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Maxime Grousset Breaks Own French National Record in the 100 Fly in 50.11
2025 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s 100 Fly – Finals World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021) World Junior Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017) French Record: 50.14 – Maxime Grousset (2023) French World Championship Qualifying Time: 51.67 Maxime Grousset broke his own French national record in the 100 fly to defend his title at the […]
2025 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men’s 100 Fly – Finals
- World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
- World Junior Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
French Record: 50.14 – Maxime Grousset (2023)- French World Championship Qualifying Time: 51.67
Maxime Grousset broke his own French national record in the 100 fly to defend his title at the French Elite Championships, closing out his week of racing in style.
Grousset threw down a 50.11, shaving .03 off of the previous record (50.14), which he set at the 2023 World Championships in Japan. He took it out in 23.32, a few hundredths slower than his previous record-setting swim, but managed to come home .11 faster in 26.79 to pull ahead of the record line.
Split Comparison
| Grousset – New French Record (2025) | Grousset – Old French Record (2023) | |
| 50 | 23.32 | 23.24 |
| 100 | 50.11 (26.79) | 50.14 (26.90) |
Grousset’s performance marks the fastest time in the world so far this season, bumping him ahead of Noe Ponti‘s 50.27 by .16. It also marked a significant improvement for him this season, as the fastest he had been before tonight was 50.86 back in December.
| 2 | Noe PONTI |
SUI | 50.27 | 04/05 |
| 3 | Ilya KHARUN |
CAN | 50.37 | 06/08 |
| 4 | Josh LIENDO |
CAN | 50.46 | 06/08 |
| 5 | Shaine Casas |
USA | 50.51 | 06/06 |
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Grousset maintains his place as the sixth-fastest performer ever.
All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 Butterfly (LCM)
- Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.45 – 2021 Olympic Games
- Kristof Milak (HUN), 49.68 – 2021 Olympic Games
- Michael Phelps (USA), 49.82 – 2009 World Championships
- Milorad Cavic (SRB), 49.95 – 2009 World Championships
- Josh Liendo (CAN), 49.99 – 2024 Olympic Games
- Maxime Grousset (FRA), 50.11 – 2025 French Elite Championships
- Noe Ponti (SUI), 50.16 – 2024 Swiss Nationals
- Matthew Temple (AUS), 50.25 – 2023 Japan Open
- Joseph Schooling (SGP), 50.39 – 2016 Olympic Games
- Ian Crocker (USA) / Shaine Casas (USA), 50.40 – 2005 World Championships / 2022 U.S. Nationals
Taking the runner-up spot in finals tonight was Clement Secchi, who was almost a full second behind Grousset in 51.06, while Michel Arkhangelsky took 3rd in 51.24.
Grousset’s record-breaking win in the 100 fly marked his fourth victory and 2nd national record of the meet, having already won the 50 fly (22.70 – French record), 100 free (47.50) and 50 free (21.68).