Noe Ponti Breaks Own Championship Record With 50.33 100 IM

2024 Short Course World Championships

• December 10-15, 2024
• Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
• SCM (25m)
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Men’s 100 IM — Final

• World Record: 49.28 — Caeleb Dressel (USA), 2020
• World Junior Record: 50.63 — Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2018
• World Championship Record: 50.43 — Noe Ponti (SUI), 2024
• 2022 World Champion: Thomas Ceccon, (ITA) — 50.97

Final:

1. Noe Ponti (SUI) — 50.33 ***CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD***
2. Bernhard Reitshammer (AUT) — 51.11
3. Caio Pumputis (BRA) — 51.35
4. Michael Andrew (USA) — 51.37
5. Carles Coll Marti (ESP) — 51.52
6. Heiko Gigler (AUT) — 51.67
7. Berke Saka (TUR) — 51.82
8. Miroslav Knedla (CZE) — 51.90

Noe Ponti of Switzerland swam to a new Championship Record en route to gold in the men’s 100 IM. Ponti touched in a 50.33, shaving a tenth off his own Championship Record of a 50.43 that he swam in last night’s semifinals. Ponti has had a busy week after also breaking his own World Record in the SCM 50 fly.

Split Comparison

Ponti was out slower tonight but brought it home to get under the record. He also moved up in the all-time ranks, now sitting as the #4 performer all-time.

All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 IM (SCM)

1. Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.28 – 2020
2. Leon Marchand (FRA), 49.92 – 2024
3. Vladimir Morozov (RUS), 50.26 – 2018
4. Noe Ponti (SUI), 50.33 – 2024
5. Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 50.63 – 2018

Ponti has been progressing in the event a lot this fall. He came into the fall with a lifetime best of a 51.57 that he swam in Dexcember 2023. He then lowered his own Swiss National Record at the World Cups before going even faster here.