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

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	20 December (heats and semifinals) 21 December (final)
Competitors:	100
Nations:	95
Win Value:	45.57
Gold:	Alessandro Miressi
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Ryan Held
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Joshua Liendo
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 20 and 21 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 20 December at 10:26.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	10	9			46.26	Q
2	10	4			46.30	Q
3	12	5			46.32	Q
4	11	5			46.52	Q
5	12	1			46.72	Q
6	9	1			46.92	Q
7	10	2			46.95	Q
8	6	4			46.98	Q, NR
9	12	0			47.04	Q
10	11	4			47.05	Q
11	10	7			47.07	Q
12	12	8			47.08	Q, NR
13	12	3			47.13	Q
14	12	4			47.19	Q,
15	10	5			47.27	Q
16	10	3			47.31	Q
17	8	7			47.36	Q, NR
18	8	6			47.37
19	10	1			47.51
19	11	9			47.51
21	11	7			47.67
22	9	4			47.77
23	11	8			47.83
24	9	2			47.86
25	10	0			47.92
26	12	6			47.97
27	11	6			48.11
28	10	8			48.25
29	8	4			48.35
30	9	6			48.38
31	6	5			48.40	NR
32	12	9			48.42
33	7	9			48.45	NR
34	11	0			48.52
35	7	0			48.59
36	7	4			48.62
36	11	1			48.62
38	7	2			48.65	NR
39	10	6			48.77
40	9	0			48.80
41	7	5			48.83	NR
42	8	0			48.88	NR
43	9	7			48.92
44	6	1			49.06
45	7	8			49.15	NR
46	6	7			49.21	NR
47	8	2			49.34
48	8	3			49.39
49	6	3			49.52	NR
50	7	3			49.83
51	8	5			50.06
52	5	5			50.12	NR
53	6	0			50.13	NR
54	8	8		FINA Refugee Team	50.16
55	8	9			50.20
56	5	4			50.22
57	6	9			50.27
58	8	1			50.39
59	1	6			50.40
60	2	1			50.44
61	7	1			50.52
62	5	9			50.79
63	5	0			50.94
64	6	8			51.03
65	4	1			51.16
66	4	4			51.39
67	6	2			51.46
68	5	1			51.52
69	4	6			51.74
70	2	4			52.09
71	5	7			52.12
72	5	2			52.29
73	4	7			52.30	NR
74	4	5			52.41
75	1	5			52.77
76	4	3			52.82
77	4	8			52.87
78	3	5			53.06
79	4	0			53.23
80	3	2			53.49
81	4	2			53.52
82	2	8			53.72
83	4	9			53.83
84	3	3			54.30
85	2	0			55.21
86	3	6			55.67
87	3	4			55.71	NR
88	2	9			56.95
89	3	7			57.05
90	3	0			57.68
91	3	8			57.90
92	3	1			58.29
93	1	8
94	2	7
95	3	9
96	2	5
97	2	2
98	2	3
99	1	2
100	1	4
	1	1
	1	3
	1	7
	2	6
	5	3
	5	6
	5	8
	6	6
	7	6
	7	7
	9	3
	9	5
	9	8
	9	9
	11	2
	11	3
	12	2
	12	7

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 20 December at 18:14.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			45.58	Q, NR
2	2	4			46.29	Q
3	1	5			46.35	Q
4	2	3			46.36	Q
5	2	8			46.46	Q, NR
6	2	5			46.49	Q
7	2	1			46.60	Q
8	2	2			46.70	Q
9	2	7			46.74	NR
10	1	8			47.01
11	1	3			47.09
12	1	2			47.33
13	1	6			47.36
14	2	6			47.37
15	1	7			47.42
16	1	1			47.50

Final

The final was held on 21 December at 18:35.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			45.57	NR
	6			45.63
	5			45.82
4	7			46.05
5	3			46.20
6	2			46.34	NR
7	8			46.97
8	1			47.07

Notes and References

Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. 21 December 2021.
https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190101EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190101EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Semifinals results
https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190101EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results