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Swimming Records

60 documented records held by the swimming athletes we cover.

Most Olympic Gold Medals by an Australian Male
Swimming · Record
5 Gold Medals
Ian Thorpe →
Most World Championship Gold Medals by an Australian Male
Swimming · Record
11 Gold Medals
Ian Thorpe →
Youngest Male World Champion
Swimming · Record
At age 15 in 1998.
Ian Thorpe →
First to Win Six Gold Medals at a Single World Championship
Swimming · Record
2001 World Aquatics Championships.
Ian Thorpe →
Most Individual Backstroke Titles
Swimming · Record
10 titles across Olympic Games and World Aquatics Championships.
Kaylee McKeown →
Fastest 100m Backstroke
Swimming · Record
World record of 57.33 seconds.
Kaylee McKeown →
Fastest 200m Backstroke
Swimming · Record
World record of 1:59.26.
Kaylee McKeown →
First Woman to Win Both 100m and 200m Backstroke in Consecutive Olympics
Swimming · Record
Achieved in 2020 and 2024.
Kaylee McKeown →
World Record Holder
Swimming · Record
200 and 400 metres individual medley (long course)
Leon Marchand →
Olympic Record Holder
Swimming · Record
200 and 400 metres individual medley, 200 metres butterfly, and 200 metres breaststroke
Leon Marchand →
European Record Holder
Swimming · Record
200 and 400 metres individual medley, 200 metres breaststroke
Leon Marchand →
Most Olympic Gold Medals in a Single Olympics
Swimming · Record
7 gold medals in 1972.
Mark Spitz →
Most Career Olympic Medals by an American
Swimming · Record
9 gold medals, 1 silver, 1 bronze.
Mark Spitz →
Most World Records Set in Swimming
Swimming · Record
35 world records during his career.
Mark Spitz →
Most Olympic Medals
Swimming · Record
28 total medals across four Olympic Games.
Michael Phelps →
Most Olympic Gold Medals
Swimming · Record
23 gold medals.
Michael Phelps →
Most Gold Medals in Individual Events
Swimming · Record
13 gold medals.
Michael Phelps →
Most Gold Medals in a Single Olympics
Swimming · Record
8 gold medals in 2008.
Michael Phelps →
World Record in 200m Backstroke
Swimming · Record
Held from 2012 to 2019.
Missy Franklin →
Most Gold Medals at World Aquatics Championships
Swimming · Record
11 golds, a record until 2017.
Missy Franklin →
World Record (Short Course 200 m Freestyle)
Swimming · Record
1:49.77
Mollie O'Callaghan →
World Record (Long Course 200 m Freestyle)
Swimming · Record
1:52.85
Mollie O'Callaghan →
American Record in 50m Freestyle
Swimming · Record
Formerly held the American record in the long course 50-meter freestyle.
Nathan Adrian →
Fastest 100 meter freestyle
Swimming · Record
46.40 seconds (2024)
Pan Zhanle →