2019 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- All sports: Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- Pool swimming: Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- The Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, Korea
- Meet site
- Competition Schedule
- FinaTV Live Stream
- Entry Lists
- Results
17-year-old Andrei Minakov joined the elusive 50-point club in the men’s 100 fly semi-finals at the World Championships, clocking a time of 50.94 to set a new Russian Record.
The time breaks his previous mark of 51.12 set at the Youth Olympic Games last October where he won the gold medal. Prior to that, the record belonged to Egor Kuimov, who went 51.16 at the 2017 World Junior Championships.
SPLIT COMPARISON
| Kuimov, 2017 World Juniors | Minakov, 2018 YOGs | Minakov, 2019 Worlds |
| 24.07 | 24.22 | 23.58 |
| 27.09 | 26.90 | 27.36 |
| 51.16 | 51.12 | 50.94 |
Minakov qualified second for the final, trailing Caeleb Dressel who set a new world record by over three-tenths of a second in 49.50.
Already a medalist here in Gwangju with a silver in the men’s 400 freestyle relay, Minakov becomes the 18th swimmer in history to break 51, and the 11th to do it outside of 2009.
ALL-TIME PERFORMERS, MEN’S 100 FLY
- Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.50 – 2019
- Michael Phelps (USA), 49.82 – 2009
- Milorad Cavic (SRB), 49.95 – 2009
- Joseph Schooling (SGP), 50.39 – 2016
- Ian Crocker (USA), 50.40 – 2005
- Rafael Munoz (ESP), 50.41 – 2009
- Chad Le Clos (RSA), 50.56 – 2015
- Kristof Milak (HUN), 50.62 – 2017
- Piero Codia (ITA), 50.64 – 2018
- Albert Subirats (VEN), 50.65 – 2009
- James Guy (GBR), 50.67 – 2017
- Jason Dunford (KEN), 50.78 – 2009
- Andrew Lauterstein (AUS) / Mehdy Metella (FRA), 50.85 – 2009/2019
- –
- Laszlo Cseh (HUN), 50.86 – 2016
- Tyler McGill (USA), 50.90 – 2009
- Andrei Minakov (RUS), 50.94 – 2019
- Li Zhuhao (CHN), 50.96 – 2017