Women’s And Men’s All-Time Top Performances In Long Course Meters
With the Olympics squarely in the rearview mirror and all of the top long course competition for the year complete, Swimming World superfan Bill Bell is back with his updated All-Time Top Performance lists.
Bell has been producing these lists for years, and now he has come up with another round. Below, you can find the top-50 performances in history in every women’s and men’s long course meters individual event, and for those of you hard-core fans, the top performances going thousands deep.
Top 50 Performances in History, Women’s LCM
Top 50 Performances in History, Men’s LCM
Full Women’s lists: Part One (free), Part Two (50 back) and Part Three (Other Events)
Full Men’s lists: Part One (free), Part Two (50s of stroke), Part Three (back), Part Four (breast), Part Five (fly) and Part Six (IM)
*Swimming World does not guarantee the accuracy of content in the lists, but only provides them for our readers’ entertainment and enjoyment.




This data collection is very impressive. That’s why I won’t be surprised if Mr. Bill Bell collected best relay splits. If it is so it would be very kind of you to publish such interesting information. Thanks.
This list includes relay lead-offs and fastest splits