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100 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	27 – 29 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Aquatics Centre, 2-1, 2chome, Tatsumi, Koto-ku, Tatsumi-no-Mori Seaside Park, Tokyo, Japan
Participants	70 from 62 countries

This event was expected to be a battle between the defending gold medallist and 2018 Pan Pac Champion, Australian Kyle Chalmers and American Caeleb Dressel, the 2017 and 2019 World Champion. Both qualified for the final, although Chalmers was only sixth in the semi-finals and was pushed out to lane seven for the final. Dressel had the second fastest time in the semis, trailing Kliment Kolesnikov of the ROC Team.

Dressel got off to his usual explosive start in the final and led at the turn, with 22.39 to Kolesnikov’s 22.49, as Chalmers stood third in 22.71 with nobody else really in medal contention. Chalmers closed the fastest, finishing in 24.37 for 47.08, but Dressel could not be caught, narrowly winning the gold medal in 47.02, as Kolesnikov took bronze. This was the first of Dressel’s five golds and three individual golds in Tokyo. He would later win the 100 butterfly and the 50 freestyle. Chalmers would add two bronze medals in relays at the 2020 Olympics.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.73 (2 h9)	47.23 (1 h1)	47.02 (1)	Gold
2	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.77 (1 h8)	47.80 (2 h2)	47.08 (2)	Silver
3	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	47.89 (1 h7)	47.11 (1 h2)	47.44 (3)	Bronze
4	Maxime Grousset	FRA	48.25 (4 h8)	47.82 (5 h1)	47.72 (4)
5	Hwang Seon-U	KOR	47.97 (2 h7)	47.56 (3 h1)	47.82 (5)
6	Alessandro Miressi	ITA	47.83 (3 h9)	47.52 (2 h1)	47.86 (6)
7	David Popovici	ROU	48.03 (4 h9)	47.72 (4 h1)	48.04 (7)
8	Nándor Németh	HUN	48.11 (5 h9)	47.81 (3 h2)	48.10 (8)
9	Andrej Barna	SRB	48.30 (5 h8)	47.94 (4 h2)	–
10	Andrey Minakov	ROC	48.00 (2 h8)	48.03 (5 h2)	–
11	Zach Apple	USA	48.16 (3 h7)	48.04 (6 h2)	–
12	Thomas Ceccon	ITA	47.71 (1 h9)	48.05 (7 h2)	–
13	Jacob Whittle	GBR	48.44 (1 h6)	48.11 (6 h1)	–
14	Josh Liendo	CAN	48.34 (4 h7)	48.19 (7 h1)	–
15	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.15 (3 h8)	48.31 (8 h1)	–
16	Roman Mityukov	SUI	48.43 (5 h7)	48.53 (8 h2)	–
17	Katsumi Nakamura	JPN	48.48 (6 h9)	–	–
