100 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 2000 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Athina GRE
Held 18 – 19 March 2000
Status Medal
Competitors 52
Countries 38
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Lars Frölander SWE 47.99
(1 h7)
46.75
(1 h1)
46.80
(1 F)
🥈 Stefan Nystrand SWE 48.98
(3 h7)
47.69
(1 h2)
47.73
(2 F)
🥉 Scott Tucker USA 49.16
(1 h4)
47.97
(2 h2)
47.82
(3 F)
4 Salim Iles ALG 47.97
(1 h6)
48.32
(4 h2)
48.36
(4 F)
5 José Meolans ARG 48.79
(2 h7)
48.73
(5 h2)
48.38
(5 F)
6 Denis Pimankov RUS 49.04
(3 h6)
48.82
(3 h1)
48.57
(6 F)
7 Ashley Callus AUS 48.48
(2 h6)
48.10
(3 h2)
48.59
(7 F)
8 Ihar Kaliada BLR 48.69
(2 h5)
48.72
(2 h1)
48.85
(8 F)
9 Karel Novy SUI 48.88
(3 h5)
48.91
(4 h1)
10 Paul Belk GBR 49.28
(4 h6)
49.04
(5 h1)
11 Lorenzo Vismara ITA 49.22
(5 h7)
49.20
(6 h2)
12 Yoav Bruck ISR 49.17
(4 h5)
49.22
(6 h1)
13 Francisco Sánchez VEN 49.18
(1 h1)
49.76
(7 h2)
14 Mauro Gallo ITA 49.31
(5 h5)
49.78
(8 h2)
15 Brendon Dedekind RSA 49.19
(4 h7)
50.39
(7 h1)
16 Mitja Zastrow GER 49.36
(6 h5)

(DQ h1)
17 Neil Walker USA 46.88
(1 h5)
18 Peter Mankoč SLO 49.44
(7 h5)
19 Sergey Ashikhmin RUS 49.51
(=5 h6)
20 Béla Szabados HUN 49.51
(=5 h6)
21 Marcos Hernández CUB 49.54
(6 h7)
22 Stephan Kunzelmann GER 49.56
(7 h6)
23 Leo Biggs AUS 49.66
(2 h4)
24 Nicolae Ivan ROU 49.67
(3 h4)
25 Gavin Meadows GBR 49.72
(7 h7)
26 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 50.05
(8 h7)
27 Jere Hård FIN 50.08
(8 h6)
28 Henrik Steen Andersen DEN 50.14
(4 h4)
29 Christoph Bühler SUI 50.16
(5 h4)
30 Marijan Kanjer CRO 50.17
(6 h4)
31 Ivan Mladina CRO 50.33
(7 h4)
32 Edvaldo Valério BRA 50.43
(8 h5)
33 Issei Nakanishi JPN 50.97
(1 h3)
34 Paschalis Ntatsos GRE 51.02
(2 h3)
35 Paul Kutscher URU 51.20
(3 h3)
36 Wang Chuan CHN 51.27
(4 h3)
37 Carl Probert FIJ 51.30
(1 h2)
38 Valentin Milkov BUL 51.34
(5 h3)
39 Kristian Voldsgaard DEN 51.37
(8 h4)
40 Alexandros Tsoltos GRE 51.43
(6 h3)
41 Kenny Roberts SEY 51.56
(7 h3)
42 Esteban Blanco CRC 52.22
(2 h2)
43 Dan Răcilă MDA 52.68
(3 h2)
44 Pan Tsung-Nan TPE 53.73
(4 h2)
45 Emin Quliyev AZE 54.17
(2 h1)
46 Jayamal Wijeratne SRI 54.42
(3 h1)
47 Alexandros Aresti CYP 54.48
(5 h2)
48 Hsu Ming-Hong TPE 54.69
(6 h2)
49 Wong Tuck Kar MAS 55.00
(7 h2)
50 Mikayel Koloyan ARM 55.25
(4 h1)
51 Barnsley Albert SEY 55.36
(8 h2)
52 Marien Michel Ngouabi CGO 58.51
(5 h1)
DNS Cole Shade SuleDNS CMR
(DNS h1)
DNS Gentle OffoinDNS NGR
(DNS h3)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Francisco Sánchez VEN 49.18
2 Emin Quliyev AZE 54.17
3 Jayamal Wijeratne SRI 54.42
4 Mikayel Koloyan ARM 55.25
5 Marien Michel Ngouabi CGO 58.51
DNS Cole Shade SuleDNS CMR

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Carl Probert FIJ 51.30
2 Esteban Blanco CRC 52.22
3 Dan Răcilă MDA 52.68
4 Pan Tsung-Nan TPE 53.73
5 Alexandros Aresti CYP 54.48
6 Hsu Ming-Hong TPE 54.69
7 Wong Tuck Kar MAS 55.00
8 Barnsley Albert SEY 55.36

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Issei Nakanishi JPN 50.97
2 Paschalis Ntatsos GRE 51.02
3 Paul Kutscher URU 51.20
4 Wang Chuan CHN 51.27
5 Valentin Milkov BUL 51.34
6 Alexandros Tsoltos GRE 51.43
7 Kenny Roberts SEY 51.56
DNS Gentle OffoinDNS NGR

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Scott Tucker USA 49.16
2 Leo Biggs AUS 49.66
3 Nicolae Ivan ROU 49.67
4 Henrik Steen Andersen DEN 50.14
5 Christoph Bühler SUI 50.16
6 Marijan Kanjer CRO 50.17
7 Ivan Mladina CRO 50.33
8 Kristian Voldsgaard DEN 51.37

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Neil Walker USA 46.88
2 Ihar Kaliada BLR 48.69
3 Karel Novy SUI 48.88
4 Yoav Bruck ISR 49.17
5 Mauro Gallo ITA 49.31
6 Mitja Zastrow GER 49.36
7 Peter Mankoč SLO 49.44
8 Edvaldo Valério BRA 50.43

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Salim Iles ALG 47.97
2 Ashley Callus AUS 48.48
3 Denis Pimankov RUS 49.04
4 Paul Belk GBR 49.28
=5 Sergey Ashikhmin RUS 49.51
=5 Béla Szabados HUN 49.51
7 Stephan Kunzelmann GER 49.56
8 Jere Hård FIN 50.08

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lars Frölander SWE 47.99
2 José Meolans ARG 48.79
3 Stefan Nystrand SWE 48.98
4 Brendon Dedekind RSA 49.19
5 Lorenzo Vismara ITA 49.22
6 Marcos Hernández CUB 49.54
7 Gavin Meadows GBR 49.72
8 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 50.05

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lars Frölander SWE 46.75
2 Ihar Kaliada BLR 48.72
3 Denis Pimankov RUS 48.82
4 Karel Novy SUI 48.91
5 Paul Belk GBR 49.04
6 Yoav Bruck ISR 49.22
7 Brendon Dedekind RSA 50.39
DQ Mitja Zastrow GER

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Stefan Nystrand SWE 47.69
2 Scott Tucker USA 47.97
3 Ashley Callus AUS 48.10
4 Salim Iles ALG 48.32
5 José Meolans ARG 48.73
6 Lorenzo Vismara ITA 49.20
7 Francisco Sánchez VEN 49.76
8 Mauro Gallo ITA 49.78

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lars Frölander SWE 46.80
2 Stefan Nystrand SWE 47.73
3 Scott Tucker USA 47.82
4 Salim Iles ALG 48.36
5 José Meolans ARG 48.38
6 Denis Pimankov RUS 48.57
7 Ashley Callus AUS 48.59
8 Ihar Kaliada BLR 48.85