claim: Shape of You topped the singles charts of 30 different countries.
evidence: The men 's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 11 -- 12 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium .. Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Olympic Aquatics Stadium. 2016 Summer Olympics. 2016 Summer Olympics. Sixteen years after he tied for the gold with Gary Hall , Jr. , U.S. swimmer Anthony Ervin , aged 35 , reclaimed his title in the program 's shortest race to become the oldest male champion in Olympic swimming history .. Anthony Ervin. Anthony Ervin. He threw down a gold-medal time of 21.40 to touch out the defending titleholder Florent Manaudou of France by a hundredth of a second .. Florent Manaudou. Florent Manaudou. Manaudou was quick off the blocks , but could not catch Ervin near the wall to finish with a silver in 21.41 .. Meanwhile , Ervin 's teammate Nathan Adrian swam to another bronze-medal feat at the Games with a 21.49 .. Nathan Adrian. Nathan Adrian. Separated the top three by almost two tenths of a second , Great Britain 's Benjamin Proud finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 21.68 , while Ukraine 's Andriy Hovorov , who led a vast field of swimmers earlier in the heats , slipped shortly to fifth in 21.74 .. Benjamin Proud. Benjamin Proud. Andriy Hovorov. Andriy Hovorov. Brazil 's hometown favorite Bruno Fratus , fourth-place finalist from London 2012 , and South Africa 's Brad Tandy shared the sixth spot in a matching 21.79 , with Lithuanian swimmer Simonas Bilis -LRB- 22.08 -RRB- closing out the field .. Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle. Bruno Fratus. Bruno Fratus. Brad Tandy. Brad Tandy. Simonas Bilis. Simonas Bilis. Other notable swimmers featured Australia 's Cameron McEvoy , Russia 's Vladimir Morozov , Manaudou 's brother-in-law and countryman Frederick Bousquet , and Trinidad and Tobago 's George Bovell , who scored a twenty-seventh place finish in his fifth Olympic appearance .. Cameron McEvoy. Cameron McEvoy. Vladimir Morozov. Vladimir Morozov ( swimmer ). Frederick Bousquet. Frederick Bousquet. George Bovell. George Bovell