Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's 50 metre freestyle

|games = 1996 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

|date = 25 July 1996 (heats & finals)

|competitors = 65

|nations = 59

|gold = Alexander Popov

|goldNOC = RUS

|silver = Gary Hall Jr.

|silverNOC = USA

|bronze = Fernando Scherer

|bronzeNOC = BRA

|win_value = 22.13

|prev = 1992

|next = 2000

}}

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-50-metres-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163046/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-50-metres-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 50 metres Freestyle |accessdate=9 September 2017|work=Sports Reference}}

Records

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

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Tom Jager|USA}}

| world_mark = 21.81

| world_place = Nashville, United States

| world_date = 24 March 1990

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Alexander Popov|EUN|1992 Summer}}

| olympic_mark = 21.91

| olympic_place = Barcelona, Spain

| olympic_date = 30 July 1992

}}

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and finals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to final A, where they competed for the top 8 places. The swimmers with the next 8 times in the heats swam in final B, for ninth through the sixteenth place. Swim-offs were used as necessary to determine advancement.

Results

=Heats=

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heats|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf|format=PDF|work=Atlanta 1996|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=35|accessdate=9 September 2017}}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=#cfc \| 1	9	4	align=left\| Alexander Popov	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1996 Summer}}	22.22	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 2	8	4	align=left\| Gary Hall, Jr.	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	22.36	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 3	7	1	align=left\| Jiang Chengji	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1996 Summer}}	22.55	Q, AS
bgcolor=#cfc \| 4	8	2	align=left\| Brendon Dedekind	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RSA\|1996 Summer}}	22.60	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 5	6	1	align=left\| Ricardo Busquets	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PUR\|1996 Summer}}	22.61	Q, NR
bgcolor=#cfc \| 6	9	5	align=left\| David Fox	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	22.64	Q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \|rowspan=3\| 7	7	3	align=left\| Bengt Zikarsky	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=3\| 22.68	{{abbr\|QSO\|Qualified for swimoff}}
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 7	8	align=left\| Francisco Sánchez	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|VEN\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|QSO\|Qualified for swimoff}}, NR
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 8	5	align=left\| Fernando Scherer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|QSO\|Qualified for swimoff}}
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 10	8	6	align=left\| Mark Foster	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1996 Summer}}	22.73	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 11	9	8	align=left\| Allan Murray	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BAH\|1996 Summer}}	22.75	q, NR
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 12	8	1	align=left\| Yuriy Vlasov	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|UKR\|1996 Summer}}	22.77	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 13	9	2	align=left\| Pieter van den Hoogenband	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	22.82	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 14	8	3	align=left\| Christophe Kalfayan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1996 Summer}}	22.83	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 15	7	6	align=left\| René Gusperti	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1996 Summer}}	22.85	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 16	9	3	align=left\| Gustavo Borges	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|1996 Summer}}	22.86	q
17	7	2	align=left\| Pavlo Khnykin	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|UKR\|1996 Summer}}	22.91
rowspan=2\| 18	7	7	align=left\| Raimundas Mažuolis	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 22.98
9	6	align=left\| Chris Fydler	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1996 Summer}}
20	8	7	align=left\| Vladimir Predkin	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1996 Summer}}	23.03
21	7	5	align=left\| Alexander Lüderitz	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	23.06
22	9	1	align=left\| Aleh Rukhlevich	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BLR\|1996 Summer}}	23.12
23	7	4	align=left\| José Meolans	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ARG\|1996 Summer}}	23.21
24	9	7	align=left\| Yoav Bruck	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ISR\|1996 Summer}}	23.22
25	6	4	align=left\| Felipe Delgado	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ECU\|1996 Summer}}	23.26
rowspan=2\| 26	6	2	align=left\| Sergey Borisenko	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 23.29
6	8	align=left\| Indrek Sei	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EST\|1996 Summer}}	NR
28	6	7	align=left\| Bartosz Kizierowski	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1996 Summer}}	23.34
29	5	5	align=left\| Sion Brinn	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JAM\|1996 Summer}}	23.35	NR
30	6	6	align=left\| Juan Benavides	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ESP\|1996 Summer}}	23.36
