Background and career
Pan Zhanle (Chinese: 潘展乐, born 4 August 2004) is a Chinese freestyle swimmer. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle. He is the world record holder in the long course 100 metre freestyle.
At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, Pan broke the world record in the 100 metre freestyle as the lead-off leg in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. He also won the individual 100 metre freestyle event. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Pan won a gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle, breaking his world record. He also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, swimming the fastest split in history in the men’s 100 metre freestyle.
