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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 ...
Nyad became a world-renowned swimmer in the 1970s, and made headlines in 1975 at age 25 for setting a world record by swimming around the island of Manhattan in less than eight hours — beating ...
Ross Edgley (born 13 October 1985) is a British athlete, ultra-marathon sea swimmer and author. He holds multiple world records, but is perhaps most recognised for completing the World's Longest Staged Sea Swim in 2018, [3] when he became the first person in history to swim 1,780 miles (2,860 km) [4] around Great Britain, in 157 days [4] (voted Performance of the Year by the World Open Water ...
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
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.
The run was made into a two-part documentary called Sean Conway: Running Britain for Discovery Channel UK. [16] Conway completed the "ultimate triathlon" unsupported, without the support of a team or lifeboats. [17] In 2016 Conway set the world record for the world's longest triathlon, a 4,200-mile journey around the coast of Britain. [18]
World record progression 400 metres freestyle. World record progression 800 metres freestyle. World record progression 1500 metres freestyle. World record progression 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay. World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay. World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay.