Alexander Popov 50m Freestyle World Record

[barneythecoolest]

best sprinter of all time

[TheHolyRaiders]

well.. I'm 15 almost 16 and I go 24:67

[holydamn5]

@TheHolyRaiders In a meter pool? I think not.

[TheHolyRaiders]

@holydamn5 In a 25 M pool.

[holydamn5]

@TheHolyRaiders Sorry I wasn't clear - I meant longcourse.

[TheHolyRaiders]

@holydamn5 ofc not in a long lol :P

[Aphroesiac]

@TheHolyRaiders cool I'm 17 and I swim to 21'92

[TheHolyRaiders]

@Aphroesiac Nice man, In which country ur from ?

[decheater64]

Shiiiiiitttt haha I'm not even in the 20's for my time xD

[imadethisforyou619]

i am 8 yrs my record is 29.86 -_-

[finaldestination3337]

@imadethisforyou619 i am 2 yrs my record is 19.4 -_-

[imadethisforyou619]

@finaldestination3337 Good For You -_- XD

[Pureblasta]

@imadethisforyou619 ok there buddy relax a little

[xPuff1]

why you so good?



[pulpfictionost]

wow, look at the wake those guys create!!!!!

[vsieiro74]

Cesar Cielo: 21"52

[jordanpopov1]

@Vickievitz what what what what ???? man, see the world record video again. popov get the record with a shorter suit than cielo. it was like an "underpant". the 2000 suits or the 90,s suits were "wet paper" comparing with these 2010 and 2011 new suits. i,m doing 53:85 with 35 years old and till 2008 my best time was 54,77.. till 2008 the WR of record were imposible to beat. now only 3 years later everybody is around or less than 21:64. you will see it the next saturday in the 50 meters final...

[jordanpopov1]

@Vickievitz But with the ARENA POWER SKIN SUIT. the 2010 and2011 new suits are not plastic suits but are incredible suits. take a look at magnussen yesterday : 47:49 in 100 free style , take a look at the 200 final today : 4 swimmers in 1:44, take a look at the 100 breat semis yesterday : 1:04:9, take a look at the 4x100 free style relay : 3:11:0...in 2007 this times were just imposible...what what to say with the suits in 2000 ???? LOL

[MrInternetDude]

Stop at 0:1, I believe i can Fly

[Ghilliesniper5]

Russian are great swimmers!! Just ask me,I beat all the year round swimmers!! Россия,Чита

[timsterap5]

If popov had a cap and a full body suit, he'd go 20.5

[TheMasterpiece007]

how much faster is a good dive start to a kick-off-the-wall start in a 50m freestyle race?

[ladiesman123ization]

@TheMasterpiece007 a lot

[shadowskout]

fucking motorboats bro

[mvkwxx]

на одном дыхании? разве такое возможно?

[MrPavel0]

@mvkwxx можно, сам плавал

[irvinlambchops]

communists gave popov 2 empty sidelanes lolol, they worship him, not that i don't worship him either

[Artegr4]

@irvinlambchops communists? lol that was in 2000

[pacus123]

Imagine if in his prime he had one of LZR Racer suits. Man this guy would have smashed just about any record out there.

[cunners1000]

it didnt look like he was swimmimng that fast

[Manus127]

@cunners1000 well we'll put you next to him and see how fast he looks then :)

[cunners1000]

@Manus127 i meant because his technique is soo good fool

[royng888]

he took only 31 strokes to reach the wall.

[twinkie2082]

@hiphopganjah  you are so full of it...do you want us to clap for you?

[StuffyG]

I've always wondered what they call Popov in Russian. We dubbed him the Russian Rocket but that would sound so redundant if you were already in Russia.

[Deadlycolli]

How did he not win the 50 in Sydney?!

[gusyrocks]

@Deadlycolli in sidney he was the only one swimmer of the finals without the Speedo fast skin suit . all the others swimmers had that new suit so popov couldnt win. one month before in the european champs he won gold medal in 50 and 100 meters free style beating peter van de hoogenbanand the others without any problem. only tecnology could beat popov...

