The Men's 100 Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 23–24 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary2003 Worlds results: and Semifinal2003 Worlds results: heats swam on July 23; while the Final2003 Worlds results: swam on July 24.

Prior to the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: WR: 47.84 by Pieter van den Hoogenband (Netherlands) swum on 19 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia CR: 48.33 by Anthony Ervin (USA) swum on 27 July 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan

Results

Final Place Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Alexander Popov 48.42 2 Pieter van den Hoogenband 48.68 3 Ian Thorpe 48.77 4 Jason Lezak 48.94 5 Andrei Kapralov 48.95 6 Frédérick Bousquet 49.30 7 Ryk Neethling 49.51 8 Milorad Čavić 49.65

Semifinals Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 S2 L4 Pieter van den Hoogenband 48.39 q 2 S2 L5 Alexander Popov 48.51 q 3 S1 L5 Ian Thorpe 48.71 q 4 S1 L4 Jason Lezak 48.78 q 5 S2 L3 Andrei Kapralov 48.98 q 6 S1 L2 Ryk Neethling 49.29 q 7 S2 L7 Frédérick Bousquet 49.44 q 8 S1 L7 Milorad Čavić 49.54 q 9 S2 L6 Torsten Spanneberg 49.55 10 S1 L1 Ashley Callus 49.56 11 S1 L3 Brent Hayden 49.60 12 S1 L6 Scott Tucker 49.70 13 S2 L8 Lorenzo Vismara 49.72 14 S2 L1 Karel Novy 49.77 15 S2 L2 Peter Mankoč 49.88 16 S1 L8 Stefan Herbst 50.12

