Swimming_at_the_1991_World_Aquatics_Championships_–_Men's_50_metre_freestyle
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships were held on January 12, 1991.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
More information World record, Competition record ...
| World record |  Tom Jager (USA) | 21.81 | Nashville, United States | 24 March 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | Tom Jager (USA) | 22.49 | Madrid, Spain | 1986 |
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Heats
The heats will be held on 12 January at 10:21.[1]
More information Rank, Heat ...
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Matt Biondi |  United States | 22.42 | CR |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Tom Jager | United States | 22.56 | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Dano Halsall |  Switzerland | 22.77 | |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Darren Lange |  Australia | 22.90 | |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Gennadiy Prigoda |  Soviet Union | 22.91 | |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Vladimir Tkachenko | Soviet Union | 22.98 | |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Lars-Ove Jansson |  Sweden | 22.99 | |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Andrew Baildon | Australia | 23.00 | |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Stéphan Caron |  France | 23.01 | |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Christophe Kalfayan | France | 23.09 | |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Göran Titus | Sweden | 23.20 | |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Christian Tröger |  Germany | 23.28 | |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Franz Mortensen |  Denmark | 23.29 | |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Ron Dekker |  Netherlands | 23.29 | |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Gustavo Borges |  Brazil | 23.38 | |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Paulo Manuel Trindade |  Portugal | 23.47 | |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Stéfan Voléry | Switzerland | 23.51 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Austyn Shortman |  Great Britain | 23.53 | |
| 19 | 4 | 6 | Nick Sanders |  New Zealand | 23.55 | |
| 20 | 6 | 6 | Dean Kondziolka |  Canada | 23.59 | |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Erd Cabafi |  Yugoslavia | 23.61 | |
| 22 | 5 | 1 | Feng Qiangbiao |  China | 23.64 | |
| 23 | 6 | 8 | Rodrigo González |  Mexico | 23.70 | |
| 24 | 6 | 1 | Shen Jianqiang | China | 23.75 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Richard Granneman | Netherlands | 23.80 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Yoav Bruck |  Israel | 23.86 | |
| 27 | 4 | 8 | Michael Wright |  Hong Kong | 23.93 | |
| 28 | 2 | 6 | Béla Szabados |  Hungary | 24.01 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Jarl Inge Melberg |  Norway | 24.20 | |
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Richard Bera |  Indonesia | 24.21 | |
| 30 | 3 | 6 | Yves Clausse |  Luxembourg | 24.21 | |
| 32 | 3 | 1 | Todd Torres |  Puerto Rico | 24.24 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Janne Vermasheinä |  Finland | 24.31 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Allan Murray |  Bahamas | 24.49 | |
| 35 | 2 | 2 | Gan Kheng Hui |  Singapore | 24.51 | |
| 36 | 2 | 3 | José Gutiérrez | Mexico | 24.54 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Patrick Sagisi |  Guam | 24.58 | |
| 38 | 2 | 1 | Maciej Soszyński |  Poland | 24.67 | |
| 39 | 1 | 6 | Wisnu Wardhana | Indonesia | 25.25 | |
| 40 | 2 | 7 | Sofiane Benchekor |  Algeria | 25.43 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Yeo Wie Jin | Singapore | 25.48 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Chen Chun-hung |  Chinese Taipei | 25.52 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | Ray Flores | Guam | 26.35 | |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Michele Piva |  San Marino | 26.46 | |
| 45 | 1 | 8 | Roberto Pellandra | San Marino | 26.68 | |
| 46 | 1 | 1 | Lok Hei |  Macau | 26.76 | |
| 3 | 4 | Emanuel Nascimento | Brazil | DNS | ||
| 4 | 4 | Nils Rudolph | Germany | DNS |
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Finals
Final B
More information Rank, Lane ...
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | Christophe Kalfayan | France | 22.94 | |
| 10 | 3 | Göran Titus | Sweden | 23.06 | |
| 11 | 4 | Stéphan Caron | France | 23.11 | |
| 12 | 1 | Gustavo Borges | Brazil | 23.15 | |
| 13 | 6 | Christian Tröger | Germany | 23.18 | |
| 14 | 2 | Franz Mortensen | Denmark | 23.29 | |
| 15 | 7 | Ron Dekker | Netherlands | 23.39 | |
| 16 | 8 | Paulo Manuel Trindade | Portugal | 23.48 |
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Final A
More information Rank, Lane ...
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Tom Jager | United States | 22.16 | CR |
 | 4 | Matt Biondi | United States | 22.26 | |
 | 2 | Gennadiy Prigoda | Soviet Union | 22.62 | |
| 4 | 1 | Lars-Ove Jansson | Sweden | 22.75 | |
| 4 | 7 | Vladimir Tkachenko | Soviet Union | 22.75 | |
| 6 | 3 | Dano Halsall | Switzerland | 22.83 | |
| 7 | 8 | Andrew Baildon | Australia | 22.87 | |
| 8 | 6 | Darren Lange | Australia | 22.88 |
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