31	5	8	align=left\| Stavros Michaelides	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CYP\|1996 Summer}}	23.37
32	5	6	align=left\| Enrico Linscheer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SUR\|1996 Summer}}	23.45
33	6	3	align=left\| Pär Lindström	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1996 Summer}}	23.47
34	6	5	align=left\| Georgios Giziotis	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GRE\|1996 Summer}}	23.56
35	4	8	align=left\| Yukihiro Matsushita	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1996 Summer}}	23.60
rowspan=3\| 36	4	4	align=left\| Salim Iles	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ALG\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=3\| 23.61	NR
4	5	align=left\| Janne Blomqvist	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FIN\|1996 Summer}}
8	8	align=left\| Dzmitry Kalinouski	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BLR\|1996 Summer}}
39	5	4	align=left\| Hugues Legault	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1996 Summer}}	23.63
rowspan=2\| 40	3	3	align=left\| Nicholas Tongue	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 23.73
5	1	align=left\| Paulo Trindade	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POR\|1996 Summer}}
42	3	4	align=left\| Arthur Li Kai Yien	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HKG\|1996 Summer}}	23.77
43	3	5	align=left\| Maxim Cazmirciuc	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|MDA\|1996 Summer}}	23.78
44	5	7	align=left\| Richard Sam Bera	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|INA\|1996 Summer}}	23.80
45	4	3	align=left\| Ravil Nachaev	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|UZB\|1996 Summer}}	23.93
46	3	6	align=left\| Darrick Bollinger	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GUM\|1996 Summer}}	23.97
47	4	6	align=left\| Tamer Hamed	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EGY\|1996 Summer}}	24.02
48	5	3	align=left\| Nicholas O'Hare	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|IRL\|1996 Summer}}	24.03
49	4	7	align=left\| Sebastian Xavier	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|IND\|1996 Summer}}	24.15
50	4	2	align=left\| Alen Lončar	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CRO\|1996 Summer}}	24.17
51	3	2	align=left\| Kaan Berberoğlu	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TUR\|1996 Summer}}	24.37
52	4	1	align=left\| Vitaly Vasilyev	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KGZ\|1996 Summer}}	24.54
53	2	6	align=left\| Khemo Rivera	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ISV\|1996 Summer}}	24.62	NR
54	2	3	align=left\| Howard Hinds	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AHO\|1996 Summer}}	24.63
55	3	1	align=left\| Tamás Kerékjártó	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1996 Summer}}	24.67
56	2	5	align=left\| Huang Chih-yung	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TPE\|1996 Summer}}	24.89
57	2	2	align=left\| Alfredo Carrillo	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAR\|1996 Summer}}	24.91
58	3	8	align=left\| Sng Ju Wei	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SIN\|1996 Summer}}	25.04
59	3	7	align=left\| Emin Guliyev	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AZE\|1996 Summer}}	25.23
60	1	4	align=left\| Woodrow Lawrence	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|DMA\|1996 Summer}}	27.88
61	1	5	align=left\| Moosa Nazim	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|MDV\|1996 Summer}}	28.37
62	1	3	align=left\| René Makosso	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CGO\|1996 Summer}}	30.00
63	2	1	align=left\| Michael Collier	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SLE\|1996 Summer}}	34.21
{{hs\|64}}	5	2	align=left\| Alexandru Ioanovici	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROM\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|DSQ\|Disqualified}}
{{hs\|65}}	2	4	align=left\| Musa Bakare	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NGR\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|DNS\|Did not start}}

=Swim-off=

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=#cfc \| 1	3	align=left\| Fernando Scherer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|1996 Summer}}	22.71	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 2	5	align=left\| Francisco Sánchez	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|VEN\|1996 Summer}}	22.74	Q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| {{hs\|3}}	4	align=left\| Bengt Zikarsky	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|DSQ\|Disqualified}}	q

=Finals=

{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Finals|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf|format=PDF|work=Atlanta 1996|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=35|accessdate=9 September 2017}}

==Final B==

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
9	2	align=left\| Pieter van den Hoogenband	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	22.67	NR
10	4	align=left\| Bengt Zikarsky	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	22.73
11	6	align=left\| Yuriy Vlasov	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|UKR\|1996 Summer}}	22.82
rowspan=2\| 12	3	align=left\| Allan Murray	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BAH\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 22.92
8	align=left\| Gustavo Borges	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|1996 Summer}}
rowspan=2\| 14	1	align=left\| René Gusperti	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 22.96
7	align=left\| Christophe Kalfayan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1996 Summer}}
16	5	align=left\| Mark Foster	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1996 Summer}}	23.01

