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100 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	9 – 10 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	59 from 46 countries

At the Australian Olympic Trials Cameron McEvoy won in 47.04, the second fastest time ever after Cesar Cielo’s high-tech suit world record of 46.91 from 2009. McEvoy’s time was almost 7/10ths faster than any other time in 2016. China’s Ning Zetao had won the 2015 World Championships in somewhat of an upset but was a contender, as was American Nathan Adrian, the defending gold medalist, who won the US Olympic Trials. Other challengers were thought to be Russian Vladimir Morozov and France’s Florent Manaudou.

In the end, nothing went according to form in this race, even before Rio, as Manaudou failed to qualify for the French team in the event. Zetao made the semi-finals but failed to qualify for the final. McEvoy made the final but never found his way, finished seventh, and had to watch his countryman, Kyle Chalmers, win a major upset gold medal. Chalmers was seventh at the turn, but finished the strongest to win in 47.58, a world junior record. Behind him, the silver went to unheralded Belgian Pieter Timmers, while Adrian won bronze.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.90 (1 h7)	47.88 (1 h2)	47.58 (1)	Gold
2	Pieter Timmers	BEL	48.46 (3 h8)	48.14 (3 h2)	47.80 (2)	Silver
3	Nathan Adrian	USA	48.58 (4 h7)	47.83 (1 h1)	47.85 (3)	Bronze
4	Santo Condorelli	CAN	48.22 (1 h6)	47.93 (2 h2)	47.88 (4)
5	Duncan Scott	GBR	48.01 (1 h5)	48.20 (4 h2)	48.01 (5)
6	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.91 (2 h7)	47.97 (3 h1)	48.02 (6)
7	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	48.12 (1 h8)	47.93 (2 h1)	48.12 (7)
8	Marcelo Chierighini	BRA	48.53 (5 h6)	48.23 (5 h2)	48.41 (8)
9	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	48.39 (3 h6)	48.26 (4 h1)	–
10	Sebastiaan Verschuren	NED	48.51 (4 h6)	48.28 (5 h1)	–
11	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.49 (3 h7)	48.28 (6 h2)	–
12	Ning Zetao	CHN	48.57 (6 h6)	48.37 (6 h1)	–
13	Luca Dotto	ITA	48.47 (4 h8)	48.49 (7 h1)	–
14	Clément Mignon	FRA	48.57 (5 h8)	48.57 (7 h2)	–
15	Damian Wierling	GER	48.35 (2 h8)	48.66 (8 h2)	–
16	Joseph Schooling	SGP	48.27 (2 h6)	48.70 (8 h1)	–
17	Katsumi Nakamura	JPN	48.61 (7 h6)	–	–
18	Jérémy Stravius	FRA	48.62 (5 h7)	–	–
19	Glenn Surgeloose	BEL	48.65 (2 h5)	–	–
20	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	48.68 (3 h5)	–	–
21	Andrey Grechin	RUS	48.75 (6 h7)	–	–
22	Federico Grabich	ARG	48.78 (6 h8)	–	–
23	Dylan Carter	TTO	48.80 (1 h4)	–	–
24	Richárd Bohus	HUN	48.86 (2 h4)	–	–
25	Yu Hexin	CHN	48.87 (8 h6)	–	–
26	Dominik Kozma	HUN	48.92 (3 h4)	–	–
27	Shinri Shioura	JPN	48.94 (7 h7)	–	–
28	Nicolas Oliveira	BRA	49.05 (7 h8)	–	–
29	Ben Proud	GBR	49.14 (8 h7)	–	–
30	Simonas Bilis	LTU	49.16 (4 h5)	–	–
31	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	49.20 (1 h3)	–	–
32	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	49.24 (4 h4)	–	–
33	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	49.24 (8 h8)	–	–
34	Cristian Quintero	VEN	49.25 (5 h4)	–	–
35	Yauhen Tsurkin	BLR	49.37 (6 h4)	–	–
36	Anže Tavčar	SLO	49.38 (5 h5)	–	–
37	Filippo Magnini	ITA	49.40 (6 h5)	–	–
38	Marius Radu	ROU	49.57 (7 h5)	–	–
39	Björn Hornikel	GER	49.62 (8 h5)	–	–
