Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Championship:	2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	19–20 May
Competitors:	88
Nations:	33
Win Value:	48.25
Gold:	Luca Dotto
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Sebastiaan Verschuren
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Clément Mignon
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2018

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2016.^[1] ^[2]

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	29 July 2009
Championship record	Alain Bernard	47.50	Eindhoven	22 March 2008

The heats were held on 19 May at 10:20.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	4	48.40	Q
2	9	3	48.59	Q
3	8	5	48.61	Q
4	8	6	48.64	Q
5	10	4	48.68	Q
6	9	4	48.82	Q
7	9	5	48.84	Q
8	10	5	48.86	Q
9	8	8	48.92	Q
10	9	2	48.94	Q
11	10	3	49.15
12	10	6	49.17	Q
13	10	1	49.21	Q
14	10	2	49.25	Q
15	7	2	49.27	Q
16	8	9	49.29
17	9	0	49.31	Q
18	9	6	49.36	Q
19	8	2	49.37
20	9	1	49.42
21	7	0	49.46
22	9	8	49.51
22	6	3	49.51
24	6	0	49.53
25	8	1	49.59
25	6	6	49.59
27	7	1	49.73
28	7	5	49.75
29	10	0	49.77
30	8	0	49.78
31	7	4	49.85
32	7	9	49.86
33	10	7	49.88
33	4	2	49.88
35	7	3	49.89
36	9	9	49.99
37	8	3	50.02
38	9	7	50.04
39	10	9	50.05
39	10	8	50.05
41	6	1	50.09
42	5	4	50.10
43	4	3	50.15
44	3	0	50.20
45	5	3	50.22
45	7	6	50.22
47	6	5	50.29
48	6	7	50.30
49	6	8	50.33
50	3	5	50.35
51	4	4	50.40
51	7	8	50.40
53	3	4	50.48
53	6	2	50.48
55	5	0	50.55
56	6	9	50.56
57	4	1	50.59
58	4	6	50.64
59	4	5	50.66
60	5	1	50.72
61	6	4	50.75
62	5	8	50.77
63	5	7	50.78
64	7	7	50.86
65	3	2	50.95
66	4	0	50.96
67	3	6	51.03
68	3	7	51.07
69	3	9	51.11
70	4	7	51.15
71	4	9	51.16
72	5	6	51.23
73	4	8	51.42
74	2	7	51.43
75	3	8	51.44
76	3	3	51.50
77	3	1	51.58
77	2	3	51.58
79	5	5	51.68
80	2	4	51.72
81	2	5	51.80
82	2	8	51.89
83	2	1	53.12
84	2	0	53.41
85	1	4	53.76
86	1	5	55.04
87	1	3	55.13
88	2	6	55.74
	2	2
	5	2
	5	9
	8	7

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 18:22.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	48.62	Q
2	5	48.83	Q
3	3	48.86	Q
4	6	48.87	Q
5	1	48.88
6	2	48.92
7	7	49.11
7	8	49.11

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	48.36	Q
2	4	48.59	Q
3	5	48.65	Q
4	6	48.76	Q
5	7	48.89
6	2	48.99
7	8	49.11
8	1	49.18

The final was held on 20 May at 18:47.^[5]