Category: World Record
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Breaking Down Cameron McEvoy’s 50m Freestyle | SwimPad With James Gibson | World Aquatics
This time on SwimPad, James Gibson breaks down Cameron McEvoy’s 50m Freestyle! From the importance of the start and first 15 metres to head position, shoulder and hip rotation, and his unique bent-arm technique, discover what makes Cameron McEvoy the fastest swimmer alive.
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Douglass Closes Meet With World Record In 100m Freestyle | 2026 Short Course World Championship Trials | USA Swimming
Kate Douglass wins Women’s 100M Freestyle at the 2026 Short Course World Championship Trials. Gretchen Walsh and Liberty Clark take second and third.
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Jack Alexy Takes Down 100m Freestyle World Record | 2026 Short Course World Championship Trials | USA Swimming
Jack Alexy wins Men’s 100M Freestyle at the 2026 Short Course World Championship Trials. Chris Guiliano and Caeleb Dressel take second and third.
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Curzan Claims World Record in Stacked 100M Backstroke | 2026 Short Course World Championship Trials | USA Swimming
Claire Curzan wins Women’s 100M Backstroke at the 2026 Short Course World Championship Trials. Katharine Berkoff and Regan Smith take second and third.
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Two World Records in One Day | Cinematic Recap | USA Swimming
After being so close to an individual World Record in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay, Kate Douglass went on to break the World Record for the 50m Freestyle twice in one day.
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Kate Douglass Lowers Her World Record in 50m Freestyle | 2026 Pan Pacific Championships | USA Swimming
Kate Douglass wins Women’s 50m Freestyle at the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Presented by OneAmerica Financial. Gretchen Walsh and Meg Harris take second and third.
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Swimming’s Most Controversial Records Are Nearly Gone | The Swim Scribe
During the years of 2008 and 2009 the swimming record books were almost ENTIRELY rewritten, of the 82 different events that were recognized at the time 79 of them saw new world records set in these two years alone, with many of them being broken multiple times. While, yes, exceptional athletes are ALWAYS going to…
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Summer McIntosh Breaks 17-Year-Old 200M Butterfly World Record on Day 1 of Trials | CBC Sports
Summer McIntosh has had her sights set on breaking the 17-year-old 200m butterfly world record, and on Day of the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials she did just that. Brittany MacLean Campbell & Devin Heroux break down everything from the first day of Trials.
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Summer McIntosh Finally Took This Record Out | The Swim Scribe
Summer McIntosh has just done what was once though to be completely UNTHINKABLE she has BROKEN the once invincible looking world record in the women’s 200 butterfly, erasing the final super suited world record on the women’s side from the record books. So let’s look at how this swim came to be out of Summer…