World Records in swimming

Regan Smith Breaks Kaylee McKeown’s World Record in the 200 Backstroke

Regan Smith has broken her third World Record of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Series, taking the 200 backstroke from Kaylee McKeown.

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Noe Ponti Breaks World Record in the 50 Fly (Again) in Singapore

Noe Ponti has nabbed a second World Record bonus in the 50 fly, knocking almost two-tenths off his own mark in the event in prelims on Saturday.

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Noe Ponti Breaks 50 Fly World Record in Shanghai; First Swiss World Record in Almost 40 Years

Noe Ponti broke the World Record in the 50 short course meters fly on Sunday in Shanghai, China at the first stop of the 2024 Swimming World Cup Series.

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WATCH: Gretchen Walsh Breaks the World Record in the 100 IM & 3 American Records (RACE VIDEO)

Gretchen had a monster day in short course meters on Friday in Virginia’s dual meet against Florida, including a new World Record in the 100 IM.

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Morgan Stickney Breaks Two World Records in One Swim on Saturday at US Para Nationals

Morgan Stickney broke a World Record by almost a minute in the 1500 free on Saturday morning, grabbing the 800 free World Record on the way.

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Daniel Wiffen Demolishes Grant Hackett’s 15-Year-Old World Record in 800 Free (7:20.46)

Daniel Wiffen went 7:20.46 in the SCM 800 free, dropping five seconds and demolishing the world record (7:23.42) set by Australia’s Grant Hackett in 2008.

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WATCH: Australian Kaylee McKeown Take Out World Records in 50, 100 Back

Kaylee McKeown put on a show in Budapest, surprising with two World Record swims in 24 hours in the 50 and 100 meter backstrokes.

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Sunday’s World Record Haul Will Be a Day That Swimming Remembers Forever

Sunday’s opening to swimming portion of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships provided show-stopping swims and a day that made swimming history.

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At 16 Years, 222 Days Young, How Does Summer McIntosh’s World Record Rank?

World Record breakers at 16-or-younger is becoming less-and-less common, but where does Summer McIntosh’s swim from Wednesday rank?

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16-Year-Old Summer McIntosh Breaks the World Record in the 400 Free at Canadian Trials

16-year-old Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh just broke the World Record in the 400 free at the Canadian World Championship Trials.

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Katie Ledecky Breaks 1500 Free World Record by 10 Seconds; Gets 800 AR En Route

Katie Ledecky broke the 1500 free World Record in her first-ever attempt at the event on Saturday. She very nearly took out the 800 free record on the way.

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(RACE VIDEO): Watch Katie Ledecky’s Twitter-Trending World Record in the 1500 Free

Watch the World Record swim in the 1500 short course meter free on Saturday that got Katie Ledecky trending on Twitter.

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China’s Li Bingjie Rips 3:51.30 for 400 Free World Record (Negative Split)

While competing at the 2022 Chinese Swimming Championships, Li Bingjie crushed a new World Record time of 3:51.30 in the women’s short course 400 freestyle.

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Numbers, Numbers, Numbers: the Numbers Behind Tomoru Honda’s World Record 200 FLy

Tomoru Honda broke the World Record while swimming against the former World Record holder – which it turns out, is not that rare.

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Kelsi Dahlia Breaks World Record in 100 Fly in ISL Finale Opening Race

Kelsi Dahlia broke both her own American Record and Sarah Sjostrom’s World Record in the 100 fly on Friday in the ISL finale.

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