2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	14 December (heats and semifinals) 15 December (final)
Competitors:	60
Nations:	53
Win Value:	55.88
Gold:	Nic Fink
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Nicolò Martinenghi
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Adam Peaty
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 and 15 December 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 14 December at 12:50.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4			56.60	Q
2	6	4			56.62	Q
3	7	5			56.66	Q
4	7	2			56.81	Q
5	8	4			57.02	Q
6	6	3			57.11	Q
7	7	7			57.18	Q
8	7	1			57.22	Q
9	8	3			57.24	Q
10	8	2			57.53	Q
11	7	3			57.66	Q
12	6	1			57.68	Q
13	8	5			57.70	Q
14	7	8			57.77	Q
15	7	6			57.78	Q
16	8	8			57.87	Q
17	6	5			57.92
18	5	4			58.01	NR
18	6	7			58.01
20	6	2			58.05
21	4	7			58.06
22	5	1			58.10	NR
23	8	6			58.13
24	5	2			58.21	NR
25	8	1			58.22
26	6	6			58.27
27	6	8			58.31
28	4	3			58.50
29	3	1			58.58
30	8	7			58.60
31	4	1			58.83	NR
32	4	5			59.12
33	5	3			59.13
34	4	4			59.22
35	4	2			59.55
36	4	6			59.61
36	4	8			59.61
38	5	6			59.73
39	5	8
40	2	3
41	2	6				NR
42	3	7				NR
43	3	6
44	3	5
45	3	8				NR
46	3	4
47	3	2				NR
48	2	4
49	3	3
50	2	5
51	2	1
52	2	2
53	1	1
54	2	8
55	2	7
56	1	3
57	1	4
58	1	2
59	1	5
	5	5
	5	7

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 December at 20:57.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			56.01	Q
2	2	3			56.25	Q
3	2	5			56.38	Q
4	1	5			56.42	Q
5	2	2			56.71	Q
6	1	4			56.77	Q
7	1	6			57.04	Q
8	2	6			57.07	Q
9	1	3			57.27
10	1	1			57.34
11	2	8			57.59
12	2	1			57.65
13	1	2			57.73
14	1	8			57.94
15	2	7			57.98
16	1	7			58.12

Final

The final was held on 15 December at 20:44.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			55.88
	4			56.07
	6			56.25
4	3			56.33
5	8			56.98
6	2			56.99
7	1			57.12
8	7			57.29

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. 13 December 2022.
2. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke – Heats – Start List. Omega Timing. 12 December 2022. 13 December 2022.
3. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030103EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
4. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030103EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Semifinal results
5. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 15 December 2022. 15 December 2022.