| Final 18:56 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | 50m |  | 1. Kosuke Kitajima |   Japan | 59.78s | WR | 4 | 20 | 0.68 | 1015 | 28.61s |  | 2. Brendan Hansen |   United States | 1:00.21 | +0.43s | 6 | 21 | 0.70 | 1005 | 28.48s |  | 3. James Gibson |   Great Britain | 1:00.37 | +0.59s | 5 | 23 | 0.79 | 1001 | 27.86s |  | 4. Ed Moses |   United States | 1:00.87 | +1.09s | 3 | 23 | 0.71 | 989 | 28.65s |  | 5. Morgan Knabe |   Canada | 1:01.07 | +1.29s | 7 | 22 | 0.76 | 985 | 28.58s |  | 6. Domenico Fioravanti |   Italy | 1:01.23 | +1.45s | 1 | 26 | 0.79 | 981 | 29.35s |  | 7. Darren Mew |   Great Britain | 1:01.36 | +1.58s | 8 | 23 | 0.77 | 978 | 28.35s |  | 8. Hugues Duboscq |   France | 1:01.48 | +1.70s | 2 | 21 | 0.81 | 975 | 28.49s |   
| World and Championship Record: Roman Sloudnov, Russiated States 59.94s Fukuoka, Japan 23rd July 2001 |   
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  |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Semi 1 19:01 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 2. James Gibson |   Great Britain | 1:00.47 | +0.49s | 4 | 23 | 0.80 | 999 | 2. | 28.01s |  | 3. Ed Moses |   United States | 1:00.77 | +0.79s | 6 | 23 | 0.71 | 992 | 3. | 28.61s |  | 5. Hugues Duboscq |   France | 1:00.98 | +1.00s | 5 | 21 | 0.78 | 987 | 5. | 28.46s |  | 7. Domenico Fioravanti |   Italy | 1:01.46 | +1.48s | 8 | 26 | 0.78 | 975 | 7. | 28.96s |  | 9. Oleg Lisogor |   Ukraine | 1:01.65 | +1.67s | 3 | 24 | 0.76 | 971 | 9. | 28.83s |  | 12.Martin Gustafsson |   Sweden | 1:01.94 | +1.96s | 7 | 22 | 0.79 | 964 | 12. | 29.59s |  | 13.Michael Brown |   Canada | 1:02.06 | +2.08s | 1 | 19 | 0.75 | 961 | 13. | 29.45s |  | 15.Jarno Pihlava |   Finland | 1:02.18 | +2.20s | 2 | 24 | 0.73 | 958 | 15. | 29.12s |   
| Semi 2 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 1. Kosuke Kitajima |   Japan | 59.98s |   | 4 | 20 | 0.69 | 1010 | 1. | 28.66s |  | 4. Brendan Hansen |   United States | 1:00.83 | +0.85s | 6 | 21 | 0.72 | 990 | 4. | 28.86s |  | 6. Morgan Knabe |   Canada | 1:01.05 | +1.07s | 5 | 22 | 0.79 | 985 | 6. | 28.65s |  | 8. Darren Mew |   Great Britain | 1:01.60 | +1.62s | 1 | 23 | 0.77 | 972 | 8. | 28.36s |  | 10.Brenton Rickard |   Australia | 1:01.77 | +1.79s | 3 | 19 | 0.86 | 968 | 10. | 28.71s |  | 11.Roman Ivanovskii |   Russia | 1:01.93 | +1.95s | 2 | 26 | 0.78 | 964 | 11. | 28.86s |  | 13.Emil Tahirovic |   Slovenia | 1:02.06 | +2.08s | 8 | 23 | 0.77 | 961 | 13. | 28.87s |  | 16.Mark Warnecke |   Germany | 1:02.44 | +2.46s | 7 | 33 | 0.73 | 952 | 16. | 29.22s |   