18	Apostolos Christou	GRE	48.50 (6 h7)	–	–
19	He Junyi	CHN	48.50 (6 h8)	–	–
20	Szebasztián Szabó	HUN	48.51 (7 h7)	–	–
21	Stan Pijnenburg	NED	48.53 (2 h6)	–	–
22	Dylan Carter	TTO	48.66 (3 h6)	–	–
23	Mehdy Metella	FRA	48.68 (8 h7)	–	–
24	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	48.72 (7 h9)	–	–
25	Pedro Spajari	BRA	48.74 (7 h8)	–	–
26	Damian Wierling	GER	48.83 (4 h6)	–	–
27	Robin Hanson	SWE	49.07 (5 h6)	–	–
28	Nikola Miljenić	CRO	49.25 (1 h5)	–	–
29	Meiron Cheruti	ISR	49.26 (6 h6)	–	–
30	Ali Khalafalla	EGY	49.31 (=2 h5)	–	–
31	Mikel Schreuders	ARU	49.31 (=2 h5)	–	–
32	Gabriel Santos	BRA	49.33 (7 h6)	–	–
33	Alberto Mestre	VEN	49.44 (4 h5)	–	–
34	Ian Ho	HKG	49.49 (1 h4)	–	–
35	Serhiy Shevtsov	UKR	49.55 (8 h9)	–	–
36	Luke Gebbie	PHI	49.64 (5 h5)	–	–
37	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	49.65 (8 h6)	–	–
38	Artur Barseghyan	ARM	49.78 (2 h4)	–	–
39	Joseph Schooling	SGP	49.84 (6 h5)	–	–
40	Nikolas Antoniou	CYP	50.00 (3 h4)	–	–
41	Khurshidjon Tursunov	UZB	50.14 (4 h4)	–	–
42	Peter Wetzlar	ZIM	50.31 (5 h4)	–	–
43	Samy Boutouil	MAR	50.37 (6 h4)	–	–
44	Ben Hockin	PAR	50.41 (7 h5)	–	–
45	Emir Muratović	BIH	50.43 (8 h5)	–	–
46	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	50.48 (7 h4)	–	–
47	Mokhtar Al-Yamani	YEM	50.52 (1 h3)	–	–
48	Matthew Abeysinghe	SRI	50.62 (8 h4)	–	–
49	Andrew Chetcuti	MLT	51.47 (2 h3)	–	–
50	Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	UAE	51.50 (3 h3)	–	–
51	Stefano Mitchell	ANT	51.64 (4 h3)	–	–
52	Kledi Kadiu	ALB	51.65 (5 h3)	–	–
53	Issa Al-Adawi	OMA	51.81 (6 h3)	–	–
54	Jean-Luc Zephir	LCA	51.94 (7 h3)	–	–
55	Miguel Mena	NCA	51.99 (8 h3)	–	–
56	Danilo Rosafio	KEN	52.54 (1 h2)	–	–
57	Jagger Stephens	GUM	52.72 (2 h2)	–	–
58	Delron Felix	GRN	52.99 (3 h2)	–	–
59	Alexander Shah	NEP	53.41 (2 h1)	–	–
60	Mathieu Marquet	MRI	53.56 (4 h2)	–	–
61	Boško Radulović	MNE	53.60 (5 h2)	–	–
62	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	PAK	53.81 (6 h2)	–	–
63	Atuhaire Ambala	UGA	54.23 (7 h2)	–	–
64	Crésus Ganira	BDI	54.33 (3 h1)	–	–
65	Olt Kondirolli	KOS	54.33 (8 h2)	–	–
66	Yazan Al-Bawwab	PLE	54.51 (4 h1)	–	–
67	Andrew Fowler	GUY	55.23 (5 h1)	–	–
68	Sangay Tenzin	BHU	57.57 (6 h1)	–	–
69	Mubal Ibrahim	MDV	58.37 (7 h1)	–	–
70	Edgar Iro	SOL	1:00.13 (1 h1)	–	–
DNS	Matt Richards	GBR	– (DNS h8)	–	–

