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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
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, where teams consist of two men and two women, in any order.
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 Sweden. Nineteen of the current Olympic records were set at the 2024 Summer Olympics, seven in 2020, five in 2016 ...
The Masters world records in swimming are ratified by FINA, the international governing body of swimming. Records can be set by registered Masters competitors. The minimum age is 25 years in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. [1]
Graphs of the progression of the World Records in all four strokes (50m, 100m and 200m distances). This is a history of the progression of the world record for the 200 metres freestyle swimming event. It is a listing of the fastest-times-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) swimming pools.
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]
The idea of a "British Record" was instituted by the AAA in 1887 for performance made in the United Kingdom, by athletes from anywhere in the world. This type of record was superseded in 1948 by the British (All-Comers') Record, and then by the United Kingdom (All-Comers') Record in 1960.
The European records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing a member federation [1] of the European Aquatics (formerly known as LEN), Europe's governing body of swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools, with records currently recorded in the following ...