Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive
swimmer
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. He is a
world record
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holder in the
short course
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100 metre freestyle
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The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
,
4×100 metre medley relay, and
long course
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4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the
Oceanian
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and
Australian record
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holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly and 50 metre freestyle.
At the
2014 Oceania Swimming Championships The 10th Oceania Swimming Championships were held 20–23 May 2014, at the Westwave Aquatic Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. It was the tenth edition of the biennial championships, and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming
Open w ...
, Chalmers won the Oceania title in the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre freestyle. He was the 2016
Olympic champion
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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in the
100 metre freestyle
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The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
, winning the
gold medal in
world junior record time. In 2018, he was
Commonwealth Games
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champion in the
200 metre freestyle. He also won a gold medal in the
100 metre freestyle
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
at the
2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
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Qualifying criteria
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and a silver medal at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
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Gwangju
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in the
100 metre freestyle
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
. He won his second
Olympic medal
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in the 100 metre freestyle Olympic Games event at the
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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, winning the silver medal with a
time of 47.08 in the final. In 2022, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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and the
2022 World Short Course Championships. He is most well known for his clutch performing back-end splits.
Background
Chalmers was born in
Port Lincoln, South Australia
Port Lincoln is a town on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into Spencer Gulf. It is the largest city in the West Coast region, and is located ...
to Jodie and Brett Chalmers and is the older brother of Jackson. Having moved to Adelaide to pursue better schooling and sporting opportunities.
He is the son of former
Australian rules football and premiership player
Brett Chalmers
Brett Chalmers (born 23 April 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League.
A highly rated player from Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League, Chalmers was first drafted t ...
.
He attended
Immanuel College in South Australia.
2014–2015
2014 Oceania Championships
Competing as a 15-year-old at his first senior international swimming championships, the
2014 Oceania Swimming Championships The 10th Oceania Swimming Championships were held 20–23 May 2014, at the Westwave Aquatic Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. It was the tenth edition of the biennial championships, and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming
Open w ...
in
Auckland
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,
New Zealand
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in May, Chalmers won the gold medal in the 50-meter butterfly with a time of 24.35 seconds, finishing three-tenths so a second ahead of silver medalist in the event Nielsen Vary of New Zealand.
[Commings, Jeff (20 May 2014)]
"Matthew Stanley, Kyle Chalmers Post Quick Swims on Day One of Oceania Championships"
''Swimming World
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''. Retrieved 17 April 2022. He also won the Oceania title and gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle, swimming a time of 50.71 seconds in the final to finish less than two-tenths of a second ahead of second-place finisher
Steven Kent of New Zealand.
Swimming New Zealand
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(23 May 2014)
"10th Oceania Swimming Championships: Results"
''mygameday.app''. Retrieved 17 April 2022.[Keith, Braden (21 May 2014)]
"6 More Medals for Hosts New Zealand to 5 For Australia on Oceania Day 2 Champs"
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''. Retrieved 17 April 2022. In his other individual events, he placed fourth in the 50 meter freestyle final, with a time of 23.48 seconds, and eighth in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter butterfly with a 56.96 before withdrawing from competing in the final.
For his relay events, he won a gold medal as part of the 4×50 meter mixed freestyle relay, splitting a 23.26 for the second leg of the relay in the final, a silver medal leading-off the 4×100 meter freestyle relay in 51.65 seconds in the final, and a gold medal in the 4×100 meter mixed freestyle relay, splitting a 50.84 for the third-leg of the finals relay.
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Later in the year, at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
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in August in
Nanjing
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,
China, Chalmers won three bronze medals, one in the
4×100 metre medley relay, one in the
4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay, and one in the
4×100 metre mixed medley relay, as well as placing fifth in the
4×100 metre freestyle relay, ninth in the
50 metre butterfly, eleventh in the
50 metre freestyle, fifteenth in the
100 metre freestyle
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
, and not starting the
200 metre freestyle.
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''Omega Timing
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2015 World Aquatics Championships
On the first day of the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
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in
Kazan
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,
Russia
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in early August, Chalmers split a 47.92 for the second leg of the
4×100 metre freestyle relay in the prelims heats, helping achieve a thirteenth-place finish in 3:16.34.
FINA
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(2 August 2015)
"16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022. For his 47.92 split, he was selected to compete in the
4×100 metre medley relay heats. The eighth and final day, he improved upon that time, swimming a 47.86 for the freestyle leg of the relay to help qualify the relay to the final ranking second with a 3:31.86.
FINA
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(9 August 2015)
"16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022. For the finals relay,
Cameron McEvoy
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Career Junior
At the 2011 World Junior Championships in Lima, Per ...
substituted in for Chalmers and all prelims and finals relay team members won a silver medal when the finals relay placed second with a 3:30.08.
FINA
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(9 August 2015)
"16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
2015 World Junior Championships
Later the same month, at the
2015 World Junior Swimming Championships in
Singapore
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in late August, Chalmers won three gold medals, three silvers medals, and one bronze medal, medaling in all seven events he competed in.
FINA
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(30 August 2015)
"5th FINA World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore (SIN): Complete Results Book"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022.[McKern, James (10 August 2016)]
"Who is Australia's newest golden boy?"
ESPN
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. Retrieved 30 March 2022. On day one, in his first event, the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, he won a gold medal, splitting a 48.41 for the second leg of the relay in the final to contribute to the winning time of 3:17.39.
FINA
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(25 August 2015)
"5th FINA World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore (SIN): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022. For his second event, the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, he split a 47.68 for the freestyle leg of the relay to help achieve a final time of 3:48.27 and win the silver medal.
FINA
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(26 August 2015)
"5th FINA World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore (SIN): Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022. The third day, he helped win the silver medal in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay in 3:28.59, splitting a 48.89 for the second leg of the relay in the final.
FINA
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(27 August 2015)
"5th FINA World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore (SIN): Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
On the fourth day of competition, Chalmers swam a time of 22.19 seconds in the final of the 50 metre freestyle to win the gold medal, finishing 0.17 seconds ahead of silver medalist in the event
Michael Andrew of the
United States
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.
FINA
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(28 August 2015)
"5th FINA World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore (SIN): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022. Later in the same session, he won a silver medal as part of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:50.13 for the third leg of the relay to contribute to the finals relay time of 7:17.76.
FINA
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(28 August 2015)
"5th FINA World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore (SIN): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022. In his second to last event, on the sixth and final day of competition, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a
Championships record time of 48.47 seconds, breaking the record of 48.87 seconds set by
Pedro Spajari
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International career 2015-2019
At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Singapore, he finished 5th in the 100 metre freestyle., and 4th ...
of
Brazil
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the day before.
FINA
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(30 August 2015)
"5th FINA World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore (SIN): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022. Concluding the Championships, he won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, contributing a split of 48.38 for the freestyle leg of the relay to finish in 3:40.21.
FINA
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(30 August 2015)
"5th FINA World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore (SIN): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
2016–2018
2016 Summer Olympics
At the
2016 Olympic Trials, Chalmers qualified for the Olympics by finishing second in the 100 metre freestyle, behind
Cameron McEvoy
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Career Junior
At the 2011 World Junior Championships in Lima, Per ...
. He broke the
junior world record with a time of 48.03.
At the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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, Chalmers became the first Australian to win the gold medal in the
100 metre freestyle
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
since
Michael Wenden
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in 1968, doing so in a new world junior record time of 47.58 seconds and finishing over two tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist
Pieter Timmers
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of
Belgium
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and bronze medalist
Nathan Adrian
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In his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer O ...
of the
United States
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. He had also swum the fastest time in the heats, with his 47.90 breaking his own junior world record. Additionally, he broke the world junior record he set in the prelims heats at 47.90 by swimming a 47.88 in the semifinals.
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"Rio 2016 Swimming 6 – 13: Results Book"
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''. Version 1.1. Retrieved 14 October 2021. In the
4×100 metre freestyle relay, he contributed to Australia taking a bronze medal, first splitting a 47.04 for the second leg of the relay in the prelims, then splitting a 47.38 for the second leg in the final. In the
4×100 metre medley relay final, he had the fastest split of the field with a time of 46.72, which helped the team to win the bronze medal.
Historically only
Pieter van den Hoogenband
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Early life
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(46.70 in 2003) and
Cameron McEvoy
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Career Junior
At the 2011 World Junior Championships in Lima, Per ...
(46.60 in 2015) had been faster in textile swimwear.
2016 Swimming World Cup
Following the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Chalmers competed in the
2016 Swimming World Cup, setting a world junior record in the
short course
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100 metre freestyle at the stop in Singapore in October with a time of 46.61 seconds.
FINA
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(21 October 2016)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Singapore: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 14 October 2021.[Keith, Braden (21 October 2016)]
"Kyle Chalmers Sets World Junior Record In 100 Free In Singapore"
''SwimSwam
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''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. His time earned him the silver medal in the event, finishing second only to
Vladimir Morozov of Russia by 0.69 seconds.
Four days later, at the World Cup stop in
Tokyo
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,
Japan, he lowered the world junior record in the short course 100 metre freestyle to a time of 46.12 seconds.
FINA
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(25 October 2016)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Tokyo: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 14 October 2021.[Ortegon, Karl (25 October 2016)]
"Four Days Later, Kyle Chalmers Re-Smashes 100 SCM Free WJR In Tokyo"
''SwimSwam
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''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. This time Chalmers narrowly edged out Vladimir Morozov for the gold medal, finishing 0.03 seconds ahead of him.
2018 Commonwealth Games
In the
200 metre freestyle on the second day of the
2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, ...
in
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the ...
in April, Chalmers won the gold medal with a time of 1:45.56, finishing 0.33 seconds ahead of silver-medalist in the event,
Mack Horton
Mackenzie James Horton (born 25 April 1996) is an Australian freestyle swimmer. He is an Olympic gold medallist, World Championships medallist, and Commonwealth Games medallist. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he finished ...
also of Australia.
Gold Coast 2018
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(6 April 2018)
"Gold Coast 2018 XXI Commonwealth Games: Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''Longines
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''. Retrieved 26 March 2022.["Le Clos record bid flops as Aussies rule the pool"](_blank)
''France 24
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Based in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-M ...
''. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2022. Later in the same session, he won a second gold medal, anchoring the
4×100 metre freestyle relay in the final with a 48.25 to help achieve a final mark of 3:12.96.
Gold Coast 2018
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(6 April 2018)
"Gold Coast 2018 XXI Commonwealth Games: Swimming Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Longines
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''. Retrieved 26 March 2022. Two days later, he started off the finals session tying
Chad le Clos
Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, Order of Ikhamanga, OIS (born 12 April 1992) is a South African competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the List of African records in swimming, African rec ...
of
South Africa
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for the silver medal in the
100 metre freestyle
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
with a time of 48.15 seconds, finishing thirteenth-hundredths of a second behind gold medalist
Duncan Scott of
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...
.
Gold Coast 2018
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Q ...
(8 April 2018)
"Gold Coast 2018 XXI Commonwealth Games: Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Longines
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''. Retrieved 26 March 2022.[Isaacson, David (8 April 2018)]
"Chad Le Clos gets silver in 100m freestyle duel"
''TimesLIVE
''TimesLIVE'' is a South African online newspaper that started as ''The Times'' daily newspaper. ''The Times'' print version was an offshoot of ''Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the la ...
''. Retrieved 16 April 2022. In the final of the
4×200 metre freestyle relay, he split a 1:46.47 for the second leg of the relay to win the gold medal alongside relay teammates
Alexander Graham,
Elijah Winnington
Elijah Winnington (born 5 May 2000) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in the sprint freestyle events. He has competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, FINA World Junior Swimming Championshi ...
, and Mack Horton in a
Commonwealth Games record
Commonwealth Games records are the best performances in a specific edition of the event's history. As the Commonwealth Games only accepts athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, the records are not considered as prestigious as World records ...
time of 7:05.97.
Gold Coast 2018
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Q ...
(8 April 2018)
"Gold Coast 2018 XXI Commonwealth Games: Swimming Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its pre ...
''. Retrieved 26 March 2022. On the final day of competition two days later, Chalmers won his fifth medal in his fifth event, contributing a split of 47.25 seconds for the freestyle leg of the
4×100 metre medley relay in the final to help win the gold medal in 3:31.04, which was a new Commonwealth Games record for the event.
