Germany’s Marco Koch maintained his fastest seed out of prelims, posting a time of 56.86 to earn lane four for Wednesday night’s semifinal in the men’s 100 breast.
Brazil’s Felipe Franca Silva qualified second in 56.99, touching just one one-hundredth ahead of Russia’s Vladimir Morozov in their heat. Morozov earned lane three for the final in 57.00.
Americans Nic Fink (57.10) and Cody Miller (57.14) were next, and Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli was close behind in sixth place in 57.22.
Russia’s Oleg Kostin qualified seventh in 57.52, and Belarus’ Ilya Shmanovich finished eighth in 57.65, just ahead of South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh. The 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the event posted a time of 57.67, missing the final by just two one-hundredths of a second.
