Watch Coleman Stewart Blast 48.33 for 100 Backstroke World Record

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Coleman Stewart produced the first World Record of the 2021 ISL season on Sunday with a stunning 48.33 effort in the 100 meter backstroke, taking more than half-a-second from his previous lifetime best, set Saturday at 48.91, an American Record.

The 100 meter backstroke World Record Sunday is the first of Stewart's career. Stewart spent the maximum of 60 meters underwater and only took 34 strokes in the race.

Stewart stroke count, 48.33:
1st 25: 8 strokes
2nd 25: 8 strokes
3rd 25: 8 strokes
4th 25: 10 strokes
Total: 34 strokes

Kliment Kolesnikov, the former World Record holder in the event, took a total of 44 strokes when he went 48.58 in 2020. By comparison, Stewart made much better use of the underwaters.

Kolesnikov stroke count, 48.58:
1st 25: 10 strokes
2nd 25: 11 strokes
3rd 25: 11 strokes
4th 25: 12 strokes
Total: 44 strokes

In the yards version of the race, Stewart is the 2nd-fastest performer all-time with a lifetime best of 43.62. In that race, Stewart took 7 strokes on the first 3 lengths and then 8 strokes on the final 25 yards, making for a mere 29 strokes total, once again maximizing his underwater dolphin kick.



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