2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle

None Men's 50 metre freestyle 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Manchester Arena Manchester, England 10 April (heats and semis)11 April (final) 108 74 20.81 swimming Duje Draganja CRO Mark Foster GBR Gerhard Zandberg RSA 2006 2010 thumb|110px|Official video The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 April 2008 at the Manchester Arena. The event was won by the defending champion Croatian Duje Draganja in a new world record time of 20.81 seconds, breaking the previous mark set by Sweden's Stefan Nystrand six months earlier by 0.12 seconds. Swimming in lane 1 in the final, Draganja also broke the championship record of 21.31 set by Cullen Jones of the United States in Shanghai in 2006. Great Britain's Mark Foster won the silver medal, finishing a half a second behind Draganja while Gerhard Zandberg of South Africa finished third in 21.33.World Short Course Championships: Flash! Duje Draganja Defends 50 Free Title With World Record https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/world-short-course-championships-flash-duje-draganja-defends-50-free-title-with-world-record/ Swimming World 11 April 2018 26 August 2018 Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.Heat results of the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001080E0016000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 FINA 10 April 2018 pdf Name Nation Time Location Date World record Stefan Nystrand 20.93 Berlin 18 November 2007 Championship record Cullen Jones 21.31 Shanghai 6 April 2006 Results Heats Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 12 8 Bryan Lundquist 21.44 Q 2 13 4 Mark Foster swimmer 21.60 Q 3 6 1 Ryan Lochte 21.61 Q 4 14 4 Duje Draganja 21.67 Q 5 =5 12 6 Grant Brits 21.77 Q 14 1 Nabil Kebbab 7 14 8 Jernej Godec 21.81 Q 8 12 1 Eduardo Lorente 21.88 Q 9 9 5 David Dunford 21.89 Q 10 =10 11 3 Jason Dunford 21.92 Q 13 5 George Bovell 12 12 4 Gerhard Zandberg 21.98 Q 13 14 2 José Meolans 22.00 Q 14 10 2 Matthew Tutty 22.03 Q 15 =15 12 5 Salim Iles 22.06 Q 14 5 Fernando Silva swimmer 17 12 2 Robert Lijesen 22.11 18 12 3 Mario Todorović 22.20 19 13 2 Kaan Tayla 22.21 20 13 7 Johannes Dietrich 22.23 21 14 7 Flori Lang 22.24 22 13 3 Shaun Harris swimmer 22.25 23 =23 13 6 Cameron Gibson 22.32 14 3 Matti Rajakylä 25 10 3 Eduardo Deboni 22.34 26 11 8 Kenrick Monk 22.37 27 9 4 Ľuboš Križko 22.38 28 14 6 Andrey Grechin 22.44 29 9 1 Daisuke Abe 22.56 30 10 8 Andrey Kapralov 22.61 31 11 7 Alexandre Agostinho 22.64 32 10 4 Matías Aguilera 22.70 33 11 1 Paulo Santos swimmer 22.79 34 =34 9 3 Markus Deibler 22.87 10 6 Raichin Antonov 36 11 2 Basil Kaaki 22.93 37 12 7 Huang Shaohua 22.94 38 11 6 Bryan Tay 22.97 39 5 1 Brett Fraser 23.08 40 9 8 Ankur Poseria 23.12 41 10 1 Mohammad Bidarian 23.14 42 8 1 Mohamed Mamdouh swimmer 23.19 43 10 7 Abdel El-Badrawy 23.25 44 8 6 Charles Walker swimmer 23.30 45 10 5 Lao Kuan Fong 23.31 46 9 7 Eren Onurlu 23.59 47 9 6 Mikael Koloyan 23.62 48 13 1 