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Of the 35 pool-based events, swimmers from the United States hold fourteen records, Australia seven, China four, Hungary three, Great Britain and South Africa two each, and one each to Ukraine, Russian Olympic Committee and Sweden. Twenty of the current Olympic records were set at the 2020 Summer Olympics, seven in 2016, three in 2012, and five ...
2019. 2022. 2023. 2024. The United States competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.
The first world record in the men's 1500 metres freestyle in a long course (50 metres) swimming pool was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908. [1] In short course (25 metres) pools, the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.
List of world records in swimming. Caeleb Dressel. Sarah Sjöström holds the most individual world records in women's swimming with four. She is tied with Katie Ledecky and Kaylee McKeown. The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming.
The first world record in the 100 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1905. [1] In the short course (25 metres) swimming events, the world's governing body recognizes world records since 3 March 1991. Times have consistently dropped over the years due to better ...
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, [1] with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual ...
Retrieved 15 June 2016. ^ Since FINA began recognizing world records in the 400 and 800 relays last year, some U.S. Masters Swimming national records are faster than the existing world records. That is the case in this event, as the USMS record stands at 7:34.79, by Coast Masters in 1998.
The World Aquatics Championships (known as the FINA World Championships until 2022) are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. The championships are staged by World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA ( Fédération internationale de natation ...