Long Course World Records

Event

Time

Swimmer

Country

Date

Place

50-m freestyle	0:21.64	Alexander Popov	Russia	June 16, 2000	Moscow, Russia
100-m freestyle	0:47.84	Pieter van den Hoogenband	The Netherlands	September 19, 2000	Sydney, Australia
200-m freestyle	1:43.86	Michael Phelps	United States	March 27, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
400-m freestyle	3:40.08	Ian Thorpe	Australia	July 30, 2002	Manchester, United Kingdom
800-m freestyle	7:38.65	Grant Hackett	Australia	July 27, 2005	Montréal, Canada
1,500-m freestyle	14:34.56	Grant Hackett	Australia	July 29, 2001	Fukuoka, Japan
50-m backstroke	0:24.80	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	July 27, 2003	Barcelona, Spain
100-m backstroke	0:52.98	Aaron Peirsol	United States	March 27, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
200-m backstroke	1:54.32	Ryan Lochte	United States	March 30, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
50-m breaststroke	0:27.18	Oleg Lisogor	Ukraine	August 2, 2002	Berlin, Germany
100-m breaststroke	0:59.13	Brendan Hansen	United States	August 1, 2006	Irvine (CA), United States
200-m breaststroke	2:08.50	Brendan Hansen	United States	August 20, 2006	Victoria, Canada
50-m butterfly	0:22.96	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	July 25, 2005	Montréal, Canada
100-m butterfly	0:50.40	Ian Crocker	United States	July 30, 2005	Montréal, Canada
200-m butterfly	1:52.09	Michael Phelps	United States	March 28, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
200-m individual medley	1:54.98	Michael Phelps	United States	March 29, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
400-m individual medley	4:08.26	Michael Phelps	United States	April 1, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
4 × 100-m freestyle relay	3:12.46	Michael Phelps Neil Walker Cullen Jones Jason Lezak	United States	August 19, 2006	Victoria, Canada
4 × 200-m freestyle relay	7:03.24	Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Klete Keller Peter Vanderkaay	United States	March 30, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
4 × 100-m medley relay	3:30.68	Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak	United States	August 21, 2004	Athens, Greece

Source: Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA).

Event

Time

Swimmer

Country

Date

Place

50-m freestyle	0:24.13	Inge de Bruijn	The Netherlands	September 22, 2000	Sydney, Australia
100-m freestyle	0:53.30	Britta Steffen	Germany	August 2, 2006	Budapest, Hungary
200-m freestyle	1:55.52	Laure Manaudou	France	March 28, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
400-m freestyle	4:02.13	Laure Manaudou	France	August 6, 2006	Budapest, Hungary
800-m freestyle	8:16.22	Janet Evans	United States	August 20, 1989	Tokyo, Japan
1,500-m freestyle	15:52.10	Janet Evans	United States	March 26, 1988	Orlando (FL), United States
50-m backstroke	0:28.16	Leila Vaziri	United States	March 28, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
100-m backstroke	0:59.44	Natalie Coughlin	United States	March 27, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
200-m backstroke	2:06.62	Kristina Egerszegi	Hungary	August 25, 1991	Athens, Greece
50-m breaststroke	0:30.31	Jade Edmistone	Australia	January 30, 2006	Melbourne, Australia
100-m breaststroke	1:05.09	Leisel Jones	Australia	March 20, 2006	Melbourne, Australia
200-m breaststroke	2:20.54	Leisel Jones	Australia	February 1, 2006	Melbourne, Australia
50-m butterfly	0:25.57	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	July 30, 2000	Berlin, Germany
100-m butterfly	0:56.61	Inge de Bruijn	The Netherlands	September 17, 2000	Sydney, Australia
200-m butterfly	2:05.40	Jessicah Schipper	Australia	August 17, 2006	Victoria, Canada
200-m individual medley	2:09.72	Yanyan Wu	China	October 17, 1997	Shanghai, China
400-m individual medley	4:32.89	Kathryn Hoff	United States	April 1, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
4 × 100-m freestyle relay	3:35.22	Petra Dallmann Daniela Goetz Britta Steffen Annika Liebs	Germany	July 31, 2006	Budapest, Hungary
4 × 200-m freestyle relay	7:50.09	Natalie Coughlin Dana Vollmer Lacey Nymeyer Kathryn Hoff	United States	March 29, 2007	Melbourne, Australia
4 × 100-m medley relay	3:55.74	Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Jessica Schipper Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	March 31, 2007	Melbourne, Australia

Source: Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA).

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