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

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	17 December (heats and semifinals) 18 December (final)
Competitors:	55
Nations:	53
Win Value:	48.59
Gold:	Chad le Clos
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Ilya Kharun
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Marius Kusch
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 17 and 18 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 17 December at 12:16.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4			48.81	Q, NR
2	7	4			49.43	Q
3	6	5			49.64	Q
4	7	2			49.66	Q, NR
5	7	3			49.85	Q
6	8	4			49.88	Q
7	8	5			49.89	Q
8	8	6			50.06	Q
9	6	2			50.09	Q
10	7	6			50.22	Q
11	8	3			50.30	Q
12	8	8			50.44	Q, NR
13	8	1			50.54	Q
14	7	8			50.55	Q
15	7	5			50.59	Q
16	5	3			50.64	Q, NR
17	5	2			50.67
18	8	7			50.83
19	6	1			51.06
20	6	7			51.16
21	5	6			51.28
22	5	7			51.34	NR
23	6	8			51.35
24	4	2			51.36	NR
25	5	5			51.39
26	5	8			51.69
27	7	7			51.70
28	4	6			51.77	NR
29	4	8			51.90	NR
30	5	4			51.93
31	5	1			51.94
32	4	1			52.19
32	4	3			52.19	NR
34	4	7			52.36	NR
35	6	6			52.94
36	4	5			52.95
37	3	4			53.08	NR
38	3	3			53.36	NR
39	3	5			53.87
40	3	2			54.01	NR
41	1	4			54.55
42	3	6			54.90
43	3	7			55.85
44	2	3			55.95
45	2	4			56.02	NR
46	2	8			56.08
47	3	1			56.38
48	1	5			57.02	NR
49	2	5			57.30
50	3	8			57.66
51	2	6
52	1	3
53	2	2
54	2	1
55	2	7
	4	4
	6	3
	7	1

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 17 December at 20:22.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	3			48.98	Q
2	1	4			49.07	Q
2	2	4			49.07	Q
4	2	6			49.20	Q
5	1	5			49.65	Q, NR
6	1	6			49.72	Q
7	2	3			49.73	Q
8	2	5			49.79	Q
9	2	7			49.86
10	2	2			50.16
11	1	2			50.21
12	1	1			50.48	NR
13	2	1			50.56
14	2	8			50.59
15	1	8			50.76
16	1	7			51.03

Final

The final was held on 18 December at 19:42.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			48.59
	2			49.03	WJ, NR
	6			49.12
4	3			49.25
5	5			49.32
6	7			49.39	NR
7	1			49.67
8	8			49.84

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. 8 December 2022.
2. Web site: Men's 100m Butterfly – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. 17 December 2022.
3. Web site: Men's 100m Butterfly – Semifinals – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. 17 December 2022.
4. Web site: Men's 100m Butterfly – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. 18 December 2022.