PREVIOUS ANSWER #2 ...I regularly swam 2 laps underwater in an Olympic size pool (total 108 yards) -
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My total distance on one breath underwater is 110 Meters or 360.89' that's 2.25 lengths of the Olympic pool.
I can also hold my breath exhaled (no air in my lungs) and sit on the bottom of the pool for about 60 seconds. One time I got the life guard off of his stand and almost had him in the water and everyone else was making quite a fuss when I came to the surface unharmed. :)
The current world record holder for the women's 10,000 meter swim is Hungary's Eva Risztov. She set the record with a time of 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 27.3 seconds in 2012.
there's no such thing as a 500 meter breast stroke
The 1500 meter swim, which is approximately a mile, record is 14:34.56 by Grant Hackett from Australia. This record, along with other swimming records, can be found at- http://www.vilacom.net/swimming/men.php Actually, to approximate swimming a mile, one would have to swim 1609.34 meters -- that's 109.34 meters more than the 1500 meter swim or 2.19 more lengths of a 50 meter pool. (1 meter = 3.2808399 feet)
On 24 August 2007, the Bulgarian Petar Stoychev crossed the channel in 6 hours 57 minutes 50 seconds.
The world record of fastest swim time in 400 meters freestyle in Long course is 3:40.07 by Paul Biedermann of Germany, which he set in 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy. In short course the record is held by Yannick Agnel of France, who recorded a time of 3:32.25 in 2012.
Well, 15/18 boys on my swim team can do it in under 55 seconds, think the record is 46.ish. In yards!
30-33 sec
The women's record for the 500 yard freestyle swim is held by Katie Ledecky with a time of 4:24.06 set in 2018.
The current world record holder for the Relay open water swim is a Chinese team that completed a 140.6 km swim in 25 hours and 30 minutes in 2015.
American Ian Crocker swam 100 meters freestyle in 46.25 seconds on March 27, 2004, in a 25 meter pool, a feat matched on January 22, 2005, by South African Roland Schoeman. Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands swam the same distance in 47.84 seconds on September 19, 2000, the fastest time in a 50 meter pool.
As of October 2023, the fastest time recorded in the men's 400 meter freestyle is 3:40.07, set by Paul Biedermann in 2009. For women, the fastest time is 3:56.46, achieved by Katie Ledecky in 2016. These records highlight the incredible speed and endurance of elite swimmers in this distance event.
Susie Maroney swam a record 197 km (122 miles) from Mexico to Cuba in 2004.