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

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue World Aquatics Championships Arena
Location Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang
Dates30 July (heats and semifinals)
31 July (final)
Competitors110 from 102 nations
Winning time46.51
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  2024
2027  

The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 30 to 31 July 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]

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Background

Seven of the eight 2024 Olympic finalists were competing, including World Record holder Pan Zhanle of China and Romania’s David Popovici. Pan broke the World Record twice in 2024, setting it at 46.40 seconds, and he won the event at the Olympics and 2024 World Championships, while Popovici ranked second all-time after posting a time of 46.71 at the 2025 European U23 Championships. [3]

Australia’s Kyle Chalmers, the 2023 World champion, had swum 47.27 in 2025 and had improved his front-end speed. Brazil’s Guilherme Caribé ranked third in the world with 47.10. Americans Jack Alexy and Patrick Sammon qualified with times of 46.99 and 47.47 respectively, and both had swum in several major meets in 2025. Egor Kornev of Russia, representing the Neutral Athletes B team; Maxime Grousset of France; and Matt Richards of Great Britain were also key contenders. Josha Salchow of Germany, who reached the final at the 2024 Olympics, was also competing. The field included five of the top ten swimmers in history and six swimmers who had swum under 47.5 in 2025. [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 at approved qualifying events. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 48.34 seconds. 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 50.03 seconds. 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 [note 1] [6] [2]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Pan Zhanle Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 46.40 2024 Summer Olympics
Jack Alexy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 46.99 2025 United States Championships
Guilherme Caribé Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 47.102025 Brazilian Championships
Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 47.272025 Bergen Swim Festival
David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 47.302025 Romanian Championships
Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 47.332024 French Elite Championships
Egor Kornev   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 47.42 2025 Russian Championships
Patrick Sammon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.47 2025 United States Championships
Nándor Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 47.49 2024 European Championships
Flynn Southam Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 47.692025 Australian Trials

Records

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

World record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Pan Zhanle  (CHN)46.40 Paris, France31 July 2024
Competition recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pan Zhanle (CHN)46.80 Doha, Qatar11 February 2024

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
31 July Final David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 46.51 CR

