# Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50-metre freestyle event was the 28th event contested of the swimming events at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships at the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia. The heats were held in the morning session of the meet on 30 March 2007, with the semi-finals in the evening session of the same day. The final was held on the evening of 31 March 2007.

## Records

Prior to the championships, the following world and World Championship records were listed by FINA.
World record :
| 21.64 | Alexander Popov (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 16 June 2000 |
| Championship record ||||
| 21.69 | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | Montreal, Canada | 30 July 2005 |

## Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | 23 | 4 | Bartosz Kizierowski | Poland | 22.03 |
| 2 | 23 | 5 | Eamon Sullivan | Australia | 22.06 |
| 3 | 24 | 4 | Cullen Jones | USA | 22.09 |
| 4 | 23 | 6 | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 22.12 |
| 5 | 24 | 3 | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | USA | 22.20 |
| 6 | 22 | 2 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil | 22.25 |
| 7 | 23 | 2 | Alain Bernard | France | 22.26 |
| 8 | 24 | 5 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 22.33 |
| 8 | 24 | 2 | Eduard Lorente Ginesta | Spain | 22.33 |
| 10 | 22 | 5 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 22.34 |
| 11 | 24 | 1 | Jernej Godec | Slovenia | 22.39 |
| 12 | 23 | 7 | Petter Stymne | Sweden | 22.46 |
| 13 | 24 | 6 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 22.50 |
| 14 | 23 | 3 | Ashley Callus | Australia | 22.55 |
| 15 | 21 | 8 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 22.60 |
| 16 | 22 | 3 | Salim Iles | Algeria | 22.63 |
| 17 | 24 | 8 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.64 |
| 18 | 23 | 8 | Makoto Ito | Japan | 22.66 |
| 19 | 21 | 5 | Simon Burnett | Great Britain | 22.69 |
| 20 | 21 | 2 | Matti Rajakylä | Finland | 22.73 |
| 21 | 21 | 4 | Andrey Grechin | Russia | 22.76 |
| 22 | 22 | 8 | Apostolos Tsagkarakis | Greece | 22.77 |
| 23 | 24 | 7 | Rafed-Zyad Almasri | Syria | 22.82 |
| 24 | 22 | 6 | Yevgeny Lagunov | Russia | 22.83 |
| 24 | 23 | 1 | Matthew Rose | Canada | 22.83 |
| 26 | 18 | 6 | Bruno Barbic | Croatia | 22.86 |
| 27 | 22 | 1 | Cai Li | China | 22.98 |
| 28 | 22 | 7 | Rolandas Gimbutis | Lithuania | 23.00 |
| 29 | 21 | 7 | Jakob Andkjær | Denmark | 23.01 |
| 30 | 18 | 3 | Octavian Guţu | Romania | 23.06 |
| 31 | 18 | 5 | Jacinto Ayala | Dominican Republic | 23.09 |
| 32 | 21 | 6 | Yoris Grandjean | Belgium | 23.10 |
| 33 | 19 | 3 | Stanislau Neviarouski | Belarus | 23.13 |
| 34 | 20 | 6 | Lorenzo Vismara | Italy | 23.16 |
| 35 | 19 | 1 | Octavio Alesi | Venezuela | 23.18 |
| 36 | 17 | 2 | Camilo Becerra | Colombia | 23.25 |
| 37 | 17 | 3 | Cameron Gibson | New Zealand | 23.30 |
| 37 | 21 | 1 | Norbert Trandafir | Romania | 23.30 |
| 39 | 19 | 7 | Mark Herring | New Zealand | 23.32 |
| 40 | 18 | 1 | Mario Todorović | Croatia | 23.33 |
| 40 | 20 | 1 | Paul Kutscher | Uruguay | 23.33 |
| 42 | 15 | 8 | David Dunford | Kenya | 23.35 |
| 43 | 19 | 6 | Jere Hård | Finland | 23.36 |
| 44 | 20 | 2 | Yuriy Yegoshin | Ukraine | 23.37 |
