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Josh Liendo Clocks 49.99 100 Fly Canadian Record, Becomes #5 Performer Of All-Time

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

In the final of the men’s 100 butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Canadian swimmer Josh Liendo clocked a time of 49.99 to take silver behind Hungary’s Kristof Milak. With this swim, Liendo takes down his own Canadian record, and becomes just the five swimmer in history to go under 50 seconds in the 100 fly. His previous record had been a time of 50.06 from May of this year at Canadian Olympic trials.

Liendo is now the fifth-fastest performer of all-time in the men’s 100 fly. His Canadian teammate Ilya Kharun, who went 50.25 to take bronze, ties Australia’s Matt Temple as the eighth-fastest of all-time.

All-Time Top Performers, Men’s 100-meter Butterfly (LCM):

  1. Caeleb Dressel, United States — 49.45 (2021)
  2. Kristof Milak, Hungary — 49.68 (2021)
  3. Michael Phelps, United States — 49.82 (2009)
  4. Milorad Cavic, Serbia — 49.95 (2021)
  5. Josh Liendo, Canada — 49.99 (2024)
  6. Maxime Grousset, France — 50.14 (2023)
  7. Noe Ponti, Switzerland — 50.16 (2024)
  8. Matt Temple, Australia (2023)/Ilya Kharun, Canada (2024) — 50.25

Compared to his previous best time, Liendo was 0.06 seconds faster on his front half, as well as 0.01 of a second faster on his back half.

Split Comparison:

Josh Liendo, 2024 Canadian Trials Josh Liendo, 2024 Olympic Games
50m 23.30 23.24
100m 26.76 26.75
Total 50.06 49.99

Liendo’s silver medal was his first-ever Olympic medal. He previously notched a fourth-place finish in the men’s 50 free, as well as an 1tth place finish in the 100 free.

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Matt
3 months ago

It was definitely a 1 hand touch on the finish, surprisingly not called

Seems like Canada
3 months ago

Apparently Canada has gotten over the Ben ( Who?) fiasco 🤣. Seems like they made it out the other side pretty well.

Andrew
3 months ago
Matt
Reply to  Andrew
3 months ago

Should’ve been a DQ

swimmer
3 months ago

wasn’t Kharun 50.45?

Andrew
3 months ago

With a terrible one hand touch on the finish as well

Ploki
3 months ago

Not sure Cavic was going 49.95 in 2021

PBJSwimming
3 months ago

Pretty sure that Cavic’s 49.95 is from 2009.

David S
Reply to  PBJSwimming
3 months ago

Yip
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