World records in swimming

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Below is a list of current world swimming records as ratified by the international governing body FINA. Of the 82 events, the United States currently holds 27 records, Australia 25, the Netherlands 5, France 5, Zimbabwe 4, 2 each to Croatia, Japan, Sweden and Ukraine, and 1 each to Austria, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Contents

[edit] Current world records

[edit] Long course (50 metres)

[edit] Men

All records were achieved in finals unless otherwise specified. An asterisk (*) indicates that this record has been achieved since the latest FINA records publication.

Event Result Name Date Location
50 m freestyle 21.28* Flag of Australia Eamon Sullivan March 28, 2008 Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia [1]
100 m freestyle 47.50 Flag of France Alain Bernard March 22, 2008 Flag of the Netherlands Eindhoven, Netherlands [2]
200 m freestyle 1:43.86 Flag of the United States Michael Phelps March 27, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [3]
400 m freestyle 3:40.08 Flag of Australia Ian Thorpe July 30, 2002 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [4]
800 m freestyle 7:38.65 Flag of Australia Grant Hackett July 27, 2005 Flag of Canada Montreal, Canada [5]
1500 m freestyle 14:34.56 Flag of Australia Grant Hackett July 29, 2001 Flag of Japan Fukuoka, Japan [6]
50 m backstroke 24.47* Flag of the United Kingdom Liam Tancock April 2, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Sheffield, United Kingdom [7]
100 m backstroke 52.98 Flag of the United States Aaron Peirsol March 27, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [3]
200 m backstroke 1:54.32 Flag of the United States Ryan Lochte March 30, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [8]
50 m breaststroke 27.18 Flag of Ukraine Oleg Lisogor August 2, 2002 Flag of Germany Berlin, Germany [9]
100 m breaststroke 59.13 Flag of the United States Brendan Hansen August 1, 2006 Flag of the United States Irvine, United States [10]
200 m breaststroke 2:07.51* Flag of Japan Kosuke Kitajima June 8, 2008 Flag of Japan Tokyo, Japan [11]
50 m butterfly 22.96 Flag of South Africa Roland Schoeman July 25, 2005 Flag of Canada Montreal, Canada [12]
100 m butterfly 50.40 Flag of the United States Ian Crocker July 30, 2005 Flag of Canada Montreal, Canada [13]
200 m butterfly 1:52.09 Flag of the United States Michael Phelps March 28, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [14]
200 m IM 1:54.98 Flag of the United States Michael Phelps March 29, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [15]
400 m IM 4:06.22 Flag of the United States Michael Phelps April 1, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [16]
4x100 m freestyle relay 3:12.46 Flag of the United States United States
Michael Phelps (48.83)
Neil Walker (47.89)
Cullen Jones (47.96)
Jason Lezak (47.78)		 August 19, 2006 Flag of Canada Victoria, Canada [17]
4x200 m freestyle relay 7:03.24 Flag of the United States United States
Michael Phelps (1:45.36)
Ryan Lochte (1:45.86)
Klete Keller (1:46.31)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:45.71)		 March 30, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [8]
4x100 m medley relay 3:30.68 Flag of the United States United States
Aaron Peirsol (53.45)
Brendan Hansen (59.37)
Ian Crocker (50.28)
Jason Lezak (47.58)		 August 21, 2004 Flag of Greece Athens, Greece [18]

