Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle
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The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
was held on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...
was held on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record Championship record |
César Cielo César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events... |
46.91 | Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... |
July 30, 2009 |
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Heats
106 swimmers participated in 14 heats.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 3 | William Meynard William Meynard William Meynard is a French swimmer. He won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai.-References:... |
48.14 | Q | |
| 2 | 13 | 5 | James Magnussen James Magnussen James Magnussen is a swimmer from Australia. He is the current 100 metres freestyle men's world champion.- Career :Magnussen finished 3rd in the 100m Freestyle at the Telstra 2010 Australian Swimming Championships to qualify for the national team.- 2010 Pan Pacs & Commonwealth Games :In 2010,... |
48.21 | Q | |
| 3 | 14 | 2 | Filippo Magnini Filippo Magnini Filippo Magnini is an Italian swimmer, who was two times 100 m freestyle world champion.-Biography:Magnini was born in Pesaro, Marche.... |
48.36 | Q | |
| 4 | 12 | 4 | César Cielo César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events... |
48.41 | Q | |
| 5 | 12 | 5 | Fabien Gilot Fabien Gilot Fabien Gilot is an Olympic swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, where he was part of France's silver medal winning 4×100m freestyle relay.... |
48.48 | Q | |
| 6 | 13 | 6 | Andrey Grechin Andrey Grechin Andrey Vladimirovich Grechin in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia is a Russian swimmer. Grechin competed in four events at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.... |
48.59 | Q | |
| 7 | 13 | 7 | Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren is an Dutch long-distance freestyle swimmer.-Swimming career:After competing in the European Junior Swimming Championships in 2005 and 2006 Verschuren made his international senior debut at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary with an 19th position in... |
48.60 | Q | |
| 8 | 13 | 4 | Nathan Adrian Nathan Adrian Nathan Adrian is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who currently holds the American record in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle .... |
48.62 | Q | |
| 9 | 14 | 1 | Graeme Moore | 48.65 | Q | |
| 10 | 11 | 4 | Gideon Louw | 48.74 | Q | |
| 11 | 14 | 4 | Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year... |
48.75 | Q | |
| 12 | 12 | 6 | Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich Lobintsev is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
48.78 | Q | |
| 13 | 14 | 6 | Luca Dotto Luca Dotto -References:*... |
48.79 | Q | |
| 14 | 13 | 2 | Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
48.91 | Q | |
| 15 | 12 | 7 | Konrad Czerniak Konrad Czerniak -References:*... |
48.92 | Q | |
| 16 | 14 | 7 | James Roberts | 48.93 | Q | |
| 17 | 10 | 8 | Brett Fraser Brett Fraser Brett Michael Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser, were two of the three flag-bearers from the country.... |
48.98 | ||
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Hanser Garcia | 48.99 | ||
| 19 | 14 | 5 | Marco di Carli Marco di Carli Marco di Carli is a German swimmer who specialisms are backstroke and freestyle. He swims at the SG Frankfurt club and is 1.89 metres tall and weighs 80 kg .... |
49.00 | ||
| 20 | 14 | 3 | Jason Lezak Jason Lezak Jason Edward Lezak is an American Olympic swimmer, winner of 4 Olympic gold medals.He formerly swam for Irvine Novaquatics. He graduated from Irvine High School in 1994, and then from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is a member of the Rose Bowl Aquatics swim club... |
49.03 | ||
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Adam Brown Adam Brown (swimmer) Adam Thorp Brown is a British freestyle swimmer.Brown represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming event.-External links:**... |
49.13 | ||
| 21 | 14 | 8 | Takuro Fujii Takuro Fujii is a Japanese swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 4 x 100 metre Medley Relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Personal bests:In long course* 100m freestyle: 48.73 Asian, Japanese Record... |
49.13 | ||
| 23 | 9 | 4 | David Dunford David Dunford David Harvey Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya who specializes in sprint freestyle. He is an African champion, Commonwealth Games finalist and the second Kenyan swimmer in history to qualify for the Olympics Games... |
49.20 | ||
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Bruno Fratus | 49.23 | ||
