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:
- Adam Peaty (26.63, 30.25) 56.88
- Qin Haiyang (26.96, 30.73) 57.69
- Arno Kamminga (27.14, 30.66) 57.80
- Michael Andrew (26.83, 31.31) 58.14
- Nicolo Martinenghi (27.39, 30.87) 58.26
- Ilya Shymanovich (26.92, 31.37) 58.29
- Nic Fink (27.25, 31.11) 58.36
- James Wilby (27.62, 30.84) 58.46
- Cameron Van Der Burgh (27.07, 31.39) 58.46
- 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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