| 1. Kosuke Kitajima |   Japan | 1:00.20 |   | 4 | 20 | 0.67 | 1005 | 1. | 28.74s |  | 2. James Gibson |   Great Britain | 1:00.74 | +0.54s | 5 | 23 | 0.78 | 992 | 2. | 28.48s |  | 12.Martin Gustafsson |   Sweden | 1:01.90 | +1.70s | 7 | 22 | 0.75 | 965 | 12. | 29.23s |  | 13.Darren Mew |   Great Britain | 1:01.96 | +1.76s | 3 | 23 | 0.83 | 964 | 13. | 28.77s |  | 17.KárolyGuttler |   Hungary | 1:02.35 | +2.15s | 6 | 35 | 0.75 | 954 | 17. | 28.85s |  | 27.Thijs Van Valkengoed |   Netherlands | 1:02.95 | +2.75s | 2 | 20 | 0.71 | 940 | 27. | 29.67s |  | 33.Vladislav Polyakov |   Kazakhstan | 1:03.19 | +2.99s | 1 | 19 | 0.77 | 935 | 33. | 29.54s |  | 36.Yohan Bernard |   France | 1:03.45 | +3.25s | 8 | 28 | 0.80 | 928 | 36. | 29.91s |   
| Heat 12 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 4. Hugues Duboscq |   France | 1:01.35 | +1.15s | 3 | 21 | 0.91 | 978 | 4. | 29.00s |  | 7. Brendan Hansen |   United States | 1:01.47 | +1.27s | 5 | 21 | 0.73 | 975 | 7. | 29.08s |  | 8. Ed Moses |   United States | 1:01.51 | +1.31s | 4 | 23 | 0.71 | 974 | 8. | 29.22s |  | 14.Michael Brown |   Canada | 1:02.00 | +1.80s | 1 | 19 | 0.76 | 963 | 14. | 29.27s |  | 20.Reiner Schneider |   Germany | 1:02.54 | +2.34s | 7 |   | 0.84 | 950 | 20. | 29.44s |  | 21.Dmitry Komornikov |   Russia | 1:02.57 | +2.37s | 6 | 21 | 0.93 | 959 | 21. | 29.76s |  | 38.Vanja Rogulj |   Croatia | 1:03.60 | +3.40s | 8 | 21 | 0.71 | 925 | 38. | 29.67s |  | -. Makoto Yamashita |   Japan | DSQ |   | 2 | 20 | 0.72 | - | -. | 29.65s |   
| Heat 11 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 3. Morgan Knabe |   Canada | 1:01.19 | +0.99s | 5 | 22 | 0.77 | 982 | 3. | 28.88s |  | 5. Brenton Rickard |   Australia | 1:01.37 | +1.17s | 1 | 19 | 0.82 | 978 | 5. | 28.48s |  | 6. Oleg Lisogor |   Ukraine | 1:01.40 | +1.20s | 4 | 24 | 0.75 | 977 | 6. | 29.02s |  | 9. Roman Ivanovskii |   Russia | 1:01.78 | +1.58s | 2 | 26 | 0.77 | 968 | 9. | 29.15s |  | 10.Jarno Pihlava |   Finland | 1:01.79 | +1.59s | 3 | 24 | 0.76 | 968 | 10. | 29.02s |  | 15.Emil Tahirovic |   Slovenia | 1:02.14 | +1.94s | 8 | 23 | 0.74 | 959 | 15. | 28.54s |  | 18.Richard Bodor |   Hungary | 1:02.37 | +2.17s | 6 | 24 | 0.77 | 954 | 18. | 29.31s |  | 25.Regan Harrison |   Australia | 1:02.84 | +2.64s | 7 | 24 | 0.68 | 943 | 25. | 29.56s |   
