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 7 All-time Performers:

  1. Kyle Chalmers (21.40, 23.44) 44.84
  2. Amaury Leveaux (21.72, 23.22) 44.94
  3. Vladimir Morozov  (21.34, 23.61) 44.95
  4. Florent Manaudou (21.59, 23.45) 45.04
  5. Caeleb Dressel (21.73, 23.35) 45.08
  6. Nathan Adrian (21.45, 23.68) 45.08
  7. 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 ChalmersAmaury LeveauVladimir MorozovFlorent ManaudouCaeleb DresselNathan AdrianEvgeny Lagunov
Height:198lb 90kg6 ft 8 in 202cm6 ft 1 in 185cm6 ft 6 in 199cm6 ft 3 in 191cm6 ft 6 in 198cm6 ft 2 in 188cm
Weight:6ft 4in 1.93m194Ib 88kg187Ib 85kg238Ib 108kg194Ib 88kg225Ib 102kg170Ib 77kg
Country:AUSFRARUSFRAUSAUSARUS
DOB:1998-06-251985-12-02 1992-06-16 1990-11-12 1996-08-161988-12-07 1995-12-14
Meet:FINA World Cup, Kazan, 29th Oct 2021European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008FINA Swimming World Cup 2018French Short Course National ChmapionshipsISL 2020- Season FinalDuel in the Pool 2009European Short Course Swimming Championships 2009
1st 25m Split
Strokes99101012
Split Time:
2nd 25m Split
Strokes121011141415
Split Time:21.4021.7221.3421.5921.7321.4521.85
50m PB:20.6820.4820.3120.2620.1620.9520.89
Time off 50m PB:0.721.241.031.331.570.500.96
Percentage of 50m PB:103.348%106.055%105.071%106.565%107.788%102.387%104.596%
3rd 25m Split
Strokes121211151414
Split Time:
4th 25m Split
Strokes141515161616
Total Time:44.8444.9444.9545.0445.0845.0845.36

Note World’s Fastest 100m Freestyle – Men’s Short Course Updated Nov 2024

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