Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The British records in swimming are ratified by the United Kingdom's governing body in swimming, British Swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools, with records currently recorded in the following events for both men and women. Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m
The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. World Aquatics recognizes world records in the following events for both men and women, [1] [2] except for the mixed relays ...
First woman and youngest swimmer (at the time) to swim the channel both ways non-stop, breaking Jon Erikson's record of 30 hours and setting a new world record. Her one way crossing in 1975 set the record of 9 hours and 46 minutes (a record that stood until 1988). [75] She holds the record for the most two-way crossings with a total of five. [76]
Time Name Nation Games Date Ref 50 m freestyle: 21.07 Caeleb Dressel United States (USA) 2020 Tokyo: 1 August 2021 100 m freestyle: ♦46.40 Pan Zhanle China (CHN) 2024 Paris: 31 July 2024 [5] 200 m freestyle: 1:42.96 Michael Phelps United States (USA) 2008 Beijing: 12 August 2008 [6] 400 m freestyle: 3:40.14 Sun Yang China (CHN) 2012 London
He swam at the Malaysian Open, winning the 50 m butterfly and placing second in the 50 m freestyle. His many swim meets across Southeast Asia included the Flying Fish meet in Phuket, Thailand. In 2011, when he was 16, he returned to England to pursue swimming as a career, and joined Plymouth College as a swimming scholar.
Below is a list of current Commonwealth swimming records. This includes all countries that make up the Commonwealth of Nations. Of the 92 events, Australia currently holds records in 48 of them, Canada 19, Great Britain 13, South Africa 7, New Zealand 3, Jamaica 2, and Cayman Islands 1.
Set a world record time of 4:28.43 in the final [3] 29 July 2012: Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg: Zulfiya Chinshanlo Kazakhstan: Set a world record at clean and jerk of 131 kg [4] 29 July 2012: Swimming – Women's 100 metre butterfly: Dana Vollmer United States: Set a world record time of 55.98 [5] 29 July 2012: Swimming – Men's 100 metre ...
The governing body of swimming in the UK, Aquatics GB, organises annual British Championships in swimming.The event is usually held in March or April each year in a long course (50 m) swimming pool, with the results usually acting as selection trials for upcoming international level competitions due to be held in the following summer season.