List of swimming world records over 100 meters freestyle

The swimming world records over 100 m freestyle are the best times swum in the 100 m freestyle swimming discipline.

They are recognized by the international swimming federation Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA). World records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women.

In the following, the world record development since the first recognized world record is listed.

Long track world records men

World records for men in the 100 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Zoltán from Halmay	Hungary	01: 05.8	December 3, 1905	Vienna
2	Charles Daniels	United States	01: 05.6	July 20, 1908	London
3	Charles Daniels	United States	01: 02.8	April 15, 1910	new York
4th	Kurt Bretting	German Empire	01: 02.4	April 6, 1912	Brussels
5	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	01: 01.6	July 20, 1912	Hamburg
6th	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	01: 01.4	August 9, 1918	new York
7th	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	01: 00.4	August 24, 1920	Antwerp
8th	Johnny Weissmüller	United States	00: 58.6	July 9, 1922	Alameda
9	Johnny Weissmüller	United States	00: 57.4	February 17, 1924	Miami
10	Peter fuck	United States	00: 56.8	March 2, 1934	New Haven
11	Peter fuck	United States	00: 56.6	March 5, 1935	New Haven
12	Peter fuck	United States	00: 56.4	February 11, 1936	New Haven
13	Alan Ford	United States	00: 55.9	April 13, 1944	New Haven
14th	Alex Jany	France	00: 55.8	September 15, 1947	Menton
15th	Alan Ford	United States	00: 55.4	June 29, 1948	New Haven
16	Dick Cleveland	United States	00: 54.8	April 1, 1954	New Haven
Rule change
17th	Jon Henricks	Australia	00: 55.4	November 30, 1956	Melbourne
18th	John Devitt	Australia	00: 55.2	January 19, 1957	Sydney
19th	John Devitt	Australia	00: 54.6	January 28, 1957	Brisbane
20th	Steve Clark	United States	00: 54.4	August 18, 1961	los Angeles
21st	Manuel dos Santos Júnior	Brazil	00: 53.6	20th September 1961	Rio de Janeiro
22nd	Alain Gottvallès	France	00: 52.9	September 13, 1964	Budapest
23	Kenneth Walsh	United States	00: 52.6	July 27, 1967	Winnipeg
24	Mike Wenden	Australia	00: 52.2	19th October 1968	Mexico city
25th	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 51.94	23rd August 1970	los Angeles
26th	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 51.47	5th August 1972	Chicago
27	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 51.22	3rd September 1972	Munich
28	James Montgomery	United States	00: 51.12	June 21, 1975	Long Beach
29	Andy Coan	United States	00: 51.11	3rd August 1975	Fort Lauderdale
30th	James Montgomery	United States	00: 50.59	23rd August 1975	Kansas City
31	James Montgomery	United States	00: 50.39	July 24, 1976	Montreal
32	James Montgomery	United States	00: 49.99	July 25, 1976	Montreal
33	Jonty Skinner	United States	00: 49.44	August 14, 1976	Philadelphia
34	Rowdy Gaines	United States	00: 49.36	April 3, 1981	Austin
35	Matt Biondi	United States	00: 49.24	August 6, 1985	Mission Viejo
36	Matt Biondi	United States	00: 48.95	August 6, 1985	Mission Viejo
37	Matt Biondi	United States	00: 48.74	June 24, 1986	Orlando
38	Matt Biondi	United States	00: 48.42	August 10, 1988	Austin
39	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 48.21	June 18, 1994	Monte Carlo
40	Michael Klim	Australia	00: 48.18	September 16, 2000	Sydney
41	Pieter vd Hoogenband	Netherlands	00: 47.84	September 19, 2000	Sydney
42	Alain Bernard	France	00: 47.60	March 21, 2008	Eindhoven
43	Alain Bernard	France	00: 47.50	March 22, 2008	Eindhoven
44	Eamon Sullivan	Australia	00: 47.24	August 11, 2008	Beijing
45	Alain Bernard	France	00: 47.20	August 13, 2008	Beijing
46	Eamon Sullivan	Australia	00: 47.05	August 13, 2008	Beijing
47	César Cielo Filho	Brazil	00: 46.91	July 30, 2009	Rome

