For men, it's 21.30 seconds, set by Cesar Cielo Filho yesterday.
For women, it's 24.06 seconds, set by Britta Steffen this morning.
Prior to the 2008 Olympics, the previous records had stood since 1992 and 2000 respectively.
Well I thought that Michael phelps held the swimming record?
in an olympic swimming pool its 50m
An olympic swimming pool is 2m deep, 50m long and 25m wide.
492 feet or 150 meters, 50m x 25m.
An Olympic swimming pool must be 50m long with a tolerance of 0.03m for 0.3m above the surface to 0.8m below the surface of the water. There is not such a tight tolerance on the width of an Olympic swimming pool which is 25m wide
about 100!
there's no WR for kids, world records go for all ages, no matter the pool
There are five pools that meet all Olympic standards, being 50m by 25m, in Leeds, Sheffield, Cardiff, Glasgow and Sunderland. Four more are under construction in Bangor, Birmingham, London and Plymouth. Therre are a number of other 50m pools, but they are not 2m wide.
I think the fastest swimming technique is using your hands and your feet at the same time so the movement of your body helps you go faster through the water.
An Olympic sized pool is 50m
Michael Phelps of USA (For swimming).
18.34
50m, 100m, 200m