World’s Fastest 100m Breaststroke – Men’s Long Course

World Record: Adam Peaty 56.88
Olympic Record: Adam Peaty 57.13
World Junior Record: Nicolo Martinenghi 59.01
Commonwealth Record: Adam Peaty 56.88

Top 10 All-time Performers:

1. Adam Peaty (26.63, 30.25) 56.88
2. Qin Haiyang (26.96, 30.73) 57.69
3. Arno Kamminga (27.14, 30.66) 57.80
4. Michael Andrew (26.83, 31.31) 58.14
5. Nicolo Martinenghi (27.39, 30.87) 58.26
6. Ilya Shymanovich (26.92, 31.37) 58.29
7. Nic Fink (27.25,  31.11) 58.36
8. James Wilby (27.62, 30.84) 58.46
9. Cameron Van Der Burgh (27.07, 31.39) 58.46
10. Brenton Rickard (27.67, 30.91) 58.58

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The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 100m Breaststroke – Men’s Long Course swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible.

Men's 100m Breaststroke - Long Course
	Adam Peaty	Qin Haiyang	Arno Kamminga	Michael Andrew	Nicolo Martinenghi	Ilya Shymanovich	Nic Fink	James Wilby	Cameron Van Der Burgh	Brenton Rickard
Height:	6ft 3in 191cm	6ft 183cm	6ft 184cm	6 ft 6in 198cm	6ft 2in 187cm	6ft 4in 194cm	6ft 3in 190cm	6ft 3in 191cm	6ft 1in 185cm	6ft 3in 190cm
Weight:	190lb 86kg	165lb 75kg		205lb 93kg	207lb 94kg	187lb 85kg	186lb 84kg	183Ib 83kg	187Ib 85kg	203Ib 92kg
Country:	England	CHN	Netherlands	USA	ITA	Belarus	USA	GBR	RSA	AUS
DOB:	1994-12-28	1999-05-17	1995-10-22	1999-04-18	1999-08-01	1994-08-02	1993-07-03	12-Nov-93	25-May-88	19-Oct-83
Meet:	18th FINA World Championships 2019	World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023	Tokyo 2020 Olympics (2021)	2021 U.S Olympic Swimming Trials	19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022	Meeting International FFN - Golden Tour 2019	2023 U.S.A Nationals	18th FINA World Championships 2019	Olympic Games London 2012	13th FINA World Championships 2009
1st 50m Split
Strokes	19	18		15	19	20	18	18	18	17
Split Time:	26.63	26.96	27.14	26.83	27.39	26.92	27.25	27.62	27.07	27.67
50m PB:	25.95	26.96	26.80	26.52	26.39	26.55	26.55	27.20	26.54	26.95
Time off 50m PB:	0.68	0.00	0.34	0.31	1.00	0.37	0.70	0.42	0.53	0.72
Percentage of 50m PB:	102.620%	100.000%	101.269%	101.170%	103.789%	101.390%	102.637%	101.544%	101.997%	102.672%
2nd 50m Split
Strokes	24	24		19	25	24	23	22	24
Split Time:	30.25	30.73	30.66	31.31	30.87	31.37	31.11	30.84	31.39	30.91
Total Time:	56.88	57.69	57.80	58.14	58.26	58.29	58.36	58.46	58.46	58.58

Here is Adam Peaty’s 100m Breaststroke World Record swim to view.

 

Here is the list of the Men’s 200m Breaststroke Long Course for comparison, and if you want to know how many times each swimmer has gone under the 2:07.00 mark in the 200m Breaststroke, have a look at this post Elite Swimmers of the 2:07 Club: Dominating the 200m Breaststroke.

Note: World’s Fastest 100m Breaststroke – Men’s Long Course Update June 2024

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