[pacus123]

@gusyrocks

Well said. Popov is probably the best swimmer we've ever seen.

[iyours]

Cesar Cielo already beats Popov and in the long run will be better than him and in history.

[guspopov]

@iyours cesar cielo beats popov just with the suit "power skin" of Arena. with the same suit cielo makes a worst time. popov was 7 years without losing 1 race in 50 and 100 free style (1991-1998) . that,s simply impossible for cielo or any swimmer. till 2008 noboby could make 21:64 even cielo. just the plastics suits of 2008 and 2009 and the new speedo 2010 lzr racer elite, or power skin of arena of 2010 could beat popov

[geraldoyang]

For still the best sprinter ever!

[SuperMuhomor]

Классная техника плавания! А. Попов - лучший спринтер всех времен и народов! Ура товарищи!

[guitarxgodx100]

dang.

[ThePeerkons]

yay he was in riga last month

[RollandLee]

lol, he IS the lzr!

[joesiden]

The cool thing about Popov is how composed he is through the race. He doesn't tighten up.

[Pumeczek1]

50 m . I'm 42 sekond :D eleven yers old

[timsterap5]

Thumbs up if you think that Popov would've gone 20.5 with the super suits.

[thebert1000]

@timsterap5 he prbly culdve gone 19 lol

[paliosg13]

with arena xglide that was at least 20.8

[danielmon4]

wow...

[cowdenpark]

wall to wall no diving my wife counted me doing 20m in 8 secs (approx) maybe I should have a go?

[xNinjaBreadx]

@cowdenpark You wouldn't get under 30 seconds for 50m

[cowdenpark]

@xNinjaBreadx why not? 20 m in 8 secs, without a dive...if i was fit enough maybe?

[kuturgan]

Popov did the WR without tricking. Now the special swim suit makes very easy to beat the records. So Popov still holds the true WR for 50m freestyle.

[feheva]

@kuturgan What about those two empty lanes around him? No tricking?

[rafaellpro]

@feheva thats a good point man i have never thought about that before

[davidfrgs]

@kuturgan i agree with you

[raelene101]

Dick Togs 'N all

VODKA N CIGS

shallow pool

ORIGINAL

[gusyrocks]

has somebody the video when popov made the world record in the 100 free style with 48:21 ???

[gioswimmer]

Can Cesar Cielo or Frederick Bousquet break this record without a hightech swimsuit....  We'll see it ;)

[paliosg13]

i think fred bousquet did 21.70 . . .and ronald schoeman 2005 he did 21.69 in kanada

[feheva]

@gioswimmer Cesar Cielo has just broken this record. 21.55

Goodbye Popov!

[macdicas]

@feheva But he was wearing a jammer. Believe it or not, it makes a difference.

[feheva]

@macdicas Perhaps those 0.09? And what about those two empty lanes for Popov? It's a matter of time anyway... Cielo is only 23 and he's getting better everyday.

[MARMOFLASH]

@feheva a jammer DOES help much more than u might think, personally I think Cielo has already reached his peak performance and I think that Bousquet can actually come to be faster than him although it will take a lot of hard work, but he is undoubtedly extremely fast in the water.

[manhun7]

@feheva did popov wear fancy jammer? no! He was in a brief

[feheva]

@manhun7 Yes, he was in a brief with two empty lanes around him. What's your point?

[alexcandy1411]

They leave like sea-doo trails, holy crap.

[whw524]

wait what?! high school state champs have gotten 19 secs but thats probably the flip turns but still.

[macdicas]

That's yards I think. Or SCM.

[friendmeph]

high school swimming is in yards.

