World record progression 50 metres freestyle

The first world record in the men's 50 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1976. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.

The drop in world record times in the 2008/2009 coincided with the introduction of polyurethane suits from Speedo (LZR, 50% polyurethane) in 2008 and by Arena (X-Glide), Adidas (Hydrofoil) and Italian swimming suit manufacturer Jaked (all 100% polyurethane) in 2009. FINA's ban on non-textile suit came into effect on January 2010.[1] FINA also released a list of approved suits.

Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle

Men

Long course

# Time NameNationalityDateMeetLocation Ref
1 23.86 †Jonty Skinner South Africa Aug 14, 1976AAU Nationals Philadelphia, PA, United States
2 23.74 Joe Bottom United States Jul 3, 1977Canada Cup Etobicoke, Canada
3 23.72 Ron Manganiello United States Jul 29, 1978- Miami, FL, United States
4 23.70 Klaus Steinbach West Germany Jul 23, 1979- Freiburg, West Germany
5 23.66 Chris Cavanaugh United States Feb 2, 1980International Invitational Amersfoort, Netherlands
6 23.12 (h)Chris Cavanaugh United States Apr 10, 1980USA Spring Nationals Austin, TX, United States
7 22.96 (h)Rowdy Gaines United States Apr 10, 1980USA Spring Nationals Austin, TX, United States
8 22.83 (h)Bruce Stahl United States Apr 10, 1980USA Spring Nationals Austin, TX, United States
8= 22.83 (h)Joe Bottom United States Aug 15, 1980Hawaiian Invitational Honolulu, HI, United States
9 22.71 Joe Bottom United States Aug 15, 1980Hawaiian Invitational Honolulu, HI, United States
10 22.54 (h)Robin Leamy United States Aug 15, 1981USA Nationals Brown Deer, WI, United States
11 22.52 Dano Halsall  Switzerland Jul 21, 1985SUI Nationals Bellinzona, Switzerland
12 22.40 Tom Jager United States Dec 6, 1985USS Invitational Austin, TX, United States
13 22.33 Matt Biondi United States Jun 26, 1986USA World Championship Trials Orlando, FL, United States
13= 22.33 Matt Biondi United States Jul 30, 1987USA Nationals & Pan Pacific Trials Clovis, CA, United States
14 22.32 Tom Jager United States Aug 13, 1987Pan Pacific Championships Brisbane, Australia
15 22.23 Tom Jager United States Mar 25, 1988USA Spring Nationals Orlando, FL, United States
-[2] 22.18 Peter Williams South Africa Apr 10, 1988CSCA Invitational Indianapolis, IN, United States
16 22.14 Matt Biondi United States Sep 24, 1988Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea
17 22.12 Tom Jager United States Aug 20, 1989Pan Pacific Championships Tokyo, Japan
18 21.98 (sf)Tom Jager United States Mar 24, 1990US Sprint Nashville, TN, United States
19 21.81 Tom Jager United States Mar 24, 1990US Sprint Nashville, TN, United States
20 21.64 (tt)Alexander Popov Russia Jun 1, 2000Russian Olympic Trials Moscow, Russia
21 21.56 Eamon Sullivan Australia Feb 17, 2008New South Wales State Championships Sydney, Australia
22 21.50 (sf2)Alain Bernard France Mar 23, 2008European Championships Eindhoven, Netherlands
23 21.41 (sf2)Eamon Sullivan Australia Mar 27, 2008Australian Championships & Olympic Trials Sydney, Australia
24 21.28 Eamon Sullivan Australia Mar 28, 2008Australian Championships & Olympic Trials Sydney, Australia [3]
25 20.94 Frédérick Bousquet France Apr 26, 2009French Championships Montpellier, France [4]
26 20.91 César Cielo Brazil Dec 18, 2009CBDA Open - Brazilian Championships São Paulo, Brazil [5]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course

