Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and the semifinals and 8 August with the final.[1]

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates7 August (heats and semifinals)
8 August (final)
Competitors73 from 65 nations
Winning time50.56
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Singapore
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record   Michael Phelps (USA) 49.82 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009
Competition record   Michael Phelps (USA) 49.82 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were held at 10:09[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 6 László Cseh   Hungary 50.91 Q, NR
2 7 4 Tom Shields   United States 51.09 Q
3 7 7 Li Zhuhao   China 51.54 Q, WJ
4 6 4 Konrad Czerniak   Poland 51.58 Q
5 8 6 Joseph Schooling   Singapore 51.65 Q, NR
6 7 2 Takuro Fujii   Japan 51.76 Q
7 7 6 Paweł Korzeniowski   Poland 51.79 Q
8 8 4 Chad le Clos   South Africa 51.83 Q
9 7 1 Matteo Rivolta   Italy 51.88 Q
10 7 5 Tim Phillips   United States 51.90 Q
8 7 Steffen Deibler   Germany Q
12 6 3 Piero Codia   Italy 51.94 Q
13 8 2 Mehdy Metella   France 52.07 Q
14 7 3 Jayden Hadler   Australia 52.17 Q
15 8 1 Tommaso D'Orsogna   Australia 52.22 Q
16 6 5 Pavel Sankovich   Belarus 52.29 Q
17 6 2 Adam Barrett   Great Britain 52.33
18 5 2 Santiago Grassi   Argentina 52.36
19 6 8 Thomas Laxton   Great Britain 52.37
20 8 8 Evgeny Koptelov   Russia 52.38
21 6 7 Takeshi Kawamoto   Japan 52.45
22 8 3 Vyacheslav Prudnikov   Russia 52.47
23 7 9 Viktor Bromer   Denmark 52.53
24 7 8 Arthur Mendes   Brazil 52.55
25 6 9 Luis Martínez   Guatemala 52.72
26 8 5 Yauhen Tsurkin   Belarus 52.73
27 5 4 Alexandru Coci   Romania 52.89
5 5 Andreas Vazaios   Greece
29 5 1 Nico van Duijn    Switzerland 52.94
30 5 7 Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea 53.02
31 8 9 Ivan Lenđer   Serbia 53.04
32 3 6 Robert Žbogar   Slovenia 53.10
33 5 0 Jan Šefl   Czech Republic 53.21
34 4 5 Simon Sjödin   Sweden 53.40
35 4 1 Omar Eissa   Egypt 53.68
6 0 Albert Subirats   Venezuela
37 3 3 Guy Barnea   Israel 53.76
5 9 Geoffrey Cheah   Hong Kong
39 4 3 Ben Hockin   Paraguay 53.92
40 4 4 Mario Todorović   Croatia 54.00
41 5 6 Glenn Victor Sutanto   Indonesia 54.18
42 3 1 Zuhayr Pigot   Suriname 54.20
43 4 7 Nuno Quintanilha   Portugal 54.27
44 3 5 Abbas Qali   Kuwait 54.35
45 4 2 Ralf Tribuntsov   Estonia 54.38
46 3 8 Franco Reyes   Panama 54.49
47 4 6 Bradlee Ashby   New Zealand 54.57
48 4 9 Esnaider Reales   Colombia 54.63
49 3 4 Tadas Duškinas   Lithuania 54.76
50 7 0 Daniel Ramírez   Mexico 55.28
51 3 9 Teimuraz Kobakhidze   Georgia 55.37
52 2 4 Ifa Paea   Tonga 55.80
53 3 0 Ayman Kelzi   Syria 55.84
54 3 7 Raphaël Stacchiotti   Luxembourg 55.96
55 2 5 Ralph Goveia   Zambia 56.34
56 2 1 Nouamane Batahi   Morocco 57.11
57 2 6 Aldo Castillo   Bolivia 57.38
58 2 2 Winter Heaven   Samoa 57.47
59 2 9 Joshua Daniel   Saint Lucia 57.66
60 2 3 Cherantha de Silva FINA Independent Athletes 57.79
61 2 0 Oumar Touré   Mali 58.00
62 2 8 Boško Radulović   Montenegro 58.10
63 1 3 Ifeakachuku Nmor   Nigeria 58.48
64 2 7 Batsaikhany Dulguun   Mongolia 58.57
65 1 4 Pou Sovijja   Cambodia 58.92
66 1 5 Hasan Sadeq   Iraq 59.58
67 1 6 Ismaël Kane   Senegal 1:00.94
68 1 7 Hannibal Gaskin   Guyana 1:01.47
69 1 2 Thint Myat   Myanmar 1:02.78
70 1 1 Hilal Hemed Hilal   Tanzania 1:03.87
71 1 0 Mark Hoare   Eswatini 1:04.76
72 1 8 Belly-Cresus Ganira   Burundi 1:07.16
73 1 9 Chaoili Aonzoudine   Comoros 1:21.89
3 2 Hoàng Quý Phước   Vietnam DNS
4 0 Dylan Carter   Trinidad and Tobago DNS
4 8 Louis Croenen   Belgium DNS
5 3 Rafael Muñoz   Spain DNS
5 8 Mauricio Fiol   Peru DNS
6 1 Thiago Pereira   Brazil DNS
8 0 Mateo González   Mexico DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held on 7 August at 18.35.[3]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tom Shields   United States 51.03 Q
2 6 Chad le Clos   South Africa 51.11 Q
3 5 Konrad Czerniak   Poland 51.29 Q
4 3 Takuro Fujii   Japan 51.58
5 1 Jayden Hadler   Australia 52.09
6 2 Tim Phillips   United States 52.14
7 7 Piero Codia   Italy 52.22
8 8 Pavel Sankovich   Belarus 52.63

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 László Cseh   Hungary 51.03 Q
2 5 Li Zhuhao   China 51.33 Q, WJ
3 1 Mehdy Metella   France 51.39 Q, NR
4 3 Joseph Schooling   Singapore 51.40 Q, NR
5 6 Paweł Korzeniowski   Poland 51.51 Q
6 2 Matteo Rivolta   Italy 51.64 =NR
7 7 Steffen Deibler   Germany 52.07
8 8 Tommaso D'Orsogna   Australia 52.26

Final edit

The final was held on 8 August at 18:13.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Chad le Clos   South Africa 50.56 AF
  5 László Cseh   Hungary 50.87 NR
  1 Joseph Schooling   Singapore 50.96 AS
4 4 Tom Shields   United States 51.06
5 7 Mehdy Metella   France 51.24 NR
6 6 Konrad Czerniak   Poland 51.28
7 8 Paweł Korzeniowski   Poland 51.46
8 2 Li Zhuhao   China 51.66

References edit