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]
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.[4]
Men's records
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♦ 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.
Women's records
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♦ 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.
Mixed records
edit♦ 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.
| Event | Time | Name | Nation | Games | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×100 m medley relay | ♦3:37.43 | Ryan Murphy (52.08) Nicolas Fink (58.29) Gretchen Walsh (55.18) Torri Huske (51.88) |
 United States
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2024 Paris | 3 August 2024 | [38] |
Footnotes
edit- ^ 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.
References
edit- General
- World Aquatics: Olympic Records 4 August 2024 updated
- Specific
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- ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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- ^ "Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Ryan Murphy Downs 100 Backstroke World Record to Open 400 Medley Relay". Swimming World. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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- ^ "Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Men's 200m Butterfly Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Peene, Sam (2 August 2024). "PARIS 2024 SWIMMING: FRANCE'S LEON MARCHAND CONTINUES UNBELIEVABLE CAMPAIGN WITH FOURTH OLYMPIC RECORD AND GOLD MEDAL IN THE 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY". Olympic.org.
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- ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinal Results Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Crouse, Karen; Mills, Doug (7 August 2016). "Katie Ledecky Smashes Her Own World Record in 400 Freestyle". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Lutz, Rachel (13 August 2016). "Ledecky defends 800m free title, crushes her own world record". Olympics on NBC. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Women's 1500m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Women's 100m Butterfly Semifinal Results Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Women's 200m Butterfly Final Results". Olympics. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Robertson, Grant (3 August 2024). "Summer McIntosh wins gold in women's 200-metre individual medley, her fourth medal of the Paris Games". The Globe & Mail. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Forde, Pat (6 August 2016). "'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu shatters world record in 400 IM, American Maya DiRado takes second". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results". olympics.com. 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
