2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Men's 100m Freestyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
 |  USAUnited States | Nathan Adrian | 47.52 |
 |  AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 47.53 |
 |  CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 47.80 |
| 4 |  FRAFrance | Yannick Agnel | 47.84 |
| 5 |  NEDNetherlands | Sebastiaan Verschuren | 47.88 |
| 6 |  BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 47.92 |
| 7 |  CUBCuba | Hanser Garcia | 48.04 |
| 8 |  RUSRussia | Nikita Lobintsev | 48.44 |
| 9 |  POLPoland | Konrad Czerniak | 48.44 |
| 9 |  RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 48.44 |
| 11 | FRAFrance | Fabien Gilot | 48.49 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | James Roberts | 48.57 |
| 12 |  BELBelgium | Pieter Timmers | 48.57 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 48.60 |
| 15 |  CAYCayman Islands | Brett Fraser | 48.92 |
| 16 | CAYCayman Islands | Shaune Fraser | 49.07 |
| 17 |  ROURomania | Norbert Trandafir | 49.02 |
| 18 |  GERGermany | Marco Di Carli | 49.03 |
| 19 |  ITAItaly | Filippo Magnini | 49.18 |
| 20 |  GBRGreat Britain | Adam Brown | 49.20 |
| 21 | RSASouth Africa | Graeme Moore | 49.29 |
| 22 | ITAItaly | Luca Dotto | 49.43 |
| 23 |  CZECzechia | Martin Verner | 49.49 |
| 24 | BRABrazil | Nicolas Oliveira | 49.51 |
| 25 |  SWESweden | Stefan Nystrand | 49.55 |
| 26 |  KENKenya | David Dunford | 49.60 |
| 27 |  TURTürkiye | Kemal Arda Gurdal | 49.71 |
| 28 |  LTULithuania | Mindaugas Sadauskas | 49.78 |
| 29 |  SUISwitzerland | Dominik Meichtry | 49.95 |
| 30 |  LATLatvia | Uvis Kalnins | 49.96 |
| 31 |  GREGreece | Kristian Gkolomeev | 50.08 |
| 32 |  PARParaguay | Benjamin Hockin | 50.12 |
| 33 |  ALGAlgeria | Nabil Kebbab | 50.37 |
| 34 |  BLRBelarus | Yauhen Tsurkin | 50.53 |
| 35 |  URUUruguay | Jose Melconian | 50.68 |
| 36 |  ISVU.S. Virgin Islands | Branden Whitehurst | 51.04 |
| 37 |  ALBAlbania | Sidni Hoxha | 51.11 |
| 38 |  GUAGuatemala | Kevin Avila | 51.44 |
| 39 |  MLTMalta | Andrew Chetcuti | 51.67 |
| 40 |  ARUAruba | Jemal Le Grand | 51.86 |
| 41 |  BOLBolivia | Andrew Rutherfurd | 52.57 |
| 42 |  IRIIran | Mohammad Bidaryan | 52.93 |
| 43 |  GRNGrenada | Esau Simpson | 53.26 |
| 44 |  GUMGuam | Christopher Duenas | 53.37 |
| 45 |  ARMArmenia | Mikayel Koloyan | 53.82 |
| 46 |  TKMTurkmenistan | Sergey Krovyakov | 54.43 |
| 47 |  FIJFiji | Paul Elaisa | 54.87 |
| 48 |  GUYGuyana | Niall Roberts | 55.66 |
| 49 |  MGLMongolia | Andrei Tamir | 56.37 |
| 50 |  SEYSeychelles | Shane Mangroo | 56.46 |
| 51 |  NCANicaragua | Omar Nuñez | 57.11 |
| 52 |  MLIMali | Mamadou Soumare | 57.32 |
| 53 |  MDVMaldives | Husham Ahmed | 57.53 |
| 54 |  PAKPakistan | Israr Hussain | 57.86 |
| 55 |  TANTanzania | Ammaar Ghadiyali | 1:01.07 |
| 56 |  BDIBurundi | Beni-Bertrand Binobagira | 1:04.57 |
| 57 |  CHNChina | Lu Zhiwu | DNS |
| 57 |  HUNHungary | Dominik Kozma | DNS |
| 57 | RUSRussia | Danila Izotov | DNS |
| 57 |  TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | DNS |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | MLIMali | Mamadou Soumare | 57.32 |
| 2 | MDVMaldives | Husham Ahmed | 57.53 |
| 3 | TANTanzania | Ammaar Ghadiyali | 1:01.07 |
| 4 | BDIBurundi | Beni-Bertrand Binobagira | 1:04.57 |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Nathan Adrian | 48.19 |
| 2 | RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 48.29 |
| 3 | NEDNetherlands | Sebastiaan Verschuren | 48.37 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 48.38 |
| 5 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 48.53 |
| 6 | BELBelgium | Pieter Timmers | 48.54 |
| 6 | CAYCayman Islands | Brett Fraser | 48.54 |
| 8 | RUSRussia | Nikita Lobintsev | 48.60 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 48.61 |
| 10 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 48.67 |
