Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2022.[1][2]

Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships
VenueForo Italico
Dates12 August (heats and semifinals)
13 August (final)
Competitors77 from 34 nations
Winning time46.86 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Romania
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Italy
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Records edit

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record César Cielo   Brazil 46.91 Rome 30 July 2009
European record Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 47.11 Tokyo 28 July 2021
Championship record 47.37 Budapest 19 May 2021

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
12 August Heats David Popovici   Romania 47.20 CR
12 August Semifinals 46.98 ER, CR
13 August Final 46.86 WR, ER, CR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 12 August at 09:10.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 4 David Popovici   Romania 47.20 Q, CR
2 7 4 Alessandro Miressi   Italy 47.60 Q
3 8 3 Lorenzo Zazzeri   Italy 48.27 Q
4 6 4 Maxime Grousset   France 48.31 Q
5 8 5 Nándor Németh   Hungary 48.32 Q
6 8 1 Heiko Gigler   Austria 48.43 Q, NR
7 7 2 Stan Pijnenburg   Netherlands 48.57 Q
8 6 5 Andrej Barna   Serbia 48.59 Q
9 8 2 Hadrien Salvan   France 48.60 Q
10 6 6 Manuel Frigo   Italy 48.76
11 7 3 Thomas Dean   Great Britain 48.79 Q
12 7 6 Kristóf Milák   Hungary 48.88 Q
12 7 7 Diogo Ribeiro   Portugal 48.88 Q
14 7 5 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 48.92
15 5 3 Luis Domínguez   Spain 48.98 Q, NR
16 7 1 Björn Seeliger   Sweden 49.01 Q
17 8 6 Matthew Richards   Great Britain 49.02 Q
18 6 2 Charles Rihoux   France 49.15
19 8 7 Karol Ostrowski   Poland 49.22 Q
20 7 8 Kamil Sieradzki   Poland 49.24
21 4 4 Carles Coll   Spain 49.29
22 6 8 Sergio de Celis   Spain 49.34
23 6 3 Jacob Whittle   Great Britain 49.35
24 6 7 Edward Mildred   Great Britain 49.45
24 7 9 Deniel Nankov   Bulgaria 49.45
26 6 1 Robin Hanson   Sweden 49.52
27 8 0 Guillaume Guth   France 49.59
28 8 8 Sergii Shevtsov   Ukraine 49.60
29 5 0 Illya Linnyk   Ukraine 49.69
30 4 5 Uroš Nikolić   Serbia 49.73
30 5 2 Daniel Zaitsev   Estonia 49.73
32 4 8 Frederik Lentz   Denmark 49.76
33 4 1 Mario Mollà   Spain 49.90
34 5 7 Valentyn Nesterkin   Ukraine 49.95
35 6 9 Denis Loktev   Israel 49.98
35 5 6 Dániel Mészáros   Hungary 49.98
37 3 2 George Stoica-Constantin   Romania 50.01
38 5 4 Nikola Aćin   Serbia 50.06
39 4 6 Stergios Bilas   Greece 50.11
40 3 0 Rémi Fabiani   Luxembourg 50.12
40 5 5 Max McCusker   Ireland 50.12
42 5 8 Markus Lie   Norway 50.15
42 8 9 Odysseus Meladinis   Greece 50.15
44 5 9 Matej Duša   Slovakia 50.29
45 3 5 Oleksii Khnykin   Ukraine 50.32
46 2 5 Martin Kartavi   Israel 50.35
47 3 6 Daniel Namir   Israel 50.36
48 4 0 Tomas Navikonis   Lithuania 50.42
49 4 2 Tomas Sungaila   Lithuania 50.44
50 2 1 Adi Mešetović   Bosnia and Herzegovina 50.46
51 3 3 Christos Papadopoulos   Greece 50.55
52 3 9 Elias Persson   Sweden 50.56
53 3 8 Patrick Dinu   Romania 50.59
54 3 4 Alex Ahtiainen   Estonia 50.62
55 4 7 Nicholas Lia   Norway 50.71
56 3 1 Pit Brandenburger   Luxembourg 50.81
57 2 4 Elias Meeus   Belgium 50.89
58 2 7 Mihai Gergely   Romania 50.90
58 2 8 Luka Kukhalashvili   Georgia 50.90 NR
60 2 3 Marcus Holmquist   Sweden 50.91
61 4 3 Artur Barseghyan   Armenia 50.93
62 2 6 Robert Powell   Ireland 50.99
63 7 0 Mateusz Chowaniec   Poland 51.14
64 3 7 Malthe Lindeblad   Denmark 51.31
65 2 2 Nikola Bjelajac   Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.54
66 2 9 Símon Elías Statkevicius   Iceland 51.94
67 2 0 Uroš Živanović   Serbia 52.10
68 1 4 Tomàs Lomero   Andorra 52.25
69 4 9 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen   Finland 52.62
70 1 6 Rudi Spiteri   Malta 52.90
71 1 3 Ronens Kermans   Latvia 52.92
72 1 5 Bernat Lomero   Andorra 53.04
73 1 1 Raoul Stafrace   Malta 53.70
74 1 2 Matthew Galea   Malta 53.73
75 1 7 Ado Gargović   Montenegro 54.45
76 1 8 Vladimir Mamikonyan   Armenia 54.92
77 1 0 Martin Muja   Kosovo 55.76
6 0 Meiron Cheruti   Israel Did not start
5 1 Nils Liess   Switzerland

Semifinals edit

The semifinal were started on 12 August at 18:33.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 David Popovici   Romania 46.98 Q, WJ, ER
2 1 7 Kristóf Milák   Hungary 47.76 Q, NR
3 1 4 Alessandro Miressi   Italy 47.96 Q
4 2 5 Lorenzo Zazzeri   Italy 48.05 Q
5 1 5 Maxime Grousset   France 48.15 q
6 1 6 Andrej Barna   Serbia 48.21 q
7 2 3 Nándor Németh   Hungary 48.22 q
8 1 2 Thomas Dean   Great Britain 48.44 q
9 2 7 Diogo Ribeiro   Portugal 48.52 NR
10 2 2 Hadrien Salvan   France 48.58
11 1 8 Karol Ostrowski   Poland 48.69
12 1 3 Heiko Gigler   Austria 48.85
13 2 6 Stan Pijnenburg   Netherlands 48.94
14 1 1 Björn Seeliger   Sweden 48.96
15 2 8 Matthew Richards   Great Britain 49.01
16 2 1 Luis Domínguez   Spain 49.04

Final edit

The final was held on 13 August at 18:22.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 David Popovici   Romania 46.86 WR, WJ
  5 Kristóf Milák   Hungary 47.47 NR
  3 Alessandro Miressi   Italy 47.63
4 2 Maxime Grousset   France 47.78
5 1 Nándor Németh   Hungary 48.01
6 6 Lorenzo Zazzeri   Italy 48.10
7 8 Thomas Dean   Great Britain 48.23
8 7 Andrej Barna   Serbia 48.38

References edit