==Final A==

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold01}}	4	align=left\| Alexander Popov	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1996 Summer}}	22.13
{{silver02}}	5	align=left\| Gary Hall, Jr.	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	22.26
{{bronze03}}	1	align=left\| Fernando Scherer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|1996 Summer}}	22.29	SA
4	3	align=left\| Jiang Chengji	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1996 Summer}}	22.33	AS
5	6	align=left\| Brendon Dedekind	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RSA\|1996 Summer}}	22.59
6	7	align=left\| David Fox	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	22.68
7	8	align=left\| Francisco Sánchez	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|VEN\|1996 Summer}}	22.72
8	2	align=left\| Ricardo Busquets	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PUR\|1996 Summer}}	22.73

References

External links

[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf Official Report]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310184626/http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=924&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&mid=2685&ItemId=2130 USA Swimming]

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Olympics

Category:Men's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=#cfc \| 1	9	4	align=left\| Alexander Popov	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1996 Summer}}	22.22	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 2	8	4	align=left\| Gary Hall, Jr.	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	22.36	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 3	7	1	align=left\| Jiang Chengji	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1996 Summer}}	22.55	Q, AS
bgcolor=#cfc \| 4	8	2	align=left\| Brendon Dedekind	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RSA\|1996 Summer}}	22.60	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 5	6	1	align=left\| Ricardo Busquets	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PUR\|1996 Summer}}	22.61	Q, NR
bgcolor=#cfc \| 6	9	5	align=left\| David Fox	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	22.64	Q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \|rowspan=3\| 7	7	3	align=left\| Bengt Zikarsky	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=3\| 22.68	{{abbr\|QSO\|Qualified for swimoff}}
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 7	8	align=left\| Francisco Sánchez	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|VEN\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|QSO\|Qualified for swimoff}}, NR
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 8	5	align=left\| Fernando Scherer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|QSO\|Qualified for swimoff}}
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 10	8	6	align=left\| Mark Foster	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1996 Summer}}	22.73	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 11	9	8	align=left\| Allan Murray	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BAH\|1996 Summer}}	22.75	q, NR
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 12	8	1	align=left\| Yuriy Vlasov	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|UKR\|1996 Summer}}	22.77	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 13	9	2	align=left\| Pieter van den Hoogenband	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	22.82	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 14	8	3	align=left\| Christophe Kalfayan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1996 Summer}}	22.83	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 15	7	6	align=left\| René Gusperti	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1996 Summer}}	22.85	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 16	9	3	align=left\| Gustavo Borges	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|1996 Summer}}	22.86	q
17	7	2	align=left\| Pavlo Khnykin	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|UKR\|1996 Summer}}	22.91
rowspan=2\| 18	7	7	align=left\| Raimundas Mažuolis	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 22.98
9	6	align=left\| Chris Fydler	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1996 Summer}}
20	8	7	align=left\| Vladimir Predkin	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1996 Summer}}	23.03
21	7	5	align=left\| Alexander Lüderitz	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	23.06
22	9	1	align=left\| Aleh Rukhlevich	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BLR\|1996 Summer}}	23.12
23	7	4	align=left\| José Meolans	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ARG\|1996 Summer}}	23.21
24	9	7	align=left\| Yoav Bruck	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ISR\|1996 Summer}}	23.22
25	6	4	align=left\| Felipe Delgado	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ECU\|1996 Summer}}	23.26
rowspan=2\| 26	6	2	align=left\| Sergey Borisenko	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 23.29
6	8	align=left\| Indrek Sei	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EST\|1996 Summer}}	NR
28	6	7	align=left\| Bartosz Kizierowski	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1996 Summer}}	23.34
29	5	5	align=left\| Sion Brinn	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JAM\|1996 Summer}}	23.35	NR
30	6	6	align=left\| Juan Benavides	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ESP\|1996 Summer}}	23.36
