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World records in swimming

The list of swimming records. Please, use the filter below to narrow the result set.

 Group by style
EventValueDateSwimmerMeet
Individual Medley
400 m		04:03.84Aug 10, 2008Michael Phelps
United States
2008 Olympic Games
Beijing, China
Freestyle
400 m		03:40.07Jul 26, 2009Paul Biedermann
Germany
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Freestyle
200 m		01:42.00Jul 28, 2009Paul Biedermann
Germany
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Freestyle
800 m		07:32.12Jul 29, 2009Zhang Lin
China
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Butterfly
200 m		01:51.51Jul 29, 2009Michael Phelps
United States
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Freestyle
100 m		46.91Jul 30, 2009César Cielo
Brazil
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Backstroke
200 m		01:51.92Jul 31, 2009Aaron Peirsol
United States
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Butterfly
100 m		49.82Aug 1, 2009Michael Phelps
United States
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Freestyle
50 m		20.91Dec 18, 2009César Cielo
Brazil
2009 Brazil Championships
São Paulo, Brazil
Individual Medley
200 m		01:54.00Jul 28, 2011Ryan Lochte
United States
2011 World Championships
Shanghai, China
Freestyle
1500 m		14:31.02Aug 4, 2012Sun Yang
China
2012 Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
Backstroke
100 m		51.85Aug 13, 2016Ryan Murphy
United States
2016 Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Breaststroke
200 m		02:06.67Jan 29, 2017Ippei Watanabe
Japan
2017 Kosuke Kitajima Cup
Tokyo, Japan
Breaststroke
50 m		25.95Jul 25, 2017Adam Peaty
United Kingdom
2017 World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
Butterfly
50 m		22.27Jul 1, 2018Andrii Govorov
Ukraine
2018 SETTE COLLI TROPHY
Rome, Italy
Breaststroke
100 m		57.10Aug 4, 2018Adam Peaty
United Kingdom
2018 European Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Backstroke
50 m		24.00Aug 4, 2018Kliment Kolesnikov
Russia
2018 European Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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