| Heat 10 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 19.Morten Nystrom |   Norway | 1:02.50 | +2.30s | 5 |   | 0.78 | 951 | 19. | 29.24s |  | 23.Eduardo Fischer |   Brazil | 1:02.80 | +2.60s | 4 | 23 | 0.78 | 944 | 23. | 30.19s |  | 26.Remo LÜtolf |   Switzerland | 1:02.86 | +2.66s | 1 | 23 | 0.81 | 942 | 26. | 29.16s |  | 28.Maxim Podoprigora |   Austria | 1:02.97 | +2.77s | 8 | 25 | 0.85 | 940 | 28. | 30.17s |  | 30.Mladen Tepavcevic |   Yugoslavia | 1:03.09 | +2.89s | 2 | 26 | 0.84 | 937 | 30. | 29.68s |  | 41.Andrew Bree |   Ireland | 1:03.73 | +3.53s | 6 | 22 | 0.77 | 922 | 41. | 30.04s |  | 43.Haibo Wang |   China | 1:04.14 | +3.94s | 3 | 21 | 0.75 | 912 | 43. | 30.81s |  | 45.Qiliang Zeng |   China | 1:04.23 | +4.03s | 7 | 28 | 0.71 | 910 | 45. | 29.88s |   
| Heat 9 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 11.Mark Warnecke |   Germany | 1:01.86 | +1.66s | 1 | 33 | 0.72 | 966 | 11. | 28.82s |  | 16.Domenico Fioravanti |   Italy | 1:02.28 | +2.08s | 4 | 26 | 0.79 | 956 | 16. | 29.48s |  | 22.Daniel Malek |   Czechia | 1:02.78 | +2.58s | 8 | 30 | 0.84 | 944 | 22. | 29.62s |  | 24.Davide Rummolo |   Italy | 1:02.82 | +2.62s | 7 | 25 | 0.83 | 943 | 24. | 30.01s |  | 32.Christopher Stewart |   South Africa | 1:03.12 | +2.92s | 5 |   | 0.75 | 936 | 32. | 29.46s |  | 35.Henrique Barbosa |   Brazil | 1:03.36 | +3.16s | 6 | 19 | 0.75 | 931 | 35. | 30.08s |  | 37.Alwin De Prins |   Luxembourg | 1:03.59 | +3.39s | 2 | 24 | 0.85 | 925 | 37. | 30.16s |  | 40.Malick Fall |   Senegal | 1:03.66 | +3.46s | 3 | 17 | 0.83 | 923 | 40. | 30.15s |   
| Heat 8 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 29.Sofiane Daid |   Algeria | 1:03.01 | +2.81s | 5 | 20 | 0.80 | 939 | 29. | 29.40s |  | 31.Jakob Johann Sveinsson |   Iceland | 1:03.11 | +2.91s | 4 | 20 | 0.80 | 936 | 31. | 29.93s |  | 34.Valerii Dymo |   Ukraine | 1:03.29 | +3.09s | 3 | 17 | 0.92 | 932 | 34. | 29.91s |  | 39.Matjaz Markic |   Slovenia | 1:03.65 | +3.45s | 6 | 20 | 0.77 | 924 | 39. | 28.75s |  | 44.Wickus Nienaber |   Swaziland | 1:04.22 | +4.02s | 7 | 22 | 0.72 | 910 | 44. | 30.22s |  | 47.Arsenio Lopez |   Puerto Rico | 1:05.23 | +5.03s | 2 | 24 | 0.82 | 896 | 47. | 30.28s |  | 54.Oleg Sidorov |   Uzbekistan | 1:06.03 | +5.83s | 1 | 19 | 0.89 | 868 | 54. | 31.08s |  | -. Juan Jose Madrigal |   Costa Rica | DSQ |   | 8 | 29 | 0.80 | - | -. | 31.11s |   
