3/9/2023 0 Comments 100 meter world record![]() Here is a video of Cesar Cielo’s world record setting swim at the FINA World Championships in Rome during the summer of 2009. Over the next year Bernard’s record would be lowered five more times, by Bernard, Australia’s Eamon Sullivan, and finally, Cesar Cielo of Brazil who would be the second man to break the 47 second barrier setting the current mark of 46.91. Starting with France’s Alain Bernard at the European Championships in 2008, the big Frenchman would lower Pieter van den Hoogenband’s mark of 47.84 set in the semi-finals at the Sydney Games in 2000. ![]() The long course world record was destroyed repeatedly numerous times during the super-suit frenzy of 2008-2009 by three different swimmers. The following is a breakdown of the 100m freestyle world records for both men and women, in both long course and short course meters: MEN’S 100m FREESTYLE WORLD RECORDS Names like Johnny Weissmuller – who would break the minute barrier for the first time in 1922, Mark Spitz, and now names like Cesar Cielo, Matt Biondi, Alexander Popov and Pieter van den Hoogenband have cemented themselves as the premier names in the event. The 100 metres freestyle is one of the blue ribbon races in competitive swimming.
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