Swimming World Record Book Takes a Pounding at World Champs and After

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During the FINA World Championships last month in Budapest, 11 swimming world records were taken down, in addition to numerous American records. And since then, several short course world records have also gone down during the first three stops of the FINA World Cup.

The Swimming World Record Book is officially up-to-date with all World and American records for both short course and long course.

Sarah Sjostrom has been the biggest world record-breaker over the past month, setting new global standards in two long course events and three in short course (although one of her SCM world records has since been broken). Other long course record-setters include Adam Peaty, Lilly King and Kylie Masse.

Check out all individual long course records below.

Women's Long Course Relay World Records as of January 18, 2024

EVENT	TEAM	NATION	TIME	DATE	LOCATION
400 FR	Australia	AUS	3:27.96	23-Jul-23	Fukuoka, Japan
	Mollie O'Callaghan		52.08
	Shayna Jack		51.69
	Meg Harris		52.29
	Emma McKeon		51.90
Textile Best	Same
800 FR	Australia	AUS	7:37.50	27-Jul-23	Fukuoka, Japan
	Mollie O'Callaghan		1:53.66
	Shayna Jack		1:55.63
	Brianna Throssell		1:55.80
	Ariarne Titmus		1:52.41
Textile Best	Same
400 MR	United States	USA	3:50.40	28-July-19	Gwangju, South Korea
	Regan Smith		57.57
	Lilly King		1:04.81
	Kelsi Dahlia		56.16
	Simone Manuel		51.86
Textile Best	Same

Men's Long Course World Records as of March 31, 2024

EVENT	SWIMMER	NATION	TIME	DATE	LOCATION
50 Free	Cesar Cielo	BRA	20.91	18-Dec-09	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Splits	20.91
Textile Best	Caeleb Dressel	USA	21.04	27-Jul-19	Gwangju, South Korea
100 Free	Pan Zhanle	CNN	46.80	11-Feb-24	Doha, Qatar
Splits	22.26, 46.80 (24.54)
200 Free	Paul Biedermann	GER	1:42.00	28-Jul-09	Rome, Italy
Splits	24.23, 50.12 (25.89), 1:16.30 (26.18), 1:42.00 (25.70)
Textile Best	David Popovici	ROU	1:42.97	15-Aug-22	Rome, Italy
400 Free	Paul Biedermann	GER	3:40.07	26-Jul-09	Rome, Italy
Splits	26.29, 54.42 (28.13), 1:22.43 (28.01), 1:51.02 (28.59), 2:18.78 (27.76), 2:47.17 (28.39), 3:14.30 (27.13), 3:40.07 (25.77)
Textile Best	Ian Thorpe	AUS	3:40.08	30-Jul-02	Manchester, England
800 Free	Zhang Lin	CHN	7:32.12	29-Jul-09	Rome, Italy
Splits	26.94, 55.20 (28.26), 1:24.04 (28.84), 1:52.55 (28.51), 2:21.16 (28.61), 2:49.87 (28.71), 3:18.58 (28.71), 3:46.79 (28.21), 4:15.02 (28.23), 4:43.28 (28.26), 5:11.79 (28.51), 5:40.36 (28.57), 6:09.26 (28.90), 6:38.03 (28.77), 7:06.13 (28.10), 7:32.12 (25.99)
Textile Best	Sun Yang	CHN	7:38.57	27-Jul-11	Shanghai, China
1500 Free	Sun Yang	CHN	14:31.02	4-Aug-12	London, England
Splits	27.09, 55.80 (28.71), 1:25.26 (29.46), 1:54.31 (29.05), 2:23.66 (29.35), 2:52.63 (28.97), 3:22.16 (29.53), 3:51.50 (29.34), 4:20.73 (29.23), 4:49.62 (28.89), 5:18.88 (29.26), 5:48.15 (29.27), 6:17.40 (29.25), 6:46.74 (29.34), 7:16.15 (29.41), 7:45.45 (29.30), 8:14.94 (29.49), 8:44.32 (29.38), 9:13.78 (29.46), 9:43.10 (29.32), 10:12.52 (29.42), 10:41.73 (29.21), 11:11.27 (29.54), 11:40.64 (29.37), 12:09.81 (29.17), 12:39.00 (29.19), 13:08.39 (29.39), 13:37.53 (29.14), 14:05.34 (27.81), 14:31.02 (25.68)
50 Back	Kliment Kolesnikov	RUS	23.55sf	27-Jul-23	Kazan, Russia
Splits	27.55
100 Back	Thomas Ceccon	ITA	51.85	20-Jun-22	Budapest, Hungary
Splits	25.14, 51.60 (26.46)
200 Back	Aaron Peirsol	USA	1:51.92	31-Jul-09	Rome, Italy
Splits	26.52, 54.90 (28.38), 1:23.30 (28.40), 1:51.92 (28.62)
Textile Best	Ryan Lochte	USA	1:52.96	29-Jul-11	Shanghai, China
50 Breast	Adam Peaty	GBR	25.95sf	25-Jul-17	Budapest, Hungary
Splits	25.95
100 Breast	Adam Peaty	GBR	56.88	21-Jul-19	Gwangju, South Korea
Splits	26.63, 56.88 (30.25)
200 Breast	Qin Haiyang	CHN	2:05.48	28-Jul-23	Fukuoka, Japan
Splits	28.53, 1:00.72 (32.19), 1:33.36 (32.64), 2:05.48 (32.12)
50 Fly	Andrii Govorov	UKR	22.27	01-Jul-18	Rome, Italy
Splits	22.27
100 Fly	Caeleb Dressel	USA	49.45	31-Jul-21	Tokyo, Japan
Splits	23.00, 49.45 (26.45)
200 Fly	Kristof Milak	HUN	1:50.34	21-Jun-22	Budapest, Hungary
Splits	24.19, 51.89 (27.70), 1:20.51 (28.62), 1:50.34 (28.93)
200 IM	Ryan Lochte	USA	1:54.00	28-Jul-11	Shanghai, China
Splits	24.89, 53.48 (28.59), 1:26.51 (33.03), 1:54.00 (27.49)
400 IM	Leon Marchand	FRA	4:02.50	10-Aug-08	Beijing, China
Splits	25.77, 54.66 (28.89), 1:26.06 (31.40), 1:56.64 (30.58), 2:30.51 (33.87), 3:04.28 (33.77), 3:34.11 (29.83), 4:02.50 (28.39)

To view the entire Swimming World record book, click here.

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