100 metres freestyle

The 100 metres freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (blue riband event)[1] of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.

The switch to mid-race in a 100 m freestyle.

The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1922. The current world records holders are César Cielo (since 2009) and Sarah Sjöström (since 2017).

Australian Dawn Fraser won the event a record three times at the Olympics, and she is the only woman to win it more than once. Four men, American Duke Kahanamoku, Weissmuller, Russian Alexander Popov, and Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband won the event at the Olympics twice. Popov was also world champion (held since 1973) three times.

Men's champions

Olympic Games
See also: 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics
Edition Winner Time Notes
Athens 1896  Alfréd Hajós (HUN) 1:22.2
Paris 1900 not held
St. Louis 1904 the race was 100 yards, not 100 meters
London 1908  Charles Daniels (USA) 1:05.6
Stockholm 1912  Duke Kahanamoku (USA) 1:03.4
Antwerp 1920  Duke Kahanamoku (USA) 1:01.4
Paris 1924  Johnny Weissmuller (USA) 59.0
Amsterdam 1928  Johnny Weissmuller (USA) 58.6
Los Angeles 1932  Yasuji Miyazaki (JPN) 58.2 [2]
Berlin 1936  Ferenc Csik (HUN) 57.6 [2]
London 1948  Wally Ris (USA) 57.3
Helsinki 1952  Clarke Scholes (USA) 57.4 [2]
Melbourne 1956  Jon Henricks (AUS) 55.4
Rome 1960  John Devitt (AUS) 55.2
Tokyo 1964  Don Schollander (USA) 53.4
Mexico City 1968  Mike Wenden (AUS) 52.2
Munich 1972  Mark Spitz (USA) 51.22
Montreal 1976  Jim Montgomery (USA) 49.99
Moskow 1980  Jörg Woithe (GDR) 50.40
Los Angeles 1984  Rowdy Gaines (USA) 49.80
Seoul 1988  Matt Biondi (USA) 48.63
Barcelona 1992  Alexander Popov (EUN) 49.02
Atlanta 1996  Alexander Popov (RUS) 48.74
Sydney 2000  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) 48.30 [2]
Athens 2004  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) 48.17
Beijing 2008  Alain Bernard (FRA) 47.21 [2]
London 2012  Nathan Adrian (USA) 47.52
Rio de Janeiro 2016  Kyle Chalmers (AUS) 47.58

World Championships
See also: 100 m freestyle at the World Championships
Edition Winner Time Notes
Belgrade 1973  Jim Montgomery (USA) 51.70 [3]
Cali 1975  Andy Coan (USA) 51.25
Berlin 1978  David McCagg (USA) 50.24
Guayaquil 1982  Jörg Woithe (GDR) 50.18
Madrid 1986  Matt Biondi (USA) 48.94
Perth 1991  Matt Biondi (USA) 49.18
Roma 1994  Alexander Popov (RUS) 49.12
Perth 1998  Alexander Popov (RUS) 48.93
Fukuoka 2001  Anthony Ervin (USA) 48.33
Barcelona 2003  Alexander Popov (RUS) 48.42
Montreal 2005  Filippo Magnini (ITA) 48.12
Melbourne 2007  Filippo Magnini (ITA)
 Brent Hayden (CAN)		 48.43
Rome 2009  César Cielo (BRA) 46.91
Shanghai 2011  James Magnussen (AUS) 47.63
Barcelona 2013  James Magnussen (AUS) 47.71
Kazan 2015  Ning Zetao (CHN) 47.84
Budapest 2017  Caeleb Dressel (USA) 47.17
Gwanju 2019  Caeleb Dressel (USA) 46.96

Women's champions

Olympic Games
See also: 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics
Edition Winner Time Notes
Stockholm 1912  Fanny Durack (AUS) 1:22.2
Antwerp 1920  Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) 1:13.6
Paris 1924  Ethel Lackie (USA) 1:12.4
Amsterdam 1928  Albina Osipowich (USA) 1:11.0
Los Angeles 1932  Helene Madison (USA) 1:06.8
Berlin 1936  Rie Mastenbroek (NED) 1:05.9
London 1948  Greta Andersen (DEN) 1:06.3
Helsinki 1952  Katalin Szöke (HUN) 1:06.8
Melbourne 1956  Dawn Fraser (AUS) 1:02.0
Rome 1960  Dawn Fraser (AUS) 1:01.2
Tokyo 1964  Dawn Fraser (AUS) 59.5
Mexico City 1968  Jan Henne (USA) 1:00.0
Munich 1972  Sandra Neilson (USA) 58.59
Montreal 1976  Kornelia Ender (GDR) 55.65
Moskow 1980  Barbara Krause (GDR) 54.79
Los Angeles 1984  Nancy Hogshead (USA)  Carrie Steinseifer (USA) 55.92
Seoul 1988  Kristin Otto (GDR) 54.93
Barcelona 1992  Zhuang Yong (CHN) 54.65
Atlanta 1996  Le Jingyi (CHN) 54.50
Sydney 2000  Inge de Bruijn (NED) 53.83
Athens 2004  Jodie Henry (AUS) 53.84
Beijing 2008  Britta Steffen (GER) 53.12
London 2012  Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 53.00
Rio de Janeiro 2016  Simone Manuel (USA)  Penny Oleksiak (CAN) 52.70

World Championships
See also: 100 m freestyle at the World Championships
Edition Winner Time Notes
Belgrade 1973  Kornelia Ender (GDR) 57.54
Cali 1975  Kornelia Ender (GDR) 56.50
Berlin 1978  Barbara Krause (GDR) 55.68
Guayaquil 1982  Birgit Meineke (GDR) 55.79
Madrid 1986  Kristin Otto (GDR) 55.05
Perth 1991  Nicole Haislett (USA) 55.17
Roma 1994  Le Jingyi (CHN) 54.01
Perth 1998  Jenny Thompson (USA) 54.95
Fukuoka 2001  Inge de Bruijn (NED) 54.18
Barcelona 2003  Hanna-Maria Seppälä (FIN) 54.37
Montreal 2005  Jodie Henry (AUS) 54.18
Melbourne 2007  Libby Lenton (AUS) 53.40
Rome 2009  Britta Steffen (GER) 52.07
Shanghai 2011  Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) 53.45
 Jeanette Ottesen (DEN)
Barcelona 2013  Cate Campbell (AUS) 52.34
Kazan 2015  Bronte Campbell (AUS) 52.52
Budapest 2017  Simone Manuel (USA) 52.27
Gwanju 2019  Simone Manuel (USA) 52.04

See also

References
  1. Balym, Todd (April 7, 2015). "James Magnussen fuming after finishing second to Cameron McEvoy in 100m freestyle event". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  2. The Olympic Record was broken in the previous round.
  3. The Championship's Record was broken in the previous round.
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