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The Men's World Records from Newest to Oldest It's been nearly two months since Australian sprint star Cameron McEvoy took down the world record in the 50-meter freestyle. Competing at the China Open, McEvoy clocked 20.88 in the one-lap sprint, an effort that cut .03 off Cesar Cielo's longstanding g...

Honoring the Greatest World Records In History; Michael Phelps Leads the Celebration The fastest of all-time. It’s a special title to hold, and only a tiny percentage of athletes can make the claim. To own the label of world-record holder elevates an individual to a status that cannot be argued. Whe...

The Longest-Lasting World Records in Each Event (Men's Edition) What are the longest-standing world records in each event? Swimming World analyzed the sport's world-record progressions to present that data, which can be found below. It turns out that several current world records are also the most-e...

The Women's World Records from Newest to Oldest Less than a week has elapsed since Gretchen Walsh notched the latest world record of her career. While racing at the Fort Lauderdale Open, Walsh popped a mark of 54.33 in the 100-meter butterfly, an effort that took .27 off her previous standard. The o...

The Men's World Records Ranked by Dominance; Adam Peaty Leads the Way (Full Rankings) When Leon Marchand broke the world record in the semifinals of the 200-meter individual medley at the World Championships in Singapore, it marked the takedown of a longstanding global standard. Since 2011, American...

The Longest-Lasting World Records in Each Event (Women's Edition) World records are spectacular by nature, a performance better than anything previously produced. But some world records hold iconic status, thanks to their durability. For example, distance-freestyle legend Janet Evans owns three of t...

Closing the Gap: How Long It Takes for Women's World Records to Catch Up to Men's Marks (Full Chart) Katie Ledecky. Summer McIntosh. Kaylee McKeown. There is no shortage of starpower on today's women's scene, with all-timers gracing the sport with their presence. Given this special era, a question a...

Ian Thorpe – The Thorpedo Gathers Pace  In the second part of three features celebrating the career of the legendary Australian freestyler, we consider the first of three World records set in as many days at Olympic trials leading into the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, why home expectations were high,....

The Women's World Records Ranked by Dominance; Gretchen Walsh Knows No Peer (Full Rankings) Ever wonder which world record is the strongest on the books? One way to determine a record's power is to compare it to the No. 2 performer in history? What was the gap? By what percentage is it superior? Tha...

With Opportunities Ahead, A Look At Four Short Course Meters World Records That Could Be In Danger After a busy summer of major international long-course championship meets, the swimming world has numerous high level short course meters international meets to look forward to. The first stop of the F...

Today is the 47th anniversary of the first of Kornelia Ender's 29 World Records in just four years. She was 14 years old and goes down in history as the first Wundermädchen of the German Democratic Republic's medals machine in swimming. Ender set a staggering 23 solo world records in the pool betwee...

Why Swimming World Records Keep Falling Ever notice that world-record swim times never seem to stand all that long? You are not alone. You also are not wrong. Every time we sit down to take in the latest Olympics or World Championships, a record seems to fall. It doesn’t matter whether it’s in frees...

The last day of the 2017 FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest, Hungary did not disappoint, with many more records falling. Take a look below to see all of the records that fell on the last day of the meet! 25-29 Age Group Spain’s Oscar Pereiro Carril set a new championship record of 26.11 in...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here The Greatest World Records In History By John Lohn The fastest of all-time. It’s a special title to hold, and only a tiny percentage of athletes ...

I'll be honest. When I first saw the London Aquatics Centre in London I was puzzled. Impressed with its size and grandeur, yes. But puzzled. Why the bewilderment? Well, I didn't really 'get' what the design was meant to signify but for me it resembled a whale. All undulation and smooth curves, a wha...

Short Course World-Record Distribution Strikingly Different Between Men and Women (Stats Included) The short-course record book underwent significant editing over the past three weeks, with the World Cup series producing 13 world records. The circuit was punctuated by five marks on the final night o...

Swim League: Katie Ledecky & Co "have right on their side" when demanding ratification of records, says source close to FINA top table - as precedent set by the federation itself comes back to haunt FINA is "most likely" to ratify any World records set in International Swimming League (ISL) competit...

The postponement of the IPC World Champs in Mexico City this week didn’t stop para swimmers around the world from fast swimming, with records falling in Canada and New Zealand. Get updated on all the records that fell this week and all the news from the week in The Week That Was. https://youtu.be/tf...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault Non-subscribers can download this issue here - only $.99 for a limited time! In this issue of SW Biweekly, read about the greatest world records in history, featuring Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky.....

The records continued to fall at the 2017 FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Five new world records were set throughout the day of relays, with several championship records falling as well. Take a look at all the records that were broken at the meet below. 320-359 Age Group The G...