8 | ARGArgentina | Federico Grabich | 23.30 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | BERBermuda | Roy Burch | 22.47 |
| 2 | IRLIreland | Barry Murphy | 22.76 |
| 3 | EGYEgypt | Shehab Younis | 23.16 |
| 4 | SWZEswatini | Luke Hall | 23.48 |
| 5 | JORJordan | Kareem Ennab | 24.09 |
| 6 | MOZMozambique | Chakyl Camal | 24.43 |
| 7 | BANBangladesh | Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman | 24.64 |
| 8 | COKCook Islands | Tepaia Payne | 25.26 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | FSMFederated States of Micronesia | Kerson Hadley | 24.82 |
| 2 | BURBurkina Faso | Adama Ouedraogo | 25.26 |
| 3 | CGORepublic of the Congo | Emile Bakale | 25.64 |
| 4 | CIVIvory Coast | Franck Olivier Brou Kouassi | 25.82 |
| 5 | VINSaint Vincent and Grenadines | Tolga Akcayli | 26.27 |
| 6 | MHLMarshall Islands | Giordan Harris | 26.88 |
| 7 | NEPNepal | Prasiddha Jung Shah | 26.93 |
| 8 | CAMCambodia | Ponlpeu Hemthon | 27.03 |
| Men's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | DJIDjibouti | Osman Abdourahman Mohamed | 27.25 |
| 2 | SUDSudan | Mohamed Elkhedr | 27.26 |
| 3 | ASAAmerican Samoa | Ching Maou Wei | 27.30 |
| 4 | RWARwanda | Jackson Niyomugabo | 27.38 |
| 5 | UGAUganda | Ganzi Mugula | 27.58 |
| 6 | CMRCameroon | Edingue Ekane | 27.87 |
| 7 | ETHEthiopia | Mulualem Girma | 28.99 |
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