2025 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Saturday, June 14th – Thursday, June 19th, 2025
- Prelims at 8 am local (2 am ET)/Finals at 6 pm local (Noon ET)
- Montpellier, France
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Men’s 100 Fly – Finals
- World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
- World Junior Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
French Record: 50.14 – Maxime Grousset (2023)- French World Championship Qualifying Time: 51.67
Maxime Grousset broke his own French national record in the 100 fly to defend his title at the French Elite Championships, closing out his week of racing in style.
Grousset threw down a 50.11, shaving .03 off of the previous record (50.14), which he set at the 2023 World Championships in Japan. He took it out in 23.32, a few hundredths slower than his previous record-setting swim, but managed to come home .11 faster in 26.79 to pull ahead of the record line.
Split ComparisonÂ
| Grousset – New French Record (2025) | Grousset – Old French Record (2023) | |
| 50 | 23.32 | 23.24 |
| 100 | 50.11 (26.79) | 50.14 (26.90) |
Grousset’s performance marks the fastest time in the world so far this season, bumping him ahead of Noe Ponti‘s 50.27 by .16. It also marked a significant improvement for him this season, as the fastest he had been before tonight was 50.86 back in December.
2024-2025 LCM Men 100 Fly
GROUSSET
50.11
| 2 | Noe PONTI | SUI | 50.27 | 04/05 |
| 3 | Ilya KHARUN | CAN | 50.37 | 06/08 |
| 4 | Josh LIENDO | CAN | 50.46 | 06/08 |
| 5 | Shaine Casas | USA | 50.51 | 06/06 |
Grousset maintains his place as the sixth-fastest performer ever.
All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 Butterfly (LCM)
- Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.45 – 2021 Olympic Games
- Kristof Milak (HUN), 49.68 – 2021 Olympic Games
- Michael Phelps (USA), 49.82 – 2009 World Championships
- Milorad Cavic (SRB), 49.95 – 2009 World Championships
- Josh Liendo (CAN), 49.99 – 2024 Olympic Games
- Maxime Grousset (FRA), 50.11 – 2025 French Elite Championships
- Noe Ponti (SUI), 50.16 – 2024 Swiss Nationals
- Matthew Temple (AUS), 50.25 – 2023 Japan Open
- Joseph Schooling (SGP), 50.39 – 2016 Olympic Games
- Ian Crocker (USA) / Shaine Casas (USA), 50.40 – 2005 World Championships / 2022 U.S. Nationals
Taking the runner-up spot in finals tonight was Clement Secchi, who was almost a full second behind Grousset in 51.06, while Michel Arkhangelsky took 3rd in 51.24.
Grousset’s record-breaking win in the 100 fly marked his fourth victory and 2nd national record of the meet, having already won the 50 fly (22.70 – French record), 100 free (47.50) and 50 free (21.68).
Ian crocker being in the top 10 from a time from 2005 still shocks me a little ngl
50.40 was fast in 2005
It was still very fast in 2015 too, Phelps had the number #1 time in the world that year in 50.45 which was the fastest in textile since Crocker.
He should be tied at 11th with Casas, the list is missing Kharun’s 50.37 from last week. Still crazy tho, took until Schooling in Rio for another TT swimmer to beat it
If Grousset were able to adapt himself to the official schedule of the Worlds, he would quite possibly quadruple his chance to be on podium in events he’s qualified, i.e. 50/100 fly & 50/100 free.
He was exceptional for the French in the 4x100Medley relay in Paris, and looks like he will be again.
French Dressel
Maxime Gressel
crazy how two incredible talents can drop out and yet this is still one of the most competitive mens races.
A final with Dressel, Milak, Liendo, Kharun, Ponti, Grousset all at their best would be awesome. Maybe throw in Casas and Kos to fill out the heat at 50.5 or lower
It’s also interesting that while Ponti’s 50.8 from Tokyo probably wouldn’t sniff a medal now, either Dressel’s 49.4 or Milak’s 49.6 from that same final would probably still win.
In any case, it’s definitely the best men’s event right now, although the men’s 100 free is close, and the 100 back is subtly gaining momentum as well (52.2 is only 4th in the rankings this season and it’s not Worlds yet).
Yaaas Maxime! Bravo!
50 low won’t earn a medal
We always say this about deep events and it often doesn’t pan out at the Championship meets.
He’s had a great meet, bravo!