50m freestyle is a sport compete with the time it takes to swim the 50m.
Video, Women's 50m freestyle final appearance of the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
Regulations commentary seen in 5 minutes
The competition area
- 50m one way to swim the pool.
- 1Is performed in eight human race.
Start
- Take the starting blocks at the whistle.
- Gun after the starting signal will be; "(provided by Take Your Marks) Take Your Marks".
- Until the gun had to be stationary from "Take Your Marks", will be disqualified if moved.
Stroke
- There is no provision how to swim.
- To go to somewhere other than their own lane, to touch the rope course, you can walk or kicking the bottom of the pool is not allowed.
- And after the turn after the start, since the 15m from the wall, you must be out on the water surface is part of the body.
Finish
- 50will finish when you touch the wall of the pool swimming in the m.
The road to gold medal
- Proceed through the semi-finals and finals → → qualifying.
- In qualifying, the top 16 will advance to the semifinals name.
- In the semifinals, the name of the top eight will advance to the finals.
World Record / Japanese record
50m free form
| Record | Name | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
World | 20"91 | Cesar Shierofiryo ( | 2009/12/18 |
World | 23"73 | Britta Steffen-( | 2009/08/02 |
| Japan | 22"11 | Kishida Masaki | 2010/04/14 |
| Japan | 22"11 | Shin Ura salt management | 2011/09/02 |
| Japan | 25"14 | Source of pure summer | 2001/04/21 |