40	Shane Ryan	IRL	49.82 (2 h3)	–	–
41	Aleksandar Nikolov	BUL	50.08 (3 h3)	–	–
=42	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	50.14 (=7 h4)	–	–
=42	Matt Stanley	NZL	50.14 (=7 h4)	–	–
44	Ben Hockin	PAR	50.26 (4 h3)	–	–
45	Igor Mogne	MOZ	50.65 (1 h2)	–	–
46	Ziv Kalontarov	ISR	50.65 (5 h3)	–	–
47	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	50.79 (6 h3)	–	–
48	Sean Gunn	ZIM	50.87 (2 h2)	–	–
49	Bradley Vincent	MRI	50.89 (7 h3)	–	–
50	Matthew Abeysinghe	SRI	50.96 (3 h2)	–	–
51	Andrew Chetcuti	MLT	51.37 (4 h2)	–	–
52	Jhonny Pérez	DOM	51.50 (1 h1)	–	–
53	Nicholas Magaña	PER	51.53 (8 h3)	–	–
54	Thibaut Danho	CIV	52.78 (2 h1)	–	–
55	Miguel Mena	NCA	53.40 (5 h2)	–	–
56	Rami Anis	EOR	54.25 (6 h2)	–	–
57	Sovijja Pou	CAM	54.55 (7 h2)	–	–
58	Sirish Gurung	NEP	57.76 (8 h2)	–	–
59	Robel Habte	ETH	1:04.95 (3 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	9 August 2016 — 13:02
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.90	Q
2	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.91	Q
3	–	Duncan Scott	GBR	48.01	Q
4	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	48.12	Q
5	–	Santo Condorelli	CAN	48.22	Q
6	–	Joseph Schooling	SGP	48.27	Q
7	–	Damian Wierling	GER	48.35	Q
8	–	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	48.39	Q
9	–	Pieter Timmers	BEL	48.46	Q
10	–	Luca Dotto	ITA	48.47	Q
11	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.49	Q
12	–	Sebastiaan Verschuren	NED	48.51	Q
13	–	Marcelo Chierighini	BRA	48.53	Q
=14	–	Ning Zetao	CHN	48.57
=14	–	Clément Mignon	FRA	48.57
16	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	48.58
17	–	Katsumi Nakamura	JPN	48.61
18	–	Jérémy Stravius	FRA	48.62
19	–	Glenn Surgeloose	BEL	48.65
20	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	48.68
21	–	Andrey Grechin	RUS	48.75
22	–	Federico Grabich	ARG	48.78
23	–	Dylan Carter	TTO	48.80
24	–	Richárd Bohus	HUN	48.86
25	–	Yu Hexin	CHN	48.87
26	–	Dominik Kozma	HUN	48.92
27	–	Shinri Shioura	JPN	48.94
28	–	Nicolas Oliveira	BRA	49.05
29	–	Ben Proud	GBR	49.14
30	–	Simonas Bilis	LTU	49.16
31	–	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	49.20
=32	–	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	49.24
=32	–	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	49.24
34	–	Cristian Quintero	VEN	49.25
35	–	Yauhen Tsurkin	BLR	49.37
36	–	Anže Tavčar	SLO	49.38
37	–	Filippo Magnini	ITA	49.40
38	–	Marius Radu	ROU	49.57
39	–	Björn Hornikel	GER	49.62
40	–	Shane Ryan	IRL	49.82
41	–	Aleksandar Nikolov	BUL	50.08
=42	–	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	50.14
=42	–	Matt Stanley	NZL	50.14
44	–	Ben Hockin	PAR	50.26
=45	–	Igor Mogne	MOZ	50.65
=45	–	Ziv Kalontarov	ISR	50.65
47	–	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	50.79
48	–	Sean Gunn	ZIM	50.87
49	–	Bradley Vincent	MRI	50.89
50	–	Matthew Abeysinghe	SRI	50.96
51	–	Andrew Chetcuti	MLT	51.37
52	–	Jhonny Pérez	DOM	51.50
53	–	Nicholas Magaña	PER	51.53
54	–	Thibaut Danho	CIV	52.78
55	–	Miguel Mena	NCA	53.40
56	–	Rami Anis	EOR	54.25
57	–	Sovijja Pou	CAM	54.55
58	–	Sirish Gurung	NEP	57.76
59	–	Robel Habte	ETH	1:04.95

Heat #1

Time	13:02

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jhonny Pérez	DOM	51.50	0.70	24.07 (1)	27.43 (1)
2	–	Thibaut Danho	CIV	52.78	0.67	24.77 (2)	28.01 (2)
3	–	Robel Habte	ETH	1:04.95	0.77	29.72 (3)	35.23 (3)

