Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Records 
Prior to dis competition, na de existing world den Olympic records be as follows.
World recordPan Zhanle (CHN)46.80Doha, Qatar11 February 2024Olympic recordCaeleb Dressel (USA)47.02Tokyo, Japan29 July 2021
Na dem establish de record wey dey follow during de competition:
DateEventSwimmerNationTimeRecord27 JulyFinal*Pan ZhanleChina46.92OR31 JulyFinalPan ZhanleChina46.40WR
* Lead-off split from the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

 Qualification 
National Olympic Committee (NOC) fi enter maximum of two qualified athletes insyd each individual event, buh only if both of dem attain de Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event fi potentially enter if dem meet de Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), anaa if de total quota of 852 athletes no be targeted. NOCs sanso fi permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under Universality place since dem get no swimmers wey dey attain either of de standard entry times (OQT/OCT)."Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

Dey follow de end of de qualification window, World Aquatics go assess de number of swimmers wey achieve de OQT, de number of relay-only swimmers, den de number of Universality places, before dem invite those plus OCT make dem fulfill de total quota of 852. Additionally, dem go distribute OCT places by event according to de position of de World Aquatics Rankings during de qualifying deadline.

 Time standards 
Dem for obtain de qualifying time standards for de 2023 den 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships den selection trials, den various international meets dem approve by World Aquatics insyd de period between 1 March 2023 den 23 June 2024."Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.

De table wey dey follow dey outline de qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for dis event:
Men's eventsEventOQT*OCT^100 m freestyle48.3448.58
* OQTs dey correspond to de time dem achieve by fourteenth-place swimmer for ein respective preliminary heat of each event for de previous Games.

ª Secof de fourteenth-place swimmer achieve standard slower dan de OQT insyd Tokyo 2020, de OQT dem use for de previous Games go remain constant.

^ Dem dey derive OCTs by adding 0.5% of de OQT standard.

 Competition format 
De competition dey consist of three rounds: heats, semifinals, den final. De swimmers plus de best 16 times insyd de heats advance go de semifinals. De swimmers plus de best 8 times insyd de semifinals advance go de final. Dem dey use swim-offs as necessary make dem break ties for advancement to de next round.

 Schedule 
All times be Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
DateTimeRound30 July 202411:00Heats20:37Semifinals31 July 202422:39Final

 Results 

 Heats 
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes184Jack AlexyUnited States47.57Q285Maxime GroussetFrance47.70Q394David PopoviciRomania47.92Q493Nándor NémethHungary47.93Q586Jordan CrooksCayman Islands48.01Q6105Kyle ChalmersAustralia48.07Q783Alessandro MiressiItaly48.24Q895Chris GuilianoUnited States48.25Q102Josha SalchowGermany48.25Q1096Andrej BarnaSerbia48.34Q106Joshua LiendoCanada48.34Q12107Guilherme CaribéBrazil48.35Q1387Velimir StjepanovićSerbia48.40Q103Matthew RichardsGreat Britain48.40Q104Pan ZhanleChina48.40Q1682Hwang Sun-wooSouth Korea48.41Q, WD17108William YangAustralia48.46q1891Jacob WhittleGreat Britain48.471978Sergio de CelisSpain48.492081Danas RapšysLithuania48.532176Tomer FrankelIsrael48.6622101Wang HaoyuChina48.792374Sean NiewoldNetherlands48.8275Rafael Fente-DamersFrance48.8298Leonardo DeplanoItaly48.822655Lamar TaylorBahamas48.8464Mikel SchreudersAruba48.842897Diogo RibeiroPortugal48.882972Yuri KisilCanada49.063065Ralph DaleidenLuxembourg49.123177Cameron GrayNew Zealand49.243271Jorge IgaMexico49.283388Nikola MiljenićCroatia49.343473Dylan CarterTrinidad and Tobago49.353592Marcelo ChierighiniBrazil49.383667Jakub MajerskiPoland49.443762Alberto MestreVenezuela49.513863Jonathan TanSingapore49.603961Daniel GracíkCzech Republic49.654066Björn SeeligerSweden49.704168Adilbek MussinKazakhstan49.924253Simon DoueihyLebanon50.104341Nikolas AntoniouCyprus50.354443Jayhan Odlum-SmithSaint Lucia50.3945Yousuf Al-MatrooshiUnited Arab Emirates50.394654Jack KirbyBarbados50.424744Leo NollesUruguay50.584858Samyar AbdoliIran50.634956Dulyawat KaewsriyongThailand50.645048Enkhtamir BatbayarMongolia50.815142Matthieu SeyeSenegal50.845246Harry StaceyGhana51.125336Zaid Al-SarrajSaudi Arabia51.215447Kyle AbeysingheSri Lanka51.425557Ian HoHong Kong51.465652Artur BarseghyanArmenia51.545751Javier NúñezDominican Republic51.555834Adell SabovicKosovo51.775931Alexander ShahNepal51.91NR6025Ovesh PurahooMauritius52.226135Musa ZhalayevTurkmenistan52.296237Grisi KoxhakuAlbania52.326338Mohamad ZubaidKuwait52.356433Henrique MascarenhasAngola52.526524Nixon HernándezEl Salvador52.736632Johann SticklandSamoa52.946723Antoine De LapparentCambodia52.956822Irvin HoostSuriname52.996926Samiul Islam RafiBangladesh53.107027Issa Al-AdawiOman53.197121Collins SalibokoTanzania53.387214Josh TarerePapua New Guinea53.857316Phone Pyae HanMyanmar55.567413Sangay TenzinBhutan56.087528Yousef AbubakerLibya56.197615Alexien KoumaMali56.347712Johnathan SilasVanuatu59.38NR7817Giorgio Armani Nguichie Kamseu KamogneCameroon1:03.427911Hadji HassaneComoros1:07.21Source:"Men's 100m Freestyle - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024."Men's 100m Freestyle - Heats results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

