Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	2009 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	31 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 1 August 2009 (final)
Competitors:	163
Win Value:	49.82
Gold:	Michael Phelps
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Milorad Čavić
Silvernoc:	SRB
Bronze:	Rafael Muñoz
Bronzenoc:	ESP
Prev:	2007
Next:	2011

See main article: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place between 31 July  - 1 August at the Foro Italico. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 31 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 1 August.

Records

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

World record		50.22	Indianapolis, United States	align=right	9 July 2009
Championship record		50.40	Montreal, Canada	align=right	30 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
31 July	Semifinal 2			50.01	WR
1 August	Final			49.82	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			50.56	15	4	NR
2			50.90	15	5
2			50.90	17	4
4			50.93	16	5
5			51.02	17	7	SA
6			51.11	17	3	NR
7			51.22	15	7
7			51.22	16	6	NR
9			51.24	15	3	AS
10			51.40	16	4
11			51.49	16	3
12			51.51	15	6	NR
13			51.58	15	1
14			51.65	16	8	NR
15			51.71	17	2
16			51.76	17	5
17			51.81	16	2
17			51.81	17	6
19			51.97	14	4	NR
19			51.97	15	9
21			51.98	17	0
22			51.99	12	2
23			52.04	14	3
24			52.05	13	5
25			52.08	14	2
25			52.08	15	8
27			52.09	14	5
28			52.13	17	8
29			52.14	15	2
30			52.21	13	9
31			52.27	13	8
31			52.27	16	9
33			52.28	17	1
34			52.34	15	0
35			52.39	12	4	NR
36			52.48	12	8	NR
37			52.50	12	3
38			52.55	14	7
38			52.55	17	9
40			52.60	14	9
41			52.61	16	7
42			52.63	13	0
43			52.64	16	1
44			52.68	13	1	NR
45			52.75	14	8
46			52.76	11	5
47			52.89	13	3
48			52.92	10	4
48			52.92	12	7
50			52.94	14	6
51			52.98	13	4
52			52.99	13	7
53			53.04	16	0
54			53.06	14	1
55			53.07	11	2
56			53.12	12	1
56			53.12	14	0
58			53.20	13	6
58			53.20	13	2
60			53.30	11	7
61			53.33	11	1
62			53.41	12	0
63			53.51	11	9	NR
64			53.61	11	3
65			53.91	10	3
66			53.98	11	4
67			54.01	10	6
67			54.01	10	1
69			54.02	12	9
70			54.08	8	3	NR
71			54.20	9	4
72			54.34	10	7
73			54.41	10	0
74			54.42	8	9
75			54.52	10	8
76			54.66	10	2
77			54.73	9	3
78			54.74	9	6
79			54.78	10	5
80			54.84	9	8
81			54.89	8	4	NR
82			54.93	9	5
83			55.11	9	2
84			55.23	10	9
85			55.28	11	6
86			55.29	7	3
87			55.37	7	5
88			55.46	5	1	NR
89			55.48	8	6
90			55.55	9	1
91			55.90	11	0
92			55.92	11	8
93			55.93	8	2
94			55.94	9	7
95			56.17	7	2
96			56.38	6	4
97			56.39	9	9
98			56.56	6	0	NR
99			56.58	5	5
100			56.65	9	0
101			56.68	6	3
102			56.80	8	8
103			56.84	6	1
104			56.92	5	0
105			56.96	7	7
105			56.96	7	0
107			56.97	4	5
108			57.06	8	7
109			57.10	7	6
110			57.14	5	2
111			57.15	7	4
112			57.33	5	7
113			57.37	4	3
114			57.41	8	5
115			57.44	6	2
116			57.48	5	8
117			57.75	5	9
118			57.82	6	6
119			57.97	7	9
120			57.99	4	6
121			58.12	5	6
122			58.28	4	2
123			58.55	5	4
124			58.65	4	7
125			58.69	8	1
126			58.72	4	1
127			58.77	6	9
128			58.81	4	4
129			58.99	5	3
130			59.12	4	9
131			59.22	6	8
132			59.40	7	1
133			59.49	6	7
134			59.68	2	7
135			59.80	3	4
136			59.86	3	6
137			1:00.05	7	8
138			1:00.53	4	8
139			1:00.55	3	3
140			1:00.56	3	7
141			1:00.86	3	8
142			1:00.87	3	9
143			1:00.97	4	0
144			1:01.03	3	2
145			1:02.40	2	1
146			1:03.36	3	0
147			1:03.37	2	6
148			1:03.86	2	2
149	Jean Hugues Gregoire		1:03.89	2	5
150			1:04.62	2	8
151			1:05.01	2	4
152			1:05.15	3	1
153			1:10.10	2	9
154			1:10.32	1	4
155			1:10.49	1	5
156			1:19.25	2	0
–			DNS	1	3
–			DNS	3	5
–			DNS	6	5
–			DNS	8	0
–			DNS	12	5
–			DNS	12	6
–			DSQ	2	3

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			50.01	2	4	WR
2			50.48	1	4
3			50.59	1	2
4			50.65	2	3	SA
5			50.78	1	8	AF
6			51.02	1	3	NR
7			51.03	1	5
8			51.07	2	5
9			51.26	1	7	NR
10			51.31	1	6
11			51.32	2	2
11			51.32	2	6
13			51.41	1	1	NR
14			51.50	2	1
15			51.54	2	7
16			51.79	2	8

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			49.82	WR
	4			49.95	ER
	3			50.41	NR
4	6			50.79
5	1			50.85	OC
6	2			51.07
7	8			51.42
8	7			51.74

References

• Worlds 2009 results: Men's 100m butterfly Heats, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-08-06.
• Worlds 2009 results: Men's 100m butterfly Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-08-06.
• Worlds 2009 results: Men's 100m butterfly Finals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-08-06.