World record progression 100m freestyle

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The first World Record in the Men's 100 metres Freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1905. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.

1 Men
- 1.1 Long Course
- 1.2 Short Course
2 Women
- 2.1 Long Course
- 2.2 Short Course
3 References

[edit] Men

[edit] Long Course

#	TIME	SWIMMER	DATE	EVENT	PLACE
011	1:05.81:05.8	Halmay, Zoltán Zoltán Halmay	01905-12-03 3 December 1905	?	Vienna, Austria	?
022	1:05.61:05.6	Daniels, Charles Charles Daniels	01908-07-20 20 July 1908	1908 Summer Olympics	London, England, United Kingdom	^[1]
033	1:02.81:02.8	Daniels, Charles Charles Daniels	01910-04-15 15 April 1910	Special record attempt by the swimming team of the New York Athletic Club	New York City, New York, United States	^[2]
044	1:02.41:02.4	Bretting, Kurt Kurt Bretting	01912-04-06 6 April 1912	?	Brussels, Belgium	^[3]
055	1:01.61:01.6	Kahanamoku, Duke Duke Kahanamoku	01912-07-20 20 July 1912	?	Hamburg, Germany	?
066	1:01.41:01.4	Kahanamoku, Duke Duke Kahanamoku	01918-08-09 9 August 1918	International Exhibition	New York City, New York, United States	^[4]
077	1:00.41:00.4	Kahanamoku, Duke Duke Kahanamoku	01920-08-24 24 August 1920	1920 Summer Olympics	Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium	?
088	0:58.658.6	Weissmuller, Johnny Johnny Weissmuller	01922-07-19 19 July 1922	?	Alameda, California, United States	?
099	0:57.457.4	Weissmuller, Johnny Johnny Weissmuller	01924-02-17 17 February 1924	?	Miami, Florida, United States	?
1010	0:56.856.8	Fick, Peter Peter Fick	01934-03-02 2 March 1934	1934 Yale University Swimming Carnival	New Haven, Connecticut, United States	^[5]
1111	0:56.656.6	Fick, Peter Peter Fick	01935-03-05 5 March 1935	Special record attempt as part of the 1935 Yale University Swimming Carnival	New Haven, Connecticut, United States	^[6]
1212	0:56.456.4	Fick, Peter Peter Fick	01936-02-11 11 February 1936	Yale Benefit Event for the United States Olympic team	New Haven, Connecticut, United States	^[7]
1313	0:55.955.9	Ford, Alan Alan Ford	01944-04-13 13 April 1944	Special record attempt	New Haven, Connecticut, United States	^[8]
1414	0:55.855.8	Jany, Alex Alex Jany	01947-09-15 15 September 1947	?	Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France	?
1515	0:55.455.4	Ford, Alan Alan Ford	01948-06-29 29 June 1948	New Haven Swim Club team time trail	New Haven, Connecticut, United States	^[9]
1616	0:54.854.8	Cleveland, Dick Dick Cleveland	01954-04-01 1 April 1954	Special record attempt as part the 1954 Amateur Athletic Union National Championships	New Haven, Connecticut, United States	^[10]
1717	0:55.455.4	Henricks, Jon Jon Henricks	01956-11-30 30 November 1956	1956 Summer Olympics	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	^[11]
1818	0:55.255.2	Devitt, John John Devitt	01957-01-19 19 January 1957	New South Wales State Championships	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	^[12]
1919	0:54.654.6	Devitt, John John Devitt	01957-01-28 28 January 1957	Queensland State Championships	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	^[13]
