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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 ...
In the Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, both men and women competed in eighteen events in the pool. Of the 35 pool-based events, swimmers from the United States hold fifteen records, Australia five, France four, China, Canada and South Africa two each, and one each to Ireland, Great Britain, Russian Olympic Committee, Hungary, and ...
1:56.22 Betty Brussel (CAN) White Rock Wave Swim Club 99 years, 176 days 20 January 2024 Victoria Masters Swim Club Meet Saanich, Canada [90] Women's 100m breaststroke: 25-29 1:10.56 Megan Jendrick (USA) Pacific Northwest Aquatics 26 years, 176 days 10 June 2010 30-34 35-39 1:12.34 Katie Glenn (USA) 37 8 June 2013 USA Masters Championships
In the 200-meter freestyle final, Ledecky had over a half-second lead on the field at the halfway point before winning by 1.46 seconds with a meet record time of 1:55.74. Less than an hour later, Ledecky won the 800-meter freestyle, swimming under her world record pace for most of the race before touching in at 8:11.35, the second-fastest time ...
As a team, they proved that the U.S. remains the deepest swimming nation in the world. The men had struggled, though, to get to the top step of podiums. Nic Fink’s impressive swim in the 100 ...
long-distance swimmer. Known for. Swam world's biggest rivers, holder of 4 Guinness World Records. Height. 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Website. www.martinstrel.com. Martin Strel (listen ⓘ; born 1 October 1954), is a Slovenian long-distance swimmer, one of the most elite endurance athletes [1] best known for swimming the entire length of various rivers.
Walsh was an hour removed from a "tough" four-place finish in the 50-meter freestyle. She had splashed and dashed to the wall 0.01 seconds too slow for a spot on the podium.
Long-distance swims, however, may take place in pools, such as the 1st official 24 hours World Championship in 1976 won by Peppo Biscarini with a record of 83.7 km (24 hour swims in a 50 m-long pool) or the current 25 meter pool world record of 2008 Olympic gold medalist Maarten van der Weijden. [1]