# Time NameNationalityDateMeetLocation Ref
1 21.76 Nils Rudolph East Germany 10 February 1990FINA World Cup Bonn, Germany
2 21.64 Steve Crocker United States 21 March 1992- Dallas, TX, United States
3 21.60 Mark Foster Great Britain 17 February 1993World Cup Sheffield, United Kingdom
4 21.50 Alexander Popov Russia 13 March 1994World Cup Desenzano del Garda, Italy
5 21.48 hMark Foster Great Britain 13 December 1998European SC Championships Sheffield, United Kingdom
6 21.31 Mark Foster Great Britain 13 December 1998European SC Championships Sheffield, United Kingdom
6= 21.31 hRoland Schoeman South Africa 23 March 2000NCAA Men's Division 1 Championships Minneapolis, MN, United States
7 21.21 Anthony Ervin United States 23 March 2000NCAA Men's Division 1 Championships Minneapolis, MN, United States
8 21.13 Mark Foster Great Britain 28 January 2001World Cup Paris, France
9 21.10 Frédérick Bousquet France 25 Mar 2004NCAA Men's Division 1 Championships East Meadow, NY, United States
10 20.98 hRoland Schoeman South Africa 12 Aug 2006Invitational Hamburg, Germany
11 20.93 Stefan Nystrand Sweden 18 November 2007World Cup Berlin, Germany
12 20.81 Duje Draganja Croatia 11 April 2008World SC Championships Manchester, United Kingdom
13 20.64 Roland Schoeman South Africa 7 September 2008South African SC Championships Germiston, South Africa [6]
14 20.48 Amaury Leveaux France 11 December 2008European SC Championships Rijeka, Croatia [7]
15 20.30 Roland Schoeman South Africa 8 August 2009South African SC Championships Pietermaritzburg, South Africa [8]
16 20.26 Florent Manaudou  France 5 December 2014World Championships Doha, Qatar [9]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women

Long course

# Time NameNationalityDateMeetLocation Ref
1 26.99 r, †Kornelia Ender East Germany Jul 26, 1975World Championships Cali, Colombia
2 26.95 Johanna Malloy Canada Aug 16, 1977Canada Summer Games St. John's, NL, Canada
3 26.74 Anne Jardin Canada Aug 19, 1978Canada Summer Nationals Etobicoke, Canada
4 26.61 hCynthia Woodhead United States Apr 10, 1980USA Spring Nationals Austin, TX, United States
5 26.53 hKelly Asplund United States Apr 10, 1980USA Spring Nationals Austin, TX, United States
6 26.32 hJill Sterkel United States Apr 10, 1980USA Spring Nationals Austin, TX, United States
7 25.96 Jill Sterkel United States Apr 10, 1980USA Spring Nationals Austin, TX, United States
8 25.79 ttJill Sterkel United States Apr 3, 1981Longhorn Invitational Austin, TX, United States
9 25.69 hDara Torres United States Jan 29, 1983Speedo International Amersfoort, Netherlands
10 25.64 Annemarie Verstappen Netherlands Jul 9, 1983NED Nationals Amersfoort, Netherlands
11 25.62 Dara Torres United States Aug 5, 1983USA Nationals Clovis, CA, United States
12 25.61 rDara Torres United States Jul 21, 1984Pre-Olympic meet Mission Viejo, CA, United States
13 25.50 hTamara Costache Romania Jul 16, 1986ROU Nationals & World Championship Trials Bucharest, Romania
14 25.34 Tamara Costache Romania Jul 16, 1986ROU Nationals & World Championship Trials Bucharest, Romania
15 25.31 Tamara Costache Romania Aug 1, 1986Balkan Games Sofia, Bulgaria
16 25.28 Tamara Costache Romania Aug 23, 1986World Championships Madrid, Spain
17 24.98 Yang Wenyi China Apr 11, 1988Asian Swimming Championships Guangzhou, China
18 24.79 Yang Wenyi China Jul 31, 1992Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain
19 24.51 Le Jingyi China Sep 11, 1994World Championships Rome, Italy
19= 24.51 hInge de Bruijn Netherlands May 26, 2000Super Speedo Grand Prix Sheffield, United Kingdom
20 24.48 Inge de Bruijn Netherlands Jun 4, 2000NED Olympic Trials Drachten, Netherlands
21 24.39 Inge de Bruijn Netherlands Jun 10, 2000Trofeu Jose Finkel & BRA Olympic Trials Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
22 24.13 sfInge de Bruijn Netherlands Sep 22, 2000Olympic Games Sydney, Australia
23 24.09 Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands Mar 24, 2008European Championships Eindhoven, Netherlands
24 23.97 Libby Trickett Australia Mar 29, 2008Australian Championships & Olympic Trials Sydney, Australia [10]
25 23.96 Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands 19 Apr 2009Amsterdam Swim Cup Amsterdam, Netherlands [11]
26 23.73 Britta Steffen Germany 2 Aug 2009World Championships Rome, Italy
27 23.67 sfSarah Sjöström Sweden 29 Jul 2017World Championships Budapest, Hungary [12]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course

