Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle
Introduction The '''men's 100 m freestyle''' at the 2009 World Championships took place on 29 July (heats and semifinals) and the evening of 30 July (finals) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:'''World record'''    '''47.05'''  Beijing, China  13 August 2008'''Championship record'''    '''48.12'''  Montreal, Canada  28 July 2005The following records were established during the competition:DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 26 July  Heat 3*  Brent Hayden   Canada  47.77  '''CR''' 26 July  Heat 4*  Stefan Nystrand   Sweden  47.52  '''CR''' 26 July  Heat 5*  César Cielo Filho   Brazil  47.39  '''CR''' 26 July  Final*  César Cielo Filho   Brazil  47.09  '''CR''' 30 July  Final  César Cielo Filho   Brazil  46.91  '''WR''' Split from the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Results ===Preliminary heats=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Heat  Lane  Notes 1  David Walters     47.59  21  6   2  Stefan Nystrand     47.66  21  5   3  Lyndon Ferns     47.79  21  3  '''AF''' 4  Alain Bernard     47.80  22  4   5  Brent Hayden     47.83  22  6   6  Frédérick Bousquet     47.89   21  4   7  Evgeniy Lagunov     47.92  20  2   8  César Cielo     47.98  22  5   9  Andrey Grechin     48.13  20  4   9  Nathan Adrian     48.13  22  3   11  Duje Draganja     48.18  18  5   12  Nicolas Oliveira     48.22  21  1   13  Filippo Magnini     48.23  20  3   14  Matt Targett     48.26  20  5   15  Konrad Czerniak     48.32  21  7  16  Joel Greenshields     48.43  21  2  17  Matthew Abood     48.45  19  4  18  Shaune Fraser     48.47  18  3  19  Brett Fraser     48.56  10  6    20  Simon Burnett     48.57  20  6  21  Christian Galenda     48.62  22  7  22  Steffen Deibler     48.68  19  5  23  Roland Schoeman     48.69  22  1    24  Norbert Trandafir     48.75  20  0  '''NR''' 25  Nabil Kebbab     48.76  22  2  26  George Bovell     48.82  20  8  '''NR''' 27  Paulius Viktoravičius     48.84  19  7  '''NR''' 28  Adam Brown     48.90  22  0    29  Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or     48.93  19  3 '''NR''' 30  Alexei Puninski     49.08  18  6  31  Sebastiaan Verschuren     49.12  21  0  32  Jason Dunford     49.16  22  8  33  Dominik Meichtry     49.17  20  7  33  Albert Subirats     49.17  21  9  35  Flori Lang     49.20  20  9  36  Mindaugas Sadauskas     49.26  16  5  37  Rammaru Harada     49.28  19  1  38  David Dunford     49.34  14  3  39  Jacinto Ayala     49.38  11  7 '''NR''' 40  Martin Verner     49.39  22  9  41  Jakob Andkjær     49.43  18  4  41  Chen Zuo     49.43  20  1  43  Petter Stymne     49.47  19  2  44  Ryan Harrison     49.49  17  8  '''NR''' 45  Alexandre Agostinho     49.50  18  2  46  Romāns Miloslavskis     49.51  17  9  46  Yoshihiro Okumura     49.51  19  0  48  Douglas Clark Lennox II     49.62  10  3  48  Cai Li     49.62  19  6  50  Yoris Grandjean     49.75  21  8  51  Barry Murphy     49.76  16  3  52  Andrei Radzionau     49.90  18  0  53  Ioannis Kalargaris     49.92  18  1  54  Ryan John Pini     49.94  18  7  55  Marcin Tarczyński     49.97  19  8  56  Paulo Santos     50.01  16  7  56  Roberto Gómez     50.01  17  3  58  Andrii Hovorov     50.04  17  6  59  Virdhawal Khade     50.07  19  9  60  Martín Kutscher     50.19  18  9  61  Dmytro Cherkasov     50.22  1  3  62  Alexandre Bakhtiarov     50.30  15  2  63  Emil Dall-Nielsen     50.32  17  1  64  Glenn Surgeloose     50.37  17  7  65  Mario Montoya     50.40  13  2  '''NR''' 66  Jose Antonio Alonso     