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

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	14 February (heats and semifinals) 15 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	108
Nations:	104
Win Value:	47.53
Gold:	Pan Zhanle
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Alessandro Miressi
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Nándor Németh
Bronze Nation:	HUN
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 February 2024.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

The heats were started on 14 February at 09:45.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	10	4		47.82	Q
2	11	4		47.94	Q
3	12	5		48.03	Q
4	12	4		48.05	Q
5	10	5		48.11	Q
6	11	3		48.15	Q
7	10	3		48.31	Q
8	11	7		48.59	Q
9	11	6		48.61	Q
10	11	2		48.65	Q
11	11	1		48.68	Q
12	12	3		48.72	Q
13	12	6		48.81	Q
14	11	8		48.84	Q
15	12	2		48.88	Q
16	12	1		48.93	Q
17	11	5		49.01
18	11	0		49.04
19	12	0		49.09
20	10	6		49.10
21	9	7		49.12	NR
22	10	7		49.16
23	10	9		49.18
24	10	2		49.19
24	10	0		49.19
26	11	9		49.24
27	10	8		49.29
28	12	8		49.32
29	10	1		49.35
30	9	6		49.41
31	12	9		49.45
32	12	7		49.50
33	9	3		49.53
34	9	8		49.67
35	9	1		50.19
36	9	4		50.35
37	7	6		50.49
38	8	7		50.54
39	9	9		50.58
40	8	3		50.73
41	3	9		50.99
42	8	6		51.01
43	8	5		51.15
44	6	4		51.29
45	8	4	Samyar Abdoli	51.35
46	7	4		51.40
47	7	5		51.47
47	9	0		51.47
49	8	8		51.53
50	7	1		51.55
50	8	1		51.55
52	5	5		51.71
53	8	9		51.72
54	8	2		51.75
55	9	2		51.77
55	6	3		51.77
57	7	2		51.94
58	1	3		52.04
58	7	7		52.04
60	8	0		52.05
61	3	0		52.09
62	5	4		52.17	NR
=62	6	8		52.17
64	7	0		52.19
65	5	3		52.21
66	6	5		52.33
67	6	7		52.41
68	2	2		52.53
69	6	0		52.55
70	4	2		52.59
71	6	6		52.62
72	6	2		52.63
73	6	9		52.71
75	7	3		52.86
74	7	8		52.76
76	7	9		52.93
77	5	6		53.08
78	5	2		53.29
79	5	7		54.05
80	5	1		54.09
81	6	1		54.41
82	3	7		54.49
83	4	4		54.72
84	3	6		55.03
85	2	8		55.13
85	5	8		55.13
87	5	0		55.29
88	5	9		55.36
89	4	3		55.42
90	4	5		55.48
91	2	6		56.27
92	4	6		56.64
93	4	7		57.30
94	3	8		57.54
95	2	0		57.80
96	2	4		1:00.03
97	4	1		1:00.62
98	3	4		1:01.68
99	4	0		1:01.86	NR
100	4	8		1:01.92
101	1	5		1:02.20
102	4	9		1:02.39
103	1	4		1:02.48
104	3	1		1:03.76
105	2	3		1:03.76
106	3	2		1:05.84
107	3	5		1:09.84
108	2	1		1:15.54
–	2	5		Did not start
	2	7
	9	5
	3	3		Disqualified

The semifinals were started on 14 February at 19:26.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	47.73	Q
2	1	4	47.88	Q
3	1	3	47.93	Q
4	2	5	47.96	Q
5	2	6	48.05	Q
6	2	2	48.11	Q
7	2	3	48.17	Q
8	1	5	48.22	Q
9	1	2	48.25
10	2	7	48.39	NR
11	1	7	48.44
12	1	6	48.46
13	2	8	48.50
14	2	1	48.73
15	1	8	48.80
16	1	1	48.84

The final was held on 15 February at 19:21.^[5]

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