In one of the closest finishes in Olympic history, Nathan Adrian touched out Australia's favorite James Magnussen at the wall by a fingertip to win the event at the Olympics for the Americans for the first time since Matt Biondi topped the podium in 1988. Coming from third at the halfway turn, Adrian powered home on the final stretch, finishing in 47.52 to edge out Magnussen, also known as "The Missile", by a hundredth of a second (0.01).[3][4] Meanwhile, Magnussen won a second straight silver for the Aussies in 47.53, adding more than four tenths of a second from his best time of 47.10 at the 2012 Australian Championships.[5][6] Canada's Brent Hayden picked up the bronze in 47.80, winning his first Olympic medal and handing the Canadians their first ever medal in the event's history.[7][8]
After claiming two golds and a silver in the past four days, France's Yannick Agnel could not produce his similar effort with a fourth-place time in 47.84.[9][10] Meanwhile, Netherlands' Sebastiaan Verschuren pulled off a fifth-place finish in 47.88. Heading into the halfway turn with an early lead, Brazil's world record holder César Cielo dropped to sixth in 47.92.[11] Cuba's Hanser García (48.04) and Russia's Nikita Lobintsev (48.44) rounded out a historic finale.[8]
Background
This was the twenty-sixth appearance of the men's 100 metre freestyle. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 (when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres), though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres.[2]
Two of the eight finalists from the 2008 Games returned: bronze medalist César Cielo of Brazil and eighth-place finisher Stefan Nystrand of Sweden. The favorite coming into the event was James Magnussen of Australia, the 2011 world champion and textile-suit world best holder. Cielo had been the 2009 world champion; his world record (set in a skinsuit) still stands as of 2020. Canadian Brent Hayden was the runner-up in the 2011 world championships. French relay anchor Yannick Agnel was also a contender.[2]
Grenada, Mali, Paraguay, Tanzania, and Turkmenistan each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 25th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to two swimmers if both met the Olympic Qualifying Time (or "OQT"). An NOC with no swimmers meeting the OQT but at least one swimmer meeting the Olympic Selection Time (or "OST") was not guaranteed a place, but was eligible for selection to fill the overall 900 swimmer quota for the Games. For 2012, the OQT was 48.82 seconds while the OST was 50.53 seconds. The qualifying window was 1 March 2011 to 3 July 2012; only approved meets (generally international competitions and national Olympic trials) during that period could be used to meet the standards. There were also universality places available; if no male swimmer from a nation qualified in any event, the NOC could enter one male swimmer in an event.
Eight nations (Australia, Brazil, the Cayman Islands, France, Italy, Russia, South Africa, and the United States) had two swimmers meet the OQT. Five more (Canada, Cuba, Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland) had one swimmer qualify through the OQT. 18 NOCs received a place through OST selection. 21 nations used universality places in the men's 100 metre freestyle.
The two swimmers per NOC limit had been in place since the 1984 Games.
Competition format
This freestyle swimming competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
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External links
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The men s 100 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London United Kingdom 1 There were 56 competitors from 49 nations 2 The event was won by Nathan Adrian of the United States Men s 100 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXX OlympiadStart of the men s 100 metre freestyle heat 8VenueLondon Aquatics CentreDatesJuly 31 2012 heats amp semifinals August 1 2012 final Competitors56 from 49 nationsWinning time47 52MedalistsNathan Adrian United StatesJames Magnussen AustraliaBrent Hayden Canada 20082016 Contents 1 Summary 2 Background 3 Qualification 4 Competition format 5 Records 6 Schedule 7 Results 7 1 Heats 7 2 Semifinals 7 3 Final 8 References 9 External linksSummary EditIn one of the closest finishes in Olympic history Nathan Adrian touched out Australia s favorite James Magnussen at the wall by a fingertip to win the event at the Olympics for the Americans for the first time since Matt Biondi