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Pan Zhanle

In this Chinese name, the family name is Pan.
Pan Zhanle
Pan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
National teamChina
Born (2004-08-04) 4 August 2004 (age 20)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubZhejiang Province Swim Team
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 4x100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 4 × 100 m medley relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 50 m freestyle

Pan Zhanle (Chinese: 潘展乐, born 4 August 2004) is a Chinese freestyle swimmer, Olympic champion, and current world record holder of the 100 metre freestyle event. In 2023, Pan became the first swimmer in history to have all three achievements of reaching sub-22 seconds in the 50 metre freestyle, sub-47 seconds in the 100 metre freestyle, and sub-1:45 in the 200 metre freestyle. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he won gold in the 100 metre freestyle, breaking his own world record in the process.

Career

Early career

In 2019 at 15 years old, Pan made his first major competition debut at the 2019 Chinese Summer LC Swimming Championships. He competed in the 1500 metre freestyle, winning with a time of 15:33.48.[1]

At the 2020 Chinese Olympic Team Trials, Pan placed second in the finals of the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 48.74 seconds, finishing just 0.03 seconds behind He Junyi. He also competed in the 200 and 400 metre freestyle events.[1]

In 2021, Pan competed at the Chinese Summer Nationals and National Games of China. In both competitions, he competed in the 50, 100, and 400 metre freestyle events. At the National Games, he finished third in the 100 metre freestyle with a personal best time with a 48.59 seconds.[1]

International debut and breakthrough

At the age of 17, Pan made his international debut at the 2021 FINA SC World Championships. He swam in the 200, 400, and 800 metre freestyle relay events, helping China place fifth in all three events. Individually, Pan finished eleventh in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle.[1]

The following year, Pan finished tied sixth in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2022 FINA SC World Championships in Melbourne. With a time of 45.77 seconds, he became the Asian record holder in this short course event.[1]

In May 2023, Pan competed in the 100 metre long course freestyle at the Chinese National Championships, breaking the Asian record with a time of 47.22 seconds, which was 0.34 seconds faster than the previous record.[2]

Pan first broke the 47-second barrier for the long course 100m freestyle at the 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), where he finished with a time of 46.97 seconds, becoming the fifth man in history to achieve this milestone.[3] During the games, he also became the first swimmer in history to have all three achievements of reaching sub-22 seconds in the 50 metre freestyle, sub-47 seconds in the 100 metre freestyle, and sub-1:45 in the 200 metre freestyle.[4]

On 16 February 2024, Pan won the 100 metre freestyle at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. A few days prior, he set a new 100 metre freestyle world record with a time of 46.80.[5]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Pan won gold in the 100 metre freestyle. With a time of 46.40 seconds, he broke his own world record in the process.[6] His margin of victory, 1.08 seconds, was the largest in this event since the 1928 Olympics, and his 0.4-second improvement on the world record was the biggest leap in the past 25 years.[7] In the men’s 4x100 meters medley final, Pan delivered an impressive performance to help the Chinese team win the gold medal, delivering the first defeat to the United States in this event since it was included in the Olympic program at the 1960 Olympics.[8] As the anchor leg, he entered the water with his team in third place but overtook the swimmers from the United States and France in the final 100 meters, finishing with the fastest split in history in the men’s 100 freestyle, clocking a 45.92, and securing the winning time of 3:27.46.[8][9][10]

Physical attributes

According to a Weibo post from Pan on February 29, 2024, his height is currently 189.5 cm, and his arm span is 190.5 cm.[11]

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 46.40 2024 Paris Olympics July 31, 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[12]
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 47.22 2023 Chinese Championships Hangzhou, China 1 May 2023 18 AS (not ratified) Former [13]
2 4×100m freestyle relay 3:11.38 (47.67, 1st leg) 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 23 July 2023 18 AS Former [14]
3 4×100m medley relay 3.29.00 (46.62, 4th leg) 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 30 July 2023 18 AS Former [15]
4 100 m freestyle 46.97 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou, China 24 September 2023 19 AS Former [16]
5 4×200m freestyle relay 7:03.40 (1:44.77, 4th leg) 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou, China 25 September 2023 19 NR Former [17]
6 4×100m medley relay 3:27.01 (46.65, 4th leg) 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou, China 26 September 2023 19 AS Current [18]
7 4×100m freestyle relay 3:10.88 (47.06, 1st leg) 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou, China 28 September 2023 19 AS Current
8 100 m freestyle (1st leg) 46.80 r 2024 World Aquatics Championships Doha, Qatar 11 February 2024 19 WR, AS Former [19]
9 4x200m freestyle relay 7:01:84 (1:43:90, 3rd leg) 2024 World Aquatics Championships Doha, Qatar 16 February 2024 19 NR Current [20]
10 4x100m mixed freestyle 3:21.18 (47.29, 1st leg) 2024 World Aquatics Championships Doha, Qatar 17 February 2024 19 AS Current [21]
11 100 m freestyle (1st leg) 46.92 r 2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France 27 July 2024 19 OR Former [22]
12 100 m freestyle 46.40 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 31 July 2024 19 WR, OR, AS Current [23]

Short course (25 m)

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Age Type Status Ref
1 100 m freestyle 45.77 2022 World Swimming Championships Melbourne, Australia 15 December 2022 18 AS Current [24]

Key: NR = National Record ; AS = Asian Record ; WJ = World Junior Record; WR = World Record ; h = heats; sf = semifinal ; r = Relay

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Pan Zhanle Bio". SwimSwam. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Swimming: China's Pan Zhanle breaks men's 100m freestyle Asian record". 2 May 2023.
  3. ^ Race, Retta (24 September 2023). "China's Pan Zhanle Rips 46.97 100 Free As 5th Fastest Performer Ever (Video)". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. ^ Penland, Spencer (25 September 2023). "2023 Asian Games: Day 2 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Pan swims record 100m as China wins relay gold". ESPN.com. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Pan Zhanle of China breaks own world record to win Olympic gold medal in men's 100-meter freestyle". AP News. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Pan Zhanle's new swimming world-record at Olympics makes no sense, and that's the problem". SBNation. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Swimming: China end US reign over men's 4x100 medley relay". Reuters. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  9. ^ Tansey, Joe. "Olympic Swimming 2024: Men's 4x100M Medley Relay Medal Winners, Times, Results". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ^ Pelshaw, Anya (4 August 2024). "Faster Than Lezak, Pan Zhanle Splits 45.92 100 Freestyle To Anchor China To Gold". SwimSwam. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. ^ Pan, Zhanle. "my height 189.5". weibo.com. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  12. ^ "FINA personal best results".
  13. ^ Race, Retta (May 1, 2023). "18-Yr-Old Pan Zhanle Blasts 47.22 100 Free Asian Record (Video)". SwimSwam. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  14. ^ "Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Men's 4x100m Freestyle" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Men's 4x200m Freestyle results" (PDF). 16 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay" (PDF). 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  23. ^ "MEN'S 100M FREESTYLE FINAL RESULTS". Olympics. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
Records
Preceded by Men's 100-metre freestyle
world record-holder (long course)
11 February 2024 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Men's 100-metre freestyle
Asian record-holder (long course)
27 July 2023 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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