The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2010 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Aoti Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
| Date | 17 November 2010 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 26 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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There were 41 competitors from 26 countries who took part in this events. Six heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.
Park Tae-hwan from South Korea won the gold medal with 48.70 seconds.
Schedule
editAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 17 November 2010 | 09:12 | Heats |
| 18:06 | Final |
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  César Cielo (BRA) |
46.91 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |
| Asian Record |  Takuro Fujii (JPN) |
48.49 | Hong Kong | 8 December 2009 |
| Games Record |  Chen Zuo (CHN) |
49.06 | Doha, Qatar | 6 December 2006 |
Results
edit- Legend
- DNS — Did not start
Heats
edit
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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 Park Tae-hwan (KOR) |
48.70 | GR |
 |
Lü Zhiwu (CHN) |
48.98 | |
 |
 Takuro Fujii (JPN) |
49.37 | |
| 4 | Shi Tengfei (CHN) |
50.02 | |
| 5 | Sho Uchida (JPN) |
50.07 | |
| 6 |  Wang Shao-an (TPE) |
50.34 | |
| 7 | Park Min-kyu (KOR) |
50.43 | |
| 8 |  David Wong (HKG) |
50.89 |
References
editExternal links
edit- Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Official Website
- Men's 100m Freestyle Ev.No.28 Final Official Website