| 44 | 20 | 7 | Karel Novy | Switzerland | 23.37 |
| 46 | 17 | 4 | Alessandro Gaffuri | Switzerland | 23.43 |
| 46 | 19 | 2 | Nicolas Oliveira | Brazil | 23.43 |
| 48 | 20 | 8 | Michael Schubert | Germany | 23.44 |
| 49 | 17 | 1 | Robin Dale Oen | Norway | 23.50 |
| 49 | 20 | 3 | Gabriel Melconian | Uruguay | 23.50 |
| 51 | 18 | 2 | Josh Laban | Virgin Islands | 23.64 |
| 52 | 17 | 8 | Alexandr Sklyar | Kazakhstan | 23.69 |
| 53 | 20 | 4 | Shi Yang | China | 23.73 |
| 54 | 18 | 4 | Vitaly Khan | Kazakhstan | 23.74 |
| 55 | 16 | 4 | Hiroaki Yamamoto | Japan | 23.76 |
| 55 | 19 | 8 | Ravil Nachaev | Uzbekistan | 23.76 |
| 57 | 17 | 6 | Terrence Haynes | Barbados | 23.80 |
| 58 | 17 | 7 | Carl Probert | Fiji | 23.84 |
| 59 | 19 | 5 | Alexandre Bakhtiarov | Cyprus | 23.85 |
| 60 | 18 | 7 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 23.97 |
| 61 | 19 | 4 | Roy-Allan Burch | Bermuda | 23.98 |
| 62 | 16 | 1 | Martyn Forde | Barbados | 23.99 |
| 63 | 14 | 6 | Lim Nam-Gyun | Korea | 24.01 |
| 64 | 18 | 8 | Shai Liwnat | Israel | 24.03 |
| 65 | 20 | 5 | Arwut Chinnapasaen | Thailand | 24.05 |
| 66 | 15 | 4 | Virdhawal Khade | India | 24.06 |
| 67 | 16 | 5 | Crox Acuña | Venezuela | 24.12 |
| 68 | 15 | 6 | Jan Roodzant | Aruba | 24.18 |
| 69 | 17 | 5 | Vasilii Danilov | Kyrgyzstan | 24.22 |
| 70 | 16 | 3 | Basil Kaaki | Lebanon | 24.31 |
| 71 | 16 | 6 | Mohammad Bidaryan | Iran | 24.38 |
| 72 | 15 | 3 | Quee Lim Ernest Teo | Singapore | 24.48 |
| 73 | 15 | 2 | Russell Ong | Singapore | 24.49 |
| 74 | 16 | 7 | Varun Divgikar | India | 24.53 |
| 75 | 14 | 3 | Rama Vyombo | Kenya | 24.55 |
| 76 | 15 | 1 | Yellow Yeiyah | Nigeria | 24.62 |
| 77 | 14 | 1 | Kristian Olsen | Faroe Islands | 24.65 |
| 78 | 16 | 2 | Mikael Koloyan | Armenia | 24.67 |
| 79 | 12 | 1 | Charles Ridaura Carbonell | Andorra | 24.68 |
| 80 | 14 | 8 | Kieran Locke | Virgin Islands | 24.69 |
| 81 | 13 | 5 | Harutyun Harutyunyan | Armenia | 24.71 |
| 82 | 10 | 6 | Youssef Hafdi | Morocco | 24.73 |
| 83 | 15 | 7 | Dmitriy Loginov | Uzbekistan | 24.79 |
| 84 | 15 | 5 | Wei Wen Wang | Chinese Taipei | 24.82 |
| 85 | 14 | 4 | Nikola Ustadvich | Peru | 24.85 |
| 86 | 11 | 5 | Luke Hall | Swaziland | 24.88 |
| 87 | 13 | 7 | Rodion Davelaar | Netherlands Antilles | 24.93 |
| 88 | 14 | 7 | Manuel Alonso Yabar-Davila | Peru | 24.95 |
| 89 | 12 | 7 | Daniel Lee | Sri Lanka | 24.99 |
| 90 | 14 | 5 | Brian Howard Ho | Indonesia | 25.01 |
| 91 | 11 | 8 | Amine Kouam | Morocco | 25.08 |
| 92 | 11 | 4 | Marcelo Alba | Bolivia | 25.11 |
| 93 | 12 | 4 | Anas Hamadeh | Jordan | 25.13 |
| 94 | 13 | 3 | Obaid Al-Jasmi | United Arab Emirates | 25.20 |
| 95 | 11 | 3 | Gael Adam | Mauritius | 25.24 |
| 96 | 13 | 8 | Christopher Duenas | Guam | 25.29 |
| 97 | 10 | 7 | Rainui Terupaia | Tahiti | 25.38 |
| 97 | 12 | 2 | Daryl Harford | Grenada | 25.38 |
| 99 | 13 | 1 | Jose Enmanuel Lobo Martinez | Paraguay | 25.39 |
| 99 | 14 | 2 | Srdjan Vujasin | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.39 |
| 101 | 13 | 6 | Yassir Abalalla | Bolivia | 25.44 |
| 102 | 9 | 4 | Yannick Roberts | Guyana | 25.46 |
| 103 | 13 | 2 | Goran Stamenov | Macedonia | 25.55 |
| 104 | 9 | 6 | Jonathan Calderon | Saint Lucia | 25.61 |
| 105 | 12 | 5 | Marc Pascal Pierre Dansou | Benin | 25.70 |
| 106 | 8 | 5 | Alois Dansou | Benin | 25.79 |