Gold Coast 2018
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Q ...
(10 April 2018)
"Gold Coast 2018 XXI Commonwealth Games: Swimming Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''Longines
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''. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
2018 Pan Pacific Championships
At the
2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 9 to 14 August 2018.
Qualifying criteria
Unlike the World Championships and Olympic Games, nations can enter as many people as they like ...
in Tokyo, Japan, Chalmers won the gold medal in the
100 metre freestyle
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
with a time of 48.00 seconds, narrowly winning over silver medalist in the event and fellow Australian,
Jack Cartwright
Jack Cartwright (born 22 September 1998) is an Australian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
At the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Cartwright won gold medals ...
, who finished 0.22 seconds behind Chalmers.
["Australia takes first, second place in men's 100m"](_blank)
''NBC Sports
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''. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2022. In addition to his gold medal, he won silver medals as part of the
4×200 metre freestyle relay and the
4×100 metre freestyle relay, a bronze medal in the
4×100 metre medley relay, and placed ninth in the preliminary heats of the
200 metre freestyle before withdrawing from competing in the b-final of the event.
["Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2018: Total Ranking"](_blank)
''Seiko
, commonly known as Seiko ( , ), is a Japanese maker of watches, clocks, electronic devices, semiconductors, jewelry, and optical products. Founded in 1881 by Kintarō Hattori in Tokyo, Seiko introduced one of the first quartz watches and the ...
''. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
2019–2021
2019 World Aquatics Championships
On day one of swimming competition at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues. in
Gwangju
Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial offic ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
, Chalmers won a bronze medal in the
4×100 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 47.06 for the anchor leg in the final to help achieve a mark of 3:11.22 after splitting a 47.98 in the prelims heats to help advance the relay to the final ranking fourth in 3:12.65.
FINA
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(21 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 4 April 2022.FINA
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(21 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Preliminary Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 4 April 2022. The following day, he placed 13th in the semifinals of the
200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:46.21.
FINA
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(22 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinal Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 4 April 2022. For the final of the
100 metre freestyle
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
on day five, he swam a personal best time of 47.08 seconds and won the silver medal.
FINA
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(25 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 26 March 2022. The sixth day, Chalmers contributed a split of 1:45.37 for the second leg of the
4×200 metre freestyle relay in the final to help achieve a gold medal-win in a new
Oceanian record and
Australian record
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Australia
* Australia, a country
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** European Australians
** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal Au ...
time of 7:00.85.
FINA
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(26 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. In the final of the
4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay on the seventh day, he helped achieve a silver medal and new Oceanian and Australian national records of 3:19.97 in the event, splitting a 47.37 for the lead-off leg of the relay.
FINA
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(27 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. Concluding the Championships on the eighth and final day of swimming competition, he split a 46.60 for the freestyle leg of the
4×100 metre medley relay in the final for a fifth-place finish in 3:30.42.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(28 July 2019)
"18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
2020 Summer Olympics
Chalmers battled numerous injuries in the lead up to qualification for the
Tokyo
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2020 Olympics, which included undergoing surgery to his shoulder as well as his heart.
["Olympic swimmer Kyle Chalmers has heart surgery less than a year out from Tokyo games"](_blank)
''ABC News
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''. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2021.["Swimming-Australia's Chalmers undergoes shoulder surgery"](_blank)
Reuters
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The agency was est ...
. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2021. On the flip side, Chalmers set an Oceanian record and Australian record in the 50 metre freestyle at 20.74 seconds between surgeries, though the record was in short course meters and the Olympic Games were conducted in
long course
An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions that are large enough for international competition. This type of swimming pool is used in the Olympic Games, where the race course is in length, typically referred to as "long cour ...
metres.
["FINA: Kyle Chalmers"](_blank)
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
. Retrieved 8 October 2021. Despite the troublesome preparation, he qualified fastest for the men's 200 metre freestyle in the
Australian Olympic swimming trials after recording a time of 1:45.48. His win marked his third-consecutive national title in the 200 metre freestyle.
["Kyle Chalmers and Ariarne Titmus win at Australian swimming championships"](_blank)
''The Guardian
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Newspapers can cover a wide ...
''. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021. Chalmers then backed up that performance with a strong showing in the men's 100 metre freestyle, delivering his fastest time in two years of 47.59 seconds.
In Tokyo, Japan at the
2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, Chalmers competed in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, 4×200 metre freestyle relay, 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay and won one silver medal and two bronze medals.
Omega Timing
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; Atos
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(1 August 2021). For his first race of the 2020 Olympics, Chalmers anchored the Australian men's relay team to help win the bronze medal in the final of the
4×100 metre freestyle relay, where his split of 46.44 seconds was the fifth-fastest freestyle leg of all time. In his second event, the
4×200 metre freestyle relay, Chalmers helped the Australian relay team secure the bronze medal in the final, with the relay touching third just 0.03 seconds after the second place relay team from
Russia
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and a little over three seconds after the gold medal-winning relay team from
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...
.
He equalled his personal best time of 47.08 seconds in the final of the
100 metre freestyle
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
, finishing 0.06 seconds behind
Caeleb Dressel
Caeleb Remel Dressel (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. He swims representing the Cali Condors as part of the International Swimming League. He wo ...
of the United States, 0.36 seconds ahead of
Kliment Kolesnikov
Kliment Andreyevich Kolesnikov ( rus, Климент Андреевич Колесников, , klʲɪˈmʲent kɐˈlʲesʲnʲɪkəf; born 9 July 2000) is a Russian swimmer. He holds world junior records in eight events: 50/100/200 back in lon ...
of Russia, and 0.64 seconds ahead of
Maxime Grousset
Maxime Grousset (born 24 April 1999) is a French swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay. He won the silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle and the bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle at t ...
of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
to win the silver medal.
["Kyle Chalmers wins silver in 100m freestyle"](_blank)
ESPN
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. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.[Callier, Cédric (11 August 2022)]
"Máxime Grousset, un nouveau statut à confirmer"
(in French). ''Le Figaro
''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French Newspaper of recor ...
''. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Bringing his competition to a close at the 2020 Olympic Games, Chalmers anchored the
4×100 metre medley relay both in the prelims and the finals, helping the relay place fifth with his split of 46.96 seconds in the final.
