Egor Kornev Continues Tear With 46.99 100 free, 22.59 50 Fly Russian Data

2026 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The swimming world has had its eyes on 22-year-old Egor Kornev this week after he threw down Russian information within the 50 freestyle over the past two days, in the end bringing the mark to 21.06.

This night, Kornev added two extra Russian information to his repertoire. To begin the night off, he dropped a 46.99 within the 100 free semi to turn out to be the primary Russian and seventh man general to interrupt the coveted 47-second barrier. The earlier nationwide mark belonged to Kliment Kolesnikov, who clocked a 47.11 in on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Prior to at present, Kornev had a finest time of 47.29.

	Egor Kornev, 2026 Russian Championships Semifinals	Kliment Kolesnikov, 2020 Tokyo Olympics Semifinals
50	22.51	22.52
100	46.99 (24.48)	47.11 (24.59)

Though Kornev is extra of a pure sprinter than Kolesnikov was, the lion’s share of the document enchancment got here from Kornev’s back-half, as he got here dwelling in 24.48.

With this swim, Kornev burgeons to #1 on the earth rankings this season by a whopping 4 tenths of a second. American Chris Guiliano cedes his earlier #1 spot to the Russian.

As talked about earlier, Kornev turns into the seventh man underneath 47 within the occasion. It additionally turns into the seventeenth efficiency underneath the barrier. See the total record of performers and performances beneath.

Top 10 Men’s LCM 100 Freestyle Performers All-Time

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.40 (2024)
2. David Popovici(ROU) – 46.51, (2025)
3. Jack Alexy (USA) – 46.81, (2025)
4. Cesar Cielo (BRA) – 46.91 (2009)
5. Alain Bernard (FRA) – 46.94 (2009)
6. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 46.96 (2019)
7. Egor Kornev (RUS) – 46.99 (2026)
8. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 47.04 (2016)
9. Eamon Sullivan (AUS) – 47.05 (2008)
10. Kyle Chalmers (AUS) – 47.08 (2021)

Top 20 Men’s LCM 100 Freestyle Performances All-Time

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.40 (2024)
2. David Popovici(ROU) – 46.51, (2025)
3. David Popovici (ROU) — 46.71 (2025)
4. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.80 (2024)
5. Jack Alexy (USA) – 46.81, (2025)
6. David Popovici (ROU) – 46.84 (2025)
7. David Popovici (ROU) – 46.86 (2022)
8. David Popovici (ROU) – 46.88 (2024)
9. Cesar Cielo (BRA) – 46.91 (2009)
10. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.92 (2024) & Jack Alexy – 46.92 (2025)
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12. Alain Bernard (FRA) – 46.94 (2009)
13. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 46.96 (2019)
14. Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 46.97 (2024)
15. David Popovici (ROU) – 46.98 (2022)
16. Jack Alexy (USA) — 46.99 (2025) & Egor Kornev (RUS) – 46.99 (2026)
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18. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 47.02 (2021)
19. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 47.04 (2016)
20. Eamon Sullivan (AUS) – 47.05 (2008)

To prime off a 3rd straight night of headline-making, Kornev put up a 22.59 within the 50 butterfly semifinal. This broke Oleg Kostin‘s 22.62 national record in the event, which he accomplished at this same meet and same pool in 2023. This chops an incredible half second off Kornev’s 22.97 PR from solely two months in the past. He snatches the #1 spot on the earth for this occasion as properly, bypassing soon-to-be U.S.-representing swimmer Ilya Kharun. According to the session timeline, lower than an hour separated his 100 free and 50 fly.

He additionally enters the all-time prime ten performers on this occasion, checking in at #6.

Top 10 Men’s LCM 50 Butterfly Performers All-Time

1. Andriy Govorov (UKR) – 22.27 (2018)
2. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 22.35 (2019)
3. Rafael Muñoz (ESP) – 22.43 (2009)
4. Maxime Grousset (FRA) – 22.48 (2025)
5. Noe Ponti (SUI) – 22.51 (2025)
6. Egor Kornev (RUS) – 22.59 (2026)
7. Nicholas Santos (BRA) – 22.60 (2019)
8. Oleg Kostin (RUS) – 22.62 (2023)
9. Ilya Kharun – 22.64 (2026)
10. Milorad Cavic (SER) – 22.67 (2009) & Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 22.67 (2025)

Stay tuned for tomorrow night time’s finals, the place he may have the chance to additional entrench himself within the rankings.