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

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2009 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	29 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 30 July 2009 (final)
Competitors:	211
Win Value:	46.91
Gold:	César Cielo Filho
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silver:	Alain Bernard
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Frédérick Bousquet
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	2007
Next:	2011

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

The men's 100 m freestyle at the 2009 World Championships took place on 29 July (heats and semifinals) and the evening of 30 July (finals) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

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

World record		47.05	Beijing, China	align=right	13 August 2008
Championship record		48.12	Montreal, Canada	align=right	28 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
26 July	Heat 3*			47.77	CR
26 July	Heat 4*			47.52	CR
26 July	Heat 5*			47.39	CR
26 July	Final*			47.09	CR
30 July	Final			46.91	WR

* Split from the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Results

Preliminary heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			47.59	21	6
2			47.66	21	5
3			47.79	21	3	AF
4			47.80	22	4
5			47.83	22	6
6			47.89	21	4
7			47.92	20	2
8			47.98	22	5
9			48.13	20	4
9			48.13	22	3
11			48.18	18	5
12			48.22	21	1
13			48.23	20	3
14			48.26	20	5
15			48.32	21	7
16			48.43	21	2
17			48.45	19	4
18			48.47	18	3
19			48.56	10	6
20			48.57	20	6
21			48.62	22	7
22			48.68	19	5
23			48.69	22	1
24			48.75	20	0	NR
25			48.76	22	2
26			48.82	20	8	NR
27			48.84	19	7	NR
28			48.90	22	0
29			48.93	19	3	NR
30			49.08	18	6
31			49.12	21	0
32			49.16	22	8
33			49.17	20	7
33			49.17	21	9
35			49.20	20	9
36			49.26	16	5
37			49.28	19	1
38			49.34	14	3
39			49.38	11	7	NR
40			49.39	22	9
41			49.43	18	4
41			49.43	20	1
43			49.47	19	2
44			49.49	17	8	NR
45			49.50	18	2
46			49.51	17	9
46			49.51	19	0
48			49.62	10	3
48			49.62	19	6
50			49.75	21	8
51			49.76	16	3
52			49.90	18	0
53			49.92	18	1
54			49.94	18	7
55			49.97	19	8
56			50.01	16	7
56			50.01	17	3
58			50.04	17	6
59			50.07	19	9
60			50.19	18	9
61			50.22	1	3
62			50.30	15	2
63			50.32	17	1
64			50.37	17	7
65			50.40	13	2	NR
66			50.41	18	8
67			50.43	15	8
68			50.45	14	6
69			50.48	17	5
70			50.51	15	4
71			50.60	14	5
72			50.62	17	2
73			50.65	15	3
74			50.66	16	6
75			50.71	17	4
76			50.73	17	0
77			50.80	16	1
78			50.86	13	6
78			50.86	16	0
80			50.88	12	2	NR
81			50.88	16	2
82			50.95	16	4
83			50.96	14	4
83			50.96	16	8
85			50.98	12	7
86			51.01	15	9
87			51.08	14	7
88			51.27	11	3	NR
89			51.31	11	5
90			51.54	12	3
90			51.54	14	1
92			51.65	8	4
93			51.68	12	8	NR
93			51.68	16	9
95			51.71	15	5
96			51.81	15	6
97			51.83	13	8
98			51.85	14	8
99			51.86	13	5
99			51.86	15	0
101			51.88	14	9
102			51.92	13	0
103			52.11	12	4
104			52.12	13	4
105			52.14	13	1
106			52.21	12	0
107			52.23	14	2
108			52.26	13	3
109			52.31	11	8
110			52.37	9	0
111			52.40	15	1
112			52.45	12	5
113			52.47	9	4
114			52.51	14	0
115			52.54	11	1
115			52.54	13	9
117			52.62	10	1
118			52.64	11	4
119			52.67	12	6
120			52.79	11	0
121			52.86	9	6
122			52.92	10	4
123			52.96	10	7
124			52.97	11	2
125			52.99	9	1
126			53.00	12	9
127			53.04	11	9
128			53.07	10	9
129			53.19	8	0
130			53.26	12	1
131			53.27	1	6
132			53.30	1	1
133			53.35	9	5
134			53.41	9	8
135			53.46	8	5
136			53.61	7	6
137			53.71	10	2
138			53.72	13	7
139			53.86	9	2
140			53.92	8	2
141			53.97	9	9
142			54.11	9	3
143			54.16	8	6
144			54.17	7	1
145			54.28	6	6
146			54.32	11	6
147			54.39	8	3
148			54.76	7	4
149			54.78	10	8
150			54.83	8	8
151			54.88	7	8
152			54.94	6	3
153	Jean Hugues Gregoire		54.96	7	5
154			55.00	5	1
155			55.08	6	4
156			55.30	6	7
157			55.34	6	1
158			55.40	9	7
159			55.45	10	0
160			55.59	6	8
161			55.74	8	7
162			55.75	6	5
163			55.95	5	3
164			55.99	5	6
165			56.00	7	0
166			56.05	8	1
167			56.15	4	2
167			56.15	8	9
169			56.29	5	2
170			56.59	5	5
171			56.97	4	5
172			57.35	6	2
173			57.43	5	8
174			57.52	6	0
175			57.64	5	9
176			57.96	5	0
177			58.38	6	9
178			58.56	4	4
179			58.69	4	3
180			58.91	2	5
181			59.11	1	8
182			59.24	4	1
183			59.39	4	8
184			59.84	3	3
185			1:00.05	4	6
186			1:00.17	3	2
187			1:00.74	4	0
188			1:01.05	1	4
189			1:01.25	3	1
190			1:01.30	3	4
191			1:01.86	3	5
192			1:02.50	2	4
193			1:02.64	3	7
194			1:02.68	3	6
195			1:02.74	4	9
196			1:07.24	2	6
196			1:07.24	3	0
198			1:08.71	3	8
199			1:10.00	2	7
200			1:12.70	3	9
201			1:14.79	2	9
202			1:16.67	2	1
–			DNS	1	2
–			DNS	1	5
–			DNS	1	7
–			DNS	2	2
–			DNS	7	9
–			DSQ	2	3
–			DSQ	7	2
–			DSQ	7	3
–			DSQ	15	7

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			47.27	1	5
2			47.48	1	6
3			47.53	1	4
4			47.78	1	7
5			47.88	2	3
6			47.92	2	4
7			47.96	2	5
8			47.98	1	3
9			48.04	2	1	NR
10			48.13	1	2
11			48.15	1	1
12			48.18	2	2
13			48.20	2	6
14			48.22	2	8
15			48.25	2	7
16			48.73	1	8

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
			5	46.91	WR
			4	47.12	ER
			8	47.25
4			2	47.27	NR
5			7	47.33	NR
6			3	47.37	NR
7			1	47.94
8			6	48.01

See also

• Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle
• Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

References

• Worlds 2009 results: Men's 100m Free Heats, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-30.
• Worlds 2009 results: Men's 100m Free Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-30.
• Worlds 2009 results: Men's 100m Free Finals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-30.