Heat #2

Time	13:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Igor Mogne	MOZ	50.65	0.73	24.19 (2)	26.46 (1)
2	–	Sean Gunn	ZIM	50.87	0.68	24.27 (3)	26.60 (3)
3	–	Matthew Abeysinghe	SRI	50.96	0.65	24.40 (4)	26.56 (2)
4	–	Andrew Chetcuti	MLT	51.37	0.58	23.90 (1)	27.47 (4)
5	–	Miguel Mena	NCA	53.40	0.70	25.36 (5)	28.04 (5)
6	–	Rami Anis	EOR	54.25	0.73	25.51 (6)	28.74 (7)
7	–	Sovijja Pou	CAM	54.55	0.64	26.18 (7)	28.37 (6)
8	–	Sirish Gurung	NEP	57.76	0.65	27.50 (8)	30.26 (8)

Heat #3

Time	13:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	49.20	0.71	23.50 (1)	25.70 (1)
2	–	Shane Ryan	IRL	49.82	0.67	23.54 (2)	26.28 (5)
3	–	Aleksandar Nikolov	BUL	50.08	0.69	24.02 (4)	26.06 (3)
4	–	Ben Hockin	PAR	50.26	0.74	24.01 (3)	26.25 (4)
5	–	Ziv Kalontarov	ISR	50.65	0.65	24.16 (5)	26.49 (7)
6	–	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	50.79	0.63	24.48 (7)	26.31 (6)
7	–	Bradley Vincent	MRI	50.89	0.79	24.86 (8)	26.03 (2)
8	–	Nicholas Magaña	PER	51.53	0.69	24.20 (6)	27.33 (8)

Heat #4

Time	13:11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Dylan Carter	TTO	48.80	0.64	23.49 (3)	25.31 (1)
2	–	Richárd Bohus	HUN	48.86	0.63	23.20 (1)	25.66 (6)
3	–	Dominik Kozma	HUN	48.92	0.65	23.24 (2)	25.68 (7)
4	–	Park Tae-Hwan	KOR	49.24	0.65	23.79 (6)	25.45 (2)
5	–	Cristian Quintero	VEN	49.25	0.66	23.72 (4)	25.53 (=3)
6	–	Yauhen Tsurkin	BLR	49.37	0.65	23.77 (5)	25.60 (5)
=7	–	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	50.14	0.73	24.00 (7)	26.14 (8)
=7	–	Matt Stanley	NZL	50.14	0.73	24.61 (8)	25.53 (=3)

Heat #5

Time	13:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Duncan Scott	GBR	48.01	0.66	23.07 (2)	24.94 (1)	Q
2	–	Glenn Surgeloose	BEL	48.65	0.70	23.40 (5)	25.25 (2)
3	–	Kristian Gkolomeev	GRE	48.68	0.71	22.77 (1)	25.91 (6)
4	–	Simonas Bilis	LTU	49.16	0.72	23.71 (6)	25.45 (3)
5	–	Anže Tavčar	SLO	49.38	0.74	23.87 (8)	25.51 (4)
6	–	Filippo Magnini	ITA	49.40	0.69	23.83 (7)	25.57 (5)
7	–	Marius Radu	ROU	49.57	0.71	23.24 (3)	26.33 (8)
8	–	Björn Hornikel	GER	49.62	0.66	23.30 (4)	26.32 (7)

Heat #6

Time	13:17

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Santo Condorelli	CAN	48.22	0.65	22.93 (=1)	25.29 (4)	Q
2	–	Joseph Schooling	SGP	48.27	0.61	23.12 (4)	25.15 (2)	Q
3	–	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	48.39	0.65	22.97 (3)	25.42 (7)	Q
4	–	Sebastiaan Verschuren	NED	48.51	0.68	23.54 (8)	24.97 (1)	Q
5	–	Marcelo Chierighini	BRA	48.53	0.72	23.30 (6)	25.23 (3)	Q
6	–	Ning Zetao	CHN	48.57	0.73	22.93 (=1)	25.64 (8)
7	–	Katsumi Nakamura	JPN	48.61	0.68	23.23 (5)	25.38 (6)
8	–	Yu Hexin	CHN	48.87	0.63	23.50 (7)	25.37 (5)

