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Swimming: World Records

Event	Time	Holder	Date
Men's Events
50-m freestyle	21.64 sec	Aleksandr Popov (Rus.)	June 16, 2000
100-m freestyle	47.84 sec	Pieter van den Hoogenband (Neth.)	Sept. 19, 2000
200-m freestyle	1 min 44.69 sec	Ian Thorpe (Austl.)	Mar. 27, 2001
400-m freestyle	3 min 40.59 sec	Ian Thorpe (Austl.)	Sept. 16, 2000
800-m freestyle	7 min 41.59 sec	Ian Thorpe (Austl.)	Mar. 26, 2001
1,500-m freestyle	14 min 41.66 sec	Kieren Perkins (Austl.)	Aug. 24, 1994
100-m backstroke	53.60 sec	Lenny Krayzelburg (U.S.)	Aug. 24, 1999
200-m backstroke	1 min 55.87 sec	Lenny Krayzelburg (U.S.)	Aug. 27, 1999
100-m breaststroke	1 min 00.04 sec	Roman Sloudnov (Rus.)	June 15, 2000
200-m breaststroke	2 min 10.16 sec	Mike Barrowman (U.S.)	July 29, 1992
100-m butterfly	52.03 sec	Michael Klim (Austl.)	Dec. 10, 1999
200-m butterfly	1 min 55.12 sec	Tom Malchow (U.S.)	June 17, 2000
200-m individual medley	1 min 58.16 sec	Jani Sievinen (Fin.)	Sept. 11, 1994
400-m individual medley	4 min 11.76 sec	Tom Dolan (U.S.)	Sept. 17, 2000
4 X 100-m medley relay	3 min 33.73 sec	U.S. National Team	Sept. 16, 2000
4 X 100-m freestyle relay	3 min 13.67 sec	Australian National Team	Sept. 16, 2000
4 X 200-m freestyle relay	7 min 07.05 sec	Australian National Team	Sept. 19, 2000
Women's Events
50-m freestyle	24.13 sec	Inge de Bruijn (Neth.)	Sept. 22, 2000
100-m freestyle	53.77 sec	Inge de Bruijn (Neth.)	Sept. 20, 2000
200-m freestyle	1 min 56.78 sec	Franziska Van Almsick (Ger.)	Sept. 6, 1994
400-m freestyle	4 min 03.85 sec	Janet Evans (U.S.)	Sept. 22, 1988
800-m freestyle	8 min 16.22 sec	Janet Evans (U.S.)	Aug. 20, 1989
1,500-m freestyle	15 min 52.10 sec	Janet Evans (U.S.)	Mar. 26, 1988
100-m backstroke	1 min 00.16 sec	Cihong He (China)	Sept. 10, 1994
200-m backstroke	2 min 06.62 sec	Kristina Egerszegi (Hun.)	Aug. 26, 1991
100-m breaststroke	1 min 06.52 sec	Penny Heyns (S.Afr.)	Aug. 23, 1999
200-m breaststroke	2 min 23.64 sec	Penny Heyns (S.Afr.)	Aug. 27, 1999
100-m butterfly	56.61 sec	Inge de Bruijn (Neth.)	Sept. 17, 2000
200-m butterfly	2 min 05.81 sec	Susie O'Neill (Austl.)	May 17, 2000
200-m individual medley	2 min 09.72 sec	Yanyan Wu (China)	Oct. 17, 1997
400-m individual medley	4 min 33.59 sec	Yana Klochkova (Ukr.)	Sept. 16, 2000
4 X 100-m medley relay	3 min 58.30 sec	U.S. National Team	Sept. 23, 2000
4 X 100-m freestyle relay	3 min 36.61 sec	U.S. National Team	Sept. 16, 2000
4 X 200-m freestyle relay	7 min 55.47 sec	E.Ger. National Team	Aug. 18, 1987

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