50.41  18  8  67  Martin Spitzer     50.43  15  8  68  Andrejs Dūda     50.45  14  6  69  Dominik Koll     50.48  17  5  70  Vlad Razvan Caciuc     50.51  15  4  71  Daniil Tulupov     50.60  14  5  72  Kaan Tayla     50.62  17  2  73  Raúl Martínez Colomer     50.65  15  3  74  Alex Villaecija     50.66  16  6  75  Vladimir Sidorkin     50.71  17  4  76  Zoltan Povazsay     50.73  17  0  77  Julio Galofre     50.80  16  1  78  Daniel Bego     50.86  13  6  78  Doğa Çelik     50.86  16  0  80  Elvis Burrows     50.88  12  2  '''NR''' 81  Artur Dilman     50.88  16  2  82  Terrence Haynes     50.95  16  4  83  Juan Cambindo Romanos     50.96  14  4  83  Raphaël Stacchiotti     50.96  16  8  85  Aleksandar Nikolov     50.98  12  7  86  Martyn Forde     51.01  15  9  87  Hajder Ensar     51.08  14  7  88  Branden Whitehurst   Virgin Islands  51.27  11  3  '''NR''' 89  Mohammad Bidarian     51.31  11  5  90  Bae Joonmo     51.54  12  3  90  Sebastián Jahnsen Madico     51.54  14  1  92  Pasha Vahdati Rad     51.65  8  4  93  Roy-Allan Burch     51.68  12  8 '''NR''' 93  Danil Haustov     51.68  16  9  95  Foo Jian Beng     51.71  15  5  96  Vasilii Danilov     51.81  15  6  97  Tan Xue Wei Nicholas     51.83  13  8  98  Sebastian Arispe Silva     51.85  14  8  99  Jean-François Schneiders     51.86  13  5  99  Květoslav Svoboda     51.86  15  0  101  Jani Rusi     51.88  14  9  102  Charles William Walker     51.92  13  0  103  Lim Clement     52.11  12  4  104  Mikael Koloyan     52.12  13  4  105  Cheah Geoffrey Robin     52.14  13  1  106  Miguel Nesrala     52.21  12  0  107  Grant Beahan     52.23  14  2  108  Petr Romashkin     52.26  13  3  109  José Alberto Montoya     52.31  11  8  110  Brad Hamilton     52.37  9  0  111  Mohammad Madwa     52.40  15  1  112  Christopher Duenas     52.45  12  5  113  Nicholas Thomson     52.47  9  4  114  Norbert Trudman     52.51  14  0  115  Sidni Hoxha     52.54  11  1  115  Glenn Victor Sutanto     52.54  13  9  117  Kang Yonghwan     52.62  10  1  118  Kouam Amine     52.64  11  4  119  Kendrick Uy     52.67  12  6  120  Luke Hall     52.79  11  0  121  Salvador Mallat Arcaya     52.86  9  6  122  Zane Jordan     52.92  10  4  123  Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane     52.96  10  7  124  Yan Ho Chun     52.97  11  2  125  Joao Matias     52.99  9  1  126  Rodion Davelaar     53.00  12  9  127  Serghei Golban     53.04  11  9  128  Endi Babi     53.07  10  9  129  Fernando Castellanos     53.19  8  0  130  Iuri Iazadji     53.26  12  1  131  Bojan Jovanov     53.27  1  6  132  Sergej Naumovski     53.30  1  1  133  Jonathan Wong     53.35  9  5  134  Ashwin Menon     53.41  9  8  135  Hycinth Cijntje     53.46  8  5  136  Alexander Ray     53.61  7  6  137  Matar Samb     53.71  10  2  138  Humoud Alhumoud     53.72  13  7  139  Achelhi Bilal     53.86  9  2  140  Rony Bakale     53.92  8  2  141  Kareem Ennab     53.97  9  9  142  Lao Kuan Fong     54.11  9  3  143  Allan Gutiérrez Castro     54.16  8  6  144  Yellow Yeiyah     54.17  7  1  145  Samson Opuakpo     54.28  6  6  146  Abbas Raad     54.32  11  6  147  Harutyun Harutyunyan     54.39  8  3  148  Saeed Al Jesmi     54.76  7  4  149  Timothy Ferris     54.78  10  8  150  Mohammed Al Ghaferi     54.83  8  8  151  Vincent Perry     54.88  7  8  152  Colin Bensadon     54.94  6  3  153  Jean Hugues Gregoire     54.96  7  5  154  Julien Brice     55.00  5  1  155  Niall Christopher Roberts     55.08  6  4  156  Andrey Molchanov     55.30  6  7  157  Gary Pineda     55.34  6  1  158  Tsung Chao-Lin     55.40  9  7  159  Rashid Iunusov     55.45  10  0  160  Esau Simpson     55.59  6  8  161  Moh'D Aqelah     55.74  8  7  162  Edward Caruana Dingli     55.75  6  5  163  Ignacio Quevedo Bubba     55.95  5  3  164  Nicholas Coard     55.99  5  6  165  Ronny Vencatachellum     56.00  7  0  166  Ahmed Jebrel     56.05  8  1  167  Shane Mangroo     56.15  4  2  167  Anthony Clark     56.15  8  9  169  Patricio Vera     56.29  5  2  170  Sergeý Krowýakow     56.59  5  5  171  Peter Popahun Pokawin     56.97  4  5  172  Chong Cheok Kuan     57.35  6  2  173  Douglas Miller     57.43  5  8  174  Juan Carlos Sikaffy Diaz     57.52  6  0  175  Elaijie Erasito     57.64  5  9  176  Siu Kent Chung     57.96  5  0  177  Omar Jasam     58.38  6  9  178  Jesse Nilon     58.56  4  4  179  Quenton Dupont     58.69  4  3  180  Ahmed Salam Ali Al-Dulaimi     58.91  2  5  181  Adama Ouedraogo     59.11  1  8  182  Michael Taylor     59.24  4  1  183  Jake Villarreal     59.39  4  8  184  Mark Paul Thompson     59.84  3  3  185  Edward Poppe     1:00.05  4  6  186  Adam Viktora     1:00.17  3  2  187  Shailesh Shumsher Rana     1:00.74  4  0  188  Fabian Gregory Binns     1:01.05  1  4  189  Sufyan Almalki     1:01.25  3  1  190  Cooper Graf     1:01.30  3  4  191  Shin Kimura     1:01.86  3  5  192  Wei Ching Maou     1:02.50  2  4  193  Shameel Ibrahim     1:02.64  3  7  194  Prasiddha Jung Shah     1:02.68  3  6  195  Ali Mohamed Raaidh     1:02.74  4  9  196  Samson Makere     1:07.24  2  6  196  Koang Gatkos Gor     1:07.24  3  0  198  Kwizera Cedric     1:08.71  3  8  199  Barouf Ali     1:10.00  2  7  200  Nsumizi Alain Boris     1:12.70  3  9  201  Kokou Messan Amegashie     1:14.79  2  9  202  Mohamed Bourhanta     1:16.67  2  1  –  Lansana Sidibe     DNS  1  2  –  Itai Chammah     DNS  1  5  –  Aiah Emerson Mansa Musai     DNS  1  7  –  Mamadou Cisse     DNS  2  2  –  Leonel Matonse     DNS  7  9  –  Saif Alaslam Saeed Al-Saadi     DSQ  2  3  –  Fernando Medrano     DSQ  7  2  –  Omar Núñez     DSQ  7  3  –  Alexandr Sklyar     DSQ  15  7 ===Semifinals=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Heat  Lane  Notes 1  Alain Bernard     47.27  1  5  2  César Cielo     47.48  1  6   3  Stefan Nystrand     47.53  1  4   4  Nicolas Oliveira     47.78  1  7  5  Brent Hayden     47.88  2  3   6  David Walters     47.92  2  4   7  Lyndon Ferns     47.96  2  5   8  Frédérick Bousquet     47.98   1  3   9  Filippo Magnini     48.04  2  1  '''NR''' 10  Nathan Adrian     48.13  1  2   11  Matt Targett     48.15  1  1   12  Andrey Grechin     48.18  2  2   13  Evgeniy Lagunov     48.20  2  6   14  Konrad Czerniak     48.22  2  8  15  Duje Draganja     48.25  2  7   16  Joel Greenshields     48.73  1  8 ===Final=== Rank  Name  Nationality   Lane  Time   Notes    César Cielo Filho    5  46.91  '''WR'''   Alain Bernard    4  47.12  '''ER'''    Frédérick Bousquet    8  47.25  4  Brent Hayden    2   47.27  '''NR''' 5  David Walters    7  47.33  '''NR''' 6  Stefan Nystrand    3  47.37  '''NR''' 7  Lyndon Ferns    1  47.94    8  Nicolas Oliveira    6   48.01
See also *Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle*Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
References * Worlds 2009 results: Men's 100m Free '''Heats''', from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-30. * Worlds 2009 results: Men's 100m Free '''Semifinals''', from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-30. * Worlds 2009 results: Men's 100m Free '''Finals''', from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-30.