Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
As of 2021, the current men's 100m world record holder is Usain Bolt from Jamaica, who set the record of 9.58 seconds in 2009 at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany.
The world record holder for the 1600 meter dash is Hicham El Guerrouj with a time of 3:43.13.
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 world record for women is held by Kate Zeigler of the United States with a time of 15:42.54.
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 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.
The current Commonwealth Games record for the 100m is held by Ato Boldon, who ran the distance in 9.88 at the 1998 Games.
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.
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.