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Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle. The first world record in the 100 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1905. [1]
Australian Dawn Fraser won the event a record three times at the Olympics, and she is the only woman to win it more than once. Four men, American Duke Kahanamoku, Weissmuller, Russian Alexander Popov, and Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband won the event at the Olympics twice. Popov was also world champion (held since 1973) three times.
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course metres: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
The two other Chinese world record holders in history are Zhang Lin, whose 800m freestyle swim from 2009 still stands, while controversial compatriot Sun Yang has held the 1,500m freestyle since 2012.
It was the first world record to be broken in the pool at these Paris Olympic Games. The first-time Olympian posted a 46.40, shaving .40 seconds off the previous world record 46.80 he set earlier ...
Women's 100m freestyle: 25-29 56.96 Emma Gage Great Britain Trafford Metro Bor SC 11 August 2015 World Masters Championships: Kazan, Russia [73] 30-34 35-39 40-44 58.04 † Erica Braun United States 8 June 2013 Pan American Masters Championships Sarasota, Florida [47] 45-49 50-54 1:01.13 Laura Val United States Tamalpais Aquatic Masters 2001 55-59
50m freestyle: 21.06 OC: Cameron McEvoy Australia 29 July 2023: World Championships: Fukuoka, Japan [1] 100m freestyle: 47.04 OC: Cameron McEvoy Australia 11 April 2016: Australian Championships: Adelaide, Australia [2] 200m freestyle: 1:44.06 OC: Ian Thorpe Australia 25 July 2001: World Championships: Fukuoka, Japan [3] 400m freestyle: 3:40.08 ...
The event was originally contested over 110 yards and then switched to the metric conversion of 100 metres in 1971. In 1963 Bob McGregor of Scotland set a world record in the heats (54.4 sec) and the final (54.1 sec). [3] In 1975 [4] and 1984 there was a dead-heat in the women's final. [5]