Swimming Stats

During the final day of the 2026 AP Race London International, Anna Moesch won the women’s 100 freestyle in 51.94. The swim set a new American record, 0.10 faster than Simone Manuel’s previous mark from 2019. It was also the second-fastest performance in the history of the event.

During the second day of the 2026 Mare Nostrum tour in Monaco, Marrit Steenbergen won the women’s 100 freestyle in 52.13. This is a new Dutch national record, 0.13 seconds faster than her own previous mark from 2024. It is also the fastest time in the world since 2023.

During the second day of the 2026 Mare Nostrum tour in Monaco, Ilya Kharun won the men’s 50 butterfly in 22.64. This is a new personal best by 0.04 seconds, and also the fastest time in the world this year. Now he is the 8th fastest performer of all time in the event.

On the first day of the 2026 Mare Nostrum circuit in Monaco, two meet records fell. Siobhan Haughey broke her own women’s 200 free record from two years ago. In the women’s 50 breast, McKenzie Siroky set a 29.64 in the round of 16, becoming the 6th-fastest performer of all time.

These are the youngest male swimmers to have broken world records in individual long course meter events. Only four managed to do so at the age of 15, the most recent being Michael Phelps in 2001. Will this happen again in men’s swimming?

These are the youngest female swimmers to have broken world records in individual events in long course meters. Since 1979, when Mary T. Meagher broke the world record in the 200 butterfly, we haven’t seen a 14-year-old break an individual long course world record.

These are the oldest female swimmers to set a world record in individual LCM events (only metric measurements, long course meters). Which one is the most impressive?

Breaking a world record in swimming after the age of 30 is extremely rare. By surpassing the men’s 50 freestyle world record last March, Cameron McEvoy became only the third swimmer in history to achieve this feat after turning 30 in individual men’s events in long course meters.

During the 2026 Acropolis Swim Open in Athens, Apostolos Siskos won the men’s 200 backstroke in 1:54.12. This is a new Greek national record, 0.44 seconds faster than his own previous mark from last year. Now he is the 11th fastest performer of all time in the event.

By breaking the women’s 100 butterfly world record last Saturday, Gretchen Walsh did it for the fourth time in long course meters. These are the swimmers who have broken the event’s world record multiple times. Will Walsh take the lead on this list soon?

The 54.33 world record by Gretchen Walsh in the women’s 100 butterfly last Saturday was truly impressive. She is more than a full second ahead of the second-fastest performer of all time, Sarah Sjöström, who holds 55.48. That represents a difference of 2.07%.

On Saturday, during the Fort Lauderdale Open, Regan Smith and Isabelle Stadden battled inch by inch for victory in the women’s 100m backstroke. Smith won in 57.49, the top time in the world this year. As for Stadden, with 57.55 she became the third-fastest swimmer in history.

During the final day of the 2026 Fort Lauderdale Open, Gretchen Walsh set a monstrous world record in the women’s 100 butterfly, clocking 54.33. She was 0.27 seconds faster than her own previous mark from a year ago.

During the third day of the 2026 Fort Lauderdale Open, Isabelle Stadden won the women’s 200 backstroke in 2:04.37. This is a huge new personal best for her, as her previous PB was 2:05.91 from last March. Now she is tue 4th fastest performer of all time in the event.

During the first day of the 2026 Fort Lauderdale Open, Katie Ledecky won the women’s 1500 freestyle in 15:25.62. This is the 5th fastest performance of all time, and now she owns the 13 fastest performances in history.

These are the percentage differences between SCM and LCM world records in women’s individual events, from biggest to smallest. Which one is the most impressive?

The 2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open will begin next Wednesday. A year ago in Fort Lauderdale, Katie Ledecky broke her own world record in the women’s 800 free, becoming the swimmer with the longest time span between her first and last world records in the same individual event.

During the third day of the 2026 German Swimming Championships in Berlin, Kelvin Imoudu won the men’s 50 breaststroke in 26.57. This is a new German national record, 0.05 seconds faster than his own previous mark from 2024. Now he is the 15th fastest performer of all time.

Yesterday, during the 2026 German Swimming Championships in Berlin, world record holder Lukas Märtens won the men’s 400 freestyle in 3:41.76. It was the seventh time he has swum under 3:42. He is now one swim away from tying Ian Thorpe, who went under 3:42 eight times.

These are the swimmers with the most sub-1:55 performances in the women’s 200 freestyle. Last week, Siobhán Haughey clocked 1:54.31 at the 2026 Bergen Swim Festival and became the swimmer with the most sub-1:55 swims in history, with 18.