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

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:	23 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 24 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:	62
Win Value:	1 minute 0.16 seconds
Gold:	Roman Sloudnov
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Domenico Fioravanti
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Ed Moses
Bronzenoc:	USA
Previous:	1998
Next:	2003

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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 24 July. The heats^[1] and semifinals^[2] took place 23 July, with the final being held on 24 July.^[3]

Records

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

World record		59.94	Moscow, Russia	align=right	29 June 2001
Championship record		1:01.24	Rome, Italy	align=right	5 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Time	Record
23 July	Heat 7	1:00.95	CR
23 July	Heat 8	1:00.40	CR
23 July	Semifinal 2	59.94	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Notes
1	1:00.40	Q, CR
2	1:00.95	Q
3	1:01.12	Q
4	1:01.29	Q
5	1:01.50	Q
6	1:01.93	Q
7	1:02.03	Q
8	1:02.21	Q
9	1:02.34	Q
10	1:02.38	Q
11	1:02.42	Q
12	1:02.49	Q
13	1:02.50	Q
13	1:02.50	Q
15	1:02.51	Q
16	1:02.52	Q
17	1:02.54
18	1:02.60
19	1:02.62
20	1:02.65
21	1:02.83
22	1:02.88
23	1:02.98
24	1:03.33
25	1:03.56
26	1:04.11
27	1:04.36
28	1:04.41
29	1:04.71
30	1:04.93
31	1:04.94
32	1:05.10
33	1:05.15
34	1:05.24
35	1:05.36
36	1:05.60
37	1:05.78
38	1:06.09
39	1:06.83
40	1:07.07
41	1:07.20
42	1:07.36
43	1:07.88
44	1:08.13
45	1:08.40
46	1:08.72
47	1:08.90
48	1:08.98
48	1:08.98
50	1:10.73
51	1:12.48
52	1:14.03
53	1:14.71
53	1:14.71
55	1:15.65
56	1:17.11
57	1:17.92
58	1:18.02
59	1:18.43
60	1:20.73
61	1:25.29
–	DSQ
–	DNS
–	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Notes
1	59.94	Q, WR
2	1:00.55	Q
3	1:00.61	Q
4	1:00.66	Q
5	1:01.24	Q
6	1:01.25	Q
7	1:01.47	Q
8	1:01.96	Q
9	1:02.02
10	1:02.10
11	1:02.17
12	1:02.18
13	1:02.22
14	1:02.35
15	1:02.49
16	1:03.08

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:00.16
			1:00.47
			1:00.61
4			1:00.67
5			1:01.27
6			1:01.51
7			1:01.92
8			1:01.94

Notes and References

Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024112205/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay2.html#100BreastM . 24 October 2004 .
Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024113207/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay2FINAL.html#100BreastM . 24 October 2004 .
Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019215010/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsM100breast.html . 19 October 2004 .