China’s Pan Zhanle breaks world record in 4×100 freestyle relay leadoff with 46.80 points

2024 World Aquatics Championships

Day 1 Final Heat Sheet

Women’s 4×100 free relay start list

Men’s 4×100 free relay start list

Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Final

• World Record: USA – 3:08.24
• Championship Record: USA – 3:09.06
• 2023 World Champion: Australia – 3:10.16

Last:

1. China (Pang (WR), Ji, Zhang, Wang) — 3:11.08
2. Italy (Milessi, Zazzeri, Conte, Frigo) — 3:12.08
3. America (King, Casas, Hobson, Foster) — 3:12.29
4. United Kingdom — 3:12.59
5. Hungary — 3:13.66
6. Greece — 3:13.67
7. Serbia — 3:13.88
8. Spain — 3:14.83

Pan Zanre The Chinese athlete led the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay on the first night in Doha, setting a new world record in the men’s 100 freestyle.Pan’s swim scored 46.80 points david popovichPopovich swam in August 2022 with a score of 46.86.

Split comparison:

Zanle was faster than Popovich in the 50s, which makes sense given that this was Popovich’s second 50s, which was the third fastest back half split as of Popovich’s 2022 swim. right.

All-time top performance in the men’s 100 free:

1. Pan ZanreChina – 46.80 (2024)
2. David Popovici, Romania — 46.86 (2022)
3. Cesar CieloBrazil — 46.91 (2009)
4. Alain Bernard, France — 46.94 (2009)

Zanle led China to the gold medal in the relay. This was the first time that a Chinese male athlete won a medal in the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay.

Zhanle’s swim marked China’s first world record in men’s sprint events in both LCM and SCM. For Pan setting the world record he will earn a bonus of 30,000 USD.

Zanre was noticeably slower during the split this morning as he split a flying start on the anchor leg in 48.26 seconds. Clearly, Pan stepped up a gear in tonight’s final.