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Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Winning time
  
46.91 seconds

Venue
  
Foro Italico

Start date
  
2009

Competitors
  
211

Dates
  
29 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 30 July 2009 (final)

The men's 100 m freestyle at the 2009 World Championships took place on 29 July (heats and semifinals) and the evening of 30 July (finals) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Existing records at the start of the 2009 Championships were:

  • World record (WR): 47.05, Eamon Sullivan (Australia), 13 August 2008, Beijing, China
  • Championship record (CR): 48.12, Filippo Magnini (Italy), Montreal 2005, (28 July 2005)

    • Note: During the 4×100 m freestyle relay on Sunday, 26 July 2009, the CR in the 100 m freestyle was bettered 4 times by the following lead-off legs:

    1. Brent Hayden, Canada — 47.77 (Heat 3)
    2. Stefan Nystrand, Sweden — 47.52 (Heat 4)
    3. César Cielo, Brazil — 47.39 (Heat 5)
    4. César Cielo, Brazil — 47.09 (Final)

    Records

    The following records were established during the competition:

    References

    Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle Wikipedia
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