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Simon Burnett Simon Burnett Simon Andrew Burnett is an English swimmer.He holds the British Records in the 100 and 200 metre freestyles, he trains at the USA's University of Arizona--where he attended—and in 2007 signed a sponsorship deal with Nike.-Career:... |
49.25 | ||
| 26 | 12 | 8 | Lü Zhiwu Lü Zhiwu Lü Zhiwu, more commonly spelled "Lv Zhiwu", is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2005 National Games – 8th 100m free;... |
49.26 | ||
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Dominik Kozma | 49.49 | ||
| 28 | 11 | 2 | Martin Verner | 49.52 | ||
| 29 | 10 | 6 | Mindaugas Sadauskas | 49.66 | ||
| 30 | 11 | 8 | Odysseas Meladinis | 49.71 | ||
| 31 | 11 | 1 | Jasper Aerents | 49.75 | ||
| 32 | 13 | 1 | Stefan Nystrand Stefan Nystrand Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split... |
49.80 | ||
| 33 | 10 | 7 | Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events. He won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native African country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:* *... |
49.85 | ||
| 34 | 10 | 4 | Flori Lang | 49.86 | ||
| 35 | 11 | 6 | Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or | 49.91 | ||
| 36 | 10 | 2 | Ben Hockin Ben Hockin Ben Hockin is an Olympic freestyle swimmer, who has swum international for both Great Britain and Paraguay .... |
50.03 | ||
| 37 | 11 | 7 | Velimir Stjepanovic Velimir Stjepanović Velimir Stjepanović is a Serbian swimmer, member of Swimming club Partizan.... |
50.14 | ||
| 38 | 10 | 3 | Mario Todorovic | 50.16 | ||
| 38 | 11 | 5 | Jiang Haiqi | 50.16 | ||
| 40 | 10 | 1 | Crox Ernesto Acuna | 50.28 | ||
| 41 | 9 | 2 | Jose Melconian Alvez | 50.34 | ||
| 41 | 9 | 5 | Virdhaval Vikram Khade | 50.34 | ||
| 41 | 9 | 7 | Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008... |
50.34 | ||
| 44 | 8 | 1 | Uvis Kalnins | 50.46 | ||
| 45 | 9 | 3 | Alexandre Agostinho | 50.71 | ||
| 46 | 7 | 4 | Branden Whitehurst | 50.95 | ||
| 47 | 7 | 5 | Roy Burch | 51.01 | ||
| 48 | 8 | 7 | Sidni Hoxha Sidni Hoxha Sidni Hoxha is an Albanian swimmer who participated for the first time in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 50 m freestyle. He swam in the placed second in his heat with a time of 24.56 seconds, but did not reach the semifinal with this result, finishing with the 64th-fastest time in the... |
51.51 | ||
| 49 | 8 | 4 | Ensar Hajder | 51.52 | ||
| 50 | 9 | 6 | Matias Aguilera | 51.62 | ||
| 51 | 8 | 5 | Charles William Walker | 51.72 | ||
| 52 | 8 | 8 | Ivars Akmentins | 51.89 | ||
| 53 | 8 | 6 | Shebab Younis | 51.95 | ||
| 54 | 7 | 8 | Amine Kouame | 52.05 | NR | |
| 55 | 9 | 1 | Quy Phuoc Hoang | 52.11 | ||
| 56 | 8 | 2 | Mohammad Bidarian | 52.42 | ||
| 57 | 6 | 5 | Luke Hall | 52.45 | ||
| 58 | 7 | 7 | Jemal le Grand | 52.62 | ||
| 59 | 6 | 7 | Quinton Delie | 52.74 | ||
| 60 | 6 | 4 | Jose Montoya | 52.96 | ||
| 61 | 7 | 2 | Kevin Avila | 53.03 | ||
| 62 | 8 | 3 | Mohamed Madouh | 53.07 | ||
| 63 | 9 | 8 | Pham Nguyen | 53.10 | ||
| 64 | 7 | 6 | Mikael Koloyan | 53.12 | ||
| 65 | 6 | 6 | Gerard Baldrich Pujol | 53.21 | ||
| 66 | 7 | 1 | Christopher Duenas | 53.33 | ||
| 67 | 6 | 8 | Andrew Rutherfurd | 53.57 | ||
| 68 | 5 | 8 | Esau Simpson | 53.85 | ||
| 69 | 6 | 3 | Kareem Ennab | 53.92 | ||
| 70 | 6 | 2 | Nicholas Coard | 53.94 | ||
| 71 | 6 | 1 | Mahfizur Rahman | 54.18 | ||
| 72 | 5 | 4 | Anthony Clark | 54.51 | ||
| 73 | 5 | 2 | Abbas Raad | 54.91 | ||
| 74 | 5 | 1 | Niall Roberts | 54.99 | ||
| 74 | 5 | 3 | Chakyl Camal | 54.99 | ||
| 74 | 5 | 7 | Julien Brice | 54.99 | ||
| 77 | 4 | 3 | Sergey Krovyakov | 55.99 | ||
| 78 | 4 | 2 | Douglas Miller | 56.06 | ||
| 79 | 5 | 6 | Sofyan Elgidi | 56.45 | ||
| 80 | 4 | 4 | Omar Nunez | 56.76 | ||
| 81 | 4 | 1 | Christian Nikles Christian Nikles Christian Nikles is an Bruneian sprint freestyle swimmer.He recently completed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in the 50 metre and 100 metre freesyle events, where he failed to advance to the semi finals.- References :... |
57.44 | ||
| 82 | 5 | 5 | Tamir Andrei | 57.52 | ||
| 83 | 4 | 7 | Israr Hussain | 57.69 | ||
| 84 | 4 | 5 | Shane Mangroo | 57.85 | ||
| 85 | 4 | 8 | Mamadou Soumare | 58.21 | ||
| 86 | 4 | 6 | Tepaia Payne | 58.59 | ||
| 87 | 3 | 5 | Atta Tano Claver | 59.70 | ||
| 88 | 3 | 1 | Husam Ahmed | 59.98 | ||
| 89 | 3 | 2 | Inayath Hassan | 1:01.75 | ||
| 90 | 2 | 6 | Farhan Farhan | 1:01.76 | ||
| 91 | 3 | 6 | Zangan Gunsennorou | 1:01.80 | ||
| 92 | 2 | 4 | Prasiddha Jung Shah | 1:01.84 | ||
| 93 | 3 | 7 | Shailesh Shumsher Rana | 1:01.94 | ||
| 94 | 3 | 4 | Dionisio Augustine II | 1:02.41 | ||
| 95 | 2 | 2 | Shawn Wallace | 1:02.53 | ||
| 95 | 2 | 1 | Giordan Harris | 1:02.53 | ||
| 97 | 2 | 3 | Fdingue Ekane | 1:02.65 | ||
| 98 | 2 | 5 | Beni-Bertrand Binobagira | 1:03.39 | ||
| 99 | 3 | 8 | Ammaar Ghadiyali | 1:03.98 | ||
| 100 | 3 | 3 | Athoumani Youssouf | 1:04.75 | ||
| 101 | 1 | 4 | Amadou Camara | 1:06.25 | ||
| 102 | 2 | 7 | Kyle Zreibe | 1:07.35 | ||
| 103 | 1 | 6 | Daniel Langinbelik | 1:12.52 | ||
| 104 | 1 | 3 | Godonou Wilfrid Tevoedjre | 1:14.08 | ||
| 105 | 2 | 8 | Janvier Niyonkuru | 1:16.00 | ||
| – | 1 | 5 | Ahmed Chawali | DSQ | ||
| – | 7 | 3 | Brad Hamilton | DNS | ||
| – | 13 | 8 | Markus Deibler | DNS |
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | James Magnussen James Magnussen James Magnussen is a swimmer from Australia. He is the current 100 metres freestyle men's world champion.- Career :Magnussen finished 3rd in the 100m Freestyle at the Telstra 2010 Australian Swimming Championships to qualify for the national team.- 2010 Pan Pacs & Commonwealth Games :In 2010,... |
47.90 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | Nathan Adrian Nathan Adrian Nathan Adrian is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who currently holds the American record in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle .... |
48.05 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | César Cielo César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events... |
48.34 | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | James Roberts | 48.49 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Andrey Grechin Andrey Grechin Andrey Vladimirovich Grechin in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia is a Russian swimmer. Grechin competed in four events at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.... |
48.67 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
48.86 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Gideon Louw | 48.96 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich Lobintsev is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
49.00 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | William Meynard William Meynard William Meynard is a French swimmer. He won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai.-References:... |
48.25 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year... |
48.30 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren is an Dutch long-distance freestyle swimmer.-Swimming career:After competing in the European Junior Swimming Championships in 2005 and 2006 Verschuren made his international senior debut at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary with an 19th position in... |
48.41 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Luca Dotto Luca Dotto -References:*... |
48.44 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | Fabien Gilot Fabien Gilot Fabien Gilot is an Olympic swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, where he was part of France's silver medal winning 4×100m freestyle relay.... |
48.46 | Q | |
| 6 | 8 | Konrad Czerniak Konrad Czerniak -References:*... |
48.48 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Filippo Magnini Filippo Magnini Filippo Magnini is an Italian swimmer, who was two times 100 m freestyle world champion.-Biography:Magnini was born in Pesaro, Marche.... |
48.50 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Graeme Moore | 48.59 |
Final
The final was held at 18.35.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | James Magnussen James Magnussen James Magnussen is a swimmer from Australia. He is the current 100 metres freestyle men's world champion.- Career :Magnussen finished 3rd in the 100m Freestyle at the Telstra 2010 Australian Swimming Championships to qualify for the national team.- 2010 Pan Pacs & Commonwealth Games :In 2010,... |
47.63 | |||
| 6 | Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year... |
47.95 | |||
| 3 | William Meynard William Meynard William Meynard is a French swimmer. He won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai.-References:... |
48.00 | |||
| 4 | 2 | César Cielo César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events... |
48.01 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Fabien Gilot Fabien Gilot Fabien Gilot is an Olympic swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, where he was part of France's silver medal winning 4×100m freestyle relay.... |
48.13 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Nathan Adrian Nathan Adrian Nathan Adrian is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who currently holds the American record in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle .... |
48.23 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Luca Dotto Luca Dotto -References:*... |
48.24 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren Sebastiaan Verschuren is an Dutch long-distance freestyle swimmer.-Swimming career:After competing in the European Junior Swimming Championships in 2005 and 2006 Verschuren made his international senior debut at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary with an 19th position in... |
48.27 | ||
External links
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre freestyle start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.