Brazilian swimmer Cesar Cielo set the 100-metre freestyle world record of 46.91 seconds in 2009.
Sources
- The science games — ABC Science Archive (abc.net.au)
- https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/115648 (olympedia.org)
- https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/cesar-cielo-filho (olympics.com)
- https://swimswam.com/david-popovici-goes-46-86-breaks-cielos-13-year-old-100-free-world-record/ (swimswam.com)
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- https://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/story/_/id/34394687/romanian-swimmer-david-popovici-17-breaks-world-record-100-freestyle (espn.com)
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