2021 Swimming World Cup
Stop 1: Berlin
Embarking on the 2021
FINA Swimming World Cup
The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course () swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. Launched in 1988, the FINA Swimming World Cup gathers world-class swimmers in a series of two-d ...
, Chalmers started competing at the first stop, conducted in short course metres in
Berlin
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,
Germany
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, where he was named as one of the Australian stars to watch during competition by ''
SwimSwam
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'' and
FINA
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.
[Sutherland, James (27 September 2021)]
"Star-Studded Field Set To Compete At Opening Leg Of FINA World Cup In Berlin"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.["Olympic and World champions to set sights on SWC 2021"](_blank)
FINA
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. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021. In advance of competition, FINA also featured a picture of Chalmers with his silver medal from the 100 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics on their website, highlighting him as one of the star athletes to compete in the World Cup circuit.
["Star Athletes in Berlin: Kyle Chalmers (AUS)"](_blank)
FINA
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. Retrieved 19 October 2021. The first day of competition, 1 October, Chalmers won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 21.01 seconds in the final.
FINA
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(1 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[Race, Retta (1 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup Berlin: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021. His swim stopped the 29-consecutive-race and four-year-long winning streak in the 50 metre freestyle at the Swimming World Cup by
Vladimir Morozov of Russia, meaning Chalmers was the first male other than Morozov to win the 50 metre freestyle in the last 30 occurrences of the race at the World Cup.
["Chalmers halts Morozov's four-year, 29-race reign in the dash"](_blank)
FINA
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. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021. Day two, Chalmers finished less than two seconds ahead of
Jesse Puts
Jesse Puts (; born 1 August 1994) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle. He is the 2016 world champion in the 50 meter freestyle (short course). He holds the Dutch records in this event in both long course and short course, ...
of the
Netherlands
)
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and
Blake Pieroni
Blake John Pieroni (born November 15, 1995) is a three-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming. He is a two time Olympian and gold medalist in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. On th ...
of the
United States
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to secure the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle with his time of 45.73 seconds.
FINA
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(2 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[Race, Retta (2 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup Berlin: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[Binner, Andrew (2 October 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers lands second gold medal at Swimming World Cup in Berlin"
''Olympics.com
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''. Retrieved 9 October 2021. Come the final day of competition in Berlin, Chalmers swam a personal best time of 1:40.82 in the 200 metre freestyle, dropping over six tenths of a second off his previous best time of 1:41.50 and winning the silver medal in the event.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(3 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[Race, Retta (3 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup Berlin: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021. His swim was two hundredths of a second slower than the Oceanian and Australian records of 1:40.80 in the event.
[Race, Retta (9 October 2021)]
"Chalmers & Sates 200 Free Rematch Set For Budapest's Final Night"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
Stop 2: Budapest
Following his success at the Berlin stop, Chalmers decided to continue on the World Cup circuit, competing at the second stop in Budapest, Hungary where ''
Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
'' and FINA noted him as a competitor to watch in the 100 metre freestyle race.
[Lohn, John (5 October 2021)]
"FINA World Cup Shifting to Budapest With Kristof Milak Slated For Action"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.["More Swimming World Cup thrilling action continues in Budapest"](_blank)
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021. On 7 October, day one of competition, Chalmers was the only swimmer to swim sub-21 seconds in the 50 metre freestyle final, finishing in a time of 20.97 seconds to win the gold medal.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(7 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[Race, Retta (7 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021. The next day, he swam a personal best time of 45.50 seconds in the 100 metre freestyle, touching the wall less than two seconds ahead of silver medalist Vladimir Morozov and bronze medalist Kristóf Milák of Hungary and just four hundredths of a second away from the
Oceanian record and List of Australian records in swimming, Australian national record of 45.46 seconds set in 2009 by Matthew Abood.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(8 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[Race, Retta (8 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[Binner, Andrew (8 October 2021)]
"Emma McKeon and Kyle Chalmers maintain golden standards at FINA Swimming World Cup in Budapest"
''Olympics.com
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental Sports governing body, sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an associ ...
''. Retrieved 9 October 2021. His swim was the top-scoring result out all of the day's performances based on the scoring system used by FINA to assign point values to each swimmer's result for a given race, coming to a total of 963 points for his 45.50 seconds.
["No more blonde (almost white) hair, Chalmers blasts 45.50 in 100m free"](_blank)
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021. In the prelims of the 200 metre freestyle on the third and final day of competition, Chalmers ranked first with a time of 1:43.62 and qualified for the final in the evening.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(9 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 9 October 2021. Chalmers finished second in the final, touching in at 1:41.60 to win the silver medal.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(9 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 9 October 2021.[Dornan, Ben (9 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
Stop 3: Doha
Continuing his World Cup quest, Chalmers was announced on 16 October by ''
Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
'' as one of the headliner stars entered to compete in Doha, Qatar at the third World Cup stop starting on 21 October.
[Lohn, John (16 October 2021)]
"Star-Powered Field On Tap As FINA World Cup Set For Move To Doha"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 16 October 2021. For the stop, he decided to give the three sprint freestyle events a third go, entering to compete in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, and 200 metre freestyle races.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(20 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Entries Book"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 20 October 2021. In the morning prelims heats of the 50 metre freestyle on day one of competition, Chalmers qualified for the final ranked second overall with a time of 21.26 seconds.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(21 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 21 October 2021.[Sutherland, James (21 October 2021)]
"Dutch Pace Three Of Five Events In Opening Prelim Session Of Doha World Cup"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 21 October 2021. He lowered his time from the prelims to a 21.02 in the final, fast enough to snatch up the silver medal in the race, while Vladimir Morozov won his first gold medal of the year's World Cup in 20.89 seconds.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(21 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 21 October 2021.[Sutherland, James (21 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup — Doha: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 21 October 2021.["New comers; new winners"](_blank)
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
The second day of competition, Chalmers swam his way to the final of the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 47.55 and an overall third-place ranking in the morning prelims.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(22 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 22 October 2021.[Sutherland, James (22 October 2021)]
"Hwang Sunwoo Leads Stacked 100 Free Field At Day 2 Prelims Of Doha World Cup"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 22 October 2021. In the evening he dropped over four tenths of a second off his previous best time, swimming a 45.03 and winning the gold medal.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(22 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 22 October 2021.[Sutherland, James (22 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup — Doha: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 22 October 2021. He finished over one second ahead of second-place finisher Vladimir Morozov, who previously swam the second fastest time in history in 2018 with a time of 44.95 seconds.
[Byrnes, Liz (22 October 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers Goes Third All-Time In 100 Free With 45.03 At Doha World Cup Stop"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 22 October 2021.[Keith, Braden (22 October 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers Crushes Australian Record In 100 Free With 45.03"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 22 October 2021. His time of 45.03 ranked as the third fastest swim in history, set new
Oceanian
Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million ...
, List of Commonwealth records in swimming, Commonwealth, and List of Australian records in swimming, Australian national records in the event, and was less than one tenth of a second off the world record set by Amaury Leveaux of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
in 2008 at 44.94 seconds.
["Australia's Chalmers sets Australia record in 100 freestyle"](_blank)
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021. The new records broke those set by Australian Matthew Abood approximately 12 years earlier at the 2009 FINA Swimming World Cup.
[Byrnes, Liz (22 October 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers Moves To Within 0.09 Of The 100 Free SC World Record Set In Shiny-Suit Era"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
Ahead of day three, Chalmers added an event to his competition schedule, the 50 metre butterfly to be contested the third day, and withdrew from competing in the 200 metre freestyle.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(22 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Start List"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 22 October 2021.FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(22 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Start List"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 22 October 2021. Come prelims time for the 50 metre butterfly on the third and final day of competition in Doha, Chalmers swam a 22.83, lowering his best time of 23.72 from 2016 by almost a second, and qualifying for the final ranked first by five hundredths of a second ahead of Tom Shields of the United States and Jesse Puts.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(23 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 23 October 2021.[Keith, Braden (23 October 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers Swims 22.88 For Top Seed In 50 Fly Prelims (World Cup — Doha)"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 23 October 2021. In the final, he bettered his own personal best time again with a time of 22.24 seconds, winning the silver medal and breaking the Oceanian and Australian records in the event set by Matt Jaukovic at 22.28 seconds over 12 years earlier in August 2009.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(23 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 23 October 2021.[Edmund, Emma (23 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup — Doha: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
Stop 4: Kazan
Leading up to the fourth and final stop of the World Cup circuit, held in
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
at the Palace of Water Sports, Chalmers was noted by FINA as someone to watch in the freestyle races, especially in competition against some of the home country competitors including Vladimir Morozov and
Kliment Kolesnikov
Kliment Andreyevich Kolesnikov ( rus, Климент Андреевич Колесников, , klʲɪˈmʲent kɐˈlʲesʲnʲɪkəf; born 9 July 2000) is a Russian swimmer. He holds world junior records in eight events: 50/100/200 back in lon ...
.
[Kamardina, Olga (25 October 2021)]
"Final leg of the Swimming World Cup is ready to go in Kazan"
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
. Retrieved 26 October 2021. Chalmers opened fast in the prelims heats on day one of competition, 28 October, swimming a 21.15 in the 50 metre freestyle to advance to the final ranked first, fastest, overall.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(28 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 28 October 2021. He set new Oceanian and Australian records in the final, as well as winning the gold medal, with his time of 20.68 seconds, lowering his own record in the event from 2019 and finishing just ahead of Vladimir Morozov, who swam a 20.81.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(28 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 28 October 2021.[Race, Retta (28 October 2021)]
"Chalmers Produces 20.68 Aussie, Oceanic SCM 50 Free Record"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
The second morning of competition, Chalmers had another speedy start, finishing ranked first in the prelims heats of the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 46.74 seconds.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 29 October 2021.[Race, Retta (29 October 2021)]
"Chalmers Eyes 100 Free WR Among Field With Kolesnikov, Popovici"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 29 October 2021. In the final, he set a new
world record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book '' Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizati ...
and List of World Cup records in swimming, World Cup record in the short course
100 metre freestyle
The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...
with a time of 44.84 seconds, winning the gold medal and finishing over one second ahead of silver medalist Vladimir Morozov.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 29 October 2021.[Sutherland, James (29 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup — Kazan: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 29 October 2021.[Munjal, Dhruv (29 October 2021)]
"Australian Chalmers breaks 100m freestyle short-course world record"
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world.
The agency was est ...
. Retrieved 29 October 2021. With his new world record and his time of 45.03 from Doha, he claimed two of the four fastest swims in history in the event.
[De George, Matthew (29 October 2021)]
"Flash: Kyle Chalmers Takes Down 100 Free SC World Record"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 29 October 2021.[Race, Retta (29 October 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers Delivers With Monster 44.84 100 Free World Record"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 29 October 2021. His time of 44.84 seconds lowered the former world record, set over a dozen years earlier in 2008 by Amaury Leveaux of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
, by exactly one tenth of a second.
[Binner, Andrew (29 October 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers breaks 100m freestyle world record at FINA Swimming World Cup in Kazan"
''Olympics.com
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental Sports governing body, sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an associ ...
''. Retrieved 29 October 2021. It was the first world record set in the year's World Cup circuit.
[Kamardina, Olga (29 October 2021)]
"SWC #4, Kazan, Day 2: The first world record happened in Kazan"
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
Going all-in on racing Vladimir Morozov on day three, Chalmers made it three-for-three by racing the Russian in the 50 metre butterfly, finishing with a time of 22.93 seconds in the prelims heats that ranked him sixth overall, just behind Vladimir Morozov who tied for fourth with a time of 22.87 seconds.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(30 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 30 October 2021. Wrapping up his competition for the stop and the circuit, he won the bronze medal in the final of the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.33 seconds, finishing 0.35 seconds ahead of Vladimir Morozov who placed fifth.
FINA
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(30 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 30 October 2021.[Race, Retta (30 October 2021)]
"2021 FINA World Cup Kazan: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 30 October 2021. The scores for his swims across all the stops of the 2021 World Cup circuit came to a total of 219.8 points, earning him fourth-place for overall points scored by a male competitor and finishing within eight points of the highest scoring male competitor.
["FINA Swimming World Cup: Men Individual Ranking 2021 – Rankings"](_blank)
FINA
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. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021. He was fifth amongst male competitors in term of total medal count, winning a total of twelve medals, seven gold, four silver, and one bronze.
[Takata, Daniel (1 November 2021)]
"The Swimmers With The Most Medals At The 2021 FINA World Cup"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
2021 World Short Course Championships
In early November, Chalmers was announced as one of two Australians, and the only male Australian, entered to compete at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December.
[Hanson, Ian (6 November 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers and Holly Barratt The Lone Australian Dolphins For World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 6 November 2021. Chalmers being announced as one of the two Australian team members for the World Championships ranked as number four for the ''
Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
'' "The Week That Was" honour the week of 8 November 2021, three spots behind Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus and Szebasztián Szabó of Hungary who tied for number one after equalling the world record in the short course 50 metre breaststroke and 50 metre butterfly respectively.
[Rieder, David (8 November 2021)]
"The Week That Was: Szabo, Shymanovich Tie World Records During Busy European Short Course Championships"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 8 November 2021. Less than two weeks before the start of competition, Chalmers withdrew from the Championships due to an ongoing shoulder injury.
[Race, Retta (8 December 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers Out Of Short Course World Championships Due To Shoulder"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 December 2021.[Rieder, David (8 December 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers Withdraws from Short Course World Champs With Shoulder Injury"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 6 January 2022. The week of the start of the Championships, the week of 16 December, Chalmers underwent a successful surgery for his shoulder.
[Race, Retta (16 December 2021)]
"Kyle Chalmers Underwent Shoulder Surgery This Week"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2022
2022 Australian Swimming Championships
Chalmers pre-qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metre freestyle, based on his silver medal-win in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and entered to compete in the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre butterfly at the selection meet for the Commonwealth Games, the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships in May.
[Swimming Australia (October 2021)]
"Athlete Nomination Criteria 2022 Commonwealth Games Team"
''Commonwealth Games Australia''. Retrieved 24 May 2022.["2022 Australian Swimming Championships Start List"](_blank)
''Swimming Australia''. 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022. On the first day of the 2022 Australian Championships, he swam a 52.10 in the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly to qualify for the final ranking third.
[Hy-Tek (19 May 2022)]
"2022 Australian Swimming Championships"
''Swimming Australia''. Retrieved 19 May 2022. In the evening final, he won the silver medal in the event with a time of 51.67 seconds, finishing less than two-tenths of a second behind Australian record holder in the event, Matthew Temple (swimmer), Matthew Temple, and qualifying for the Commonwealth Games in the event.
["Cody Simpson: Australian pop star qualifies for Commonwealth Games"](_blank)
''BBC Sport''. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022. Day two, he ranked first in the prelims heats of the 50 metre butterfly, qualifying for the final with a personal best time of 23.42 seconds, where he won the gold medal and national title with a personal best time of 23.21 seconds and qualified for the Commonwealth Games with the other top-three finishers, William Yang and Isaac Cooper.
Chalmers was named to the team Australia rosters for both the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games based on his times and place-finishes.
["Australian Dolphins named for World Championships and Commonwealth Games"](_blank)
''Swimming Australia''. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
2022 World Aquatics Championships
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary starting in June, Chalmers helped qualify the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4×100 metre freestyle relay to the final with a preliminaries relay overall ranking of second.
FINA
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(18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 18 June 2022. Splitting a 46.60 for the anchor leg of the relay in the final, he helped win the silver medal with a time of 3:10.80, narrowly out-splitting the second-fastest anchor leg swimmer in the final, Kristóf Milák of Hungary, by less than three-tenths of a second.
FINA
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(18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 18 June 2022.["Bronzo per Miressi nella 4x100 stile libero"](_blank)
(in Italian). ''Rai News 24''. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022. In the preliminaries of the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly, 100 metre butterfly, he placed 22nd with a time of 52.70 seconds, ranking two spots behind Youssef Ramadan of Egypt who swam a 52.42.
FINA
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(23 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 23 June 2022. On the second-to-last day of competition, he split a 46.98 for the second leg of the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay, 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay in the final to help win the gold medal with a World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay, world record time of 3:19.38.
FINA
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(24 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 24 June 2022.[Associated Press (24 June 2022)]
"Australia sets world record in mixed 4x100 freestyle final"
''The Washington Post''. Retrieved 24 June 2022. Splitting a 46.89 for the freestyle leg of the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4×100 metre medley relay in the final on the last day, he helped achieve a fourth-place finish in 3:31.81.
FINA
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(25 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
2022 Commonwealth Games
The following month, Chalmers ranked first in the preliminaries of the Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly, 50 metre butterfly on the first day of swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, advancing to the semifinals with a time of 23.45 seconds.
["Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"](_blank)
''Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its pre ...
''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. He placed tenth in the semifinals, not qualifying for the final with his time of 23.65 seconds.
["Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Butterfly Semi-Finals Results Summary"](_blank)
''Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its pre ...
''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. Later in the same session, he won a gold medal in the Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay, helping set a List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming, Games record of 3:21:18 in the final with a split time of 47.55 seconds for the second leg of the relay.
["Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results"](_blank)
''Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its pre ...
''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. The following day, he won a gold medal in the Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4×100 metre freestyle relay, anchoring the finals relay to a finish in a Games record time of 3:11.12 with a split time of 47.02 seconds.
["Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results"](_blank)
''Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its pre ...
''. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
Day three, Chalmers swam a 48.98 in the morning preliminaries of the Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, qualifying for the semifinals ranking sixth.
["Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"](_blank)
''Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its pre ...
''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022. In the semifinals, he ranked first with a time of 47.36 seconds, breaking the Games record of 47.98 seconds set by Brent Hayden of Canada in 2010, and qualifying for the final.
["Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Freestyle Semi-Finals Results Summary"](_blank)
''Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its pre ...
''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022. He won the gold medal the following evening, finishing in a time of 47.51 seconds and less than eight-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Tom Dean (swimmer), Tom Dean of England and bronze medalist
Duncan Scott of
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.
["Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"](_blank)
''Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its pre ...
