The swimming world records in the 800 m freestyle are the best times swum in the 800 m freestyle swimming discipline. They are recognized by the international swimming federation 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 800 m freestyle (50 m track)
No.
athlete
nation
time
date
place
1
Arne Borg
Sweden Sweden
10: 43.6
April 11, 1924
Honolulu
2
Arne Borg
Sweden Sweden
10: 37.4
August 25, 1925
Urine
3
Jean Taris
France France
10: 19.6
May 30, 1930
Paris
4th
Jean Taris
France France
10: 17.2
June 9, 1931
Cannes
5
Makino Shozo
Japan Japan
10: 08.6
March 25, 1933
Tokyo
6th
Makino Shozo
Japan Japan
10: 01.2
September 16, 1933
Tokyo
7th
Makino Shozo
Japan Japan
09: 55.8
September 15, 1934
Tokyo
8th
Hiroshin Furuhashi
Japan Japan
09: 45.6
June 26, 1949
Tokyo
9
Shiro Hashizume
Japan Japan
09: 45.0
August 16, 1949
los Angeles
10
Hiroshin Furuhashi
Japan Japan
09: 40.7
August 16, 1949
los Angeles
11
Hiroshin Furuhashi
Japan Japan
09: 35.5
August 19, 1949
los Angeles
12
John Konrads
Australia Australia
09: 17.7
January 11, 1958
Sydney
13
George Breen
United States United States
09: 15.7
October 27, 1956
New Haven
14th
John Konrads
Australia Australia
09: 14.5
February 22, 1958
Melbourne
15th
John Konrads
Australia Australia
08: 59.6
January 10, 1959
Sydney
16
Rose Murray
Australia Australia
08: 47.4
August 26, 1962
Los Altos
17th
Semion Belitz-Geiman
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
08: 47.4
3rd August 1966
Krakow
18th
John Bennett
Australia Australia
08: 47.3
January 16, 1967
Sydney
19th
Alain Mosconi
France France
08: 46.8
5th July 1967
Monte Carlo
20th
Mike Burton
United States United States
08: 34.3
3rd September 1968
Long Beach
21st
Mike Burton
United States United States
08: 28.8
17th August 1969
Louisville
22nd
Graham Windeatt
Australia Australia
08: 28.6
3rd April 1971
Sydney
23
Stephen Holland
Australia Australia
08: 16.27
September 8, 1973
Belgrade
24
Stephen Holland
Australia Australia
08: 15.88
20th January 1975
Christchurch
25th
Stephen Holland
Australia Australia
08: 15.02
20th January 1975
Christchurch
26th
Tim Shaw
United States United States
08: 13.68
June 21, 1975
Long Beach
27
Tim Shaw
United States United States
08: 09.60
July 12, 1975
Mission Viejo
28
Stephen Holland
Australia Australia
08: 06.27
February 27, 1976
Sydney
29
Stephen Holland
Australia Australia
08: 02.91
February 29, 1976
Sydney
30th
Bobby Hackett
United States United States
08: 01.54
June 21, 1976
Long Beach
31
Vladimir Salnikov
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
07: 56.49
March 23, 1979
Minsk
32
Vladimir Salnikov
Soviet Union Soviet Union
07: 52.83
February 14, 1982
Moscow
33
Vladimir Salnikov
Soviet Union Soviet Union
07: 52.33
July 14, 1983
los Angeles
34
Vladimir Salnikov
Soviet Union Soviet Union
07: 50.64
4th July 1986
Moscow
35
Kieren Perkins
Australia Australia
07: 47.85
August 25, 1991
Edmonton
36
Kieren Perkins
Australia Australia
07: 46.60
February 15, 1992
Sydney
37
Kieren Perkins
Australia Australia
07: 46.00
August 24, 1994
Victoria
38
Ian Thorpe
Australia Australia
07: 41.59
March 26, 2001
Hobart
39
Ian Thorpe
Australia Australia
07: 39.16
July 24, 2001
Fukuoka
40
Grant Hackett
Australia Australia
07: 38.65
July 27, 2005
Montreal
41
Zhang Lin
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
07: 32.12
July 29, 2009
Rome
(This list is not yet complete)
Long track world records women
World records for women in the 800 m freestyle (50 m track)
No.
