Hubert Kos Takes Hungarian 100 IM Record Under 51 Seconds For The First Time

by Sam Blacker 0

October 18th, 2025 Europe, International, News

2025 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – Westmont

Men’s 100 IM – Final

Top 8 Finishers

  1. Shaine Casas (USA) – 50.45 **US Open
  2. Noe Ponti (SUI) – 50.76
  3. Hubert Kos (HUN) – 50.99
  4. Grant House (CLB) – 51.07
  5. Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 51.35
  6. Finlay Knox (CAN) – 51.43
  7. Luke Barr (CLB) – 51.78
  8. Nikola Miljenic (CRO) – 52.85

Swimming the same Day 1 schedule as last week, Hubert Kos followed up his win over Thomas Ceccon in the 200 backstroke with a brand new Hungarian Record in the 100 IM to close out the session.

He lowered his mark of 51.29 set last week, cracking 51 seconds for the first time with a swim of 50.99. Compared to last week, he did most of his damage on the first 25, going out more than two-tenths quicker on the fly leg.

2025 – World Cup, Carmel Stop 2025 – World Cup, Westmont Stop
25 10.51 10.29
50 22.86 (12.35) 22.67 (12.38)
75 38.36 (15.50) 38.07 (15.40)
100 51.29 (12.93) 50.99 (12.92)

He had the fastest backstroke leg for the second week in a row, and at the halfway mark was less than two-tenths off Caeleb Dressel‘s WR pace. He did fall away from both Dressel and race leader Shaine Casas on the breaststroke leg, but held on strong to dip under 51 seconds and hold onto 3rd place.

In the course of just over a week, Kos has taken the Hungarian Record in the event down by nearly two seconds. The initial mark was the 52.82 he swam three years ago at the Hungarian Championships

Kos now sits in 14th all-time, but is just 0.04 seconds away from cracking the top 10. Behind him last night was American Grant House, who also vaults up the rankings to sit 17th after dropping from the 51.45 he posted last week.

Top 15 Men’s SCM 100 IM Performers All-Time

  1. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 49.28, 2020
  2. Leon Marchand (FRA) – 49.92, 2024
  3. Vlad Morozov (RUS) – 50.26, 2018
  4. Noe Ponti (SUI) – 50.33, 2024
  5. Shaine Casas(USA) – 50.45, 2025
  6. Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) – 50.63, 2018
  7. Markus Deibler (GER) – 50.66, 2014
  8. Ryan Lochte (USA) – 50.71, 2012
  9. Peter Mankoc (SLO) – 50.76, 2009
  10. Marco Orsi (ITA)/Sergey Fesikov (RUS) – 50.95, 2021/2009
  11. Florent Manaudou (FRA) – 50.96, 2013
  12. Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 50.97, 2022
  13. Hubert Kos (HUN) – 50.99, 2025
  14. Javier Acevedo (CAN) – 51.05, 2022

Kos now owns a total of seven national records: all six backstroke standards, and the short course 100 IM.

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