Swimming at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2024 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović
Dates:	18 June (heats and semifinals) 19 June (final)
Competitors:	85
Nations:	33
Win Value:	46.88
Gold:	David Popovici
Gold Nation:	ROU
Silver:	Nándor Németh
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Andrej Barna
Bronze Nation:	SRB
Prev:	2022
Next:	2026

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record			46.80		11 February 2024
European record			46.86		13 August 2022
Championship record

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 18 June at 09:38.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	4			47.90	Q
2	7	4			48.14	Q
3	9	4			48.40	Q
4	7	5			48.41	Q
5	7	6			48.54	Q
6	9	6			48.63	Q
7	7	2			48.68	Q
8	8	3			48.69	Q
9	8	5			48.71	Q
10	9	3			48.74	Q
11	6	9			48.64	Q
12	8	1			48.91	Q
13	8	2			48.91	Q
14	7	8			48.94	Q
15	6	2			48.98	Q
	9	1				Q
17	7	1			49.06
18	9	2			49.07
19	6	4			49.10
20	9	5			49.11
21	8	7			49.16
22	5	4			49.22
23	8	6			49.25
24	8	0			49.35
25	6	1			49.37
26	9	0			49.47
	9	7
28	4	3			49.49
29	6	7			49.51
30	3	7			49.52
31	7	9			49.55
32	6	5			49.58
33	4	6			49.65
	8	9
35	8	8			49.75
36	9	8			49.82
37	5	0			49.83
	6	6
39	5	6			49.84
40	5	3			49.88
41	5	7			49.92
42	4	5			49.96
43	4	4			50.00
44	9	9			50.02
45	4	8			50.11
46	5	5			50.12
	5	9
48	5	8			50.16
	7	7
50	7	3			50.19
51	5	2			50.24
52	5	1			50.26
53	3	5			50.29
54	6	8			50.32
55	4	9			50.35
56	6	0			50.37
57	3	6			50.38
58	3	2			50.40
59	3	2			50.59
60	4	7			50.60
61	3	4			50.76
62	3	3			50.78
63	2	3			51.04
64	2	2			51.16
65	4	1			51.19
66	2	7			51.46
67	2	6			51.51
68	2	8			51.59
69	1	5			51.66
70	3	1		ERT	51.73
71	1	3			51.80
72	3	9			51.87
73	3	8			51.95
74	2	4			52.01
75	2	1			52.09
76	3	0			52.22
77	1	6			52.32
78	1	2			52.45
	2	0
80	1	7			52.63
81	2	9			52.85
82	1	4			53.02
83	1	1			53.32
84	1	8			53.97
85	4	2			1:02.09
	6	3
	7	0

Semifinals

The semifinal were started on 18 June at 19:03.
Qualification Rules: The first 2 competitors of each semifinal and the remaining fastest (up to a total of 8 qualified competitors) from the semifinals advance to the final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			47.82	Q
2	1	4			48.04	Q
3	2	5			48.05	Q
4	1	5			48.26	Q
5	1	3			48.39	Q, NR
	1	6				Q, NR
	1	8				Q
8	2	3			48.48	Q
9	2	1			48.51
10	1	7			48.62
11	1	2			48.83
12	2	2			48.84
13	2	6			48.85
14	1	1			48.87
15	2	8			49.09
16	2	7			49.10

Final

The final was held on 19 June at 18:52.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			46.88
	3			47.49
	5			47.66	NR
4	2			48.04	NR
5	1			48.38
6	6			48.41
7	7			48.76
8	8			48.84

Notes and References

1. https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/live/#/athletic-sports-schedule/SWM/* Schedule
2. https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/live/#/athletic-startlist/SWM/ST/M/100MFR------------/HEAT/-------- Start list
3. https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/live/#/athletic-summary/SWM/ST/M/100MFR------------/HEAT/-------- Heats results
4. https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/live/#/athletic-summary/SWM/ST/M/100MFR------------/SFNL/000100-- Semifinals results
5. https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/live/#/athletic-result/SWM/ST/M/100MFR------------/FNL-/000100-- Final results