Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 27 July 2021 (heats) 28 July 2021 (semifinals) 29 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 70 from 62 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 47.02 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4×100 m | men | women | |
4×200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4×100 m | men | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 29 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] There were approximately 60 competitors from approximately 45 nations, with the ultimate numbers determined through the ongoing selection process, including universality places.[2]
The medals for the competition were presented by Dick Pound, Canada; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by , Senegal; FINA Bureau Member.
Background[]
It was the event's 28th appearance, having been held at every edition except 1900.
Defending champion Kyle Chalmers of Australia is expected to return, as are fifth-place finisher Duncan Scott of Great Britain and sixth-place finisher Caeleb Dressel of the United States. Dressel is the two-time reigning World Champion (2017 and 2019), with Chalmers the runner-up in 2019.
Qualification[]
The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 48.57 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 50.03 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.[2]
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.[3]
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 | [4][5] |
Olympic record | Eamon Sullivan (AUS) | 47.05 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 | [6] |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Event | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Record |
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July 29 | Final | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 47.02 | OR |
Schedule[]
The schedule is a three-day schedule, with each round on separate days.[1]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Date | Time | Round |
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Tuesday, 27 July 2021 | 19:00 | Heats |
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 | 10:30 | Semifinals |
Thursday, 29 July 2021 | 11:37 | Final |
Results[]
Heats[]
The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advance to the semifinals.[7]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 9 | 2 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 47.71 | Q |
2 | 9 | 4 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 47.73 | Q |
3 | 8 | 4 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 47.77 | Q |
4 | 9 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 47.83 | Q |
5 | 7 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | ROC | 47.89 | Q |
6 | 7 | 3 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 47.97 | Q, NR |
7 | 8 | 5 | Andrey Minakov | ROC | 48.00 | Q |
8 | 9 | 6 | David Popovici | Romania | 48.03 | Q |
9 | 9 | 3 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 48.11 | Q |
10 | 8 | 8 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 48.15 | Q |
11 | 7 | 5 | Zach Apple | United States | 48.16 | Q |
12 | 8 | 3 | Maxime Grousset | France | 48.25 | Q |
13 | 8 | 2 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 48.30 | Q |
14 | 7 | 6 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 48.34 | Q |
15 | 7 | 2 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 48.43 | Q |
16 | 6 | 2 | Jacob Whittle | Great Britain | 48.44 | Q |
17 | 9 | 7 | Katsumi Nakamura | Japan | 48.48 | |
18 | 7 | 1 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 48.50 | |
18 | 8 | 6 | He Junyi | China | 48.50 | |
20 | 7 | 8 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 48.51 | |
21 | 6 | 7 | Stan Pijnenburg | Netherlands | 48.53 | |
22 | 6 | 6 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.66 | |
23 | 7 | 7 | Mehdy Metella | France | 48.68 | |
24 | 9 | 1 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 48.72 | |
25 | 8 | 1 | Pedro Spajari | Brazil | 48.74 | |
26 | 6 | 4 | Damian Wierling | Germany | 48.83 | |
27 | 6 | 1 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 49.07 | |
28 | 5 | 7 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia | 49.25 | |
29 | 6 | 8 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 49.26 | |
30 | 5 | 3 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 49.31 | |
5 | 4 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | |||
32 | 6 | 5 | Gabriel Santos | Brazil | 49.33 | |
33 | 5 | 6 | Alberto Mestre | Venezuela | 49.44 | |
