Ryan Murphy Hits 51.9, Breaks Pan Pac Meet Record In 100 Back

2018 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

American Ryan Murphy broke his own Pan Pacific Championship Record and tied the 3rd fastest swim of all-time as he won gold in the men’s 100 back in Tokyo.

The world record holder with his 51.85 from the 2016 Olympic Games, Murphy had clocked a 52.19 in the morning prelims to lower the meet record by over seven-tenths and had his sights set on a possible WR tonight.

He was out .02 under record pace at the 50, flipping in 25.11, and just fell off it coming home to touch in that 51.94, just .09 outside of his record. The 51.94 ties with American legend Aaron Peirsol for the 3rd fastest performance in history, as Peirsol set the world record back in 2009 in that time. Only Murphy and Xu Jiayu of China (51.86) have ever been faster.

Fastest Performances Ever
1 Ryan Murphy 51.85
2 Xu Jiayu 51.86
3 Aaron Peirsol 51.94
3 Ryan Murphy 51.94
5 Ryan Murphy 51.97
6 Matt Grevers 52.08
7 Camille Lacourt 52.11
7 Mitch Larkin 52.11
9 David Plummer 52.12
10 Matt Grevers 52.16

Murphy now owns three of the five fastest performances in history, and three of the five swims ever sub-52. In addition to his world record leading off the medley relay in Rio, he won the gold medal individually in a time of 51.97 there as well.

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Manifolds
5 years ago

Ryan Murphy performance at Nationals and Pan Pacs is a clear example of the kind of performances expected from a ‘professional swimmer’ in 2018… It increases the value (status) of what it means to be a ‘professional swimmer’ in the USA. Gets it done again!

SwimSwamSwum
5 years ago

What happened to Xu Jiayu? He was apparently on a rampage and planned to break the WR and it never happened…

Pvdh
Reply to  SwimSwamSwum
5 years ago

Turns out breaking a WR is hard.

DRESSEL IS GOD
Reply to  SwimSwamSwum
5 years ago

Wait for Asian games, 2019 WC and 2020 buddy

dsquared22
5 years ago

Be interesting if Grevers who is in his last quad would try USRPT for the last 2 years and see what he can do, focus simply on sprint backstroke and powerful underwaters. No idea what his future goals are but I’d imagine he’s accomplished everything he ever wanted in this sport. It would be a good experiment for future specialists in their final years of high level competition.

JimSwim
Reply to  dsquared22
5 years ago

Sounds like an interesting plan. He is still making a living at swimming but send to be unable to reach the top anymore. Might as well go for broke

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  JimSwim
5 years ago

he was 52.2 Last year in Kazan – maybe u did not see him compete in 2017 ?

Dsquared22
Reply to  ERVINFORTHEWIN
5 years ago

Will he be content getting to 52.2 again? If so then do what you’ve always done. Doubt it will get faster than that after 12 years at the top. If willing to take a gamble on changing training methods, the only people he’d upset is the internet , and that’s only if he doesn’t make the Olympics

IM FAN
5 years ago

OMG this commentator. Just watched the english video “Matt Grevers will Certainly be the favorite”

Lol what???? I love Grevers but this isn’t 2012…

Swimming4silver
Reply to  IM FAN
5 years ago

Ryan Murphy is the new kid on the block…

Swimmer!
Reply to  Swimming4silver
5 years ago

Hardly new

Admin
Reply to  Swimming4silver
5 years ago

Well in his defense, the New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits, not just the first one.

😏😏😏

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Braden Keith
5 years ago

yep

Boknows34
Reply to  Swimming4silver
5 years ago

I came here to make the same comment but you beat me to it. The TV commentary is hilariously bad.

Brian berrey
5 years ago

Awesome thanks for the update

GO SARAH SJÖSTRÖM
5 years ago

Watch his fantastic race here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6X5rNft3wzg, the commentator is English

About James Sutherland

James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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