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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates27 July 2021 (heats)
28 July 2021 (semifinals)
29 July 2021 (final)
Competitors70 from 62 nations
Winning time47.02 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Caeleb Dressel  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kyle Chalmers  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kliment Kolesnikov  ROC
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The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 29 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] There were approximately 60 competitors from approximately 45 nations, with the ultimate numbers determined through the ongoing selection process, including universality places.[2]

Background

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It was the event's 28th appearance, having been held at every edition except 1900.

Defending champion Kyle Chalmers of Australia is expected to return, as are fifth-place finisher Duncan Scott of Great Britain and sixth-place finisher Caeleb Dressel of the United States. Dressel is the two-time reigning World Champion (2017 and 2019), with Chalmers the runner-up in 2019.

Summary

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Labelled the "next Michael Phelps"[3] following his breakthrough four years ago at the 2017 World Championships, the U.S.' megastar Caeleb Dressel finally won his first individual Olympic title. Dressel used his signature explosive start to gain a strong advantage on the field and touch first at the 50, before narrowly holding on in the final lap to clock a new Olympic record of 47.02.

While Australia's defending Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers stormed home in the last 50, he could not overtake Dressel down the stretch, relegating him to silver by 0.06 seconds. Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov turned first at the halfway mark 0.10 seconds ahead of Dressel, though could not hang on with the finishing speed of Dressel and Chalmers, claiming bronze in 47.44.

French swimmer Maxime Grousset could not emulate the feats of his compatriot Alain Bernard, the 2008 Olympic Champion, slipping off the podium to fourth place. Korea's Hwang Sun-woo (47.82) and Italy's Alessandro Miressi (47.86) followed Grousset in fifth and sixth. Romanian 16-year old David Popovici (48.04) was unable to replicate his stunning 47.30 from earlier in the year, falling to seventh while Hungary's Nandor Nemeth (48.10) rounded out the championship field.

The medals for the competition were presented by Canada's Dick Pound, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Senegal's Mouhamedou Diop, FINA Bureau Member.

Qualification

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The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 48.57 seconds. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 50.03 seconds. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[2]

Competition format

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The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[4]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  César Cielo (BRA) 46.91 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009 [5][6]
Olympic record  Eamon Sullivan (AUS) 47.05 Beijing, China 13 August 2008 [7]

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
July 29 Final Caeleb Dressel  United States 47.02 OR

Schedule

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The schedule is a three-day schedule, with each round on separate days.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 27 July 2021 19:00 Heats
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 10:30 Semifinals
Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:37 Final

