European Records in swimming

Steenbergen Grabss Women’s 50 Back European Record On Medley Relay

25-year-old Olympian Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands capped off her stellar 2025 European SC Championships with a new European Record in the 50m back.

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18-Year Old Evgenia Chikunova Breaks European Record in 200 Breast, #2 All-Time

Russian teenager Evgenia Chikunova closed the Russian Championships with a European Record in the 200 breaststroke, which ranks behind only American Rebecca Soni’s World Record all-time.

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Caeleb Dressel Breaks 100 Fly World Record; Milak Now #2 All-Time

The men’s 100 fly final on Saturday morning in Tokyo featured the two fastest performers in history both swimming lifetime bests.

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Kathleen Dawson Lowers European/British Records To 58.08, 4th Fastest All Time

In her last race of the meet, Dawson swam a 58.08 100 backstroke relay split to lower Gemma Spofforth’s mark of 58.12 from back in 2009.

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Sakci Breaks European Record in 100 Breast; Just .13 from World Record

Turkish 22-year old Emre Sakci is now just .13 seconds behind Cameron van der Burgh’s decade-old World Record in the 100 breaststroke.

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Paltrinieri Rocks 14:33.10 European Record in 1500 Free At Sette Colli

The 2020 Sette Colli Trophy ended on the highest of notes, as Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri busted out a new European Record en route to 1500m free gold.

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Aqua’s Fabio Scozzoli Ties European Record in Men’s 50 Breaststroke

Italian Fabio Scozzoli helped boost the Aqua Centurions early on Saturday in London with a win and European Record swim in the 50 breaststroke.

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Evgeny Rylov Takes Out European Record in 200 Back

The record-breaking swim comes at the end of a season that saw Rylov battling a shoulder injury all year.

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