| 10 | POLPoland | Konrad Czerniak | 48.67 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | James Roberts | 48.93 |
| 12 | FRAFrance | Yannick Agnel | 48.93 |
| 14 | FRAFrance | Fabien Gilot | 48.95 |
| 15 | CUBCuba | Hanser Garcia | 48.97 |
| 16 | CAYCayman Islands | Shaune Fraser | 48.99 |
| 17 | ROURomania | Norbert Trandafir | 49.02 |
| 18 | GERGermany | Marco Di Carli | 49.03 |
| 19 | ITAItaly | Filippo Magnini | 49.18 |
| 20 | GBRGreat Britain | Adam Brown | 49.20 |
| 21 | RSASouth Africa | Graeme Moore | 49.29 |
| 22 | ITAItaly | Luca Dotto | 49.43 |
| 23 | CZECzechia | Martin Verner | 49.49 |
| 24 | BRABrazil | Nicolas Oliveira | 49.51 |
| 25 | SWESweden | Stefan Nystrand | 49.55 |
| 26 | KENKenya | David Dunford | 49.60 |
| 27 | TURTürkiye | Kemal Arda Gurdal | 49.71 |
| 28 | LTULithuania | Mindaugas Sadauskas | 49.78 |
| 29 | SUISwitzerland | Dominik Meichtry | 49.95 |
| 30 | LATLatvia | Uvis Kalnins | 49.96 |
| 31 | GREGreece | Kristian Gkolomeev | 50.08 |
| 32 | PARParaguay | Benjamin Hockin | 50.12 |
| 33 | ALGAlgeria | Nabil Kebbab | 50.37 |
| 34 | BLRBelarus | Yauhen Tsurkin | 50.53 |
| 35 | URUUruguay | Jose Melconian | 50.68 |
| 36 | ISVU.S. Virgin Islands | Branden Whitehurst | 51.04 |
| 37 | ALBAlbania | Sidni Hoxha | 51.11 |
| 38 | GUAGuatemala | Kevin Avila | 51.44 |
| 39 | MLTMalta | Andrew Chetcuti | 51.67 |
| 40 | ARUAruba | Jemal Le Grand | 51.86 |
| 41 | BOLBolivia | Andrew Rutherfurd | 52.57 |
| 42 | IRIIran | Mohammad Bidaryan | 52.93 |
| 43 | GRNGrenada | Esau Simpson | 53.26 |
| 44 | GUMGuam | Christopher Duenas | 53.37 |
| 45 | ARMArmenia | Mikayel Koloyan | 53.82 |
| 46 | TKMTurkmenistan | Sergey Krovyakov | 54.43 |
| 47 | FIJFiji | Paul Elaisa | 54.87 |
| 48 | GUYGuyana | Niall Roberts | 55.66 |
| 49 | MGLMongolia | Andrei Tamir | 56.37 |
| 50 | SEYSeychelles | Shane Mangroo | 56.46 |
| 51 | NCANicaragua | Omar Nuñez | 57.11 |
| 52 | MLIMali | Mamadou Soumare | 57.32 |
| 53 | MDVMaldives | Husham Ahmed | 57.53 |
| 54 | PAKPakistan | Israr Hussain | 57.86 |
| 55 | TANTanzania | Ammaar Ghadiyali | 1:01.07 |
| 56 | BDIBurundi | Beni-Bertrand Binobagira | 1:04.57 |
| 99 | CHNChina | Lu Zhiwu | DNS |
| 99 | HUNHungary | Dominik Kozma | DNS |
| 99 | RUSRussia | Danila Izotov | DNS |
| 99 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | DNS |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Nathan Adrian | 47.52 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 47.53 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 47.80 |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Yannick Agnel | 47.84 |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Sebastiaan Verschuren | 47.88 |
| 6 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 47.92 |
| 7 | CUBCuba | Hanser Garcia | 48.04 |
| 8 | RUSRussia | Nikita Lobintsev | 48.44 |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Nathan Adrian | 47.97 |
| 2 | CUBCuba | Hanser Garcia | 48.04 |
| 3 | NEDNetherlands | Sebastiaan Verschuren | 48.13 |
| 4 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 48.21 |
| 5 | FRAFrance | Yannick Agnel | 48.23 |
| 6 | POLPoland | Konrad Czerniak | 48.44 |
| 7 | BELBelgium | Pieter Timmers | 48.57 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 48.60 |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 47.63 |
| 2 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 48.17 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Nikita Lobintsev | 48.38 |
| 4 | RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 48.44 |
| 5 | FRAFrance | Fabien Gilot | 48.49 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | James Roberts | 48.57 |
| 7 | CAYCayman Islands | Brett Fraser | 48.92 |
| 8 | CAYCayman Islands | Shaune Fraser | 49.07 |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 47.63 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Nathan Adrian | 47.97 |
| 3 | CUBCuba | Hanser Garcia | 48.04 |
