2024 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, April 19th – Sunday, April 27th
- Shenzhen, China
- LCM (50m)
- SwimSwam Preview
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap
- Results
- Livestream
We entered day 5 of the 2024 Chinese National Swimming Championships which brought the final of the men’s 100m freestyle as the last event of tonight’s session in Shenzhen.
The reigning world record holder Pan Zhanle was indeed in the water, wasting no time firing off a warning shot to the rest of the world.
Pan unleashed a winning time of 46.97 to handily defeat the field and further establish himself as the fastest competitor in the world at the moment.
Pan opened in 22.60 and brought it home in 24.37 to post the 3rd sub-47-second outing of his career.
The next-closest swimmer tonight was Wang Haoyu who booked his ticket to Paris with a mark of 48.11 while Ji Xinjie earned the bronze in 48.33. Chen Juner placed 4th in 48.40, Liu Wudi 5th in 48.54 and Hong Jinquan earned 6th in 48.93.
Pan broke Romanian David Popovici‘s world record as lead-off on the Chinese men’s 4x100m free relay at this year’s World Championships. In Doha he stopped the clock at 46.80, slicing .06 off of Popovici’s former record of 46.86 produced at the 2022 European Championships.
Pan had already put the record on notice at last year’s Asian Games where he posted a time of 46.97, a then-Asian Record, to top the podium in Hangzhou.
| Pan’s 46.80 World Record | Pan’s 46.97 Tonight | Pan’s 46.97 from Asian Games |
| 22.26 | 22.60 | 22.45 |
| 24.54 | 24.37 | 24.52 |
Pan’s outing checks in once again as the 6th-swiftest performance in history.
All-Time Fastest Men’s LCM 100 Freestyle Performances
- 46.80 – Pan Zhanle, 2024
- 46.86 – David Popovici (ROU), 2022
- 46.91 – Cesar Cielo (BRA), 2009
- 46.94 – Alain Bernard (FRA), 2009
- 46.96 – Caeleb Dressel (USA), 2019
- 46.97 – Pan Zhanle, 2023 & 2024
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- 46.98 – David Popovici, 2022
- 47.02 – Caeleb Dressel, 2021
- 47.04 – Cameron McEvoy (AUS), 2016
🇨🇳Chinese Olympic Trials
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潘展乐 46.97
王浩宇 48.11
季新杰 48.33
陈俊儿 48.40この種目世界記録保持者Pan Zhanleが3度目の46秒台！パリ五輪で世界記録更新での🥇へ視界良好！！
今大会不調に見えたWang Haoyuが滑り込んで2位でパリ五輪個人代表内定！ pic.twitter.com/BpbsPgSri7— 競泳NEWS (@swimcoverage) April 23, 2024
Y’all need to stop sleeping on Alexy! Not only did he have an incredible summer last year that gave him a huge amount of international experience but he followed that up with an almost 6 second time drop in the 200 Free SCY… 1:35.52 to 1:29.72! People with high swim IQ’s know that the 200 Free SCY trasnitons well to the 100 Free LCM. That just shows the training he’s been doing and the endurance he’s been building. He was out 22.48 and came back 24.83 when he went 47.31 in Fukuoka. He’s gonna be able to bring it back in 24.3-5 in Paris and that’s going to be good enough for Gold!
I never thought I’d see the say when someone used the phrase ‘high swim IQ.’ I thought that was a phrase only reserved for the ‘experts’ that commentate on football and basketball.
As a Cal fan I would explode with happiness if Alexy won.
If anyone can prepare Alexy for the Olympics is Durden and the Cal Bears!
I agree Alexy is dangerous and is going to drop time. Just a question if he can join the sub 47 club. Who knows. Perhaps sub 47s will be common soon.
He’ll mess up his dive, streamline or something else elementary before he wins any medal in Paris
Bro what did Cal do to you…
Y’all need to stop sleeping on Alexy! Not only did he have an incredible summer last year that gave him a huge amount of international experience but he followed that up with an almost 6 second time drop in the 200 Free SCY… 1:35.52 to 1:29.72! People with high swim IQ’s know that the 200 Free SCY trasnitons well to the 100 Free LCM. That just shows the training he’s been doing and the endurance he’s been building. He was out 22.48 and came back 24.83 when he went 47.31 in Fukuoka. He’s gonna be able to bring it back in 24.3-5 in Paris and that’s going to be good enough for Gold! Bookmark this post and come back to… Read more »
Dressel HAS to use his front end speed. We haven’t seen that since he took a break. I believe that if he used it and employs some combination of that and back half strategy that he has been doing, he will be dangerous.
