Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 100m freestyle M.JPG
Victory Ceremony
Dates5 August (heats and semifinals)
6 August (final)
Competitors115 from 100 nations
Winning time47.84
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
  2013
2017  

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August with the heats and the semifinals and 6 August with the final. [1]

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Asian Record holder Ning Zetao became the first Chinese male ever to win the 100 meter freestyle at the World Championships. Coming from second at the halfway turn, Ning beat Australian favorite Cameron McEvoy to win his first ever World Championship medal in 47.84. McEvoy finished second in a time of 47.95, while Argentina's Federico Grabich emerged as a serious sprint freestyle threat, winning the bronze and his nation's first ever World Championship medal in 48.12.

After leading at the 50 meter mark, Canada's Santo Condorelli faded to fourth in 48.19, while Brazil's Marcelo Chierighini finished fifth in 48.28, beating out hometown favorite Alexander Sukhorukov by a hundredth of a second. Plagued by a shoulder injury, defending Olympic Champion Nathan Adrian (48.31) tied for seventh with Belgium's Pieter Timmers. [2]

After sustaining a shoulder injury, Australia's James Magnussen was forced to withdraw from the event, leaving him unable to defend his world title. Russia's Vladimir Morozov, who had the top time in the world coming into the event, left the blocks early in the semifinals, therefore ending his hope of being the first Russian since Alexander Popov to win the coveted 100 meter freestyle at the World Championships.

Records

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

World record Flag of Brazil.svg  César Cielo  (BRA)46.91 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009
Competition recordFlag of Brazil.svg  César Cielo  (BRA)46.91 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 09:43. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1114 Ning Zetao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 48.11Q
2124 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 48.33Q
3104 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 48.46Q
4129 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 48.48Q
5122 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 48.52Q
6102 Pieter Timmers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 48.58Q
7105 Sebastiaan Verschuren Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.61Q
125 Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
9113 Alexandr Sukhorukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 48.64Q
10103 Fabien Gilot Flag of France.svg  France 48.73Q
11111 Santo Condorelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.77Q
12107 Matheus Santana Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.81Q
13115 Marco Orsi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.82Q
14127 Shinri Shioura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 48.84Q
15110 Marcelo Chierighini Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.92Q
16120 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48.93Q
17126 Luca Dotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49.01
18112 Tommaso D'Orsogna Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 49.04
19116 Katsumi Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 49.07
20101 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 49.12
108 Jimmy Feigen Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2295 Jasper Aerents Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 49.24
23117 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49.35
24109 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 49.40
25100 Cristian Quintero Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 49.46
26119 Odysseus Meladinis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 49.47
2783 Mindaugas Sadauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 49.49
2894 Yu Hexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 49.50
2996 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 49.56
118 Marius Radu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
31128 Yauhen Tsurkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 49.67
32121 Calum Jarvis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49.68
3392 Krisztián Takács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 49.76
3485 Christoffer Carlsen Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 49.78
3582 Kemal Arda Gürdal Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 49.80
3697 Andriy Hovorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 49.81
3784 Geoffrey Cheah Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 49.96
3880 David Gamburg Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 49.98
3981 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 49.99
4088 Martin Verner Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 50.01
4193 Velimir Stjepanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 50.07
4299 Renzo Tjon A Joe Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 50.12
4387 Ben Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 50.19
4491 Arseni Kukharau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 50.21
4575 Alexandre Haldemann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 50.28
4677 Sidni Hoxha Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 50.45
4766 Park Seon-kwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 50.53
4889 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 50.64
4971 Mario Todorović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 50.66
5098 Daniel Ramírez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 50.70
5178 Daniil Tulupov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 50.71
5273 Julien Henx Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 50.77
5374 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 50.84
5479 Matthew Abeysinghe FINA Independent Athletes 50.93
5572 Nicholas Magana Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 50.99
5662 Aleksandar Nikolov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 51.01
5776 Christian Scherübl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 51.02
5890 Lorenzo Loria Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 51.18
5964 Luis Flores Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 51.21
65 Hoàng Quý Phước Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
6168 Sean Gunn Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 51.30
6267 Lim Ching Hwang Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 51.31
6355 Andrew Chetcuti Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 51.35
6469 Sam Seghers Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 51.35
6557 Jordan Augier Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 51.39
6663 Aaron D'Souza Flag of India.svg  India 51.41
6756 Jagger Stephens Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 51.50
6861 Mikel Schreuders Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 51.77
6952 Allan Gutiérrez Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 51.83
7060 Stanislav Karnaukhov Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 51.96
7151 Mario Montoya Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 52.06
7270 Janis Saltans Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 52.07
7341 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 52.09
7445 Ifa Paea Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 52.21
7553 Oliver Elliot Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 52.50
7646 Winter Heaven Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 52.77
7750 Miguel Mena Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 52.78
7854 Sidrell Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 52.81
7933 Mohammad Rahman Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 52.89
8058 Jhonny Pérez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 53.16
8159 Abdoul Niane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 53.33
8244 Christian Selby Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 53.48
8335 Mohammed Bedour Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 53.53
8434 Meli Malani Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 53.68
8543 Issa Mohamed Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 54.02
8649 Alexander Skinner Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 54.05
8742 Adel El-Fakir Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 54.18
8836 Valentin Gorshkov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 54.28
8947 Boško Radulović Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 54.53
9032 Andre van der Merwe Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 54.69
9131 Christian Nikles Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 54.75 NR
9240 Vladimir Mamikonyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 55.12
9348 Farhan Saleh Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 55.18
9437Bakr Al-DulaimiFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 55.22
9538 Delgerkhuu Myagmar Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 55.67
9630 Stefano Mitchell Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 56.34
9724 Hannibal Gaskin Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 56.85
9839 Abeiku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 56.94
9925 Giordan Harris Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 57.75
10023 Sirish Gurung Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 58.22
26 Ammaar Ghadiyali Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
10219 Rony Bakale Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 58.64
10321 Mamadou Soumaré Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 59.33
10420 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 59.46
10527 Alois Dansou Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 59.58
10613 Mark Hoare Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 59.62
10722 Belly-Cresus Ganira Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 59.74
10829 Takumi Sugie Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 1:00.23
10911 Meriton Veliu Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 1:00.41
11015 Mohamed Adnan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1:00.71
11116 Kaleo Kihleng Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 1:01.71
11212 Soulasen Phommasen Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 1:02.18
11328 Athoumane Solihi Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 1:03.09
11417 Amadou Camara Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 1:04.00
11514 Robel Habte Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:04.41
18 Fenel Lamour Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti DNS
86 Pjotr Degtjarjov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia DNS
106 Konrad Czerniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNS
123 Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 17:32. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 47.94Q
25 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 48.20Q
33 Pieter Timmers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 48.22Q, NR
46 Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.36Q
57 Matheus Santana Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.52
68 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48.55
72 Fabien Gilot Flag of France.svg  France 48.56
81 Shinri Shioura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 48.96

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Ning Zetao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 48.13Q
28 Marcelo Chierighini Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.37Q
32 Alexandr Sukhorukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 48.40Q
47 Santo Condorelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.49Q
56 Sebastiaan Verschuren Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.59
63 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 48.65
71 Marco Orsi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.69
5 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DSQ

Final

The final was held at 18:05. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Ning Zetao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 47.84
Silver medal icon.svg4 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 47.95
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 48.12
48 Santo Condorelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.19
57 Marcelo Chierighini Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.27
61 Alexandr Sukhorukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 48.28
72 Nathan Adrian Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.31
6 Pieter Timmers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

References