2020	0:54.454.4	Clarke, Steve Steve Clarke	01961-08-18 18 August 1961	1961 Men's National Amateur Athletic Association outdoor swimming and diving championships	Los Angeles, California, United States	^[14]
2121	0:53.653.6	Dos Santos, Manuel Manuel dos Santos	01961-09-20 20 September 1961	?	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	?
2222	0:52.952.9	Gottvalles, Alain Alain Gottvalles	01964-09-13 13 September 1964	?	Budapest, Hungary	?
2323	0:52.652.6	Walsh, Ken Ken Walsh	01967-07-27 27 July 1967	1967 Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	^[15]
2424	0:52.252.2	Wenden, Michael Michael Wenden	01968-10-19 19 October 1968	1968 Summer Olympics	Mexico City, Mexico	^[16]
2525	0:51.9451.94	Spitz, Mark Mark Spitz	01970-08-23 23 August 1970	1970 Amateur Athletic Union National Outdoor Swimming Championships	Los Angeles, California, United States	^[17]
2626	0:51.4751.47	Spitz, Mark Mark Spitz	01972-08-05 5 August 1972	1972 US Olympic Swimming Trials	Chicago, Illinois, United States	^[18]
2727	0:51.2251.22	Spitz, Mark Mark Spitz	01972-09-03 3 September 1972	1972 Summer Olympics	Munich, Bavaria, West Germany	?
2828	0:51.1251.12	Montgomery, Jim Jim Montgomery	01975-06-21 21 June 1975	?	Long Beach, California, United States	?
2929	0:51.1151.11	Coan, Andy Andy Coan	01975-08-03 3 August 1975	?	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States	?
3030	0:50.5950.59	Montgomery, Jim Jim Montgomery	01975-08-23 23 August 1975	?	Kansas City, Missouri, United States	?
3131	0:50.3950.39	Montgomery, Jim Jim Montgomery	01976-07-24 24 July 1976	1976 Summer Olympics	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	?
3232	0:49.9949.99	Montgomery, Jim Jim Montgomery	01976-07-25 25 July 1976	1976 Summer Olympics	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	?
3333	0:49.4449.44	Skinner, Jonty Jonty Skinner	01976-08-14 14 August 1976	Senior National AAU Outdoor Championships	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	?
3434	0:49.3649.36	Gaines, Rowdy Rowdy Gaines	01981-04-03 3 April 1981	?	Austin, Texas, United States	?
3535	0:49.2449.24	Biondi, Matt Matt Biondi	01985-08-06 6 August 1985	1985 US National Summer Swimming Championships	Mission Viejo, California, United States	^[19]
3636	0:48.9548.95	Biondi, Matt Matt Biondi	01985-08-06 6 August 1985	1985 US National Summer Swimming Championships	Mission Viejo, California, United States	^[20]
3737	0:48.7448.74	Biondi, Matt Matt Biondi	01986-06-24 24 June 1986	1986 US World Championships Selection Trails	Orlando, Florida, United States	^[21]
3838	0:48.4248.42	Biondi, Matt Matt Biondi	01988-08-10 10 August 1988	1988 US Olympic Swimming Trials	Austin, Texas, United States	?
3939	0:48.2148.21	Popov, Alexander Alexander Popov	01994-06-18 18 June 1994	1994 International Swimming Meeting of Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo, Monaco	?
4040	0:48.1848.18	Klim, Michael Michael Klim	02000-09-16 16 September 2000	2000 Summer Olympics	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	?
4141	0:47.8447.84	Van den Hoogenband, Pieter Pieter van den Hoogenband	02000-09-19 19 September 2000	2000 Summer Olympics	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	?