topped the podium in 1988 Coming from third at the halfway turn Adrian powered home on the final stretch finishing in 47 52 to edge out Magnussen also known as The Missile by a hundredth of a second 0 01 3 4 Meanwhile Magnussen won a second straight silver for the Aussies in 47 53 adding more than four tenths of a second from his best time of 47 10 at the 2012 Australian Championships 5 6 Canada s Brent Hayden picked up the bronze in 47 80 winning his first Olympic medal and handing the Canadians their first ever medal in the event s history 7 8 After claiming two golds and a silver in the past four days France s Yannick Agnel could not produce his similar effort with a fourth place time in 47 84 9 10 Meanwhile Netherlands Sebastiaan Verschuren pulled off a fifth place finish in 47 88 Heading into the halfway turn with an early lead Brazil s world record holder Cesar Cielo dropped to sixth in 47 92 11 Cuba s Hanser Garcia 48 04 and Russia s Nikita Lobintsev 48 44 rounded out a historic finale 8 Background EditThis was the twenty sixth appearance of the men s 100 metre freestyle The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres 2 Two of the eight finalists from the 2008 Games returned bronze medalist Cesar Cielo of Brazil and eighth place finisher Stefan Nystrand of Sweden The favorite coming into the event was James Magnussen of Australia the 2011 world champion and textile suit world best holder Cielo had been the 2009 world champion his world record set in a skinsuit still stands as of 2020 Canadian Brent Hayden was the runner up in the 2011 world championships French relay anchor Yannick Agnel was also a contender 2 Grenada Mali Paraguay Tanzania and Turkmenistan each made their debut in the event The United States made its 25th appearance most of any nation having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Qualification EditMain article Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualification Each National Olympic Committee NOC could enter up to two swimmers if both met the Olympic Qualifying Time or OQT An NOC with no swimmers meeting the OQT but at least one swimmer meeting the Olympic Selection Time or OST was not guaranteed a place but was eligible for selection to fill the overall 900 swimmer quota for the Games For 2012 the OQT was 48 82 seconds while the OST was 50 53 seconds The qualifying window was 1 March 2011 to 3 July 2012 only approved meets generally international competitions and national Olympic trials during that period could be used to meet the standards There were also universality places available if no male swimmer from a nation qualified in any event the NOC could enter one male swimmer in an event Eight nations Australia Brazil the Cayman Islands France Italy Russia South Africa and the United States had two swimmers meet the OQT Five more Canada Cuba Germany the Netherlands and Poland had one swimmer qualify through the OQT 18 NOCs received a place through OST selection 21 nations used universality places in the men s 100 metre freestyle The two swimmers per NOC limit had been in place since the 1984 Games Competition format EditThis freestyle swimming competition consisted of three rounds heats semifinals and a final The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final Swim offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round Records EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record Cesar Cielo BRA 46 91 Rome Italy 30 July 2009 12 13 Olympic record Eamon Sullivan AUS 47 05 Beijing China 13 August 2008 14 No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition It was the first Olympics where non textile suits were banned Schedule EditThe competition returned to a two day schedule with heats and semifinals on the same day All times are British Summer Time UTC 1 Date Time RoundTuesday 31 July 2012 10 0019 30 HeatsSemifinalsWednesday 1 August 2012 20 20 FinalResults EditHeats Edit 15 Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 6 5 Nathan Adrian United States 48 19 Q2 6 1 Gideon Louw South Africa 48 29 Q3 8 2 Sebastiaan Verschuren Netherlands 48 37 Q4 8 4 James Magnussen Australia 48 38 Q5 8 5 Brent Hayden Canada 48 51 Q6 6 7 Brett Fraser Cayman Islands 48 54 Q7 8 Pieter Timmers Belgium 48 54 Q NR8 6 3 Nikita Lobintsev Russia 48 60 Q9 8 7 Cullen Jones United States 48 61 Q10 7 7 Konrad Czerniak Poland 48 63 Q11 6 4 Cesar Cielo Brazil 48 67 Q12 7 4 James Roberts Australia 48 93 Q12 7 5 Yannick Agnel France 48 93 Q14 8 3 Fabien Gilot France 48 95 Q15 7 2 Hanser Garcia Cuba 