athlete
nation
time
date
place
1
Gertrude Ederle
United States 48 United States
13: 19.0
August 17, 1919
Indianapolis
2
Ethel Mcgary
United States 48 United States
12: 58.2
August 6, 1925
Detroit
3
Ethel Mcgary
United States 48 United States
12: 56.0
August 15, 1925
Indianapolis
4th
Martha Norelius
United States 48 United States
12: 47.2
August 7, 1926
Philadelphia
5
Martha Norelius
United States 48 United States
12: 17.8
July 31, 1927
Massapequa
6th
Josephine McKim
United States 48 United States
12: 03.8
August 10, 1929
Honolulu
7th
Helene Madison
United States 48 United States
11: 41.2
July 6, 1930
Long Beach
8th
Laura Knight
United States 48 United States
11: 34.4
July 21, 1935
Manhattan Beach
9
Ragnhild Hveger
Denmark Denmark
11: 11.7
July 3, 1936
Copenhagen
10
Ragnhild Hveger
Denmark Denmark
10: 52.5
August 13, 1941
Copenhagen
11
Valéria Gyenge
Hungary 1949 Hungary
10: 42.4
June 28, 1953
Budapest
12
Lorraine Crapp
Australia Australia
10: 30.9
January 14, 1956
Sydney
13
Mary Kok
Netherlands Netherlands
10: 27.3
February 16, 1957
Durban
14th
Ilsa Konrads
Australia Australia
10: 17.7
January 9, 1958
Sydney
15th
Ilsa Konrads
Australia Australia
10: 16.2
February 20, 1958
Melbourne
16
Ilsa Konrads
Australia Australia
10: 11.8
June 13, 1958
Townsville
17th
Ilsa Konrads
Australia Australia
10: 11.4
19th February 1959
Hobart
18th
Jane Cederqvist
Sweden Sweden
09: 55.6
17th August 1960
Uppsala
19th
Carolyn House
United States United States
09: 51.6
August 26, 1962
Los Altos
20th
Patty Caretto
United States United States
09: 47.3
July 30, 1964
Los Altos
21st
Sharon Finneran
United States United States
09: 36.9
September 28, 1964
los Angeles
22nd
Debbie Meyer
United States United States
09: 35.8
July 9, 1967
Santa Clara
23
Debbie Meyer
United States United States
09: 22.9
July 29, 1967
Winnipeg
24
Debbie Meyer
United States United States
09: 19.0
July 29, 1967
los Angeles
25th
Debbie Meyer
United States United States
09: 17.8
July 21, 1968
Lincoln
26th
Debbie Meyer
United States United States
09: 10.4
August 28, 1968
los Angeles
27
Karen Moras
Australia Australia
09: 09.1
March 1, 1970
Sydney
28
Karen Moras
Australia Australia
09: 02.4
18th July 1970
Edinburgh
29
Ann Simmons
United States United States
08: 59.4
September 10, 1971
Minsk
30th
Shane Gould
Australia Australia
08: 58.1
3rd December 1971
Sydney
31
Jo Harshbarger
United States United States
08: 53.83
August 6, 1972
Chicago
32
Keena Rothhammer
United States United States
08: 53.68
3rd September 1972
Munich
33
Novella Calligaris
Italy Italy
08: 52.97
September 9, 1973
Belgrade
34
Jenny Turrall
Australia Australia
08: 50.10
5th January 1974
Sydney
35
Jo Harshbarger
United States United States
08: 47.50
August 25, 1974
Concord
36
Jenny Turrall
Australia Australia
08: 43.48
March 31, 1975
London
37
Petra Thümer
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
08: 40.68
4th June 1976
Berlin
38
Shirley Babashoff
United States United States
08: 39.63
June 21, 1976
Long Beach
39
Petra Thümer
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
08: 37.14
July 25, 1976
Montreal
40
Petra Thümer
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
08: 35.04
July 9, 1977
Leipzig
41
Michelle Ford
Australia Australia
08: 34.86
January 6, 1978
Brisbane
42
Michelle Ford
Australia Australia
08: 31.30
January 21, 1978
Sydney
43
Tracey Wickham
Australia Australia
08: 30.53
February 21, 1978
Brisbane
44
Tracey Wickham
Australia Australia
08: 24.62
5th August 1978
Edmonton
45
Janet Evans
United States United States
08: 22.44
July 27, 1987
Clovis
46
Anke Möhring
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
08: 19.53
August 19, 1987
Strasbourg
47
Janet Evans
United States United States
08: 17.12
March 22, 1988
Orlando
48
Janet Evans
United States United States
08: 16.22
August 20, 1989
Tokyo
49
Rebecca Adlington
United Kingdom United Kingdom
08: 14.10
August 16, 2008
Beijing
50
Katie Ledecky
United States United States
08: 13.86
3rd August 2013
Barcelona
51
Katie Ledecky
United States United States
08: 11.00
June 22, 2014
Shenandoah
52
Katie Ledecky
United States United States
08: 07.39
August 8, 2015
Kazan
53
Katie Ledecky
United States United States
08: 06.68
17th January 2016
Austin
54
Katie Ledecky
United States United States
08: 04.79
August 12, 2016
Rio de Janeiro
Short course world records men
(This list is not yet complete)
Short course world records women
See also
Web links
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