Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	26 July (heats and semifinals) 27 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	115
Nations:	108
Win Value:	47.15
Gold:	Kyle Chalmers
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Jack Alexy
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Maxime Grousset
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2023.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 26 July at 10:47.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	10	3		47.59	Q, NR
2	12	6		47.68	Q
3	10	4		47.71	Q
4	10	9		47.77	Q, NR
5	11	4		47.84	Q
6	12	4		47.90	Q
7	11	5		48.03	Q
8	12	5		48.06	Q
9	10	5		48.14	Q
10	11	8		48.16	Q, NR
11	11	6		48.18	Q
12	12	1		48.20	Q
12	12	7		48.20	Q
14	11	3		48.21	Q
14	11	7		48.21	Q
16	11	1		48.34	Q
17	12	8		48.36
18	10	7		48.41
19	10	8		48.43
20	12	9		48.45
21	10	6		48.58
22	11	2		48.64
22	12	0		48.64
24	11	9		48.67
25	10	2		48.68
26	8	6		48.77	NR
26	9	6		48.77	NR
28	10	1		48.78
29	9	3		48.80
30	10	0		48.82
31	12	3		48.99
32	9	7		49.00
33	8	5		49.04
34	9	5		49.08
35	9	2		49.11
36	11	0		49.20
37	9	4		49.24
38	9	9		49.48
39	7	3		49.64
40	8	4		49.68
41	9	8		49.78
42	9	1		49.80
43	8	8		49.95
44	7	4		50.00	NR
45	8	2		50.02
46	8	0		50.16
47	7	5		50.21
48	8	3		50.24
49	7	7		50.27
50	7	6		50.34
51	1	4		50.46
52	8	1		50.64
53	6	0		50.87
54	7	8		51.00
55	7	2		51.08
56	6	4		51.10	NR
56	9	0		51.10
58	7	0		51.15
59	8	7		51.23
60	6	9		51.24
61	7	9		51.32
62	8	9	Luong Jérémie Loïc Nino	51.34
63	7	1		51.36
64	5	4		51.42
65	6	6		51.46
65	6	7		51.46
67	6	2		51.51
68	6	5		51.76
69	6	1		51.90
70	5	2		51.96	NR
70	6	8		51.96
72	4	4		52.01	NR
73	6	3		52.10
74	5	6		52.29
75	5	3		52.38
76	5	5		52.53
77	5	8		52.56	NR
78	5	7		52.63
79	5	0		52.69
80	1	2		52.78
81	2	8		52.94
82	4	8		53.03
83	5	1		53.30
84	4	1		53.32
85	4	0		53.67
86	4	5		53.75
86	5	9		53.75
88	4	2		53.97
89	3	3		53.99
90	4	6		54.05
91	4	3		54.32
92	1	7		54.34
93	4	7		54.51
94	4	9		54.56
95	3	5		54.68
96	3	9		54.95
97	3	8		55.27
98	3	0		55.37
99	3	6		55.43
100	3	4		55.84
101	2	1		55.87
102	3	1		55.95
103	3	2		56.18	NR
104	3	7		57.64
105	2	4		57.86
106	2	3		58.21
107	2	9		58.25
108	2	6		59.94
109	2	5
110	1	3
111	1	5			NR
112	2	2
113	2	0
114	2	7
115	1	6			NR
	12	2

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 26 July at 20:26.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	47.47	Q, NR
2	2	5	47.52	Q
3	2	3	47.61	Q
4	1	1	47.62	Q
5	1	3	47.66	Q
6	1	5	47.71	Q, NR
7	1	6	47.87	Q
8	1	4	48.06	Q
9	1	7	48.08
10	2	8	48.13
11	2	7	48.15
12	1	8	48.18
13	2	2	48.21
14	2	6	48.22
15	2	1	48.43
16	1	2	48.60

Final

The final was held on 27 July at 20:21.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	5	47.15
	8	47.31
	1	47.42
4	3	47.43	AS
5	4	47.45	NR
6	2	47.83
7	7	47.94
8	6	48.17

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231001150557/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EC0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 1 October 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 26 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240112094638/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 12 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 26 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230726113840/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 26 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231001150811/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 1 October 2023 . omegatiming.com.