2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	16 December (heats and semifinals) 17 December (final)
Competitors:	62
Nations:	56
Win Value:	55.70 CR
Gold:	Ilya Shymanovich
Goldnoc:	BLR
Silver:	Nicolò Martinenghi
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Nic Fink
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 and 17 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 16 December at 11:35.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	5			56.19	Q
2	7	4			56.20	Q
3	6	5			57.02	Q
4	5	5			57.07	Q
5	6	4			57.43	Q
6	5	1			57.45	Q
7	5	2			57.53	Q
8	7	7			57.54	Q
9	7	3			57.66	Q
10	6	7			57.71	Q, NR
11	6	3			57.76	Q
12	6	6			57.79	Q
13	5	6			57.86	Q
14	6	0			57.88	Q
15	7	0			58.07	Q
16	5	3			58.11	Q
17	7	2			58.12
18	7	6			58.17
19	7	9			58.27	NR
20	5	7			58.31
21	6	2			58.33
22	4	5			58.44	NR
23	7	1			58.49
24	2	2			58.73	NR
25	4	1			58.80	NR
26	4	0			59.18	NR
27	6	9			59.25
28	6	8			59.26
29	5	8			59.35
30	3	7			59.61	NR
30	4	3			59.61	NR
32	3	5
33	4	8				NR
34	3	2				NR
35	4	7
36	3	6
37	3	4				NR
38	2	4
38	3	1				NR
40	4	9
41	3	3
42	4	2
43	2	5
44	3	0				NR
45	3	9
46	2	3
47	3	8
48	2	6
49	4	6
50	1	5
51	2	7
52	2	0
53	2	8
54	1	6
55	2	1
56	1	3
	1	4
	2	9
	4	4
	5	0
	5	4
	6	1
	5	9
	7	8

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 December at 19:06.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			56.41	Q
2	2	5			56.48	Q
3	1	4			56.54	Q
4	1	5			56.80	Q
5	2	3			56.81	Q
6	1	3			57.19	Q
7	1	1			57.23	Q
8	1	7			57.34	Q
9	2	2			57.39
10	2	6			57.53
11	2	8			57.57
12	1	2			57.59	NR
13	2	7			57.68
14	1	6			57.83
15	2	1			57.86
16	1	8			58.08

Final

The final was held on 17 December at 18:28.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			55.70	CR
	2			55.80
	5			55.87
4	4			56.06
5	6			56.29
6	1			56.77
7	7			56.86
8	8			57.17

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 14 December 2021. 16 December 2021.
2. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190103EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
3. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190103EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Semifinals results
4. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190103EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results