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

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Amaury Leveaux | France | 44.94 | Rijeka | 13 December 2008 |
| Championship record | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 45.51 | Doha | 3 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The Heats were held at 10:52.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 15 | 6 | Blake Pieroni | United States | 46.76 | Q |
| 2 | 13 | 5 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 46.79 | Q |
| 3 | 14 | 4 | Mehdy Metella | France | 47.13 | Q |
| 4 | 12 | 2 | Park Tae-Hwan | South Korea | 47.19 | Q |
| 5 | 13 | 2 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 47.39 | Q |
| 6 | 14 | 0 | Mislav Sever | Croatia | 47.43 | Q |
| 7 | 12 | 4 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 47.48 | Q |
| 8 | 14 | 3 | Clément Mignon | France | 47.53 | Q |
| 9 | 11 | 5 | Matias Koski | Finland | 47.55 | Q |
| 10 | 15 | 5 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 47.57 | Q |
| 11 | 14 | 5 | Michael Chadwick | United States | 47.60 | Q |
| 12 | 14 | 6 | Shinri Shioura | Japan | 47.68 | Q |
| 13 | 16 | 6 | Oussama Sahnoune | Algeria | 47.70 | Q |
| 14 | 14 | 2 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 47.72 | Q |
| 15 | 12 | 6 | Benjamin Hockin | Paraguay | 47.78 | Q |
| 15 | 15 | 3 | Nikita Lobintsev | Russia | 47.78 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Anders Lie Nielsen | Denmark | 47.81 | |
| 18 | 16 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 47.82 | |
| 19 | 15 | 7 | Christoffer Carlsen | Sweden | 47.88 | |
| 20 | 14 | 9 | Douglas Erasmus | South Africa | 47.96 | |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Miguel Nascimento | Portugal | 48.00 | |
| 22 | 14 | 7 | Brayden McCarthy | Australia | 48.03 | |
| 23 | 16 | 7 | Daniel Hunter | New Zealand | 48.04 | |
| 24 | 13 | 7 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 48.07 | |
| 25 | 14 | 1 | Yongquing Lin | China | 48.13 | |
| 26 | 16 | 3 | Adam Barrett | Great Britain | 48.14 | |
| 27 | 16 | 5 | Pieter Timmers | Belgium | 48.15 | |
| 28 | 10 | 6 | Maksim Lobanovskii | Hungary | 48.19 | |
| 28 | 13 | 0 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 48.19 | |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 48.31 | |
| 31 | 12 | 5 | Markus Lie | Norway | 48.33 | |
| 31 | 16 | 8 | Kyle Stolk | Netherlands | 48.33 | |
| 33 | 15 | 1 | Artsiom Machexin | Belarus | 48.37 | |
| 34 | 14 | 8 | Kenta Ito | Japan | 48.39 | |
| 35 | 16 | 2 | Mindaugas Sadauskas | Lithuania | 48.44 | |
| 36 | 13 | 4 | Khader Baqlah | Jordan | 48.53 | |
| 37 | 16 | 0 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 48.54 | |
| 38 | 16 | 1 | Jasper Aerents | Belgium | 48.57 | |
| 39 | 11 | 1 | Daniel Carranza | Mexico | 48.58 | |
| 40 | 12 | 3 | Fernando Scheffer | Brazil | 48.67 | |
| 41 | 13 | 9 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 48.69 | |
| 42 | 15 | 8 | Baslakov Iskender | Turkey | 48.74 | |
| 43 | 12 | 1 | Andrii Khloptsov | Ukraine | 48.77 | |
| 43 | 12 | 7 | Sebastian Ovesen | Denmark | 48.77 | |
| 43 | 16 | 9 | Anton Latkin | Belarus | 48.77 | |
| 46 | 13 | 8 | Markus Thormeyer | Canada | 48.85 | |
| 47 | 15 | 9 | David Gamburg | Israel | 48.92 | |
| 48 | 13 | 6 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 49.08 | |
| 49 | 15 | 0 | Vladimir Stefanik | Slovakia | 49.13 | |
| 50 | 10 | 4 | Jordan Sloan | Ireland | 49.16 | |
| 51 | 11 | 4 | Uvis Kalnins | Latvia | 49.17 | |
| 52 | 12 | 0 | Kin Tat Kent Cheung | Hong Kong | 49.22 | |
| 53 | 10 | 3 | Charles Hockin Brusquetti | Paraguay | 49.30 | |
| 54 | 13 | 1 | Hexin Yu | China | 49.33 | |
| 55 | 13 | 3 | Daniel Forndal | Sweden | 49.52 | |
| 56 | 8 | 6 | Moktar Al-Yamani | Yemen | 49.55 | |
