Bronze medalists David Popovici and Nandor Nemeth finished fourth in the 100-meter freestyle on Wednesday, the fifth day of swimming competition at the Paris Olympics.
24-year-old Nandor Nemeth – who finished third in Doha in February as the first Hungarian to take a World Championship podium in the history of the track – has made incremental progress in his time results to date with his best starting position to date, Track 3, which is of great importance In “King Number”.
Next to him, on the second track, the Romanian's star, 200m gold medalist David Popovici, was pacing.
Nemeth tentatively guessed that the final, which was the final “show” of Wednesday's program, could be one of the most difficult finals in swimming events. The Hungarian swimmer's start was between his Romanian rival and Chinese world record holder Pan Zhanlu, and at the halfway point he was in fifth place with a time of 22.90 – that's slower than in the middle race (22.71) – however, it was an exciting start. In the end, he was just one century behind bronze medalist Popovici, who reached the finish line with 47.50. Australian silver medalist Kyle Charmers preceded him by only two centuries.
This record was won by the Chinese, setting a world record of 46.40 seconds, which is the first world record in swimming at the Paris Olympics.
