Chinese swimmer (born 2004)
Pan Zhanle
Nationality Chinese Born (2004-08-04 ) 4 August 2004 (age 19) Wenzhou , Zhejiang, ChinaHeight 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle Club Zhejiang Swimming Team
Pan Zhanle (Chinese: 潘展乐 , born 4 August 2004) is a Chinese swimmer .
On 16 February 2024, he won the 100 metre freestyle at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. A few days before, he became the world record holder in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 46.80.[1] He has been the Asian record holder in the 100-metre freestyle since May 2023.[2]
He competed in the 100-metre freestyle at the 2022 FINA SC World Championships in Melbourne and broke the Asian record in the event with a time of 45.77, finishing tied sixth.
In 2023, SwimSwam magazine described Pan as being the first swimmer in history to have all three achievements of reaching sub-22 seconds in the 50 m freestyle, a time of under 47 seconds in the 100 m freestyle, and also reaching a time of under 1:45 in the 200 m freestyle.[3]
According to his latest weibo post (on Feb 29, 2024), his height currently is 189.5 cm and arm span 190.5 cm.[4]
Personal bests
Long course (50-meter pool)
Event
Time
Meet
Date
Note(s)
50 m freestyle
21.92
2022 Asian Games
September 25, 2023
100 m freestyle
46.80
2024 World Swimming Championships
February 11, 2024
WR
200 m freestyle
1:44.65
2023 Chinese National Swimming Championships
May 4, 2023
400 m freestyle
3:46.40
2023 Chinese National Swimming Championships
May 6, 2023
800 m freestyle
7:59.15
2023 Chinese National Swimming Championships
May 5, 2023
1500 m freestyle
15:33.48
2019 Chinese Summer National Swimming Championships
June 14, 2019
50 m butterfly
25.90
2023 Chinese Spring National Swimming Championships
March 19, 2023
100 m butterfly
1:01.87
2019 Asian Age Group Championships
September 25, 2019
200 m individual medley
2:02.99
2020 Chinese National Swimming Championships
October 1, 2020
400 m individual medley
4:34.40
2019 Asian Age Group Championships
September 25, 2019
Short course (25-meter pool)
As of July 27, 2023 [5]
Event
Time
Meet
Date
Note(s)
50 m freestyle
21.54
2022 Chinese National Championships
October 27, 2022
100 m freestyle
45.77
2022 World Championships
December 15, 2022
AS
200 m freestyle
1:42.66
2022 Chinese National Swimming Championships
October 29, 2022
100 m individual medley
53.10
2022 Chinese National Swimming Championships
October 27, 2022
Key : NR = National Record ; AS = Asian Record
Records
Long course (50 m)
No.
Event
Time
Meet
Location
Date
Age
Type
Status
Ref
1
100 m freestyle
47.65
sf, =
2022 World Aquatics Championships
Budapest , Hungary
21 June 2022
17
NR
Former
[6]
2
100 m freestyle
47.22
2023 Chinese Championships
Hangzhou , China
1 May 2023
18
AS (not ratified)
Former
[7]
3
4×100m freestyle relay
3:11.38 (47.67, 1st leg)
2023 World Aquatics Championships
Fukuoka , Japan
23 July 2023
18
AS
Former
[8]
4
4×100m medley relay
3.29.00 (46.62, 4th leg)
2023 World Aquatics Championships
Fukuoka , Japan
30 July 2023
18
AS
Former
[9]
5
100 m freestyle
46.97
2022 Asian Games
Hangzhou , China
24 September 2023
19
AS
Former
[10]
6
4×200m freestyle relay
7:03.40 (1:44.77, 4th leg)
2022 Asian Games
Hangzhou , China
25 September 2023
19
NR
Former
[11]
7
4×100m medley relay
3:27.01 (46.65, 4th leg)
2022 Asian Games
Hangzhou , China
26 September 2023
19
AS
Current
[12]
8
4×100m freestyle relay
3:10.88 (47.06, 1st leg)
2022 Asian Games
Hangzhou , China
28 September 2023
19
AS
Current
9
100 m freestyle (1st leg)
46.80
r
2024 World Aquatics Championships
Doha , Qatar
11 February 2024
19
WR , AS
Current
[13]
10
4x200m freestyle relay
7:01:84 (1:43:90, 3rd leg)
2024 World Aquatics Championships
Doha , Qatar
16 February 2024
19
NR
Current
[14]
Short course (25 m)
Key : NR = National Record ; AS = Asian Record ; WJ = World Junior Record; WR = World Record ; h = heats; sf = semifinal ; r = Relay
World long-course champions in men's 100 m freestyle
World long-course champions in men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
1973 : Melvin Nash , Joe Bottom , Jim Montgomery , John Murphy (USA)
1975 : Bruce Furniss , Jim Montgomery , Andy Coan , John Murphy (USA)
1978 : Jack Babashoff , Rowdy Gaines , Jim Montgomery , David McCagg (USA)
1982 : Chris Cavanaugh , Robin Leamy , David McCagg , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Tom Jager , Mike Heath , Paul Wallace , Matt Biondi (USA)
1991 : Tom Jager , Brent Lang , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA)
1994 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Uğur Taner , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
1998 : Scott Tucker , Jon Olsen , Neil Walker , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
2001 : Michael Klim , Ashley Callus , Todd Pearson , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Andrey Kapralov , Ivan Usov , Denis Pimankov , Alexander Popov (RUS)
2005 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Nate Dusing , Jason Lezak (USA)
