Hwang Sunwoo Breaks Nathan Adrian’s Mare Nostrum Record With 47.91 100 Freestyle

2024 MARE NOSTRUM TOUR – MONACO

Day 1 Finals Heat Sheet

MEN’S 100 FREE – FINAL

  • World record: 46.80 – Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024
  • Mare Nostrum record: 48.08 – Nathan Adrian (USA), 2014
  • Monaco record: 48.21 – Alexander Popov (RUS), 1994

Top 3:

  1. Hwang Sunwoo (KOR) – 47.91 *Mare Nostrum record
  2. Tom Dean (GBR) – 48.67
  3. 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

DavidROU
POPOVICI
06/21
1:43.13
2Lukas
MÄRTENS
GER1:44.1404/27
3Sunwoo
HWANG
KOR1:44.4009/27
4Matthew
RICHARDS
GBR1:44.6904/07
5Duncan
SCOTT
GBR1:44.7504/07
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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.

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Hank
4 months ago

Popovici didn’t enter this leg or swimming off events?

Mojo
Reply to  Hank
4 months ago

No, he was in Barcelona only.

RealCrocker5040
4 months ago

POPOV

FST
4 months ago

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.

Last edited 4 months ago by FST
Irrelevant swim productions
4 months ago

Popov just had his final record ever broken. The 🐐 of sprinting

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