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

Event:	Men's 100 metre individual medley
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	15 December (heats and semifinals) 16 December (final)
Competitors:	37
Nations:	33
Win Value:	50.97
Gold:	Thomas Ceccon
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Javier Acevedo
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Finlay Knox
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The men's 100 metre individual medley competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

The heats were started on 15 December at 12:12.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	5	51.94	Q
2	5	3	51.95	Q
3	5	4	51.96	Q
4	3	6	51.99	Q
5	3	4	52.06	Q
6	5	5	52.12	Q
7	4	4	52.21	Q
8	4	3	52.28	Q
9	4	2	52.32	Q
10	5	2	52.38	Q
11	3	3	52.50	Q
12	5	6	52.58	Q
12	4	6	52.58	Q
14	3	5	52.62	Q
15	3	1	52.65	Q, NR
16	4	7	52.77	Q
17	5	7	52.81
17	2	6	52.81
19	3	2	52.82
20	5	8	52.85
21	4	8	53.23
22	5	1	53.43
23	1	2	53.75	NR
24	2	4	54.05
25	1	4	54.06	NR
26	4	1	54.11
27	2	3	54.47
28	3	7	54.63
29	2	2	54.79
29	2	5	54.79
31	2	1	54.81	NR
32	2	7	56.61
33	1	5	56.80
34	1	6	58.44
35	2	8
36	1	3
	3	8

The semifinals were started on 15 December at 21:14.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	6	51.40	Q
2	2	5	51.42	Q
3	2	3	51.46	Q
4	1	1	51.47	Q, NR
5	1	3	51.60	Q
6	1	4	51.64	Q
7	1	6	51.78	Q, NR
8	2	2	51.97	Q, NR
9	1	5	51.99
10	2	1	52.10
11	2	7	52.12
12	2	8	52.34	NR
13	1	7	52.37
14	1	2	52.74
15	1	8	52.93
	2	4

The final was held on 16 December at 21:04.^[4]