31	5	8	align=left\| Stavros Michaelides	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CYP\|1996 Summer}}	23.37
32	5	6	align=left\| Enrico Linscheer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SUR\|1996 Summer}}	23.45
33	6	3	align=left\| Pär Lindström	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1996 Summer}}	23.47
34	6	5	align=left\| Georgios Giziotis	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GRE\|1996 Summer}}	23.56
35	4	8	align=left\| Yukihiro Matsushita	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1996 Summer}}	23.60
rowspan=3\| 36	4	4	align=left\| Salim Iles	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ALG\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=3\| 23.61	NR
4	5	align=left\| Janne Blomqvist	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FIN\|1996 Summer}}
8	8	align=left\| Dzmitry Kalinouski	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BLR\|1996 Summer}}
39	5	4	align=left\| Hugues Legault	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1996 Summer}}	23.63
rowspan=2\| 40	3	3	align=left\| Nicholas Tongue	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 23.73
5	1	align=left\| Paulo Trindade	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POR\|1996 Summer}}
42	3	4	align=left\| Arthur Li Kai Yien	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HKG\|1996 Summer}}	23.77
43	3	5	align=left\| Maxim Cazmirciuc	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|MDA\|1996 Summer}}	23.78
44	5	7	align=left\| Richard Sam Bera	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|INA\|1996 Summer}}	23.80
45	4	3	align=left\| Ravil Nachaev	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|UZB\|1996 Summer}}	23.93
46	3	6	align=left\| Darrick Bollinger	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GUM\|1996 Summer}}	23.97
47	4	6	align=left\| Tamer Hamed	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EGY\|1996 Summer}}	24.02
48	5	3	align=left\| Nicholas O'Hare	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|IRL\|1996 Summer}}	24.03
49	4	7	align=left\| Sebastian Xavier	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|IND\|1996 Summer}}	24.15
50	4	2	align=left\| Alen Lončar	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CRO\|1996 Summer}}	24.17
51	3	2	align=left\| Kaan Berberoğlu	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TUR\|1996 Summer}}	24.37
52	4	1	align=left\| Vitaly Vasilyev	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KGZ\|1996 Summer}}	24.54
53	2	6	align=left\| Khemo Rivera	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ISV\|1996 Summer}}	24.62	NR
54	2	3	align=left\| Howard Hinds	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AHO\|1996 Summer}}	24.63
55	3	1	align=left\| Tamás Kerékjártó	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1996 Summer}}	24.67
56	2	5	align=left\| Huang Chih-yung	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TPE\|1996 Summer}}	24.89
57	2	2	align=left\| Alfredo Carrillo	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAR\|1996 Summer}}	24.91
58	3	8	align=left\| Sng Ju Wei	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SIN\|1996 Summer}}	25.04
59	3	7	align=left\| Emin Guliyev	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AZE\|1996 Summer}}	25.23
60	1	4	align=left\| Woodrow Lawrence	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|DMA\|1996 Summer}}	27.88
61	1	5	align=left\| Moosa Nazim	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|MDV\|1996 Summer}}	28.37
62	1	3	align=left\| René Makosso	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CGO\|1996 Summer}}	30.00
63	2	1	align=left\| Michael Collier	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SLE\|1996 Summer}}	34.21
{{hs\|64}}	5	2	align=left\| Alexandru Ioanovici	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROM\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|DSQ\|Disqualified}}
{{hs\|65}}	2	4	align=left\| Musa Bakare	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NGR\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|DNS\|Did not start}}

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=#cfc \| 1	3	align=left\| Fernando Scherer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|1996 Summer}}	22.71	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 2	5	align=left\| Francisco Sánchez	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|VEN\|1996 Summer}}	22.74	Q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| {{hs\|3}}	4	align=left\| Bengt Zikarsky	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|DSQ\|Disqualified}}	q

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
9	2	align=left\| Pieter van den Hoogenband	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	22.67	NR
10	4	align=left\| Bengt Zikarsky	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	22.73
11	6	align=left\| Yuriy Vlasov	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|UKR\|1996 Summer}}	22.82
rowspan=2\| 12	3	align=left\| Allan Murray	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BAH\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 22.92
8	align=left\| Gustavo Borges	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|1996 Summer}}
rowspan=2\| 14	1	align=left\| René Gusperti	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 22.96
7	align=left\| Christophe Kalfayan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1996 Summer}}
16	5	align=left\| Mark Foster	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1996 Summer}}	23.01