# Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle

The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
There were 41 competitors from 26 countries who took part in this events. Six heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.
Park Tae-hwan from South Korea won the gold medal with 48.70 seconds.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Wednesday, 17 November 2010 | 09:12 | Heats |
| Wednesday, 17 November 2010 | 18:06 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record | César Cielo (BRA) | 46.91 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |
| Asian Record | Takuro Fujii (JPN) | 48.49 | Hong Kong | 8 December 2009 |
| Games Record | Chen Zuo (CHN) | 49.06 | Doha, Qatar | 6 December 2006 |

## Results
### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | 4 | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 49.85 |
| 2 | 5 | Shi Tengfei (CHN) | 49.91 |
| 3 | 6 | Lü Zhiwu (CHN) | 50.27 |
| 3 | 6 | Takuro Fujii (JPN) | 50.27 |
| 5 | 5 | Sho Uchida (JPN) | 50.50 |
| 6 | 4 | Wang Shao-an (TPE) | 50.62 |
| 7 | 4 | Park Min-kyu (KOR) | 50.71 |
| 8 | 5 | David Wong (HKG) | 50.91 |
| 9 | 5 | Daniil Tulupov (UZB) | 51.04 |
| 10 | 6 | Stanislav Kuzmin (KAZ) | 51.05 |
| 11 | 4 | Artur Dilman (KAZ) | 51.20 |
| 12 | 5 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 51.22 |
| 13 | 3 | Virdhawal Khade (IND) | 51.25 |
| 14 | 6 | Lum Ching Tat (HKG) | 51.27 |
| 15 | 5 | Foo Jian Beng (MAS) | 51.71 |
| 16 | 4 | Abdullah Al-Thuwaini (IOC) | 51.81 |
| 17 | 5 | Danny Yeo (SIN) | 51.92 |
| 18 | 5 | Mohammad Bidarian (IRI) | 52.13 |
| 19 | 4 | Triady Fauzi Sidiq (INA) | 52.22 |
| 20 | 6 | Clement Lim (SIN) | 52.29 |
| 21 | 4 | Petr Romashkin (UZB) | 52.33 |
| 22 | 6 | Charles Walker (PHI) | 52.40 |
| 23 | 3 | Aaron D'Souza (IND) | 52.71 |
| 23 | 4 | Daniel Coakley (PHI) | 52.71 |
| 25 | 3 | Hoàng Quý Phước (VIE) | 52.74 |
| 26 | 6 | Guntur Pratama Putera (INA) | 52.85 |
| 27 | 3 | Sarit Tiewong (THA) | 53.14 |
| 28 | 3 | Pasha Vahdati (IRI) | 53.25 |
| 29 | 6 | Mohammad Madwa (IOC) | 53.57 |
| 30 | 3 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC) | 53.68 |
| 31 | 2 | Lei Cheok Fong (MAC) | 53.75 |
| 31 | 3 | Kareem Ennab (JOR) | 53.75 |
| 33 | 2 | Loai Tashkandi (KSA) | 53.84 |
| 34 | 2 | Andreý Molçanow (TKM) | 54.50 |
| 35 | 3 | Hazem Tashkandi (KSA) | 55.44 |
| 36 | 2 | Rami Anis (SYR) | 55.59 |
| 37 | 1 | Mohammed Al-Mahmoud (QAT) | 59.48 |
| 38 | 1 | Naser Juda (PLE) | 1:01.44 |
| 39 | 2 | Erdenebilegiin Byambasüren (MGL) | 1:03.58 |
| 40 | 1 | Alisher Chingizov (TJK) | 1:09.34 |
| — | 2 | Omar Yusuf (BRN) | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 48.70 | GR |
| | Lü Zhiwu (CHN) | 48.98 | |
| | Takuro Fujii (JPN) | 49.37 | |
| 4 | Shi Tengfei (CHN) | 50.02 | |
| 5 | Sho Uchida (JPN) | 50.07 | |
| 6 | Wang Shao-an (TPE) | 50.34 | |
| 7 | Park Min-kyu (KOR) | 50.43 | |
| 8 | David Wong (HKG) | 50.89 | |