Egor Kornev Continues Tear With 46.99 100 free, 22.59 50 Fly Russian Records

2026 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• June 6-11, 2026
• Kazan, Russia
• LCM (50 meters)
• Meet Central
• Live Results

The swimming world has had its eyes on 22-year-old Egor Kornev this week after he threw down Russian records in the 50 freestyle over the last two days, ultimately bringing the mark to 21.06.

This evening, Kornev added two more Russian records to his repertoire. To start the evening off, he dropped a 46.99 in the 100 free semi to become the first Russian and seventh man overall to break the coveted 47-second barrier. The previous national mark belonged to Kliment Kolesnikov, who clocked a 47.11 in at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Prior to today, Kornev had a best time of 47.29.

Though Kornev is more of a pure sprinter than Kolesnikov was, the lion’s share of the record improvement came from Kornev’s back-half, as he came home in 24.48.

With this swim, Kornev burgeons to #1 in the world rankings this season by a whopping four tenths of a second. American Chris Guiliano cedes his previous #1 spot to the Russian.

As mentioned earlier, Kornev becomes the seventh man under 47 in the event. It also becomes the 17th performance under the barrier. See the full list of performers and performances below.

Top 10 Men’s LCM 100 Freestyle Performers All-Time

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.40 (2024)
2. David Popovici(ROU) – 46.51, (2025)
3. Jack Alexy (USA) – 46.81, (2025)
4. Cesar Cielo (BRA) – 46.91 (2009)
5. Alain Bernard (FRA) – 46.94 (2009)
6. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 46.96 (2019)
7. Egor Kornev (RUS) – 46.99 (2026)
8. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 47.04 (2016)
9. Eamon Sullivan (AUS) – 47.05 (2008)
10. Kyle Chalmers (AUS) – 47.08 (2021)

Top 20 Men’s LCM 100 Freestyle Performances All-Time

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.40 (2024)
2. David Popovici(ROU) – 46.51, (2025)
3. David Popovici (ROU) — 46.71 (2025)
4. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.80 (2024)
5. Jack Alexy (USA) – 46.81, (2025)
6. David Popovici (ROU) – 46.84 (2025)
7. David Popovici (ROU) – 46.86 (2022)
8. David Popovici (ROU) – 46.88 (2024)
9. Cesar Cielo (BRA) – 46.91 (2009)
10. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.92 (2024) & Jack Alexy – 46.92 (2025)
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12. Alain Bernard (FRA) – 46.94 (2009)
13. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 46.96 (2019)
14. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.97 (2024)
15. David Popovici (ROU) – 46.98 (2022)
16. Jack Alexy (USA) — 46.99 (2025) & Egor Kornev (RUS) – 46.99 (2026)
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18. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 47.02 (2021)
19. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 47.04 (2016)
20. Eamon Sullivan (AUS) – 47.05 (2008)

To top off a third straight evening of headline-making, Kornev put up a 22.59 in the 50 butterfly semifinal. This broke Oleg Kostin‘s 22.62 national record in the event, which he accomplished at this same meet and same pool in 2023. This chops an incredible half second off Kornev’s 22.97 PR from only two months ago. He snatches the #1 spot in the world for this event as well, bypassing soon-to-be U.S.-representing swimmer Ilya Kharun. According to the session timeline, less than an hour separated his 100 free and 50 fly.

He also enters the all-time top ten performers in this event, checking in at #6.

Top 10 Men’s LCM 50 Butterfly Performers All-Time

1. Andriy Govorov (UKR) – 22.27 (2018)
2. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 22.35 (2019)
3. Rafael Muñoz (ESP) – 22.43 (2009)
4. Maxime Grousset (FRA) – 22.48 (2025)
5. Noe Ponti (SUI) – 22.51 (2025)
6. Egor Kornev (RUS) – 22.59 (2026)
7. Nicholas Santos (BRA) – 22.60 (2019)
8. Oleg Kostin (RUS) – 22.62 (2023)
9. Ilya Kharun – 22.64 (2026)
10. Milorad Cavic (SER) – 22.67 (2009) & Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 22.67 (2025)

Stay tuned for tomorrow night’s finals, where he will have the opportunity to further entrench himself in the rankings.