Records

Joshua Gilbert Downs New Zealand Record In Men’s SCM 200 Breast

Joshua Gilbert of New Zealand produced a new national record en route to winning the men’s 200m breaststroke event at Short Course Nationals.

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Luke Ellis Takes Down 8-Year-Old Junior Pan Pacs Meet Record In 800 Free

The 18-year-old’s time of 7:52.40 shattered Bobby Finke’s old standard of 7:55.16, knocking down a record that had stood since 2016.

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USA’s Leah Shackley Breaks Junior Pan Pacs Meet Record in 100-Meter Backstroke

Shackley lowered the record by 0.13 during day one of competition as she took home the gold medal in finals with a time of 59.46.

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Balduccini Closes Out 2024 Jose Finkel Trophy With 100 IM South American Record

19-year-old Stephanie Balduccini completed her 2024 Jose Finkel Trophy campaign with a new South American record in the women’s 100m IM.

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Maria Fernanda Costa Scores Another South American SCM Record

Maria Fernanda Costa continued her siege on the South American short course freestyle records, setting a new mark in the 100m distance.

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Maria Fernanda Costa Clocks South American SCM 400 Free Record At Jose Finkel

Maria Fernanda Costa followed up her 400m free Olympic final with a newly-minted South American record in the SCM edition of the event.

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Additional Records Go Down On Final Day Of 2024 Queensland SC Championships

Catch up on the final day’s action at the 2024 Queensland Short Course Championships featuring 27-year-old Grayson Bell’s new state record.

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After Paris, Who Holds the Most American Records in Swimming?

Caeleb Dressel still holds the most American Records across the LCM, SCY, and SCM pools, but Kate Douglass and Gretchen Walsh are close behind.

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Tallying Up Records At The Olympics

Summer McIntosh racked up three gold medals and set a pair of Olympic Records at the 2024 Games in Paris.

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Kuzey Tuncelli Breaks Own World Junior Record With 14:41.22 1500 Freestyle

Tuncelli broke his record of a 14:41.89 from early July. He now has dropped almost 13 seconds in the event over the last year.

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Regan Smith Breaks McKeown’s Olympic Record With 57.28 100 Backstroke Lead-Off

Smith’s time of a 57.28 would have won gold the other night but she won her 2nd gold medal of her career helping the US relay to gold.

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US Women Break Own World Record In 4×100 Medley Relay With 3:49.63 To Close Paris Games

Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske anchored the US to Olympic gold in a new World Record, breaking the old record of a 3:50.40 that the US swam at 2019 Worlds.

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Faster Than Lezak, Pan Zhanle Splits 45.92 100 Freestyle To Anchor China To Gold

Pan split a 45.92 to become the first man to ever split under the 46 second mark. Jason Lezak now sits at #2 with his 46.06 from 2008.

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Bobby Finke Breaks Sun Yang’s World Record In 1500 Free With 14:30.67

Finke broke the previous record of a 14:31.02 that Sun Yang (China) swam at the 2012 London Olympics. Finke earned the US men their first individual gold.

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US Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay Gets Redemption, Breaks World Record With 3:37.43

The US finished 5th in the mixed medley relay in Tokyo but swam to a World Record today, breaking Great Britain’s record of a 3:37.58 from Tokyo.

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