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."[1][2] 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.[3]
Michael Phelps holds three individual and two team Olympic swimming records.
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 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, both men and women competed in eighteen events in the pool. 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 in 2008.[4]
Caeleb Dressel set Olympic records in 3 individual events at the 2020 Olympics
Sun Yang set Olympic records in two events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2020 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by the IOC as Olympic events.
Emma McKeon holds the Olympic record in the 50 and 100 m freestyle.
Katie Ledecky set the Olympic records in the 400 and 800 m freestyle in 2016.
♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2020 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by the IOC as Olympic events.
♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2020 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by the IOC as Olympic events.
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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 Alfred Hajos won two gold medals that year saying My will to live completely overcame my desire to win 1 2 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 3 Michael Phelps holds three individual and two team Olympic swimming records 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 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo both men and women competed in eighteen events in the pool 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 in 2008 4 Contents 1 Men s records 2 Women s records 3 Mixed records 4 Footnotes 5 ReferencesMen s records Edit Caeleb Dressel set Olympic records in 3 individual events at the 2020 Olympics Sun Yang set Olympic records in two events at the 2012 Summer Olympics denotes a performance that is also a current world record Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2020 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by the IOC as Olympic events Event Time Name Nation Games Date Ref50 m freestyle 21 07 Caeleb Dressel United States USA 2020 Tokyo 1 August 2021100 m freestyle 47 02 Caeleb Dressel United States USA 2020 Tokyo 29 July 2021200 m freestyle 1 42 96 Michael Phelps United States USA 2008 Beijing 12 August 2008 5 400 m freestyle 3 40 14 Sun Yang China CHN 2012 London 28 July 2012 6 800 m freestyle 7 41 28 Mykhailo Romanchuk Ukraine UKR 2020 Tokyo 27 July 2021 7 B 1500 m freestyle 14 31 02 Sun Yang China CHN 2012 London 4 August 2012 8 100 m backstroke 51 85 Ryan Murphy United States USA 2016 Rio de Janeiro 13 August 2016 9 B 200 m backstroke 1 53 27 Evgeny Rylov ROC 2020 Tokyo 30 July 2021 10 100 m breaststroke 57 13 Adam Peaty Great Britain GBR 2016 Rio de Janeiro 7 August 2016 11 200 m breaststroke 2 06 38 Zac Stubblety Cook Australia AUS 2020 Tokyo 29 July 2021 12 100 m butterfly 49 45 Caeleb Dressel United States USA 2020 Tokyo 31 July 2021 13 200 m butterfly 1 51 25 Kristof Milak Hungary HUN 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 14 200 m individual medley 1 54 23 Michael Phelps United States USA 2008 Beijing 15 August 2008 15 400 m individual medley 4 03 84 Michael Phelps United States USA 2008 Beijing 10 August 2008 16 4 100 m freestyle relay 3 08 24 Michael Phelps 47 51 Garrett Weber Gale 47 02 Cullen Jones 47 65 Jason Lezak 46 06 United States USA 2008 Beijing 11 August 2008 17 4 200 m freestyle relay 6 58 56 Michael Phelps 1 43 31 Ryan Lochte 1 44 28 Ricky Berens 1 46 29 Peter Vanderkaay 1 44 68 United States USA 2008 Beijing 13 August 2008 18 4 100 m medley relay 3 26 78 Ryan Murphy 52 31 Michael Andrew 58 49 Caeleb Dressel 49 03 Zach Apple 46 95 United States USA 2020 Tokyo 1 August 2021 19 Women s records Edit Emma McKeon holds the Olympic record in the 50 and 100 m freestyle Katie Ledecky set the Olympic records in the 400 and 800 m freestyle in 2016 denotes a performance that is also a current world record Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2020 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by the IOC as Olympic events Event Time Name Nation Games Date Ref50 m freestyle 23 81 Emma McKeon Australia AUS 2020 Tokyo 1 August 2021100 m freestyle 51 96 Emma McKeon Australia AUS 2020 Tokyo 30 July 2021 20 200 m freestyle 1 53 50 Ariarne Titmus Australia AUS 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 21 400 m freestyle 3 56 46 Katie Ledecky United States USA 2016 Rio de Janeiro 7 August 2016 22 800 m freestyle 8 04 79 Katie Ledecky United States USA 2016 Rio de Janeiro 12 August 2016 23 1500 m freestyle 15 35 35 Katie Ledecky United States USA 2020 Tokyo 26 July 2021 24 100 m backstroke 57 47 Kaylee McKeown Australia AUS 2020 Tokyo 27 July 2021 25 200 m backstroke 2 04 06 Missy Franklin United States USA 2012 London 3 August 2012 26 100 m breaststroke 1 04 82 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa RSA 2020 Tokyo 25 July 2021 27 F 200 m breaststroke 2 18 95 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa RSA 2020 Tokyo 30 July 2021 28 100 m butterfly 55 48 Sarah Sjostrom Sweden SWE 2016 Rio de Janeiro 7 August 2016 29 200 m butterfly 2 03 86 Zhang Yufei China CHN 2020 Tokyo 29 July 2021 30 200 m individual medley 2 06 58 Katinka Hosszu Hungary HUN 2016 Rio de Janeiro 9 August 2016 31 400 m individual medley 4 26 36 Katinka Hosszu Hungary HUN 2016 Rio de Janeiro 6 August 2016 32 4 100 m freestyle relay 3 29 69 Bronte Campbell 53 01 Meg Harris 53 09 Emma McKeon 51 35 Cate Campbell 52 24 Australia AUS 2020 Tokyo 25 July 2021 33 4 200 m freestyle relay 7 40 33 Yang Junxuan 1 54 37 Tang Muhan 1 55 00 Zhang Yufei 1 55 66 Li Bingjie 1 55 30 China CHN 2020 Tokyo 29 July 2021 34 4 100 m medley relay 3 51 60 Kaylee McKeown 58 01 Chelsea Hodges 1 05 57 Emma McKeon 55 91 Cate Campbell 52 11 Australia AUS 2020 Tokyo 1 August 2021Mixed records Edit denotes a performance that is also a current world record Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2020 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by the IOC as Olympic events Event Time Name Nation Games Date Ref4 100 m medley relay 3 37 58 Kathleen Dawson 58 80 Adam Peaty 56 78 James Guy 50 00 Anna Hopkin 52 00 Great Britain 2020 Tokyo 31 July 2021Footnotes Edit Romanchuk set the Olympic record in the first heat of the 2020 Summer Olympics Murphy broke the Olympic and world record for the men s 100 m backstroke in the men s 4 100 m medley relay final of the 2016 Summer Olympics Schoenmaker broke the Olympic record for the women s 100 m breaststroke in the fifth heat of the 2020 Summer Olympics References EditGeneral OLYMPIC RECORDS after Rio 2016 PDF FINA Specific Mullen P H Jr 1 May 2003 Gold in the Water St Martin s Griffin p 41 ISBN 978 0 312 31116 2 Archived from the original on 29 December 2020 Retrieved 26 October 2020 International Swimming Federation Olympic Sport International Olympic Committee Archived from the original on 30 December 2020 Retrieved 30 December 2020 Aquatics Swimming Olympic org Archived from the 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