Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates:	4 August (heats and semifinals) 5 August (final)
Competitors:	83
Nations:	33
Win Value:	48.01
Gold:	Alessandro Miressi
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Duncan Scott
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Mehdy Metella
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2020

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world 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 started on 4 August at 09:30.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	6	48.38	Q
2	9	5	48.53	Q
3	8	3	48.57	Q
4	9	4	48.62	Q
5	8	4	48.75
6	7	5	48.78	Q
7	7	4	48.87	Q
8	4	4	48.88	Q
9	8	6	48.93	Q
9	9	3	48.93	Q
11	5	1	49.00	Q
12	8	5	49.11	Q
13	9	6	49.13	Q
14	8	2	49.16	Q
15	8	0	49.20	Q
16	9	1	49.25
17	8	8	49.27	Q
18	9	2	49.32	Q
19	7	3	49.33
20	9	8	49.36
21	9	7	49.43
22	6	4	49.51
23	7	9	49.63
24	8	7	49.71
25	7	8	49.75
26	6	8	49.76
27	9	9	49.78
28	6	2	49.79
29	5	7	49.84
30	7	0	49.90
31	5	4	49.94
31	5	8	49.94
33	6	1	49.96
34	6	0	49.97
35	4	7	49.99
35	7	2	49.99
37	3	4	50.00
38	6	3	50.02
38	8	9	50.02
40	5	6	50.06
41	3	3	50.17
42	7	1	50.23
43	5	3	50.27
44	4	5	50.30
45	5	9	50.33
46	6	7	50.34
47	6	6	50.37
48	5	0	50.40
49	6	9	50.42
50	5	2	50.54
51	6	5	50.55
52	2	7	50.65
53	3	2	50.67
54	4	1	50.71
54	4	3	50.71
56	4	8	50.73
57	4	2	50.75
58	2	4	50.80
59	3	7	50.84
60	3	0	50.88
61	4	9	50.93
62	4	0	50.95
63	3	5	51.04
64	3	1	51.27
65	3	8	51.44
65	3	6	51.44
67	2	3	51.54
68	2	1	51.58
69	3	9	51.61
70	2	5	51.73
71	2	0	51.91
72	2	6	51.95
73	5	5	51.96
74	2	2	52.09
75	2	8	52.45
76	1	5	53.89
77	2	9	53.90
78	1	3	54.51
79	1	4	54.60
80	1	7	55.60
81	1	6	56.69
82	1	2	56.86
83	1	1	57.53
—	1	8	Did not start
	4	6
	7	7
	8	1
	9	0

The semifinals were held on 4 August at 17:24.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	48.21	Q
2	5	48.41	Q
3	6	48.58	Q
4	3	48.62	Q
5	7	48.76	Q
6	8	48.93
7	2	49.08
8	1	49.33

The final was held on 5 August at 17:20.^[5]