| Final 22:53 | time | gap | L | RT |  50m |  | 1. Adam Peaty |  GBR | 57.13s | WR | 4 | 0.57 | 26.61s | 1. |  | 2. Cameron van der Burgh |  RSA | 58.69s | 1.56 | 3 | 0.64 | 27.24s | 2. |  | 3. Cody Miller |  USA | 58.87s | 1.74AM | 5 | 0.67 | 27.48s | 5. |  | 4. Kevin Cordes |  USA | 59.22s | 2.09 | 2 | 0.69 | 27.39s | 3. |  | 5. Joao Gomes |  BRA | 59.31s | 2.18 | 1 | 0.68 | 27.46s | 4. |  | 6. Yasuhiro Koseki |  JPN | 59.37s | 2.24 | 6 | 0.69 | 28.17s | 6. |  | 7. Felipe Franca |  BRA | 59.38s | 2.25 | 7 | 0.67 | 28.69s | 8. |  | 8. Dmitriy Balandin |  KAZ | 59.95s | 2.82 | 8 | 0.69 | 28.48s | 7. |   
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| WR: Adam Peaty (GBR) | 57.92s | London (GBR) 17 Apr 2015 |  | OR: Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 57.55s | London (GBR) 29 Jul 2012  |  | WJ: Michael Andrew (USA) | 1:00.68 | San Antonio, TX (USA) 6 Aug 2015 |   
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| Ranking | time | L | HR |  | 1. Adam Peaty |   Great Britain | 57.62s | 4 | 1 2. |  | 2. Cody Miller |   United States | 59.05s | 3 | 2 2. |  | 3. Cameron van der Burgh |   South Africa | 59.21s | 6 | 3 2. |  | 4. Yasuhiro Koseki |   Japan | 59.23s | 4 | 1 1. |  | 5. Kevin Cordes |   United States | 59.33s | 5 | 2 1. |  | 6. Felipe França Silva |   Brazil | 59.35s | 5 | 4 2. |  | 7. João Gomes Júnior |   Brazil | 59.40s | 6 | 3 1. |  | 8. Dmitriy Balandin |   Kazakhstan | 59.45s | 2 | 5 2. |  |  eliminated |  | 9. Jake Packard |   Australia | 59.48s | 3 | 4 1. |  | 10.Giedrius Titenis |   Lithuania | 59.80s | 7 | 5 1. |  | 11.Ross Murdoch |   Great Britain | 1:00.05 | 2 | 6 1. |  | 12.Christian vom Lehn |   Germany | 1:00.23 | 8 | 6 2. |  | 13.Li Xiang |   China | 1:00.25 | 7 | 7 2. |  | 14.Vsevolod Zanko |   Russia | 1:00.39 | 1 | 8 2. |  | 15.Glenn Snyders |   New Zealand | 1:00.50 | 8 | 7 1. |  |  below Olympic Qualifyng Time 1:00.57. |  | 16.Jorge Murillo |   Colombia | 1:00.81 | 1 | 8 1. |   
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| Ranking | time | L | H |  | 1. Adam Peaty |   Great Britain | 57.55s WR | 4 | 6. |  | 2. Yasuhiro Koseki |   Japan | 58.91s | 6 | 4. |  | 3. Felipe França Silva |   Brazil | 59.01s SA | 3 | 5. |  | 4. Kevin Cordes |   United States | 59.13s | 4 | 4. |  | 5. Cody Miller |   United States | 59.17s | 5 | 4. |  | 6. Jake Packard |   Australia | 59.26s | 6 | 6. |  | 7. Cameron van der Burgh |   South Africa | 59.35s | 4 | 5. |  | 8. João Gomes Júnior |   Brazil | 59.46s | 5 | 5. |  | 9. Dmitriy Balandin |   Kazakhstan | 59.47s | 3 | 4. |  | 9. Ross Murdoch |   Great Britain | 59.47s | 3 | 6. |  | 11.Li Xiang |   China | 59.55s | 1 | 6. |  | 12.Giedrius Titenis |   Lithuania | 59.90s | 5 | 6. |  | 13.Vsevolod Zanko |   Russia | 59.91s | 2 | 6. |  | 14.Jorge Murillo |   Colombia | 59.93s | 5 | 3. |  | 15.Christian vom Lehn |   Germany | 1:00.13 | 2 | 4. |  | 16.Glenn Snyders |   New Zealand | 1:00.26 | 7 | 4. |  |  eliminated |  | 16.Gyurta Dániel |   Hungary | 1:00.26 | 8 | 4. |  | 18.Ippei Watanabe |   Japan | 1:00.33 | 1 | 5. |  | 19.Panagiotis Samilidis |   Greece | 1:00.35 | 8 | 6. |  | 20.Kirill Prigoda |   Russia | 1:00.37 | 6 | 5. |  | 21.Damir Dugonjič |   Slovenia | 1:00.41 | 7 | 5. |  | 22.Andrea Toniato |   Italy | 1:00.45 | 8 | 5. |  |  below Olympic Qualifyng Time 1:00.57. |  | 23.Andrius Šidlauskas |   Lithuania | 1:00.59 | 3 | 3. |  | 24.Yannick Käser |   Switzerland | 1:00.71 | 5 | 2. |  | 24.Jason Block |   Canada | 1:00.71 | 7 | 3. |  | 26.Silađi Čaba |   Serbia | 1:00.76 | 2 | 5. |  | 27.Laurent Carnol |   Luxembourg | 1:00.88 | 8 | 3. |  | 27.Yan Zibei |   China | 1:00.88 | 7 | 6. |  | 29.Marcin Stolarski |   Poland | 1:01.06 | 1 | 4. |  | 30.Carlos Claverie |   Venezuela | 1:01.13 | 4 | 2. |  | 30.Joshua Palmer |   Australia | 1:01.13 | 4 | 3. |  | 32.Erik Persson |   Sweden | 1:01.20 | 6 | 2. |  | 33.Nicholas Quinn |   Ireland | 1:01.29 | 3 | 2. |  | 34.Vladislav Mustafin |   Uzbekistan | 1:01.66 | 1 | 3. |  | 35.Anton Sveinn McKee |   Island | 1:01.84 | 6 | 3. |  | 36.Azad Al-Barazi |   Syria | 1:02.22 | 2 | 2. |  | 37.Radomyos Matjiur |   Thailand | 1:02.36 | 5 | 1. |  | 38.Matti Mattsson |   Finland | 1:02.45 | 1 | 2. |  | 39.Martin Melconian |   Uruguay | 1:02.67 | 4 | 1. |  | 40.Julian Fletcher |   Bermuda | 1:02.73 | 3 | 1. |  | 41.Crespo Édgar |   Panama | 1:02.78 | 7 | 2. |  |  below Olympic Selection Time (OST) 1:02.79. |  | 42.Tomáš Klobučník |   Slovakia | 1:02.93 | 2 | 3. |  | 43.Benjamin Schulte |   Guam | 1:03.29 | 2 | 1. |  | 44.Dustin Tynes |   Bahamas | 1:03.71 | 8 | 2. |  | 45.Amini Fonua |   Tonga | 1:06.40 | 6 | 1. |  | 46.Corey Ollivierre |   Grenada | 1:08.68 | 7 | 1. |   
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| Semi-Finals 06.08 Saturday Night. |  | Heats 06.08 Saturday Afternoon. |   
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| Olympic Qualifyng Time (OQT) 1:00.57 - NOC can enter up to 2 swimmers with OQT. |  | Olympic Selection Time (OST) 1:02.79, invitantional - A swwimer meeting the "invitation" standard was eligible for entry. But this entry was allotted/filled by ranking.  |   
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|  Olympic Qualifyng Time by NOC - 29 Swimmers - addtional 17 Swimmers. |  |  2 Quotas - 8 NOC |  |  Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:00.57 |  | 2 |  Australia | Jake Packard | Joshua Palmer |  | 2 |  Brazil | Felipe França Silva | João Gomes Júnior |  | 2 |  China | Li Xiang | Yan Zibei |  | 2 |  Great_Britain | Adam Peaty | Ross Murdoch |  | 2 |  Japan | Yasuhiro Koseki | Ippei Watanabe |  | 2 |  Lithuania | Andrius Šidlauskas | Giedrius Titenis |  | 2 |  Russia | Kirill Prigoda | Vsevolod Zanko |  | 2 |  United_States | Kevin Cordes | Cody Miller |  |  1 Quota 13 NOC |  | 1 |  Colombia | Jorge Murillo |  | 1 |  Germany | Christian vom Lehn |  | 1 |  Greece | Panagiotis Samilidis |  | 1 |  Hungary | Gyurta Dániel |  | 1 |  Iceland | Anton Sveinn McKee |  | 1 |  Italy | Andrea Toniato |  | 1 |  Kazakhstan | Dmitriy Balandin |  | 1 |  New_Zealand | Glenn Snyders |  | 1 |  Poland | Marcin Stolarski |  | 1 |  Serbia | Silađi Ĭaba |  | 1 |  Slovakia | Tomáš Klobučník |  | 1 |  Slovenia | Damir Dugonjič |  | 1 |  South_Africa | Cameron van der Burgh |  |  Olympic Selection Time – 1:02.69 - 13 NOC |  | 1 |  Bahamas | Dustin Tynes | [b] |  | 1 |  Canada | Jason Block |  | 1 |  Finland | Matti Mattsson | [a] |  | 1 |  Ireland | Nicholas Quinn | [a] |  | 1 |  Luxembourg | Laurent Carnol | [a] |  | 1 |  Panama | Edgar Crespo | [b] |  | 1 |  Switzerland | Yannick Käser | [a] |  | 1 |  Sweden | Erik Persson | [a] |  | 1 |  Syria | Azad Al-Barazi | [b] |  | 1 |  Thailand | Radomyos Matjiur | [b] |  | 1 |  Uruguay | Martín Melconian | [b] |  | 1 |  Uzbekistan | Vladislav Mustafin | [b] |  | 1 |  Venezuela | Carlos Claverie | [a] |  |  Universalitiy Places - 4 NOC |  | 1 |  Bermuda | Julian Fletcher |  | 1 |  Grenada | Corey Ollivierre |  | 1 |  Guam | Benjamin Schulte |  | 1 |  Tonga | Amini Fonua |  | 46 | Total |   
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