[edit] Short Course

#	TIME	SWIMMER	DATE	EVENT	PLACE
011	47.94	Borges, Gustavo Gustavo Borges	01993-07-02 2 July 1993	?	Santos, São Paulo, Brazil	?
022	47.83	Popov, Alexander Alexander Popov	01994-01-01 1 January 1994	?	Hong Kong	?
033	47.82	Popov, Alexander Alexander Popov	01994-01-05 5 January 1994	?	Beijing, PR China	?
044	47.12	Popov, Alexander Alexander Popov	01994-03-12 12 March 1994	?	Desenzano del Garda, Lombardy, Italy	?
055	46.74	Popov, Alexander Alexander Popov	01994-03-19 19 March 1994	?	Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	?
066	46.25	Crocker, Ian Ian Crocker	02004-03-27 27 March 2004	2004 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships	East Meadow, New York, United States	^[22]
077	46.25e	Schoeman, Roland Roland Schoeman	02005-01-22 22 January 2005	5th meet of the 2004/05 FINA Swimming World Cup Series	Berlin, Germany	?

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[edit] Women

[edit] Long Course

#	TIME	SWIMMER	DATE	EVENT	PLACE
011	1:35.01:35.0	Gerstung, Martha Martha Gerstung	01908-10-18 18 October 1908	?	Magdeburg, Germany	?
022	1:26.61:26.6	Guttenstein, C. C. Guttenstein	01910-10-02 2 October 1910	?	Schaerbeek, Belgium	?
033	1:24.61:24.6	Curwen, Daisy Daisy Curwen	01911-09-29 29 September 1911	?	Liverpool, England, United Kingdom	?
044	1:20.61:20.6	Curwen, Daisy Daisy Curwen	01912-06-10 10 June 1912	?	Birkenhead, England, United Kingdom	?
055	1:19.81:19.8	Curwen, Daisy Fanny Durack	01912-07-09 9 July 1912	1912 Summer Olympics	Stockholm, Sweden	?
066	1:18.81:18.8	Curwen, Daisy Fanny Durack	01912-07-21 21 July 1912	?	Hamburg, Germany	?
077	1:16.21:16.2	Curwen, Daisy Fanny Durack	01915-02-06 6 February 1915	New South Wales Ladies' Amateur Swimming Association Championships	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	^[23]
088	1:13.61:13.6	Bleibtrey, Ethelda Ethelda Bleibtrey	01920-08-25 25 August 1920	1920 Summer Olympics	Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium	?
099	1:12.81:12.8	Ederle, Gertrude Gertrude Ederle	01923-06-30 30 June 1923	?	Newark, New Jersey, United States	?
1010	1:12.21:12.2	Wehselau, Mariechen Mariechen Wehselau	01924-07-19 19 July 1924	1924 Summer Olympics	Paris, France	?
1111	1:10.01:10.0	Lackie, Ethel Ethel Lackie	01926-01-28 28 January 1926	?	Toledo, Ohio, United States	?
1212	1:09.81:09.8	Garatti, Eleanor Eleanor Garatti	01929-08-07 7 August 1929	?	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States	?
1313	1:09.41:09.4	Osipowich, Albina Albina Osipowich	01929-08-25 25 August 1929	?	San Francisco, California, United States	?
1414	1:08.01:08.0	Madison, Helene Helene Madison	01930-03-14 14 March 1930	?	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	?
1515	1:06.61:06.6	Madison, Helene Helene Madison	01931-04-20 20 April 1931	?	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	?
1616	1:06.01:06.0	Den Ouden, Willy Willy den Ouden	01933-07-09 9 July 1933	?	Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium	?
1717	1:05.41:05.4	Den Ouden, Willy Willy den Ouden	01934-02-24 24 February 1934	?	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	?
1818	1:04.81:04.8	Den Ouden, Willy Willy den Ouden	01934-04-15 15 April 1934	?	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	?
1919	1:04.61:04.6	Den Ouden, Willy Willy den Ouden	01936-02-27 27 February 1936	?	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	?
2020	1:04.51:04.5	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01956-02-21 21 February 1956	1956 Australian Championships	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	?
2121	1:04.21:04.2	Gastelaars, Cocky Cocky Gastelaars	01956-03-03 3 March 1956	?	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	?
2222	1:04.01:04.0	Gastelaars, Cocky Cocky Gastelaars	01956-04-14 14 April 1956	?	Schiedam, The Netherlands	?
2323	1:03.31:03.3	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01956-08-25 25 August 1956	Australian Olympic Squad Swimming Carvinal	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	?
2424	1:03.21:03.2	Crapp, Lorraine Lorraine Crapp	01956-10-20 20 October 1956	Australian Olympic Squad Swimming Carvinal	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	?
2525	1:02.41:02.4	Crapp, Lorraine Lorraine Crapp	01956-10-25 25 October 1956	Australian Olympic Trails	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	?
2626	1:02.01:02.0	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01956-12-01 1 December 1956	1956 Summer Olympics	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	?
2727	1:01.51:01.5y	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01958-02-18 18 February 1958	1958 Australian Championships and British Empire and Commonwealth Games Trails	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	^[24]