| 4 | NEDNetherlands | Sebastiaan Verschuren | 48.13 |
| 5 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 48.17 |
| 6 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 48.21 |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Yannick Agnel | 48.23 |
| 8 | RUSRussia | Nikita Lobintsev | 48.38 |
| 9 | POLPoland | Konrad Czerniak | 48.44 |
| 9 | RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 48.44 |
| 11 | FRAFrance | Fabien Gilot | 48.49 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | James Roberts | 48.57 |
| 12 | BELBelgium | Pieter Timmers | 48.57 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 48.60 |
| 15 | CAYCayman Islands | Brett Fraser | 48.92 |
| 16 | CAYCayman Islands | Shaune Fraser | 49.07 |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | NEDNetherlands | Sebastiaan Verschuren | 48.37 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | James Magnussen | 48.38 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Brent Hayden | 48.53 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Cullen Jones | 48.61 |
| 5 | FRAFrance | Fabien Gilot | 48.95 |
| 6 | CAYCayman Islands | Shaune Fraser | 48.99 |
| 7 | ITAItaly | Luca Dotto | 49.43 |
| 8 | SWESweden | Stefan Nystrand | 49.55 |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Canceled |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | BELBelgium | Pieter Timmers | 48.54 |
| 2 | POLPoland | Konrad Czerniak | 48.67 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | James Roberts | 48.93 |
| 3 | FRAFrance | Yannick Agnel | 48.93 |
| 5 | CUBCuba | Hanser Garcia | 48.97 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Marco Di Carli | 49.03 |
| 7 | RSASouth Africa | Graeme Moore | 49.29 |
| 8 | BRABrazil | Nicolas Oliveira | 49.51 |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Nathan Adrian | 48.19 |
| 2 | RSASouth Africa | Gideon Louw | 48.29 |
| 3 | CAYCayman Islands | Brett Fraser | 48.54 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Nikita Lobintsev | 48.60 |
| 5 | BRABrazil | Cesar Cielo Filho | 48.67 |
| 6 | ITAItaly | Filippo Magnini | 49.18 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Adam Brown | 49.20 |
| 99 | RUSRussia | Danila Izotov | DNS |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROURomania | Norbert Trandafir | 49.02 |
| 2 | CZECzechia | Martin Verner | 49.49 |
| 3 | KENKenya | David Dunford | 49.60 |
| 4 | LTULithuania | Mindaugas Sadauskas | 49.78 |
| 5 | SUISwitzerland | Dominik Meichtry | 49.95 |
| 6 | GREGreece | Kristian Gkolomeev | 50.08 |
| 99 | CHNChina | Lu Zhiwu | DNS |
| 99 | HUNHungary | Dominik Kozma | DNS |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | TURTürkiye | Kemal Arda Gurdal | 49.71 |
| 2 | LATLatvia | Uvis Kalnins | 49.96 |
| 3 | PARParaguay | Benjamin Hockin | 50.12 |
| 4 | ALGAlgeria | Nabil Kebbab | 50.37 |
| 5 | BLRBelarus | Yauhen Tsurkin | 50.53 |
| 6 | URUUruguay | Jose Melconian | 50.68 |
| 7 | ISVU.S. Virgin Islands | Branden Whitehurst | 51.04 |
| 99 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | George Richard Bovell | DNS |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | ALBAlbania | Sidni Hoxha | 51.11 |
| 2 | GUAGuatemala | Kevin Avila | 51.44 |
| 3 | MLTMalta | Andrew Chetcuti | 51.67 |
| 4 | ARUAruba | Jemal Le Grand | 51.86 |
| 5 | BOLBolivia | Andrew Rutherfurd | 52.57 |
| 6 | IRIIran | Mohammad Bidaryan | 52.93 |
| 7 | GUMGuam | Christopher Duenas | 53.37 |
| 8 | ARMArmenia | Mikayel Koloyan | 53.82 |
| Men's 100m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | GRNGrenada | Esau Simpson | 53.26 |
| 2 | TKMTurkmenistan | Sergey Krovyakov | 54.43 |
| 3 | FIJFiji | Paul Elaisa | 54.87 |
| 4 | GUYGuyana | Niall Roberts | 55.66 |
| 5 | MGLMongolia | Andrei Tamir | 56.37 |
| 6 | SEYSeychelles | Shane Mangroo | 56.46 |
| 7 | NCANicaragua | Omar Nuñez | 57.11 |
| 8 | PAKPakistan | Israr Hussain | 57.86 |
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