List of World Championships records in swimming

Below is a list of current championship (or "meet") records for the two World Championships in swimming:

the swimming events of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in a long course (50 meter) pool.
FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), at which swimming is the only discipline. This meet is held in a short course (25 meter) pool.

Both events are organized by the international governing body for aquatics, FINA. These are the fastest times ever swum at any edition of the meet.

Long course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	21.08		César Cielo Filho	Brazil	1 Aug 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
100m freestyle	46.91	WR	César Cielo Filho	Brazil	30 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
200m freestyle	1:42.00	WR	Paul Biedermann	Germany	28 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
400m freestyle	3:40.07	WR	Paul Biedermann	Germany	26 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
800m freestyle	7:32.12	WR	Zhang Lin	China	29 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
1500m freestyle	14:34.14		Sun Yang	China	31 July 2011	2011 World Championships	Shanghai, China	^[2]^[3]
50m backstroke	24.04	WR	Liam Tancock	Great Britain	2 Aug 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
100m backstroke	52.18	rh	Ryan Murphy	United States	5 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[4]
200m backstroke	1:51.92	WR	Aaron Peirsol	United States	31 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
50m breaststroke	26.42	sf, WR	Adam Peaty	Great Britain	4 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[5]
100m breaststroke	58.18	sf	Adam Peaty	Great Britain	2 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[6]
200m breaststroke	2:07.23		Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	2 Aug 2013	2013 World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	^[7]
50m butterfly	22.67		Milorad Čavić	Serbia	27 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
100m butterfly	49.82	WR	Michael Phelps	United States	1 Aug 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
200m butterfly	1:51.51	WR	Michael Phelps	United States	29 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
200m individual medley	1:54.00	WR	Ryan Lochte	United States	28 July 2011	2011 World Championships	Shanghai, China	^[8]^[9]
400m individual medley	4:06.22		Michael Phelps	United States	1 Apr 2007	2007 World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	^[10]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:09.21		(47.78) Michael Phelps (47.03) Ryan Lochte (47.61) Matt Grevers (46.79) Nathan Adrian	Template:Country flag2	26 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
4×200m freestyle relay	6:58.55	WR	(1:44.49) Michael Phelps (1:44.13) Ricky Berens (1:45.47) David Walters (1:44.46) Ryan Lochte	Template:Country flag2	31 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
4×100m medley relay	3:27.28	WR	(52.19) Aaron Peirsol (58.57) Eric Shanteau (49.72) Michael Phelps (46.80) David Walters	Template:Country flag2	2 Aug 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; WR – World record; AF – African record; AM – Americas record; ER – European record; OC – Oceanian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg

Women

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.73	WR	Britta Steffen	Germany	2 Aug 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
100m freestyle	52.07	WR	Britta Steffen	Germany	31 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
200m freestyle	1:52.98	WR	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	29 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
400m freestyle	3:59.13		Katie Ledecky	United States	2 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[11]
800m freestyle	8:07.39	WR	Katie Ledecky	United States	8 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[12]
1500m freestyle	15:25.48	WR	Katie Ledecky	United States	4 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[13]
50m backstroke	27.06	WR	Zhao Jing	China	30 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
100m backstroke	58.12	WR	Gemma Spofforth	Great Britain	28 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
200m backstroke	2:04.76		Missy Franklin	United States	3 Aug 2013	2013 World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	^[14]
50m breaststroke	29.48	sf, WR	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	3 Aug 2013	2013 World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	^[15]
100m breaststroke	1:04.35	sf, WR	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29 Jul 2013	2013 World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	^[16]
200m breaststroke	2:19.11	sf, WR	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	1 Aug 2013	2013 World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	^[17]
50m butterfly	24.96		Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	8 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[18]
100m butterfly	55.64	WR	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	3 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[19]
200m butterfly	2:03.41		Jessicah Schipper	Australia	30 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
200m individual medley	2:06.12	WR	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	3 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[20]
400m individual medley	4:30.31		Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2 Aug 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:31.48		(53.92) Emily Seebohm (53.57) Emma McKeon (51.77) Bronte Campbell (52.22) Cate Campbell	Australia	2 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[21]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:42.08	WR	(1:55.47) Yang Yu (1:55.79) Zhu Qianwei (1:56.09) Liu Jing (1:54.73) Pang Jiaying	Template:Country flag2	30 Jul 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
4×100m medley relay	3:52.19		(58.98) Zhao Jing (1:04.12) Chen Huijia (56.28) Jiao Liuyang (52.81) Li Zhesi	Template:Country flag2	1 Aug 2009	2009 World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; WR – World record; AF – African record; AM – Americas record; ER – European record; OC – Oceanian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100m freestyle relay	3:23.05	WR	(48.79) Ryan Lochte (47.29) Nathan Adrian (53.66) Simone Manuel (53.31) Missy Franklin	United States	8 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[22]
4×100m medley relay	3:41.71	WR	(52.94) Christopher Walker-Hebborn (57.98) Adam Peaty (57.02) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (53.77) Francesca Halsall	Great Britain	5 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[23]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; WR – World record; AF – African record; AM – Americas record; ER – European record; OC – Oceanian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	20.26	WR	Florent Manaudou	France	5 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[24]
100m freestyle	45.51	r	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	3 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[25]
200m freestyle	1:41.08		Ryan Lochte	United States	15 December 2010	2010 World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[26]
400m freestyle	3:34.32		Peter Bernek	Hungary	5 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[27]
1500m freestyle	14:16.10	ER	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	7 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[28]
50m backstroke	22.22	WR	Florent Manaudou	France	6 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[29]
100m backstroke	48.95	r	Stanislav Donets	Russia	19 December 2010	2010 World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[30]
200m backstroke	1:46.68		Ryan Lochte	United States	19 December 2010	2010 World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[31]
50m breaststroke	25.63		Felipe França Silva	Brazil	7 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[32]
100m breaststroke	56.29		Felipe França Silva	Brazil	4 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[33]
200m breaststroke	2:01.35		Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	14 December 2012	2012 World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[34]
50m butterfly	21.95		Chad le Clos	South Africa	6 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[35]
100m butterfly	48.44	WR	Chad le Clos	South Africa	4 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[36]
200m butterfly	1:48.61		Chad le Clos	South Africa	7 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[37]
100m individual medley	50.66	WR	Markus Deibler	Germany	7 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[38]
200m individual medley	1:49.63	WR	Ryan Lochte	United States	14 December 2012	2012 World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[39]
400m individual medley	3:55.50	WR	Ryan Lochte	United States	16 December 2010	2010 World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[40]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:22.60	WR	(21.01) Vladimir Morozov (20.37) Evgeny Sedov (20.59) Oleg Tikhobaev (20.63) Sergei Fesikov	Russia	6 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[41]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:03.78	ER	(47.05) Clement Mignon (46.13) Fabien Gilot (44.80) Florent Manaudou (45.80) Mehdy Metella	France	3 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[42]
4×200m freestyle relay	6:49.04	WR	(1:42.10) Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.15) Danila Izotov (1:42.32) Yevgeny Lagunov (1:42.47) Alexander Sukhorukov	Template:Country flag2	16 December 2010	2010 World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[43]
4×50m medley relay	1:30.51	WR	(23.42) Guilherme Guido (25.33) Felipe Silva (21.68) Nicholas Santos (20.08) César Cielo Filho	Brazil	4 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[44]
4×100m medley relay	3:20.99		(49.88) Nick Thoman (56.52) Mihail Alexandrov (49.17) Ryan Lochte (45.42) Garrett Weber-Gale	Template:Country flag2	19 December 2010	2010 World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[30]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; WR – World record; AF – African record; AM – Americas record; ER – European record; OC – Oceanian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg

