Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Championship:	2017 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 July (heats and semifinals) 24 July (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	74
Nations:	66
Win Value:	57.47
Gold:	Adam Peaty
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Kevin Cordes
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Kirill Prigoda
Bronze Nation:	RUS
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
23 July		align=left		align=left		57.75	CR
24 July		align=left		align=left		57.47	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 23 July at 11:17.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	4			58.21	Q
2	8	5			59.14	Q
3	6	4			59.15	Q
4	8	3			59.24	Q
5	7	3			59.33	Q, WJ
6	8	7			59.36	Q, NR
7	6	3			59.51	Q
8	6	2			59.56	Q
9	6	5			59.61	Q
10	8	6			59.62	Q
11	7	5			59.76	Q
12	7	2			59.79	Q
13	8	1			59.84	Q
14	7	1			59.89	Q
15	8	8			59.91	Q
16	8	9			59.95	Q
17	8	2			59.97
18	6	1			1:00.08
19	7	0			1:00.08	NR
20	6	0			1:00.22
21	7	6			1:00.25
22	7	7			1:00.26
23	8	0			1:00.28
24	5	7			1:00.53	NR
25	6	6			1:00.60
26	6	8			1:00.76
27	7	8			1:00.79
28	7	9			1:00.83
29	4	1			1:00.96
30	6	7			1:01.51
31	5	4			1:01.56
32	5	1			1:01.74
33	5	8			1:01.81
34	5	6			1:01.86
35	6	9			1:01.91
36	5	0			1:01.92
37	5	5			1:01.93
38	5	9			1:01.95
39	4	5			1:01.96
40	4	4			1:02.15
41	4	3			1:02.22
42	5	3			1:02.26
43	3	4			1:02.49
44	4	2			1:02.81
45	4	0			1:02.90
46	3	5			1:02.95
47	5	2			1:03.03
48	3	6			1:03.14
49	4	7			1:03.22
50	4	9			1:03.46
51	3	3			1:03.52
52	3	2			1:03.65
53	1	8			1:04.58
54	3	8			1:05.03
55	3	1			1:05.12
56	1	2			1:05.16
56	3	9			1:05.16
58	2	5			1:05.28	NR
59	1	6			1:05.30
60	3	7			1:05.61
61	2	7			1:05.70
62	2	3			1:06.96
63	3	0			1:07.22
64	2	0			1:07.37
65	2	2			1:07.59
66	1	4			1:08.10
67	2	6			1:08.17
68	2	4			1:08.50
69	1	7			1:10.62
70	1	9			1:11.34	NR
71	1	1			1:12.00
72	1	3			1:16.70
73	1	5			1:22.54
	1	0
	2	1
	2	8
	2	9
	4	6
	7	4
	4	8

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 23 July at 18:21.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			59.08	Q
2	3			59.24	Q, NR
3	2			59.48
4	5			59.56
5	7			59.66
6	8			59.76
6	6			59.76
8	1			59.92

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			57.75	Q, CR
2	5			58.64	Q, AM
3	8			59.12	Q
4	2			59.15	Q
5	7			59.18	Q
6	6			59.23	Q
7	3			59.41
8	1			1:00.01

Final

The final was held on 24 July at 17:32.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			57.47	CR
	5			58.79
	8			59.05	NR
4	7			59.10
5	3			59.11
6	6			59.21
7	2			59.42
8	1			59.45

Notes and References

1. https://www.fina-budapest2017.com/downloads/BP2017_WC_schedule_5.pdf Schedule
2. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0103EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF00 Start list
3. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0103EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Heats results
4. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0103EC02FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Semifinals results
5. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0103EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Final results