The men's 100 metre individual medley event at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held from 12 to 13 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
Background None of the 2022 podium returned for the event in Budapest, but Switzerland’s Noè Ponti emerged as the clear favourite. Ponti set a lifetime best of 50.39 at the 2024 Singapore World Cup stop, becoming the third-fastest performer in history and the only entrant under 51 seconds. Austria’s Bernhard Reitshammer, the 2023 European champion, held a season best of 52.79 and aimed to improve on his seventh-place finish from the previous short course world championships. Spain’s Carles Coll entered with a national record of 51.73, while the USA’s Michael Andrew, the 2016 world champion, held a personal best of 51.22 and had swum 52.54 earlier in the season. Turkey’s Emre Sakçı (51.14) and Berke Saka (51.99) also entered with sub-52 times. South Korea’s Kim Ji-hun (52.00) and Brazil’s Caio Pumputis (52.06) were final contenders. Italy’s Alberto Razzetti and the Netherlands’ Caspar Corbeau, though not IM specialists, were also in the mix for medals.
SwimSwam predicted Ponti would win, Reitshammer would come second, and Coll Marti would come third.
Results Heats The heats were started on 12 December at 10:18.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes123 Nikola Miljenić 51.32Q244 Noè Ponti 51.67Q345 Carles Coll 51.70Q, NR424 Bernhard Reitshammer 51.78Q543 Caio Pumputis 51.81Q, SA634 Emre Sakçı 52.10Q735 Berke Saka 52.23Q825 Kim Ji-hun 52.24Q933 Heiko Gigler 52.26Q1036 Michael Andrew 52.33Q1126 Leonardo Coelho Santos 52.43Q1246 Miroslav Knedla 52.56Q1342 Ronny Brannkarr 52.91Q=1432 Dmitrii Savenko Neutral Athletes B53.07Q=1447 Vadym Naumenko 53.07Q, NR1637 Benedek Andor 53.67Q1727 Alex Ahtiainen 53.79R1821 Jaouad Syoud 53.96R, NR1916 Munzer Kabbara 54.03 NR=2041 Yat Ho Koo 54.36=2048 Einar Margeir Ágústsson 54.362231 Samuel Lewis Brown 54.502338 Wang Ziming 54.602449 Daniil Giourtzidis 54.872528 Ádám Halás 54.912640 Mohamed Mahmoud 55.612711 Gleb Kovalenya 55.852815 Terence Ng 55.912929 Nguyễn Quang Thuấn 56.673017 Hansel McCaig 57.31 NR3130 Lam Chi Chong 57.993212 Alexandros Grigoriou 58.453313 Joel Ling 58.47 NR3439 Kazuumi Nestor 59.753520 Taiyo Akimaru 1:03.14 22 Caspar Corbeau Did not start 14 Matthew Abeysinghe Disqualified
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 12 December at 19:02.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Noe Ponti 50.43 Q 2 2 2 Heiko Gigler 51.30 Q 3 1 5 Bernhard Reitshammer 51.33 Q 4 2 5 Carles Coll 51.50 Q 5 2 3 Caio Pumputis 51.76 Q 6 2 6 Berke Saka 51.89 Q 7 1 2 Michael Andrew 51.91 Q 8 1 7 Miroslav Knedla 52.20 Q 9 1 3 Emre Sakci 52.24 10 1 6 Kim Ji-hun 52.39 11 2 4 Nikola Miljenic 52.56 12 2 7 Leonardo Coelho Santos 52.66 13 1 1 Dmitrii Savenko Neutral Athletes B 52.69 14 2 1 Ronny Brannkarr 52.87 15 2 8 Vadym Naumenko 52.91 16 1 8 Benedek Andor 53.73
Final The final was held on 13 December at 18:59.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Noè Ponti 50.33 CR, NR 3 Bernhard Reitshammer 51.11 NR 2 Caio Pumputis 51.35 SA 4 1 Michael Andrew 51.37 5 6 Carles Coll 51.52 6 5 Heiko Gigler 51.67 7 7 Berke Saka 51.82 8 8 Miroslav Knedla 51.90 NR
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