# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 7 and 8 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 48.44 | Doha | 4 December 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 8 December | Final | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 48.08 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:49.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 10 | 4 | Tom Shields | United States | 50.03 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | 3 | Matthew Josa | United States | 50.51 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 50.52 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | 5 | David Morgan | Australia | 50.58 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 4 | Adam Barrett | Great Britain | 50.63 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | 3 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 50.70 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 2 | Daniil Pakhomov | Russia | 50.84 | Q |
| 8 | 9 | 5 | Takeshi Kawamoto | Japan | 50.89 | Q |
| 9 | 10 | 2 | Aleksandr Kharlanov | Russia | 50.94 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 50.99 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | 5 | Mehdy Metella | France | 50.99 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Li Zhuhao | China | 51.02 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Mark Szaranek | Great Britain | 51.35 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 6 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 51.36 | Q |
| 15 | 10 | 6 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 51.48 | Q |
| 16 | 9 | 6 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 51.56 | Q |
| 17 | 9 | 7 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 51.62 | |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 51.66 | |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Andrii Khloptsov | Ukraine | 51.72 | |
| 20 | 9 | 8 | Deividas Margevičius | Lithuania | 51.96 | |
| 21 | 10 | 7 | Viktor Bromer | Denmark | 52.29 | |
| 22 | 5 | 3 | Justin Plaschka | Jamaica | 52.31 | NR |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Jesper Björk | Sweden | 52.33 | |
| 24 | 8 | 7 | Riku Pöytäkivi | Finland | 52.38 | |
| 25 | 8 | 9 | Giacomo Carini | Italy | 52.43 | |
| 26 | 9 | 0 | Mislav Sever | Croatia | 52.46 | |
| 27 | 8 | 8 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | 52.48 | |
| 28 | 7 | 2 | Mackenzie Darragh | Canada | 52.50 | |
| 29 | 10 | 0 | Tamás Kenderesi | Hungary | 52.69 | |
| 30 | 9 | 9 | Benjamin Hockin | Paraguay | 52.71 | |
| 30 | 10 | 9 | Antani Ivanov | Bulgaria | 52.71 | NR |
| 32 | 7 | 4 | Tomáš Havránek | Czech Republic | 52.87 | |
| 33 | 6 | 1 | Daniel Carranza | Mexico | 52.92 | |
| 34 | 6 | 5 | Sajan Prakash | India | 52.93 | NR |
| 35 | 10 | 8 | Ng Chun Nam Derick | Hong Kong | 53.02 | |
| 36 | 5 | 2 | Marcos Barale | Argentina | 53.09 | |
| 37 | 7 | 5 | Oussama Sahnoune | Algeria | 53.23 | NR |
| 38 | 7 | 0 | Adam Halas | Slovakia | 53.27 | |
| 39 | 6 | 2 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 53.63 | |
| 40 | 7 | 9 | Alard Basson | South Africa | 54.00 | |
| 41 | 7 | 8 | Ivan Cocunubo | Canada | 54.25 | |
| 42 | 6 | 6 | Chou Wei-Liang | Chinese Taipei | 54.26 | |
| 43 | 6 | 8 | Tsai Yi-lin | Chinese Taipei | 54.28 | |
| 44 | 5 | 6 | Teimuraz Kobakhidze | Georgia | 54.34 | |
| 45 | 7 | 6 | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 54.37 | |
| 46 | 6 | 7 | Navaphat Wongcharoen | Thailand | 54.50 | |
| 47 | 5 | 7 | Bryan Alvarez | Costa Rica | 54.77 | NR |
| 48 | 5 | 4 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 54.87 | NR |
| 49 | 6 | 3 | Khader Baqlah | Jordan | 54.99 | NR |
| 50 | 7 | 1 | Dylan Koo | Singapore | 55.23 | |
| 51 | 6 | 0 | Anthony Barbar | Lebanon | 55.58 | |
| 52 | 5 | 8 | Ivo Kunzle Savastano | Paraguay | 55.59 | |
