By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
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With his 21.38 on Sunday at the Japan Open, Australian swimmer Cam McEvoy now has the most sub-21.5 swims in history.
According to data compiled by nuoto mondiale, the most complete all-time rankings in the sport, that is McEvoy’s 19th swim that is faster than 21.50. That breaks a tie with Great Britain’s Ben Proud, who recently committed to join the Enhanced Games.
In total, there have been 152 swims in history faster than 21.50, done by 31 different men.
Swimmers Who Have Been Under 21.50 in the 50 Free (Long Course)
Rank Name Country Sub-21.50 Swims 1 Cameron McEvoy Australia 19 2 Benjamin Proud Great Britain 18 3 Cesar Cielo Filho Brazil 13 4 Caeleb Dressel United States 12 4 Bruno Fratus Brazil 12 6 Fred Bousquet France 9 6 Vladimir Morozov Russia 9 7 Florent Manaudou France 8 8 Nathan Adrian United States 6 9 Amaury Leveaux France 5 9 Michael Andrew United States 5 11 Jack Alexy United States 3 11 Cullen Jones United States 3 11 Anthony Ervin United States 3 14 Ashley Callus Australia 2 14 Alain Bernard France 2 14 Eamon Sullivan Australia 2 14 Duje Draganja Croatia 2 14 Vladyslav Bukhov Ukraine 2 14 Kristian Gkolomeev Greece 2 14 Andrej Barna Serbia 2 14 Pawel Juraszek Poland 2 14 Andrii Govorov Ukraine 2 23 George Bovell III Trinidad & Tobago 1 23 Andrea Vergani Italy 1 23 Krisztian Takacs Hungary 1 23 Egor Kornev Russia 1 23 Jamie Jack Great Britain 1 23 Stefan Nystrand Sweden 1 23 Guilherme Costa Santos Brazil 1 23 Garrett Weber-Gale United States 1 23 Josh Liendo Canada 1While the 21.50 barrier is as arbitrary as any other in swimming, it shows a level of deep excellence across an extended career. While McEvoy’s career has been a long one at the international stage, what makes his spot at the head of this list most interesting is his late shift from more of a 100-200 meter swimmer to a pure, drop-dead 50 freestyle sprinter. He had a single 21.45 (the 17th best of his 19 sub-21.5 swims) when he was 21. Every other sub-21.50 swim on his list came at age 29-or-later, as he returned from a break from the sport with a new training paradigm that has reframed how sprinters are training around the world.
Brazilian Bruno Fratus has been under 22.00 seconds 100 times, another significant standard.
Cam McEvoy’s all-time Sub-21.50 Swims in the 50 Free (LCM)
Time Name Age Race Date Meet 21.06 McEvoy, Cameron 29 Jul 29, 2023 World Aquatics Championships 21.13 McEvoy, Cameron 29 Feb 16, 2024 World Aquatics Championships (prelims) 21.14 McEvoy, Cameron 31 Aug 2, 2025 World Aquatics Championships 21.23 McEvoy, Cameron 29 Feb 16, 2024 World Aquatics Championships (semis) 21.25 McEvoy, Cameron 29 Jul 28, 2023 World Aquatics Championships (semis) 21.25 McEvoy, Cameron 30 Aug 2, 2024 2024 Olympic Games 21.27 McEvoy, Cameron 29 Jun 13, 2023 Australian World Championship Trials (prelims) 21.30 McEvoy, Cameron 31 Jun 9, 2025 Australian Team Trials 21.30 McEvoy, Cameron 31 Aug 1, 2025 World Aquatics Championships (semis) 21.32 McEvoy, Cameron 30 Aug 1, 2024 2024 Olympic Games (prelims) 21.35 McEvoy, Cameron 29 Jul 28, 2023 World Aquatics Championships (prelims) 21.35 McEvoy, Cameron 30 Jun 10, 2024 Australian Olympic Trials 21.38 McEvoy, Cameron 30 Aug 1, 2024 Olympic Games (semis) 21.38 McEvoy, Cameron 31 Nov 30, 2025 2025 Japan Open 21.41 McEvoy, Cameron 29 Jun 13, 2023 Australian World Championship Trials 21.43 McEvoy, Cameron 30 Jun 10, 2024 Australian Olympic Trials (prelims) 21.44 McEvoy, Cameron 21 Apr 7, 2016 2016 AUS Olympic Trials Adelaide 21.45 McEvoy, Cameron 29 Feb 17, 2024 World Aquatics Championships 21.48 McEvoy, Cameron 31 Apr 21, 2025 Australian OpenRead the full story on SwimSwam: Cam McEvoy Swims Sub-21.50 for the 19th Time: Most in Swimming History
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