Thorpe needed to make the top 16 in the 100m freestyle to reach the semi-finals of the qualifiers but finished 21st with a time of 50.35 seconds.
On Thursday the 29-year-old also failed to make the 200m freestyle final, finishing 12th-fastest in the semis.
Thorpe, who came out of retirement last year, had struggled to post competitive times since returning to the pool.
But although disappointed to miss out on what would have been his third Olympic Games, Thorpe said he was considering carrying on.
He said: "Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
"But I'm glad that I was willing to put myself out there. I don't regret giving this a go."
He still has the desire he said, with next year's World Championships in Barcelona, the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 2016 Olympics in Rio on the radar.
"I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a few people and work out what is next, work out what the next preparation will be and what competition will be next," Thorpe said.
"I'm still swimming. When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to the Olympics. I still want to do all of those things.
"I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there."
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