2828	1:01.41:01.4y	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01958-07-21 21 July 1958	1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom	?
2929	1:01.21:01.2	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01958-08-10 10 August 1958	?	Schiedam, The Netherlands	?
3030	1:00.21:00.2y	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01960-02-23 23 February 1960	1960 Australian Championships and Olympic Trials	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	^[25]
3131	1:00.01:00.0y	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01962-10-23 23 October 1962	Australian British Empire and Commonwealth Games Trails	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	^[26]
3232	59.959.9y	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01962-10-27 27 October 1962	Australian British Empire and Commonwealth Games Trails	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	^[27]
3333	59.559.5y	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01962-11-24 24 November 1962	1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Perth, Western Australia, Australia	?
3434	58.958.9	Fraser, Dawn Dawn Fraser	01964-02-29 29 February 1964	1964 Australian Championships	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	^[28]
3535	58.958.9e	Gould, Shane Shane Gould	01971-04-30 30 April 1971	?	London, England, United Kingdom	?
3636	58.558.5	Gould, Shane Shane Gould	01972-01-08 8 January 1972	New South Wales State Championships	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	^[29]
3737	58.2558.25	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01973-07-13 13 July 1973	?	East Berlin, East Germany	?
3838	58.1258.12	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01973-08-18 18 August 1973	?	Utrecht, The Netherlands	?
3939	57.6157.61	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01973-09-08 8 September 1973	1973 FINA World Championships	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia	?
4040	57.5457.54	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01973-09-09 9 September 1973	1973 FINA World Championships	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia	?
4141	57.5157.51	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01974-07-04 4 July 1974	?	Rostock, East Germany	?
4242	56.9656.96	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01974-08-19 19 August 1974	1974 European Long Course Championships (?)	Vienna, Austria	?
4343	56.3856.38	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01975-03-14 14 March 1975	?	Dresden, East Germany	?
4444	56.2256.22	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01975-07-26 26 July 1975	1975 FINA World Championships	Santiago de Cali, Colombia	?
4545	55.7355.73	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01976-07-01 1 July 1976	?	East Berlin, East Germany	?
4646	55.6555.65	Ender, Kornelia Kornelia Ender	01976-07-19 19 July 1976	1976 Summer Olympics	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	?
4747	55.4155.41	Krause, Barbara Barbara Krause	01978-07-05 5 July 1978	?	East Berlin, East Germany	?
4848	54.9854.98	Krause, Barbara Barbara Krause	01980-07-20 20 July 1980	1980 Summer Olympics	Moscow, Soviet Union	?
4949	54.7954.79	Krause, Barbara Barbara Krause	01980-07-21 21 July 1980	1980 Summer Olympics	Moscow, Soviet Union	?
5050	54.7354.73	Otto, Kristin Kristin Otto	01986-08-19 19 August 1986	1986 FINA World Championships	Madrid, Spain	?
5151	54.4854.48	Thompson, Jenny Jenny Thompson	01992-03-01 1 March 1992	1992 US Olympic Swimming Trials	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	?
5252	54.0154.01	Le, Jingyi Jingyi Le	01994-09-05 5 September 1994	1994 FINA World Championships	Rome, Italy	?
5353	53.8053.80	De Bruijn, Inge Inge de Bruijn	02000-05-28 28 May 2000	2000 Super Grand Prix	Sheffield, England, United Kingdom	?
5454	53.7753.77	De Bruijn, Inge Inge de Bruijn	02000-09-20 20 September 2000	2000 Summer Olympics	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	?
5555	53.6653.66	Lenton, Libby Libby Lenton	02004-03-31 31 March 2004	2004 Australian Championships and Olympic Selection Trails	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	^[30]
5656	53.5253.52	Henry, Jodie Jodie Henry	02004-08-18 18 August 2004	2004 Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	^[31]
5757	53.4253.42	Lenton, Libby Libby Lenton	02006-01-31 31 January 2006	2006 Australian Championships and Commonwealth Games Selection Trails	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	^[32]
5858	53.3053.30	Steffen, Britta Britta Steffen	02006-08-02 2 August 2006	2006 European Long Course Championships	Budapest, Hungary	^[33]
5959	52.9952.99^[34]	Lenton, Libby Libby Lenton	02007-04-03 3 April 2007	2007 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	^[35]

