There are many records for swimming. This is because there are many different swimming strokes. They were also set at different times.
The world record for swimming a mile is held by Sun Yang of China. Sun's time is 14 minutes 31 seconds, set in 2012.
WORLD records: 100m: 9.58seconds, by Usain Bolt of Jamaica. Record set at 2009 World Championship 200m: 19.19seconds, by Usain Bolt of Jamaica. Record set at 2009 World Championship Along with his teammates, Usain Bolt also holds the world record for the 4x100m event.
IN FLYING 200m time trial(SPRINT), KEVIN SIREAU HOLDS THE WORLD RECORD WITH A TIME OF 9.57 seconds. HE SET THIS RECORD IN MOSCOW RUSSIA. HE IS FROM FRANCE.
The world record is 1:53.28 set by Jarmila Kratochvílová in München on the 26 July 1983.
It was broken in 1968. The record were set aside until Mike Powell broken the record (he still holds it).
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Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the women's world record in the 100 meter dash at 10.49 set in 1988. ---- The Olympic record for the women's 100 meter dash was set by Florence Griffith-Joyner at the 1988 Games in Seoul at a time of 10.54 seconds.
The record was set by a family in Pennsylvania. The banana split was 4.55 miles long.
Comedian Jeff Dunham holds the Guinness World Record for selling the most number of tickets for a solo entertainer. He set the record in 2009 with his "Spark of Insanity" tour.
Yuriy Sedykh of Russia holds the men world's record in the hammer throw with a distance of 86.74 meters set in 1986.
The men's world record in the 200m is held by Usain Bolt from Jamaica, not Georgia. He set the record with a time of 19.19 seconds at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
The horse that holds the official pulling record in the world is Belgian Draft horse named Smokey. Smokey set the record by pulling 15,333 pounds over 7.5 feet in 2010.