National Record Round-Up By Country: Day Three Finals

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Night three of the 2017 FINA World Championships saw an astounding number of World and National Records come tumbling down. Read below to see new national records established by a total of 14 countries, plus three world records and two Asian swimming records.

Men’s 200 Free

China – Asian

Sun Yang won the men’s 200 free with a final time of 1:44.39 on night three in record-breaking fashion. Sun’s time doubled as both a Chinese National Record and a new Asian Swimming Record.

Hungary

Dominik Kozma finished sixth overall in the men’s 200 free final, but he succeeded in downing fellow Hungarian Laszlo Cseh’s national record in the process. Kozma stopped the clock at a 1:45.54 to take down Cseh’s 1:45.78 from the 2009 World Championships.

Women’s 1500 Free

Spain

Mireia Belmonte propelled to a personal best time and a new Spanish Record of 15:50.89 during finals of the women’s 1500 free. The Spanish Olympian was the previous record holder with a 15:57.29 from the 2014 European Championships.

Liechenstein

Julia Hassler posted a new Lichtensteinian National Record en route to a seventh place finish in finals of the women’s 1500 free. Her final time of 16:14.86 bested her previous national record of 16:21.06 by 6.2 seconds.

Men’s 50 Breast

Great Britain

Adam Peaty continued to dominate the men’s sprint breaststroke events by once again lowering his world record in the 50 meter race. Peaty unleashed an unbelievable 25.95 to become the first man to break the 26-second mark in the 50. His time also doubles as a new British National Record.

Russia

Kirill Prigoda once again slashed the Russian t National Record in the men’s 50 breast, lowering it down to a 26.85. His semi-finals time qualified him fourth for tomorrow night’s final and bested the national record of 26.91 he posted during prelims.

Belarus

The records just kept falling as Ilya Shymanovich became the first Belarusian man to post a sub-27 second 50 breast time. His new record sits at a 26.90 and takes down his record of 27.01 posted during prelims.

Sweden

Johannes Skagius improved upon his own Swedish National Record of 27.16 with a 27.02 swim in semi-finals. His previous record was originally posted in 2013 at the World Championships in Barcelona.

Japan – Asian

Yasuhiro Koseki took down the Japanese and Asian Swimming records in the men’s 50 breast, delivering a final 27.17 in semi-finals. Koseki had posted a 27.21 earlier today in prelims, which at the time counted as new Japanese and Asian records.

Women’s 100 Back

Canada – World Record

After flirting with the world record in semi-finals of the 100 back, Canadian Kylie Masse slipped beneath the vaunted 58.12 to lower it to a 58.10. Masse’s time makes her the third Canadian to set a world record in the history of the 100 back and doubles as a Canadian National Record.

Czech Republic

Simona Baumrtova lowered her own Czech National Record in the women’s 100 back, delivering a new record of 59.71. Her previous record was a 59.84 from the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.

Men’s 100 Back

*No new records established

Women’s 200 Free

Russia

Veronika Popova established a new Russian National Record in the women’s 200 free, posting a final time of 1:55.08. Her time takes down the previous record of 1:55.93, which she set at the 2014 Russian Championships.

Hong Kong

Siobhan Haughey continued to strike away at her 200 free national record with a semi-finals showing of 1:56.21. This is the second time today that she has lowered it, having set a new Hong Kong National Record in prelims with a 1:56.62 showing.

Men’s 200 Fly

Bulgaria

Antani Ivanov chopped more than a second off his Bulgarian National Record in semi-finals of the men’s 200 fly, stopping the clock at a time of 1:55.58 to qualify eighth for tomorrow night’s final heat. The previous record was a 1:57.11, set at the European Junior Championships in 2016.

Women’s 100 Breast

United States

Lilly King delivered a dominating 1:04.13 to win gold in the women’s 100 breast final. King’s time downed the previous World Record of 1:04.35 set by Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte in 2013 and takes down Jessica Hardy’s American Record of 1:04.45 from 2009.

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Bill Bell

6 years ago

In men’s 200 free semis Lithuania’s Rapsys set an w/ his 1;46.3 breaking hisrecordvfrom prelims.

And Russia’s KirilPrigoda se thus fifth NR of meet a/ his 26.8-plus 50 breast. His prelim tine was also acRussian record and he set NRs in prelins, Seamus and finals of 100 breast w/a bronze medal in the finals.

A truly Phelpsian ( Ledeckyian?) performance!