[1] At the 2023 Chinese National Championships, Pan set a new Asian record of 47.22 seconds in men's 100 metre freestyle, which was previously held by South Korean swimmer Hwang Sun-woo.
[4] With a time of 1:44:65, Pan also became the second Chinese male swimmer in history to break the 1:45 barrier in 200 metre freestyle after Sun Yang.
[6] As the anchor log, Pan helped China win a silver medal in the men’s 4x100 metre medley relay by splitting a 46.62.
[11] Pan's performance also helped the Chinese team break the Asian record in men's 4x100 metre freestyle relay.
[12] The Chinese men's 4x100 metre medley relay team, anchored by Pan, produced a winning time of 3:27.01 collectively, which was the second-fastest in history.
His margin of victory, 1.08 seconds, was the largest in this event since the 1928 Olympics, and his 0.40-second improvement on the world record was the biggest leap since 1976.
[16] As the anchor leg, he entered the water with his team in third place but overtook the swimmers from the United States and France in the final 100 meters, finishing with the fastest split in history in the men’s 100 m freestyle, clocking a 45.92, and securing the winning time of 3:27.46; beating the previous world's fastest split-time set by Jason Lezak's super-suited 46.06 anchor leg swim in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.