48 97 Q16 8 1 Shaune Fraser Cayman Islands 48 99 Q17 5 4 Norbert Trandafir Romania 49 0218 7 6 Marco di Carli Germany 49 0319 6 2 Filippo Magnini Italy 49 1820 6 8 Adam Brown Great Britain 49 2021 7 3 Graeme Moore South Africa 49 2922 8 6 Luca Dotto Italy 49 4323 5 2 Martin Verner Czech Republic 49 4924 7 1 Nicolas Oliveira Brazil 49 5125 8 8 Stefan Nystrand Sweden 49 5526 5 6 David Dunford Kenya 49 6027 4 5 Kemal Arda Gurdal Turkey 49 7128 5 7 Mindaugas Sadauskas Lithuania 49 7829 5 8 Dominik Meichtry Switzerland 49 9530 4 7 Uvis Kalnins Latvia 49 9631 5 1 Kristian Golomeev Greece 50 0832 4 6 Benjamin Hockin Paraguay 50 1233 4 3 Nabil Kebbab Algeria 50 3734 4 4 Yauhen Tsurkin Belarus 50 5335 4 1 Gabriel Melconian Alvez Uruguay 50 6836 4 8 Branden Whitehurst Virgin Islands 51 0437 3 4 Sidni Hoxha Albania 51 11 NR38 3 2 Kevin Avila Soto Guatemala 51 4439 3 5 Andrew Chetcuti Malta 51 67 NR40 3 3 Jemal le Grand Aruba 51 8641 3 7 Andrew Rutherfurd Bolivia 52 5742 3 6 Mohammed Bidarian Iran 52 9343 2 4 Esau Simpson Grenada 53 2644 3 8 Christopher Duenas Guam 53 3745 3 1 Mikael Koloyan Armenia 53 8246 2 2 Sergey Krowyakow Turkmenistan 54 43 NR47 2 3 Paul Elaisa Fiji 54 8748 2 5 Niall Roberts Guyana 55 6649 2 1 Tamir Andryei Mongolia 56 3750 2 6 Shane Mangroo Seychelles 56 4651 2 7 Omar Nunez Nicaragua 57 1152 1 4 Mamadou Soumare Mali 57 3253 1 5 Ahmed Husam Maldives 57 5354 2 8 Israr Hussain Pakistan 57 8655 1 6 Ammaar Ghadiyali Tanzania 1 01 0756 1 3 Beni Bertrand Binobagira Burundi 1 04 57 4 2 George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago DNS5 3 Lu Zhiwu China DNS5 5 Dominik Kozma Hungary DNS6 6 Danila Izotov Russia DNSSemifinals Edit Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 1 5 James Magnussen Australia 47 63 Q2 2 4 Nathan Adrian United States 47 97 Q3 2 8 Hanser Garcia Cuba 48 04 Q NR4 2 5 Sebastiaan Verschuren Netherlands 48 13 Q5 1 2 Cesar Cielo Brazil 48 17 Q6 2 3 Brent Hayden Canada 48 21 Q7 2 1 Yannick Agnel France 48 23 Q8 1 6 Nikita Lobintsev Russia 48 38 Q9 2 7 Konrad Czerniak Poland 48 441 4 Gideon Louw South Africa 48 4411 1 1 Fabien Gilot France 48 4912 1 7 James Roberts Australia 48 572 6 Pieter Timmers Belgium 48 5714 2 2 Cullen Jones United States 48 6015 1 3 Brett Fraser Cayman Islands 48 9216 1 8 Shaune Fraser Cayman Islands 49 07Final Edit Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 5 Nathan Adrian United States 47 52 4 James Magnussen Australia 47 53 7 Brent Hayden Canada 47 804 1 Yannick Agnel France 47 845 6 Sebastiaan Verschuren Netherlands 47 886 2 Cesar Cielo Brazil 47 927 3 Hanser Garcia Cuba 48 04 NR8 8 Nikita Lobintsev Russia 48 44References Edit Swimming Results amp Schedules London 2012 NBC Olympics 29 July 2012 Archived from the original on 3 July 2013 Retrieved 7 July 2013 a b c 100 metres Freestyle Men Olympedia Retrieved 18 December 2020 Nathan Adrian of U S wins 100 meter freestyle gold medal by smallest of margins CBS News 1 August 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Auerbach Nicole 1 August 2012 Nathan Adrian wins gold in dramatic finish in 100 free USA Today Retrieved 10 July 2013 Heartbreak as James Magnussen falls to American Nathan Adrian by 1 100th of second News Corp Australia 2 August 2012 Archived from the original on 17 November 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Agony as Magnussen pipped for 100m gold ABC News Australia 1 August 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 London 2012 Canadian swimmer Brent Hayden wins bronze medal in 100 metre freestyle Toronto Star 1 August 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 a b 2012 London Olympics USA s Nathan Adrian Clips James Magnussen for 100 Free Gold Swimming World Magazine 1 August 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Das Andrew 1 August 2012 American Adrian Wins 100 Meter Freestyle New York Times Retrieved 10 July 2013 USA s Adrian beats Magnussen for 100 free gold Foxtel 2 August 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Nathan Adrian beats James Magnussen to 100m freestyle gold BBC Sport 1 August 2012 Archived from the original on 8 November 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Crouse Karen 31 July 2009 Lochte Finds Phelps Is Everywhere but in the Pool New York Times Retrieved 10 July 2013 Cielo sets 50 meter freestyle mark ESPN 18 December 2009 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Johanson Simon 13 August 2008 Sullivan smashes world record again Sydney Morning Herald 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