| 57 | 11 | 6 | Mazen Elkamash | Egypt | 49.56 | |
| 58 | 12 | 9 | Kai Quan Yeo | Singapore | 49.57 | |
| 59 | 11 | 7 | Tomas Franta | Czech Republic | 49.59 | |
| 60 | 10 | 8 | Luis Flores Bellina | Puerto Rico | 49.61 | |
| 61 | 11 | 9 | Aron Orn Stefansson | Iceland | 49.65 | |
| 62 | 8 | 8 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | 49.69 | |
| 63 | 1 | 2 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 49.76 | |
| 64 | 10 | 5 | Xander Skinner | Namibia | 49.77 | |
| 65 | 9 | 6 | Kevin Avila | Guatemala | 49.79 | |
| 66 | 10 | 9 | Angelo Simic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.86 | |
| 67 | 6 | 4 | Marko Blazhevski | Macedonia | 50.17 | |
| 68 | 11 | 0 | Matthew Zammit | Malta | 50.19 | |
| 69 | 5 | 1 | Kyle Abeysinghe | Sri Lanka | 50.23 | |
| 70 | 7 | 5 | Alex Sobers | Barbados | 50.35 | |
| 71 | 8 | 9 | Abdoul Niane | Senegal | 50.38 | |
| 72 | 9 | 5 | Sam Seghers | Papua New Guinea | 50.39 | |
| 73 | 11 | 8 | Oliver Elliot | Chile | 50.40 | |
| 74 | 9 | 4 | Gabriel Fleitas | Uruguay | 50.62 | |
| 75 | 7 | 7 | Ho Lun Raymond Mak | Hong Kong | 50.63 | |
| 76 | 10 | 2 | Ilijan Malcic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.65 | |
| 77 | 9 | 3 | Jean-Luc Joel Zephir | Saint Lucia | 50.89 | |
| 78 | 7 | 8 | Axel Ngui | Philippines | 50.97 | |
| 79 | 10 | 7 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 51.04 | |
| 80 | 9 | 2 | Matt Galea | Malta | 51.14 | |
| 81 | 8 | 4 | Matias Pinto | Chile | 51.16 | |
| 82 | 9 | 1 | Jhonny Perez | Dominican Republic | 51.30 | |
| 83 | 9 | 0 | Juan Dobles | Costa Rica | 51.36 | |
| 84 | 10 | 1 | Stanislav Karnaukhov | Kyrgyzstan | 51.60 | |
| 85 | 10 | 0 | Arsham Mirzaei | Iran | 51.73 | |
| 86 | 9 | 7 | Dylan Koo | Singapore | 51.85 | |
| 87 | 7 | 4 | Steven Kimani Maina | Kenya | 51.90 | |
| 88 | 5 | 2 | Adel Elfakir | Libya | 51.97 | |
| 88 | 8 | 7 | Teimuraz Kobakhidze | Georgia | 51.97 | |
| 90 | 5 | 0 | Irakli Revishivili | Georgia | 52.01 | |
| 91 | 7 | 6 | Abdullah Al-Doori | Iraq | 52.12 | |
| 92 | 8 | 0 | Pedro Pinotes | Angola | 52.15 | |
| 93 | 6 | 6 | Alex Mccallum | Cayman Islands | 52.20 | |
| 94 | 8 | 2 | Omiros Zagkas | Cyprus | 52.22 | |
| 95 | 5 | 9 | Eric Fernandez Malvar | Andorra | 52.23 | |
| 95 | 6 | 5 | Anthony Barbar | Lebanon | 52.23 | |
| 97 | 5 | 5 | Hugo González Miranda | Panama | 52.24 | |
| 98 | 7 | 0 | Jim Sanderson | Gibraltar | 52.29 | |
| 99 | 1 | 3 | Sebastien Kouma | Mali | 52.30 | |
| 100 | 6 | 3 | Adrian Hoek | Curaçao | 52.32 | |
| 101 | 1 | 1 | Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman | Bangladesh | 52.65 | |
| 102 | 8 | 5 | Miguel Mena | Nicaragua | 52.67 | |
| 103 | 4 | 5 | Stanford Kawale | Papua New Guinea | 52.78 | |
| 104 | 4 | 2 | Antonio González | Costa Rica | 52.80 | |
| 105 | 8 | 1 | Eisner Barberena Espinoza | Nicaragua | 52.89 | |
| 106 | 7 | 2 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | Armenia | 52.96 | |
| 107 | 9 | 9 | Vahan Mkhitaryan | Armenia | 53.00 | |
| 108 | 6 | 0 | Delgerkhuu Myagmar | Mongolia | 53.01 | |
| 109 | 5 | 3 | Stefano Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 53.05 | |
| 109 | 6 | 7 | Joao Matias | Angola | 53.05 | |
| 111 | 6 | 8 | Ivan Soruco | Bolivia | 53.09 | |
| 112 | 5 | 6 | Jeancarlo Calderon Harper | Panama | 53.24 | |
| 113 | 4 | 9 | Hannibal David Gaskin | Guyana | 53.33 | |
| 114 | 6 | 2 | Issa Mohamed | Kenya | 53.46 | |
| 115 | 4 | 6 | Dean Hoffmann | Seychelles | 53.50 | |
| 116 | 1 | 6 | Jeremy Bryan Lim | Philippines | 53.56 | |
| 117 | 5 | 7 | George Jabbour | Honduras | 53.79 | |
| 118 | 5 | 8 | Zandanbal Gunsennorov | Mongolia | 53.93 | |
| 119 | 6 | 1 | Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo | Madagascar | 54.08 | |
| 120 | 6 | 9 | Christian Nikles | Brunei | 54.09 | |
