| Men 50m Freestyle Swimming V World Championship 1986 Madrid, Spain - Friday, 22nd August - Gold Medal: Tom Jager, United States | 
| Final |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | pts |  | 1. Tom Jager |   United States | 22.49s | CR |   | 5 | 21 | 872 |  | 2. Dano Halsall |   Switzerland | 22.80s |   | +0.31s | 6 | 23 | 837 |  | 3. Matt Biondi |   United States | 22.85s |   | +0.36s | 2 | 20 | 832 |  | 4. Peng Siong Ang |   Singapore | 23.03s |   | +0.54s | 3 | 23 | 813 |  | 5. Stefan Volery |   Switzerland | 23.08s |   | +0.59s | 4 | 24 | 807 |  | 6. Per Johansson |   Sweden | 23.10s |   | +0.61s | 1 | 23 | 805 |  | 7. Jorg Woithe |   East Germany | 23.12s |   | +0.63s | 8 | 23 | 803 |  | 8. Gennady Prigoda |   Soviet Union | 23.27s |   | +0.78s | 7 | 21 | 788 |   
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| World Record: Matthew Biondi, United States 22.33s Orlando, United States 26th June 1986 |  | This World record was oficiated after 01.01.1987 as it been the Best Result in 1986. |   
| Final B |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 9. Greg Fasala |   Australia | 23.01s |   |   | 5 | 21 |  | 10.Hans Kroes |   Netherlands | 23.31s |   | +0.30s | 4 | 21 |  | 11.Nils Liedberg |   Sweden | 23.53s |   | +0.52s | 6 |   |  | 12.Patrick Dybiona |   Netherlands | 23.55s |   | +0.54s | 7 | 22 |  | 13.Frantz Mortensen |   Denmark | 23.71s |   | +0.70s | 3 | 22 |  | 14.Andy Jameson |   Great Britain | 23.73s |   | +0.72s | 2 | 21 |  | 15.Matthias Lutze |   East Germany | 23.74s |   | +0.73s | 1 |   |  | 16.Blair Hicken |   Canada | 23.78s |   | +0.77s | 8 | 21 |   
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Heats - Friday, 22nd August | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 to Final B. | 
| 1. Stefan Volery |   Switzerland | 22.62s | CR |   | - | 24 |  | 2. Tom Jager |   United States | 22.66s |   | +0.04s | - | 21 |  | 3. Peng Siong Ang |   Singapore | 22.71s |   | +0.09s | - | 23 |  | 4. Dano Halsall |   Switzerland | 22.83s |   | +0.21s | - | 23 |  | 5. Matt Biondi |   United States | 22.89s |   | +0.27s | - | 20 |  | 6. Gennady Prigoda |   Soviet Union | 22.98s |   | +0.36s | - | 21 |  | 7. Per Johansson |   Sweden | 23.03s | NR | +0.41s | - | 23 |  | 8. Jorg Woithe |   East Germany | 23.26s |   | +0.64s | - | 23 |  | 9. Hans Kroes |   Netherlands | 23.27s |   | +0.65s | - | 21 |  | 10.Greg Fasala |   Australia | 23.42s |   | +0.80s | - | 21 |  | 11.Frantz Mortensen |   Denmark | 23.48s |   | +0.86s | - | 22 |  | 12.Nils Liedberg |   Sweden | 23.49s |   | +0.87s | - |   |  | 13.Andy Jameson |   Great Britain | 23.51s |   | +0.89s | - | 21 |  | 14.Patrick Dybiona |   Netherlands | 23.54s |   | +0.92s | - | 22 |  | 15.Matthias Lutze |   East Germany | 23.56s |   | +0.94s | - |   |  | 16.Blair Hicken |   Canada | 23.57s | NR | +0.95s | - | 21 |  | 17.Marcos Goldenstein |   Brazil | 23.59s |   | +0.97s | - |   |  | 17.Tzvetan Golomeev |   Bulgaria | 23.59s | NR | +0.97s | - | 25 |  | 19.Giovanni Franceschi |   Italy | 23.63s |   | +1.01s | - | 23 |  | 20.Sergey Smiryagin |   Soviet Union | 23.66s |   | +1.04s | - | 22 |  | 21.Andre Schadt |   West Germany | 23.75s |   | +1.13s | - |   |  | 22.Petr Kladiva |   Czechoslovakia | 23.80s |   | +1.18s | - | 19 |  | 23.Fernando Rodriguez |   Peru | 23.91s | NR | +1.29s | - | 23 |  | 24.Mark Foster |   Great Britain | 23.97s |   | +1.35s | - | 16 |  | 25.Matthew Renshaw |   Australia | 24.01s |   | +1.39s | - |   |  | 26.Jose Medina |   Mexico | 24.11s |   | +1.49s | - | 21 |  | 27.Cyro Delgado |   Brazil | 24.12s |   | +1.50s | - | 25 |  | 28.Reggie Lacoursiere |   Canada | 24.13s |   | +1.51s | - |   |  | 29.Sergio Esteves |   Portugal | 24.15s |   | +1.53s | - | 18 |  | 30.Luis Manuel Martin |   Spain | 24.16s |   | +1.54s | - |   |  | 31.Yves Clausse |   Luxembourg | 24.32s |   | +1.70s | - | 17 |  | 32.Katsunori Fujiwara |   Japan | 24.36s |   | +1.74s | - |   |  | 33.Alexander Pilhatsch |   Austria | 24.40s |   | +1.78s | - | 23 |  | 34.Anthony Nesty |   Surinam | 24.45s | NR | +1.83s | - | 18 |  | 35.Antonio Portela |   Puerto Rico | 24.46s |   | +1.84s | - | 20 |  | 36.Hans Foerster |   US Virgin Islands | 24.50s | NR | +1.88s | - | 21 |  | 37.Lyes Mahfoudia |   Algeria | 24.57s | NR | +1.95s | - |   |  | 38.Declan Connaughton |   Ireland | 24.61s |   | +1.99s | - |   |  | 39.Sadri Ozun |   Turkey | 24.64s |   | +2.02s | - | 22 |  | 40.Mohamed Youssef |   Egypt | 24.71s | NR | +2.09s | - | 23 |  | 41.Joaquin Herrero |   Spain | 24.73s |   | +2.11s | - | - |  | 42.Manuel Guzman |   Puerto Rico | 24.82s |   | +2.20s | - | 16 |  | 43.Harald Sinzinger |   Austria | 24.96s |   | +2.34s | - |   |  | 44.Juan Tavares |   Dominicana | 25.05s |   | +2.43s | - |   |  | 45.Ayman Nadim |   Egypt | 25.31s |   | +2.69s | - | 22 |  | 46.Lee-Ta LIN |   Chinese Taipei | 25.32s |   | +2.70s | - |   |  | 47.Ronald Pickard |   US Virgin Islands | 25.47s |   | +2.85s | - | 16 |  | 48.Mika Lohi |   Finland | 25.53s |   | +2.91s | - |   |  | 49.Cheng-I Chen |   Chinese Taipei | 25.91s |   | +3.29s | - |   |  | 50.Michele Piva |   San Marino | 26.29s |   | +3.67s | - | 20 |  | 51.Daniele Piva |   San Marino | 27.11s |   | +4.49s | - |   |   
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