Round One

Date	27 July 2021 — 19:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Thomas Ceccon	ITA	47.71	Q
2	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.73	Q
3	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.77	Q
4	–	Alessandro Miressi	ITA	47.83	Q
5	–	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	47.89	Q
6	–	Hwang Seon-U	KOR	47.97	Q
7	–	Andrey Minakov	ROC	48.00	Q
8	–	David Popovici	ROU	48.03	Q
9	–	Nándor Németh	HUN	48.11	Q
10	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.15	Q
11	–	Zach Apple	USA	48.16	Q
12	–	Maxime Grousset	FRA	48.25	Q
13	–	Andrej Barna	SRB	48.30	Q
14	–	Josh Liendo	CAN	48.34	Q
15	–	Roman Mityukov	SUI	48.43	Q
16	–	Jacob Whittle	GBR	48.44	Q
17	–	Katsumi Nakamura	JPN	48.48
=18	–	Apostolos Christou	GRE	48.50
=18	–	He Junyi	CHN	48.50
20	–	Szebasztián Szabó	HUN	48.51
21	–	Stan Pijnenburg	NED	48.53
22	–	Dylan Carter	TTO	48.66
23	–	Mehdy Metella	FRA	48.68
24	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	48.72
25	–	Pedro Spajari	BRA	48.74
26	–	Damian Wierling	GER	48.83
27	–	Robin Hanson	SWE	49.07
28	–	Nikola Miljenić	CRO	49.25
29	–	Meiron Cheruti	ISR	49.26
=30	–	Ali Khalafalla	EGY	49.31
=30	–	Mikel Schreuders	ARU	49.31
32	–	Gabriel Santos	BRA	49.33
33	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	49.44
34	–	Ian Ho	HKG	49.49
35	–	Serhiy Shevtsov	UKR	49.55
36	–	Luke Gebbie	PHI	49.64
37	–	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	49.65
38	–	Artur Barseghyan	ARM	49.78
39	–	Joseph Schooling	SGP	49.84
40	–	Nikolas Antoniou	CYP	50.00
41	–	Khurshidjon Tursunov	UZB	50.14
42	–	Peter Wetzlar	ZIM	50.31
43	–	Samy Boutouil	MAR	50.37
44	–	Ben Hockin	PAR	50.41
45	–	Emir Muratović	BIH	50.43
46	–	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	50.48
47	–	Mokhtar Al-Yamani	YEM	50.52
48	–	Matthew Abeysinghe	SRI	50.62
49	–	Andrew Chetcuti	MLT	51.47
50	–	Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	UAE	51.50
51	–	Stefano Mitchell	ANT	51.64
52	–	Kledi Kadiu	ALB	51.65
53	–	Issa Al-Adawi	OMA	51.81
54	–	Jean-Luc Zephir	LCA	51.94
55	–	Miguel Mena	NCA	51.99
56	–	Danilo Rosafio	KEN	52.54
57	–	Jagger Stephens	GUM	52.72
58	–	Delron Felix	GRN	52.99
59	–	Alexander Shah	NEP	53.41
60	–	Mathieu Marquet	MRI	53.56
61	–	Boško Radulović	MNE	53.60
62	–	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	PAK	53.81
63	–	Atuhaire Ambala	UGA	54.23
=64	–	Crésus Ganira	BDI	54.33
=64	–	Olt Kondirolli	KOS	54.33
66	–	Yazan Al-Bawwab	PLE	54.51
67	–	Andrew Fowler	GUY	55.23
68	–	Sangay Tenzin	BHU	57.57
69	–	Mubal Ibrahim	MDV	58.37
70	–	Edgar Iro	SOL	1:00.13
DNS	–	Matt Richards	GBR	–

Heat #1

Time	19:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Edgar Iro	SOL	1:00.13	0.64	28.77 (7)	31.36 (7)
2	–	Alexander Shah	NEP	53.41	0.59	25.81 (2)	27.60 (1)
3	–	Crésus Ganira	BDI	54.33	0.61	25.73 (1)	28.60 (3)
4	–	Yazan Al-Bawwab	PLE	54.51	0.67	26.02 (3)	28.49 (2)
5	–	Andrew Fowler	GUY	55.23	0.64	26.12 (4)	29.11 (4)
6	–	Sangay Tenzin	BHU	57.57	0.61	27.39 (6)	30.18 (5)
7	–	Mubal Ibrahim	MDV	58.37	0.60	27.37 (5)	31.00 (6)

Heat #2

Time	19:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Danilo Rosafio	KEN	52.54	0.66	25.07 (3)	27.47 (1)
2	–	Jagger Stephens	GUM	52.72	0.57	25.01 (2)	27.71 (2)
3	–	Delron Felix	GRN	52.99	0.71	24.88 (1)	28.11 (3)
4	–	Mathieu Marquet	MRI	53.56	0.65	25.37 (4)	28.19 (4)
5	–	Boško Radulović	MNE	53.60	0.71	25.38 (=5)	28.22 (5)
6	–	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	PAK	53.81	0.73	25.38 (=5)	34.61 (8)
7	–	Atuhaire Ambala	UGA	54.23	0.63	25.44 (7)	28.79 (7)
8	–	Olt Kondirolli	KOS	54.33	0.63	26.01 (8)	28.32 (6)

Heat #3

Time	19:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Mokhtar Al-Yamani	YEM	50.52	0.59	23.91 (1)	26.61 (1)
2	–	Andrew Chetcuti	MLT	51.47	0.57	24.26 (2)	27.21 (4)
3	–	Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	UAE	51.50	0.66	24.43 (5)	27.07 (3)
4	–	Stefano Mitchell	ANT	51.64	0.63	24.39 (4)	34.61 (8)
5	–	Kledi Kadiu	ALB	51.65	0.61	24.38 (3)	27.27 (6)
6	–	Issa Al-Adawi	OMA	51.81	0.63	24.57 (6)	27.24 (5)
7	–	Jean-Luc Zephir	LCA	51.94	0.68	24.97 (8)	26.97 (2)
8	–	Miguel Mena	NCA	51.99	0.61	24.62 (7)	27.37 (7)

