World records in swimming

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

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Freestyle

DistanceValueDateSwimmerMeet
50 m2367Jul 29, 2017Sarah Sjöström
Sweden
2017 World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
100 m5171Jul 23, 2017Sarah Sjöström
Sweden
2017 World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
200 m01:5298Jul 29, 2009Federica Pellegrini
Italy
2009 World Championships
Rome, Italy
400 m03:5646Aug 7, 2016Katie Ledecky
United States
2016 Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
800 m08:0479Aug 12, 2016Katie Ledecky
United States
2016 Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1500 m15:2048May 16, 2018Katie Ledecky
United States
2018 TYR Pro Swim Series
Indianapolis, United States

Backstroke

DistanceValueDateSwimmerMeet
50 m2698Aug 21, 2018Liu Xiang
China
2018 Asian Games
Jakarta, Indonesia
100 m5745Jul 13, 2021Kaylee McKeown
Australia
2021 AUS Olympic Trials
Adelaide, Australia
200 m2:0335Jul 26, 2019Regan Smith
United States
2019 World Championships
Gwangju, South Korea

Breaststroke

DistanceValueDateSwimmerMeet
50 m2930May 22, 2021Benedetta Pilato
Italy
2021 European Championships
Budapest, Hungary
100 m01:0413Jul 25, 2017Lilly King
United States
2017 World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
200 m2:1895Jul 30, 2021Tatjana Schoenmaker
South Africa
2021 Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan

Butterfly

DistanceValueDateSwimmerMeet
50 m2443Jul 5, 2014Sarah Sjöström
Sweden
2014 Sweden Championships
Boras, Sweden
100 m5548Aug 7, 2016Sarah Sjöström
Sweden
2016 Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
200 m02:0181Oct 21, 2009Liu Zige
China
2009 Chinese Championships
Jinan, China

Individual Medley

DistanceValueDateSwimmerMeet
200 m02:0612Aug 3, 2015Katinka Hosszú
Hungary
2015 World Championships
Kazan, Russia
400 m04:2636Aug 7, 2016Katinka Hosszú
Hungary
2016 Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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