[crazytubex]

no cause my school goes by meters

[theGP313]

short course yads, compared to long course meters is like 3 seconds, these olympians could go in the 17's in short course yards as they would come out of their kick at the opposite flag off the dive and then in the middle of their turn

[junmengo]

cielo is the best sprinter ever, he wears the suits, so do the other swimers no advantage here

never an sprinter dominated as cielo does, world champion in 50 and 100, world recordist in the 50 and 100

IN THE SAME YEAR

[macdicas]

Yeah, he's great, but I'm curious to see what his time will be when the suits are gone. Not sure if he can match Popov.

[RtRdOh33]

@junmengo

Omg you think that's amazing? Popov have achieved much much greater things in his life then just some world records in the same year. But ye Cielo is the one that dominates today.

[bluth78]

i think the two empty lanes next to him helped a little!!

[kdno88]

someone has the video of Popov's world record in the 100m freestyle set in 1994 Monaco??

I never saw the video when he swims

to 48.21

[pacus123]

Imagine if this guy had one of those new suits. He's have have swum it in 18s flat!!!

[antoniocarrasco]

The last of the real swimmers........Long Live the Zsar!!!

[DChillaxnig321]

ehh i believe that phelps is a real swimmer

[antoniocarrasco]

Good for you!

[cafesoluble]

best sprinter ever. With cap and a jacked hed be unbeatable

[bobsambora]

popov the best i agree with you he was a beast lpopov forever just wearing a fucking speedo fucking unbeatable! im brazilian and cielo is the best now but nobody will be like the great russian

[adisturbedswimmer95]

popov is such an amazing sprinter. If he'd swum today, with the a cap and the newest suits, I bet he'd do 20.4x or under

[gioswimmer]

No he could't do 20.4 with a hightech suit in long course but he could go under 21 i think.

[Nasumbo]

great athlete.

without these stupid swimsuits AND without doping...

different than phelps and so on

[ch1do121]

I agree that Popov wasnt that good. Surely the suits would have made a difference. But not that much. Even with 8-9 yrs in training, he wouldn't be able to surpass the swimmers we have now because the technique back then wasnt as good as the techniques nowadays. Beside, he would've gotten old.

[Polarcupcheck]

What is the new technique? Straight arm? Klim was doing that, and he wasn't better than Popov in 50 free.

One thing is different today, shorter swimmers are doing really well. Dude, 5'9 10-20 years ago would have mean't forget an Olympic shot in the freestyle.

[ch1do121]

naw. straight arm isnt the shit yet. we dont kno what results it will bring YET by the best sprinters. im just sayin that the technique from back then mustve been a lil diff from what is now.

i agree with what you said right there. its true that 5'9 can have a shot at olympics. just gotta be strong. =D

[Sensaistar7]

This is awesome footage. Love Popov.

[OwnageChicken]

Popov was the greatest sprinter ever. I bet that if his skills were applied today with the 'swimsuits', he would have broken the 21 second mark for 50 free. Popov forever from Australia!!!

[guitboxheroes]

definitely. he swam in a speedo and no cap!!! that is unheard of today. with all the technology he would easily be a 20.5 or under.

[HungAzn]

Its amazing how good stroke efficiency he has, he takes so little strokes compared to the other sprinters but still goes faster.

[MegaGoFast]

This is the real world record!, the old world record, without long swimsuit..

[RtRdOh33]

343596 wow you are stubborn. Look with the newest suit Popov would have gone 20.xx easily. These new suits today do take 0.7 sec from the time. I bet you are not a swimmer. I am a swimmer and i have tested the new suits. And if we go to Bousquets (dunno how to spell it) we could say that he didn't go 20.94. He used a now illegal suit.

I would have guessed that in that race with no swimmer to his sides and a swim cap + the new suit, he would have gone 20.5x-20.6x.

[o0GetRad0o]

My fastest time is round 38 in freestyle. So far that is :l

[Nazified]

How old are you? I've been swimming for 2 years so far and I now go 29 :) 38 is pretty good, if you tell me your technique I could give you some pointers!

[JzeRandomFck]

I swim around 42 :(

[zhman93]

he had no swimmers to his left or right

[343596]

But now i gotta say hes beaten for the first time acording to me... I don´t Popov is matching 20.94 with any suit.... If so the Suits are freaking unbeliveble..

