Swimming European Championships 1997 at Sevilla (spa) Men: 50 m Freestyle August 23: Final: 1. Aleksandr Popov (rus) 22.30 2. Mark Foster (gbr) 22.53 3. Julien Sicot (fra) 22.78 4. Alexander Luderitz (ger) 22.79 5. Denis Pimankov (rus) 22.80 6. Torsten Spanneberg (ger) 22.88 7. Yoav Bruck (isr) 23.03 -. Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) disqualified