Preliminaries Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 H21 L4 Pieter van den Hoogenband 48.86 q 2 H19 L3 Jason Lezak 48.93 q 3 H20 L4 Alexander Popov 48.94 q 4 H19 L4 Ian Thorpe 49.17 q 5 H20 L3 Andrei Kapralov 49.21 q 6 H19 L2 Brent Hayden 49.54 q 7 H19 L1 Torsten Spanneberg 49.58 q 8 H20 L5 Scott Tucker 49.59 q 9 H18 L6 Peter Mankoč 49.63 q 9 H19 L5 Ryk Neethling 49.63 q 11 H21 L6 Frédérick Bousquet 49.67 q 12 H17 L3 Milorad Čavić 49.68 q 13 H20 L8 Karel Novy 49.73 q 14 H21 L5 Ashley Callus 49.74 q 15 H20 L2 Lorenzo Vismara 49.78 q 16 H20 L7 Stefan Herbst 49.87 q 17 H21 L1 Christian Galenda 49.90 18 H20 L1 Johan Kenkhuis 50.07 19 H18 L5 Rolandas Gimbutis 50.12 20 H21 L2 Lars Frölander 50.14 21 H19 L6 Romain Barnier 50.16 22 H21 L3 Salim Iles 50.20 23 H17 L4 Zuo Chen 50.23 24 H18 L8 Vyacheslav Shyrshov 50.24 25 H21 L7 Attila Zubor 50.28 26 H18 L4 Eduard Lorente 50.33 27 H16 L3 Danil Haustov 50.42 28 H19 L7 Roland Schoeman 50.43 29 H18 L2 Renaat Dreesen 50.52 30 H18 L3 Jader Souza 50.57 31 H21 L8 Yannick Lupien 50.58 32 H15 L2 Örn Arnarson 50.59 33 H18 L1 Ricardo Bousquet 50.73 34 H20 L6 Duje Draganja 50.76 35 H11 L8 Andrii Serdinov 50.77 36 H16 L7 Matti Rajakylä 50.83 37 H17 L1 Daisuke Hosokawa 50.86 38 H17 L8 Rodrigo Castro 50.89 39 H18 L7 Stefan Nystrand 50.91 40 H17 L2 Pavel Lagoun 50.99 41 H19 L8 Jere Hård 51.01 42 H16 L4 Paulius Viktoravičius 51.08 43 H16 L6 Igor Čerenšek 51.20 44 H16 L5 Bartosz Kizierowski 51.21 45 H16 L2 Ravil Nachaev 51.23 46 H15 L1 Romāns Miloslavskis 51.37 47 H16 L8 Raymond Rosal 51.57 48 H13 L4 Camilo Becerra 51.68 49 H14 L7 Apostolos Tsagkarakis 51.73 50 H17 L5 Nuno Laurentino 51.83 51 H14 L1 Paul Kutscher 51.88 52 H14 L5 Octavian Guţu 52.06 52 H14 L6 Shai Livnat 52.06 54 H14 L8 Carl Probert 52.10 54 H15 L5 Cameron Gibson 52.10 56 H15 L6 Ryan Pini 52.12 57 H15 L8 Alexandros Aresti 52.17 58 H14 L2 Željko Panić 52.18 59 H17 L6 Min Suk Kim 52.25 60 H12 L4 Ismael Ortiz 52.45 61 H15 L4 Yun Ho Koh 52.46 62 H15 L3 Francisco Picasso 52.55 63 H14 L4 Alexander Agafonov 52.59 64 H12 L7 Ken Tomson 52.60 64 H14 L3 Albert Subirats 52.60 66 H15 L7 Allen Ong 52.66 67 H13 L3 Vyacheslav Titarenko 52.83 68 H12 L2 Adil Bellaz 52.84 69 H13 L2 Ronald Cowen 52.99 70 H13 L1 Maximiliano Schnettler 53.07 71 H12 L3 Alexandr Ivlev 53.11 72 H16 L1 Aytekin Mindan 53.13 73 H11 L6 Heidar Ingi Marinosson 53.15 74 H12 L5 Howard Hinds 53.19 75 H11 L5 Kin Lun Doo 53.25 76 H11 L2 Nicholas Bovell 53.29 77 H07 L1 Kenny Roberts 53.33 78 H11 L7 Carlos Castro 53.35 79 H10 L3 Tuck Kar Wong 53.51 80 H13 L7 Roberto Sanso 53.52 81 H12 L6 Ashby Brendan 53.55 82 H10 L2 Sean Dehere 53.62 83 H06 L7 Gentle Offoin 53.70 84 H08 L4 Babak Farhoudi 83.76 85 H12 L8 Diego Mularoni 53.88 86 H11 L4 Wing Fu 53.90 87 H10 L4 Gregory Arkhurst 54.01 88 H10 L5 Martyn Forde 54.07 89 H13 L8 Anovar Bennaceur 54.25 90 H12 L1 Cem Pasaoglu 54.32 91 H09 L6 Carles Ridaura 54.34 92 H09 L4 Gustavo Adolfo Martinez 54.49 93 H10 L7 Zurab Khomasuridze 54.52 94 H09 L5 Wing Cheung Victor Wong 54.58 95 H09 L8 Obied Ahmed Al Jassimi 54.67 96 H06 L6 Yann Lausan 54.88 96 H13 L6 Maran Cruz 54.88 98 H10 L6 Alois Dansou 54.89 99 H08 L6 Kunakorn Yimsomruay 54.90 100 H17 L7 Shaohua Huang 54.98 101 H09 L1 Levan Berdize 55.07 102 H09 L7 Ayoub Salem Almas 55.16 103 H08 L7 Khaly Ciss 55.17 104 H10 L8 Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin 55.23 105 H11 L1 Mikayel Koloyan 55.34 106 H07 L8 Abed Rahman Kaaki 55.41 107 H06 L4 Onan Thom 55.44 107 H08 L5 Jamie Peterkin 55.44 109 H08 L3 Joao Aguiar 55.48 110 H08 L2 Davy Bisslik 55.52 111 H07 L4 Miguel Navarro 55.61 112 H10 L1 Mauricio Prudencio 55.70 113 H07 L7 Kuan Fong Lao 55.86 114 H08 L8 Zaid Almarafi 56.05 115 H04 L5 Rony Bakale 56.15 115 H05 L3 Lam Le Ba 56.15 117 H06 L8 Ranui Teriipaia 56.18 118 H08 L1 Fadi Jalabi 56.20 119 H09 L3 Othmane Elghnimi 56.25 120 H06 L5 Bradford Worrell 56.27 121 H09 L2 Omar Abu Faris 56.36 122 H06 L2 Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw 56.49 122 H07 L5 Benjamin Wells 56.49 124 H06 L3 Rama Vyombo 56.65 125 H07 L3 Abdoulaye Mbow 56.75 126 H04 L4 Dean Palacios 57.07 127 H05 L4 Patrick Boustany 57.15 128 H04 L3 Seung Gin Lee 57.20 129 H06 L1 Omar Núñez 57.27 130 H05 L1 Loren Lindborg 57.30 131 H02 L2 Hesham Al Shehabi 57.44 132 H05 L2 Jean Laurent Ravera 57.49 133 H04 L1 Tamir Andrei 57.66 133 H05 L7 Connor Keith 57.66 135 H07 L6 Sergey Dyachkov 57.73 136 H01 L5 Yan Lin Aung 57.79 137 H05 L8 Asela Pradeep Perera 57.93 138 H05 L6 Ahmed Ouattara Zie 58.04 139 H03 L3 Kabir Walia 58.21 140 H03 L5 Kin-Vincent Duenas 58.35 141 H04 L2 Orkhan Samadov 58.42 142 H07 L2 Nuno Rola 58.48 143 H03 L8 Peter James Linch 58.60 144 H04 L6 Urnultsaikhan Ganbold 58.62 145 H04 L8 Clark Randrianandraina 58.80 146 H03 L4 Ronald Ying 59.44 147 H03 L2 Neil Agius 59.81 148 H03 L7 Leonel Matonse 59.87 149 H03 L1 Mohammed S. Abbas 59.96 150 H04 L7 Kreshnik Gjata 1:00.13 151 H02 L6 Chisela Kanchela 1:01.51 152 H02 L4 Edgar Luberenga 1:01.61 153 H03 L6 Aldi Gugushka 1:01.78 154 H02 L8 Joshua Marfleet 1:02.97 155 H02 L1 Carlos Notarianni 1:03.88 156 H01 L2 Hassan Mubah 1:04.28 157 H01 L1 Momadon Ouedrago 1:07.09 158 H01 L3 A.A. Romain Belemtougri 1:19.42 - H01 L4 Mohammed Sultan Judat DQ - H01 L6 Ahmed Fargani DQ - H05 L5 Aung Kyaw Moe DQ - - Christoph Bühler DNS - - Ayoub Salem Mallalah DNS - - Shade Sule Cole DNS - - Fils Theodore Tchena DNS - - Gibrilla Kanu DNS - - Emery Nziyumvira DNS - - Fidel Davis DNS

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