The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 24 July. The heats and semifinals took place 23 July, with the final being held on 24 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 59.94 Moscow, Russia 29 June 2001Championship record 1:01.24 Rome, Italy 5 September 1994 The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 23 July Heat 7 Kosuke Kitajima 1:00.95 CR 23 July Heat 8 Roman Sloudnov 1:00.40 CR 23 July Semifinal 2 Roman Sloudnov 59.94 WR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roman Sloudnov 1:00.40 Q, CR 2 Kosuke Kitajima 1:00.95 Q 3 Ed Moses 1:01.12 Q 4 Domenico Fioravanti 1:01.29 Q 5 Morgan Knabe 1:01.50 Q 6 Darren Mew 1:01.93 Q 7 Oleg Lisogor 1:02.03 Q 8 Ryosuke Imai 1:02.21 Q 9 Hugues Duboscq 1:02.34 Q 10 Daniel Málek 1:02.38 Q 11 Simon Cowley 1:02.42 Q 12 Jarno Pihlava 1:02.49 Q 13 Károly Güttler 1:02.50 Q 13 José Couto 1:02.50 Q 15 Eduardo Fischer 1:02.51 Q 16 Maxim Podoprigora 1:02.52 Q 17 Jens Kruppa 1:02.54 18 Davide Rummolo 1:02.60 19 Dmitri Komornikov 1:02.62 20 Regan Harrison 1:02.65 21 Vanja Rogulj 1:02.83 22 Elvin Chia 1:02.88 23 Anthony Robinson 1:02.98 24 Martin Gustafsson 1:03.33 25 Remo Lütolf 1:03.56 26 Álvaro Fortuny 1:04.11 27 Raiko Pachel 1:04.36 28 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson 1:04.41 29 Dov Malnik 1:04.71 30 Zeng Qiliang 1:04.93 31 Tam Chi Kin 1:04.94 32 Wickus Nienaber 1:05.10 33 Vladimir Labzin 1:05.15 34 Ansel Tjin A Tam 1:05.24 35 Valery Kalmikovs 1:05.36 36 Yang Shang-Hsuan 1:05.60 37 Michael Williamson 1:05.78 38 Malick Fall 1:06.09 39 Chen Cho-Yi 1:06.83 40 Jean Luc Razakarivony 1:07.07 41 Abdul Hafiz Salleh 1:07.20 42 Rainui Teriipaia 1:07.36 43 Sergey Voytsekhovich 1:07.88 44 Graham Smith 1:08.13 45 Baktash Gheidi 1:08.40 46 Andrei Zaharov 1:08.72 47 Guillermo Henriquez 1:08.90 48 Chan Wai Ma 1:08.98 48 Khaly Ciss 1:08.98 50 Daniel Kang 1:10.73 51 Onan Thom 1:12.48 52 Khurlee Enkhmandakh 1:14.03 53 João Carlos Paquet Aguiar 1:14.71 53 Zie Ahmed Oyattara 1:14.71 55 Seung Gin Lee 1:15.65 56 Alice Shrestha 1:17.11 57 Ganbold Urnultsaikhan 1:17.92 58 Iyad Housheya 1:18.02 59 Dean Palacios 1:18.43 60 Fahd Bayusuf 1:20.73 61 Mamadou Diallo 1:25.29 – Oday Mohammad DSQ – Bounchanh Khamchanh DNS – Juan José Madrigal DNS

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roman Sloudnov 59.94 Q, WR 2 Ed Moses 1:00.55 Q 3 Kosuke Kitajima 1:00.61 Q 4 Domenico Fioravanti 1:00.66 Q 5 Oleg Lisogor 1:01.24 Q 6 Morgan Knabe 1:01.25 Q 7 Darren Mew 1:01.47 Q 8 Hugues Duboscq 1:01.96 Q 9 Jarno Pihlava 1:02.02 10 Daniel Málek 1:02.10 11 José Couto 1:02.17 12 Károly Güttler 1:02.18 13 Maxim Podoprigora 1:02.22 14 Simon Cowley 1:02.35 15 Ryosuke Imai 1:02.49 16 Eduardo Fischer 1:03.08

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Roman Sloudnov 1:00.16 Domenico Fioravanti 1:00.47 Ed Moses 1:00.61 4 Kosuke Kitajima 1:00.67 5 Morgan Knabe 1:01.27 6 Oleg Lisogor 1:01.51 7 Darren Mew 1:01.92 8 Hugues Duboscq 1:01.94

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