| 106 | 9 | 7 | Andrey Molchanov | Turkmenistan | 25.79 |
| 106 | 12 | 6 | Otiko Kpliboh | Nigeria | 25.79 |
| 109 | 9 | 3 | Eric Chang | Malaysia | 25.88 |
| 110 | 10 | 1 | Wui Chon Cheong | Macao | 25.89 |
| 111 | 10 | 4 | Leonel Matonse | Mozambique | 25.97 |
| 112 | 12 | 8 | Julio Cesar Rivera Coello | Honduras | 25.98 |
| 113 | 10 | 2 | Heshan Unamboowe | Sri Lanka | 25.99 |
| 114 | 12 | 3 | Naji Askia Ferguson | Grenada | 26.01 |
| 115 | 7 | 3 | Pál Joensen | Faroe Islands | 26.03 |
| 115 | 8 | 4 | Kin Wa Cheong | Macao | 26.03 |
| 117 | 11 | 7 | Heimanu Sichan | Tahiti | 26.05 |
| 118 | 8 | 3 | Loai Tashkandi | Saudi Arabia | 26.15 |
| 119 | 9 | 8 | Adil Baig | Pakistan | 26.16 |
| 119 | 10 | 8 | Carlos Shimizu | Guam | 26.16 |
| 121 | 8 | 8 | Zane Jordan | Zambia | 26.23 |
| 122 | 11 | 6 | Genaro Mathias Prono Britez | Paraguay | 26.24 |
| 123 | 8 | 2 | Jean-Luc Augier | Saint Lucia | 26.25 |
| 124 | 8 | 6 | Joshua Marfleet | American Samoa | 26.29 |
| 125 | 10 | 3 | Tamir Andrei | Mongolia | 26.34 |
| 126 | 6 | 4 | Niall Roberts | Guyana | 26.39 |
| 127 | 8 | 7 | Hazem Tashkandi | Saudi Arabia | 26.49 |
| 128 | 11 | 1 | Monder Al-Jabali | Libya | 26.62 |
| 129 | 7 | 5 | Marbi Hani | Albania | 26.67 |
| 130 | 1 | 6 | Raukura Waiti | Cook Islands | 26.75 |
| 131 | 6 | 3 | Mduduzi Xaba | Swaziland | 26.78 |
| 132 | 6 | 5 | Ibrahim Maliki Amadou | Niger | 26.95 |
| 133 | 7 | 7 | Kyaw Zin | Myanmar | 27.01 |
| 134 | 7 | 4 | Fadi Awesat | Palestinian Territory | 27.06 |
| 135 | 9 | 2 | Tural Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 27.21 |
| 136 | 6 | 2 | Batchuluun Mendbayar | Mongolia | 27.31 |
| 136 | 7 | 6 | Eli Ebenezer Wong | Northern Mariana Islands | 27.31 |
| 138 | 11 | 2 | Timur Kartabaev | Kyrgyzstan | 27.44 |
| 139 | 4 | 4 | Justine Rodriguez | Federated States of Micronesia | 27.45 |
| 140 | 7 | 2 | Nareth Sovan | Cambodia | 27.55 |
| 141 | 7 | 8 | Sami Nassar | Palestinian Territory | 27.58 |
| 142 | 6 | 1 | Sergey Krovyakov | Turkmenistan | 27.67 |
| 143 | 6 | 6 | Stephenson Wallace | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.71 |
| 144 | 5 | 5 | Michael Taylor | Marshall Islands | 27.83 |
| 145 | 5 | 2 | Tony Augustine | Federated States of Micronesia | 27.85 |
| 146 | 5 | 8 | Prasiddha Jung Shah | Nepal | 27.94 |
| 147 | 4 | 7 | Isao Misech | Palau | 28.29 |
| 148 | 2 | 8 | Muwanguzi Muzafuru | Uganda | 28.30 |
| 149 | 1 | 7 | Khaykeo Viengmany | Laos | 28.51 |
| 150 | 5 | 1 | Justin Decoster | Marshall Islands | 28.55 |
| 151 | 4 | 5 | Hassan Ashraf | Maldives | 28.63 |
| 152 | 6 | 7 | Kevin Cheung | Mauritius | 28.80 |
| 153 | 5 | 7 | Ching Maou Wei | American Samoa | 29.08 |
| 154 | 2 | 1 | Attoumani Mohamed | Comoros | 29.10 |
| 155 | 4 | 2 | Dante Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.42 |
| 156 | 9 | 1 | Khalid Rushaka | Tanzania | 29.44 |
| 157 | 1 | 3 | Petero Okotai | Cook Islands | 29.54 |
| 158 | 3 | 5 | Rahim Karmali | Uganda | 29.59 |
| 159 | 5 | 4 | Rajib Chitrakar | Nepal | 29.68 |
| 160 | 3 | 4 | Aimable Habimana | Rwanda | 29.88 |
| 161 | 4 | 1 | Ibrahim Areesh | Maldives | 30.14 |
| 162 | 2 | 5 | Okai Opanka Adu | Ghana | 30.27 |
| 163 | 6 | 8 | Abdulsalam Al Gadabi | Yemen | 31.25 |
| 164 | 5 | 3 | Aymard Lumuamu−Dimbu | Republic of the Congo | 31.57 |