34 | 4 | 5 | Ian Ho | Hong Kong | 49.49 | |
35 | 9 | 8 | Serhiy Shevtsov | Ukraine | 49.55 | |
36 | 5 | 8 | Luke Gebbie | Philippines | 49.64 | NR |
37 | 6 | 3 | Oussama Sahnoune | Algeria | 49.65 | |
38 | 4 | 4 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 49.78 | NR |
39 | 5 | 5 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 49.84 | |
40 | 4 | 6 | Nikolas Antoniou | Cyprus | 50.00 | |
41 | 4 | 7 | Khurshidjon Tursunov | Uzbekistan | 50.14 | |
42 | 4 | 8 | Peter Wetzlar | Zimbabwe | 50.31 | NR |
43 | 4 | 2 | Samy Boutouil | Morocco | 50.37 | |
44 | 5 | 1 | Ben Hockin | Paraguay | 50.41 | |
45 | 5 | 2 | Emir Muratović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.43 | |
46 | 4 | 3 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 50.48 | |
47 | 3 | 4 | Mokhtar Al-Yamani | Yemen | 50.52 | NR |
48 | 4 | 1 | Matthew Abeysinghe | Sri Lanka | 50.62 | |
49 | 3 | 3 | Andrew Chetcuti | Malta | 51.47 | |
50 | 3 | 6 | Yousuf Al-Matrooshi | United Arab Emirates | 51.50 | |
51 | 3 | 5 | Stefano Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 51.64 | |
52 | 3 | 2 | Kledi Kadiu | Albania | 51.65 | |
53 | 3 | 1 | Issa Al-Adawi | Oman | 51.81 | |
54 | 3 | 7 | Jean Zephir | Saint Lucia | 51.94 | |
55 | 3 | 8 | Miguel Mena | Nicaragua | 51.99 | |
56 | 2 | 4 | Danilo Rosafio | Kenya | 52.54 | |
57 | 2 | 5 | Jagger Stephens | Guam | 52.72 | |
58 | 2 | 6 | Delron Felix | Grenada | 52.99 | |
59 | 1 | 6 | Alexander Shah | Nepal | 53.41 | NR |
60 | 2 | 3 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 53.56 | |
61 | 2 | 2 | Boško Radulović | Montenegro | 53.60 | |
62 | 2 | 7 | Muhammad Haseeb Tariq | Pakistan | 53.81 | |
63 | 2 | 1 | Atuhaire Ambala | Uganda | 54.23 | |
64 | 1 | 3 | Olt Kondirolli | Kosovo | 54.33 | |
2 | 8 | Belly-Cresus Ganira | Burundi | NR | ||
66 | 1 | 5 | Yazan Al-Bawwab | Palestine | 54.51 | |
67 | 1 | 4 | Andrew Fowler | Guyana | 55.23 | |
68 | 1 | 1 | Sangay Tenzin | Bhutan | 57.57 | |
69 | 1 | 2 | Mubal Ibrahim | Maldives | 58.37 | |
70 | 1 | 7 | Edgar Iro | Solomon Islands | 1:00.13 | |
8 | 7 | Matthew Richards | Great Britain | DNS |
Semifinals[]
The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[8]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 3 | Kliment Kolesnikov | ROC | 47.11 | Q, ER |
2 | 1 | 4 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 47.23 | Q |
3 | 1 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 47.52 | Q |
4 | 1 | 3 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 47.56 | Q, AS |
5 | 1 | 6 | David Popovici | Romania | 47.72 | Q |
6 | 2 | 5 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 47.80 | Q |
7 | 2 | 2 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 47.81 | Q, NR |
8 | 1 | 7 | Maxime Grousset | France | 47.82 | Q |
9 | 2 | 1 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 47.94 | NR |
10 | 2 | 6 | Andrey Minakov | ROC | 48.03 | |
11 | 2 | 7 | Zach Apple | United States | 48.04 | |
12 | 2 | 4 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 48.05 | |
13 | 1 | 8 | Jacob Whittle | Great Britain | 48.11 | |
14 | 1 | 1 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 48.19 | |
15 | 1 | 2 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 48.31 | |
16 | 2 | 8 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 48.53 |
Final[]
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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5 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 47.02 | OR | |
7 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 47.08 | ||
4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | ROC | 47.44 | ||
4 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | France | 47.72 | |
5 | 6 | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 47.82 | |
6 | 3 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 47.86 | |
7 | 2 | David Popovici | Romania | 48.04 | |
8 | 1 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 48.10 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ Crouse, Karen (31 July 2009). "Lochte Finds Phelps Is Everywhere but in the Pool". New York Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Cielo sets 50-meter freestyle mark". ESPN. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Johanson, Simon (13 August 2008). "Sullivan smashes world record – again". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results
- ^ Final results
- Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Men's 100 metre freestyle
- Men's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics