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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
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course metres: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
White Rock Wave Swim Club 20 January 2024 99 years, 176 days Victoria Masters Swim Club Meet Saanich, Canada [83] 100 metres backstroke: 25-29 30-34 1:01.78 Noriko Inada (JPN) Phoenix Masters 5 August 2011 33 years, 9 days USMS Nationals Auburn, Alabama [19] 35-39 1:01.75 Noriko Inada (JPN) Phoenix Swim Club 19 August 2017 39 years, 23 days
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]
Léon Marchand set Olympic records in four individual events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in pool-based swimming events at the Olympic Games. Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the Summer Olympics since the Games' modern inception in 1896; it was not ...
Time Name Team Year Location Surface: 50 m 00:23.76 Harriet Pierce Hampshire Spitfires FC 2008 Utrecht: 100 m 00:53.70 Harriet Pierce Hampshire Spitfires FC 2008 Utrecht: 200 m 02:37.62 Emma Fielding FinWorld Finswimming Club 2016 Aldershot: 400 m 05:50.38 Kate Goodwin NoTanx 2016 Aldershot: Stereofins: 50 m 00:25.36 Lucy Hawley Kingston Royals ...
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.
In the short course (25 metres) swimming events, the world's governing body recognizes world records since 3 March 1991. Times have consistently dropped over the years due to better training techniques, new developments in the sport and swimwear changes (e.g. goggles were not widely used until the 1970s, providing for considerable expansion of ...