South American Records in swimming

Maria Fernanda Costa Breaks South American Record in the 800 Free at Aussie Open

Brazilian Maria Fernanda Costa, who has been training in Australia for almost a year, dropped almost five seconds off her own Brazilian Record in the 800 free.

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Maria Costa Breaks South American Record in the 400 Free; Two Under Brazilian Standard

Brazilian distance swimming is on the rise, and the country will be represented by two swimmers in the women’s 400 free final on Sunday at Worlds.

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Guilherme Costa Breaks Brazilian, South American Records in 400 Free

Guilherme Costa (above) cracked his own Brazilian and South American Records in the men’s 400 meter freestyle on Monday.

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Julia Sebastian Breaks South American Record in 200 Breast for 3rd Time in 2020

Julia Sebastian has broken her own South American and Argentinian National Records in the 200 breaststroke for the 3rd time in the 2020 ISL season.

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Guilherme Costa Breaks 2nd South American Record in 2 Days at U.S. Open

Guilherme Costa broke the South American Record in the 800 free on Wednesday, and on Thursday took more than a second off the 400 free record as well.

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Etiene Medeiros Breaks Dara Torres’ “Americas Record” in 50 Free Final

Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros is not only the fastest 50 SCM freestyler in the history of Brazil and South America, but in the history of the entire Western Hemisphere.

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31-Year Old Guilherme Guido Breaks 2nd South American Record in 2 Days

2018 JOSE FINKEL TROPHY (BRAZIL’S SHORT COURSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MEET) August 24th-28th, 2018 Esporte Clube Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil 25m…

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Guilherme Guido Swims #3 50 SCM Backstroke of All-Time at Jose Finkel

2018 JOSE FINKEL TROPHY (BRAZIL’S SHORT COURSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MEET) August 24th-28th, 2018 Esporte Clube Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil 25m…

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Vini Lanza Breaks Thiago Pereira’s South American Record in 200 IM

2018 JOSE FINKEL TROPHY (BRAZIL’S SHORT COURSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MEET) August 24th-28th, 2018 Esporte Clube Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil 25m…

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Two South American Records Go Down on Day 1 of Jose Finkel

2018 Jose Finkel Trophy (Brazil’s Short Course National Championship Meet) August 24th-28th, 2018 Esporte Clube Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil 25m…

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Delfina Pignatiello Breaks South American Record in 1500 Free (SCM)

Argentinian swimmer Delfina Pignatiello has broken the South American Record in the women’s 1500 short course meter freestyle. Racing on Saturday…

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2 South American, 3 Brazilian Records Broken in São Paulo

Larissa Oliveira (above) was one of two senior record-breaking swimmers at a regional meet hosted by Pinheiros this weekend.

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3 South American Records Fall at Brazil’s Summer FAP Trophy

19-year old Brazilian distance phenom Guilherme Costa broke the South American Record in the 1500 free for the 3rd time.

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