2025 CHINESE NATIONAL GAMES
- Monday, November 10th – Monday, November 17th (swimming)
- Shenzhen, China
- LCM (50m)
- Prelims at 9am local (8pm previous night ET)/Finals at 7pm local (6am ET)
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Meet Central
- Results
- Livestream
We’ve already seen some extremely impressive swims at the 2025 Chinese National Games and more are on the way as we enter day three.
Right off the bat, we’ll see Pan Zhanle featured in the men’s 200m free final, where the 21-year-old will try to fend off surging Zhang Zhanshuo.
18-year-old Zhang already fired off a new World Junior Record in the 400m free to kick off his campaign.
Sun Yang will also be in the men’s 200m free main event, sneaking into the medal-contending race in an outside lane.
The women’s 1500m free, 100m back and 100m breast finals are also on tonight’s agenda, as is the final of the men’s 100m back.
We’ll see if Xu Jiayu can improve upon the stellar 52.70 he put up in last night’s semi-final in order to rank #1 in the world at the moment.
MEN’S 200 FREE – FINAL
- World Record – 1:42.00, Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
- Asian Record – 1:43.92, Hwang Sunwoo (KOR), 2025
- CHN Record – 1:44.39, Sun Yang, 2017
GOLD – Zhang Zhanshuo, 1:44.86
SILVER – Ji Xinjie, 1:45.96
BRONZE – Pan Zhanle, 1:46.37
18-year-old Zhang Zhanshuo just busted out the fastest 200m freestyle of his career en route to holding off the field for gold.
Zhang ripped a time of 1:44.86 for his first-ever outing under the 1:45 barrier, destroying his previous PB of 1:45.84 in the process.
World Championshps relay multi-medalist Ji Xinjie touched over a second later in 1:45.96 and reigning 100m free world record holder and Olympic champion Pan Zhanle collected bronze in 1:46.37.
As for Zhang, the teen split 24.55/26.66/26.94/26.71 and sat in third place after the first 50m. He turned on the jets and surged ahead of the field to establish a new Chinese National Junior Record. This is a stunning follow-up to his 400m free World Junior Record set on night one.
Zhang now ranks 2nd in the world, sitting only behind Korea’s Hwang Sunwoo who blasted a monster 1:43.92 last month. He also checks in as China’s
Top 5 Chinese Men’s LCM 200 Free Performers All-Time
- Sun Yang – 1:44.39, 2017
- Pan Zhanle – 1:44.65, 2023
- Zhang Zhanshuo – 1:44.86, 2025
- Ji Xinjie – 1:45.48, 2019
- Wang Shun – 1:45.71, 2023
Of note, once-banned Olympic champion Sun Yang was indeed in the race but was disqualified. Although we don’t know the exact reason at the time of publication, in freestyle races, a DSQ is most often issued for a false start.
WOMEN’S 1500 FREE – FINAL
- World Record – 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (USA), 2018
- Asian Record – 15:41.49, Wang Jianjiahe (CHN), 2021
- CHN Record – 15:41.49, Wang Jianjiahe (CHN), 2021
GOLD – Li Bingjie, 15:55.40
SILVER – Wu Ruoxin, 16:00.61
BRONZE – Mao Yihan, 16:04.92
Nothing too crazy transpired in this women’s 1500m freestyle final as Li Bingjie took over at the 400m mark and never looked back.
Olympian Li ultimately touched in 15:55.40 for the gold, well outside her lifetime best of 15:43.94 clocked earlier this year.
Wu Ruoxin, just 16 years of age, produced a silver medal-worthy result of 16:00.61, establishing a new lifetime best in the process.
Mao Yihan turned in a time of 16:04.92 for the bronze, obliterating her former PB of 16:17.95 from last year.
As for teenager Wu, she has now become China’s 5th-best performer of all time.
