# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 13 – 14 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 20.30 | Pietermaritzburg | 8 August 2009 |
| Championship record | César Cielo | Brazil | 20.51 | Dubai | 17 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 16 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov (RUS) | 20.98 | Q |
| 2 | 17 | 4 | Florent Manaudou (FRA) | 21.06 | Q |
| 3 | 15 | 5 | Marco Orsi (ITA) | 21.36 | Q |
| 4 | 15 | 4 | George Bovell (TRI) | 21.39 | Q |
| 5 | 17 | 6 | Kenta Ito (JPN) | 21.49 | Q |
| 6 | 15 | 3 | Nicholas Santos (BRA) | 21.50 | |
| 6 | 17 | 5 | Anthony Ervin (USA) | 21.50 | Q |
| 8 | 17 | 3 | Federico Bocchia (ITA) | 21.51 | Q |
| 9 | 16 | 3 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (FIN) | 21.57 | Q |
| 10 | 17 | 1 | Cameron Simpson (NZL) | 21.62 | Q, NR |
| 11 | 16 | 5 | Konrad Czerniak (POL) | 21.64 | Q |
| 12 | 15 | 2 | François Heersbrandt (BEL) | 21.67 | Q |
| 13 | 15 | 6 | Shinri Shioura (JPN) | 21.68 | Q |
| 14 | 16 | 2 | Andrii Govorov (UKR) | 21.69 | Q |
| 15 | 16 | 1 | Josh Schneider (USA) | 21.70 | Q |
| 16 | 17 | 2 | Kyle Richardson (AUS) | 21.78 | Q |
| 17 | 16 | 7 | Amaury Leveaux (FRA) | 21.89 | Q |
| 18 | 14 | 0 | Peter Mankoč (SLO) | 21.95 | |
| 19 | 14 | 1 | Yauhen Tsurkin (BLR) | 21.96 | NR |
| 19 | 16 | 8 | Lü Zhiwu (CHN) | 21.96 | |
| 19 | 16 | 6 | Krisztián Takács (HUN) | 21.96 | |
| 22 | 12 | 8 | Luke Peddie (CAN) | 21.98 | |
| 23 | 2 | 9 | Mindaugas Sadauskas (LTU) | 22.01 | |
| 24 | 15 | 1 | Hanser García (CUB) | 22.04 | NR |
| 24 | 15 | 9 | Norbert Trandafir (ROU) | 22.04 | |
| 24 | 17 | 9 | Pjotr Degtjarov (EST) | 22.04 | |
| 27 | 15 | 8 | Joshua McLeod (TRI) | 22.12 | |
| 28 | 15 | 7 | Kemal Arda Gurdal (TUR) | 22.13 | |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Kristian Golomeev (GRE) | 22.14 | |
| 30 | 16 | 9 | Dominik Kozma (HUN) | 22.18 | |
| 31 | 15 | 0 | Shi Yang (CHN) | 22.19 | |
| 32 | 13 | 4 | Leith Shankland (RSA) | 22.21 | |
| 32 | 17 | 8 | Leonardo Alcover (BRA) | 22.21 | |
| 34 | 17 | 7 | Tomas Plevko (CZE) | 22.23 | |
| 35 | 13 | 9 | Guy Barnea (ISR) | 22.30 | |
| 36 | 14 | 4 | Iskender Baslakov (TUR) | 22.31 | |
| 37 | 2 | 6 | Arnel Dudic (BIH) | 22.38 | NR |
| 38 | 16 | 0 | Thomas Gossland (CAN) | 22.43 | |
| 39 | 14 | 8 | Viacheslav Prudnikov (RUS) | 22.48 | |
| 40 | 12 | 5 | Martin Verner (CZE) | 22.49 | |
| 41 | 14 | 7 | Ivan Levaj (CRO) | 22.53 | |
| 42 | 13 | 6 | Mihael Vukic (CRO) | 22.57 | |
| 43 | 14 | 6 | Oussama Sahnoune (ALG) | 22.62 | |
| 44 | 13 | 5 | Enzo Martinez Scarpe (URU) | 22.63 | |
| 45 | 13 | 8 | Daniel Ramirez Carranza (MEX) | 22.70 | |
| 46 | 13 | 3 | Matias Aguilera (ARG) | 22.73 | |
