100 meter freestyle

===World Record Progression===
Courtesy of USA Swimming
1:05.80 Zoltan Halmay HUN Vienna 12/3/1905
1:05.60 Charles Daniels USA London 7/1/1908
1:02.80 Charles Daniels USA New York 4/15/1910
1:02.40 Kurt Bretting FRG Brussels 4/6/1912
1:01.60 Duke Kahanamoku USA Hamburg 7/20/1912
1:01.40 Duke Kahanamoku USA New York 8/9/1918
1:00.40 Duke Kahanamoku USA Antwerp 8/24/1920
58.6 Johnny Weissmuller USA Alameda 7/9/1922
57.4 Johnny Weissmuller USA Miami 2/17/1924
56.8 Peter Fick USA New Haven 3/2/1934
56.6 Peter Fick USA New Haven 3/5/1935
56.4 Peter Fick USA New Haven 2/11/1936
55.9 Alan Ford USA New Haven 4/13/1944
55.8 Alex Janey FRA Mentone 9/15/1947
55.4 Alan Ford USA New Haven 6/29/1948
54.8 Dick Cleveland USA New Haven 4/1/1954
55.4^ John Hendricks AUS Melbourne 11/11/1956
55.2 John Devitt AUS Sydney 1/19/1957
54.6 John Devitt AUS Brisbane 1/28/1957
54.4 Stephen Clark USA Los Angeles 8/18/1961
53.6 Manuel dos Santos BRA Rio de Janeiro 9/20/1961
52.9e Steve Clark USA Tokyo 1964
52.9 Alain Gottvalles FRA Budapest 9/13/1964
52.6 Kenneth Walsh USA Winnipeg 7/27/1967
52.6e Zachary Zorn USA Long Beach 9/2/1968
52.2 Michael Wenden AUS Mexico City 10/19/1968
51.9 Mark Spitz USA Los Angeles 8/23/1970
51.47 Mark Spitz USA Chicago 8/5/1972
51.22 Mark Spitz USA Munich 9/3/1972
51.12 James Montgomery USA Long Beach 6/21/1975
51.11 Andrew Coan USA Ft.Lauderdale 8/3/1975
50.59 James Montgomery USA Kansas City 8/23/1975
50.39 James Montgomery USA Montreal 7/24/1976
49.99 James Montgomery USA Montreal 7/25/1976
49.44 Jonty Skinner SAF Philadelphia 8/14/1976
49.36 Ambrose 'Rowdy' Gaines USA Austin 4/3/1981
49.24 Matt Biondi USA Mission Viejo 8/6/1985
48.95 Matt Biondi USA Mission Viejo 8/6/1985
48.74 Matt Biondi USA Orlando 6/24/1986
48.42 Matt Biondi USA Austin 8/10/1988
48.21 Alexander Popov RUS Monte Carlo 6/18/1994
48.18r Michael Klim AUS Sydney 9/16/2000
47.84sf Pieter van den Hoogenband NED Sydney 9/19/2000
47.60sf Alain Bernard FRA Eindhoven 3/21/2008
47.50 Alain Bernard FRA Eindhoven 3/22/2008
==Links==
* Swimming
* mens 50 meter freestyle