| Men 100m Freestyle Swimming VII World Championship 1994 Rome, Italy - Wednesday, 7th September - Gold Medal: Alexander Popov, Russia | 
| Final 19:23 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts |  | 1. Alexander Popov |   Russia | 49.12s |   | 4 | 22 | 871 |  | 2. Gary Hall Jr. |   United States | 49.41s | +0.29s | 3 | 19 | 855 |  | 3. Gustavo Franca Borges |   Brazil | 49.52s | +0.40s | 5 | 21 | 850 |  | 4. Jon Olsen |   United States | 49.90s | +0.78s | 8 | 25 | 830 |  | 5. Christian Troger |   Germany | 50.03s | +0.91s | 6 | 24 | 824 |  | 6. Tommy Werner |   Sweden | 50.06s | +0.94s | 7 | 28 | 822 |  | 7. Raimundas Mazuolis |   Lithuania | 50.20s | +1.08s | 1 | 22 | 815 |  | 8. Stephen Clarke |   Canada | 50.27s | +1.15s | 2 | 21 | 812 |   
 | 
 |  
| Final B 19:31 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 9. Ricardo Busquets |   Puerto Rico | 50.10s |   | 4 | 19 | 820 | 1. |  | 10.Attila Czene |   Hungary | 50.23s | +0.13s | 7 | 20 | 814 | 2. |  | 11.Fredrik Letzler |   Sweden | 50.53s | +0.43s | 5 | 22 | 800 | 3. |  | 12.Christophe Kalfayan |   France | 50.55s | +0.45s | 6 | 25 | 799 | 4. |  | 13.Rostislav Sylant'yev |   Ukraine | 50.71s | +0.61s | 1 |   | 791 | 5. |  | 14.Fernando De Queiroz Scherer |   Brazil | 50.75s | +0.65s | 3 | 19 | 789 | 6. |  | 15.Chris Fydler |   Australia | 50.79s | +0.69s | 8 | 21 | 787 | 7. |  | 16.Torsten Spanneberg |   Germany | 51.10s | +1.00s | 2 | 19 | 773 | 8. |   
 | 
 |  
 | 
 | 
      
 | 
|
Heats - Monday, 5th September 10:39 | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 to Final B. | 
| Heat 10 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 1. Alexander Popov |   Russia | 49.33s |   | 4 | 22 | 859 | 1. |  | 5. Stephen Clarke |   Canada | 50.18s | +0.85s | 3 | 21 | 816 | 5. |  | 7. Raimundas Mazuolis |   Lithuania | 50.20s | +0.87s | 5 | 22 | 815 | 7. |  | 9. Ricardo Busquets |   Puerto Rico | 50.24s | +0.91s | 2 | 19 | 814 | 9. |  | 12.Christophe Kalfayan |   France | 50.42s | +1.09s | 6 | 25 | 805 | 12. |  | 15.Rostislav Sylant'yev |   Ukraine | 50.63s | +1.30s | 1 |   | 795 | 15. |  | 21.Andrew Baildon |   Australia | 51.12s | +1.79s | 7 | 23 | 772 | 21. |  | 26.Yukihiro Matsushita |   Japan | 51.52s | +2.19s | 8 | 21 | 754 | 26. |   
 | 
 | 
| Heat 9 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 2. Gustavo Franca Borges |   Brazil | 49.57s | +0.24s | 5 | 21 | 847 | 2. |  | 3. Gary Hall Jr. |   United States | 49.85s | +0.52s | 4 | 19 | 833 | 3. |  | 10.Fredrik Letzler |   Sweden | 50.26s | +0.93s | 1 | 22 | 813 | 10. |  | 13.Torsten Spanneberg |   Germany | 50.53s | +1.20s | 3 | 19 | 800 | 13. |  | 14.Attila Czene |   Hungary | 50.60s | +1.27s | 7 | 20 | 796 | 14. |  | 16.Chris Fydler |   Australia | 50.64s | +1.31s | 6 | 21 | 794 | 16. |  | 18.Yoav Bruck |   Israel | 50.81s | +1.48s | 2 | 22 | 786 | 18. |  | 37.Salim Iles |   Algeria | 52.31s | +2.98s | 8 | 19 | 721 | 37. |   
