Pan touched the wall a second ahead of Australia\u2019s Kyle Chalmers, who took silver with a time of 47.48, followed by Romania\u2019s David Popovici in bronze-medal position with a time of 47.49.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pan's time eclipsed his own previous record of 46.80 set in Doha in February. His gold-medal victory also represents a first-ever medal for China in the 100m freestyle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Swimming\u2019s most decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps, reacted to Pan\u2019s world-record time on US broadcaster NBC, saying, \"That is mind-blowing for me. I\u2019ve never seen a win of that margin in that race in my career. And to go 46.4 - that\u2019s unheard of! \u201cTo be that much closer to going 45 seconds in a 100 freestyle, I can\u2019t understand that, I really can\u2019t.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On the other hand, this is the second medal in Paris for Chalmers, who also won silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Swimming\u2019s most decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps, reacted to Pan\u2019s world-record time on US broadcaster NBC, saying, \"That is mind-blowing for me. I\u2019ve never seen a win of that margin in that race in my career. And to go 46.4 - that\u2019s unheard of! \u201cTo be that much closer to going 45 seconds in a 100 freestyle, I can\u2019t understand that, I really can\u2019t.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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