The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August with the heats and the semifinals and 6 August with the final.Start list
Asian Record holder Ning Zetao became the first Chinese male ever to win the 100 meter freestyle at the World Championships. Coming from second at the halfway turn, Ning beat Australian favorite Cameron McEvoy to win his first ever World Championship medal in 47.84. McEvoy finished second in a time of 47.95, while Argentina's Federico Grabich emerged as a serious sprint freestyle threat, winning the bronze and his nation's first ever World Championship medal in 48.12.
After leading at the 50 meter mark, Canada's Santo Condorelli faded to fourth in 48.19, while Brazil's Marcelo Chierighini finished fifth in 48.28, beating out hometown favorite Alexander Sukhorukov by a hundredth of a second. Plagued by a shoulder injury, defending Olympic Champion Nathan Adrian (48.31) tied for seventh with Belgium's Pieter Timmers.Final results
After sustaining a shoulder injury, Australia's James Magnussen was forced to withdraw from the event, leaving him unable to defend his world title. Russia's Vladimir Morozov, who had the top time in the world coming into the event, left the blocks early in the semifinals, therefore ending his hope of being the first Russian since Alexander Popov to win the coveted 100 meter freestyle at the World Championships.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats were held at 09:43.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 11 4 Ning Zetao 48.11 Q 2 12 4 Cameron McEvoy 48.33 Q 3 10 4 Vladimir Morozov 48.46 Q 4 12 9 Federico Grabich 48.48 Q 5 12 2 Jérémy Stravius 48.52 Q 6 10 2 Pieter Timmers 48.58 Q7 10 5 Sebastiaan Verschuren 48.61 Q 12 5 Nathan Adrian Q 9 11 3 Alexandr Sukhorukov 48.64 Q 10 10 3 Fabien Gilot 48.73 Q 11 11 1 Santo Condorelli 48.77 Q 12 10 7 Matheus Santana 48.81 Q 13 11 5 Marco Orsi 48.82 Q 14 12 7 Shinri Shioura 48.84 Q 15 11 0 Marcelo Chierighini 48.92 Q 16 12 0 Paweł Korzeniowski 48.93 Q 17 12 6 Luca Dotto 49.01 18 11 2 Tommaso D'Orsogna 49.04 19 11 6 Katsumi Nakamura 49.07 20 10 1 Kristian Golomeev 49.12 10 8 Jimmy Feigen 22 9 5 Jasper Aerents 49.24 23 11 7 Ben Proud 49.35 24 10 9 Dylan Carter 49.40 25 10 0 Cristian Quintero 49.46 26 11 9 Odysseus Meladinis 49.47 27 8 3 Mindaugas Sadauskas 49.49 28 9 4 Yu Hexin 49.50 29 9 6 Yuri Kisil 49.56 11 8 Marius Radu 31 12 8 Yauhen Tsurkin 49.67 32 12 1 Calum Jarvis 49.68 33 9 2 Krisztián Takács 49.76 34 8 5 Christoffer Carlsen 49.78 35 8 2 Kemal Arda Gürdal 49.80 36 9 7 Andriy Hovorov 49.81 37 8 4 Geoffrey Cheah 49.96 38 8 0 David Gamburg 49.98 39 8 1 Quah Zheng Wen 49.99 40 8 8 Martin Verner 50.01 41 9 3 Velimir Stjepanović 50.07 42 9 9 Renzo Tjon A Joe 50.12 43 8 7 Ben Hockin 50.19 44 9 1 Arseni Kukharau 50.21 45 7 5 Alexandre Haldemann 50.28 46 7 7 Sidni Hoxha 50.45 47 6 6 Park Seon-kwan 50.53 48 8 9 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 50.64 49 7 1 Mario Todorović 50.66 50 9 8 Daniel Ramírez 50.70 51 7 8 Daniil Tulupov 50.71 52 7 3 Julien Henx 50.77 53 7 4 Ali Khalafalla 50.84 54 7 9 Matthew Abeysinghe FINA Independent Athletes 50.93 55 7 2 Nicholas Magana 50.99 56 6 2 Aleksandar Nikolov 51.01 57 7 6 Christian Scherübl 51.02 58 9 0 Lorenzo Loria 51.18 59 6 4 Luis Flores 51.21 6 5 Hoàng Quý Phước 61 6 8 Sean Gunn 51.30 62 6 7 Lim Ching Hwang 51.31 63 5 5 Andrew Chetcuti 51.35 64 6 9 Sam Seghers 51.35 65 5 7 Jordan Augier 51.39 66 6 3 Aaron D'Souza 51.41 67 5 6 Jagger Stephens 51.50 68 6 1 Mikel Schreuders 51.77 69 5 2 Allan Gutiérrez 51.83 70 6 0 Stanislav Karnaukhov 51.96 71 5 1 Mario Montoya 52.06 72 7 0 Janis Saltans 52.07 73 4 1 Igor Mogne 52.09 74 4 5 Ifa Paea 52.21 75 5 3 Oliver Elliot 52.50 76 4 6 Winter Heaven 52.77 77 5 0 Miguel Mena 52.78 78 5 4 Sidrell Williams 52.81 79 3 3 Mohammad Rahman 52.89 80 5 8 Jhonny Pérez 53.16 81 5 9 Abdoul Niane 53.33 82 4 4 Christian Selby 53.48 83 3 5 Mohammed Bedour 53.53 84 3 4 Meli Malani 53.68 85 4 3 Issa Mohamed 54.02 86 4 9 Alexander Skinner 54.05 87 4 2 Adel El-Fakir 54.18 88 3 6 Valentin Gorshkov 54.28 89 4 7 Boško Radulović 54.53 90 3 2 Andre van der Merwe 54.69 91 3 1 Christian Nikles 54.75 NR 92 4 0 Vladimir Mamikonyan 55.12 93 4 8 Farhan Saleh 55.18 94 3 7 Bakr Al-Dulaimi 55.22 95 3 8 Delgerkhuu Myagmar 55.67 96 3 0 Stefano Mitchell 56.34 97 2 4 Hannibal Gaskin 56.85 98 3 9 Abeiku Jackson 56.94 99 2 5 Giordan Harris 57.75 100 2 3 Sirish Gurung 58.22 2 6 Ammaar Ghadiyali 102 1 9 Rony Bakale 58.64 103 2 1 Mamadou Soumaré 59.33 104 2 0 Shawn Dingilius-Wallace 59.46 105 2 7 Alois Dansou 59.58 106 1 3 Mark Hoare 59.62 107 2 2 Belly-Cresus Ganira 59.74 108 2 9 Takumi Sugie 109 1 1 Meriton Veliu 110 1 5 Mohamed Adnan 111 1 6 Kaleo Kihleng 112 1 2 Soulasen Phommasen 113 2 8 Athoumane Solihi 114 1 7 Amadou Camara 115 1 4 Robel Habte 1 8 Fenel Lamour 8 6 Pjotr Degtjarjov 10 6 Konrad Czerniak 12 3 Paul Biedermann
Semifinals The semifinals were held at 17:32.Semifinal results
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Cameron McEvoy 47.94 Q 2 5 Federico Grabich 48.20 Q 3 3 Pieter Timmers 48.22 Q, NR 4 6 Nathan Adrian 48.36 Q 5 7 Matheus Santana 48.52 6 8 Paweł Korzeniowski 48.55 7 2 Fabien Gilot 48.56 8 1 Shinri Shioura 48.96
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Ning Zetao 48.13 Q 2 8 Marcelo Chierighini 48.37 Q 3 2 Alexandr Sukhorukov 48.40 Q 4 7 Santo Condorelli 48.49 Q 5 6 Sebastiaan Verschuren 48.59 6 3 Jérémy Stravius 48.65 7 1 Marco Orsi 48.69 5 Vladimir Morozov
Final The final was held at 18:05.Final results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Ning Zetao 47.84 4 Cameron McEvoy 47.95 3 Federico Grabich 48.12 4 8 Santo Condorelli 48.19 5 7 Marcelo Chierighini 48.27 6 1 Alexandr Sukhorukov 48.28 7 2 Nathan Adrian 48.31 6 Pieter Timmers
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