Below is a list of current championship (or "meet") records for the two World Championships in swimming:
Both events are organized by the international governing body for aquatics, FINA. These are the fastest times ever swum at any edition of the meet.
Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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50m freestyle | 21.04 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 27 July 2019 | 2019 World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | [1] | |
100m freestyle | 46.80 | r, WR | Pan Zhanle | China | 11 February 2024 | 2024 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [2] |
200m freestyle | 1:42.00 | WR | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 28 July 2009 | 2009 World Championships | Rome, Italy | [3] |
400m freestyle | 3:40.07 | WR | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 26 July 2009 | 2009 World Championships | Rome, Italy | [3] |
800m freestyle | 7:32.12 | WR | Zhang Lin | China | 29 July 2009 | 2009 World Championships | Rome, Italy | [3] |
1500m freestyle | 14:31.54 | AF | Ahmed Hafnaoui | Tunisia | 30 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [4] |
50m backstroke | 24.04 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 2 August 2009 | 2009 World Championships | Rome, Italy | [3] | |
100m backstroke | 51.60 | WR | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 20 June 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [5] |
200m backstroke | 1:51.92 | WR | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 31 July 2009 | 2009 World Championships | Rome, Italy | [3] |
50m breaststroke | 25.95 | sf, WR | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 25 July 2017 | 2017 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [6] |
100m breaststroke | 56.88 | sf, WR | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 21 July 2019 | 2019 World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | [7] |
200m breaststroke | 2:05.48 | WR | Qin Haiyang | China | 28 July 2023 | 2019 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [8] |
50m butterfly | 22.35 | AM | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 22 July 2019 | 2019 World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | [9] |
100m butterfly | 49.50 | sf | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 26 July 2019 | 2019 World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | [10] |
200m butterfly | 1:50.34 | WR | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 21 June 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [11] |
200m individual medley | 1:54.00 | WR | Ryan Lochte | United States | 28 July 2011 | 2011 World Championships | Shanghai, China | [12][13] |
400m individual medley | 4:02.50 | WR | Léon Marchand | France | 23 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [14] |
4×100m freestyle relay | 3:09.06 |
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United States | 21 July 2019 | 2019 World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | [15] | |
4×200m freestyle relay | 6:58.55 | WR |
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United States | 31 July 2009 | 2009 World Championships | Rome, Italy | [3] |
4×100m medley relay | 3:27.20 |
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United States | 30 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [16] |
Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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50m freestyle | 23.61 | sf, WR | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 29 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [17] |
100m freestyle | 51.71 | r, WR | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23 July 2017 | 2017 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [18] |
200m freestyle | 1:52.85 | WR | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 26 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [19] |
400m freestyle | 3:55.38 | WR | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 23 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [20] |
800m freestyle | 8:07.39 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 8 August 2015 | 2015 World Championships | Kazan, Russia | [21] | |
1500m freestyle | 15:25.48 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 4 August 2015 | 2015 World Championships | Kazan, Russia | [22] | |
50m backstroke | 27.06 | Zhao Jing | China | 30 July 2009 | 2009 World Championships | Rome, Italy | [3] | |
100m backstroke | 57.53 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 25 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [23] | |
200m backstroke | 2:03.35 | sf, AM | Regan Smith | United States | 26 July 2019 | 2019 World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | [24] |
50m breaststroke | 29.16 | WR | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 30 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [25] |
100m breaststroke | 1:04.13 | WR | Lilly King | United States | 25 July 2017 | 2017 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [26] |
200m breaststroke | 2:19.11 | sf, ER | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 1 August 2013 | 2013 World Championships | Barcelona, Spain | [27] |
50m butterfly | 24.60 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 29 July 2017 | 2017 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [28] | |
100m butterfly | 55.53 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24 July 2017 | 2017 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [29] | |
200m butterfly | 2:03.41 | OC | Jessicah Schipper | Australia | 30 July 2009 | 2009 World Championships | Rome, Italy | [3] |
200m individual medley | 2:06.12 | WR | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 3 August 2015 | 2015 World Championships | Kazan, Russia | [30] |
400m individual medley | 4:27.11 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 30 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [31] | |
4×100m freestyle relay | 3:27.96 | WR |
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Australia | 23 July 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [32] |
4×200m freestyle relay | 7:37.50 | WR |
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Australia | 27 July 2023 | 2022 World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [33] |
4×100m medley relay | 3:50.40 | WR |
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United States | 28 July 2019 | 2019 World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | [34] |
Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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4×100m freestyle relay | 3:18.83 | WR |
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Australia | 29 July 2023 | World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | [35] |
4×100m medley relay | 3:38.56 |
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United States | 26 July 2017 | 2017 World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [36] |
Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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50m freestyle | 20.26 | Florent Manaudou | France | 5 December 2014 | 2014 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [37] | |
100m freestyle | 45.16 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 15 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [38] | |
