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

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates27 July 2021 (heats)
28 July 2021 (semifinals)
29 July 2021 (final)
Competitors70 from 62 nations
Winning time47.02 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Kliment Kolesnikov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
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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 Dr. Mohamed Diop, 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 recordFlag of Brazil.svg  César Cielo  (BRA)46.91 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009 [4] [5]
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Eamon Sullivan  (AUS)47.05 Beijing, China 13 August 2008 [6]

The following record was established during the competition:

DateEventSwimmerNationTimeRecord
July 29Final Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  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)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 27 July 202119:00Heats
Wednesday, 28 July 202110:30Semifinals
Thursday, 29 July 202111:37Final

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
192 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.71Q
294 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.73Q
384 Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 47.77Q
495 Alessandro Miressi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.83Q
574 Kliment Kolesnikov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 47.89Q
673 Hwang Sun-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 47.97Q, NR
785 Andrey Minakov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 48.00Q
896 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 48.03Q
993 Nándor Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 48.11Q
1088 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.15Q
1175 Zach Apple Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.16Q
1283 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 48.25Q
1382 Andrej Barna Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 48.30Q
1476 Joshua Liendo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.34Q
1572 Roman Mityukov Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 48.43Q
1662 Jacob Whittle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 48.44Q
1797 Katsumi Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 48.48
1871 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 48.50
1886 He Junyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 48.50
2078 Szebasztián Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 48.51
2167 Stan Pijnenburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.53
2266 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 48.66
2377 Mehdy Metella Flag of France.svg  France 48.68
2491 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.72
2581 Pedro Spajari Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.74
2664 Damian Wierling Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 48.83
2761 Robin Hanson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 49.07
2857 Nikola Miljenić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 49.25
2968 Meiron Cheruti Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 49.26
3053 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 49.31
54 Mikel Schreuders Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba
3265 Gabriel Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 49.33
3356 Alberto Mestre Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 49.44
3445 Ian Ho Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 49.49
3598 Serhiy Shevtsov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 49.55
3658 Luke Gebbie Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 49.64 NR
3763 Oussama Sahnoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 49.65
3844 Artur Barseghyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 49.78 NR
3955 Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 49.84
4046 Nikolas Antoniou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 50.00
4147 Khurshidjon Tursunov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 50.14
4248 Peter Wetzlar Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 50.31 NR
4342 Samy Boutouil Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 50.37
4451 Ben Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 50.41
4552 Emir Muratović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 50.43
4643 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 50.48
4734 Mokhtar Al-Yamani Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 50.52 NR
4841 Matthew Abeysinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 50.62
4933 Andrew Chetcuti Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 51.47
5036 Yousuf Al-Matrooshi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 51.50
5135 Stefano Mitchell Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 51.64
5232 Kledi Kadiu Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 51.65
5331 Issa Al-Adawi Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 51.81
5437 Jean Zephir Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 51.94
5538 Miguel Mena Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 51.99
5624 Danilo Rosafio Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 52.54
5725 Jagger Stephens Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 52.72
5826 Delron Felix Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 52.99
5916 Alexander Shah Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 53.41 NR
6023 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 53.56
6122 Boško Radulović Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 53.60
6227 Muhammad Haseeb Tariq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 53.81
6321 Atuhaire Ambala Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 54.23
6413 Olt Kondirolli Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 54.33
28 Belly-Cresus Ganira Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi NR
6615 Yazan Al-Bawwab Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 54.51
6714 Andrew Fowler Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 55.23
6811Sangay TenzinFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 57.57
6912 Mubal Ibrahim Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 58.37
7017 Edgar Iro Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1:00.13
87 Matthew Richards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNS

Semifinals

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

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
123 Kliment Kolesnikov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 47.11Q, ER
214 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.23Q
315 Alessandro Miressi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.52Q
413 Hwang Sun-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 47.56Q, AS
516 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 47.72Q
625 Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 47.80Q
722 Nándor Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 47.81Q, NR
817 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 47.82Q
921 Andrej Barna Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 47.94 NR
1026 Andrey Minakov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 48.03
1127 Zach Apple Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.04
1224 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.05
1318 Jacob Whittle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 48.11
1411 Joshua Liendo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.19
1512 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.31
1628 Roman Mityukov Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 48.53

Final

[9]

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.02 OR
Silver medal icon.svg7 Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 47.08
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Kliment Kolesnikov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 47.44
48 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 47.72
56 Hwang Sun-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 47.82
63 Alessandro Miressi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.86
72 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 48.04
81 Nándor Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 48.10

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