| Heat 7 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 42.Christopher Hansen |   Norway | 1:03.83 | +3.63s | 2 | 22 | 0.70 | 919 | 42. | 29.84s |  | 46.Vladimir Labzin |   Estonia | 1:04.79 | +4.59s | 3 | 20 | 0.78 | 897 | 46. | 30.56s |  | 48.Raphael Matthew Chua |   Philippines | 1:05.35 | +5.15s | 7 | 20 | 0.76 | 884 | 48. | 30.82s |  | 51.Alvaro Fortuny Lopez |   Guatemala | 1:05.71 | +5.51s | 4 | 24 | 0.74 | 875 | 51. | 30.47s |  | 56.Chi Kin Tam |   Hong Kong | 1:06.38 | +6.18s | 5 | 22 | 0.80 | 860 | 56. | 31.00s |  | 59.Sergey Voytsekhovich |   Uzbekistan | 1:07.25 | +7.05s | 1 | 20 | 0.85 | 839 | 59. | 31.21s |  | 62.Ahmad Al-Kudmani |   Saudi Arabia | 1:08.14 | +7.94s | 6 | 23 | 0.74 | 819 | 62. | 31.69s |  | -. Mihail Alexandrov |   Bulgaria | DNS |   | 8 | 18 | - | - | -. |   |   
| Heat 6 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 50.Seung Hun You |   South Korea | 1:05.58 | +5.38s | 4 | 20 | 0.64 | 878 | 50. | 30.80s |  | 52.Rainui Teriipaia |   Tahiti | 1:05.88 | +5.68s | 7 | 20 | 0.75 | 871 | 52. | 31.09s |  | 53.Jon Oddur Sigurdsson |   Iceland | 1:05.91 | +5.71s | 3 | 19 | 0.74 | 870 | 53. | 30.27s |  | 55.Andrei Capitanciuc |   Moldova | 1:06.08 | +5.88s | 5 | 18 | 0.76 | 867 | 55. | 30.40s |  | 57.Grant Galant |   South Africa | 1:07.05 | +6.85s | 6 |   | 0.74 | 844 | 57. | 32.03s |  | 59.Jean Razakarivony |   Madagascar | 1:07.25 | +7.05s | 1 | 27 | 0.83 | 839 | 59. | 31.38s |  | 68.Antonio Manuel Leon Candia |   Paraguay | 1:09.45 | +9.25s | 8 | 21 | 0.91 | 789 | 68. | 31.63s |  | 71.Cheuk Lun Li |   Hong Kong | 1:09.74 | +9.54s | 2 |   | 0.77 | 782 | 71. | 31.63s |   
| Heat 5 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 58.Hocine Haciane |   Andora | 1:07.06 | +6.86s | 4 | 17 | 0.74 | 844 | 58. | 31.79s |  | 61.Santiago Cavanagh |   Bolivia | 1:07.89 | +7.69s | 5 | 17 | 0.73 | 824 | 61. | 30.85s |  | 63.Nam Nguyen Thanh |   Vietnam | 1:08.60 | +8.40s | 8 |   | 0.80 | 808 | 63. | 32.76s |  | 64.Kevin Hensley |   US Virgin Islands | 1:08.73 | +8.53s | 2 | 18 | 0.64 | 805 | 64. | 32.05s |  | 66.Baktash Gheidi |   Iran | 1:08.88 | +8.68s | 3 |   | 0.71 | 802 | 66. | 32.24s |  | 67.Chan Wai Ma |   Macau | 1:09.15 | +8.95s | 7 | 17 | 0.73 | 795 | 67. | 32.22s |  | 74.Marc Pascal Pierre Dansou |   Benin | 1:10.83 | +10.63s | 6 | 19 | 0.82 | 758 | 74. | 32.62s |  | 78.Jamie Peterkin |   Saint Lucia | 1:12.80 | +12.60s | 1 | 21 | 0.78 | 714 | 78. | 33.29s |   
| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 65.Conrad Francis |   Sri Lanka | 1:08.83 | +8.63s | 5 | 21 | 0.83 | 803 | 65. | 32.57s |  | 69.Eric Williams |   Nigeria | 1:09.66 | +9.46s | 6 | 25 | 0.87 | 784 | 69. | 31.53s |  | 70.Chisela Kanchela |   Zambia | 1:09.72 | +9.52s | 1 | 16 | 0.75 | 783 | 70. | 32.72s |  | 72.Hei Meng Lao |   Macau | 1:10.28 | +10.08s | 7 | 15 | 0.84 | 770 | 72. | 33.07s |  | 73.Onan Thom |   Guyana | 1:10.51 | +10.31s | 2 | 19 | 0.77 | 765 | 73. | 32.62s |  | 79.Daniel Kang |   Guam | 1:13.73 | +13.53s | 4 |   | 0.72 | 695 | 79. | 34.13s |  | 85.Iyad Housheyeh |   Palestine | 1:20.40 | +20.20s | 8 |   | 0.88 | 567 | 85. | 37.51s |  | 87.Ganzi Semu Mugula |   Uganda | 1:21.76 | +21.56s | 3 | 23 | 0.78 | 543 | 87. | 35.72s |   
| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 75.Amar Shah |   Kenya | 1:11.14 | +10.94s | 4 | 17 | 0.80 | 751 | 75. | 32.29s |  | 76.Igbekele Ayenuwa |   Nigeria | 1:11.31 | +11.11s | 5 | 22 | 0.73 | 747 | 76. | 33.11s |  | 77.Joao Matias |   Angola | 1:12.64 | +12.44s | 6 | 16 | 0.79 | 718 | 77. | 33.60s |  | 81.Alice Shrestha |   Nepal | 1:16.49 | +16.29s | 2 | 17 | 0.68 | 638 | 81. | 34.36s |  | 82.Guvanch Ataniyazov |   Turkmenistan | 1:16.99 | +16.79s | 8 | 17 | 0.82 | 629 | 82. | 34.77s |  | -. Khurlee Enkhmandakh |   Mongolia | DSQ |   | 1 |   | 0.75 | - | -. | 34.02s |  | -. Ahmed Ouattara Zie |   Ivory Coast | DNS |   | 3 | - | - | -. |   |   |  | -. Ben Traore |   Ivory Coast | DNS |   | 7 | - | - | -. |   |   |   
| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 49.Francisco Suriano Siu Chon Him |   El Salvador | 1:05.42 | +5.22s | 8 | 24 | 0.76 | 882 | 49. | 30.77s |  | 80.Omar Jasam |   Bahrain | 1:15.01 | +14.81s | 4 | 12 | 0.78 | 668 | 80. | 35.21s |  | 83.Peter Lynch |   Zambia | 1:18.24 | +18.04s | 3 | 15 | 0.76 | 605 | 83. | 36.53s |  | 84.Issam Halawani |   Palestine | 1:28.39 | +28.19s | 5 |   | 0.91 | 602 | 84. | 36.36s |  | 88.Stephenson Wallace |   St. Vincent Gren. | 1:23.56 | +23.36s | 6 | 20 | 0.89 | 513 | 88. | 38.54s |  | 89.Donnie Defreitas |   St. Vincent Gren. | 1:24.51 | +24.31s | 2 | 18 | 0.73 | 499 | 89. | 38.81s |  | 90.Mohamed Lamine Alhousseini Alhassan |   Niger | 1:26.21 | +26.01s | 1 | 24 | 1.18 | 473 | 90. | 37.43s |  | 91.Dawson Grace |   Samoa | 1:27.16 | +26.96s | 7 |   | 0.76 | 460 | 91. | 39.57s |   
| Heat 1 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 86.Ronald Ying |   Guyana | 1:21.41 | +21.21s | 3 |   | 0.72 | 549 | 86. | 36.43s |  | 92.Joshua Marfleet |   Samoa | 1:31.59 | +31.39s | 4 | 16 | 0.76 | 401 | 92. | 39.17s |  | -. Romain A. Aziz Belemtougri |   Burundi | DNS |   | 5 | 18 | - | - | -. |   |   
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