 | 
| Heat 8 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 4. Christian Troger |   Germany | 50.06s | +0.73s | 5 | 24 | 822 | 4. |  | 8. Jon Olsen |   United States | 50.22s | +0.89s | 4 | 25 | 815 | 8. |  | 17.Pavlo Khnykin |   Ukraine | 50.69s | +1.36s | 7 | 25 | 792 | 17. |  | 19.Francisco Demetrio Sšnchez Betancourt |   Venezuela | 50.82s | +1.49s | 3 | 18 | 786 | 19. |  | 20.Vlad Pyshnenko |   Russia | 50.98s | +1.65s | 2 | 24 | 779 | 20. |  | 27.Sion Brinn |   Jamaica | 51.59s | +2.26s | 6 | 21 | 751 | 27. |  | 28.Nelson Vargas |   Mexico | 51.69s | +2.36s | 8 |   | 747 | 28. |  | 34.Attila Zubor |   Hungary | 51.95s | +2.62s | 1 | 19 | 736 | 34. |   
 | 
 | 
| Heat 7 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 6. Tommy Werner |   Sweden | 50.19s | +0.86s | 3 | 28 | 816 | 6. |  | 11.Fernando De Queiroz Scherer |   Brazil | 50.31s | +0.98s | 4 | 19 | 810 | 11. |  | 22.Sergey Borisenko |   Kazakhstan | 51.32s | +1.99s | 7 | 23 | 763 | 22. |  | 22.Alen Loncar |   Croatia | 51.32s | +1.99s | 8 | 20 | 763 | 22. |  | 22.Indrek Sei |   Estonia | 51.32s | +1.99s | 6 | 22 | 763 | 22. |  | 30.Razvan Petcu |   Romania | 51.72s | +2.39s | 1 | 21 | 746 | 30. |  | 35.Oleg Rukhlevich |   Belarus | 52.21s | +2.88s | 2 | 20 | 725 | 35. |  | 40.Sami Khoudeir |   Syria | 52.41s | +3.08s | 5 |   | 717 | 40. |   
 | 
| Heat 6 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 25.Artur Wojdat |   Poland | 51.46s | +2.13s | 1 | 26 | 757 | 25. |  | 29.Rob Braknis |   Canada | 51.70s | +2.37s | 7 | 21 | 747 | 29. |  | 31.Aleksey Yegorov |   Kazakhstan | 51.84s | +2.51s | 4 | 19 | 740 | 31. |  | 32.Tamer Hamed Ali Zinhom Muhammad |   Egypt | 51.86s | +2.53s | 8 | 20 | 740 | 32. |  | 43.Enrico Linscheer |   Suriname | 52.80s | +3.47s | 2 | 19 | 701 | 43. |  | 44.Federico Ferrea |   Argentina | 52.89s | +3.56s | 5 |   | 697 | 44. |  | 44.Vladimir Kotlovski |   Belarus | 52.89s | +3.56s | 3 |   | 697 | 44. |  | 49.Earl McCarthy |   Ireland | 53.03s | +3.70s | 6 | 25 | 692 | 49. |   
 | 
 | 