| 47 | 14 | 2 | Gabriel Melconian (URU) | 22.75 | |
| 48 | 12 | 3 | Hoang Quy Phuoc (VIE) | 22.90 | |
| 49 | 14 | 3 | Alon Mandel (ISR) | 22.92 | |
| 50 | 13 | 2 | Andrew Chetcuti (MLT) | 22.95 | NR |
| 51 | 2 | 7 | Mohammed Madouh (KUW) | 22.96 | NR |
| 52 | 14 | 9 | Joaquin Belza (ARG) | 23.02 | |
| 53 | 13 | 7 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC) | 23.05 | |
| 54 | 10 | 3 | Sean Gunn (ZIM) | 23.06 | |
| 55 | 13 | 1 | Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane (SEN) | 23.10 | |
| 56 | 12 | 1 | Khurshidjon Tursunov (UZB) | 23.14 | |
| 56 | 13 | 0 | Orri Freyr Gudmundsson (ISL) | 23.14 | |
| 58 | 10 | 6 | Emmanuel Crescimbeni (PER) | 23.16 | |
| 59 | 12 | 2 | Vahan Mkhitaryan (ARM) | 23.24 | |
| 60 | 11 | 4 | José Montoya (CRC) | 23.29 | |
| 61 | 11 | 2 | JP Engelbrecht (NAM) | 23.31 | NR |
| 62 | 12 | 0 | Jusuf Nikola Ustavdich Velez (PER) | 23.33 | |
| 63 | 12 | 4 | Chun Nam Derrick Ng (HKG) | 23.36 | |
| 64 | 10 | 8 | David Sikharulidze (GEO) | 23.37 | |
| 65 | 12 | 9 | Ramadhan Abdallah Vyombo (KEN) | 23.39 | |
| 66 | 9 | 4 | Esau Simpson (GRN) | 23.41 | |
| 67 | 10 | 0 | Jordan Augier (LCA) | 23.52 | NR |
| 67 | 11 | 7 | Omiros Zagkas (CYP) | 23.52 | |
| 69 | 12 | 7 | Stanislav Karnaukhov (KGZ) | 23.63 | |
| 70 | 10 | 7 | Ahmad Attellesey (LBA) | 23.71 | |
| 71 | 8 | 4 | Andrew Rutherfurd (BOL) | 23.74 | |
| 72 | 11 | 9 | Jose Emmanuel Lobo Martinez (PAR) | 23.75 | |
| 73 | 11 | 8 | Jemal Le Grand (ARU) | 23.79 | |
| 74 | 10 | 5 | Samson Opuakpo (NGR) | 23.82 | |
| 75 | 17 | 0 | Christopher Duenas (GUM) | 23.85 | |
| 76 | 9 | 7 | Nicholas Coard (GRN) | 23.88 | |
| 77 | 10 | 1 | Omar Yousif (BHR) | 23.90 | |
| 78 | 1 | 6 | Adrian Todd (BOT) | 23.92 | |
| 79 | 11 | 0 | Radhames Kalaf (DOM) | 24.02 | |
| 80 | 7 | 6 | Eliebenezer San Jose Wong (NMI) | 24.03 | |
| 81 | 2 | 8 | Mahfizur Rahman Sagor (BAN) | 24.10 | |
| 81 | 12 | 6 | Sarma Nair (IND) | 24.10 | |
| 83 | 9 | 3 | Lionel Khoo (SIN) | 24.12 | |
| 84 | 9 | 8 | Malick Fall (SEN) | 24.18 | |
| 85 | 8 | 2 | Stanford Gore Kawale (PNG) | 24.30 | |
| 86 | 9 | 9 | Ngou Pok Man (MAC) | 24.31 | |
| 87 | 7 | 0 | Christian Selby (BAR) | 24.32 | |
| 88 | 8 | 5 | Bradford Worrell (LCA) | 24.36 | |
| 88 | 11 | 3 | Mbeh Tanji (CMR) | 24.36 | |
| 90 | 8 | 3 | James Sanderson (GIB) | 24.37 | NR |
| 91 | 8 | 6 | Dulguun Batsaikhan (MGL) | 24.45 | |
| 92 | 6 | 6 | Paul Elaisa (FIJ) | 24.46 | |
| 93 | 9 | 5 | Hilal Hemed Hilal (TAN) | 24.52 | |
| 94 | 11 | 1 | Obaid Al-Jasmi (UAE) | 24.54 | |
| 95 | 5 | 5 | Oriol Cuñat (AND) | 24.56 | |
| 95 | 11 | 6 | Neil Himanshu Contractor (IND) | 24.56 | |
| 97 | 8 | 9 | Adam Viktora (SEY) | 24.57 | |
| 98 | 9 | 0 | Christian Nazario Nikles (BRU) | 24.74 | |
