Six Men Go Sub-49 Seconds In 100 Free At 2024 Polish Championships

2024 POLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2024 Polish Championships saw the last day of action in Lublin with several of the nation’s swiftest swimmers diving in for Olympic qualification.

Polish swimmers who have already met Olympic qualification standards include Kasia WasickKrzysztof ChmielewskiMichal ChmielewskiKsawery MasiukJakub Majerski, Dominika Sztandera, Kornelia Fiedkiewicz, Adela Piskorska and Laura Bernat.

All but Wasick and both Chmielewskis raced at this domestic affair.

Although no one met the World Aquatics Olympic Qualification Time (‘A’ cut) of 48.34, a remarkable 6 men dipped under the 49-second threshold in tonight’s 100m freestyle final.

22-year-old Kamil Sieradzki led the way, stopping the clock at 48.56 to narrowly get under the ‘B’ cut of 48.58. That hacked .17 off his previous personal best of 48.75 notched as lead-off on his squad’s 4x100m free relay at last year’s World University Games,

21-year-old Mateusz Chowaniec was next to the wall in 48.63 as just his 3rd-ever outing under the 49-second barrier.

Dominik Dudys rounded out the podium in 48.80 while 4th place Jakub Majerski (48.82), 5th place Bartosz Piszczorowicz (48.86) and 6th place Christian Sztolcman (48.96) also broke the 49-second threshold.

Following up on her 100m back victory, 21-year-old Adela Piskorska notched a winning mark of 28.06 to take the 50m back.

20-year-old Ksawery Masiuk got it done for the men in 24.73, a performance ranked just outside his list of 10 best personal fastest swims.

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Coach Nico
5 months ago

Small typo in the additional notes – probably not twice the men’s 200 fly as 2:11 would be super slow for Polish men in that event.

Rafael
5 months ago

As japan seems to have dropped the men 4×100, poland is the alternate right.?

Dan
Reply to  Rafael
5 months ago

Where can we see which countries might have declined their invitations?

Last edited 5 months ago by Dan
Emily Se-Bom Lee
Reply to  Dan
5 months ago

japan’s withdrawal wasn’t part of an official relay announcement, it was inferred from absences in the roster they announced 2 weeks ago. the top 16 should be announced on june 3rd

Troyy
5 months ago

Could’ve been seven if Masiuk swum it.

John26
5 months ago

Poland, the new Belgium

Torchbearer
5 months ago

I didn’t see it mentioned in the story- Poland has NOT qualified a team for the Mens 4x100m free at Paris. Seems a shame!

CrinkleCut
Reply to  Torchbearer
5 months ago

Remind me what they need to do in order to make the field? Is there anything they can do at this point?

Boz
Reply to  Torchbearer
5 months ago

Didn’t Japan not select a team therefore opening a spot for Poland ?

Torchbearer
Reply to  Boz
5 months ago

I have no idea, just seemed weird the relay was not mentioned in the story…

Drewbrewsbeer
5 months ago

Wow 👀

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