The current Olympic record in men's 100 meter freestyle swimming event is held by Eamon Sullivan of Australia with a time of 47.05 seconds. The record was set at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
The current Olympic record in women's 100 meter freestyle swimming event is held by Britta Steffen of Germany with a time of 53.12 seconds. The record was set at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Eamon Sullivan of Australia (47.05).
Cesar Cielo for the men. Britta Stefan for the women.
Cesar Cielo of Brazil with a time of 46.91.
FOR THE RECORD: OLYMPIC GAMES: 1924 gold (100m, 400m freestyle; 4x200m freestyle relay), bronze (water polo); 1928 gold (100m freestyle; 4x200m freestyle relay); WORLD RECORDS: 51; U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 52; Played Tarzan in 16 movies. Johnny Weissmuller holds no current world swimming records and by today's Olympic standards, you might say he never swam very fast, but you can't get anyone who ever saw him swim say that there ever was a greater swimmer. This was the verdict of 250 sportswriters at A.P.'s mid-century poll and it is still the verdict 15 years later.
It depends on the record your interested in. online you get get hold of documents online that state all the records
The fastest man in the 100m sprint is Jamaica's Usain Bolt, with a 9.58s finish at Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2009.
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Kosuke Kitajima, the Japanese guy who was champion for both 100 and 200m breaststroke olympic (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008) 4 gold medals in breaststroke He broke the world record in 2008 Olympic, but then, the former world record holder who comes from Australia, Brenton Rickard broke his record for 100m breaststroke with a time of 58.58s in Rome Italy, which i believe should be the world tournament
100 miles isn't an event, but 100 meters or yards is.
Michael Phelps
Olympic Gold Medal for the pole vault.