Heat #4

Time	19:09

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ian Ho	HKG	49.49	0.59	23.50 (2)	25.99 (1)
2	–	Artur Barseghyan	ARM	49.78	0.62	23.54 (3)	26.24 (3)
3	–	Nikolas Antoniou	CYP	50.00	0.65	23.99 (7)	34.61 (8)
4	–	Khurshidjon Tursunov	UZB	50.14	0.76	23.60 (4)	26.54 (4)
5	–	Peter Wetzlar	ZIM	50.31	0.58	24.17 (8)	26.14 (2)
6	–	Samy Boutouil	MAR	50.37	0.63	23.61 (5)	26.76 (5)
7	–	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	FIN	50.48	0.66	23.70 (6)	26.78 (6)
8	–	Matthew Abeysinghe	SRI	50.62	0.56	23.47 (1)	27.15 (7)

Heat #5

Time	19:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Nikola Miljenić	CRO	49.25	0.65	23.43 (3)	25.82 (3)
=2	–	Ali Khalafalla	EGY	49.31	0.60	23.39 (2)	25.92 (4)
=2	–	Mikel Schreuders	ARU	49.31	0.66	23.66 (5)	25.65 (1)
4	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	49.44	0.68	23.12 (1)	26.32 (6)
5	–	Luke Gebbie	PHI	49.64	0.66	23.87 (7)	25.77 (2)
6	–	Joseph Schooling	SGP	49.84	0.57	23.69 (6)	26.15 (5)
7	–	Ben Hockin	PAR	50.41	0.69	24.07 (8)	26.34 (7)
8	–	Emir Muratović	BIH	50.43	0.60	23.59 (4)	26.84 (8)

Heat #6

Time	19:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jacob Whittle	GBR	48.44	0.70	23.55 (8)	24.89 (1)	Q
2	–	Stan Pijnenburg	NED	48.53	0.60	23.11 (2)	25.42 (4)
3	–	Dylan Carter	TTO	48.66	0.63	23.46 (6)	25.20 (2)
4	–	Damian Wierling	GER	48.83	0.65	23.54 (7)	25.29 (3)
5	–	Robin Hanson	SWE	49.07	0.61	23.12 (3)	25.95 (5)
6	–	Meiron Cheruti	ISR	49.26	0.62	22.76 (1)	34.61 (8)
7	–	Gabriel Santos	BRA	49.33	0.59	23.16 (4)	26.17 (6)
8	–	Oussama Sahnoune	ALG	49.65	0.65	23.23 (5)	26.42 (7)

Heat #7

Time	19:18

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	47.89	0.67	22.72 (1)	25.17 (6)	Q
2	–	Hwang Seon-U	KOR	47.97	0.58	23.23 (5)	24.74 (1)	Q
3	–	Zach Apple	USA	48.16	0.62	22.97 (2)	25.19 (7)	Q
4	–	Josh Liendo	CAN	48.34	0.61	23.18 (4)	25.16 (5)	Q
5	–	Roman Mityukov	SUI	48.43	0.55	23.38 (7)	25.05 (2)	Q
6	–	Apostolos Christou	GRE	48.50	0.66	23.05 (3)	34.61 (8)
7	–	Szebasztián Szabó	HUN	48.51	0.60	23.37 (6)	25.14 (4)
8	–	Mehdy Metella	FRA	48.68	0.63	23.57 (8)	25.11 (3)

Heat #8

Time	19:21

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.77	0.67	23.18 (4)	24.59 (1)	Q
2	–	Andrey Minakov	ROC	48.00	0.63	23.08 (3)	34.61 (7)	Q
3	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.15	0.66	23.27 (6)	24.88 (2)	Q
4	–	Maxime Grousset	FRA	48.25	0.61	23.23 (5)	25.02 (4)	Q
5	–	Andrej Barna	SRB	48.30	0.62	22.91 (2)	25.39 (5)	Q
6	–	He Junyi	CHN	48.50	0.67	23.58 (7)	24.92 (3)
7	–	Pedro Spajari	BRA	48.74	0.64	22.78 (1)	25.96 (6)
DNS	–	Matt Richards	GBR	–	–	– (–)	–

