List of world records in swimming
Event Time Name Nationality Date Meet Location Ref
50m freestyle 20.91 César Cielo Brazil 18 December 2009 Brazilian Championships São Paulo , Brazil , ​
100m freestyle 46.91 César Cielo Brazil 30 July 2009 World Championships Rome , Italy , ​
200m freestyle 1:42.00 Paul Biedermann Germany 28 July 2009 World Championships Rome , Italy , ​
400m freestyle 3:40.07 Paul Biedermann Germany 26 July 2009 World Championships Rome , Italy , ​
800m freestyle 7:32.12 Zhang Lin China 29 July 2009 World Championships Rome , Italy
1500m freestyle 14:31.02 Sun Yang China 4 August 2012 Olympic Games London , United Kingdom , ​
50m backstroke 24.00 Kliment Kolesnikov Russia 4 August 2018 European Championships Glasgow , United Kingdom , ​
100m backstroke 51.85 Ryan Murphy United States 13 August 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , ​
200m backstroke 1:51.92 Aaron Peirsol United States 31 July 2009 World Championships Rome , Italy , ​
50m breaststroke 25.95 Adam Peaty Great Britain 25 July 2017 World Championships Budapest , Hungary , ​
100m breaststroke 56.88 Adam Peaty Great Britain 21 July 2019 World Championships Gwangju , South Korea , ​
200m breaststroke 2:06.12 Anton Chupkov Russia 26 July 2019 World Championships Gwangju , South Korea ​
50m butterfly 22.27 Andriy Govorov Ukraine 1 July 2018 Sette Colli Trophy Rome , Italy , ​
100m butterfly 49.50 Caeleb Dressel United States 26 July 2019 World Championships Gwangju , South Korea ​
200m butterfly 1:50.73 Kristóf Milák Hungary 24 July 2019 World Championships Gwangju , South Korea ​
200m individual medley 1:54.00 Ryan Lochte United States 28 July 2011 World Championships Shanghai , China , ​
400m individual medley 4:03.84 Michael Phelps United States 10 August 2008 Olympic Games Beijing , China , ​
4×100m freestyle relay 3:08.24 ( 47.51 ) Michael Phelps ( 47.02 ) Garrett Weber-Gale ( 47.65 ) Cullen Jones ( 46.06 ) Jason Lezak United States 11 August 2008 Olympic Games Beijing , China , ​
4×200m freestyle relay 6:58.55 ( 1:44.49 ) Michael Phelps ( 1:44.13 ) Ricky Berens ( 1:45.47 ) David Walters ( 1:44.46 ) Ryan Lochte United States 31 July 2009 World Championships Rome , Italy
4×100m medley relay 3:27.28 ( 52.19 ) Aaron Peirsol ( 58.57 ) Eric Shanteau ( 49.72 ) Michael Phelps ( 46.80 ) David Walters United States 2 August 2009 World Championships Rome , Italy ​
Long course -- Men
The world records in swimming are ratified by FINA, the international governing body of swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. FINA recognises world records in the following events for both men and women, except for the mixed relays, where teams consist of two men and two women, in any order.