page_title: 100 metres freestyle
hierarchical_section_title: 100 metres freestyle
caption_attribution_description: Halve finale 100 meter vrije slag mannen tijdens het EK Zwemmen 2006 in Boedapest. Pieter van den Hoogeband (Ned) in baan 5.
context_page_description: The 100 metres freestyle is often considered to be the highlight of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
  The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1922. The current world records holders are César Cielo and Sarah Sjöström.
  Australian Dawn Fraser won the event a record three times at the Olympics, and she is the only woman to win it more than once. Four men, American Duke Kahanamoku, Weissmuller, Russian Alexander Popov, and Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband won the event at the Olympics twice. Popov was also world champion three times.
context_section_description: The 100 metres freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (blue riband 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 1922. The current world records holders are César Cielo (since 2009) and Sarah Sjöström (since 2017).
  Australian Dawn Fraser won the event a record three times at the Olympics, and she is the only woman to win it more than once. Four men, American Duke Kahanamoku, Weissmuller, Russian Alexander Popov, and Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband won the event at the Olympics twice. Popov was also world champion (held since 1973) three times.
caption: The switch to mid-race in a 100 m freestyle.
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