2026 AP RACE LONDON INTERNATIONAL
- Saturday, May 23rd – Monday May 25th
- Prelims at 9:30am local (4:30am ET)/Finals at 7pm local (2pm ET) Sat & Sun/Finals at 6:30pm local (1:30pm ET) on Mon
- London Aquatics Centre
- LCM (50m)
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MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL
- British Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty, 2019
- European Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR), 2019
- Meet Record – 58.96, Arno Kamminga (NED), 2024
GOLD – Adam Peaty (GBR), 59.15
SILVER – Oliver Dawson (CAN), 59.33
BRONZE – Alexei Avakov (USA), 59.58
For the second time in the calendar day, Canadian breaststroke talent Oliver Dawson surged to a new Canadian Record in the 100 breaststroke, touching in 59.33, a .22 second drop from his short-lived record time that he swam in the heats this morning in 59.55.
The initial swim of 59.55 first cracked the longstanding national mark of 59.85, held by Scott Dickens from the 2012 Olympics in London.
Before this meet, Dawson had never broken the 1:00 barrier, entering this meet with a lifetime best of 1:00.20 from the Canadian Open in April.
This time also makes him only the 3rd Canadian ever to crack the 1:00 barrier, joining Dickens and Richard Funk, who was previously the 2nd-fastest Canadian ever with his 59.89 from the World Championships in Budapest in 2017.
He entered this meet as the #9 seed in the 100 breast, and later finished seven spots higher to earn silver behind meet headliner Adam Peaty in his historic performance.
That performance also leaped him up to a tie for 7th in the world this season, tying him with Germany’s Melvin Imoudu at 59.33.
2025-2026 LCM Men 100 BREAST
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58.19
| 2 | SHIN OHASHI | JPN | WJR 58.67 | 03/19 |
| 3 | Simone CERASUOLO | ITA | 58.82 | 04/15 |
| 4 | Ivan Kozhakin | RUS | 58.91 | 04/20 |
| 5 | Adam Peaty | GBR | 58.97 | 04/14 |
| 6 | Haiyang QIN | CHN | 58.98 | 11/11 |
| 7 | Sam WILLIAMSON | AUS | 59.07 | 06/08 |
| 8 | YAMATO OKADOME | JPN | 59.11 | 06/04 |
| 9 | Kirill Prigoda | RUS | 59.30 | 06/10 |
| 10 | Melvin IMOUDU | GER | 59.33 | 04/24 |
Dawson is set to join the highly decorated breaststroke group at Indiana next season as a part of the Hoosier men’s 2026 recruiting class.
They could’ve had a really solid medley if Kharun stayed
Amazing for Dawson first and foremost! At just 18…!
And yes Kharun’s defection hurts. But not as much as you might think. Liendo obviously goes to fly and can hopefully get down to some 49 low splits. He’s been just slightly ahead of Kharun there. Freestyle is where it’s more unknown. Josh has dropped a 46 split in the last cycle but his free hasn’t been going as strong as his fly past 2 years. Gaslev is back, Kisil still competing, if one of them can get back to a 47low split then Canada still could be a sneaky top5 or better team next 2 years. Especially so if Tierney and Dawson continue their impressive progress.
Methinks his cap is too big BUT he is a fast stroker!