2024 World Cup Shanghai: Tang Qianting Lowers Own Chinese & Asian Records In 100 Breast

2024 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP-SHANGHAI

• Friday, October 18th – Sunday, October 20th
• Shanghai, China
• Prelims at 9:30 am local (9:30 pm ET previous night)/Finals at 6:30 pm local (6:30 am ET)
• SCM (25m)
• Meet Central
• Event Schedule
• Entries Book
• Day 1 Prelims/Day 1 Finals
• Day 2 Prelims/Day 2 Finals
• Live Results

It was another record-breaking night at the first stop of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai and the women’s 100m breaststroke final was no exception.

China’s Tang Qianting fired off a new Chinese national and Asian continental record of 1:02.53 en route to gold, beating the field by nearly 2 seconds in the process.

20-year-old Tang got to the wall with a healthy advantage over runner-up Alina Zmushka of Belarus, competing as an independent athlete, who logged 1:04.48 while South Africa’s Rebecca Meder rounded out the podium in 1:05.25.

As for Tang, her time of 1:02.53 shaved .13 off of the previous Chinese and Asian records she held at the 1:02.66 produced at last month’s Chinese Short Course National Championships.

According to the World Aquatics database, Tang’s 1:02.53 result keeps her ranked as the #4 performer of all time.

Top 5 Women’s SCM 100 Breaststroke Performers

1. Alia Atkinson (JAM) – 1:02.36, 2014 & Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 1:02.36, 2013
2. –
3. Lilly King (USA) – 1:02.50, 2020
4. Tang Qianting (CHN) – 1:02.53, 2024
5. Rebecca Soni (USA) – 1:02.70, 2009

Tang was the gold medalist in this women’s 100m breast event at the 2021 Short Course World Championships in Abu Dhabi. More recently, she scored a trio of medals at the 2024 Olympic Games, snagging 100m breast silver, mixed medley silver and women’s 4x100m medley bronze.