Occasion Domination: Which Swimmers Personal the Most High Occasions in a Particular Occasion (Males’s Version)
By way of the years, some athletes have dominated occasions at excessive ranges, proudly owning most of the top-10 instances in an occasion’s historical past. Suppose Michael Phelps within the 400-meter particular person medley and 200 butterfly. Ian Thorpe within the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle. Grant Hackett within the 1500 freestyle.
On this Swimming World function, we’ll take a present-day take a look at a number of athletes who’ve dominated particular disciplines. To qualify for the checklist, a swimmer should personal at the least the top-two instances in historical past, and possess at the least 4 of the top-10 performances ever recorded.
Kliment Kolesnikov
Occasion: 50 Backstroke
Observe: Nobody has flashed velocity within the 50 backstroke like Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov, who holds the world document at 23.55 and holds the three-fastest instances in historical past. Extra spectacular is the truth that Kolesnikov owns 10 of the 12-fastest performances within the 50 backstroke, an occasion during which he’s the reigning world champion.
Thomas Ceccon
Occasion: 100 Backstroke
Observe: Reigning Olympic champion Thomas Ceccon has cracked the 52-second barrier within the 100 backstroke on 4 events, tied for probably the most in historical past with Ryan Murphy. The Italian owns the highest two instances in historical past at 51.60 and 51.80 and he has 4 of the nine-fastest efforts of all-time.
Adam Peaty – Half I
Occasion: 50 Breaststroke
Observe: The choice by the Worldwide Olympic Committee so as to add the 50-meter stroke occasions to this system on the 2028 Olympic Video games was met with open arms by Nice Britain’s Adam Peaty – and for good motive. Peaty is the one man to ever go sub-26 within the 50 breaststroke, led by his world document of 25.95. Along with proudly owning the six-fastest instances ever, Peaty boasts eight of the 10-quickest marks.
Adam Peaty – Half II
Occasion: 100 Breaststroke
Observe: The breaststroke dominance of Adam Peaty doesn’t simply cowl the one-lap dash. A 3-time Olympic medalist within the 100 breaststroke, together with twice because the gold medalist, Peaty is the world-record holder at 56.88 and solely man to interrupt the 57-second barrier. Peaty is the proprietor of the 14-fastest performances of all-time within the 100 breaststroke and .81 sooner than the No. 2 performer in historical past, China’s Qin Haiyang (57.69).
Caeleb Dressel
Occasion: 100 Butterfly
Observe: America’ Caeleb Dressel is the world-record holder within the 100 butterfly, due to a greatest time of 49.45. That effort is one in every of seven sub-50 outings by Dressel, who owns the two-fastest instances in historical past. Dressel additionally boasts 5 of the seven-fastest performances in occasion historical past.
Kristof Milak
Occasion: 200 Butterfly
Observe: Hungarian Kristof Milak, the 2020 Olympic champion, is nearly a second sooner than anybody has ever been within the 200 butterfly, together with his world document sitting at 1:50.34. Milak holds the three-fastest instances in historical past and 5 of the six-fastest performances. Of the 10-fastest instances ever registered, seven belong to Milak.
Leon Marchand
Occasion: 400 Particular person Medley
Observe: When France’s Leon Marchand clocked 4:02.50 within the 400 particular person medley on the 2023 World Championships, the efficiency lower greater than a second from Michael Phelps’ iconic 2008 world document of 4:03.84. Marchand has additionally been 4:02.95 within the occasion and he holds 4 of the five-fastest instances, all beneath the 4:05 barrier.
