Swimming at the 2012 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games
Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Date Started: August 2, 2012
Date Finished: August 2, 2012
Format: Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final
| Gold: | Florent Manaudou |
| Silver: | Cullen Jones |
| Bronze: | César Cielo Filho |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cullen Jones | 28 | United States | USA | 21.54 | 0.64 | Q |
| 1 | César Cielo Filho | 25 | Brazil | BRA | 21.54 | 0.66 | Q |
| 3 | Anthony Ervin | 31 | United States | USA | 21.62 | 0.72 | Q |
| 4 | Eamon Sullivan | 26 | Australia | AUS | 21.88 | 0.63 | Q |
| 5 | Gideon Louw | 24 | South Africa | RSA | 21.92 | 0.74 | |
| 6 | James Magnussen | 21 | Australia | AUS | 22.00 | 0.71 | |
| 7 | Krisztián Takács | 26 | Hungary | HUN | 22.01 | 0.66 | |
| 8 | Andriy Hovorov | 20 | Ukraine | UKR | 22.12 | 0.70 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Fratus | 23 | Brazil | BRA | 21.63 | 0.69 | Q |
| 2 | George Bovell | 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 21.77 | 0.69 | Q |
| 3 | Florent Manaudou | 21 | France | FRA | 21.80 | 0.63 | Q |
| 4 | Roland Schoeman | 32 | South Africa | RSA | 21.88 | 0.64 | Q |
| 5 | Andrey Grechin | 24 | Russia | RUS | 21.98 | 0.72 | |
| 6 | Luca Dotto | 22 | Italy | ITA | 22.09 | 0.66 | |
| 7 | Brent Hayden | 28 | Canada | CAN | 22.12 | 0.64 | |
| 8 | Norbert Trandafir | 24 | Romania | ROU | 22.30 | 0.63 |