''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.["Scottish swimmers win three more medals in the pool"](_blank)
''Scottish Swimming''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.[Sky News Australia (2 August 2022)]
"Kyle Chalmers and Kaylee McKeown claim gold"
''Northern Territory News''. Retrieved 7 September 2022. The final day, he split a 46.86 for the freestyle leg of the Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4×100 metre medley relay in the final, helping win the silver medal with a time of 3:31.88.
["Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"](_blank)
''Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its pre ...
''. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
2022 Australian Short Course Championships
Later the same month, Chalmers won the gold medal in the 200 meter freestyle at the 2022 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships with a time of 1:40.98, sharing the podium with two Americans.
[Hy-Tek (24 August 2022)]
"2022 Australian Short Course Championships: Results"
''Swimming Australia''. Retrieved 24 August 2022.[Hanson, Ian (24 August 2022)]
"Sydney Sprints: Aussie Lani Pallister and USA's David Johnston In Record Blitz At Aussie Short Course Champs"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 24 August 2022. The following day, he won the 100 metre freestyle with an List of Australian records in swimming#Current Australian All Comers records, Australian All Comers record time of 45.55 seconds, finishing over one full second ahead of silver medalist Justin Ress of the United States.
Two days later, he won the 50 metre freestyle in a time of 21.06 seconds, finishing 0.23 seconds ahead of silver medalist Justin Ress and 0.30 seconds ahead of fellow Australian and bronze medalist Grayson Bell.
[Hanson, Ian (27 August 2022)]
"Sydney Sprints: Lani Pallister Completes Stunning Treble With Australian SC Record of 8:07.37 In The 800m Freestyle"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
2022 Swimming World Cup
The first stop of the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup, held beginning 21 October in Berlin, Germany, Chalmers won a silver medal in the 50 metre freestyle on day one, behind gold medalist Dylan Carter (swimmer), Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago, and a gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle on day two, finishing 0.50 seconds ahead of silver medalist Maxime Grousset with a 45.88.
["Carter strikes gold in 50m 'free' at World Cup"](_blank)
''Trinidad Express Newspapers''. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.["La hongkonesa Haughey lanza un serio aviso de cara a los Mundiales"](_blank)
(in Spanish). ''Infobae''. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022. In his third event, he won the silver medal in the 200 metre freestyle, finishing in a time of 1:41.09, which was less than three-tenths of a second behind gold medalist Matthew Sates of
South Africa
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.
[Isaacson, David (23 October 2022)]
"Matthew Sates sinks Australian star to secure early World Cup lead"
''TimesLIVE
''TimesLIVE'' is a South African online newspaper that started as ''The Times'' daily newspaper. ''The Times'' print version was an offshoot of ''Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the la ...
''. Retrieved 23 October 2022. He ranked fifth amongst male competitors at the first stop with a score of 53.4 points for all of his events.
["FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Men Individual Rankings 2022"](_blank)
FINA
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. 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
On the first day of the second stop, in Toronto, Canada, Chalmers rounded out the podium with Dylan Carter (gold medalist) and Brooks Curry of the United States (silver medalist) in the 50 metre freestyle, winning the bronze medal with a time of 21.10 seconds.
[Seepersad, Roger (28 October 2022)]
"THIS DYLAN'S ON FIRE"
''Trinidad Express Newspapers''. Retrieved 28 October 2022. The following evening, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 45.52 seconds, sharing the podium with silver medalist Thomas Ceccon of Italy and bronze medalist Brooks Curry.
[Ramnanansingh, Jonathan (29 October 2022)]
"Carter bags fifth gold at FINA World Cup"
''Trinidad and Tobago Newsday''. Retrieved 29 October 2022. Day three, he placed fourth in the final of the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.67 seconds.
FINA
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(30 October 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Toronto (CAN): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
Day one of stop three of three, held in November in Indianapolis, United States, Chalmers won the silver medal in the 50 metre freestyle, finishing 0.09 seconds behind gold medalist Dylan Carter with a time of 20.81 seconds, which was 0.13 seconds slower than his personal best time of 20.68 seconds.
[Beckles, Jelani (3 November 2022)]
"Carter wins 7th World Cup gold, breaks another TT record"
''Trinidad and Tobago Newsday''. Retrieved 3 November 2022. On day two, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 45.55 seconds, which was 0.72 seconds faster than silver medalist Thomas Ceccon and 1.27 seconds faster than bronze medalist Drew Kibler of the United States.
FINA
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(4 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 4 November 2022. In the 200 metre freestyle on day three, he finished 0.19 seconds behind gold medalist Kieran Smith of the United States to place fourth in 1:41.97.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(5 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 5 November 2022. His performances earned 152.1 points across all three World Cup stops, ranking him as the sixth overall highest-scoring male competitor for the 2022 circuit.
2022 World Short Course Championships
In September, following his performances at the 2022 Australian Short Course Championships, Chalmers was named to the Australia roster for the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), 2022 World Short Course Championships, which was held starting 13 December in Melbourne.
["Dolphins Named For Home World Short Course Championships"](_blank)
''Swimming Australia''. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022. Day one of competition, he split a 44.98 for the anchor leg of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4×100 metre freestyle relay in the final, which was 0.14 seconds off his individual world record time of 44.84 in the 100 metre freestyle from October 2021, and helped win the silver medal in an Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian record time of 3:04.63.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 13 December 2022.[Sullivan, Matthew (14 December 2022)]
"Australia's Lani Pallister wins 400m freestyle at world short course championships"
''news.com.au''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. On the evening of day three, he won the gold medal in the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle with a List of World Championships records in swimming, Championships record and Australian All Comers record time of 45.16 seconds, sharing the podium with silver medalist Maxime Grousset of France and bronze medalist Alessandro Miressi of Italy.
