Alain Bernard 100 Meter Freestyle Record

Categories: Sports | Olympics
  • At the European Swimming Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands on March 21, 2008, French swimmer Alain Bernard set the world 100-meter freestyle record with a time of 47.60 seconds, shattering the old record by more than a quarter second.
  • Fast Facts:

    1. Previous record: 47.84 seconds, held by Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband
    2. Previous record set: Olympics, September 2000
    3. Bernard is only the third swimmer ever to complete the 100 meters under 48 seconds
    4. Bernard: ""When I looked up and saw I'd broken the record, I couldn't stop shaking. I'm still shaking, it's unbelievable!"
    5. Bernard born May 1, 1983

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