Current Olympic Swimming Records
The Olympics is the place where all athlete swimmers dream of competing one day, and not without reason. The records for every event in swimming, the freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, medley, and relays are inspiring. The United States holds several of these medals. As of the end of the 2012, what follows is a record of the olympic swimming records. Each record below appears first with the name of the event, the time, the swimmer, the swimmer’s country, and the date of the record.
Freestyle
Men
50 meter: 21:30, Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil, August 16, 2008
100 meter: 47:05, Earmon Sullivan, Australia, August 13, 2008
200 meter: 1:42.96, Michael Phelps, U.S.A., August 12, 2008
400 meter: 3:40.14, Sun Yang, China, July 28, 2012
1500 meter: 14:31.02, Sun Yang, China, August 4, 2012 (world record)
Women
50 meter: 24.05, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Netherlands, August 4, 2012
100 meter: 53.00 Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Netherlands, August 2, 2012
200 meter: 1:523.61, Allison Schmitt, U.S.A., July 31, 2012
400 meter: 4:01.45, Camille Muffat, France, July 29, 20102
800 meter: 1:53.61, Allison Schmitt, U.S.A., July 31, 2012
Breaststroke
Men
100 meter: 58.46, Cameron van der Burgh, South Africa, July 29, 2012
200 meter: 2:07.28, Daniel Gyurta, Hungary, August, 1, 2012
Women
100 meter: 1:05.17, Leisel Jones, Australia, August 10, 2008
200 meter: 2:19.59, Rebecca Soni, U.S.A., August, 2, 2012
Backstroke
Men
100 meter: 52.16, Matt Grevers, U.S.A., July 30, 2012
200 meter: 1:53.41, Tyler Clary, U.S.A., August 2, 2012
Women
100 meter: 58.23, Emily Seebohm, Australia, July 29, 2012
200 meter: 2:04.06, Missy Franklin, U.S.A., August 3, 2012 (world record)
Butterfly
Men
100 meter: 50.58, Michael Phelps, U.S.A., August 16, 2008
200 meter: 1:52.03, Michael Phelps, U.S.A., August 13, 2008
Women
100 meter: 55.98, Dana Vollmer, U.S.A., July 29, 2012 (world record)
200 meter: 2:04.06, Jiao Liuyang, China, August 1, 2012
Medley
Men
200 meter individual: 1:54.23, Michael Phelps, U.S.A., August 15, 2008
400 meter individual: 4:03.84, Michael Phelps, U.S.A., August 10, 2008 (world record)
Women
200 meter individual: 2:07.57, Ye Shiwen, China, July 31, 2012
400 meter individual: 4:28.42, Ye Shiwen, China, July 28, 2012 (world record)
Relays
Men
4×100 meter freestyle: 3:08.24, Michael Phelps (47.51), Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02), Cullen Jones (47.65), Jason Lesak (46.06), U.S.A., August 11, 2008 (world record)
4×200 meter freestyle: 6.58.56, Michael Phelps (1:43.31), Ryan Lochte (1:44.28), Ricky Berens (1:46.29), Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68), U.S.A., August 13, 2008
4×200 meter medley: 3:29.34, Aaron Peirsol (53.16), Brendan Hansen (59.27), Michael Phelps (50.15), Jason Lezak (46.76), U.S.A., August 17, 2008
Women
4×100 meter freestyle : 3:33.15, Alicia Coutts (53.90), Cate Campbell (54.19), Brittany Elmslie (53.41), Melanie Schlanger (52.65), Australia, July 28, 2012
4×200 meter freestyle : 7:42.92 Missy Franklin (1:55.96), Dana Vollmer (1:56.96), Shannon Vreeland (1:56.85), Allison Schmitt (1:54.09), U.S.A., August 1, 2012
4×100 meter medley relay: 3:52.05, Missy Franklin (58.50), Rebecca Soni (1:04.82), Dana Vollmer (55.48), Allison Schmitt (53.25), U.S.A., August 4, 2012 (world record)
