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Adam Peaty of Great Britain, the heavy favorite in the men’s 100-meter breast after clocking a world record in April set a meet record in the event at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Peaty threw down a 58.52 during prelims to clip the previous meet record of 58.58 set by Brenton Rickard in 2009. It’s not quite Peaty’s world record of 57.92, but still plenty fast for the morning.
South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh also cleared 59 second with a 58.59 for the second seed as swimmers saw some of the fastest 100 breaststrokes ever in back-to-back heats.
Peaty’s time stands third all time, while van der Burgh’s is fifth all time.
All Time 100 Breast
[table “” not found /]The top 11 swimmers all cleared 1:00 in part of a phenomenally fast semifinal field.
Kazakhstan’s Dmitry Balandin (59.38), Great Britain’s Ross Murdoch (59.48), Brazil’s Felipe Silva (59.56), Germany’s Hendrik Feldwehr (59.67), Russia’s Kirill Prigoda (59.81), Lithuania’s Giedrius Titenis (59.84), Australia’s Jake Packard (59.92), Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki (59.93) and USA’s Cody Miller (59.97) all broke 1:00 to make semis.
Germany’s Christian Vom Lehn (1:00.01), USA’s Nic Fink (1:00.05), Canada’s Richard Funk (1:00.26), Brazil’s Felipe Lima (1:00.26) and Serbia’s Caba Siladi (1:00.35) also earned semifinal lanes.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 50 fly
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 400 free relay
- Men’s 400 free relay
Leonard Kalate
Leonard Kalate