Top 5 Chinese Women’s LCM 1500 Free Performers All-Time
- Wang Jianjiahe – 15:41.49, 2021
- Li Bingjie – 15:43.94, 2025
- Li Xuanxu – 15:58.02, 2011
- Xu Danlu – 16:00.44, 2013
- Wu Ruoxin – 16:00.61, 2025
MEN’S 50 BREAST – SEMI-FINALS
- World Record – 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR), 2017
- Asian Record – 26.20, Qin Haiyang (CHN), 2023
- CHN Record – 26.20, Qin Haiyang (CHN), 2023
Top 8:
- Qin Haiyang – 26.75
- Yan Zibei – 26.86
- Sun Jiajun – 27.31
- Zheng Yinghao – 27.32
- Liao Jialing – 27.56
- Dong Zhihao – 27.65
- Liu Junjie – 27.75
- Mai Shiting – 27.77
Just two athletes cleared the 27-second barrier across the two semi-finals of the men’s 50m breaststroke tonight.
National record holder Qin Haiyang produced a time of 26.75 to land lane 4 for tomorrow night’s main event, closely followed by Yan Zibei and his effort of 26.86.
The 2024 200m breast world champion Dong Zhihao lurks as the 6th seed in 27.65 in the tightly-packed field.
Qin’s time is already within range of the 26.67 he posted at this year’s World Championshps to place 3rd.
WOMEN’S 100 BACK – FINAL
- World Record – 57.13, Regan Smith (USA), 2024
- Asian Record – 58.70, Aya Terakawa (JPN), 2013
- CHN Record – 58.72, Fu Yuanhui, 2017
GOLD – Peng Xuwei, 59.60
SILVER – Lu Xingchen, 59.96
BRONZE – Wang Xueer, 59.99
The women’s 100m backstroke final was on the subdued side as the podium finishers represented the sole swimmers of the field to delve under the minute mark.
22-year-old Peng Xuwei got to the wall first, registering a time of 59.60 for the gold.
Peng opened in 29.11, a front half which saw her in 5th place, before she mustered a back half of 30.49 to get the job done.
Lu Xingchen earned silver tonight in 59.95 as Olympian Wang Xueer rounded out the podium in 59.99.
Peng’s career-best outing remains at the 59.10 she put up at this year’s World Championships, where she settled for 5th.
MEN’S 100 BACK – FINAL
- World Record – 51.60, Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022
- Asian Record – 51.86, Xu Jiayu (CHN), 2017
- CHN Record – 51.86, Xu Jiayu, 2017
GOLD – Xu Jiayu, 52.39
SILVER – Wang Gukailai, 53.88
BRONZE – Jiang Chenglin, 53.99
China’s fastest men’s 100m backstroker in history, Xu Jiayu, soared to the top of the pack with a head-turning time of 52.39. That sliced .31 off the already-impressive and world-leading time of 52.70 he notched for the top seed in yesterday’s semi-final.
The 30-year-old veteran led wire-to-wire, splitting 25.38/27.01 to defeat his compatriots by well over a second.
Wang Gukailai snagged the silver in 53.88 and Jiang Chenglin bagged the bronze in 53.99.
Also in the race was 200m IM 31-year-old Olympic champion from Tokyo Wang Shun who placed 4th in 54.19.
Xu has been as fast as 51.86 in his career, a time he put on the books in 2017 to currently remain the 6th-quickest performer ever.
He took Olympic silver in Paris last year with his outing of 52.32 and earned gold the year prior at the Asian Games (52.23).
2025-2026 LCM Men 100 BACK
Jiayu
52.39
| 2 | Pieter COETZE | RSA | 52.40 | 04/14 |
| 3 | Oliver MORGAN | GBR | 52.41 | 04/16 |
| 4 | Kliment KOLESNIKOV | RUS | 52.51 | 06/10 |
| 5 | Apostolos CHRISTOU | GRE | 52.53 | 05/10 |
WOMEN’S 200 FREE – SEMI-FINALS
- World Record – 1:52.23, Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2024
- Asian Record – 1:53.92, Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 2021
- CHN Record – 1:54.26, Tang Muhan, 2021
Top 8:
- Li Jiaping – 1:55.81
- Siobhan Haughey (HKG) – 1:56.73
- Li Bingjie – 1:57.73
- Yang Peiqi – 1:58.21
- Liu Yaxin – 1:58.24
- Fan Yaqi – 1:58.33
- Kong Yaqi – 1:58.59
- Lao Lihui – 1:58.70
In a league of her own in tonight’s women’s 200m freestyle semi-finals was 21-year-old Li Jiaping, ripping a time of 1:55.81 to gain the pole position.
