World records in swimming

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

EventValueDateSwimmerMeet
Individual Medley
400 m
04:0384Aug 10, 2008Michael Phelps
United States
2008 Olympic Games
Beijing, China
Freestyle
400 m
03:4007Jul 26, 2009Paul Biedermann
Germany
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Freestyle
200 m
01:4200Jul 28, 2009Paul Biedermann
Germany
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Freestyle
800 m
07:3212Jul 29, 2009Zhang Lin
China
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Freestyle
100 m
4691Jul 30, 2009César Cielo
Brazil
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Backstroke
200 m
01:5192Jul 31, 2009Aaron Peirsol
United States
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
Freestyle
50 m
2091Dec 18, 2009César Cielo
Brazil
2009 Brazil Championships
São Paulo, Brazil
Individual Medley
200 m
01:5400Jul 28, 2011Ryan Lochte
United States
2011 World Championships
Shanghai, China
Freestyle
1500 m
14:3102Aug 4, 2012Sun Yang
China
2012 Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
Backstroke
100 m
5185Aug 13, 2016Ryan Murphy
United States
2016 Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Breaststroke
50 m
2595Jul 25, 2017Adam Peaty
United Kingdom
2017 World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
Butterfly
50 m
2227Jul 1, 2018Andrii Govorov
Ukraine
2018 SETTE COLLI TROPHY
Rome, Italy
Breaststroke
100 m
5688Jul 21, 2019Adam Peaty
United Kingdom
2019 World Championships
Gwangju, South Korea
Butterfly
200 m
1:5073Jul 24, 2019Kristóf Milák
Hungary
2019 World Championships
Gwangju, South Korea
Breaststroke
200 m
2:0612Jul 26, 2019Anton Chupkov
Russia
2019 World Championships
Gwangju, South Korea
Backstroke
50 m
2380May 18, 2021Kliment Kolesnikov
Russia
2021 European Championships
Budapest, Hungary
Butterfly
100 m
4945Jul 31, 2021Caeleb Dressel
United States
2021 Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
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