0.7 is a lot. I don´t think a little Polythurania and a swimcap won´t make you go 0.7 faster.

[acadian0]

well, man. you have to see the lasts results.

before the swimmers use these new suits, the times were not so fast. I know the sport evolue, but before Beijing, in 50m freestyle, just Popov did less than 22s in a olympian race

at Beijing ALL finalist did less than 22s

at semifinal, 12 men did less than 22s

so, are you saing Popov is nothing?

this suit is like a machine. the guys float!

Alexander Popov could do 19.X s with this suit!!!

[343596]

No. Not 19.X. Hes not that good. Then Gary Hall and Anthony Ervin etc. would be in the 19-20 range.

Don´t forget that Popov swam with nobody in the lanes beside him. That would decrease resistance by more than any suit. With guys swimming beside him he mostly did 21.9 like Gary Hall (21.74 with a crappy legskin), Anthony Ervin, Matt Biondi, Tom Jager etc.

This race he suddenly dropped 3 tenths From being at a very consistant level..

[acadian0]

Well, Popov swam with nobody in his sides just once. If he did more than this, probably he could better times. It's impossible improve his best just swimming once.

Ok, this time he hadn't noody in his sides, but he never shaved his body neither used a cap over his hair.

So I think at least he could do 20.X, maybe 19.X

[343596]

No beacuse then Biondi, Jager probably Gary Hall and also probably Anthony Ervin would be at a 20.XX level too.. You want Popov to be the best but lets face it swimming as a sport is a bit behind for example track and field for example when it comes to how you should train..... People have and will pass Popovs level of exellence.

He maybe was the most talanted swimmer ever but he isn´t the best because the training was very much old school back then.. Even tho it was just 8 years ago

[343596]

Your one of those old school guy who thinks aerobic training is very important for the 50m... That´s why u don´t realise how much better these guys of today are... Not to mention the technique sucked by then

[lostsoul458]

i swim around 23

[kupolord92]

i swim around 26

[LucerneWorker]

I know you can do better! Keep on it!

[GAMH165]

the best of the best !!!!

[RSGuides577]

He was so old school, no cap, no fancy suit, just gold old fashion hard work and great technique.

[343596]

Due to Eamon Sullivans coach the unofficial WR of today 21.1! (-0.5)

[x1y1l1e1m]

I think the record is 21.28 not 21.1

[343596]

yes it is but THIS IS due to sullivans coach the unoficial WR of today .....

[Manus127]

@RSGuides577 i think being old school and doing well is only admirable in the presence of others who are not. everyone is this video is old school, but someone had to win

[RSGuides577]

@Manus127 Though that might be true, in relation to his timing, and considering the circumstances. He was incredible. 

[LeandroKezan]

@Manus127 OMG...man.... I bet ... he could beat anyone(Cielo....Bernard....Tho­rpe..or even Phelps) but...this is a new generation.... we cant compare.... Popov´s records were only beaten using these new suits and technologies.....believe me.... even the water now.... is diff from back then

[pacus123]

@LeandroKezan

Very true. Even the water is different. The pools are deeper and the lane markers prevent wake from impeding with swimmers.

[mrdasilvaiscool]

man these blokes are slow i cracked the 20 sec mark every time when i race

[idk46]

thats absolute bullshit no you do not

[RSGuides577]

this is longcourse dumbass...

[samsunah]

wow! i love alexander popov! its sad that retires now. hope i could see him again swimming! his style was very awesome!

[ricacardo1987]

Popov didn't have the "NASA's cloth", like the swimmers have nowdays... Popov was a really fantastic swimmer!

[andresrojas22]

You should sheck the video on youtube "Popov whats the limit", it details the secret of his amazing technique

[cmenguita]

His world record in swimming elegance hasn't been beaten yet.

[alex114199499]

wow 21 seconds that's crazy. I'm 14 and i go a 26.74 free

[andresrojas22]

jaja, in your dreams

[tonikljucevic]

in his dreams?

