Men’s 100m Freestyle – Long Course World Record & Splits

Updated August 2026

Current Records

Record	Athlete	Time
World Record	Pan Zhanle	46.40
Olympic Record	Pan Zhanle	46.40
World Junior Record	David Popovici	46.86
Commonwealth Record	Cameron McEvoy	47.04

Top 10 All-Time Performers

#	Athlete	1st 50	2nd 50	Time
1	Pan Zhanle	22.28	24.12	46.40
2	David Popovici	22.49	24.02	46.51
3	Egor Kornev	22.06	24.68	46.74
4	Jack Alexy	22.45	24.36	46.81
5	Kristof Milak	22.41	24.46	46.87
6	César Cielo Filho	22.17	24.74	46.91
7	Alain Bernard	22.35	24.59	46.94
8	Caeleb Dressel	22.29	24.67	46.96
9	Cameron McEvoy	22.54	24.50	47.04
10	Eamon Sullivan	22.44	24.61	47.05
11=	Kyle Chalmers	22.79	24.29	47.08
12=	James Magnussen	22.68	24.42	47.10
12=	Guilherme Caribé	22.23	24.87	47.10

Times shown with race 50m splits where known. Tied times listed on separate rows.

Split Analysis & Comparison

The table below compares elite 100m freestyle long-course performances.
Use it to review 50m splits, stroke counts, and how the first 50 compares
to each swimmer’s 50m PB. Data is collected from official results and race footage where available.

Compare with
Men’s 100m Freestyle Short Course.

Men’s 100m Freestyle – Long Course
	Zhanle Pan	David Popovici	Jack Alexy	Cesar Cielo Filho	Alain Bernard	Caeleb Dressel	Cameron McEvoy	Eamon Sullivan	Kyle Chalmers	Guilherme Caribe	James Magnussen	Kliment Kolesnikov
Height:	6ft 2in 1.90m	6 ft 3 in 191cm	6ft 8in 2.03m	6ft 5in 1.95m	6ft 5in 1.96m	6ft 2in 1.88m	6ft 1in 1.85m	6ft 2in 1.89m	6ft 4in 1.93m	6ft 1in 1.85m	6ft 6in 1.98m	6 ft 5 in 196cm
Weight:	165lb 75kg		215lb 98kg	194lb 88kg	198lb 90kg	192lb 87kg	165lb 75kg	172lb 78kg	198lb 90kg	152lb 69kg	207lb 94kg	190Ib 80kg
Country:	CHN	ROM	USA	Brazil	France	USA	AUS	AUS	AUS	BRA	AUS	RUS
DOB:	2004-08-04	2004-09-15	2003-01-19	1987-01-10	1983-05-01	1996-08-16	1994-05-13	1985-08-30	1998-06-25	2003-03-01	1991-04-11	2000-07-09
Meet:	Olympic Games Paris 2024	World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025	World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025	13th FINA World Championships 2009	French Championships 2009	18th FINA World Championships 2019	2016 Australian Champs	Olympic Games Beijing 2008	18th FINA World Championships 2019	2025 Brazilian Swimming Championships	2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming	Tokyo Olympics 2020 (2021)


1st 50m Split
RT:	0.62	0.64	0.68	0.66		0.61		0.65	0.71	0.61		0.64
Strokes	30	29	26	30	32	29	32	32	30	28	28	29
Split Time:	22.28	22.49	22.45	22.17	22.35	22.29	22.54	22.44	22.79	22.23	22.68	22.52
50m PB:	22.26	22.22	21.32	20.91	21.49	21.04	21.44	21.28	22.07	21.46	21.52	21.89
Time off 50m PB:	0.02	0.27	1.13	1.26	0.86	1.25	1.10	1.16	0.72	0.77	1.16	0.63
Percentage of 50m PB:	100.090%	101.215%	105.300%	106.026%	104.002%	105.941%	105.131%	105.451%	103.262%	103.588%	105.390%	105.390%
2nd 50m Split
Strokes	34	35	32	34	40	35	38	39	35	34	36	35
Split Time:	24.12	24.02	24.36	24.74	24.59	24.67	24.50	24.61	24.29	24.87	24.42	24.59
Total Time:	46.40	46.51	46.81	46.91	46.94	46.96	47.04	47.05	47.08	47.10	47.10	47.11

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