# Time NameNationalityDateMeetLocation Ref
1 24.75 Franziska van Almsick Germany 4 November 1992- Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
2 24.62 hLe Jingyi China 3 December 1993World Championships Palma de Mallorca, Spain
3 24.23 Le Jingyi China 3 December 1993World Championships Palma de Mallorca, Spain
4 24.09 Therese Alshammar Sweden 11 December 1999European Championships Lisbon, Portugal
5 23.59 Therese Alshammar Sweden 18 March 2000World Championships Athens, Greece
6 23.58 Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands 17 November 2007World Cup Berlin, Germany
7 23.25 Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands 13 April 2008World Championships Manchester, United Kingdom [13]
8 23.24 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands 7 August 2013World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands
8 23.24 =Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands 12 December 2015Duel in the Pool Indianapolis, United States [14]
9 23.10 Sarah Sjöström Sweden 2 August 2017World Cup Moscow, Russia [15]
10 22.93 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands 7 August 2017World Cup Berlin, Germany [16]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Notes

  1. ↑ "Hi-tech suits banned from January". BBC News/BBC Sport. 2009-07-31. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Peter Williams' 1988 time was officially recognised, but not as a world record, because South Africa was banned from international competition at the time. Performance on all time performance list
  3. ↑ "Sullivan snaps 50m record again". ABC News. 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  4. ↑ Craig Lord (2009-04-26). "Bousquet: 20.94 WR 50 Free". Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  5. ↑ Lydia Gismondi (2009-12-18). "Cielo: 20.91 WR 50 Free". Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  6. ↑ "Schoeman breaks 50m freestyle world record". South Africa: The Good News. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  7. ↑ "Leveaux sets short-course record in 50 freestyle".
  8. ↑ "South African Short Course Championships: Roland Schoeman Lowers World Record". Swimming World Magazine.
  9. ↑ "Florent Manaudou Stuns Crowd With Blazing 50 Free World Record at Worlds". Swimming World Magazine. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Cowley, Michael (2008-03-30). "Just the Trickett: Libby breaks the speed barrier". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  11. ↑ "Amsterdam Swim Cup result 50 freestyle women" (PDF). amsterdamswimcup.nl. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  12. ↑ "17th FINA World Championships 2017, Women 50m Freestyle, Semifinal 2 results". FINA. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "WR: Veldhuis 50m Free 23.25". swimnews.com. 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  14. ↑ Lord, Craig (December 12, 2015). "Duel In The Pool Over Before Over: WRS For Grevers, Kromowidjojo; USA Keeps Crown". Swimvortex. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle Results". Omega Timing. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle Results". Omega Timing. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

References

  • "Olympic and World Records". IOC. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  • (in Dutch) Zwemkroniek
  • (in Italian) Agenda Diana
  • USA Swimming
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