Heats

The heats took place on 30 July at 10:22. [8] [9]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1115 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 47.41Q
2125 Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 47.48Q
3123 Egor Kornev Flag of World Aquatics 2.svg Neutral Athletes B 47.51Q
4126 Flynn Southam Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 47.73Q
5105 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 47.84Q
6124 Pan Zhanle Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 47.86Q
7106 Matt Richards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.89Q
8122 Hwang Sun-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 47.94Q
9113 Patrick Sammon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.04Q
10103 Nándor Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 48.07Q
10114 Jack Alexy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.07Q
12108 Manuel Frigo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.08Q
13116 Josha Salchow Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 48.13Q
14129 Luca Hoek Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 48.23Q, NR [10]
15104 Guilherme Caribé Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.27Q
16127 Rafael Fente-Damers Flag of France.svg  France 48.33Q
17118 Jere Hribar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 48.34
18100 Ruslan Gaziev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.41
19128 Andrey Minakov Flag of World Aquatics 2.svg Neutral Athletes B 48.48
20110 Kamil Sieradzki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48.49
21112 Kim Young-beom Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 48.50
2296 Lamar Taylor Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 48.52 NR
23117 Jacob Mills Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 48.54
2492 Sander Kiær Sørensen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 48.65 NR [10]
2495 Mikel Schreuders Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 48.65
26111 Carlos D'Ambrosio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.67
27102 Velimir Stjepanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 48.83
27121 Wang Haoyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 48.83
29119 Nikoli Blackman Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 48.86
3091 Daniel Krichevsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 48.88
3197 Robin Hanson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48.97
32120 Heiko Gigler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 49.05
3393 Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 49.08
34109 Jorge Iga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 49.17
3586 Oliver Søgaard-Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 49.18
3699 Ali Sayed Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 49.49
3784 Evan Bailey Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 49.52
3898 Jonathan Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 49.62
3983 Tomas Koski Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 49.67
4087 Adilbek Mussin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 49.75
4175 Jānis Dzirkalis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 49.86
4270 Marwane Sebbata Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 50.04 NR [11]
4276 Leo Nolles Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 50.04
4477 Kenan Dračić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 50.06
4581 Gabriel Martínez Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 50.07
4690 Kaloyan Bratanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 50.20
4785 Vladyslav Bukhov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 50.43
4874 Alex Ahtiainen Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 50.71
4978 Matthieu Seye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 50.76
5088 Khiew Hoe Yean Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 50.77
5166 Ian Ho Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 50.79
5272 Batbayaryn Enkhtamir Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 50.84
5389 Javier Núñez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 50.87
5473 Yousuf Al-Matrooshi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 50.98
5582 Matej Duša Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 51.00
5624 William Birkett Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 51.02
5765 Antoine Destang Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 51.11
5879 Stefano Mitchell Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 51.23
5971 Harry Stacey Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 51.43
6064 Adrian Eichler Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 51.52
6161 Colins Obi Ebingha Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 51.55
6267 Aryaan Din Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 51.65
6315 Cory Werrett Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 51.93
6454 Levon Kocharyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 52.21
6469 Omar Abbass Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 52.21
6662 Musa Zhalayev Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 52.29
6763 Kyle Abeysinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 52.36
6855 Andrey Villarreal Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 52.39
6926 Rohan Shrearer Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 52.45
7080 Dulyawat Kaewsriyong Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 52.68
7160 Tendo Mukalazi Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 52.82
7228 Erick Blandón Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 53.01
7356 Mohammed Jibali Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 53.09
7468 Collins Saliboko Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 53.10 NR [11]
7530 Matin Balsini Flag of World Aquatics.svg  Athlete Refugee Team 53.62
7651 Jose Canjulo Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 53.71
7758 Finau Ohuafi Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 53.76
7850 Mohamed Aan Hussain Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 53.80 NR [11]
7957 Israel Poppe Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 53.91
8053 Mahmoud Abu Gharbieh Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 54.02
8145 Luka Smit Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 54.16
8247 Khaled Alotaibi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 54.31
8323 Ahmed Al-Mutairy Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 54.37
8444 Phone Pyae Han Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 54.43
8514 Ervin Shrestha Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 54.81
8622 Ali Adel Al-Hasni Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 55.08
8731 Pieter Sok Kha Vanoosten Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 55.33
8852 Josh Tarere Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 55.34
8959 Ardasher Gadoev Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 55.42
9046 Katerson Moya Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 55.44 NR [12]
9143 Haziq Samil Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 56.07
9248 Houmed Houssein Barkat Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 56.22 NR [11]
9340 Charlie Gibbons Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 57.23
9441 Yousif Ibrahim Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 57.35
9520 Janel Yondu Tati Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 57.41
9642 Sangay Tenzin Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 57.43
9749 Elhadj N'Gnane Diallo Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 58.39
9836 Leo Lebot Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 59.58
9925 Jacob Mugisha Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1:00.17
10021 Kevin Kaiga Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 1:01.68
10134 Hadji Hassane Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 1:02.55
10227 Claudio Yelegou Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1:02.86
10333 Pedro Rogery Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 1:03.93
10429 Mustafa Hashim Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 1:05.01
10535 Jolanio Guterres Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 1:07.42
10639 Brenton Naka Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1:07.59
10732 Marouane Mamane Hamissou Abba Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 1:08.18
10837 Sekou Alioune Badara Traore Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1:09.78
10913 Alfousseni Fofana Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1:14.15
11038 Mokheseng Mphofe Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1:23.43
94 Diogo Ribeiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Did not start
101 Sean Niewold Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
107 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 30 July at 19:26. [8] [13]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
127 Jack Alexy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 46.81Q, AM
224 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 46.84Q
325 Egor Kornev Flag of World Aquatics 2.svg Neutral Athletes B 47.29Q
414 Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 47.36Q
523 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 47.39Q
626 Matt Richards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.59Q
722 Patrick Sammon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.62Q
828 Guilherme Caribé Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 47.64Q
912 Nándor Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 47.72
1013 Pan Zhanle Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 47.81
1121 Josha Salchow Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 47.88
1215 Flynn Southam Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 47.90
1316 Hwang Sun-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 47.94
1411 Luca Hoek Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 48.04 NR [10]
1517 Manuel Frigo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.18
1618 Rafael Fente-Damers Flag of France.svg  France 48.38

Final

The final took place on 31 July at 19:21. [8] [14]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 46.51 CR , ER
Silver medal icon.svg4 Jack Alexy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 46.92
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 47.17
48 Guilherme Caribé Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 47.35
53 Egor Kornev Flag of World Aquatics 2.svg Neutral Athletes B 47.51
61 Patrick Sammon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.58
72 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 47.59
87 Matt Richards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.74

Notes

  1. Only including swimmers who were on the start list for this event

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