FINA
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(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 15 December 2022.[Pérez, Marta (15 December 2022)]
"Enorme remontada de Le Clos en los 200 mariposa y Chalmers, campeón de los 100 libre"
(in Spanish). ''Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 15 December 2022.["Chalmers sets record, Haughey wins silver at FINA short-course championships"](_blank)
''China Internet Information Center''. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022. A little over two hours later, he won a gold medal in the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay, 4×50 metre freestyle relay, helping set new Oceanian, Commonwealth, Australian, and Australian All Comers records with his fellow finals relay teammates in a time of 1:23.44.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 15 December 2022.[Sullivan, Matthew (15 December 2022)]
"'Are you serious?!: Kyle Chalmers wins gold, stuns world with 'outrageous' relay swim"
''news.com.au''. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
The fourth day of competition, Chalmers substituted for Flynn Southam on the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay, 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay in the final, leading-off with a 20.97 to contribute to a silver medal-win with a time of 1:28.03, which registered as new Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian records.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(16 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2022. For his second relay of the evening, he contributed a time of 1:40.35 for the second leg of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, 4×200 metre freestyle relay to help set new Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian records with a finals relay time of 6:46.54, which earned the relay the silver medal and was 0.27 seconds faster than the former world record of 6:46.81 from 2018.
FINA
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(16 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2022.[Pérez, Marta (16 December 2022)]
a con doble tope en unos 4x200 libre con récord del mundo de Estados Unidos"">"España, 6a con doble tope en unos 4x200 libre con récord del mundo de Estados Unidos"
(in Spanish). ''Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 20 December 2022. The following day, he contributed a 20.48 for the freestyle portion of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, 4×50 metre medley relay in the final to help win the bronze medal with an Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian record time of 1:30.81.
FINA
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(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. Later in the evening, he placed seventh in his seventh final, the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre freestyle, with a time of 20.92 seconds, which was 0.03 seconds ahead of eighth-place finisher Lewis Burras of Great Britain and 0.46 seconds behind first-place finisher Jordan Crooks of the Cayman Islands.
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
On the sixth and final morning, Chalmers swam the freestyle leg of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4×100 metre medley relay in the preliminaries in a time of 46.09 seconds, helping advance the relay to the final ranking fifth with a time of 3:25.02.
FINA
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(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 18 December 2022. Splitting a 44.63 for the freestyle leg in the evening final, he helped win the gold medal and set a suite of records with a final time of 3:18.98, which included a World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay#Short course, world record, Championships record, Oceanian record, Commonwealth record, Australian record, and Australian All Comers record.
FINA
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(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''Omega Timing
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...
''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.[Bungard, Matt (18 December 2022)]
"'That is breathtaking': Australia, USA split gold in world record men's medley relay tie"
''Nine.com.au''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.[Pérez, Marta (18 December 2022)]
"Los chicos de Australia y Estados Unidos comparten oro y récord del mundo en 4x100 estilos"
(in Spanish). ''Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
2023
In March 2023, at the year's New South Wales State Open Championships, Chalmers won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a 48.09 in the final, after advancing ranking first with a 48.64 in the preliminaries, and won the bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.37 seconds in the final.
[Hy-Tek (13 March 2023)]
"2023 NSW State Open Championships: Results"
''Swimming Australia, Swimming New South Wales''. Retrieved 21 March 2023. At the 2023 Australian Swimming Championships in April, he won the national title in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 48.00 seconds and the 4×100 metre medley relay in 3:42.12, contributing a split of 48.09 for the freestyle leg of the relay, a silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 23.35 seconds, placed fourth in the 100 metre butterfly with a 52.09, and ranked second in the 200 metre freestyle preliminaries with a 1:47.39 before withdrawing from the final.
["Meet Results: 2023 Australian Swimming Championships"](_blank)
''Swimming Australia''. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
In June, Chalmers ranked first in the preliminaries of the 200 metre freestyle at the 2023 Australian Swimming Trials on day two with a 1:46.93.
["Meet Results: 2023 Australian Swimming Trials"](_blank)
''Swimming Australia''. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
International championships (50 m)
: Chalmers swam only in the preliminaries.
International championships (25 m)
Personal best times
Long course metres (50 m pool)
Short course metres (25 m pool)
Swimming World Cup circuits
The following medals Chalmers has won at FINA Swimming World Cup, Swimming World Cup circuits.
["Kyle Chalmers: Medals"](_blank)
FINA
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. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
World records
World junior records
Legend: h – heat; sf – semifinal
World records
Continental and national records
Long course metres (50 m pool)
Short course metres (25 m pool)
Recognition
*2016 – Australian Institute of Sport Awards, Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards – Male Athlete of the Year and Best Sporting Moment
*2016 – Swimming Australia Awards – Olympic Swimmer of the Year and Golden Moment
*2016 – South Australian Sports Star of the Year
*2016, 2018 – ''
SwimSwam
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'' Swammy Awards, Swammy Award – Oceania Male Swimmer of the Year
[Race, Retta (29 December 2016)]
"2016 Swammy Awards: Oceania Male Swimmer of the Year"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[Carlson, Reid (1 January 2019)]
"2018 Swammy Awards: Oceania Male Swimmer of the Year, Kyle Chalmers"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
*2016 – ''SwimSwam'' Swammy Awards#Junior Swimmers of the Year, Swammy Award – Junior Male Swimmer of the Year
[Ortegon, Karl (29 December 2016)]
"2016 Swammy Awards: Junior Male Swimmer of the Year"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
*2019 – Swimming Australia Awards – Patron's Award
[Clark, Laine (25 November 2019)]
"Teen sensation Ariarne Titmus named Swimming Australia's swimmer of the year"
''Fox Sports (Australia), Fox Sports''. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
*2019 – Australian Institute of Sport Awards – Finalist for Male Athlete of the Year
["Thomas Kane & Chalmers Named as Finalists"](_blank)
''Swimming Australia''. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
*2021–2022 – ''SwimSwam'' – Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#13),
[Anderson, Jared (4 February 2021)]
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Men's #20 — #11"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. 2022 (#10)
[Sutherland, James (24 January 2022)]
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #10–1"
''SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
*2021 – ''
Swimming World
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'' – The Week That Was: 1 November 2021 (#1),
[Rieder, David (1 November 2021)]
"The Week That Was: Chalmers Takes Down 13-Year-Old World Record"
''Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...
''. Retrieved 1 November 2021. 8 November 2021 (#4)
*2021 –
FINA
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– Top 10 Moments: 2021 Swimming World Cup (#9)
["Swimming World Cup: Top 10 Moments"](_blank)
FINA
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. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
See also
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
* World record progression 100 metres freestyle
* World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay#Mixed, World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay (mixed)
* List of Australian records in swimming
References
External links
*
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