World Championships, Day One Semi-Finals: Qin Haiyang Sets 100 Breast Asian Record Of 57.82
Qin Haiyang set an Asian record of 57.82 to head the 100 breaststroke field at the World Championships in Fukuoka.
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The Chinese athlete split 27.31/30.51 to head the second semi and lower his own Asian standard of 57.93 from the Chinese Championships in May.
It was Qiu’s second journey inside 58 and he stands behind only Peaty – and his eye-watering WR of 56.88 – and Arno Kamminga, with 57.80 at the Tokyo Olympics, in the all-time rankings.
All-Time Rankings
56.88: Adam Peaty, 2019 World Championships
57.80: Arno Kamminga, 2021 Olympics Tokyo
57.82: Qin Haiyang, 2023 World Championships
58.14: Michael Andrew, 2021 US Team Trials
58.26: Nicolo Martinenghi, 2022 European Championships
Lucas Matzerath set a German record of 58.75 to book lane five with Nic Fink – last year’s bronze medallist – next through in 58.88.
Adam Peaty – who swept the 50 and 100 between 2015 and 2019 – isn’t in Fukuoka as he focuses on his mental health.
Nicolo Martingenhi – the defending champion – led for 90m of the first semi before being overhauled in the final 10m by Olympic silver medallist Kamminga, who touched in 59.08.
Martinenghi said through the Italian federation:
“I started by pushing the first 50 to see how much I had in the tank for the second 50. I did a little better. In the end, the management of the race was what I wanted”.
