2026 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, June 16 – Sunday, June 21, 2026
- Hangzhou, China
- LCM (50 meters)
- Live Results
- Daily Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
The penultimate night of competition at the 2026 Chinese National Championships saw a national record bite the dust at the hands of 23-year-old Wang Changhao.
Racing in tonight’s final of the men’s 50m butterfly, Wang notched a shiny new benchmark of 23.21 to claim the gold.
That erased his own former CHN national standard of 23.25 established at the 2023 Chinese Spring Championships.
Xu Fang, the man who scored a new national record last night in the 100m fly, secured silver in 23.42. The current Chinese national record holder in the 200m fly, Chen Juner, bagged the bronze in 23.63.
Wang’s new 23.21 mark ranks him just outside the list of the top 25 performers in the world this season, although he’s now the 7th-best Asian performer of all time.
Top 10 Asian Men’s LCM 50 Butterfly Performers All-Time
- Joseph Schooling (SGP) – 22.93, 2017
- Tzen Wei Teong (SGP) – 23.03, 2022
- Shoon Mitsunuga (JPN) – 23.06, 2026 & Taikan Tanaka (JPN) – 23.06, 2026
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- Takeshi Kawamoto (JPN) – 23.13, 2023
- Yuya Tanaka (JPN) – 23.19, 2022
- Wang Changhao (CHN) – 23.21, 2026
- Tomonobu Gomi (JPN) – 23.22, 2026 & Kota Ichikawa (JPN) – 23.22, 2026
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- Inchul Baek (KOR) – 23.24, 2024
