Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly

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Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue World Aquatics Championships Arena
Location Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang
Dates1 August (heats and semifinals)
2 August (final)
Competitors76 from 66 nations
Winning time49.62
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2024
2027  

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 1 to 2 August 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]

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Background

The event did not feature world record holder Caeleb Dressel or European record holder Kristóf Milák, but the field included 14 swimmers with lifetime bests under 51 seconds. Maxime Grousset of France led the 2024–25 season rankings, having improved his national record to 50.11 at the 2025 French Elite Championships. Canada’s Ilya Kharun and Josh Liendo ranked third and fourth in 2025 with 50.37 and 50.46, respectively; Liendo was the 2024 Olympic silver medalist and Canadian record holder with 49.99. Switzerland’s Noè Ponti, fourth at the Olympics, had a 2025 best of 50.27. Other notable competitors included Hubert Kós of Hungary, Nyls Korstanje of the Netherlands, and Shaine Casas of the United States, all ranked among the top six this season. [3]

Qualification

Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 51.77. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 53.58. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. [4] [5]

Top 10 fastest qualification times [6]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Kristóf Milák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 49.90 2024 Summer Olympics
Josh Liendo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 49.99 2024 Summer Olympics
Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 50.112025 French Elite
Noè Ponti Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 50.162024 Swiss Championships
Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.19 2024 United States Olympic Trials
Ilya Kharun Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50.372025 Canadian Trials
Shaine Casas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.51 2025 United States Championships
Hubert Kós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 50.55 2025 Hungarian Championships
Nyls Korstanje Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 50.59 Olympic Games Paris 2024
Matthew Temple Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 50.612024 New South Wales Championships

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Caeleb Dressel  (USA)49.45 Tokyo, Japan31 July 2021
Competition recordFlag of the United States.svg Caeleb Dressel (USA)49.50 Gwangju, South Korea26 July 2019

Heats

The heats took place on 1 August at 10:02. [8] [9]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
164 Noè Ponti Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 50.68Q
285 Ilya Kharun Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50.70Q
386 Andrey Minakov   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 50.93Q
473 Matthew Temple Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 50.97Q
584 Josh Liendo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51.04Q
671 Simon Bucher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 51.16Q, NR [10]
787 Jesse Coleman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.20Q
876 Katsuhiro Matsumoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 51.30Q
989 Diogo Ribeiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 51.34Q
1066 Jakub Majerski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51.35Q
1160 Edward Mildred Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51.36Q
1174 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 51.36Q
1181 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.36Q
1462 Naoki Mizunuma Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 51.44Q
1588 Gal Cohen Groumi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 51.46Q
1672 Clément Secchi Flag of France.svg  France 51.58Q
1780 Federico Burdisso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.59
1852 Denis Popescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 51.61
1975 Shaine Casas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.66
2083 Nyls Korstanje Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 51.67
2170 Ksawery Masiuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51.79
2279 Adilbek Mussik Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 51.87
2368 Xu Fang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 51.90
2469 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 51.92
2582 Chen Juner Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 51.95
2663 Thomas Heilman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.02
2777 Luca Armbruster Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 52.05
2878 Casper Puggaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 52.22
2961 Josha Salchow Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 52.24
3067 Mikhail Antipov   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 52.26
3146 Eldor Usmonov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 52.46
3255 Ulises Cazau Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 52.60
3358 Konstantinos Stamou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 52.81
3442 Jack Cassin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 52.84
3544 Grigori Pekarski   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes A 52.90
3654 Vili Sivec Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 53.01
3756 Alex Ahtiainen Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 53.04
3847 Denys Kesil Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53.05
3953 Arbidel González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 53.12
4057 Jorge Iga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 53.14
4133 Jesse Ssengonzi Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 53.32 NR [11]
4234 Josh Kirlew Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 53.68
4332 Samuel Kostal Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 53.69
4443 Miloš Milenković Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 53.74
4536 Raekwon Noel Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 53.91 NR
4559 Jorge Otaiza Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 53.91
4750 Benedicton Rohit Beniston Manickaraj Flag of India.svg  India 53.92
4837 Oscar Peyre Mitilla Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 54.44
4948 Birnir Freyr Hálfdánarson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 54.59
5041 Navaphat Wongcharoen Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 54.76
5131 Esteban Nuñez Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 54.82
5240 Luka Jovanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 54.84
5324 Zackary Gresham Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 55.46
5438 Ramil Valizada Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 55.53
5539 Julien Henx Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 55.57
5611 Victor Ah Yong Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 55.76 NR [11]
5712 Yousif Bu Arish Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 55.99
5830 Antoine Destang Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 56.19
5949 Nika Tchitchiashvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 56.42
6016 Lucas de los Santos Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 56.53
6123 Kaio Faftine Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 56.86
6225 Sebastián Serafeim Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 56.88
6314 Lam Chi Chong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 57.50
6421 Stephen Nyoike Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 57.51
6528 Israel Poppe Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 57.96
6622 Mohammad Al-Otaibi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 58.09
6717 Salem Sabt Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 58.10
6820 Jefferson Kpanou Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 58.16
6926 Collins Saliboko Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 58.43
7029 Kokoro Frost Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 58.82
7127 Mohamad Masoud Flag of World Aquatics.svg  Athlete Refugee Team 59.01
7210 Clinton Opute Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 59.29
7313 Naeem de Souza Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 1:00.16
7418 Lin Myat Thu Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 1:00.44
7515 Charlie Gibbons Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 1:01.89
35 Abeku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Disqualified
45 Bryan Leong Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Did not start
51 Tajus Juska Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
65 Hubert Kós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Semifinals

Semifinals took place on 1 August at 19:10. [8] [12]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124 Noè Ponti Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 50.18Q
223 Josh Liendo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50.24Q
317 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 50.25Q
414 Ilya Kharun Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50.39Q
521 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 50.42Q, NR [10]
615 Matthew Temple Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 50.83Q
725 Andrey Minakov   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 50.87Q
813 Simon Bucher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 50.88Q, NR [10]
911 Naoki Mizunuma Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50.96
1026 Jesse Coleman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.14
1116 Katsuhiro Matsumoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 51.20
1222 Diogo Ribeiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 51.21
1318 Clément Secchi Flag of France.svg  France 51.23
1412 Jakub Majerski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51.40
1527 Edward Mildred Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51.61
1628 Gal Cohen Groumi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 51.64

Final

The final took place on 2 August at 19:43. [8] [13]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 49.62 ER
Silver medal icon.svg4 Noè Ponti Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 49.83 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Ilya Kharun Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50.07
45 Josh Liendo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50.09
57 Matthew Temple Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 50.57
61 Andrei Minakov   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 50.90
78 Simon Bucher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 50.92
82 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.12

References

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