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

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	21 June (heats and semifinals) 22 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	99
Nations:	90
Win Value:	47.58
Gold:	David Popovici
Gold Nation:	ROU
Silver:	Maxime Grousset
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze:	Joshua Liendo
Bronze Nation:	CAN
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 21 June at 09:09.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	10	4	47.60	Q
2	11	4	47.95	Q,
3	10	3	48.15	Q
4	10	6	48.16	Q
5	11	5	48.17	Q
6	11	0	48.19	Q
7	11	6	48.23	Q
8	10	7	48.29	Q
9	10	5	48.33	Q
10	9	3	48.38	Q
11	8	3	48.40	Q, NR
11	10	0	48.40	Q, NR
13	11	1	48.47	Q
14	9	5	48.49	Q
14	10	2	48.49	Q
16	9	4	48.51	Q
17	9	2	48.61	Q
17	10	1	48.61
19	11	3	48.65
20	9	6	48.77
21	6	5	48.79
21	8	9	48.79	NR
23	11	2	48.83
24	9	8	48.87
25	9	7	48.89
26	9	0	48.97
27	9	1	49.01
28	11	8	49.11
29	11	9	49.29
30	8	2	49.34
31	7	4	49.35	NR
32	8	4	49.46
33	8	6	49.50
34	8	0	49.56
35	8	1	49.59
36	8	5	49.70
37	7	6	49.83
38	10	8	49.92
39	7	7	49.93
40	7	8	49.97	NR
41	7	5	50.01
41	9	9	50.01
43	10	9	50.06
44	7	2	50.19
45	11	7	50.28
46	6	6	50.30
47	6	2	50.36	NR
47	7	1	50.36
49	7	9	50.38
50	6	3	50.43
50	6	4	50.43
50	7	3	50.43
53	7	0	50.48
54	6	9	50.67
55	6	1	50.68
56	6	8	51.29
57	5	6	51.49
58	4	5	51.53
59	5	3	51.58
60	5	8	51.61
61	5	1	51.87
62	4	4	51.94
63	5	9	51.99
64	6	0	52.02
65	4	3	52.16
66	5	4	52.45
67	5	5	52.52
68	4	6	52.58
69	5	0	52.80
70	1	2	52.95
71	4	0	53.28
72	3	5	53.46
73	5	2	53.68
74	4	2	53.82
75	4	1	53.85
76	4	8	53.90
77	2	9	53.95
78	4	9	54.02
79	1	3	54.08
80	6	7	54.19
81	1	6	54.71
82	4	7	54.73	NR
83	3	2	54.87
84	3	6	54.95
85	3	4	55.09
86	3	3	55.10
87	2	3	55.99
88	3	7	56.57
89	1	5	57.03
90	3	8	57.17
91	3	0	57.69
92	2	1	57.70
93	2	8	59.63
94	2	0
95	3	9
96	2	4
96	2	6
98	2	7
99	2	5
	1	4
	2	2
	3	1
	5	7
	8	7
	8	8

The semifinals were started on 21 June at 18:26.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	47.13	Q, WJ, NR
2	1	5	47.54	Q
3	2	5	47.55	Q
4	2	1	47.63	Q, NR
5	2	3	47.65	Q, =NR
6	2	8	47.89	Q
7	2	2	47.90	Q
8	1	6	47.96
8	2	6	47.96
10	1	4	47.97
11	1	8	48.08
12	1	7	48.19
12	1	3	48.19
14	2	7	48.30	NR
15	1	2	48.73
16	1	1	49.00

The swim-off was held on 21 June at 20:20.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			47.69	Q
2	5			48.04

The final was held on 22 June at 18:22.^[6]