Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
As of my last update in October 2023, the men's 50 meter freestyle world record is held by César Cielo of Brazil, who set the record at 20.91 seconds in 2009. The women's record is held by Sarah Sjöström of Sweden, who recorded a time of 23.67 seconds in 2017. Please verify with current sources, as records may have changed since then.
The world record holder for the 1600 meter dash is Hicham El Guerrouj with a time of 3:43.13.
Usain Bolt from Jamaica is the world record holder and the Olympic Champion
The current world record for women is held by Kate Zeigler of the United States with a time of 15:42.54.
The Olympic record for the 100 meter freestyle is 47.84 posted by Pieter van den Hoogenband, of the Netherlands at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
50 meter freestyle 100 meter freestyle 200 meter freestyle 400 meter freestyle 800/1500 meter freestyle* 100 meter backstroke 200 meter backstroke 100 meter breaststroke 200 meter breaststroke 100 meter butterfly 200 meter butterfly 200 meter individual medley 400 meter individual medley 4×100 meter freestyle relay 4×200 meter freestyle relay 4×100 meter medley relay
The women's 400 meter freestyle is divided up into long and short competitions. The holder of the long course record is Ethelda Bleibtrey, and the holder of the short course record is Astrid Strauss
The current Commonwealth Games record for the 100m is held by Ato Boldon, who ran the distance in 9.88 at the 1998 Games.
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.
Michael Johnson of the United States is the current 400m record holder. He ran 43.18 on 26 August 1999 in Seville.
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.