| 99 | 9 | 6 | Nuno Rola (ANG) | 24.80 | |
| 100 | 11 | 5 | Ahmed Salam Al-Dulaimi (IRQ) | 24.86 | |
| 101 | 7 | 2 | Fernando Medrano Medina (NCA) | 24.87 | |
| 102 | 9 | 1 | Zaur Arkaniya (AZE) | 24.92 | |
| 103 | 7 | 4 | Tepaia Zac Payne (COK) | 24.94 | |
| 104 | 7 | 1 | Mohammad Abdo (PLE) | 24.97 | |
| 105 | 8 | 1 | David van der Colff (BOT) | 25.02 | |
| 106 | 8 | 0 | Tory Michael Pragassa (KEN) | 25.12 | |
| 107 | 9 | 2 | Johnny Rivera (GUM) | 25.17 | |
| 108 | 1 | 5 | Mamadou Amara Soumare (MLI) | 25.27 | |
| 109 | 7 | 5 | Tolga Akcayli (VIN) | 25.36 | |
| 109 | 8 | 7 | Omar Mithqal (JOR) | 25.36 | |
| 111 | 8 | 8 | Pierre Andre Adam (SEY) | 25.64 | |
| 112 | 2 | 3 | Borhane Ahmed Mohamed Abro (DJI) | 25.80 | |
| 113 | 6 | 4 | Abdulrahman Al-Kuwari (QAT) | 25.84 | |
| 114 | 4 | 2 | Chamraen Youri Maximov (CAM) | 25.85 | |
| 115 | 6 | 5 | Tano Pierre Claver Atta (CIV) | 25.90 | |
| 116 | 5 | 8 | Farhan Farhan (BHR) | 25.92 | |
| 117 | 6 | 1 | Suleyman Atayev (TKM) | 25.96 | |
| 118 | 6 | 8 | Kensuke Kimura (NMI) | 26.07 | |
| 119 | 6 | 2 | Milimo Mweetwa (ZAM) | 26.11 | |
| 120 | 5 | 2 | Giordan Harris (MHL) | 26.13 | |
| 120 | 6 | 7 | Valentin Gorshkov (TKM) | 26.13 | |
| 122 | 4 | 4 | Joshua Tibatemwa (UGA) | 26.14 | |
| 123 | 1 | 3 | Aung Thiha (MYA) | 26.17 | |
| 124 | 5 | 7 | Majd Tawil (PLE) | 26.19 | |
| 125 | 5 | 0 | Ponloeu Hemthon (CAM) | 26.22 | |
| 126 | 7 | 3 | C. Andrews (COK) | 26.23 | |
| 127 | 4 | 8 | Joseph Seguina (GUY) | 26.27 | |
| 128 | 7 | 9 | Oliver Quick (GIB) | 26.34 | |
| 129 | 6 | 0 | Umarkhon Alizoda (TJK) | 26.49 | |
| 130 | 6 | 3 | Ammaar Ghadiyali (TAN) | 26.55 | |
| 131 | 2 | 0 | Abdourahman Osman (DJI) | 26.91 | |
| 132 | 5 | 9 | S. Soukshathaphone (LAO) | 26.92 | |
| 133 | 4 | 5 | Ganzi Mugula (UGA) | 27.08 | |
| 134 | 5 | 6 | Mohamed Muthasim Adnan (MDV) | 27.17 | |
| 135 | 5 | 4 | Alassane Sylla (CIV) | 27.28 | |
| 136 | 3 | 6 | Brandon Schuster (SAM) | 27.38 | |
| 137 | 4 | 1 | Franc Aleksi (ALB) | 27.39 | |
| 138 | 4 | 6 | Hannibal Gaskin (GUY) | 27.46 | |
| 139 | 3 | 3 | Miraj Prajapati (NEP) | 27.64 | |
| 140 | 4 | 7 | Abdulla Al-Yehari (QAT) | 27.66 | |
| 141 | 3 | 7 | Shawn Wallace (PLW) | 27.87 | |
| 142 | 5 | 1 | Phathana Inthavong (LAO) | 27.88 | |
| 143 | 3 | 8 | Amadou Camara (GUI) | 28.10 | |
| 144 | 3 | 5 | Jamal Tamasese (SAM) | 28.31 | |
| 145 | 5 | 3 | Shamshod Dzhumaev (TJK) | 28.47 | |
| 146 | 3 | 2 | Billy-Scott Irakoze (BDI) | 28.53 | |
| 147 | 3 | 1 | Wilfried Tevoedjre (BEN) | 28.86 | |
| 148 | 1 | 8 | Eloi Imaniraguha (RWA) | 29.08 | |
| 149 | 6 | 9 | Ben Moussa Abdulkadry Djinguy (CMR) | 29.97 | |
| 150 | 4 | 0 | Carmel Bavuna (BDI) | 30.06 | |
