List of European swimming records over 100 meters freestyle

The European swimming records for the 100 m freestyle are the best times in the 100 m freestyle swimming discipline . They are recognized by the European swimming federation LEN . European records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. The following shows the development of the European record since the first recognized European record.

Long course European records men

Men's European records over 100 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Zoltán Halmay	Hungary	01: 05.8	December 3, 1905	Vienna
2	Kurt Bretting	German Empire	01: 02.4	April 6, 1912	Brussels
3	Arne Borg	Sweden	01: 00.0	September 4, 1927	Bologna
4th	István Bárány	Hungary	00: 59.8	August 11, 1928	Amsterdam
5	Ferenc Csik	Hungary	00: 57.8	August 20, 1935	Budapest
6th	Alex Jany	France	00: 55.8	September 15, 1947	Menton
Rule change
7th	Gyula Dobai	Hungary	00: 55.8	July 31, 1960	Budapest
8th	Per-Ola Lindberg	Sweden	00: 55.5	August 9, 1961	Halmstad
9	Alain Gottvallès	France	00: 55.0	August 10, 1962	Thionville
10	Robert McGregor	United Kingdom	00: 54.4	July 13, 1963	Blackpool
11	Per-Ola Lindberg	Sweden	00: 54.3	July 18, 1963	Båstad
12	Robert McGregor	United Kingdom	00: 54.1	August 31, 1963	Blackpool
13	Robert McGregor	United Kingdom	00: 54.0	September 13, 1963	Blackpool
14th	Robert McGregor	United Kingdom	00: 53.9	22nd August 1964	London
15th	Alain Gottvallès	France	00: 52.9	September 13, 1964	Budapest
16	Michel Rousseau	France	00: 52.8	5th September 1970	Barcelona
17th	Michel Rousseau	France	00: 52.7	July 31, 1971	Paris
18th	Michel Rousseau	France	00: 52.6	July 15, 1972	Vittel
19th	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	00: 52.51	August 14, 1972	Moscow
20th	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	00: 52.26	August 28, 1972	Munich
21st	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	00: 51.77	3rd September 1972	Munich
22nd	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	00: 51.36	February 25, 1975	Leningrad
23	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	00: 51.32	July 27, 1975	Cali
24	Marcello Guarducci	Italy	00: 51.25	September 8, 1977	Chiavari
25th	Klaus Steinbach	BR Germany	00: 50.79	August 28, 1978	World Berlin
26th	Jörg Woithe	GDR	00: 50.55	May 26, 1980	Magdeburg
27	Jörg Woithe	GDR	00: 50.49	July 26, 1980	Moscow
28	Jörg Woithe	GDR	00: 50.21	July 26, 1980	Moscow
29	Jörg Woithe	GDR	00: 50.14	3rd February 1981	Hamburg
30th	Jörg Woithe	GDR	00: 49.95	March 12, 1982	Moscow
31	Jörg Woithe	GDR	00: 49.81	May 28, 1982	Erfurt
32	Jörg Woithe	GDR	00: 49.60	3rd August 1982	Guayaquil
33	Jörg Woithe	GDR	00: 49.58	June 18, 1983	Gera
34	Stéphan Caron	France	00: 49.51	August 21, 1987	Strasbourg
35	Stéphan Caron	France	00: 49.35	August 21, 1987	Strasbourg
36	Giorgio Lamberti	Italy	00: 49.24	17th August 1989	Bonn
37	Stéphan Caron	France	00: 49.18	4th August 1991	Millau
38	Alexander Popov	Soviet Union	00: 49.18	August 22, 1991	Athens
39	Alexander Popov	United team	00: 49.02	July 28, 1992	Barcelona
40	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 48.93	May 31, 1993	Canet
41	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 48.21	June 18, 1994	Monte Carlo
42	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Netherlands	00: 47.84	September 19, 2000	Sydney
43	Alain Bernard	France	00: 47.60	March 21, 2008	Eindhoven
44	Alain Bernard	France	00: 47.50	March 22, 2008	Eindhoven
45	Alain Bernard	France	00: 47.20	August 13, 2008	Beijing
46	Alain Bernard	France	00: 47.12	July 30, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 100 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Martha Gerstung	German Empire	01: 35.0	October 18, 1908	Magdeburg
2	C. Guttenstein	Belgium	01: 26.6	October 2, 1910	Schaerbeek
3	Daisy Curwen	United Kingdom	01: 24.6	September 29, 1911	Liverpool
4th	Daisy Curwen	United Kingdom	01: 20.6	June 10, 1912	Birkenhead
5	Joyce Cooper	United Kingdom	01: 10.0	January 7, 1931	Paris
6th	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	01: 06.0	July 9, 1933	Antwerp
7th	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	01: 05.4	February 24, 1934	Amsterdam
8th	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	01: 04.8	April 15, 1934	Rotterdam
9	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	01: 04.6	February 27, 1936	Amsterdam
10	Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	01: 04.2	March 3, 1956	Amsterdam
11	Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	01: 04.0	April 14, 1956	Schiedam
Rule change
12	Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	01: 03.9	17th May 1958	Blackpool
13	Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	01: 02.9	July 14, 1959	Paris
14th	Csilla Madarász	Hungary	01: 02.8	July 2nd, 1960	Budapest
15th	Csilla Madarász	Hungary	01: 02.5	July 16, 1960	Budapest
16	Diana Wilkinson	United Kingdom	01: 02.4	June 23, 1962	Blackpool
17th	Ann-Christine Hagberg	Sweden	01: 02.0	July 18, 1963	Båstad
18th	Ann-Christine Hagberg	Sweden	01: 01.7	August 8, 1963	Stockholm
19th	Ann-Christine Hagberg	Sweden	01: 01.5	August 18, 1963	Örebro
20th	Martina Grunert	GDR	01: 01.2	22nd August 1966	Utrecht
21st	Judit Turoczy	Hungary	01: 00.8	19th August 1967	Budapest
22nd	Judit Turoczy	Hungary	01: 00.4	June 28, 1968	Budapest
23	Judit Turoczy	Hungary	01: 00.2	July 13, 1968	Budapest
24	Judit Turoczy	Hungary	01: 00.0	August 8, 1969	Budapest
25th	Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	00: 59.6	23rd August 1969	Budapest
				April 13, 1970	Novosibirsk
26th	Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	00: 59.3	September 11, 1970	Barcelona
27	Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	00: 59.21	August 29, 1972	Munich
28	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 58.60	May 28, 1973	Hall
29	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 58.25	July 13, 1973	East Berlin
30th	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 58.12	18th August 1973	Utrecht
31	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 57.61	September 8, 1973	Belgrade
32	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 57.54	September 9, 1973	Belgrade
33	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 57.51	4th July 1974	Rostock
34	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 56.96	19th August 1974	Vienna
35	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 56.38	March 14, 1975	Dresden
36	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 56.22	July 26, 1975	Cali
37	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 55.73	June 1, 1976	East Berlin
38	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 55.65	July 19, 1976	Montreal
39	Barbara Krause	GDR	00: 55.41	5th July 1978	West Berlin
40	Barbara Krause	GDR	00: 54.98	July 20, 1980	Moscow
41	Barbara Krause	GDR	00: 54.79	July 21, 1980	Moscow
42	Kristin Otto	GDR	00: 54.73	August 19, 1986	Madrid
43	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	00: 54.57	3rd August 1993	Sheffield
44	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 53.80	May 28, 2000	Sheffield
45	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 53.77	September 20, 2000	Sydney
46	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 53.30	August 2, 2006	Budapest
47	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 53.20	April 22, 2008	Berlin
48	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 53.05	July 19, 2008	Magdeburg
49	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 52.85	June 25, 2009	Berlin
50	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 52.56	June 27, 2009	Berlin
51	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 52.22	July 26, 2009	Rome
52	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 52.07	July 31, 2009	Rome
53	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 51.71	23rd July 2017	Budapest

