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The world record for the men's short-course 50 meter freestyle ('short-course' meaning the event is swum in a 25 meter pool) is held by Roland Schoeman of South Africa with a time of 20.30 seconds. It was swum at the 2009 South African Short Course Championships.
The world record for the men's long-course 50 meter freestyle ('long-course' meaning the event is swum in a 50 meter pool) is held by Cesar Cielo with a time of 20.91 seconds. It was swum at the 2009 Brazilian World Championships, which is organized and run by the Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation (CDBA).
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∙ 14y ago21.28 seconds, which was set by aemon sullivon in 2008. (March) :) - smiley face.
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