Heat #9

Time	19:24

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Thomas Ceccon	ITA	47.71	0.65	22.95 (2)	24.76 (3)	Q
2	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.73	0.61	22.89 (1)	24.84 (4)	Q
3	–	Alessandro Miressi	ITA	47.83	0.70	23.10 (3)	24.73 (2)	Q
4	–	David Popovici	ROU	48.03	0.65	23.61 (8)	24.42 (1)	Q
5	–	Nándor Németh	HUN	48.11	0.60	23.13 (4)	24.98 (5)	Q
6	–	Katsumi Nakamura	JPN	48.48	0.68	23.24 (6)	25.24 (6)
7	–	Cameron McEvoy	AUS	48.72	0.58	23.29 (7)	25.43 (7)
8	–	Serhiy Shevtsov	UKR	49.55	0.64	23.15 (5)	26.40 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	28 July 2021 — 10:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	47.11	Q
2	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.23	Q
3	–	Alessandro Miressi	ITA	47.52	Q
4	–	Hwang Seon-U	KOR	47.56	Q
5	–	David Popovici	ROU	47.72	Q
6	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.80	Q
7	–	Nándor Németh	HUN	47.81	Q
8	–	Maxime Grousset	FRA	47.82	Q
9	–	Andrej Barna	SRB	47.94
10	–	Andrey Minakov	ROC	48.03
11	–	Zach Apple	USA	48.04
12	–	Thomas Ceccon	ITA	48.05
13	–	Jacob Whittle	GBR	48.11
14	–	Josh Liendo	CAN	48.19
15	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.31
16	–	Roman Mityukov	SUI	48.53

Heat #1

Time	10:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.23	0.61	22.55 (1)	24.68 (4)	Q
2	–	Alessandro Miressi	ITA	47.52	0.70	22.81 (=2)	24.71 (5)	Q
3	–	Hwang Seon-U	KOR	47.56	0.58	23.17 (6)	24.39 (1)	Q
4	–	David Popovici	ROU	47.72	0.67	23.28 (7)	24.44 (2)	Q
5	–	Maxime Grousset	FRA	47.82	0.62	22.81 (=2)	25.01 (6)	Q
6	–	Jacob Whittle	GBR	48.11	0.70	23.55 (8)	24.56 (3)
7	–	Josh Liendo	CAN	48.19	0.61	23.13 (4)	25.06 (7)
8	–	Yuri Kisil	CAN	48.31	0.65	23.16 (5)	25.15 (8)

Heat #2

Time	10:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	47.11	0.64	22.52 (1)	34.61 (=7)	Q
2	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.80	0.65	23.25 (6)	24.55 (1)	Q
3	–	Nándor Németh	HUN	47.81	0.62	23.22 (5)	24.59 (2)	Q
4	–	Andrej Barna	SRB	47.94	0.63	22.94 (4)	25.00 (3)
5	–	Andrey Minakov	ROC	48.03	0.64	22.71 (2)	25.32 (6)
6	–	Zach Apple	USA	48.04	0.62	22.92 (3)	25.12 (5)
7	–	Thomas Ceccon	ITA	48.05	0.68	23.45 (7)	34.61 (=7)
8	–	Roman Mityukov	SUI	48.53	0.56	23.46 (8)	25.07 (4)

Final Round

Date	29 July 2021 — 11:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Caeleb Dressel	USA	47.02	0.60	22.39 (1)	24.63 (4)	OR
2	–	Kyle Chalmers	AUS	47.08	0.66	22.71 (3)	24.37 (1)
3	–	Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC	47.44	0.65	22.49 (2)	24.95 (8)
4	–	Maxime Grousset	FRA	47.72	0.61	22.88 (4)	24.84 (6)
5	–	Hwang Seon-U	KOR	47.82	0.58	23.12 (6)	24.70 (5)
6	–	Alessandro Miressi	ITA	47.86	0.70	22.97 (5)	24.89 (7)
7	–	David Popovici	ROU	48.04	0.66	23.42 (7)	24.62 (3)
8	–	Nándor Németh	HUN	48.10	0.61	23.54 (8)	24.56 (2)