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The current world records holders are Pan Zhanle who broke the record in Paris 2024 Olympics [4] and Sarah Sjöström (since 2017). Australian Dawn Fraser won the event a record three times at the Olympics, and she is the only woman to win it more than once.
Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle. 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. [1]
The following progression of low-altitude records therefore starts with Hines's low-altitude "record" when the IAAF started to recognise only electronic timing in 1977, and continues to Lewis's low-altitude performance that equalled the high-altitude world record in 1987. (Ben Johnson's 9.95 run in 1986 and 9.83 run in 1987 are omitted.)
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.
It was the first world record to be broken in the pool at these Paris Olympic Games. The first-time Olympian posted a 46.40, shaving .40 seconds off the previous world record 46.80 he set earlier ...
Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed 7 times indoors by two different men since 2000, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2025 with a 6.27 m mark. As new events are advanced to world record status, World Athletics might delay declaring initial performances as the official world record until sufficient athletes ...
The sprinter took home the gold in the men's 100m, a first for the Florida native, at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Lyles’ Noah Lyles Wins Mens 100m Gold in Photo-Finish and Fails to Break ...
The previous record in the 100m men's heats was held by Canada's Glenroy Gilbert, who had finished the heat with a timing of 10.10 seconds during the 1994 Commonwealth Games. [78] Abeykoon's timing of 10.06 seconds in Heat 6 of the men's 100m event eventually earned him a spot in the semi-finals of the competition.