| Heat 5 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 36.Krzysztof Cwalina |   Poland | 52.29s | +2.96s | 8 | 23 | 722 | 36. |  | 39.Massimo Trevisan |   Italy | 52.39s | +3.06s | 5 | 26 | 717 | 39. |  | 41.Emanuele Idini |   Italy | 52.50s | +3.17s | 4 | 23 | 713 | 41. |  | 42.Felipe Delgado |   Ecuador | 52.77s | +3.44s | 3 | 21 | 702 | 42. |  | 46.Viacheslva Kabanov |   Uzbekistan | 52.92s | +3.59s | 7 | 26 | 696 | 46. |  | 47.Stavros Michaelides |   Cyprus | 52.95s | +3.62s | 6 | 23 | 695 | 47. |  | 51.Frantisek Zahradnik |   Slovakia | 53.59s | +4.26s | 1 |   | 670 | 51. |  | 52.Jorge Anaya |   Mexico | 53.84s | +4.51s | 2 |   | 661 | 52. |   
 | 
| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 33.Marijan Kanjer |   Croatia | 51.91s | +2.58s | 4 | 20 | 737 | 33. |  | 38.Vesa Hanski |   Finland | 52.34s | +3.01s | 7 | 20 | 719 | 38. |  | 50.Paulo Manuel Trindade |   Portugal | 53.05s | +3.72s | 6 | 27 | 691 | 50. |  | 53.Tomas Tobulevicius |   Lithuania | 53.92s | +4.59s | 5 |   | 658 | 53. |  | 54.Derrick Bollinger |   Guam | 54.15s | +4.82s | 2 | 16 | 650 | 54. |  | 54.Hector Perez |   Dominicana | 54.15s | +4.82s | 3 |   | 650 | 54. |  | 56.Wei-Chieh Tseng |   Chinese Taipei | 54.41s | +5.08s | 1 |   | 640 | 56. |  | 57.Chan-Wei Hsu |   Chinese Taipei | 54.42s | +5.09s | 8 |   | 640 | 57. |   
 | 
 | 
| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 58.Kenny Roberts |   Seychelles | 54.79s | +5.46s | 6 | 16 | 627 | 58. |  | 59.Cesar Peguero |   Dominicana | 55.39s | +6.06s | 4 |   | 607 | 59. |  | 60.Adil Sekkat |   Marocco | 55.84s | +6.51s | 5 |   | 592 | 60. |  | 61.Ivan Roberts |   Seychelles | 56.17s | +6.84s | 7 | 21 | 582 | 61. |  | 62.Mouhamedou Diop |   Senegal | 56.60s | +7.27s | 3 | 30 | 569 | 62. |  | 63.Jose Mossiane |   Mozambique | 56.77s | +7.44s | 2 | 23 | 564 | 63. |  | 69.Fahad Al-Asfour |   Kuwait | 58.44s | +9.11s | 1 |   | 517 | 69. |  | 70.Jean Razakarivony |   Madagascar | 58.79s | +9.46s | 8 | 18 | 508 | 70. |   
 | 
| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 64.Ming Yuen Lee |   Macau | 57.52s | +8.19s | 4 |   | 542 | 64. |  | 65.Kam Soi Ng |   Macau | 57.94s | +8.61s | 5 |   | 530 | 65. |  | 66.Amir Ata Sheikh Danaii |   Iran | 57.97s | +8.64s | 1 |   | 529 | 66. |  | 67.Farshad Karami |   Iran | 58.05s | +8.72s | 3 |   | 527 | 67. |  | 68.Matteo Cesarini |   San Marino | 58.28s | +8.95s | 6 |   | 521 | 68. |  | 71.Ahmad Faraj |   UA Emirates | 59.05s | +9.72s | 7 | 28 | 501 | 71. |  | 72.Bilal Bux |   Pakistan | 59.14s | +9.81s | 2 |   | 499 | 72. |  | 74.Mohamed Bin Abid |   UA Emirates | 1:01.05 | +11.72s | 8 | 25 | 453 | 74. |   
 | 
 | 
| Heat 1 10:39 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 47.Janko Gojkovic |   Bosnia Herzegovina | 52.95s | +3.62s | 3 | 21 | 695 | 47. |  | 73.Jasem Al-Asfour |   Kuwait | 59.86s | +10.53s | 5 |   | 481 | 73. |  | 75.Heathcliff Bremner |   Guyana | 1:02.56 | +13.23s | 4 |   | 421 | 75. |   
 |