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List of Olympic records in swimming

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The International Olympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in pool-based swimming events at the Olympic Games. Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the Summer Olympics since the Games' modern inception in 1896; it was not until 1912 that women's events were held. The swimming events at the 1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in the Aegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós won two gold medals that year, saying "My will to live completely overcame my desire to win." The 1900 Summer Olympic Games in Paris had the swimming events take place in the River Seine, and the events at the 1908 Summer Olympics were held in a 100-metre pool surrounded by an athletics track in the White City Stadium in London.

Races are held in four swimming categories: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, over varying distances and in either individual or relay race events. Medley swimming races are also held, both individually and in relays, in which all four swimming categories are used. In the Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, both men and women competed in eighteen events in the pool. Of the 35 pool-based events, swimmers from the United States hold fifteen records, Australia five, France four, China, Canada and South Africa two each, and one each to Ireland, Great Britain, Russian Olympic Committee, Hungary, and Sweden. Nineteen of the current Olympic records were set at the 2024 Summer Olympics, seven in 2020, five in 2016, one in 2012, and three in 2008. TOC

Men's records

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by the IOC as Olympic events.

EventTimeNameNationGamesDateRefRobert Finke(47.51)
Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02)
Cullen Jones (47.65)
Jason Lezak (46.06)(1:43.31)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.28)
Ricky Berens (1:46.29)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68)(52.31)
(58.49)
Caeleb Dressel (49.03)
Zach Apple (46.95)
21.07USA2020 Tokyo1 August 2021
♦46.40CHN2024 Paris31 July 2024
1:42.96USA2008 Beijing12 August 2008
3:40.14CHN2012 London28 July 2012
7:38.19IRL2024 Paris30 July 2024
♦14:30.67USA2024 Paris4 August 2024
51.85USA2016 Rio de Janeiro13 August 2016
1:53.27ROC2020 Tokyo30 July 2021
57.13GBR2016 Rio de Janeiro7 August 2016
2:05.85FRA2024 Paris31 July 2024
♦49.45USA2020 Tokyo31 July 2021
1:51.21FRA2024 Paris31 July 2024
1:54.06FRA2024 Paris2 August 2024
4:02.95FRA2024 Paris28 July 2024
♦3:08.24USA2008 Beijing11 August 2008
6:58.56USA2008 Beijing13 August 2008
♦3:26.78USA2020 Tokyo1 August 2021

Women's records

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by the IOC as Olympic events.

EventTimeNameNationGamesDateRefRegan SmithSummer McIntoshMollie O'Callaghan (52.24)
Shayna Jack (52.35)
Emma McKeon (52.39)
Meg Harris (51.94)(1:53.52)
Lani Pallister (1:55.61)
Brianna Throssell (1:56.00)
Ariarne Titmus (1:52.95)(57.28)
Lilly King (1:04.90)
Gretchen Walsh (55.03)
Torri Huske (52.42)
23.66SWE2024 Paris3 August 2024
51.96AUS2020 Tokyo30 July 2021
1:53.27AUS2024 Paris29 July 2024
3:56.46USA2016 Rio de Janeiro7 August 2016
8:04.79USA2016 Rio de Janeiro12 August 2016
15:30.02USA2024 Paris31 July 2024
57.28USA2024 Paris4 August 2024
2:03.73AUS2024 Paris2 August 2024
1:04.82RSA2020 Tokyo25 July 2021
2:18.95RSA2020 Tokyo30 July 2021
55.38USA2024 Paris27 July 2024
2:03.03CAN2024 Paris1 August 2024
2:06.56CAN2024 Paris3 August 2024
4:26.36HUN2016 Rio de Janeiro6 August 2016
3:28.92AUS2024 Paris27 July 2024
7:38:08AUS2024 Paris1 August 2024
3:49.63USA2024 Paris4 August 2024

Mixed records

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by the IOC as Olympic events.

EventTimeNameNationGamesDateRefRyan Murphy (52.08)
Nicolas Fink (58.29)
Gretchen Walsh (55.18)
Torri Huske (51.88)
♦3:37.43USA2024 Paris3 August 2024

Footnotes

|Ryan Murphy broke the men's 100 m backstroke world record in the final of the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay. |Sarah Sjöström broke the Olympic record in semifinal 2 of the women's 50 m freestyle. |Regan Smith broke the women's 100 m backstroke Olympic record in the final of the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay. |Tatjana Smith broke the Olympic record in heat 5 of the women's 100 m breaststroke. |Gretchen Walsh broke the Olympic record in semifinal 1 of the women's 100 m butterfly.

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