2022 CHINESE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, October 27th – Saturday, October 29th
- Beijing, China
- FINA SC World Championships Qualifying Event
- SCM (25m)
- Results via Asian Media
While competing on day two of the 2022 Chinese Swimming Championships, Chen Juner broke the World Junior Record in the men’s short course 200m butterfly.
Chen, who turned 18 this past February, produced a time of 1:49.61. That not only checked in as a lifetime best and Chinese national record, but it also overtook the former WJR of 1:49.89. That former junior record was set by Taiwanese swimmer Eddie Wang during the ISL semi-finals in 2020.
The FINA database doesn’t list any short course 200 fly performances for Chen but the teen had been as fast as 1:56.77 in long course during last year’s Trials meet.
Flash forward to today and Chen’s short course performance of 1:49.61 now renders him the 9th fastest performer all-time worldwide and 4th fastest Asian performer ever.
The previous Chinese national record was held by Li Zhuhao who clocked 1:50.39 at the 2018 FINA Short Course World Championships. As such, Chen is now the first Chinese man to ever get under the 1:50 threshold in this 2fly event.
We’re still waiting on splits for Chen’s swim to compare them to Wang’s previous WJR.
Comparative Splits:
| Eddie Wang (TAI) | Chen Juner (CHN) | |
| Old WJR– 2020 |
New WJR – 2022
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| 50m | 24.68 | |
| 100m | 28.05 (52.73) | |
| 150m | 27.92 | |
| 200m | 29.24 | |
| Final Time | 1:49.89 | 1:49.61 |
Chen now ranks as the #2 swimmer in the world this season, sitting only behind newly-minted World Record holder Tomoru Honda of Japan.
2022-2023 SCM Men 200 Fly
Honda
1:46.85 WR
| 2 | Chad le Clos | RSA | 1:48.27 | 12/15 |
| 3 | Noe Ponti | SUI | 1:49.42 | 12/15 |
| 4 | Juner Chen | CHN | 1:49.61 | 10/28 |
| 5 | Trenton Julian | USA | 1:49.69 | 10/29 |