2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100 m butterfly (men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 meter butterfly
gender	Men
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	43 athletes from 32 countries
Competition phase	11./12. August 2016

The men's 100 meter butterfly competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 11 and 12, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 43 athletes from 32 countries took part.

There were six 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
PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Michael Phelps ( United States )	49.82 s	Rome , Italy	August 1, 2009
Olympic record		50.58 s	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 16, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Michael Phelps ( United States )	51.21 s	London 2012
World Champion	Chad le Clos ( South Africa )	50.56 s	Kazan 2015
European champion	László Cseh ( Hungary )	50.86 s	London 2016
German champions	Steffen Deibler	52.16 s	Berlin 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Oumar Touré	Mali	57.56 s
2	Hannibal Gaskin	Guyana	58.57 s
3	Thint Myaat	Myanmar	1: 02.54 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Santo Condorelli	Canada	51.99 s
2	Ryan Pini	Papua New Guinea	53.24 s
3	Glenn Victor Sutanto	Indonesia	54.25 s
4th	Abbas Qali	Independent Olympian	54.63 s
5	Ralefy Anthonny Sitraka	Madagascar	54.72 s
6th	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	54.84 s
7th	Allan Gutiérrez Castro	Honduras	55.20 s
8th	Rami anise	Independent Olympian	56.23 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	James Guy	United Kingdom	51.78 s
2	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	52.08 s
3	Luis Martínez	Guatemala	52.22 s
4th	Henríque Martins	Brazil	52.42 s
5	Lyubomyr Lemeshko	Ukraine	52.51 s
6th	Zhang Qibin	People's Republic of China	52.84 s
7th	Long Gutierrez Feng	Mexico	53.34 s
8th	Marcos Antônio Macedo	Brazil	53.87 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	László Cseh	Hungary	51.52 s
2	Piero Codia	Italy	51.72 s
3	Konrad Czerniak	Poland	51.81 s
4th	Yevgeny Koptelow	Russia	52.01 s
5	Jérémy Stravius	France	52.10 s
6th	Steffen Deibler	Germany	52.14 s
7th	Santiago Grassi	Argentina	52.56 s
8th	Pavel Sankovich	Belarus	53.00 s

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Tom Shields	United States	51.58 s
2	Mehdy Metella	France	51.71 s
3	Chad le Clos	South Africa	51.75 s
4th	David Morgan	Australia	51.81 s
5	Joeri Verlinden	Netherlands	52.48 s
6th	Matteo Rivolta	Italy	52.67 s
7th	Bence Pulai	Hungary	52.73 s
8th	Paweł Korzeniowski	Poland	53.71 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	51.41 s
2	Michael Phelps	United States	51.60 s
3	Li Zhuhao	People's Republic of China	51.78 s
4th	Grant Irvine	Australia	51.84 s
5	Alexander Sadovnikov	Russia	51.91 s
6th	Takuro Fujii	Japan	52.36 s
7th	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	53.23 s
8th	Yauhen Tsurkin	Belarus	53.24 s

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	László Cseh	Hungary	51.57 s
2	Michael Phelps	United States	51.58 s
3	Konrad Czerniak	Poland	51.80 s
4th	Piero Codia	Italy	51.82 s
5	Santo Condorelli	Canada	51.83 s
6th	Grant Irvine	Australia	51.87 s
7th	James Guy	United Kingdom	52.10 s
8th	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	52.26 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	50.83 s	ASR
2	Chad le Clos	South Africa	51.43 s
3	Li Zhuhao	People's Republic of China	51.51 s
4th	Tom Shields	United States	51.61 s
5	Alexander Sadovnikov	Russia	51.71 s
6th	Mehdy Metella	France	51.73 s
7th	David Morgan	Australia	51.75 s
8th	Yevgeny Koptelow	Russia	52.50 s

final

August 13, 2016, 3:12 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	50.39 s	OR , ASR
2	Michael Phelps	United States	51.14 s
	Chad le Clos	South Africa
	László Cseh	Hungary
5	Li Zhuhao	People's Republic of China	51.26 s
6th	Mehdy Metella	France	51.58 s
7th	Tom Shields	United States	51.73 s
8th	Alexander Sadovnikov	Russia	51.84 s

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result semifinal 1
• Result semifinal 2
• Result of the final