2024 MARE NOSTRUM TOUR – MONACO
- June 1-2, 2024
- Prince Albert II Pool at the Stadium Louis II
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet central
- Results
- Live stream ($)
MEN’S 100 FREE – FINAL
- World record: 46.80 – Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024
Mare Nostrum record: 48.08 – Nathan Adrian (USA), 2014Monaco record: 48.21 – Alexander Popov (RUS), 1994
Top 3:
- Hwang Sunwoo (KOR) – 47.91 *Mare Nostrum record
- Tom Dean (GBR) – 48.67
- Sean Niewold (NED) – 49.08
Hwang Sunwoo set a new Mare Nostrum record with a 47.91 in the 100 freestyle. He broke the previous record of a 48.08 that Nathan Adrian of the US swam back in 2014. That swim also broke the previous Monaco stop record of a 48.21 that Russia’s Alexander Popov swam back in 1994.
Hwang’s swim also marked a season best as his previous season best was a 47.93 that he swam to finish 5th at the 2024 World Championships in Doha this past February. He captured gold in the 200 freestyle in Doha with a 1:44.75. His personal best time in the 100 freestyle stands at a 47.56 that he swam in semifinals at the 2020(1) Tokyo Olympics. He went on to finish 5th in the event in finals in a 47.82.
His swim from today allows him to pass Duncan Scott of Great Britain as Hwang moves up from #13 to #12 in the World so far this season. His 200 freestyle time from Worlds is his highest ranking event as he sits at #2 in the World so far only behind Germany’s Lukas Martens.
2023-2024 LCM Men 200 Free
POPOVICI
1:43.13
2 | Lukas MÄRTENS | GER | 1:44.14 | 04/27 |
3 | Sunwoo HWANG | KOR | 1:44.40 | 09/27 |
4 | Matthew RICHARDS | GBR | 1:44.69 | 04/07 |
5 | Duncan SCOTT | GBR | 1:44.75 | 04/07 |
Hwang’s gold medal in Doha made him the first swimmer from South Korea to earn a medal at three consecutive World Championships. He won bronze in the 200 freestyle at 2023 Worlds and silver in the 200 freestyle at 2022 Worlds.
Popovici didn’t enter this leg or swimming off events?
No, he was in Barcelona only.
POPOV
I know it isn’t fashionable to talk about Russian swimmers these days, but Popov was the hero of entire swimming generation. I remember that swim in Monaco. He beat Biondi’s WR (swum 6 years prior) with that time and it stood for another 6 years until Sydney, when first Klim bested it and then Pieter vdH completely obliterated it.
Popov just had his final record ever broken. The 🐐 of sprinting