Results

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Heats

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The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advance to the semifinals.[8]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 9 2 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 47.71 Q
2 9 4 Caeleb Dressel  United States 47.73 Q
3 8 4 Kyle Chalmers  Australia 47.77 Q
4 9 5 Alessandro Miressi  Italy 47.83 Q
5 7 4 Kliment Kolesnikov  ROC 47.89 Q
6 7 3 Hwang Sun-woo  South Korea 47.97 Q, NR
7 8 5 Andrey Minakov  ROC 48.00 Q
8 9 6 David Popovici  Romania 48.03 Q
9 9 3 Nándor Németh  Hungary 48.11 Q
10 8 8 Yuri Kisil  Canada 48.15 Q
11 7 5 Zach Apple  United States 48.16 Q
12 8 3 Maxime Grousset  France 48.25 Q
13 8 2 Andrej Barna  Serbia 48.30 Q
14 7 6 Joshua Liendo  Canada 48.34 Q
15 7 2 Roman Mityukov  Switzerland 48.43 Q
16 6 2 Jacob Whittle  Great Britain 48.44 Q
17 9 7 Katsumi Nakamura  Japan 48.48
18 7 1 Apostolos Christou  Greece 48.50
18 8 6 He Junyi  China 48.50
20 7 8 Szebasztián Szabó  Hungary 48.51
21 6 7 Stan Pijnenburg  Netherlands 48.53
22 6 6 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 48.66
23 7 7 Mehdy Metella  France 48.68
24 9 1 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 48.72
25 8 1 Pedro Spajari  Brazil 48.74
26 6 4 Damian Wierling  Germany 48.83
27 6 1 Robin Hanson  Sweden 49.07
28 5 7 Nikola Miljenić  Croatia 49.25
29 6 8 Meiron Cheruti  Israel 49.26
30 5 3 Ali Khalafalla  Egypt 49.31
5 4 Mikel Schreuders  Aruba
32 6 5 Gabriel Santos  Brazil 49.33
33 5 6 Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 49.44
34 4 5 Ian Ho  Hong Kong 49.49
35 9 8 Serhiy Shevtsov  Ukraine 49.55
36 5 8 Luke Gebbie  Philippines 49.64 NR
37 6 3 Oussama Sahnoune  Algeria 49.65
38 4 4 Artur Barseghyan  Armenia 49.78 NR
39 5 5 Joseph Schooling  Singapore 49.84
40 4 6 Nikolas Antoniou  Cyprus 50.00
41 4 7 Khurshidjon Tursunov  Uzbekistan 50.14
42 4 8 Peter Wetzlar  Zimbabwe 50.31 NR
43 4 2 Samy Boutouil  Morocco 50.37
44 5 1 Ben Hockin  Paraguay 50.41
45 5 2 Emir Muratović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 50.43
46 4 3 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 50.48
47 3 4 Mokhtar Al-Yamani  Yemen 50.52 NR
48 4 1 Matthew Abeysinghe  Sri Lanka 50.62
49 3 3 Andrew Chetcuti  Malta 51.47
50 3 6 Yousuf Al-Matrooshi  United Arab Emirates 51.50
51 3 5 Stefano Mitchell  Antigua and Barbuda 51.64
52 3 2 Kledi Kadiu  Albania 51.65
53 3 1 Issa Al-Adawi  Oman 51.81
54 3 7 Jean Zephir  Saint Lucia 51.94
55 3 8 Miguel Mena  Nicaragua 51.99
56 2 4 Danilo Rosafio  Kenya 52.54
57 2 5 Jagger Stephens  Guam 52.72
58 2 6 Delron Felix  Grenada 52.99
59 1 6 Alexander Shah  Nepal 53.41 NR
60 2 3 Mathieu Marquet  Mauritius 53.56
61 2 2 Boško Radulović  Montenegro 53.60
62 2 7 Muhammad Haseeb Tariq  Pakistan 53.81
63 2 1 Atuhaire Ambala  Uganda 54.23
64 1 3 Olt Kondirolli  Kosovo 54.33
2 8 Belly-Cresus Ganira  Burundi NR
66 1 5 Yazan Al-Bawwab  Palestine 54.51
67 1 4 Andrew Fowler  Guyana 55.23
68 1 1 Sangay Tenzin  Bhutan 57.57
69 1 2 Mubal Ibrahim  Maldives 58.37
70 1 7 Edgar Iro  Solomon Islands 1:00.13
8 7 Matthew Richards  Great Britain DNS

Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[9]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 3 Kliment Kolesnikov  ROC 47.11 Q, ER
2 1 4 Caeleb Dressel  United States 47.23 Q
3 1 5 Alessandro Miressi  Italy 47.52 Q
4 1 3 Hwang Sun-woo  South Korea 47.56 Q, AS
5 1 6 David Popovici  Romania 47.72 Q
6 2 5 Kyle Chalmers  Australia 47.80 Q
7 2 2 Nándor Németh  Hungary 47.81 Q, NR
8 1 7 Maxime Grousset  France 47.82 Q
9 2 1 Andrej Barna  Serbia 47.94 NR
10 2 6 Andrey Minakov  ROC 48.03
11 2 7 Zach Apple  United States 48.04
12 2 4 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 48.05
13 1 8 Jacob Whittle  Great Britain 48.11
14 1 1 Joshua Liendo  Canada 48.19
15 1 2 Yuri Kisil  Canada 48.31
16 2 8 Roman Mityukov  Switzerland 48.53

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Caeleb Dressel  United States 47.02 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Kyle Chalmers  Australia 47.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Kliment Kolesnikov  ROC 47.44
4 8 Maxime Grousset  France 47.72
5 6 Hwang Sun-woo  South Korea 47.82
6 3 Alessandro Miressi  Italy 47.86
7 2 David Popovici  Romania 48.04
8 1 Nándor Németh  Hungary 48.10

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Caeleb Dressel on the precipice of becoming the next Michael Phelps". Los Angeles Times. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ Crouse, Karen (31 July 2009). "Lochte Finds Phelps Is Everywhere but in the Pool". New York Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Cielo sets 50-meter freestyle mark". ESPN. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  7. ^ Johanson, Simon (13 August 2008). "Sullivan smashes world record – again". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.