Relay versus solo times

I was watching the Jason Lezak olympic swim again and noticed that he got 46 sec flat in his swim. Now the WR for the 100M was set later by Alain Bernard at 46.94. Are relay times normally better and if so, why? Thanks.
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  • Former Member
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    In that swim, the time is secondary to everything. It was for a Gold Medal and he came back on the current world record holder. The only other swim I can think being like it was the 4x200 relay with Hayes coming back on Michael Gros to win Gold for the US.
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  • Former Member
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    In that swim, the time is secondary to everything. It was for a Gold Medal and he came back on the current world record holder. The only other swim I can think being like it was the 4x200 relay with Hayes coming back on Michael Gros to win Gold for the US.
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