Women

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.25		Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	13 April 2008	2008 World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[45]
100m freestyle	51.37		Femke Heemskerk	The Netherlands	5 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[46]
200m freestyle	1:50.78	WR	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	7 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[47]
400m freestyle	3:55.76		Mireia Belmonte Garcia	Spain	5 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[48]
800m freestyle	8:03.41		Mireia Belmonte Garcia	Spain	4 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[49]
50m backstroke	25.67	WR	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	7 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[50]
100m backstroke	55.03	WR	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[51]
200m backstroke	1:59.23	WR	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	5 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[52]
50m breaststroke	28.81	sf, ER	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	3 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[53]
100m breaststroke	1:02.36	=WR	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	6 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[54]
200m breaststroke	2:16.08	ER	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	16 December 2012	2012 World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[55]
50m butterfly	24.58		Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	5 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[56]
100m butterfly	54.61	WR	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	7 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[57]
200m butterfly	1:59.61	WR	Mireia Belmonte Garcia	Spain	3 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[58]
100m individual medley	56.70	WR	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	5 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[59]
200m individual medley	2:01.86	WR	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	6 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[60]
400m individual medley	4:19.86	WR	Mireia Belmonte Garcia	Spain	3 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[61]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:34.24		(24.09) Inge Dekker (23.24) Femke Heemskerk (24.03) Maud van der Meer (22.88) Ranomi Kromowidjojo	The Netherlands	7 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[62]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:26.53	WR	(52.39) Inge Dekker (50.58) Femke Heemskerk (52.55) Maud van der Meer (51.01) Ranomi Kromowidjojo	The Netherlands	5 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[63]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:32.85	WR	(1:54.73) Inge Dekker (1:51.22) Femke Heemskerk (1:54.17) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1:52.73) Sharon van Rouwendaal	The Netherlands	3 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[64]
4×100m medley relay	3:48.29		(56.52) Zhao Jing (1:04.20) Zhao Jin (55.80) Liu Zige (51.77) Tang Yi	Template:Country flag2	17 December 2010	2010 World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[65]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; WR – World record; AF – African record; AM – Americas record; ER – European record; OC – Oceanian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
Mixed 4×50m freestyle relay	1:28.57	WR	(20.94) Josh Schneider (20.75) Matt Grevers (23.63) Madison Kennedy (23.25) Abbey Weitzeil	United States	6 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[66]
Mixed 4×50m medley relay	1:37.26		(25.83) Etiene Medeiros (25.45) Felipe França Silva (21.81) Nicholas Santos (24.17) Larissa Oliveira	Brazil	4 December 2014	2014 World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[67]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; WR – World record; AF – African record; AM – Americas record; ER – European record; OC – Oceanian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

References

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