World’s Fastest 100m Freestyle – Men’s Short Course
World Record: Kyle Chalmers, Australia, 44.84 – 29 October 2021, World Cup
World Junior Record: David Popovici, Romania, 45.64 – 15 December 2022, World Championships
Commonwealth Record: Kyle Chalmers, Australia, 44.84 – 29 October 2021, World Cup
Top 9 All-time Performers:
- Kyle Chalmers (21.40, 23.44) 44.84
- Amaury Leveaux (21.72, 23.22) 44.94
- Vladimir Morozov (21.34, 23.61) 44.95
- Florent Manaudou (21.59, 23.45) 45.04
- Jack Alexy (21.23, 23.82) 45.05
- Caeleb Dressel (21.73, 23.35) 45.08
- Nathan Adrian (21.45, 23.68) 45.08
- Jordon Crooks (21.58, 23.64) 45.22
- Evgeny Lagunov (21.85, 23.51) 45.36
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The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 100m Freestyle 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. Here is Kyle Chalmers new World Record. Here is Amaury Leveaux’s old 100m Freestyle World Record swim to view.
Here is the list of the Men’s 100m Freestyle Long Course for comparison.
| Men's 100m Freestyle - Short Course | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Chalmers | Amaury Leveau | Vladimir Morozov | Florent Manaudou | Caeleb Dressel | Nathan Adrian | Evgeny Lagunov | |
| Height: | 198lb 90kg | 6 ft 8 in 202cm | 6 ft 1 in 185cm | 6 ft 6 in 199cm | 6 ft 3 in 191cm | 6 ft 6 in 198cm | 6 ft 2 in 188cm |
| Weight: | 6ft 4in 1.93m | 194Ib 88kg | 187Ib 85kg | 238Ib 108kg | 194Ib 88kg | 225Ib 102kg | 170Ib 77kg |
| Country: | AUS | FRA | RUS | FRA | USA | USA | RUS |
| DOB: | 1998-06-25 | 1985-12-02 | 1992-06-16 | 1990-11-12 | 1996-08-16 | 1988-12-07 | 1995-12-14 |
| Meet: | FINA World Cup, Kazan, 29th Oct 2021 | European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 | FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 | French Short Course National Chmapionships | ISL 2020- Season Final | Duel in the Pool 2009 | European Short Course Swimming Championships 2009 |
| 1st 25m Split | |||||||
| Strokes | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Split Time: | |||||||
| 2nd 25m Split | |||||||
| Strokes | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | |
| Split Time: | 21.40 | 21.72 | 21.34 | 21.59 | 21.73 | 21.45 | 21.85 |
| 50m PB: | 20.68 | 20.48 | 20.31 | 20.26 | 20.16 | 20.95 | 20.89 |
| Time off 50m PB: | 0.72 | 1.24 | 1.03 | 1.33 | 1.57 | 0.50 | 0.96 |
| Percentage of 50m PB: | 103.348% | 106.055% | 105.071% | 106.565% | 107.788% | 102.387% | 104.596% |
| 3rd 25m Split | |||||||
| Strokes | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 14 | |
| Split Time: | |||||||
| 4th 25m Split | |||||||
| Strokes | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
| Total Time: | 44.84 | 44.94 | 44.95 | 45.04 | 45.08 | 45.08 | 45.36 |
Note World’s Fastest 100m Freestyle – Men’s Short Course Updated Nov 2024
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