2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre individual medley

Men's 100 metre individual medley
at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueEtihad Arena
LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates18 December (heats and semifinals)
19 December (final)
Competitors39 from 32 nations
Winning time51.09
Medalists
gold medal Kliment Kolesnikov
silver medal Tomoe Hvas  Norway
bronze medal Thomas Ceccon  Italy

The Men's 100 metre individual medley competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 18 and 19 December 2021.

Records

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

World record Caeleb Dressel (USA) 49.28 Budapest, Hungary 22 November 2020
Competition record Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) 50.63 Hangzhou, China 14 December 2018

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 18 December at 09:30.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Daiya Seto Japan 51.52 Q
2 4 2 Caio Pumputis Brazil 51.99 Q
3 3 3 Finlay Knox Canada 52.05 Q
4 4 3 Tomoe Hvas Norway 52.48 Q
5 5 4 Marco Orsi Italy 52.53 Q
6 4 7 Hwang Sun-woo South Korea 52.56 Q
7 3 2 Yakov Toumarkin Israel 52.62 Q
7 3 4 Kliment Kolesnikov Russian Swimming Federation 52.62 Q
9 5 7 Leonardo Coelho Santos Brazil 52.80 Q
10 5 2 Heiko Gigler Austria 52.81 Q
11 3 7 Georgios Spanoudakis Greece 52.85 Q
11 4 4 Marcin Cieślak Poland 52.85 Q
13 5 1 Nic Fink United States 52.87 Q
14 4 6 Bernhard Reitshammer Austria 52.91 Q
15 4 5 Thomas Ceccon Italy 52.96 Q
16 3 5 Andreas Vazaios Greece 52.98 Q
17 5 3 Michael Andrew United States 53.04
18 4 1 Alexis Santos Portugal 53.08
19 3 0 Stan Pijnenburg Netherlands 53.29
20 4 0 Louis Croenen Belgium 53.32
21 3 6 Andrey Zhilkin Russian Swimming Federation 53.49
22 3 8 Ronny Brännkärr Finland 53.55
23 4 8 Metin Aydın Turkey 53.87
24 3 9 Berke Saka Turkey 53.90
25 4 9 Ádám Halás Slovakia 54.00
26 2 7 Balázs Holló Hungary 54.05
27 2 6 Roman Mityukov Switzerland 54.31
28 2 1 Benjamin Hockin Paraguay 54.70
29 1 3 Munzer Kabbara Lebanon 54.79 NR
30 2 5 Guido Buscaglia Argentina 55.17
31 2 3 Cevin Anders Siim Estonia 55.40
32 1 6 Erick Gordillo Guatemala 55.45 NR
33 2 8 Ronens Kermans Latvia 56.27
34 2 0 Ronan Wantenaar Namibia 56.92
35 1 5 Tasi Limtiaco Federated States of Micronesia 57.05
36 1 2 Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn Vietnam 57.70
37 2 9 Thomas Wareing Malta 58.33
38 1 4 Manuel Campo El Salvador 58.95
39 1 7 Mohamed Aan Hussain Maldives 1:05.20
2 2 Maximillian Ang Singapore DNS
2 4 Jaouad Syoud Algeria
3 1 José Martínez Mexico
5 0 Mohamed Samy Egypt
5 6 Duncan Scott Great Britain
5 8 Markus Lie Norway
5 9 Jan Šefl Czech Republic

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 18 December at 18:14.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 6 Kliment Kolesnikov Russian Swimming Federation 51.33 Q
2 1 5 Tomoe Hvas Norway 51.39 Q, NR
3 2 4 Daiya Seto Japan 51.52 Q
4 2 8 Thomas Ceccon Italy 51.86 Q
5 1 8 Andreas Vazaios Greece 51.89 Q
6 2 5 Finlay Knox Canada 51.99 Q
7 1 1 Bernhard Reitshammer Austria 52.03 Q
7 2 3 Marco Orsi Italy 52.03 Q
9 1 3 Hwang Sun-woo South Korea 52.13 NR
10 1 2 Heiko Gigler Austria 52.21
11 2 6 Yakov Toumarkin Israel 52.27
12 1 7 Marcin Cieślak Poland 52.45
12 2 2 Leonardo Coelho Santos Brazil 52.45
14 1 4 Caio Pumputis Brazil 52.65
15 2 7 Georgios Spanoudakis Greece 52.85
16 2 1 Nic Fink United States 54.07

Final

The final was held on 19 December at 18:13.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Kliment Kolesnikov Russian Swimming Federation 51.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Tomoe Hvas Norway 51.35 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Thomas Ceccon Italy 51.40
4 3 Daiya Seto Japan 51.46
5 7 Finlay Knox Canada 51.70 NR
6 2 Andreas Vazaios Greece 51.74
7 8 Marco Orsi Italy 51.76
8 1 Bernhard Reitshammer Austria 52.16