Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	21–22 August
Competitors:	74
Nations:	32
Win Value:	47.98
Gold:	Florent Manaudou
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silver:	Fabien Gilot
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Luca Leonardi
Bronzenoc:	ITA

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21–22 August.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Time	Location	Date
World record	César Cielo	46.91	Rome	30 July 2009
European record	Alain Bernard	47.12	Rome	30 July 2009
Championship record	Alain Bernard	47.50	Eindhoven	22 March 2008

The heats were held at 09:47.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	2	48.66	Q
2	7	5	48.84	Q
3	7	7	48.86	Q
4	8	6	48.92	Q
5	8	3	48.93	Q
6	7	6	48.94
7	6	6	48.97	Q
8	7	4	49.05
9	6	4	49.08	Q
10	6	5	49.14	Q
10	8	4	49.14
12	6	7	49.19	Q
13	7	3	49.24	Q
13	7	2	49.24
15	4	8	49.28	Q
16	5	6	49.49	Q
17	8	1	49.57
18	7	1	49.58	Q
19	6	2	49.62	Q
20	5	5	49.66	Q
21	6	3	49.68
22	8	0	49.70	Q
23	7	0	49.77
24	8	8	49.80
25	5	8	49.84
26	4	9	49.89
27	6	8	50.07
28	4	6	50.09
29	5	4	50.11
30	5	1	50.12
31	5	3	50.14
32	6	9	50.18
33	8	7	50.25
34	4	1	50.28
35	5	2	50.29
36	4	7	50.34
37	8	9	50.44
38	3	1	50.45
39	4	3	50.53
40	4	5	50.54
40	7	9	50.54
42	1	1	50.58
43	3	4	50.60
44	5	7	50.61
45	2	6	50.62
46	5	9	50.63
47	6	1	50.64
48	3	5	50.75
49	2	2	50.80
50	3	8	50.86
51	3	6	50.91
52	5	0	50.92
53	2	5	51.03
54	1	4	51.05
55	4	0	51.15
55	3	7	51.15
57	4	4	51.20
58	2	1	51.22
59	6	0	51.27
59	2	3	51.27
61	3	9	51.30
62	3	2	51.40
63	1	3	51.56
64	3	0	51.58
65	2	4	51.59
66	3	3	51.71
67	2	8	51.75
68	2	7	51.84
69	2	0	51.85
70	1	5	52.28
71	2	9	52.30
72	1	2	52.75
73	1	6	53.12
74	1	7	54.65
—	4	2		DNS
—	7	8		DNS
—	8	5		DNS

The semifinals were held at 18.23.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	48.67	Q
1	6	48.67	Q
3	5	48.83	Q
4	3	48.94	Q
5	7	48.95	Q
6	2	49.13
7	1	49.18
8	8	49.55

The final was held at 18:47.^[4]