Lü Zhiwu 23.89 49 9 2 Yuan Ping 23.90 50 8 3 Kaspar Raigla 23.93 51 7 3 Joao Matias swimmer 23.94 52 1 4 Nicko Biondi Ricardo 23.96 53 8 8 Harutyun Harutyunyan 24.00 54 =54 7 2 Kieran Locke 24.03 8 5 Emin Noshadi 56 7 5 Emile Bakale 24.16 57 6 5 Zane Jordan 24.35 58 8 4 Chakyl Camal 24.41 59 8 7 Gael Adam 24.45 60 7 8 Fernando Medrano Fernando Medrano (swimmer) 24.50 61 7 6 Luke Hall swimmer 24.59 62 7 1 Teymur Guliyev swimmer 24.77 63 4 6 Naji Ferguson 24.80 64 5 5 Sidni Hoxha 24.86 65 6 4 Heshan Unamboowe 24.88 66 6 6 Radhames Kalaf 24.90 67 5 3 Daryl Harford 24.95 68 6 7 Julien Brice 24.96 69 6 2 Loai Tashkandi 24.98 70 4 5 Sikandar Khan swimmer 25.03 71 4 7 Bilal Achelhi 25.05 72 6 3 Jonathan Wong swimmer 25.07 73 =73 5 2 Hazem Tashkandi 25.14 6 8 Aldi Gugushka 75 4 4 Andreý Molçanow 25.23 76 5 4 Jean-Luc Augier 25.29 77 4 1 Andryein Tamir 25.32 78 4 3 Chong Cheok Kuan 25.43 79 4 2 Shahbaz Khan swimmer 25.50 80 5 8 Mduduzi Xaba 25.60 81 5 6 Jamie Zammitt 25.67 82 3 7 Sergeý Krowýakow 25.75 83 2 6 Kerson Hadley 25.80 84 5 7 Peter Lynch swimmer 26.03 85 3 4 Boldbaatar Butekhuils 26.34 86 7 7 Tural Abbasov 26.39 87 3 6 John Kamyuka 26.40 88 3 3 Sofyan El Gadi Libya 1977 26.59 89 3 5 Majed Tawil 26.72 90 3 2 Abdel Adams Ouattara Tegue 26.74 91 4 8 Kouassi Brou 26.99 92 2 2 Ashraf Hassan 27.70 93 3 8 Fouad Alatrash 28.10 94 3 1 Gilbert Kaburu 28.49 95 2 1 Biko Molteni 30.92 96 1 6 Jacob Yohana 34.21 97 1 3 Yellow Yeiyah 99.98 DNS Did not start 1 5 Abib Sereme 2 3 Rene Jacob Yougbara 2 5 Modou Gaye Mauritania 1959 2 7 Abu Bakarr Jalloh 2 8 Adama Ouedraogo 7 4 Artiom Gladun 8 2 Gleb Cocorin 11 4 Alessandro Calvi 13 8 Michele Santucci 107 2 4 Petero Okotai 99.99 DSQ Disqualified 11 5 Danil Bugakov Semifinals The semifinals were held at 19:53.Semifinal results of the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001080E001F000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 FINA 10 April 2018 pdf Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Mark Foster swimmer 21.32 Q 2 2 1 José Meolans 21.43 Q 3 2 5 Ryan Lochte 21.46 Q 4 2 4 Bryan Lundquist 21.55 Q 5 2 3 Grant Brits 21.57 Q 6 2 6 Jernej Godec 21.58 Q 7 1 5 Duje Draganja 21.63 Q 8 1 7 Gerhard Zandberg 21.72 Q 9 =9 1 3 Nabil Kebbab 21.77 2 7 George Bovell 11 2 8 Salim Iles 21.80 12 2 2 David Dunford 21.85 13 1 1 Matthew Tutty 21.90 14 =14 1 8 Fernando Silva swimmer 21.97 1 6 Eduardo Lorente 1 2 Jason Dunford Finals The final was held at 20:50.Final results of the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001080E003B000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 FINA 11 April 2018 pdf Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Duje Draganja 20.81 swimming 4 Mark Foster swimmer 21.31 8 Gerhard Zandberg 21.33 4 3 Ryan Lochte 21.44 5 5 José Meolans 21.48 6 2 Grant Brits 21.68 7 7 Jernej Godec 21.74 8 6 Bryan Lundquist 21.77 References Freestyle 0050 metre, men's Freestyle 0050 metre, men's World Short Course Swimming Championships FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)