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

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
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:	84
Nations:	76
Win Value:	45.16 CR
Gold:	Kyle Chalmers
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Maxime Grousset
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Alessandro Miressi
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Men's 100 metre freestyle 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.

The following new records were set during this competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 14 December at 12:03.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	6			45.61	Q, NR
2	9	4			45.77	Q
3	11	4			45.84	Q
4	9	6			46.15	Q, NR
5	10	4			46.22	Q
6	9	5			46.36	Q
7	11	5			46.41	Q
8	11	1			46.51	Q, NR
9	8	2			46.54	Q
10	10	6			46.64	Q, NR
11	10	5			46.79	Q
12	7	1			46.80	Q
13	8	6			46.92	Q
14	11	6			46.94	Q
15	10	2			46.98	Q
16	10	1			47.03	Q
17	9	2			47.05
18	10	8			47.09
19	7	4			47.11
19	9	7			47.11
19	10	7			47.11
22	11	7			47.13
23	10	3			47.14
24	11	2			47.17
25	6	7			47.30	NR
25	7	7			47.30
27	9	8			47.36
28	11	8			47.40
29	9	1			47.46
30	8	5			47.51
31	8	7			47.55	NR
32	11	3			47.56
33	8	1			47.61
34	8	4			47.73
35	6	3			47.75	NR
36	5	4			47.76	NR
37	9	3			47.79
38	7	8			47.82	NR
39	8	8			47.99
40	7	5			48.09
41	7	6			48.14
42	6	4			48.20
43	8	3			48.42
44	7	2			48.45
45	7	3			48.48
46	5	6			48.97
47	5	5			49.59	NR
47	6	8			49.59	NR
49	5	8			49.73	NR
50	4	1			49.77	NR
51	4	6			50.01	NR
52	6	2			50.28
53	5	3			50.32	NR
54	4	3			50.54
55	4	8			50.58
56	6	1			50.59	NR
57	5	2			50.76
58	4	2			50.87	NR
59	4	5			51.05
60	5	1			51.08
61	4	4			51.24	NR
62	3	4			51.50
63	3	2			51.96
64	4	7			52.18
65	3	8			52.28
66	1	1			52.33
67	3	1			52.91
67	3	5			52.91
69	2	5			53.37
70	3	3			53.46
71	3	7			53.57
72	2	4			53.62
73	1	4			53.66
74	2	6			54.13
75	3	6			54.48
76	2	7			54.95
77	1	8			55.46
78	2	3			55.87
79	1	2			56.87
80	2	2			58.43
81	2	1			58.57
82	2	8			58.58
83	1	5
84	1	6
	1	3
	1	7
	5	7
	6	5

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 December at 20:08.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			45.55	Q, NR
2	1	4			45.58	Q
3	2	5			45.66	Q
4	2	3			45.74	Q
5	1	5			45.91	Q, WJ, NR
6	2	6			46.13	Q
7	2	7			46.19	Q
8	2	2			46.20	Q
9	1	3			46.41
10	1	6			46.57
11	1	7			46.60
12	2	1			46.61
13	2	8			46.63
14	1	2			46.92
15	1	8			47.12
16	1	1			47.32

Final

The final was held on 15 December at 19:42.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			45.16	CR
	5			45.41
	6			45.57	=NR
4	2			45.64	WJ, NR
5	7			45.72
6	1			45.77	AS
6	4			45.77
8	8			46.11

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. 8 December 2022.
2. Web site: 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) . 12 December 2022. Swiss-Timing Corgemont Switzerland. 12 December 2022.
3. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030101EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
4. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030101EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Semifinal results
5. Web site: Men's 100m Freestyle – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 15 December 2022. 15 December 2022.