Worlds Fastest 100m Butterfly – Women’s Long Course
World Record: Gretchen Walsh 55.18
Olympic Record:Gretchen Walsh 55.38
World Junior Record: Claire Curzan 56.43
Commonwealth Record: Margaret MacNeil 55.59
Top 10 All-time Performers:
- Gretchen Walsh (25.45, 29.73) 55.18
- Sarah Sjostrom (26.01, 29.47) 55.48
- Torri Huske (25.93, 29.59) 55.52
- Margaret MacNeil (26.50, 29.09) 55.59
- Yufei Zhang (25.76, 29.86) 55.62
- Emma McKeon (26.16, 29.56) 55.72
- Regan Smith (26.81, 29.11) 55.92
- Dana Vollmer (26.39, 29.44) 55.98
- Zige Lie (No data available) 56.07
- Rikako Ikee (25.89, 30.19) 56.08
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The chart below compares the Worlds Fastest 100m Butterfly – Women’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.
| Women's 100m Butterfly - Long Course | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Walsh | Sarah Sjostrom | Torri Huske | Margaret Macneil | Yufei Zhang | Regan Smith | Emma McKeon | Dana Vollmer | Zige Liu | Rikako Ikee | |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in 170cm | 6 ft 0 in 182cm | 5 ft 8 in 173cm | 5 ft 6 in 167cm | 5 ft 9 in 176cm | 5 ft 7 in 170cm | 5 ft 11 in 180cm | 6 ft 1 in 185cm | 5 ft 11 in 181cm | 5 ft 7 in 170cm |
| Weight: | 121 Ib 55kg | 168 Ib 76kg | 126 Ib 57kg | 121 Ib 55kg | 132lb 60kg | 150 Ib 68kg | 148 Ib 67kg | 126 Ib 56kg | ||
| Country: | USA | SWE | USA | CAN | CHN | USA | AUS | USA | CHN | JPN |
| DOB: | 2003-01-29 | 1993-08-17 | 2002-12-07 | 2000-02-26 | 1998-04-19 | 2002-02-09 | 1994-05-24 | 1987-11-13 | 1989-03-31 | 2000-07-04 |
| Meet: | 2024 U.S Olympic Team Trials | Olympic Games Rio 2016 | 2024 U.S Olympic Team Trials | Tokyo Olympics 2020 (2021) | The China National Swimming Championships 2020 | 2024 U.S Olympic Team Trials | Tokyo Olympics 2020 (2021) | Olympic Games London 2012 | 11th Chinese National Games | 13th Pan Pacific Championships 2018 |
| 1st 50m Split | 25.45 | 26.01 | 25.93 | 26.50 | 25.76 | 26.68 | 26.16 | 26.39 | 25.89 | |
| Strokes | 17 | 19 | 19? | 21 | 19 | 21 | ||||
| 50m PB: | 25.11 | 24.43 | 25.70 | 26.14 | 26.03 | 25.97 | 25.80 | 26.69 | 25.11 | |
| Time off 50m PB: | 0.44 | 1.58 | 0.23 | 0.36 | -0.27 | 0.19 | 0.59 | 0.78 | ||
| Percentage of 50m PB: | 101.354% | 106.467% | 100.895% | 101.377% | 98.963% | 100.732% | 102.287% | 103.106% | ||
| 2nd 50m Split | 29.73 | 29.47 | 29.59 | 29.09 | 29.86 | 28.94 | 29.56 | 29.44 | 30.19 | |
| Strokes | 20 | 23 | 23? | 23 | 22 | 23 | ||||
| Total Time: | 55.18 | 55.48 | 55.52 | 55.59 | 55.62 | 55.62 | 55.72 | 55.98 | 56.07 | 56.08 |
Here is Gretchen Walsh’s new 100m Butterfly World Record swim to view.
Here is Sarah Sjostrom’s 100m Butterfly World Record swim to view.
Here is the list of the Women’s 200m Butterfly Long Course.
Note: Worlds Fastest 100m Butterfly – Women’s Long Course – Update: June 2024
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