| 121 | 7 | 3 | Cheng Man Yum | Macau | 54.17 | |
| 122 | 3 | 3 | Matthew Ives | Botswana | 54.25 | |
| 123 | 3 | 2 | Temaruata Strickland | Cook Islands | 54.61 | |
| 124 | 4 | 1 | Samuele Rossi | Seychelles | 54.63 | |
| 125 | 4 | 8 | David Hitchcock | Gibraltar | 55.01 | |
| 126 | 4 | 4 | Marco Flores | Honduras | 55.09 | |
| 127 | 4 | 7 | Franci Aleksi | Albania | 55.58 | |
| 128 | 3 | 0 | Tanner Poppe | Guam | 56.17 | |
| 129 | 3 | 4 | Ibrahim Nishwan | Maldives | 56.25 | |
| 130 | 4 | 0 | Andrew Fowler | Guyana | 56.42 | |
| 131 | 2 | 6 | Adil Bharmal | Tanzania | 56.60 | |
| 132 | 3 | 6 | Daryl Appleton | Antigua and Barbuda | 56.82 | |
| 133 | 3 | 5 | Nabeel Hatoum | Palestine | 57.08 | |
| 134 | 3 | 8 | Christian Villacrusis | Northern Mariana Islands | 57.39 | |
| 135 | 3 | 7 | Cruz Halbich | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.51 | |
| 136 | 2 | 7 | Olim Kurbanov | Tajikistan | 57.62 | |
| 137 | 2 | 2 | Salofi Charles Welch | Northern Mariana Islands | 57.65 | |
| 138 | 2 | 1 | Tongli Panuve | Tonga | 57.97 | |
| 139 | 3 | 1 | Devin Tyrek Boodha | Saint Lucia | 58.47 | |
| 140 | 2 | 0 | Michael Swift | Malawi | 59.15 | |
| 141 | 2 | 5 | Aaron de Freitas | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.18 | |
| 142 | 2 | 4 | Tommy Imazu | Guam | 1.00.17 | |
| 143 | 3 | 9 | Albarchir Mouctar | Niger | 1.00.65 | |
| 144 | 2 | 8 | Simphiwe Dlamini | Eswatini | 1.02.90 | |
| 145 | 1 | 4 | Alijon Khairulloev | Tajikistan | 1.03.84 | |
| | 1 | 5 | Frantz Dorsainvil | Haiti | | DNS |
| | 2 | 3 | Belly-Cresus Ganira | Burundi | | DNS |
| | 2 | 9 | Jefferson Kpanou | Benin | | DNS |
| | 4 | 3 | Bakr Salam Ali Al-Dulaimi | Iraq | | DNS |
| | 5 | 4 | Paul Elaisa | Fiji | | DNS |
| | 7 | 1 | David van der Colff | Botswana | | DNS |
| | 7 | 9 | Thibault Danho | Ivory Coast | | DNS |
| | 8 | 3 | Ayman Kelzi | Syria | | DNS |
| | 9 | 8 | Meli Malani | Fiji | | DNS |
| | 11 | 3 | Riku Pöytäkivi | Finland | | DNS |
| | 12 | 8 | Aleksey Tarasenko | Uzbekistan | | DNS |
| | 15 | 2 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The Semifinals were held at 18:44.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Shinri Shioura | Japan | 46.77 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Taehwan Park | South Korea | 46.89 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 47.12 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 47.30 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Mislav Sever | Croatia | 47.40 | |
| 6 | 4 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 47.42 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nikita Lobintsev | Russia | 47.43 | |
| 8 | 6 | Clément Mignon | France | 47.64 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Blake Pieroni | United States | 46.70 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 46.73 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Mehdy Metella | France | 47.16 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 47.27 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Oussama Sahnoune | Algeria | 47.39 | |
| 6 | 2 | Matias Koski | Finland | 47.65 | |
| 6 | 8 | Benjamin Hockin | Paraguay | 47.65 | |
| 8 | 7 | Michael Chadwick | United States | 47.96 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:04.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 46.58 | |
| | 3 | Shinri Shioura | Japan | 46.59 | AS |
| | 8 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 46.70 | |
| 4 | 4 | Blake Pieroni | United States | 46.88 | |
| 5 | 2 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 46.95 | |
| 6 | 7 | Mehdy Metella | France | 47.08 | |
| 7 | 6 | Taehwan Park | South Korea | 47.09 | |
| 8 | 1 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 47.44 | |