Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

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Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	5 July
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	19
Nations:	12
Win Value:	51.66
Gold:	Matteo Rivolta
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Jaouad Syoud
Silver Nation:	ALG
Bronze:	Edoardo Valsecchi
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 5 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record		49.45	Tokyo, Japan	31 July 2021
Mediterranean Games record		51.79	Pescara, Italy	28 June 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:00.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			52.52	Q
2	2	5			52.63	Q
3	1	4			52.97	Q
4	1	5			53.05	Q
4	3	3			53.05	Q
6	2	6			53.23	Q
7	2	3			53.24	Q
8	3	6			53.27	Q
9	3	5			53.50
10	3	4			53.53
11	1	3			53.59
12	1	7			53.87
13	1	6			54.63
14	2	7			55.16
15	3	2			56.01
16	1	2			57.08
17	2	2			57.90
18	3	7			58.14
19	3	1			59.70

Final

The final was held at 18:00.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			51.66	GR
	4			52.38
	5			52.53
4	2			52.66
5	8			52.82
6	1			52.92
7	7			52.95
8	6			53.50

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 100m Butterfly Men – Preliminary – Start List. Oran 2022. 2 July 2022. 2 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 100m Butterfly Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 5 July 2022. 5 July 2022.
3. Web site: Swimming – 100m Butterfly Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 5 July 2022. 5 July 2022.