Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	12 August (heats and semifinals) 13 August (final)
Competitors:	77
Nations:	34
Win Value:	46.86
Gold:	David Popovici
Gold Nation:	ROU
Silver:	Kristóf Milák
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Alessandro Miressi
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record			46.91		30 July 2009
European record			47.11		28 July 2021
Championship record			47.37		19 May 2021

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
12 August				47.20	CR
12 August		46.98	ER, CR
13 August		46.86	WR, ER, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 12 August at 09:10.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	4			47.20	Q, CR
2	7	4			47.60	Q
3	8	3			48.27	Q
4	6	4			48.31	Q
5	8	5			48.32	Q
6	8	1			48.43	Q, NR
7	7	2			48.57	Q
8	6	5			48.59	Q
9	8	2			48.60	Q
10	6	6			48.76
11	7	3			48.79	Q
12	7	6			48.88	Q
12	7	7			48.88	Q
14	7	5			48.92
15	5	3			48.98	Q, NR
16	7	1			49.01	Q
17	8	6			49.02	Q
18	6	2			49.15
19	8	7			49.22	Q
20	7	8			49.24
21	4	4			49.29
22	6	8			49.34
23	6	3			49.35
24	6	7			49.45
24	7	9			49.45
26	6	1			49.52
27	8	0			49.59
28	8	8			49.60
29	5	0			49.69
30	4	5			49.73
30	5	2			49.73
32	4	8			49.76
33	4	1			49.90
34	5	7			49.95
35	6	9			49.98
35	5	6			49.98
37	3	2			50.01
38	5	4			50.06
39	4	6			50.11
40	3	0			50.12
40	5	5			50.12
42	5	8			50.15
42	8	9			50.15
44	5	9			50.29
45	3	5			50.32
46	2	5			50.35
47	3	6			50.36
48	4	0			50.42
49	4	2			50.44
50	2	1			50.46
51	3	3			50.55
52	3	9			50.56
53	3	8			50.59
54	3	4			50.62
55	4	7			50.71
56	3	1			50.81
57	2	4			50.89
58	2	7			50.90
58	2	8			50.90	NR
60	2	3			50.91
61	4	3			50.93
62	2	6			50.99
63	7	0			51.14
64	3	7			51.31
65	2	2			51.54
66	2	9			51.94
67	2	0			52.10
68	1	4			52.25
69	4	9			52.62
70	1	6			52.90
71	1	3			52.92
72	1	5			53.04
73	1	1			53.70
74	1	2			53.73
75	1	7			54.45
76	1	8			54.92
77	1	0			55.76
	6	0
	5	1

Semifinals

The semifinal were started on 12 August at 18:33.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			46.98	Q, WJ, ER
2	1	7			47.76	Q, NR
3	1	4			47.96	Q
4	2	5			48.05	Q
5	1	5			48.15	q
6	1	6			48.21	q
7	2	3			48.22	q
8	1	2			48.44	q
9	2	7			48.52	NR
10	2	2			48.58
11	1	8			48.69
12	1	3			48.85
13	2	6			48.94
14	1	1			48.96
15	2	8			49.01
16	2	1			49.04

Final

The final was held on 13 August at 18:22.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			46.86	WR, WJ
	5			47.47	NR
	3			47.63
4	2			47.78
5	1			48.01
6	6			48.10
7	8			48.23
8	7			48.38

Notes and References

1. https://www.roma2022.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timing-SWIMMING-elite-1.5.pdf Schedule
2. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBF-------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
3. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM100MFR------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
4. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM100MFR------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
5. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM100MFR------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf Final results