Category: World Record
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Underwater World Records – Guinness World Records
Whether it’s a dip in the shallow end or going deep into the sea – we’ve probably got a record for it.
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Roland Schoeman’s World Record at Montreal 2005! | Fina World Championships
Olympic and World Championships Gold Medallist, South Africa’s Roland Schoeman gave another brilliant performance in the 50m Butterfly event in the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal. He did not only claim his second Gold Medal in the competition, but also did so in World Record time, ahead of USA’s Ian Crocker and Ukraine’s Sergii…
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Video: Caeleb Dressel Sets World Record, First Under 50 Seconds in 100 IM
Caeleb Dressel obliterated the world record in the 100 IM at Monday’s ISL Semifinal 2, going 49.88 in the 100 individual medley. The world record had been Vlad Morozov’s 50.26, the Russian with a stranglehold on the top 10 times in history before the ISL season began. Dressel’s American record had been 50.48, set in ISL Match 10, then the…
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Video: Adam Peaty breaks 100m breaststroke short course world record
Britain’s Adam Peaty set a world record for the short course 100 metres breaststroke at the professional International Swimming League (ISL) in Budapest on Sunday, finishing in a time of 55.49 seconds. The previous record of 55.61 seconds was set by South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh in Berlin 11 years ago. Read Reuters
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Video: Kira Toussaint Takes Down World Record in 50 Backstroke
Heading into the semifinals of the International Swimming League season, one of the world records on alert was the women’s 50-meter backstroke. Indeed, that global standard went down on Saturday at the Duna Arena in Budapest, as the London Roar’s Kira Toussaint covered her two laps in 25.60 to better the 2014 mark of Etiene Medeiros. The Brazilian held the mark for…
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Grant Hackett’s World Record at Montreal 2005 | Fina World Championships
World Record Flashback! At the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal, distance legend Grant Hackett from Australia ends one of the most enduring World Records in history and eclipses Ian Thorpe’s mark in the 800m Free, in a time of 7:38.65. In addition to this, he also claimed another two Gold medals in the 400m…
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China Breaks Mixed Medley Relay World Record For First Swimming World Record of 2020
China’s team of Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei and Yang Junxuan lowered the world record in the mixed medley relay at the Chinese National Swimming Championships in Qingdao with a 3:38.41. The swim lowers the Americans’ world record of 3:38.56 from the 2017 World Championships, as this marks the first official world record in…
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Florent Manaudou’s World Record at Doha 2014 | FINA World Championships
France’s Florent Manaudou smashed the 50m Freestyle Final at the 2014 edition of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Doha claiming a Gold Medal and a new World Record with a time of 20.26. Relive this epic final with the best sprinters in the world racing head to head!
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Highest altitude swim – Guinness World Records
Daniel Bull features in #GWR2021 for this highest altitude swim. Whilst visiting the Chilean mountains earlier this year, Daniel decided to have a dip in water that was below freezing! 🥶️