List of European swimming records over 50 meters freestyle

The European swimming records for 50 meters freestyle are the best times in the 50 meter 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 50 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Dano Halsall	Switzerland	00: 22.52	July 21, 1985	Bellinzona
2	Jörg Woithe	German Democratic Republic	00: 22.47	August 28, 1987	Munich
3	Nils Rudolph	Germany	00: 22.33	August 24, 1991	Athens
4th	Alexander Popov	CIS	00: 22.31	May 30, 1992	Canet
5	Alexander Popov	United team	00: 22.21	July 30, 1992	Barcelona
6th	Alexander Popov	United team	00: 21.91	July 30, 1992	Barcelona
7th	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 21.64	June 16, 2000	Moscow
8th	Alain Bernard	France	00: 21.50	March 23, 2008	Eindhoven
9	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 21.38	April 26, 2008	Dunkirk
10	Frédérick Bousquet	France	00: 20.94	April 26, 2009	Montpellier

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Annemarie Verstappen	Netherlands	00: 25.64	0July 9, 1983	Amersfoort
2	Tamara Costache	Romania	00: 25.50	June 14, 1986	Bucharest
3	Tamara Costache	Romania	00: 25.34	June 14, 1986	Bucharest
4th	Tamara Costache	Romania	00: 25.31	0August 1, 1986	Sofia
5	Tamara Costache	Romania	00: 25.28	23rd August 1986	Madrid
6th	Natalia Mesheryakova	Russia	00: 25.28	September 11, 1994	Rome
7th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 25.06	July 19, 1998	Oakton
8th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 25.01	0August 9, 1998	São Paulo
9	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.94	0June 5, 1999	Rio de Janeiro
10	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.88	June 18, 1999	Amersfoort
11	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.84	July 30, 1999	Istanbul
12	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.51	May 26, 2000	Sheffield
13	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.48	0June 4, 2000	Drachten
14th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.39	June 10, 2000	Rio de Janeiro
15th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.13	September 22, 2000	Sydney
16	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 24.09	March 24, 2008	Eindhoven
17th	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 24.06	August 17, 2008	Beijing
18th	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 23.96	April 19, 2009	Amsterdam
19th	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 23.73	0August 2, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

Men's European records over 50 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Dano Halsall	Switzerland	00: 22.04	December 29, 1987	Saint-Paul
	Nils Rudolph	German Democratic Republic		February 11, 1990	Bonn
2	Nils Rudolph	German Democratic Republic	00: 21.76	February 11, 1990	Bonn
3	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 21.50	March 13, 1994	Desenzano
4th	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 21.48	December 10, 1998	Sheffield
5	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 21.31	December 10, 1998	Sheffield
6th	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 21.24	January 21, 2001	Berlin
7th	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 21.13	January 28, 2001	Paris
8th	Frédérick Bousquet	France	00: 21.10	March 25, 2004	new York
9	Stefan Nystrand	Sweden	00: 20.93	November 18, 2007	Berlin
10	Duje Draganja	Croatia	00: 20.81	April 11, 2008	Manchester
11	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 20.80	December 11, 2008	Rijeka
12	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 20.48	December 11, 2008	Rijeka
13	Florent Manaudou	France	00: 20.26	5th December 2014	Doha

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 50 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Tamara Costache	Romania	00: 24.94	February 8, 1987	Bonn
2	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	00: 24.75	November 7, 1992	Schwäbisch Gmünd
3	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 24.67	February 10, 1996	Rostock
4th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 24.62	December 14, 1997	Gothenburg
5	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.38	December 12, 1998	Sheffield
6th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.35	December 20, 1998	Rio de Janeiro
7th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 24.28	April 3, 1999	Hong Kong
8th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 24.09	December 11, 1999	Lisbon
9	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 23.59	March 18, 2000	Athens
10	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 23.58	November 17, 2007	Berlin
11	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 23.25	April 13, 2008	Manchester
12	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	00: 23.24	7th August 2013	Eindhoven
				December 12, 2015	Indianapolis

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of German swimming records
• List of swimming world records over 50 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)