Egor Kornev Continues Record Assault With 46.96 100 Free, Tying Dressel For #6 All-Time

2026 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Egor Kornev has been completely electrical on the Russian Swimming Championships, rewriting the nationwide report books with a number of the quickest performances in historical past.

The 22-year-old continued his red-hot run on Thursday, unleashing a time of 46.96 within the ultimate of the boys’s 100 freestyle to decrease his day-old Russian Record by three one-hundredths and transfer right into a tie for sixth all-time alongside Caeleb Dressel.

During the semi-finals on Wednesday, Kornev fired off a time of 46.99 within the 100 free, shattering Kliment Kolesnikov‘s Russian Record of 47.11 from the Tokyo Olympics and turning into the seventh man in historical past below 47 seconds.

In phrases of splitting, Kornev was out quicker within the ultimate, flipping in 22.37 in comparison with 22.51 within the semis, however got here residence simply over a tenth slower in 24.59.

Split Comparison

Kornev slots up alongside Dressel because the sixth-fastest performer ever, and his swim on Thursday additionally ties Dressel for the Thirteenth-fastest efficiency ever.

All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 Freestyle (LCM)

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN), 46.40 – 2024 Olympic Games
2. David Popovici(ROU), 46.51 – 2025 World Championships
3. Jack Alexy (USA), 46.81 – 2025 World Championships
4. Cesar Cielo (BRA), 46.91 – 2009 World Championships
5. Alain Bernard (FRA), 46.94 – 2009 French Nationals
6. Caeleb Dressel (USA) / Egor Kornev (RUS), 46.96 – 2019 World Championships / 2026 Russian Championships
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8. Cameron McEvoy (AUS), 47.04 – 2016 Australian Olympic Trials
9. Eamon Sullivan (AUS), 47.05 – 2008 Olympic Games
10. Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 47.08 – 2021 Olympic Games

All-Time Performances, Men’s 100 Freestyle (LCM)

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN), 46.40 – 2024 Olympic Games
2. David Popovici(ROU), 46.51 – 2025 World Championships
3. David Popovici (ROU) — 46.71 – 2025 U23 European Championships
4. Pan Zhanle (CHN), 46.80 – 2024 World Championships
5. Jack Alexy (USA), 46.81 – 2025 World Championships
6. David Popovici(ROU), 46.84 – 2025 World Championships
7. David Popovici(ROU), 46.86 – 2022 European Championships
8. David Popovici(ROU), 46.88 – 2024 European Championships
9. Cesar Cielo (BRA), 46.91 – 2009 World Championships
10. Pan Zhanle (CHN) / Jack Alexy (USA), 46.92 – 2024 Olympics / 2025 World Championships
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12. Alain Bernard (FRA), 46.94 – 2009 French Nationals
13. Caeleb Dressel (USA) / Egor Kornev (RUS), 46.96 – 2019 World Championships / 2026 Russian Championships
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15. Pan Zhanle (CHN) / Pan Zhanle (CHN), 46.97 – 2023 Asian Games 2024 Chinese Nationals
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17. David Popovici (ROU), 46.98 – 2022 European Championships
18. Jack Alexy (USA) / Egor Kornev (RUS), 46.99 – 2025 U.S. Nationals / 2026 Russian Championships
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20. Caeleb Dressel (USA), 47.02 – 2021 Olympic Games

Due to the dominance of Pan Zhanle and David Popovici over the previous couple of years, together with some standout swims from Americans Jack Alexy and Caeleb Dressel, Kornev’s 46.96 swim solely ranks two spots increased, tied for eleventh, within the all-time textile checklist in comparison with the general checklist the place he’s tied for Thirteenth.

All-Time Textile Performances, Men’s 100 Freestyle (LCM)

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN), 46.40 – 2024 Olympic Games
2. David Popovici (ROU), 46.51 – 2025 World Championships
3. David Popovici (ROU) — 46.71 – 2025 U23 European Championships
4. Pan Zhanle (CHN), 46.80 – 2024 World Championships
5. Jack Alexy (USA), 46.81 – 2025 World Championships
6. David Popovici (ROU), 46.84 – 2025 World Championships
7. David Popovici (ROU), 46.86 – 2022 European Championships
8. David Popovici (ROU), 46.88 – 2024 European Championships
9. Pan Zhanle (CHN) / Jack Alexy (USA), 46.92 – 2024 Olympics / 2025 World Championships
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11. Caeleb Dressel (USA) / Egor Kornev (RUS), 46.96 – 2019 World Championships / 2026 Russian Championships
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13. Pan Zhanle (CHN) / Pan Zhanle (CHN), 46.97 – 2023 Asian Games 2024 Chinese Nationals
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15. David Popovici (ROU), 46.98 – 2022 European Championships

In the 2025-26 world rankings, Kornev additional distances himself from the remainder of the sphere, now sitting 42 one-hundredths away from #2 Chris Guiliano. Also competing in Thursday’s ultimate, Ivan Girev put up a time of 47.63 to rank eleventh on the planet this season.

Later on in Thursday evening’s finals session, Kornev gained the boys’s 50 fly in a time of twenty-two.79, two-tenths shy of the 22.59 Russian Record he set within the semis.

Earlier within the meet, Kornev broke the Russian Record within the semis of the 50 free in 21.12, after which re-lowered that mark to 21.06 within the ultimate, leaping to #5 all-time within the occasion.