| 165 | 1 | 1 | Thepphithak Chindavong | Laos | 31.67 |
| 166 | 3 | 3 | Cooper Theodore Graf | Northern Mariana Islands | 31.78 |
| 167 | 2 | 3 | Bernard Blewudzi | Ghana | 32.11 |
| 168 | 2 | 2 | Boipelo Makhothi | Lesotho | 32.29 |
| 169 | 3 | 6 | Vincent Leatualevao Jr. | American Samoa | 32.37 |
| 170 | 5 | 6 | Abubakarr Jalloh | Sierra Leone | 32.41 |
| 171 | 4 | 3 | Iglay Dangassat−Sissoulou | Republic of the Congo | 33.15 |
| 172 | 1 | 2 | Rene Jacob Yougbare | Burkina Faso | 33.91 |
| 173 | 2 | 6 | Salfo Ilbouda | Burkina Faso | 34.42 |
| 174 | 8 | 1 | Gibrilla Bamba | Sierra Leone | 38.00 |
| 175 | 3 | 2 | Lehlohonolo Moromella | Lesotho | 38.06 |
| – | 2 | 4 | Amrane Abderemane | Comoros | DNS |
| – | 2 | 7 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | DNS |
| – | 3 | 1 | Modou Gaye | Mauritania | DNS |
| – | 3 | 7 | Alisher Chingizov | Tajikistan | DNS |
| – | 3 | 8 | Mohamed Ahmed Lebyadh | Mauritania | DNS |
| – | 4 | 6 | Mohamed Karsani | Sudan | DNS |
| – | 4 | 8 | Akibou Yacouba Ali Maiga | Niger | DNS |
| – | 7 | 1 | Essossimana Awizoba | Togo | DNS |
| – | 9 | 5 | Joao Matias | Angola | DNS |
| – | 13 | 4 | Joao Aguiar | Angola | DNS |
| – | 16 | 8 | Samson Makere | Tanzania | DNS |
| – | 21 | 3 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands | DNS |
| – | 22 | 4 | Oleksandr Volynets | Ukraine | DNS |
| – | 1 | 4 | Jackson Niyomugabo | Rwanda | DSQ |
| – | 1 | 5 | Herve Nkurrnziza | Burundi | DSQ |
| – | 10 | 5 | Chakyl Camal | Mozambique | DSQ |

## Semi-finals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 21.99 | |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Cullen Jones | United States | 22.00 | |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil | 22.09 | SA |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Bartosz Kizierowski | Poland | 22.13 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Eamon Sullivan | Australia | 22.19 | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | United States | 22.23 | |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 22.24 | |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 22.31 | |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Eduardo Lorente | Spain | 22.40 | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Alain Bernard | France | 22.40 | |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 22.44 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 22.50 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Salim Iles | Algeria | 22.56 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Jernej Godec | Slovenia | 22.59 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Ashley Callus | Australia | 22.63 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Petter Stymne | Sweden | 22.64 | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 7 | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | United States | 21.88 |
| | 5 | Cullen Jones | United States | 21.94 |
| | 4 | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden | 21.97 |
| 4 | 6 | Bartosz Kizierowski | Poland | 22.00 |
| 5 | 2 | Eamon Sullivan | Australia | 22.05 |
| 6 | 3 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil | 22.12 |
| 7 | 1 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 22.16 |
| 8 | 8 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 22.28 |