Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date	15 November 2010
Competitors	44 from 31 nations
Medalists
Lü Zhiwu    China   Masayuki Kishida    Japan   Rammaru Harada    Japan
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There were 44 competitors from 31 countries who took part in this event. Six heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.

Lü Zhiwu from China won the gold medal with 22.37 seconds, two Japanese swimmers Masayuki Kishida and Rammaru Harada won the silver and bronze medal respectively.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 15 November 2010	09:09	Heats
	18:06	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	César Cielo (BRA)	20.91	São Paulo, Brazil	18 December 2009
Asian Record	Shi Runqiang (CHN)	21.95	Beijing, China	28 August 2009
Games Record	Jiang Chengji (CHN)	22.38	Bangkok, Thailand	11 December 1998

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	5	Lü Zhiwu (CHN)	22.44
2	4	Rammaru Harada (JPN)	22.71
3	6	Masayuki Kishida (JPN)	22.86
4	6	Park Min-kyu (KOR)	22.90
5	6	Virdhawal Khade (IND)	22.98
6	6	Shi Runqiang (CHN)	23.10
7	4	Lum Ching Tat (HKG)	23.16
8	5	Wang Shao-an (TPE)	23.20
9	5	Stanislav Kuzmin (KAZ)	23.23
10	4	Artur Dilman (KAZ)	23.39
11	5	Daniil Tulupov (UZB)	23.57
12	4	Arwut Chinnapasaen (THA)	23.58
13	6	Pasha Vahdati (IRI)	23.70
14	5	Kim Yong-sik (KOR)	23.72
15	4	Yan Ho Chun (HKG)	23.74
16	5	Daniel Coakley (PHI)	23.82
17	6	Mohammad Bidarian (IRI)	23.83
18	5	Lao Kuan Fong (MAC)	23.89
19	3	Danny Yeo (SIN)	24.00
20	4	Foo Jian Beng (MAS)	24.05
21	5	Kareem Ennab (JOR)	24.09
22	4	Clement Lim (SIN)	24.12
23	6	Danil Bugakov (UZB)	24.19
24	4	Vasilii Danilov (KGZ)	24.25
25	6	Mohammad Madwa (IOC)	24.31
26	3	Arjun Jayaprakash (IND)	24.34
27	3	Guntur Pratama Putera (INA)	24.41
28	3	Lei Cheok Fong (MAC)	24.63
29	3	Andreý Molçanow (TKM)	25.00
30	3	Heshan Unamboowe (SRI)	25.08
31	3	Rami Fetyani (KSA)	25.09
32	3	Omar Yusuf (BRN)	25.11
33	1	Mohammed Hassan (QAT)	26.01
34	1	Mohammed Al-Mahmoud (QAT)	26.02
35	2	Batsaikhany Dölgöön (MGL)	26.50
36	2	Aung Zaw Phyo (MYA)	26.60
37	2	Inayath Hassan (MDV)	27.63
38	2	Hem Thon Ponleu (CAM)	27.68
39	1	Saylom Souvannala (LAO)	27.84
40	2	Naser Juda (PLE)	28.04
41	2	Alisher Chingizov (TJK)	29.15
42	1	Yousef Al-Nehmi (YEM)	29.37
43	2	Ammar Ghanim (YEM)	29.60
—	2	Erdenebilegiin Byambasüren (MGL)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Lü Zhiwu (CHN)	22.37	GR
	Masayuki Kishida (JPN)	22.45
	Rammaru Harada (JPN)	22.84
4	Virdhawal Khade (IND)	22.87
4	Park Min-kyu (KOR)	22.87
6	Shi Runqiang (CHN)	22.89
7	Lum Ching Tat (HKG)	23.15
8	Wang Shao-an (TPE)	23.16

References

• 16th Asian Games Results^[usurped]

External links

• Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Official Website
• Men's 50m Freestyle Ev.No.14 Final Official Website