 Semifinals 
De swimmers plus de best 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to de final.
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes128Pan ZhanleChina47.21Q213Kyle ChalmersAustralia47.58Q315Nándor NémethHungary47.61Q414Maxime GroussetFrance47.63Q525David PopoviciRomania47.66Q624Jack AlexyUnited States47.68Q716Chris GuilianoUnited States47.72Q822Josha SalchowGermany47.94Q926Alessandro MiressiItaly47.951017Guilherme CaribéBrazil48.031127Joshua LiendoCanada48.061211Matthew RichardsGreat Britain48.091323Jordan CrooksCayman Islands48.101412Andrej BarnaSerbia48.111518William YangAustralia48.421621Velimir StjepanovićSerbia48.78Source:"Men's 100m Freestyle - Semifinals results" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024."Men's 100m Freestyle - Semifinals results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

 Final 
RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes4Pan ZhanleChina46.40WR5Kyle ChalmersAustralia47.482David PopoviciRomania47.4943Nándor NémethHungary47.5056Maxime GroussetFrance47.7168Josha SalchowGermany47.80NR77Jack AlexyUnited States47.9681Chris GuilianoUnited States47.98Source:"Men's 100m Freestyle - Finals results" (PDF). Olympics. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

 References 

Olympic champions insyd men's 100 m freestyle100 yards 1904:  Zoltán Halmay (HUN)100 metres 1896:  Alfréd Hajós (HUN)
 1908:  Charles Daniels (USA)
 1912:  Duke Kahanamoku (USA)
 1920:  Duke Kahanamoku (USA)
 1924:  Johnny Weissmuller (USA)
 1928:  Johnny Weissmuller (USA)
 1932:  Yasuji Miyazaki (JPN)
 1936:  Ferenc Csík (HUN)
 1948:  Wally Ris (USA)
 1952:  Clarke Scholes (USA)
 1956:  Jon Henricks (AUS)
 1960:  John Devitt (AUS)
 1964:  Don Schollander (USA)
 1968:  Michael Wenden (AUS)
 1972:  Mark Spitz (USA)
 1976:  Jim Montgomery (USA)
 1980:  Jörg Woithe (GDR)
 1984:  Rowdy Gaines (USA)
 1988:  Matt Biondi (USA)
 1992:  Alexander Popov (EUN)
 1996:  Alexander Popov (RUS)
 2000:  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
 2004:  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
 2008:  Alain Bernard (FRA)
 2012:  Nathan Adrian (USA)
 2016:  Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
 2020:  Caeleb Dressel (USA)
 2024:  Pan Zhanle (CHN)Intercalated Games 1906:  Charles Daniels (USA)
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Category:Men's 100 metre freestyle
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