200m freestyle | 1:39.72 | AS | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | 18 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [39] |
400m freestyle | 3:34.01 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 11 December 2018 | 2018 World Championships | Hangzhou, China | [40] | |
800m freestyle | 7:29.99 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 17 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [41] | |
1500m freestyle | 14:06.88 | WR | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | 21 December 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | [42] |
50m backstroke | 22.22 | Florent Manaudou | France | 6 December 2014 | 2014 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [43] | |
100m backstroke | 48.50 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 14 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [44] | |
200m backstroke | 1:46.68 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 19 December 2010 | 2010 World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | [45] | |
50m breaststroke | 25.38 | AM | Nic Fink | United States | 18 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [46] |
100m breaststroke | 55.70 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 17 December 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | [47] | |
200m breaststroke | 2:00.16 | WR | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 13 December 2018 | 2018 World Championships | Hangzhou, China | [48] |
50m butterfly | 21.78 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 14 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [49] | |
100m butterfly | 48.08 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 8 December 2016 | 2016 World Championships | Windsor, Canada | [50] | |
200m butterfly | 1:48.24 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 11 December 2018 | 2018 World Championships | Hangzhou, China | [51] | |
100m individual medley | 50.63 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 14 December 2018 | 2018 World Championships | Hangzhou, China | [52] | |
200m individual medley | 1:49.63 | WR | Ryan Lochte | United States | 14 December 2012 | 2012 World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [53] |
400m individual medley | 3:55.50 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 16 December 2010 | 2010 World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | [54] | |
4×50m freestyle relay | 1:21.80 | WR |
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United States | 14 December 2018 | 2018 World Championships | Hangzhou, China | [55] |
4×100m freestyle relay | 3:02.75 | WR |
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Italy | 13 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [56] |
4×200m freestyle relay | 6:44.12 | WR |
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United States | 16 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [57] |
4×50m medley relay | 1:29.72 | WR |
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Italy | 17 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [58] |
4×100m medley relay | 3:18.98 | =WR |
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Australia | 18 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [59] |
4×100m medley relay | 3:18.98 | =WR |
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United States | 18 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [59] |
Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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50m freestyle | 23.04 | OC | Emma McKeon | Australia | 17 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [60] |
100m freestyle | 50.77 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 15 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [61] | |
200m freestyle | 1:50.31 | WR | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 16 December 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | [62] |
400m freestyle | 3:53.92 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 14 December 2018 | 2018 World Championships | Hangzhou, China | [63] | |
800m freestyle | 8:02.90 | Li Bingjie | China | 18 December 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | [64] | |
1500m freestyle | 15:21.43 | OC | Lani Pallister | Australia | 16 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [65] |
50m backstroke | 25.25 | WR | Margaret Mac Neil | Canada | 16 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [66] |
100m backstroke | 55.03 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4 December 2014 | 2014 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [67] | |
200m backstroke | 1:59.23 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 5 December 2014 | 2014 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [68] | |
50m breaststroke | 28.37 | sf, WR | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 17 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [69] |
100m breaststroke | 1:02.36 | WR | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 6 December 2014 | 2014 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [70] |
200m breaststroke | 2:15.77 | Kate Douglass | United States | 16 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [71] | |
50m butterfly | 24.44 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 19 December 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | [72] | |
100m butterfly | 54.05 | WR | Maggie Mac Neil | Canada | 18 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [73] |
200m butterfly | 1:59.61 | WR | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 3 December 2014 | 2014 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [74] |
100m individual medley | 56.70 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 5 December 2014 | 2014 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [75] | |
200m individual medley | 2:01.86 | WR | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 6 December 2014 | 2014 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [76] |
400m individual medley | 4:19.86 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 3 December 2014 | 2014 World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [77] | |
4×50m freestyle relay | 1:33.89 | AM |
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United States | 15 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [78] |
4×100m freestyle relay | 3:25.43 | WR |
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Australia | 13 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [79] |
4×200m freestyle relay | 7:30.87 | WR |
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Australia | 14 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [80] |
4×50m medley relay | 1:42.35 | WR |
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Australia | 17 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [81] |
4×100m medley relay | 3:44.35 | WR |
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United States | 16 December 2018 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [82] |
Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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4×50m freestyle relay | 1:27.33 | WR |
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France | 16 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [83] |
4×50m medley relay | 1:35.15 | WR |
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United States | 14 December 2022 | 2022 World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | [84] |