100m Freestyle World Record

100m Freestyle World Record. The long course world record was destroyed repeatedly numerous times during the super-suit frenzy of 2008-2009 by three different swimmers Pan touched more than a second clear of Rio 2016 gold medallist Kyle Chalmers (47.48), and former world record holder David Popovici (47.49)..


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1976: Jim Montgomery: USA: 49.99: Won in world record time, the first man to swim 100 meters in under 50 seconds: 1980: Jörg Woithe. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools.

This was one of Spitz's seven gold medals at the Munich Games, all won in world record time His split times were 22.26 seconds for the first 50 meters and 24.54 seconds for the second 50 meters. Pan touched more than a second clear of Rio 2016 gold medallist Kyle Chalmers (47.48), and former world record holder David Popovici (47.49)..

. time 100m (sec.) 4484: Verified by FINA: YES: Record progression Please, use the filter below to narrow the result set

. The men's 100m freestyle is marked by exceptional performances, with Zhanle Pan holding the World Record at 46.80 seconds Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle