100m freestyle is a sport compete with the time it takes to swim the 100m.

Video, is a state of men's 100m freestyle final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Regulations commentary seen in 5 minutes

The competition area

  • 501 m pool swim round trip.
  • 1Is performed in eight human race.

Start

  • Take the starting blocks at the whistle.
  • Gun after the starting signal will be; "(provided by Take Your Marks) Take Your Marks".
  • Until the gun had to be stationary from "Take Your Marks", will be disqualified if moved.

Stroke

  • There is no provision how to swim.
  • To go to somewhere other than their own lane, to touch the rope course, you can walk or kicking the bottom of the pool is not allowed.
  • And after the turn after the start, since the 15m from the wall, you must be out on the water surface is part of the body.

Finish

  • 100will finish when you touch the wall of the pool swimming in the m.

The road to gold medal

  • Proceed through the semi-finals and finals → → qualifying.
  • In qualifying, the top 16 will advance to the semifinals name.
  • In the semifinals, the name of the top eight will advance to the finals.

World Record / Japanese record

100m free form

 RecordNameDate
Worldmen46"91Cesar Shierofiryo (Brazil)2009/07/30
Worldwomen52"07Britta Steffen-(Germany)2009/07/31
Japanmen48"49Takuro Fujii2009/12/08
Japanwomen54"00On 田春佳2012/04/06