Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Aquatics stadium
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates9 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
10 August 2016 (final)
Competitors59 from 46 nations
Winning time47.58 WJR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kyle Chalmers  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pieter Timmers  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nathan Adrian  United States
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The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 9–10 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Summary[]

At 18 years of age, Kyle Chalmers defeated the experienced field of sprinters to become Australia's first Olympic champion in this event since Michael Wenden topped the podium in 1968. Rallying from seventh at the halfway turn, he overhauled the field for the gold medal and a junior world record in 47.58.[2][3] Swimming out of lane seven, Pieter Timmers posted a 47.80 to take home the silver for the Belgians, along with a national record. Meanwhile, U.S. sprinter and defending champion Nathan Adrian barely advanced out of the prelims earlier, but bounced back to earn a bronze in the final with a 47.85.[4][5][6]

Leading the race early on the initial length, Canada's Santo Condorelli narrowly slipped out of the podium to fourth in 47.88, just a 0.03-second deficit behind Adrian.[7] British teenager Duncan Scott finished fifth in 48.01 to match his own national record that he set in the heats.[8] American youngster Caeleb Dressel picked up a sixth spot in 48.02, while Australia's pre-race favorite Cameron McEvoy dropped back to seventh in 48.12.[9] Amid the delight of the home crowd, Brazil's Marcelo Chierighini rounded out the field with an eighth-place time in 48.42.[6]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster, including China's Ning Zetao, the defending World champion, and Russia's Vladimir Morozov, who was allowed to compete in Rio, after filing a successful appeal against his possible doping report ban.[10]

Qualification[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to two swimmers if both met the Olympic Qualifying Time (or "OQT"). An NOC with no swimmers meeting the OQT but at least one swimmer meeting the Olympic Selection Time (or "OST") was not guaranteed a place, but was eligible for selection to fill the overall 900 swimmer quota for the Games. For 2016, the OQT was 48.99 seconds while the OST was 50.70 seconds. The qualifying window was 1 March 2015 to 3 July 2016; only approved meets (generally international competitions and national Olympic trials) during that period could be used to meet the standards. There were also universality places available; if no male swimmer from a nation qualified in any event, the NOC could enter one male swimmer in an event.

The two swimmers per NOC limit had been in place since the 1984 Games.

Records[]

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

World record  César Cielo (BRA) 46.91 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009 [11][12]
Olympic record  Eamon Sullivan (AUS) 47.05 Beijing, China 13 August 2008 [13]

Competition format[]

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Schedule[]

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:02
22:03		 Heats
Semifinals
Wednesday, 10 August 2016 23:03 Final

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 7 3 Kyle Chalmers  Australia 47.90 Q, WJR
2 7 2 Caeleb Dressel  United States 47.91 Q
3 5 6 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 48.01 Q, NR
4 8 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 48.12 Q
5 6 5 Santo Condorelli  Canada 48.22 Q
6 6 8 Joseph Schooling  Singapore 48.27 Q, NR
7 8 8 Damian Wierling  Germany 48.35 Q
8 6 3 Vladimir Morozov  Russia 48.39 Q
9 8 2 Pieter Timmers  Belgium 48.46 Q
10 8 5 Luca Dotto  Italy 48.47 Q
11 7 8 Yuri Kisil  Canada 48.49 Q
12 6 2 Sebastiaan Verschuren  Netherlands 48.51 Q
13 6 6 Marcelo Chierighini  Brazil 48.53 Q
14 6 4 Ning Zetao  China 48.57 Q
8 3 Clément Mignon  France Q
16 7 4 Nathan Adrian  United States 48.58 Q
17 6 1 Katsumi Nakamura  Japan 48.61
18 7 5 Jérémy Stravius  France 48.62
19 5 5 Glenn Surgeloose  Belgium 48.65
20 5 1 Kristian Golomeev  Greece 48.68
21 7 6 Andrey Grechin  Russia 48.75
22 8 6 Federico Grabich  Argentina 48.78
23 4 2 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 48.80 NR
24 4 6 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 48.86
25 6 7 Yu Hexin  China 48.87
26 4 4 Dominik Kozma  Hungary 48.92
27 7 7 Shinri Shioura  Japan 48.94
28 8 7 Nicolas Oliveira  Brazil 49.05
29 7 1 Benjamin Proud  Great Britain 49.14
30 5 4 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania 49.16
31 3 4 Oussama Sahnoune  Algeria 49.20
32 4 3 Park Tae-hwan  South Korea 49.24
8 1 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia
34 4 1 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 49.25
35 4 5 Yauhen Tsurkin  Belarus 49.37
36 5 8 Anže Tavčar  Slovenia 49.38
37 5 7 Filippo Magnini  Italy 49.40
38 5 2 Marius Radu  Romania 49.57
39 5 3 Björn Hornikel  Germany 49.62
40 3 2 Shane Ryan  Ireland 49.82
41 3 3 Aleksandar Nikolov  Bulgaria 50.08
42 4 7 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 50.14
4 8 Matthew Stanley  New Zealand
44 3 5 Benjamin Hockin  Paraguay 50.26
45 2 6 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 50.65 NR
3 6 Ziv Kalontarov  Israel
47 3 8 Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 50.79
48 2 5 Sean Gunn  Zimbabwe 50.87
49 3 7 Bradley Vincent  Mauritius 50.89
50 2 4 Matthew Abeysinghe  Sri Lanka 50.96
51 2 3 Andrew Chetcuti  Malta 51.37
52 1 4 Jhonny Pérez  Dominican Republic 51.50
53 3 1 Nicholas Magana  Peru 51.53
54 1 3 Thibaut Amani Danho  Ivory Coast 52.78
55 2 2 Miguel Mena  Nicaragua 53.40
56 2 1 Rami Anis  Refugee Olympic Team 54.35
57 2 7 Sovijja Pou  Cambodia 54.55
58 2 8 Sirish Gurung  Nepal 57.76 NR
59 1 5 Robel Kiros Habte  Ethiopia 1:04.95

Semifinals[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 1 8 Nathan Adrian  United States 47.83 Q
2 2 4 Kyle Chalmers  Australia 47.88 Q, WJR
3 2 3 Santo Condorelli  Canada 47.93 Q
1 5 Cameron McEvoy  Australia Q
5 1 4 Caeleb Dressel  United States 47.97 Q
6 2 2 Pieter Timmers  Belgium 48.14 Q, NR
7 2 5 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 48.20 Q
8 2 1 Marcelo Chierighini  Brazil 48.23 Q
9 1 6 Vladimir Morozov  Russia 48.26
10 2 7 Yuri Kisil  Canada 48.28
11 1 7 Sebastiaan Verschuren  Netherlands 48.28
12 1 1 Ning Zetao  China 48.37
13 1 2 Luca Dotto  Italy 48.49
14 2 8 Clément Mignon  France 48.57
15 2 6 Damian Wierling  Germany 48.66
16 1 3 Joseph Schooling  Singapore 48.70

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Kyle Chalmers  Australia 47.58 WJR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Pieter Timmers  Belgium 47.80 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Nathan Adrian  United States 47.85
4 6 Santo Condorelli  Canada 47.88
5 1 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 48.01 NR
6 2 Caeleb Dressel  United States 48.02
7 3 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 48.12
8 8 Marcelo Chierighini  Brazil 48.41

References[]

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