[edit] Women

Event Result Name Date Location
50 m freestyle 23.97* Flag of Australia Libby Trickett March 29, 2008 Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia [19]
100 m freestyle 52.88* Flag of Australia Libby Trickett March 27, 2008 Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia [20]
200 m freestyle 1:55.52 Flag of France Laure Manaudou March 28, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [21]
400 m freestyle 4:01.53 Flag of Italy Federica Pellegrini March 24, 2008 Flag of the Netherlands Eindhoven, Netherlands [22]
800 m freestyle 8:16.22 Flag of the United States Janet Evans August 20, 1989 Flag of Japan Tokyo, Japan
1500 m freestyle 15:42.54 Flag of the United States Kate Ziegler June 17, 2007 Flag of the United States Mission Viejo, United States [23]
50 m backstroke 27.67* Flag of Australia Sophie Edington March 23, 2008 Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia [24]
100 m backstroke 59.21 Flag of the United States Natalie Coughlin February 17, 2008 Flag of the United States Columbia, United States (heats) [25]
200 m backstroke 2:06.39 Flag of Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry February 16, 2008 Flag of the United States Columbia, United States [26]
50 m breaststroke 30.31 Flag of Australia Jade Edmistone January 30, 2006 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [27]
100 m breaststroke 1:05.09 Flag of Australia Leisel Jones March 20, 2006 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [28]
200 m breaststroke 2:20.54 Flag of Australia Leisel Jones February 1, 2006 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [29]
50 m butterfly 25.46 Flag of Sweden Therese Alshammar June 13, 2007 Flag of Spain Barcelona, Spain [30]
100 m butterfly 56.61 Flag of the Netherlands Inge de Bruijn September 17, 2000 Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia [31]
200 m butterfly 2:05.40 Flag of Australia Jessicah Schipper August 17, 2006 Flag of Canada Victoria, Canada [32]
200 m IM 2:08.92* Flag of Australia Stephanie Rice March 25, 2008 Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia [33]
400 m IM 4:31.46* Flag of Australia Stephanie Rice March 22, 2008 Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia [34]
4x100 m freestyle relay 3:33.62 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Inge Dekker (53.77)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.61)
Femke Heemskerk (53.62)
Marleen Veldhuis (52.62)		 March 18, 2008 Flag of the Netherlands Eindhoven, Netherlands [35]
4x200 m freestyle relay 7:50.09 Flag of the United States United States
Natalie Coughlin (1:56.43)
Dana Vollmer (1:57.49)
Lacey Nymeyer (1:59.19)
Katie Hoff (1:56.98)		 March 29, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [15]
4x100 m medley relay 3:55.74 Flag of Australia Australia
Emily Seebohm (1:00.79)
Leisel Jones (1:04.94)
Jessicah Schipper (57.18)
Libby Lenton (52.83)		 March 31, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [36]

[edit] Short course (25 metres)

[edit] Men

Event Result Name Date Location
50 m freestyle 20.81 Flag of Croatia Duje Draganja April 11, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [37]
100 m freestyle 45.83 Flag of Sweden Stefan Nystrand November 17, 2007 Flag of Germany Berlin, Germany [38]
200 m freestyle 1:41.10 Flag of Australia Ian Thorpe February 6, 2000 Flag of Germany Berlin, Germany [39]
400 m freestyle 3:34.58 Flag of Australia Grant Hackett July 18, 2002 Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia [40]
800 m freestyle 7:25.28 Flag of Australia Grant Hackett August 3, 2001 Flag of Australia Perth, Australia [41]
1500 m freestyle 14:10.10 Flag of Australia Grant Hackett August 7, 2001 Flag of Australia Perth, Australia [42]
50 m backstroke 23.27 Flag of Germany Thomas Rupprath December 10, 2004 Flag of Austria Vienna, Austria [43]
100 m backstroke 49.99 Flag of the United States Ryan Lochte April 9, 2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China Shanghai, PR China (relay) [44]
200 m backstroke 1:47.84 Flag of Austria Markus Rogan April 13, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [45]
50 m breaststroke 26.17 Flag of Ukraine Oleg Lisogor January 21, 2006 Flag of Germany Berlin, Germany [46]
100 m breaststroke 57.47 Flag of the United States Ed Moses January 23, 2002 Flag of Sweden Stockholm, Sweden [47]
200 m breaststroke 2:02.92 Flag of the United States Ed Moses January 17, 2004 Flag of Germany Berlin, Germany [48]
50 m butterfly 22.60 Flag of Brazil Kaio Almeida December 17, 2005 Flag of Brazil Santos, Brazil [49]
100 m butterfly 49.07 Flag of the United States Ian Crocker March 26, 2004 Flag of the United States East Meadow, United States [50]
200 m butterfly 1:50.73 Flag of France Franck Esposito December 8, 2002 Flag of France Antibes, France [51]
100 m IM 51.15 Flag of the United States Ryan Lochte April 13, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [52]
200 m IM 1:51.56 Flag of the United States Ryan Lochte April 11, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [53]
400 m IM 3:59.33 Flag of Hungary László Cseh December 14, 2007 Flag of Hungary Debrecen, Hungary [54]
4x100 m freestyle relay 3:08.29* Flag of France Marseille swimming club team
Fabien Gilot (46.54)
Gregory Mallet (47.26)
Romain Caffet (48.29)
Frederick Bousquet (46.20)		 December 22, 2007 Flag of France Nimes, France [55]
4x200 m freestyle relay 6:52.66 Flag of Australia Australia
Kirk Palmer (1:43.12)
Grant Hackett (1:42.75)
Grant Brits (1:44.01)
Kenrick Monk (1:42.78)		 August 31, 2007 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [56]
4x100 m medley relay 3:24.29 Flag of Russia Russia
Stanislav Donets (50.57)
Sergey Geybel (57.93)
Evgeny Korotyshkin (49.39)
Alexander Sukhorukov (46.40)		 April 13, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [57]

