2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 m freestyle
gender	Men
Attendees	59 athletes from 45 countries
Competition location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico
Competition phase	July 6-10, 1912
Winning time	47.58 s
Medalist  Kyle Chalmers ( AUS )  Pieter Timmers ( BEL )  Nathan Adrian ( USA )

The men's 100 meter freestyle competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 9 and 10, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 59 athletes from 45 countries 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:
WJ = junior world record, 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	Nathan Adrian ( United States )	47.52 s	London 2012
World Champion	Ning Zetao ( People's Republic of China )	47.84 s	Kazan 2015
European champion	Luca Dotto ( Italy )	48.25 s	Debrecen 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jhonny Jose Perez Peña	Dominican Republic	51.50 s
2	Thibaut Amani Danho	Ivory Coast	52.78 s
3	Robel Kiros had	Ethiopia	1: 04.95 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Igor Mogne	Mozambique	50.65 s	NO
2	Sean Gunn	Zimbabwe	50.87 s
3	Mathew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	50.96 s
4th	Andrew Chetcuti	Malta	51.37 s
5	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	53.40 s
6th	Rami anise	Independent Olympian	54.25 s
7th	Sovijja Pou	Cambodia	54.55 s
8th	Sirish Gurung	Nepal	57.76 s	NO

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Oussama Sahnoune	Algeria	49.20 s
2	Shane Ryan	Ireland	49.82 s
3	Alexandar Nikolov	Bulgaria	50.08 s
4th	Ben Hockin	Barbados	50.26 s
5	Ziv Kalontarov	Israel	50.65 s
6th	Raphaël Stacchiotti	Luxembourg	50.79 s
7th	Bradley Vincent	Mauritius	50.89 s
8th	Nicholas Magana	Peru	51.53 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Dylan Carter	Trinidad and Tobago	48.80 s	NO
2	Richard Bohus	Hungary	48.86 s
3	Dominik Kozma	Hungary	48.92 s
4th	Tae-hwan Park	South Korea	49.24 s
5	Cristian Quintero	Venezuela	49.25 s
6th	Yauhen Tsurkin	Belarus	49.37 s
7th	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	Finland	50.14 s
7th	Matthew Stanley	New Zealand	50.14 s

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	48.01 s	NO
2	Glenn Surgeloose	Belgium	48.65 s
3	Kristian Gkolomeev	Greece	48.68 s
4th	Simonas Bilis	Lithuania	49.16 s
5	Anže Tavčar	Slovenia	49.38 s
6th	Filippo Magnini	Italy	49.40 s
7th	Marius Radu	Romania	49.57 s
8th	Björn Hornikel	Germany	49.62 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Santo Condorelli	Canada	48.22s
2	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	48.27 s	NO
3	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	48.39 s
4th	Sebastiaan Verschuren	Netherlands	48.51 s
5	Marcelo Chierighini	Brazil	48.53 s
6th	Ning Zetao	China	48.57 s
7th	Katsumi Nakamura	Japan	48.61 s
8th	Yu Hexin	China	48.87 s

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	47.90 s	WJ
2	Caeleb Dressel	United States	47.91 s
3	Yuri Kisil	Canada	48.49 s
3	Nathan Adrian	United States	48.58 s
5	Jérémy Stravius	France	48.62 s
6th	Andrei Grechin	Russia	48.75 s
7th	Shinri Shioura	Japan	48.94 s
8th	Benjamin Proud	Great Britain	49.14 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cameron McEvoy	Australia	48.12 s
2	Damian Wierling	Germany	48.35 s
3	Pieter Timmers	Belgium	48.46 s
4th	Luca Dotto	Italy	48.47 s
5	Clément Mignon	France	48.57 s
6th	Federico Grabich	Argentina	48.78 s
7th	Nicolas Oliveira	Brazil	49.05 s
8th	Velimir Stjepanović	Serbia	49.24 s

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nathan Adrian	United States	47.83 s
2	Cameron McEvoy	Australia	47.93 s
3	Caeleb Dressel	United States	47.97 s
4th	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	48.26 s
5	Sebastiaan Verschuren	Netherlands	48.28 s
6th	Ning Zetao	China	48.37 s
7th	Luca Dotto	Italy	48.49 s
8th	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	48.70 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	47.88 s	WJ
2	Santo Condorelli	Canada	47.93 s
3	Pieter Timmers	Belgium	48.14 s	NO
4th	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	48.20 s
5	Marcelo Chierighini	Brazil	48.23 s
6th	Yuri Kisil	Canada	48.28 s
7th	Clément Mignon	France	48.57 s
8th	Damian Wierling	Germany	48.66 s

final

August 11, 4:03 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	47.58 s	WJ
2	Pieter Timmers	Belgium	47.80 s	NO
3	Nathan Adrian	United States	47.85 s
4th	Santo Condorelli	Canada	47.88 s
4th	Duncan Scott	Great Britain	48.01 s	NR 1
6th	Caeleb Dressel	United States	48.02 s
7th	Cameron McEvoy	Australia	48.12 s
8th	Marcelo Chierighini	Brazil	48.41 s

¹Same British record time as in lead 5

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the semi-finals
• Result of the final