Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly

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Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates29 July 2021 (heats)
30 July 2021 (semifinals)
31 July 2021 (final)
Competitors56 from 45 nations
Winning time49.45 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Caeleb Dressel  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kristóf Milák  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Noè Ponti  Switzerland
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Swimming at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 29 to 31 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968.


Records[]

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

World record  Caeleb Dressel (USA) 49.50 Gwangju, South Korea 26 July 2019 [2]
Olympic record  Joseph Schooling (SIN) 50.39 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016 [3][4]


The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
29 July Heat 8 Caeleb Dressel  United States 50.39 OR
30 July Semifinal 1 Kristóf Milák  Hungary 50.31 OR
30 July Semifinal 2 Caeleb Dressel  United States 49.71 OR
31 July Final Caeleb Dressel  United States 49.45 WR

Qualification[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 51.96 seconds. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 53.52 seconds. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[5]

Competition format[]

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[6]

Schedule[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
29 July 2021 19:43 Heats
30 July 2021 10:30 Semifinals
31 July 2021 10:30 Final

Results[]

Heats[]

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 8 4 Caeleb Dressel  United States 50.39 Q, =OR
2 7 4 Kristóf Milák  Hungary 50.62 Q
3 8 6 Jakub Majerski  Poland 50.97 Q, NR
4 8 5 Andrey Minakov  ROC 51.00 Q
5 7 6 Noè Ponti  Switzerland 51.24 Q
6 6 5 Josif Miladinov  Bulgaria 51.28 Q
7 6 7 Luis Martínez  Guatemala 51.29 Q, NR
8 6 4 Matthew Temple  Australia 51.39 Q
9 7 7 Joshua Liendo  Canada 51.52 Q
10 7 5 Mehdy Metella  France 51.53 Q
11 5 1 Nyls Korstanje  Netherlands 51.54 Q, NR
12 6 3 Naoki Mizunuma  Japan 51.57 Q
8 2 Tom Shields  United States Q
14 5 2 Youssef Ramadan  Egypt 51.67 Q, NR
7 2 Szebasztián Szabó  Hungary Q
16 5 6 Sun Jiajun  China 51.74 Q
17 6 2 Federico Burdisso  Italy 51.82
18 6 6 Chad le Clos  South Africa 51.89
8 7 Mikhail Vekovishchev  ROC
20 7 3 Takeshi Kawamoto  Japan 51.93
21 5 3 Tomer Frankel  Israel 51.99
22 6 8 Paweł Korzeniowski  Poland 52.00
23 7 1 Marius Kusch  Germany 52.05
24 4 6 Santiago Grassi  Argentina 52.07
8 8 Jacob Peters  Great Britain
26 7 8 Vinicius Lanza  Brazil 52.08
27 3 2 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas  Norway 52.22 NR
28 4 8 Louis Croenen  Belgium 52.23
29 4 7 Antani Ivanov  Bulgaria 52.25
30 8 1 David Morgan  Australia 52.31
31 6 1 Santo Condorelli  Italy 52.32
32 5 7 Matthew Sates  South Africa 52.34
33 3 7 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 52.36 NR
34 4 4 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore 52.39
35 3 4 Wang Kuan-hung  Chinese Taipei 52.44
4 3 Ümitcan Güreş  Turkey
37 3 8 Shane Ryan  Ireland 52.52 NR
4 5 Jan Šefl  Czech Republic
5 5 Simon Bucher  Austria
40 3 6 Nikola Miljenić  Croatia 52.68
41 3 1 Kregor Zirk  Estonia 52.82
42 5 4 Yauhen Tsurkin  Belarus 52.90
43 4 1 Matheus Gonche  Brazil 53.02
44 5 8 Joseph Schooling  Singapore 53.12
45 2 2 Abeku Jackson  Ghana 53.39 NR
46 2 5 Sajan Prakash  India 53.45
47 2 4 Moon Seung-woo  South Korea 53.59
48 2 3 Abbas Qali  Kuwait 53.62
49 2 1 Steven Aimable  Senegal 53.64
50 2 7 Navaphat Wongcharoen  Thailand 54.36
51 2 6 Benjamin Hockin  Paraguay 54.81
2 8 Davidson Vincent  Haiti
53 3 5 Daniel Martin  Romania 55.09
54 1 4 Salvador Gordo  Angola 55.96
55 1 5 Yousif Bu Arish  Saudi Arabia 56.29
1 3 Abdulla Ahmed  Bahrain DSQ
3 3 Ihor Troianovskyi  Ukraine DNS
4 2 Gal Cohen Groumi  Israel
8 3 James Guy  Great Britain

Semifinals[]

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of semis, advanced to the final.[8]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Caeleb Dressel  United States 49.71 Q, OR
2 1 4 Kristóf Milák  Hungary 50.31 Q
3 2 3 Noè Ponti  Switzerland 50.76 Q, NR
4 1 3 Josif Miladinov  Bulgaria 51.06 Q
5 1 5 Andrey Minakov  ROC 51.11 Q
6 1 6 Matthew Temple  Australia 51.12 Q
7 2 5 Jakub Majerski  Poland 51.24 Q
8 2 6 Luis Martínez  Guatemala 51.30 Q
9 1 2 Mehdy Metella  France 51.32
10 1 7 Naoki Mizunuma  Japan 51.46
11 2 2 Joshua Liendo  Canada 51.50
12 2 7 Nyls Korstanje  Netherlands 51.80
13 1 8 Sun Jiajun  China 51.82
14 2 8 Szebasztián Szabó  Hungary 51.89
15 2 1 Tom Shields  United States 51.99
16 1 1 Youssef Ramadan  Egypt 52.27

Final[]

[9]

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Caeleb Dressel  United States 49.45 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Kristóf Milák  Hungary 49.68 ER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Noè Ponti  Switzerland 50.74 NR
4 2 Andrey Minakov  ROC 50.88
5 1 Jakub Majerski  Poland 50.92 NR
7 Matthew Temple  Australia
7 8 Luis Martínez  Guatemala 51.09 NR
8 6 Josif Miladinov  Bulgaria 51.49

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ Carlson, Reid (26 July 2019). "Caeleb Dressel Breaks Phelps' Elusive 100 Butterfly World Record in 49.50". SwimSwam. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ Pentony, Luke (12 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Joseph Schooling gives Singapore its first ever Olympic gold medal". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. ^ Goh, Brenda (12 August 2016). "Stunning Phelps, Schooling wins Singapore's first gold". Reuters. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ Heats results
  8. ^ Semifinals results
  9. ^ Final results
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