Long track world records women

World records of 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	Fanny Durack	Australia	01: 19.8	July 9, 1912	Stockholm
6th	Fanny Durack	Australia	01: 18.8	July 21, 1912	Hamburg
7th	Fanny Durack	Australia	01: 16.2	February 6, 1915	Sydney
8th	Ethelda Bleibtrey	United States	01: 13.6	August 25, 1920	Antwerp
9	Gertrude Ederle	United States	01: 12.8	June 30, 1923	Newark
10	Mariechen Wehselau	United States	01: 12.2	July 19, 1924	Paris
11	Ethel Lackie	United States	01: 10.0	January 28, 1926	Toledo
12	Eleanor Garatti	United States	01: 09.8	August 7, 1929	Honolulu
13	Albina Osipowich	United States	01: 09.4	August 25, 1929	San Francisco
14th	Helene Madison	United States	01: 08.0	March 14, 1930	Miami Beach
15th	Helene Madison	United States	01: 06.6	April 20, 1931	Boston
16	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	01: 06.0	July 9, 1933	Antwerp
17th	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	01: 05.4	February 24, 1934	Amsterdam
18th	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	01: 04.8	April 15, 1934	Rotterdam
19th	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	01: 04.6	February 27, 1936	Amsterdam
20th	Dawn Fraser	Australia	01: 04.5	February 21, 1956	Sydney
21st	Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	01: 04.2	March 3, 1956	Amsterdam
22nd	Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	01: 04.0	April 14, 1956	Schiedam
23	Dawn Fraser	Australia	01: 03.3	August 25, 1956	Townsville
24	Lorraine Crapp	Australia	01: 03.2	October 20, 1956	Sydney
25th	Lorraine Crapp	Australia	01: 02.4	October 25, 1956	Melbourne
26th	Dawn Fraser	Australia	01: 02.0	1st December 1956	Melbourne
Rule change
27	Dawn Fraser	Australia	01: 01.5	February 18, 1958	Melbourne
28	Dawn Fraser	Australia	01: 01.4	July 21, 1958	Cardiff
29	Dawn Fraser	Australia	01: 01.2	August 10, 1958	Schiedam
30th	Dawn Fraser	Australia	01: 00.2	February 23, 1960	Sydney
31	Dawn Fraser	Australia	01: 00.0	October 23, 1962	Melbourne
32	Dawn Fraser	Australia	00: 59.9	October 27, 1962	Melbourne
33	Dawn Fraser	Australia	00: 59.5	November 24, 1962	Perth
34	Dawn Fraser	Australia	00: 58.9	February 29, 1964	Sydney
35	Shane Gould	Australia	00: 58.5	January 8, 1972	Sydney
36	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 58.25	July 13, 1973	Berlin
37	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 58.12	18th August 1973	Utrecht
38	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 57.61	September 8, 1973	Belgrade
39	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 57.54	September 9, 1973	Belgrade
40	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 57.51	4th July 1974	Rostock
41	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 56.96	19th August 1974	Vienna
42	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 56.38	March 14, 1975	Dresden
43	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 56.22	July 26, 1975	Cali
44	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 55.73	June 1, 1976	Berlin
45	Kornelia Ender	GDR	00: 55.65	July 19, 1976	Montreal
46	Barbara Krause	GDR	00: 55.41	5th July 1978	Berlin
47	Barbara Krause	GDR	00: 54.98	July 20, 1980	Moscow
48	Barbara Krause	GDR	00: 54.79	July 21, 1980	Moscow
49	Kristin Otto	GDR	00: 54.73	August 19, 1986	Madrid
50	Jenny Thompson	United States	00: 54.48	March 1, 1992	Indianapolis
51	Jingyi Le	People's Republic of China	00: 54.01	5th September 1994	Rome
52	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 53.80	May 28, 2000	Sheffield
53	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 53.77	September 20, 2000	Sydney
54	Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	00: 53.66	March 31, 2004	Sydney
55	Jodie Henry	Australia	00: 53.52	August 18, 2004	Athens
56	Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	00: 53.42	January 31, 2006	Melbourne
57	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 53.30	August 2, 2006	Budapest
58	Lisbeth Trickett	Australia	00: 52.88	March 27, 2008	Sydney
59	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 52.85	June 25, 2009	Berlin
60	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 52.56	June 27, 2009	Berlin
61	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 52.22	July 26, 2009	Rome
62	Britta Steffen	Germany	00: 52.07	July 31, 2009	Rome
63	Cate Campbell	Australia	00: 52.06	2nd July 2016	Brisbane
64	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 51.71	23rd July 2017	Budapest

Short course world records men

World records for men in the 100 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Gustavo Borges	Brazil	00: 47.94	2nd July 1993	Santos
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	Ian Crocker	United States	00: 46.25	March 27, 2004	new York
	Roland Schoeman	South Africa		January 22, 2005	Berlin
7th	Stefan Nystrand	Sweden	00: 45.83	November 17, 2007	Berlin
8th	Alain Bernard	France	00: 45.69	December 7, 2008	Angers
9	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 45.12	December 12, 2008	Rijeka
10	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 44.94	December 13, 2008	Rijeka

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

World records for women in the 100 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	00: 53.46	January 6, 1993	Shanghai
2	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	00: 53.33	January 10, 1993	Beijing
3	Jingyi Le	People's Republic of China	00: 53.01	2nd December 1993	Palma
4th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 52.80	December 10, 1999	Lisbon
5	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 52.17	March 17, 2000	Athens
6th	Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	00: 51.91	August 8, 2005	Melbourne
7th	Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	00: 51.70	August 9, 2005	Melbourne
8th	Lisbeth Trickett	Australia	00: 51.01	August 10, 2009	Hobart
9	Cate Campbell	Australia	00: 50.91	November 28, 2015	Sydney
10	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 50.77	3rd August 2017	Moscow
11	Cate Campbell	Australia	00: 50.25	October 26, 2017	Adelaide

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

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

Web links

• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.olympic.org (English)
• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.agendadiana.it (Italian)
• Historical development of the swimming world 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. Previously dated (long-course) top marks - primarily achieved in Melbourne's Olympic basin - were subsequently recognized as the first official 50-m-course world record if they were no longer undercut on the short course by the specified date.