2007 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak (USA)
2009 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Matt Grevers , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2011 : James Magnussen , Matt Targett , Matthew Abood , Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
2013 : Yannick Agnel , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2015 : Mehdy Metella , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2017 : Caeleb Dressel , Townley Haas , Blake Pieroni , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2019 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Zach Apple , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2022 : Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Justin Ress , Brooks Curry (USA)
2023 : Jack Cartwright , Flynn Southam , Kai Taylor, Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
2024 : Pan Zhanle , Ji Xinjie , Zhang Zhanshuo , Wang Haoyu (CHN)
World long-course champions in men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
1973 : Kurt Krumpholz , Robin Backhaus , Richard Klatt , Jim Montgomery (USA)
1975 : Klaus Steinbach , Werner Lampe , Hans-Joachim Geisler , Peter Nocke (FRG)
1978 : Bruce Furniss , Bill Forrester , Bobby Hackett , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1982 : Richard Saeger , Jeff Float , Kyle Miller, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Lars Hinneburg , Thomas Flemming , Dirk Richter , Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
1991 : Peter Sitt , Steffen Zesner , Stefan Pfeiffer , Michael Gross (GER)
1994 : Christer Wallin , Tommy Werner , Lars Frölander , Anders Holmertz (SWE)
1998 : Michael Klim , Ian Thorpe , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
2001 : Grant Hackett , Bill Kirby , Michael Klim , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Grant Hackett , Craig Stevens , Nicholas Sprenger , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2005 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller (USA)
2007 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Klete Keller , Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
2009 : Michael Phelps , Ricky Berens , David Walters , Ryan Lochte (USA)
2011 : Michael Phelps , Peter Vanderkaay , Ricky Berens , Ryan Lochte (USA)
2013 : Conor Dwyer , Ryan Lochte , Charlie Houchin , Ricky Berens (USA)
2015 : Dan Wallace , Robert Renwick , Calum Jarvis , James Guy (GBR)
2017 : Stephen Milne , Nicholas Grainger , Duncan Scott , James Guy (GBR)
2019 : Clyde Lewis , Kyle Chalmers , Alexander Graham , Mack Horton (AUS)
2022 : Drew Kibler , Carson Foster , Trenton Julian , Kieran Smith (USA)
2023 : Duncan Scott , Matt Richards , Tom Dean , James Guy (GBR)
2024 : Ji Xinjie , Wang Haoyu , Pan Zhanle , Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN)
World long-course champions in 4×100 m mixed freestyle relay
2015 : Ryan Lochte , Nathan Adrian , Simone Manuel , Missy Franklin (USA)
2017 : Caeleb Dressel , Nathan Adrian , Mallory Comerford , Simone Manuel (USA)
2019 : Caeleb Dressel , Zach Apple , Mallory Comerford , Simone Manuel (USA)
2022 : Jack Cartwright , Kyle Chalmers , Madison Wilson , Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS)
2023 : Jack Cartwright , Kyle Chalmers , Shayna Jack , Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS)
2024 : Pan Zhanle , Wang Haoyu , Li Bingjie , Yu Yiting (CHN)
Asian Games champions in men's 100 m freestyle
Asian Games Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay
1951 Wolters , Chee , Mitchell, kok (SIN )
1974 Izumi, Horiuchi, Sasaki , Iida (JPN )
1978 Sakamoto , Izumi, Yamazaki, Yanagidate (JPN )
1982 Huang Guo, Huang Gua, Wan, Li (CHN )
1986 Shen , Yang, Mu , Feng (CHN )
1990 Xie , Feng , Wang , Shen (CHN )
1994 Fukuda, Endo, Usami, Matsushita (JPN )
1998 Hamano, Shun. Ito , Yamanoi , Shu. Ito (JPN )
2002 Huang , Jin , Chen , Liu (CHN )
2006 kojima, Yamamoto, Ito, Hosokawa (JPN )
2010 Shi T , Jiang , Shi R, Lü (CHN )
2014 Yu , Lin , Sun , Ning (CHN )
2018 Shioura , Matsumoto , Nakamura , Mizohata (JPN )
2022 Pan , Chen, Hong , Wang (CHN )
Asian Games Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay
1951 Salamat, Cayco , Rajab (PHI )
1958 Hase , Furukawa , Ishimoto , Koga (JPN )
1962 Tomita , Ishikawa , Izutsu , Shimizu (JPN )
1966 Fukushima , Ishikawa , Nakajima , Iwasaki (JPN )
1970 Honda , Maruya , Sawa, Izumi (JPN )
1974 Honda , Taguchi , Hara , Izumi (JPN )
1978 Ikeda, Takahashi , Kayama , Yamazaki (JPN )
1982 Ikeda, Takahashi , Saka , Sumida (JPN )
1986 Suzuki , Fuwa, Miura , Fujiwara (JPN )
1990 Lin , Chen , Shen , Xie (CHN )
1994 Komine, Hayashi , Itoi , Matsushita (JPN )
1998 Nishikori, Hayashi , Yamamoto , Ito (JPN )
2002 Nishikori, Kitajima , Yamamoto , Okumura (JPN )
2006 Miyashita , Kitajima , Yamamoto , Hosokawa (JPN )
2010 Irie , Tateishi , Fujii , Harada (JPN )
2014 Xu , Li , Li , Ning (CHN )
2018 Xu , Yan , Li , Yu (CHN )
2022 Xu , Qin , Wang , Pan (CHN )