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

Men's European records over 100 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Tommy Werner	Sweden	00: 48.33	March 19, 1989	Malmo
2	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 47.83	January 1, 1994	Hong Kong
3	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 47.82	5th January 1994	Beijing
4th	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 47.12	March 12, 1994	Desenzano
5	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 46.74	March 19, 1994	Gelsenkirchen
6th	Duje Draganja	Croatia	00: 46.64	March 28, 2004	new York
7th	Filippo Magnini	Italy	00: 46.55	December 10, 2005	Trieste
8th	Filippo Magnini	Italy	00: 46.52	December 10, 2005	Trieste
9	Stefan Nystrand	Sweden	00: 46.48	November 13, 2007	Berlin
10	Stefan Nystrand	Sweden	00: 45.83	November 17, 2007	Berlin
11	Alain Bernard	France	00: 45.69	December 7, 2008	Angers
12	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 45.12	December 12, 2008	Rijeka
13	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 44.94	December 13, 2008	Rijeka

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 100 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Marianne Muis	Netherlands	00: 53.95	March 18, 1990	Drachten
2	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	00: 53.46	January 6, 1993	Shanghai
3	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	00: 53.33	January 10, 1993	Beijing
4th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 53.04	December 13, 1996	Rostock
5	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 52.80	December 10, 1999	Lisbon
6th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 52.17	March 17, 2000	Athens
7th	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 52.14	November 18, 2007	Berlin
8th	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 51.91	December 11, 2008	Rijeka
9	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 51.74	December 21, 2008	Amsterdam
10	Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	00: 51.61	November 11, 2009	Stockholm
11	Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	00: 51.19	November 22, 2009	Singapore

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of swimming world records over 100 meters freestyle
• Freestyle swimming

Web links

• Official list of the European swimming records on the long course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official list of European swimming records on the short course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official rankings of the LEN and other national associations in Europe
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.agendadiana.com (Italian)
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.zwemkroniek.com (Dutch)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Die Chronik II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 462 ff .: Due to the time advantages when turning, the majority of the previous records came from competitions in a 25-meter Pool. On the one under 1956 Olympics conducted FINA -Congress was finally determined that records from May 1, 1957 found only on the long course (50 meters or 55 yards) official recognition.