2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 meters freestyle
gender	Men
Attendees	60 athletes from 54 countries
Competition location	London Aquatics Center
Competition phase	July 31, 2012 (preliminary) August 1, 2012 (final)
Winning time	47.52 s
Medalist Nathan Adrian ( USA ) James Magnussen ( AUS ) Brent Hayden ( CAN )

The competition over 100m freestyle men at the 2012 Olympics in London was born on 31 July and 1 August 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 60 athletes took part.

There were eight preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals that were held on the same day. Here too, the finalists qualified by setting the eight fastest times in both semi-finals.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record
ER = European record , NAR = North American record , SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record

Existing records

World record	César Cielo ( Brazil )	46.91 s	Rome , Italy	July 30, 2009
Olympic record	Eamon Sullivan ( Australia )	47.05 s	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 13, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Alain Bernard ( France )	47.21 s	Beijing 2008
World Champion	James Magnussen ( Australia )	47.63 s	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Filippo Magnini ( Italy )	48.77 s	Debrecen 2012

leader

Forward 1

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Mamadou Soumaré	Mali	57.32 s
2	Ahmed Husam	Maldives	57.53 s
3	Ammaar Ghadiyali	Tanzania	1: 01.07 min
4th	Beni Binobagira	Burundi	1: 04.57 min

Forward 2

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Esau Simpson	Grenada	53.26 s
2	Sergei Krovjakov	Turkmenistan	54.43 s	NO
3	Paul Elaisa	Fiji	54.87 s
4th	Niall Roberts	Guyana	55.66 s
5	Andrjein Tamir	Mongolia	56.37 s
6th	Shane Mangroo	Seychelles	56.46 s
7th	Omar Nuñez	Nicaragua	57.11 s
8th	Israr Hussain	Pakistan	57.86 s

Forward 3

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sidni Hoxha	Albania	51.11 s	NO
2	Kevin Avila Soto	Guatemala	51.44 s
3	Andrew Chetcuti	Malta	51.67 s	NO
4th	Ever le Grand	Aruba	51.86 s
5	Andrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	52.57 s
6th	Mohammad Bidarian	Iran	52.93 s
7th	Christopher Duenas	Guam	53.37 s
8th	Mikayel Koloyan	Armenia	53.82 s

Forward 4

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Kemal Arda Gürdal	Turkey	49.71 s
2	Uvis Kalniņš	Latvia	49.96 s
3	Ben Hockin	Paraguay	50.12 s
4th	Nabil kebbab	Algeria	50.37 s
5	Yauhen Zurkin	Belarus	50.53 s
6th	Gabriel Melconian Alvez	Uruguay	50.68 s
7th	Branden Whitehurst	American Virgin Islands	51.04 s
-	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS

Benjamin Hockin, whose father is British, was a member of the British 4-100m freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing .

Forward 5

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Norbert Trandafir	Romania	49.02 s
2	Martin Verner	Czech Republic	49.49 s
3	David Dunford	Kenya	49.60 s
4th	Mindaugas Sadauskas	Lithuania	49.78 s
5	Dominik Meichtry	Switzerland	49.95 s
6th	Kristian Golomeev	Greece	50.08 s
-	Lü Zhiwu	China	DNS
-	Dominik Kozma	Hungary	DNS

Forward 6

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nathan Adrian	United States	48.19 s
2	Gideon Louw	South Africa	48.29 s
3	Brett Fraser	Cayman Islands	48.54 s
4th	Nikita Lobinsev	Russia	48.60 s
5	César Cielo	Brazil	48.67 s
6th	Filippo Magnini	Italy	49.18 s
7th	Adam Brown	Great Britain	49.20 s
-	Danila Isotov	Russia	DNS

Forward 7

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Pieter Timmers	Belgium	48.54 s	NO
2	Konrad Czerniak	Poland	48.67 s
3	James Roberts	Australia	48.93 s
3	Yannick Agnel	France	48.93 s
5	Hanser García	Cuba	48.97 s
6th	Marco di Carli	Germany	49.03 s
7th	Graeme Moore	South Africa	49.29 s
8th	Nicolas Oliveira	Brazil	49.51 s

Forward 8

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sebastiaan Verschuren	Netherlands	48.37 s
2	James Magnussen	Australia	48.38 s
3	Brent Hayden	Canada	48.53 s
4th	Cullen Jones	United States	48.61 s
5	Fabien Gilot	France	48.95 s
6th	Shaune Fraser	Cayman Islands	48.99 s
7th	Luca Dotto	Italy	49.43 s
8th	Stefan Nystrand	Sweden	49.55 s

Shaune and Brett Fraser of the Cayman Islands , who qualified for the semi-finals, are brothers.

Semifinals

Run 1

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	James Magnussen	Australia	47.63 s
2	César Cielo	Brazil	48.17 s
3	Nikita Lobinsev	Russia	48.38 s
4th	Gideon Louw	South Africa	48.44 s
5	Fabien Gilot	France	48.49 s
6th	James Roberts	Australia	48.57 s
7th	Brett Fraser	Cayman Islands	48.92 s
8th	Shaune Fraser	Cayman Islands	49.07 s

Run 2

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nathan Adrian	United States	47.97 s
2	Hanser García	Cuba	48.04 s	NO
3	Sebastiaan Verschuren	Netherlands	48.13 s
4th	Brent Hayden	Canada	48.21 s
5	Yannick Agnel	France	48.23 s
6th	Konrad Czerniak	Poland	48.44 s
7th	Pieter Timmers	Belgium	48.57 s
8th	Cullen Jones	United States	48.60 s

final

August 1, 2012, 8:20 p.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nathan Adrian	United States	47.52 s
2	James Magnussen	Australia	47.53 s
3	Brent Hayden	Canada	47.80 s
4th	Yannick Agnel	France	47.84 s
5	Sebastiaan Verschuren	Netherlands	47.88 s
6th	César Cielo	Brazil	47.92 s
7th	Hanser García	Cuba	48.04 s	NO
8th	Nikita Lobinsev	Russia	48.44 s

Brent Hayden is the first Canadian medalist in the 100 meter freestyle.
The Cuban García managed to improve the Cuban national record in this discipline twice in this Olympic competition.

Picture gallery

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  Brent Hayden (CAN), bronze medal winner

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  Cullen Jones (USA), after the Beijing Games, fails in the semifinals

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  César Cielo (BRA), bronze medalist from Beijing, finished sixth in the final

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  Filippo Magnini (ITA), reigning European champion, is eliminated in the preliminary run

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  Yannick Agnel (FRA) swims in 4th place in the final

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  Pieter Timmers (BEL) fails in the semi-finals after a national record in the preliminary run

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 100 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )