| | Event type
100 metres Freestyle, Men
| Date | 27 – 29 July 2021 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympic Aquatics Centre, 2-1, 2chome, Tatsumi, Koto-ku, Tatsumi-no-Mori Seaside Park, Tokyo, Japan |
| Participants | 70 from 62 countries |
This event was expected to be a battle between the defending gold medallist and 2018 Pan Pac Champion, Australian Kyle Chalmers and American Caeleb Dressel, the 2017 and 2019 World Champion. Both qualified for the final, although Chalmers was only sixth in the semi-finals and was pushed out to lane seven for the final. Dressel had the second fastest time in the semis, trailing Kliment Kolesnikov of the ROC Team.
Dressel got off to his usual explosive start in the final and led at the turn, with 22.39 to Kolesnikov’s 22.49, as Chalmers stood third in 22.71 with nobody else really in medal contention. Chalmers closed the fastest, finishing in 24.37 for 47.08, but Dressel could not be caught, narrowly winning the gold medal in 47.02, as Kolesnikov took bronze. This was the first of Dressel’s five golds and three individual golds in Tokyo. He would later win the 100 butterfly and the 50 freestyle. Chalmers would add two bronze medals in relays at the 2020 Olympics.
| Pos | Swimmer | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel |  USA | 47.73 (2 h9) | 47.23 (1 h1) | 47.02 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Kyle Chalmers |  AUS | 47.77 (1 h8) | 47.80 (2 h2) | 47.08 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Kliment Kolesnikov |  ROC | 47.89 (1 h7) | 47.11 (1 h2) | 47.44 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Maxime Grousset |  FRA | 48.25 (4 h8) | 47.82 (5 h1) | 47.72 (4) | |||
| 5 | Hwang Seon-Wu |  KOR | 47.97 (2 h7) | 47.56 (3 h1) | 47.82 (5) | |||
| 6 | Alessandro Miressi |  ITA | 47.83 (3 h9) | 47.52 (2 h1) | 47.86 (6) | |||
| 7 | David Popovici |  ROU | 48.03 (4 h9) | 47.72 (4 h1) | 48.04 (7) | |||
| 8 | Nándor Németh |  HUN | 48.11 (5 h9) | 47.81 (3 h2) | 48.10 (8) | |||
| 9 | Andrej Barna |  SRB | 48.30 (5 h8) | 47.94 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 10 | Andrey Minakov | ROC | 48.00 (2 h8) | 48.03 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 11 | Zach Apple | USA | 48.16 (3 h7) | 48.04 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 12 | Thomas Ceccon | ITA | 47.71 (1 h9) | 48.05 (7 h2) | – | |||
| 13 | Jacob Whittle |  GBR | 48.44 (1 h6) | 48.11 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 14 | Joshua Liendo |  CAN | 48.34 (4 h7) | 48.19 (7 h1) | – | |||
| 15 | Yuri Kisil | CAN | 48.15 (3 h8) | 48.31 (8 h1) | – | |||
| 16 | Roman Mityukov |  SUI | 48.43 (5 h7) | 48.53 (8 h2) | – | |||
| 17 | Katsumi Nakamura |  JPN | 48.48 (6 h9) | – | – | |||
| 18 | Apostolos Christou |  GRE | 48.50 (6 h7) | – | – | |||
| 19 | He Junyi |  CHN | 48.50 (6 h8) | – | – | |||
| 20 | Szebasztián Szabó | HUN | 48.51 (7 h7) | – | – | |||
| 21 | Stan Pijnenburg |  NED | 48.53 (2 h6) | – | – | |||
| 22 | Dylan Carter |  TTO | 48.66 (3 h6) | – | – | |||
| 23 | Mehdy Metella | FRA | 48.68 (8 h7) | – | – | |||
| 24 | Cameron McEvoy | AUS | 48.72 (7 h9) | – | – | |||
| 25 | Pedro Spajari |  BRA | 48.74 (7 h8) | – | – | |||
| 26 | Damian Wierling |  GER | 48.83 (4 h6) | – | – | |||
| 27 | Robin Hanson |  SWE | 49.07 (5 h6) | – | – | |||
| 28 | Nikola Miljenić |  CRO | 49.25 (1 h5) | – | – | |||
| 29 | Meiron Cheruti |  ISR | 49.26 (6 h6) | – | – | |||
| 30 | Ali Khalafalla |  EGY | 49.31 (=2 h5) | – | – | |||
| 31 | Mikel Schreuders |  ARU | 49.31 (=2 h5) | – | – | |||
| 32 | Gabriel Santos | BRA | 49.33 (7 h6) | – | – | |||
| 33 | Alberto Mestre |  VEN | 49.44 (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 34 | Ian Ho |  HKG | 49.49 (1 h4) | – | – | |||
| 35 | Serhiy Shevtsov |  UKR | 49.55 (8 h9) | – | – | |||
| 36 | Luke Gebbie |  PHI | 49.64 (5 h5) | – | – | |||
| 37 | Oussama Sahnoune |  ALG | 49.65 (8 h6) | – | – | |||
| 38 | Artur Barseghyan |  ARM | 49.78 (2 h4) | – | – | |||
| 39 | Joseph Schooling |  SGP | 49.84 (6 h5) | – | – | |||
| 40 | Nikolas Antoniou |  CYP | 50.00 (3 h4) | – | – | |||
| 41 | Khurshidjon Tursunov |  UZB | 50.14 (4 h4) | – | – | |||
| 42 | Peter Wetzlar |  ZIM | 50.31 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 43 | Samy Boutouil |  MAR | 50.37 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 44 | Ben Hockin |  PAR | 50.41 (7 h5) | – | – | |||
| 45 | Emir Muratović |  BIH | 50.43 (8 h5) | – | – | |||
| 46 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen |  FIN | 50.48 (7 h4) | – | – | |||
| 47 | Mokhtar Al-Yamani |  YEM | 50.52 (1 h3) | – | – | |||
| 48 | Matthew Abeysinghe |  SRI | 50.62 (8 h4) | – | – | |||
| 49 | Andrew Chetcuti |  MLT | 51.47 (2 h3) | – | – | |||
| 50 | Yousuf Al-Matrooshi |  UAE | 51.50 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 51 | Stefano Mitchell |  ANT | 51.64 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 52 | Kledi Kadiu |  ALB | 51.65 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 53 | Issa Al-Adawi |  OMA | 51.81 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 54 | Jean-Luc Zephir |  LCA | 51.94 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 55 | Miguel Mena |  NCA | 51.99 (8 h3) | – | – | |||
| 56 | Danilo Rosafio |  KEN | 52.54 (1 h2) | – | – | |||
| 57 | Jagger Stephens |  GUM | 52.72 (2 h2) | – | – | |||
| 58 | Delron Felix |  GRN | 52.99 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 59 | Alexander Shah |  NEP | 53.41 (2 h1) | – | – | |||
| 60 | Mathieu Marquet |  MRI | 53.56 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 61 | Boško Radulović |  MNE | 53.60 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 62 | Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq |  PAK | 53.81 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 63 | Atuhaire Ambala |  UGA | 54.23 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
| 64 | Crésus Ganira |  BDI | 54.33 (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 65 | Olt Kondirolli |  KOS | 54.33 (8 h2) | – | – | |||
| 66 | Yazan Al-Bawwab |  PLE | 54.51 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 67 | Andrew Fowler |  GUY | 55.23 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 68 | Sangay Tenzin |  BHU | 57.57 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 69 | Mubal Ibrahim |  MDV | 58.37 (7 h1) | – | – | |||
| 70 | Edgar Iro |  SOL | 1:00.13 (1 h1) | – | – | |||
| Matt Richards | GBR | – (DNS h8) | – | – |
Round One (27 July 2021 — 19:00)
Heat One (19:00)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Edgar Iro | SOL | 1:00.13 | 0.64 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Alexander Shah | NEP | 53.41 | 0.59 | |||
| 3 | 8 | Crésus Ganira | BDI | 54.33 | 0.61 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Yazan Al-Bawwab | PLE | 54.51 | 0.67 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Andrew Fowler | GUY | 55.23 | 0.64 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Sangay Tenzin | BHU | 57.57 | 0.61 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Mubal Ibrahim | MDV | 58.37 | 0.60 |
Heat Two (19:03)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Danilo Rosafio | KEN | 52.54 | 0.66 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Jagger Stephens | GUM | 52.72 | 0.57 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Delron Felix | GRN | 52.99 | 0.71 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Mathieu Marquet | MRI | 53.56 | 0.65 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Boško Radulović | MNE | 53.60 | 0.71 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq | PAK | 53.81 | 0.73 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Atuhaire Ambala | UGA | 54.23 | 0.63 | |||
| 8 | 3 | Olt Kondirolli | KOS | 54.33 | 0.63 |
Heat Three (19:06)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Mokhtar Al-Yamani | YEM | 50.52 | 0.59 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Andrew Chetcuti | MLT | 51.47 | 0.57 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Yousuf Al-Matrooshi | UAE | 51.50 | 0.66 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Stefano Mitchell | ANT | 51.64 | 0.63 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Kledi Kadiu | ALB | 51.65 | 0.61 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Issa Al-Adawi | OMA | 51.81 | 0.63 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Jean-Luc Zephir | LCA | 51.94 | 0.68 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Miguel Mena | NCA | 51.99 | 0.61 |
Heat Four (19:09)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Ian Ho | HKG | 49.49 | 0.59 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Artur Barseghyan | ARM | 49.78 | 0.62 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Nikolas Antoniou | CYP | 50.00 | 0.65 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Khurshidjon Tursunov | UZB | 50.14 | 0.76 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Peter Wetzlar | ZIM | 50.31 | 0.58 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Samy Boutouil | MAR | 50.37 | 0.63 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | FIN | 50.48 | 0.66 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Matthew Abeysinghe | SRI | 50.62 | 0.56 |
Heat Five (19:12)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Nikola Miljenić | CRO | 49.25 | 0.65 | |||
| =2 | 3 | Ali Khalafalla | EGY | 49.31 | 0.60 | |||
| =2 | 4 | Mikel Schreuders | ARU | 49.31 | 0.66 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Alberto Mestre | VEN | 49.44 | 0.68 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Luke Gebbie | PHI | 49.64 | 0.66 | |||
| 6 | 5 | Joseph Schooling | SGP | 49.84 | 0.57 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Ben Hockin | PAR | 50.41 | 0.69 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Emir Muratović | BIH | 50.43 | 0.60 |
Heat Six (19:15)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jacob Whittle | GBR | 48.44 | 0.70 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Stan Pijnenburg | NED | 48.53 | 0.60 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Dylan Carter | TTO | 48.66 | 0.63 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Damian Wierling | GER | 48.83 | 0.65 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Robin Hanson | SWE | 49.07 | 0.61 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Meiron Cheruti | ISR | 49.26 | 0.62 | |||
| 7 | 5 | Gabriel Santos | BRA | 49.33 | 0.59 | |||
| 8 | 3 | Oussama Sahnoune | ALG | 49.65 | 0.65 |
Heat Seven (19:18)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | ROC | 47.89 | 0.67 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Hwang Seon-Wu | KOR | 47.97 | 0.58 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Zach Apple | USA | 48.16 | 0.62 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Joshua Liendo | CAN | 48.34 | 0.61 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Roman Mityukov | SUI | 48.43 | 0.55 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Apostolos Christou | GRE | 48.50 | 0.66 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Szebasztián Szabó | HUN | 48.51 | 0.60 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Mehdy Metella | FRA | 48.68 | 0.63 |
Heat Eight (19:21)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 47.77 | 0.67 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Andrey Minakov | ROC | 48.00 | 0.63 | |||
| 3 | 8 | Yuri Kisil | CAN | 48.15 | 0.66 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Maxime Grousset | FRA | 48.25 | 0.61 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Andrej Barna | SRB | 48.30 | 0.62 | |||
| 6 | 6 | He Junyi | CHN | 48.50 | 0.67 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Pedro Spajari | BRA | 48.74 | 0.64 | |||
| 7 | Matt Richards | GBR | – | – |
Heat Nine (19:24)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Thomas Ceccon | ITA | 47.71 | 0.65 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Caeleb Dressel | USA | 47.73 | 0.61 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | ITA | 47.83 | 0.70 | |||
| 4 | 6 | David Popovici | ROU | 48.03 | 0.65 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Nándor Németh | HUN | 48.11 | 0.60 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Katsumi Nakamura | JPN | 48.48 | 0.68 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Cameron McEvoy | AUS | 48.72 | 0.58 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Serhiy Shevtsov | UKR | 49.55 | 0.64 |
Semi-Finals (28 July 2021 — 10:30)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Kliment Kolesnikov | ROC | 47.11 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Caeleb Dressel | USA | 47.23 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | ITA | 47.52 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Hwang Seon-Wu | KOR | 47.56 | ||
| 5 | 6 | David Popovici | ROU | 47.72 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 47.80 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Nándor Németh | HUN | 47.81 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Maxime Grousset | FRA | 47.82 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Andrej Barna | SRB | 47.94 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Andrey Minakov | ROC | 48.03 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Zach Apple | USA | 48.04 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Thomas Ceccon | ITA | 48.05 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Jacob Whittle | GBR | 48.11 | ||
| 14 | 1 | Joshua Liendo | CAN | 48.19 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Yuri Kisil | CAN | 48.31 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Roman Mityukov | SUI | 48.53 |
Heat One (10:30)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Caeleb Dressel | USA | 47.23 | 0.61 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | ITA | 47.52 | 0.70 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Hwang Seon-Wu | KOR | 47.56 | 0.58 | |||
| 4 | 6 | David Popovici | ROU | 47.72 | 0.67 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Maxime Grousset | FRA | 47.82 | 0.62 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Jacob Whittle | GBR | 48.11 | 0.70 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Joshua Liendo | CAN | 48.19 | 0.61 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Yuri Kisil | CAN | 48.31 | 0.65 |
Heat Two (10:35)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Kliment Kolesnikov | ROC | 47.11 | 0.64 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 47.80 | 0.65 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Nándor Németh | HUN | 47.81 | 0.62 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Andrej Barna | SRB | 47.94 | 0.63 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Andrey Minakov | ROC | 48.03 | 0.64 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Zach Apple | USA | 48.04 | 0.62 | |||
| 7 | 4 | Thomas Ceccon | ITA | 48.05 | 0.68 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Roman Mityukov | SUI | 48.53 | 0.56 |
Final (29 July 2021 — 11:37)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | Reaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Caeleb Dressel | USA | 47.02 | 0.60 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 47.08 | 0.66 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | ROC | 47.44 | 0.65 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | FRA | 47.72 | 0.61 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Hwang Seon-Wu | KOR | 47.82 | 0.58 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Alessandro Miressi | ITA | 47.86 | 0.70 | |||
| 7 | 2 | David Popovici | ROU | 48.04 | 0.66 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Nándor Németh | HUN | 48.10 | 0.61 |