2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	15 December (heats and semifinals) 16 December (final)
Competitors:	114
Win Value:	45.62
Gold:	Caeleb Dressel
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Vladimir Morozov
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Chad le Clos
Bronzenoc:	RSA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2018.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Amaury Leveaux		44.94	Berlin	13 December 2008
Championship record	Vladimir Morozov		45.51	Doha	3 December 2014

The heats were started on 15 December at 10:36.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	9	0		45.98	Q
2	12	4		46.20	Q
3	12	5		46.38	Q
4	11	4		46.39	Q
5	12	2		46.65	Q
6	12	3		46.70	Q
7	10	6		46.89	Q
8	12	7		46.94	Q
9	8	6		46.97	Q
10	9	8		46.99	Q
11	10	4		47.08	Q
12	12	0		47.11	Q
13	12	6		47.15	Q
14	11	3		47.16	Q
15	10	5		47.17	Q
16	12	1		47.23	Q
17	11	5		47.33
18	8	5		47.36
19	11	2		47.38
20	10	2		47.47
21	10	7		47.50
22	9	6		47.56
23	8	7		47.57
24	10	8		47.58
25	10	1		47.63
26	11	8		47.67
27	12	9		47.85
28	9	3		47.91
28	11	7		47.91
30	12	8		47.94
31	9	1		48.03
32	11	0		48.04
33	8	3		48.08
34	7	5		48.14
35	10	9		48.16
35	11	6		48.16
37	8	9		48.17	NR
38	9	5		48.24
39	8	4		48.34
40	9	2		48.35
41	10	0		48.59
42	9	9		48.82
43	9	4		48.87
44	8	2		48.91
45	7	4		49.18
46	8	8		49.27
47	9	7		49.48
48	7	1		49.57
49	7	0		49.59
50	7	6		49.67
51	7	8		49.71
52	6	7		49.73
53	8	1		49.82
54	6	4		50.03
55	8	0		50.19
56	7	2	Sebastian Arispe	50.21
57	6	3		50.44
58	5	4		50.47
59	5	3		50.48
60	6	2		50.52
61	7	3		50.55
62	6	1		50.57
63	7	9		50.62
64	7	7		50.78
65	5	1		50.92
66	6	5		51.03
67	5	7		51.18
68	6	9		51.23
69	5	6		51.30
70	5	8		51.35
71	4	7		51.37
72	6	6		51.40
73	6	8		51.43
74	4	5		51.48
75	3	7		51.58
76	5	9		51.59
77	2	9		51.73
78	4	4		51.76
79	6	0		52.11
80	4	2		52.55
81	5	5		52.58
82	2	1		52.84
83	4	6		52.88
84	2	6		53.30
85	3	0		53.41
86	4	8		53.67
87	5	2		53.74
88	4	3		53.79
89	5	0		53.85
90	1	5		53.88
91	3	8		54.33
92	1	4		54.36
93	2	2		54.46
94	1	3		54.85
95	4	1		55.26
96	3	4		55.36
97	4	0		55.66
98	4	9		55.83
99	2	3		55.90
100	3	9		56.28
101	3	5		56.91
102	2	5		57.42
103	2	8		57.61
104	2	4		58.00
105	3	1		59.53
106	1	6		1:02.54
107	3	3		1:04.67
108	3	6		1:07.56
109	2	7		1:10.42
	2	0		DNS
	10	3		DNS
	11	1		DNS
	11	9		DNS
	3	2		DSQ

The semifinals were started on 15 December at 19:15.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	45.93	Q
2	3	46.24	Q
3	5	46.31	Q
4	2	46.53	Q
5	6	46.84
6	1	46.98
7	8	47.23
8	7	47.25

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	45.89	Q
2	4	46.09	Q
3	5	46.23	Q
4	3	46.46	Q
5	7	46.69
6	1	46.86
7	2	46.93
7	6	46.93

The final was held on 16 December at 18:35.^[4]