100m Freestyle World Record. The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) [1] of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics, symbolizing the pinnacle of speed and athleticism in swimming competitions The men's 100m freestyle is marked by exceptional performances, with Zhanle Pan holding the World Record at 46.80 seconds
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The two other Chinese world record holders in history are Zhang Lin, whose 800m freestyle swim from 2009 still stands, while controversial compatriot Sun Yang has held the 1,500m freestyle since 2012. The first world record in the 100 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1905
This was one of Spitz's seven gold medals at the Munich Games, all won in world record time time 100m (sec.) 4484: Verified by FINA: YES: Record progression This was one of Spitz's seven gold medals at the Munich Games, all won in world record time
PARALYMPICS British Swimmer Breaks 100m Freestyle World Record. The long course world record was destroyed repeatedly numerous times during the super-suit frenzy of 2008-2009 by three different swimmers Please, use the filter below to narrow the result set
. Romanian teenager David Popovici set a world record in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 46.86 seconds at the European championships in Rome on Saturday. Date Value Swimmer Meet; Dec 13, 2008: 4494: Amaury Leveaux.