| 53 | 4 | 8 | Akaki Vashakidze | Georgia | 55.77 | |
| 54 | 6 | 9 | Jean Monteagudo | Peru | 55.90 | |
| 55 | 3 | 7 | Jarod Arroyo | Puerto Rico | 56.01 | |
| 56 | 5 | 1 | Keanan Dols | Jamaica | 56.05 | |
| 57 | 4 | 3 | Ljupcho Angelovski | Macedonia | 56.11 | |
| 58 | 4 | 4 | Ivan Soruco | Bolivia | 56.16 | |
| 59 | 4 | 5 | A Al-Doori | Iraq | 56.43 | NR |
| 60 | 4 | 7 | Jeremy Lim | Philippines | 56.49 | |
| 61 | 5 | 5 | Amir Amrollahi Biuoki | Iran | 56.52 | |
| 62 | 5 | 9 | Noah Al-Khulaifi | Qatar | 56.77 | NR |
| 63 | 1 | 4 | Adrian Hoek | Curaçao | 56.82 | NR |
| 64 | 4 | 1 | Jim Sanderson | Gibraltar | 56.92 | NR |
| 65 | 3 | 3 | Miguel Mena | Nicaragua | 57.06 | NR |
| 66 | 5 | 0 | Joaquin Sepulveda Parra | Chile | 57.10 | |
| 67 | 4 | 2 | Jhonny Perez | Dominican Republic | 57.34 | |
| 68 | 3 | 5 | George Jabbour | Honduras | 57.37 | |
| 69 | 3 | 1 | Issa Mohamed | Kenya | 57.41 | |
| 70 | 2 | 5 | Dioser Nunez | Dominican Republic | 57.46 | |
| 71 | 4 | 0 | Hannibal Gaskin | Guyana | 57.62 | |
| 72 | 4 | 6 | Jeancarlo Calderon Harper | Panama | 57.96 | |
| 73 | 1 | 5 | Sebastien Kouma | Mali | 58.03 | |
| 74 | 3 | 4 | João Matias | Angola | 58.13 | |
| 75 | 3 | 6 | Sio Ka Kun | Macau | 58.14 | NR |
| 76 | 2 | 3 | Matthew Ives | Botswana | 58.24 | NR |
| 77 | 2 | 4 | Matt Dylan Savitz | Gibraltar | 58.40 | NR |
| 78 | 3 | 2 | Nuno Rola | Angola | 58.59 | |
| 79 | 3 | 8 | Livingston Aika | Papua New Guinea | 59.53 | |
| 80 | 3 | 0 | Ridhwan Mohamed | Kenya | 59.57 | |
| 81 | 2 | 2 | Carlos Vasquez | Honduras | 59.98 | |
| 82 | 2 | 6 | Ibrahim Nishwan | Maldives | 1:00.71 | |
| 83 | 2 | 7 | Tanner Poppe | Guam | 1:04.01 | NR |
| 84 | 2 | 9 | Ismail Adnan | Maldives | 1:05.97 | NR |
| 85 | 2 | 8 | Christian Villacrusis | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:08.02 | NR |
| 86 | 2 | 1 | Salofi Welch | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:09.66 | |
| 87 | 2 | 0 | Joseph Sumari | Tanzania | 1:16.25 | NR |
| | 7 | 7 | Adam Allouche | Lebanon | | DSQ |
| | 3 | 9 | Hasan Sadeq | Iraq | | DNS |
| | 4 | 9 | Paul Elaisa | Fiji | | DNS |
| | 6 | 4 | Ayman Kelzi | Syria | | DNS |
| | 7 | 3 | Jonathan Gómez | Colombia | | DNS |
| | 8 | 0 | Artyom Kozlyuk | Uzbekistan | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:51.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | David Morgan | Australia | 50.06 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 50.38 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | Takeshi Kawamoto | Japan | 50.54 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 50.76 | |
| 5 | 4 | Matthew Josa | United States | 50.78 | |
| 6 | 1 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 50.97 | |
| 7 | 8 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 51.00 | |
| 8 | 7 | Li Zhuhao | China | 51.37 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Adam Barrett | Great Britain | 49.21 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Tom Shields | United States | 49.46 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 49.84 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 50.39 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Mehdy Metella | France | 50.46 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Aleksandr Kharlanov | Russia | 50.63 | |
| 7 | 6 | Daniil Pakhomov | Russia | 50.97 | |
| 8 | 1 | Mark Szaranek | Great Britain | 51.48 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:30.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 48.08 | WR, CR |
| | 5 | Tom Shields | United States | 49.04 | |
| | 6 | David Morgan | Australia | 49.31 | OC |
| 4 | 4 | Adam Barrett | Great Britain | 49.47 | |
| 5 | 1 | Mehdy Metella | France | 50.16 | |
| 6 | 8 | Takeshi Kawamoto | Japan | 50.37 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 50.53 | |
| 8 | 7 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 50.77 | |