[edit] Short Course

#	TIME	SWIMMER	DATE	EVENT	PLACE
011	53.46	Van Almsick, Franziska Franziska van Almsick	01993-01-06 6 January 1993	?	Shanghai, PR China	?
022	53.33	Van Almsick, Franziska Franziska van Almsick	01993-01-10 10 January 1993	?	Beijing, PR China	?
033	53.01	Le, Jingyi Jingyi Le	01993-12-02 2 December 1993	1993 FINA Short Course World Championships	Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain	?
044	52.80	Alshammar, Therese Therese Alshammar	01999-12-10 10 December 1999	1999 European Short Course Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	?
055	52.17	Alshammar, Therese Therese Alshammar	02000-03-17 17 March 2000	2000 FINA Short Course World Championships	Athens, Attica, Greece	?
066	51.91	Lenton, Libby Libby Lenton	02005-08-08 8 August 2005	2005 Australian Short Course Championships	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	^[36]
077	51.70	Lenton, Libby Libby Lenton	02005-08-09 9 August 2005	2005 Australian Short Course Championships	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	^[37]

[edit] References

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^ "Three swimming records", The New York Times, 1910-04-16, p. 13.
^ "The 100 metres record", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1912-07-24, p. 9.
^ "Hawaiian swims close to record", The New York Times, 1918-08-10, p. 8.
^ "Fick, New York Athletic Club ace, clips swim mark", The New York Times, 1934-03-03, p. 16.
^ "18-man Yale swimming team sets record in one-mile relay at New Haven carnival", The New York Times, 1935-03-06, p. 26.
^ "Fick breaks record in Yale swim meet", The New York Times, 1936-02-12, p. 28.
^ "Ford clips swim record", Associated Press, The New York Times, 1944-04-14, p. 23.
^ "Ford clips record for 100 free-style", Associated Press, The New York Times, 1948-06-30, p. 35.
^ Werden, Lincoln A. "Cleveland and Oyakawa set world swim marks at New Haven", The New York Times, 1954-04-02, p. 33.
^ Clarkson, Alan. "Devitt fails by touch in 100m duel with Henricks", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1956-12-01, p. 15.
^ Clarkson, Alan. "Devitt's new sprint time surpasses Henricks", The Sun-Herald, 1957-01-20, p. 31.
^ "John Devitt shatters three world swim records", The Courier-Mail, 1957-01-29, p. 9.
^ "Clark, Stickles set world marks", Associated Press, The New York Times, 1961-08-19, p. 14.
^ "Miss Meyer and Walsh break world swim records at Winnipeg", Associated Press, The New York Times, 1967-07-28, p. 23.
^ Webster, Jim. "Wenden slashes world record", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1968-10-28, p. 1.
^ Litsky, Frank. "Hall, Spitz and Kinsella break world marks as A. A. U. Title swimming ends", The New York Times, 1970-08-24, p. 46.
^ "Spitz wins his fourth event in U. S. Olympic Swim Trails", Sports News, The New York Times, 1972-08-06, p. 1.
^ "Freestyle Mark Set", The New York Times, 1985-08-07. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
^ "Another Mark for Biondi", The New York Times, 1985-08-08. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
^ "Best of Biondi", The Times, 1986-06-26, p. 48.
^ Wilkerson, William. "Men's swim team gets third at NCAAs", The Daily Texan, 2004-03-29. Retrieved on April 5, 2007.
^ "Ladies' Amateur Championships - Miss Durack establishes new record", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1915-02-08, p. 13.
^ Clarkson, Alan. "Six world records set in 90 minutes", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1958-02-19, p. 15.
^ Clarkson, Alan. "Six world times at swimming titles - 3 to Dawn Fraser", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1960-02-24, p. 17.
^ Clarkson, Alan. "Fraser, Berry at world swim times", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1962-10-24, p. 23.
^ Clarkson, Alan. "Champion's world time in 110 yds", The Sun-Herald, 1962-10-28, p. 67.
^ Clarkson, Alan. "Fraser and Berry in great form", The Sun-Herald, 1964-03-01, p. 52.
^ "Shane has done it again", The Sun-Herald, 1972-01-09, pp. 1-2.
^ Cowley, Michael. "Lenton sizzles to 100m world record", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2004-04-01. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
^ Cowley, Michael. "Henry breaks world record in semi-final", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2004-08-19. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
^ Saltau, Chloe. "Henry can only watch as Lenton grabs world record", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2006-02-01. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
^ "German lays down gauntlet by beating Lenton's world mark", AAP, 2006-08-04. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
^ Awaiting ratification
^ "New record for Libby in Phelps swim-off", AAP, 2007-04-03. Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
^ "Lenton sets new mark", AAP, 2005-08-08. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
^ "Lenton's in the pink with world record", AAP, 2005-08-09. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.

v • d • e World records in swimming
Freestyle	50 m • 100 m • 200 m • 400 m • 800 m • 1500 m • 4×100 m relay • 4×200 m relay
Backstroke	50 m • 100 m • 200 m
Breaststroke	50 m • 100 m • 200 m
Butterfly	50 m • 100 m • 200 m
Medley	100 m • 200 m • 400 m • 4×100 m relay