Li Bingjie (, born 3 March 2002) is a Chinese swimmer. She is former world record holder in the short course 400 metre freestyle. She is also the Asian record holder in the long course 400 metre freestyle as well as the short course 1500 metre freestyle. She is the 2021 World Short Course champion in the 400 metre freestyle and 800 metre freestyle. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle.
Career At the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, in Hawaii, United States, Bingjie won gold medals in the 200 metre freestyle with a 1:58.23, 400 metre freestyle with a 4:07.52, and the 800 metre freestyle with a 8:28.12.Hy-Tek (27 August 2016). "Meet Results: 2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". swmeets.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
Bingjie competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, winning two silver medals and a bronze. In 2018, she competed in the World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou and won a bronze medal in the Women's 400 meter freestyle. She added a gold medal in the women's 4 x 200 meter relay, swimming the first leg. In the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Li won her first gold title in the 200m Women's Freestyle with a time of 1:56.74.
2021–2022 In 2021, Bingjie won the bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a time of 4:01.08, finishing 4.39 seconds behind gold medalist Ariarne Titmus of Australia."2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Women's 400m Freestyle". ESPN. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022. She was also a gold medalist in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:55.30 for the anchor leg of the relay to help set a new world record of 7:40.33."Tokyo Olympics 2020: China win women's 4x200m freestyle relay in world record time". The Times of India. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022. Later in the year, at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in December, she won the world title and gold medal in the 800 metre freestyle with a Championships record time of 8:02.90, which was 0.51 seconds faster than the former record set seven years earlier by Mireia Belmonte of Spain.FINA (18 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (AUE): Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 December 2022."Li grabs second gold at FINA Short-course Worlds". China Internet Information Center. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2022. The following day, she won the gold medal and world title in the 400 metre freestyle as well, finishing over two seconds ahead of silver medalist Summer McIntosh of Canada with a time 3:55.83.FINA (19 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (AUE): Women's 400m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
On 27 October 2022, at the 2022 Chinese National Swimming Championships, Bingjie won the gold medal in the short course 400 metre freestyle with a world record time of 3:51.30, lowering the former record of 3:53.92 set by Ariarne Titmus in 2018 by 2.62 seconds.Pérez, Marta (27 October 2022). "Li Bingjie, récord del mundo de 400 libre en piscina corta" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 23 December 2022.Reindel, Jim (28 October 2022). "Li Bingjie crushes 400m freestyle world record". Infobae. Retrieved 28 October 2022. The following day, she set a new Asian record and Chinese record in the 1500 metre freestyle with a time of 15:41.80 and a new Chinese record in the 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:51.25."Li Bingjie sets Asian record in 1,500m free, national mark in 200m free". China Internet Information Center. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
Originally entered to compete in four individual events at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, the 200 metre freestyle, 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle, and the first-ever female 1500 metre freestyle at a World Short Course Championships, Bingjie was unable to compete after arriving in Melbourne, Australia due to contracting COVID-19.FINA (11 December 2022). "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Entries Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 December 2022.Miller, Nicole (13 December 2022). "Chinese Distance Star Li Bingjie Tests Positive for COVID-19 at SC Worlds". SwimSwam. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
International championships (50 m) Meet200 freestyle400 freestyle800 freestyle1500 freestyle4×100 freestyle4×200 freestyleMixed 4×100 freestyle Junior level PACJ 2016 5th 5th Senior level WC 2017 11th AG 2018 WC 2019 11th 9th 15th 4th OG 2020 20th 10th 10th WC 2022 10th 5th 9th 4th WC 2023 5th AG 2022 WC 2024 9th WC 2025 5th 4th
International championships (25 m) Meet200 freestyle400 freestyle800 freestyle400 medley4×200 freestyle WC 2016 15th 13th WC 2018 4th WC 2021 WC 2022 DNS DNS
Personal bests
Long course (50-meter pool) EventTimeMeetDateNote(s) 50 m freestyle 26.47 2019 Champions Swim Series 28 April 2019 100 m freestyle 54.78 2021 Chinese National Swimming Championships 5 May 2021 200 m freestyle 1:56.64 2021 Chinese National Swimming Championships 4 May 2021 400 m freestyle 3:59.99 2025 Chinese National Swimming Championships 17 May 2025NR, AS 800 m freestyle 8:13.31 2023 World Aquatics Championships 29 July 2023AS 1500 m freestyle 15:45.71 2023 World Aquatics Championships 25 July 2023 400 m individual medley 4:55.25 2016-2017 Div 1 Age Group Swimming 18 June 2016
Short course (25-meter pool) EventTimeMeetDateNote(s) 50 m freestyle 26.29 2018 World Cup 18 November 2018 100 m freestyle 54.95 2017 World Cup 18 November 2017 200 m freestyle 1:51.25 2022 Chinese Swimming Championships 28 October 2022 NR 400 m freestyle 3:51.30 2022 Chinese Swimming Championships 27 October 2022 WR 800 m freestyle 8:02:90 2021 World Championships 18 December 2021 1500 m freestyle 15:41.80 2022 Chinese Swimming Championships 28 October 2022 AS, NR 50 m butterfly 28.92 2016 World Cup 30 September 2016 100 m butterfly 1:02.41 2016 World Championships 6 December 2016 200 m individual medley 2:14.94 2016 World Cup 30 September 2016 400 m individual medley 4:40.03 2016 World Championships 6 December 2016
Swimming World Cup circuits The following medals Bingjie has won at Swimming World Cup circuits."Bingjie Li: Medals". FINA. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
Edition Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals Total 2015 0 1 0 1 2016 0 1 0 1 2017 2 4 1 7 2018 1 0 0 1 Total 3 6 1 10
World records Long course (50-meter pool) No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref 1 4×200 m freestyle 7:40.33 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 29 July 2021 Former
Short course (25-meter pool) No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref 1 400 m freestyle 3:51.30 2022 Chinese Swimming Championships Beijing 27 October 2022 Current
References
External links
Li Bingjie at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)