The current world record for women is held by Kate Zeigler of the United States with a time of 15:42.54.
The womens 800 meter world record is 8:16.22 by Janet Evans (USA) Aug 20, 1989.
who cares, women arent good at sports.
Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
That was swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States who set a world record, or was part of a relay team that set a world record, in 7 of the 8 events he won. Those events that Phelps won gold and set world records in were the 400 meter individual medlay, 4x100 freestyle relay, 200 meter freestyle, 200 meter butterfly, 4x200 meter freestyle relay, 200 meter individual medlay, and the 4x100 meter medlay relay. The only event that he did not set a world record in was the 100 meter butterfly and he did set an Olympic record in winning gold in that event.
Rebecca Adlington's time of 8:14.10 in the finals of the women's 800 meter freestyle was an Olympic record and a world record.
Michael Phelps holds both records for the 200 meter men's freestyle. His record was 1:42.96 at the summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing.
Of the 13 men's swimming events at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, new world records were set in 12 of them: 100 meter freestyle, 200 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, 1500 meter freestyle, 4x200 meter freestyle relay, 100 meter breaststroke, 200 meter breaststroke, 200 meter butterfly, 100 meter backstroke, 200 meter backstroke, 400 meter individual medley, 4x100 meter medley relay. The only event where a world record was not set was the 100 meter butterfly.
As of 14 Aug 2008, the world record for women's Olympic 4x200 meter freestyle relay is 7:44.31 held by Team Australia. The previous record was held by USA in 2007 of about 7:49
A total of 32 records were made in 100 meters freestyle swimming since Alan Ford made a world record of 55.4 seconds in 1948. His record was broken by Dick Cleveland who clocked 54.8 seconds in 1954. The current record of 46.91 seconds is held by Cesar Cielo of Brazil which he made in 2009.
Michael Johnson (USA) set the 200 Meter Dash World Record at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with a time of 19.32 seconds.
At the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, she set a world record in the 800 meter freestyle final with a time of 8:14.10.