| 151 | 1 | 1 | Mehiboob Chantilal (RWA) | 30.16 | |
| 152 | 2 | 2 | Taylor Ebwa (COD) | 30.30 | |
| 153 | 3 | 9 | Chavez Joseph (VIN) | 31.07 | |
| 154 | 1 | 7 | Doukure Yokamanzanga (COD) | 32.82 | |
| 155 | 1 | 4 | Ntseke Setho (LES) | 32.98 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Abdoul Bassith Wend Yam Traore (BUR) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 1 | Mohamed Mamane Sani Ousmane (NIG) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 4 | Crox Acuña (VEN) | DNS | |
| | 2 | 5 | Abdoul Ahmadou Youssoufou (NIG) | DNS | |
| | 3 | 0 | Ahmed Adam (SUD) | DNS | |
| | 3 | 4 | Ezeldeen Edris (SUD) | DNS | |
| | 4 | 3 | Kofi Komla Anku (GHA) | DNS | |
| | 4 | 9 | Ralph Benjamin Teiko Quaye (GHA) | DNS | |
| | 7 | 7 | Athoumani Youssouf (COM) | DNS | |
| | 7 | 8 | Aonzoudine Chaoili (COM) | DNS | |
| | 10 | 2 | João Aguiar (ANG) | DNS | |
| | 10 | 4 | Mohammed Al-Ghafri (UAE) | DNS | |
| | 10 | 9 | Barry Murphy (IRL) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 20.92 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 20.95 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.09 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Anthony Ervin | United States | 21.17 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Andrii Govorov | Ukraine | 21.27 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Josh Schneider | United States | 21.28 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Marco Orsi | Italy | 21.37 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Federico Bocchia | Italy | 21.41 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Kenta Ito | Japan | 21.44 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 21.46 | |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Kyle Richardson | Australia | 21.58 | |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | Amaury Leveaux | France | 21.62 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | François Heersbrandt | Belgium | 21.70 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 21.74 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Shinri Shioura | Japan | 21.78 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Cameron Simpson | New Zealand | 21.81 | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:40.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 20.55 | NR |
| | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 20.88 | |
| | 6 | Anthony Ervin | United States | 20.99 | |
| 4 | 3 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.03 | |
| 5 | 1 | Marco Orsi | Italy | 21.23 | |
| 6 | 7 | Josh Schneider | United States | 21.38 | |
| 7 | 2 | Andrii Govorov | Ukraine | 21.44 | |
| 8 | 8 | Federico Bocchia | Italy | 21.58 | |