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Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date November 17, 2010 (2010-11-17)
Competitors 41 from 26 nations
Medalists
Gold medal    South Korea
Silver medal    China
Bronze medal    Japan
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The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

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.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Asian records were as follows.


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