Nah he’s a back halfer now, Nesty wants him cruising the first 50 and closing like Bobby Finke. Dressel has easy speed as he is was a front halfer his whole career. The question remains whether he can close 24.3 or lower
I think Dressel can execute a back half well for sure if he’s focusing on it, I just wonder how it will affect his 50 speed though, as that’s also a target event for him in Paris.
Just give him the gold now.
The only thing that’s in doubt is will he break WR
The men’s 100m freestyle is one of the most intense events in the pool and there are no guarantees, there is still a lot of work to be done by Pan and everyone, and we are looking forward to Paris
My prediction at paris olympics Men 100m freestyle
Gold – pan zhan le
Silver – popovici
Bronze – chalmers
nothing weve seen since his WR has shown that Dpop is a threat internationally in the 100 free. He went 46.86 in open, clean water under no pressure and at every big meet he lays up a brick. Pan, Chalmers, Dressel are the main contenders. Pan has the times to prove it, Chalmers and Dressel have experience. chlorine daddy? he’s got no reason to be included. I’d say even Alexy has a greater chance at a medal that dpop, like at least we’ve seen Alexy perform at a world champs.
The runner up in his 46.86 was 47.47, faster than 2nd place in the 2022 WC final, in which he apparently laid a brick
DRUGESSEL is WASHED
Reasonable.
Gold – Pan Zhanle
Silver – Dressel
Bronze – Popovici
Yall love to count out Dressel
What 100 free medal do you think Dressel will win?
totally reasonable. It could go so many different ways, its ridiculous.
This is going to be an insane race in Paris and might be the best 100 free final ever
Yes it will have 1st/2nd/5th/8th fastest performer in history in Pan, Popovici, Dressel and Chalmers battling it out.
love how everyone is sleeping on Dressel. Olympic finals don’t usually produce crazy times, especially sprints it seems, likely because so many big dudes create a hellish wake. When has Dressel ever disappointed under pressure? He always gets his hand on the wall first no matter what, and the fact that he did it with a WR in the 100 fly is actually super rare. Pan may be putting up crazy times at trials, but we’ve seen this before. Dressel and Chalmers are the rare 100 free swimmers that actually go top times at the biggest stage. Y’all can say whoever you want is the favorite, but when it comes to a race like this, experience matters. Despite a WR… Read more »
No I don’t think we have seen a 19 year old break 47 3 times before actually…
in 7 month
McEvoy put up a 47.0 at trials in 2016 and then….
Tokyo Season Men’s 100 Freestyle Rankings (1/1/20-7/22/21)
David Popovici 47.30 WJR
Kliment Kolesnikov 47.31
Caeleb Dressel 47.39
Alessandro Miressi 47.53
Andrei Minakov 47.57
Kyle Chalmers 47.59
Gwangju Season Men’s 100 Freestyle Rankings (1/1/18-7/20/19)
Kyle Chalmers 47.35
Vladislav Grinev 47.43
Marcelo Chierighini 47.68
Vladimir Morozov 47.75
Zach Apple 47.79
Caeleb Dressel 47.86
Indeed, Dressel and Chalmers have come back to win and beat their in-season times by a decent amount, but never has someone been so far ahead on paper (46.80), and Dressel’s current season best is 48.40. If he can get it to 47-mid by trials then we’re having a conversation, but right now the battle is between Pan and Chalmers for the gold medal.
I thought you were gonna say 47 low cause 47 mid is definitely possible with the way Dressel swimming right now and Dressel usually not fast with in season swimming and his 48.40 is one of his fastest in season swims.
“When has Dressel ever disappointed under pressure?”
Did you not watch 2022 Budapest?
Dressel buckled under pressure and disappeared from ongoing competition and went on radio silence.
I didn’t know that and I thought the buckled under pressure thing is during the race when you’re competing.
Buckled under pressure may also occur before the race/event. Just ask Dressel and Simone Biles.
It’s what i called withdraw from a competition and it’s different than buckled under pressure during a race when you’re competing.
yes i did watch 2022, that meet where Caeleb Dressel won just as many individual Golds as Pan Zhanle did in Doha….except Pan did it at a random fake World Champs without competition from Chalmers, Alexy, Dressel, Popovici, and several other guys.