Heat #7

Time	13:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.90	0.72	23.67 (8)	24.23 (1)	Q
2	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.91	0.64	22.89 (1)	25.02 (2)	Q
3	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.49	0.70	23.39 (=3)	25.10 (3)	Q
4	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	48.58	0.68	23.46 (5)	25.12 (4)
5	–	Jérémy Stravius	FRA	48.62	0.71	23.39 (=3)	25.23 (=5)
6	–	Andrey Grechin	RUS	48.75	0.68	23.52 (7)	25.23 (=5)
7	–	Shinri Shioura	JPN	48.94	0.68	23.47 (6)	25.47 (7)
8	–	Ben Proud	GBR	49.14	0.61	23.30 (2)	25.84 (8)

Heat #8

Time	13:23

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	48.12	0.62	23.30 (3)	24.82 (1)	Q
2	–	Damian Wierling	GER	48.35	0.69	23.19 (2)	25.16 (5)	Q
3	–	Pieter Timmers	BEL	48.46	0.76	23.57 (8)	24.89 (2)	Q
4	–	Luca Dotto	ITA	48.47	0.66	23.39 (5)	25.08 (3)	Q
5	–	Clément Mignon	FRA	48.57	0.64	23.43 (6)	25.14 (4)
6	–	Federico Grabich	ARG	48.78	0.62	23.36 (4)	25.42 (6)
7	–	Nicolas Oliveira	BRA	49.05	0.71	23.47 (7)	25.58 (7)
8	–	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	49.24	0.65	23.17 (1)	26.07 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	9 August 2016 — 22:03
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	47.83	Q
2	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.88	Q
=3	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	47.93	Q
=3	–	Santo Condorelli	CAN	47.93	Q
5	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.97	Q
6	–	Pieter Timmers	BEL	48.14	Q
7	–	Duncan Scott	GBR	48.20	Q
8	–	Marcelo Chierighini	BRA	48.23	Q
9	–	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	48.26
=10	–	Sebastiaan Verschuren	NED	48.28
=10	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.28
12	–	Ning Zetao	CHN	48.37
13	–	Luca Dotto	ITA	48.49
14	–	Clément Mignon	FRA	48.57
15	–	Damian Wierling	GER	48.66
16	–	Joseph Schooling	SGP	48.70

Heat #1

Time	22:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	47.83	0.68	22.94 (5)	24.89 (2)	Q
2	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	47.93	0.60	22.88 (3)	25.05 (=3)	Q
3	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.97	0.64	22.92 (4)	25.05 (=3)	Q
4	–	Vladimir Morozov	RUS	48.26	0.66	22.79 (1)	25.47 (7)
5	–	Sebastiaan Verschuren	NED	48.28	0.70	23.61 (8)	24.67 (1)
6	–	Ning Zetao	CHN	48.37	0.69	23.08 (6)	25.29 (5)
7	–	Luca Dotto	ITA	48.49	0.66	22.80 (2)	25.69 (8)
8	–	Joseph Schooling	SGP	48.70	0.60	23.27 (7)	25.43 (6)

Heat #2

Time	22:11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.88	0.73	23.35 (7)	24.53 (1)	Q
2	–	Santo Condorelli	CAN	47.93	0.64	22.63 (2)	25.30 (6)	Q
3	–	Pieter Timmers	BEL	48.14	0.73	23.31 (6)	24.83 (2)	Q
4	–	Duncan Scott	GBR	48.20	0.65	23.04 (3)	25.16 (=4)	Q
5	–	Marcelo Chierighini	BRA	48.23	0.66	22.59 (1)	25.64 (8)	Q
6	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.28	0.71	23.26 (5)	25.02 (3)
7	–	Clément Mignon	FRA	48.57	0.66	23.41 (8)	25.16 (=4)
8	–	Damian Wierling	GER	48.66	0.67	23.25 (4)	25.41 (7)

Final Round

Date	10 August 2016 — 23:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.58	0.71	23.14 (7)	24.44 (1)
2	–	Pieter Timmers	BEL	47.80	0.74	22.96 (5)	24.84 (2)
3	–	Nathan Adrian	USA	47.85	0.66	22.67 (2)	25.18 (=4)
4	–	Santo Condorelli	CAN	47.88	0.66	22.22 (1)	25.66 (8)
5	–	Duncan Scott	GBR	48.01	0.67	23.16 (8)	24.85 (3)
6	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	48.02	0.62	22.84 (3)	25.18 (=4)
7	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	48.12	0.62	22.89 (4)	25.23 (6)
8	–	Marcelo Chierighini	BRA	48.41	0.66	22.98 (6)	25.43 (7)