Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:	25 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 26 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:	74
Win Value:	52.10 seconds
Gold:	Lars Frölander
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Ian Crocker
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Geoff Huegill
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Previous:	1998
Next:	2003

See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 26 July. The heats^[1] and semifinals^[2] took place on 25 July, with the final being held on 26 July.^[3]

Records

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

World record		51.81	Canberra, Australia	align=right	12 December 1999
Championship record		52.25	Perth, Australia	align=right	16 January 1998

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
25 July 2001	Semifinal			52.17	CR
26 July 2001	Final			52.10	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Notes
1	52.97	Q
2	53.03	Q
3	53.04	Q
3	53.04	Q
5	53.08	Q
6	53.11	Q
7	53.14	Q
8	53.31	Q
9	53.52	Q
10	53.53	Q
10	53.53	Q
12	53.66	Q
13	53.73	Q
14	53.83	Q
15	53.86	Q
16	53.94	Q
17	54.03
18	54.06
19	54.20
20	54.22
21	54.26
22	54.36
22	54.36
24	54.50
25	54.64
26	54.65
27	54.71
28	54.79
29	54.93
30	54.98
31	55.03
32	55.18
33	55.19
34	55.30
34	55.30
36	55.95
37	56.19
38	56.23
39	56.47
40	56.56
41	56.59
42	56.64
43	56.89
43	56.89
45	56.97
46	57.09
47	57.34
48	57.66
49	58.54
50	58.56
51	58.59
52	58.98
53	59.02
54	59.14
55	59.22
56	59.36
57	59.45
58	59.47
59	1:00.04
60	1:00.25
61	1:00.38
62	1:00.42
63	1:00.74
64	1:00.87
65	1:00.97
66	1:01.11
67	1:01.36
68	1:02.93
69	1:03.52
70	1:03.71
71	1:04.82
72	1:09.38
–	DSQ
–	DSQ
–	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Notes
1	52.17	Q, CR
2	52.50	Q
3	52.55	Q
4	52.63	Q
5	52.81	Q
6	52.91	Q
7	52.96	Q
8	52.98	Q
9	53.08
10	53.17
11	53.19
11	53.19
13	53.27
14	53.67
15	53.72
16	54.00

Final

Rank	Time	Notes
	52.10	CR
	52.25
	52.36
4	52.56
5	52.69
6	52.82
7	52.91
8	53.33

Notes and References

Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-07 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019205413/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay4.html#100ButtM . 19 October 2004 .
Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-07 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041205211023/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay4Final.html#100flyM . 5 December 2004 .
Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-07 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20040821140510/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsM100fly.html . 21 August 2004 .