[edit] Women

Event Result Name Date Location
50 m freestyle 23.25 Flag of the Netherlands Marleen Veldhuis April 13, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [58]
100 m freestyle 51.70 Flag of Australia Libby Lenton August 9, 2005 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [59]
200 m freestyle 1:53.29 Flag of Australia Libby Lenton November 19, 2005 Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia [60]
400 m freestyle 3:56.09 Flag of France Laure Manaudou December 9, 2006 Flag of Finland Helsinki, Finland [61]
800 m freestyle 8:08.00 Flag of the United States Kate Ziegler October 14, 2007 Flag of Germany Essen, Germany [62]
1500 m freestyle 15:32.90 Flag of the United States Kate Ziegler October 12, 2007 Flag of Germany Essen, Germany [63]
50 m backstroke 26.37 Flag of Croatia Sanja Jovanović April 13, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [64]
100 m backstroke 56.51 Flag of the United States Natalie Coughlin October 28, 2007 Flag of Singapore Singapore [65]
200 m backstroke 2:00.91 Flag of Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry April 11, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [66]
50 m breaststroke 29.58 Flag of the United States Jessica Hardy April 10, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [67]
100 m breaststroke 1:03.72* Flag of Australia Leisel Jones April 26, 2008 Flag of Australia Canberra, Australia [68]
200 m breaststroke 2:17.75 Flag of Australia Leisel Jones November 29, 2003 Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia [69]
50 m butterfly 25.32 Flag of Australia Felicity Galvez April 11, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [70]
100 m butterfly 55.74* Flag of Australia Libby Trickett April 26, 2008 Flag of Australia Canberra, Australia [68]
200 m butterfly 2:03.12 Flag of Japan Yūko Nakanishi February 23, 2008 Flag of Japan Tokyo, Japan [71]
100 m IM 58.80 Flag of the United States Natalie Coughlin November 23, 2002 Flag of the United States East Meadow, United States [72]
200 m IM 2:06.13 Flag of Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry April 12, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [73]
400 m IM 4:26.52 Flag of Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry April 9, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [74]
4x100 m freestyle relay 3:29.42 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Hinkelien Schreuder (53.62)
Femke Heemskerk (52.61)
Inge Dekker (51.76)
Marleen Veldhuis (51.43)		 April 12, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [75]
4x200 m freestyle relay 7:38.90 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Inge Dekker (1:55.36)
Femke Heemskerk (1:53.44)
Marleen Veldhuis (1:54.17)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1:55.93)		 April 9, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [76]
4x100 m medley relay 3:51.36 Flag of the United States United States
Margaret Hoelzer (58.79)
Jessica Hardy (1:03.98)
Rachel Komisarz (55.93)
Kara Denby (52.66)		 April 11, 2008 Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom [77]

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