Theres 11 and 12 year olds at my club that go 26's and high 25's in long course 50 meter freestyle.

26.74 isn't a hard time to get, a good 4-5 months can get you that time.

The real struggle starts when you finally get in the 23-24 times for the 50 free, getting below those times takes a lot of hard work.

[andresrojas22]

Like the song says "if it makes you happy.." i'll pretend i'll believe you

[tonikljucevic]

I'm done arguing with an idiot lol.

Have you ever swam competitively? I doubt it.

If you did you're probably some fatass who goes ~30+ in a 50 free.

[andresrojas22]

Oh really?

[shortbastard121]

cool thats good im 14 also but i go around 28 free do u have any tips on improving

[harryjimbob]

swim faster.

[EthanBranden]

@harryjimbob hahahha shit head i wanna see u swim that fast and thats not slow

[Mudkipzwinrar]

It's only 3 and a bit seconds away for me :)

[andresrojas22]

oh really?

[douker]

yea too bad he had to back off the roids before the international meets where he would no doubt be tested.

[rosapastel5]

todavia tiene el record???

[andresrojas22]

no, lo bajo un australiano que andaba dopado

[DCMCTA]

dont let him get into a Lzr

[brousbrous]

I really think Bernard is doping. Eamon is too small to be doping. Dude is tiny for a sprinter.

[andresrojas22]

doping isnt sinonimous of size, in sport doping goes further beyond of taking steroids like would some weightlifter there are subtances that increases the level of oxigen in the blood and allow a better burst of energy when you're in a race

[flash108]

not bad, 21:64 with a speedo and no swim cap, wonder how much time he would drop if he had the supersuit and a swim cap on

[gorbachef]

I'll say 21.1. In my opinion there is no way Sullivan, Bernard, Bousquet, Weber-Gale, etc. could touch Popov on equal terms.

[343596]

And with modern strength and sprint training.

[youbetzler]

well the LZR claims that it takes .5 seconds per 50 from the FS2. I don't remember how much the FS2 dropped from skin. But it's probably safe to say the full body suit is capable of dropping close to .7 if the companies are correct in their claims. So if this is all true (i kinda doubt it though i did drop half a second going from FS2 to a blueseventy) then he is looking at a 20.9-21.0 area

[gnemick]

eamon sullivan is on drugs along with bernard

[gnemick]

if you could just get on your knees...

[TastyDonaldDuck]

wow i need to reduce 12 seconds to beat him.

[davidfrgs]

yeah he´s the very best of all without the speedo lzr racer.

[pacus123]

My favourite athlete all time. Popov!

[spappari84]

..quasi..forse il prossimo dopo Alain Bernard..mostruoso 21.50..

[juhpuh85]

..quasi..forse il prossimo dopo Eamon Sullivan..mostruoso 21.28..

[sprankton1]

cullen jones will be the next record holder...mark my words

[oma121]

Sorry man, Eamon Sullivan broke it at 21.56 last month Plus, it just got broken today by Alain Bernard at 21.50 in Eindhoven.

[koko56]

Holy shit! Already? Have not heard of that guy before, but damn are the Olympics gonna be exciting!

[blacknizzle]

and now eamon has it again with 21.28

[koko56]

Yep! I like Eamon more for the fact that he had SOOOOO many periods where things were looking grim, very grim.

[sonofthedestroyer]

It will be removed when they prove he is on PEDs

[n0m0rem0s]

and did u honestly believe that less than a week after u said this that bernard's time would have been beaten not once, but twice??

[koko56]

How things change huh? :P

[Paunchs]

no matter what you do theres akways going to be some1 better. poor popov

[casperyeah1]

bye bye 21.64

[thefornz33]

Its Eamon Sullivan's World Record now :)

[MORENOV19]

acabo de enterarme que EDMON SULLIVAN, rompio el recoDr de popov, con 21.56, sera el inicio de la era EDMON, o solo un chiripaso?, que opinas maestro sacarias