That was nearly a second ahead of her competitors, with Asian record holder Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong the next-closest athlete in 1:56.73.
As for Li, she split 27.51/29.15/29.46/29.69 as she produced the fastest time of her career. Entering this competition, she hadn’t been beneath the 1:56 threshold, owning a PB of 1:56.47 from last year’s Chinese Spring Nationals. Just like that, she is now China’s 8th-best performer to date.
Li Bingjie pulled a significant double, reaping the 3rd seed in 1:57.73 after having already won 1500m free gold earlier in this evening’s session.
Fellow Asian Games medalist Liu Yaxin is also among the top 8, placing 5th in 1:58.24 to be in the mix.
The top trio easily surpassed the current world-leading time of 1:58.17 Brazil’s Maria Fernanda Costa established last month.
MEN’S 200 FLY – SEMI-FINALS
- World Record – 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN), 2022
- Asian Record – 1:52.53, Daiya Seto (JPN), 2020
- CHN Record – 1:54.02, Chen Juner, 2025
Top 8:
- Xu Fang – 1:56.61
- Chen Juner – 1:57.06
- Huang Zhiwei – 1:57.20
- Xu Yizhou – 1:57.40
- Wang Xizhe – 1:57.69
- Mo Fei – 1:58.89
- Song Mingxuan – 1:59.04
- Xue Zijian – 1:59.14
Already the gold medalist in the 50m fly, Xu Fang put his hat in the ring for a possible double, claiming the 200m fly top spot in 1:56.61.
National record holder Chen Juner is holding fast as the 2nd-seeded swimmer in 1:57.06, as Huang Zhiwei, Xu Yizhou and Wang Xizhe were also under the 1:58 barrier.
WOMEN’S 100 BREAST – FINAL
- World Record – 1:04.13, Lilly King (USA), 2017
- Asian Record – 1:04.39, Tang Qianting (CHN), 2024
- CHN Record – 1:04.39, Tang Qianting, 2024
GOLD – Tang Qianting, 1:05.36
SILVER – Yang Chang, 1:06.06
BRONZE – Song Zixin, 1:07.83
Top-seeded and Olympic silver medalist Tang Qianting successfully captured the 100m breaststroke gold, slicing nearly a second off last night’s semi-final performance to check in with 1:05.36.
Yang Chang, the 2023 ASian Games bronze medalist, was also much quicker tonight, lowering last night’s effort of 1:07.20 down to 1:06.06 for silver.
Bronze went to Song Zixin who touched in 1:07.83 to round out the top tier.
Zhang Zhanshuo seems like China’s guy for men’s mid-distance swimming going forward
3:42.8 and 1:44.8 at 18 is pretty serious stuff
What a discovery u just did
I think Pan just doesn’t care about the 200. And he’s not in his best form, not expecting a 46 mid in the 100, maybe not even a 46 at all
Photo curse got Pan
Today, Xu Jiayu was visibly happier than usual at the finish line because the second and third-place swimmers finally broke the 54-second mark. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a radiant smile from Xu Jiayu. I hope the other competitors continue to improve so Xu Jiayu doesn’t have to carry all the burden.
Man’s looking forward to his retirement😂 he has been carrying China’s men’s backstroke for like a full decade or more now
It feels like Tang is a consistent 1:05 low swimmer and that 1:04.3 was a one off swim.
Still a medal contender thought with that consistent 1:05 low.
She tends to go out super quick on the first 50m and gas out quite a bit on the last 25m. I think that 1:04.3 was a swim where she managed to hit a perfect pacing, but hasn’t been able to reproduce since. I think she’s still got the chops for a 1:04, but she has to figure out how to put it together again.
Are the Meet Results pages working?
Eternal soldier Xu Jiayu still throwing down 52.3’s before GTA 6
The 2nd place is HK Shioban Haughey, in the womens 200F people.may not know the translation
Thanks!