2008 FINA Swimming World Cup
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The FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup
FINA Swimming World Cup
The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming...

 2008
was held in October and November 2008. The meet scheduling matched that of the 2007 series, with all meets held short course
Short course
In Swimming, the term Short Course is used to identify a pool that is 25 metres in length. The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool...

 metres (25 m) format.

The series winners were Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

 of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 and Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

 of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

Venues

The 2008 World Cup was staged at seven venues on five continents, with each meet following a heats and finals format for all events, with the exception of the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley events which were heat-declared winners. The Brazil meet at Belo Horizonte was held as a three-day meet with evening heats and finals the following morning, with the remaining six meets being held over two days with morning heats and evening finals on each day. The order of events at each meet was the same.
DateLocationResults
10–12 October   Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

17–18 October   Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

25–26 October   Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

1–2 November   Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

8–9 November   Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

11–12 November   Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

15–16 November   Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Overall World Cup

At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2008, the FINA Points Table was used to rank all swim performances at the meet. The top 10 men and top 10 women were then be awarded World Cup points. Bonus points were awarded for a world record broken (20 points) or equalled (10 points). The number of World Cup points awarded were doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Berlin.
Rank on FINA Points World Cup points awarded
1 25
2 20
3 16
4 13
5 10
6 7
7 5
8 3
9 2
10 1


The final rankings are shown below. Bonus points were awarded to eight swimmers for each of the twelve new world record standards set during the meets.

Men

Rank Name Nationality Points awarded (Bonus) Total
BRA RSA AUS SIN RUS SWE GER
1 Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

25 25 25 (40) 25 (20) 32 192
2 Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall (swimmer)
Peter Jeffrey Marshall is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is the current world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke and former world record holder in the 100-meter backstroke ....

10 3 20 (40) 40 (20) 133
3 Randall Bal
Randall Bal
Randall Bal is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is a former world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke ....

7 16 20 16 50 (20) 129
4 Robert Hurley
Robert Hurley (swimmer)
Robert Hurley is an Australian swimmer and former world record holder in the short-course 50 metres backstroke...

20 (20) 16 20 7 2 85
5 Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

25 20 10 5 10 70
6 Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

3 13 13 10 5 1 20 65
7 Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic
Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is a swimmer and former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly .He was born in Montenegro before moving to Australia to study law and taking out Australian citizenship.- Personal bests :...

25 (20) 7 2 2 6 62
8 Paul Biedermann
Paul Biedermann
Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:...

26 (20) 46
9 Stanislav Donets
Stanislav Donets
Stanislav Donets is a Russian swimmer from Dimitrovgrad. He was the world record holder for the 100m backstroke .-References:...

20 16 7 43
10 Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

5 2 2 13 13 35
11 Evgeny Korotyshkin
Evgeny Korotyshkin
Yevgeny Yevgeniyevich Korotyshkin, occasionally spelled "Evgeny", is a Russian swimmer from Moscow.- References :...

10 1 1 3 10 25
12 Igor Borysik
Igor Borysik
Ihor Borysyk is a Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol.-External links:*...

16 5 21
13 Darian Townsend
Darian Townsend
Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....

3 3 14 20
14 César Cielo Filho 16 16
15 Thiago Pereira
Thiago Pereira
Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...

2 13 15
16 Nicholas Santos
Nicholas Santos
Nicholas Araújo Dias dos Santos is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer who specializes in sprint events. Nicholas swims for Esporte Clube Pinheiros. He swam the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:...

13 13
17 Frédérick Bousquet
Frédérick Bousquet
Frédérick Bousquet is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France. He was the holder of the world record in the 50 m freestyle in a time of 20.94 in long course, set on April 26, 2009 at the final of the French Championships...

10 10
18= Ashley Delaney
Ashley Delaney
Ashley Jason Delaney is a national-record holding and Olympic and World Championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia...

7 7
18= William Diering 7 7
20= George Du Rand
George Du Rand
Johannes Du Rand is a South African swimmer. As of 2008, he is the African and South African record holder in the men's long course 200 m backstroke...

5 5
20= Chris Wright 5 5
22 Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard is a French swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône.Bernard won three medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics. After competing on the silver medal-winning French 4×100 m relay team, Bernard won the gold medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event.He held the same 100 m...

4 4
23 Kyle Richardson
Kyle Richardson (swimmer)
Kyle Richardson is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in two relay events.-References:...

3 3
24 Nick D'Arcy
Nick D'Arcy
Nicholas James D'Arcy is a national-record holding butterfly swimmer from Australia. He was removed from Australia's 2008 Olympic team due to a violent altercation that happened shortly after the Australian Olympic Trials...

2 2
25= Felipe Lima 1 1
25= Felipe Silva
Felipe França Silva
Felipe Alves França da Silva is a breaststroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his country at the 2008 Olympics....

1 1
25= Lachlan Staples 1 1

Women

Rank Name Nationality Points awarded (Bonus) Total
BRA RSA AUS SIN RUS SWE GER
1 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

25 25 25 25 16 13 50 (20) 199
2 Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...

16 13 16 20 20 (20) 32 137
3 Kathryn Meaklim 3 16 10 13 16 20 78
4 Tao Li
Tao Li
Tao Li is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.A Singapore Sports School student, Tao has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games and holds several national records...

20 13 1 26 60
5 Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...

5 10 10 7 14 46
6 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

10 13 7 7 4 41
7 Coralie Balmy
Coralie Balmy
Coralie Balmy is a freestyle swimmer from France, who was born in Martinique . She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4×200 relay freestyle...

40 40
8 Valentina Artemyeva
Valentina Artemyeva
Valentina Artemyeva is a Russian breaststroke swimmer. She is the current European champion in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke ....

13 25 38
9 Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...

20 7 1 3 2 33
10 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 25 25
11= Cate Campbell
Cate Campbell
Cate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming...

20 20
11= Jessica Pengelly 20 20
13 Emily Seebohm
Emily Seebohm
Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...

16 16
14 Petra Granlund
Petra Granlund
Petra Granlund is a swimmer from Valla, representing Väsby SS. Granlund participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics for Sweden in the 200 m butterfly and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay race...

5 10 15
15= Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....

10 2 12
15= Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

7 5 12
17 Jeanette Ottesen
Jeanette Ottesen
Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...

10 7
18 Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...

2 6 8
19= Jade Edmistone
Jade Edmistone
Jade Edmistone is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who is the former world-record holder in the 50 m breaststroke at both short and long course formats of the event. She is coached by Stephan Widmar at the Commercial Swim Club in Brisbane...

7 7
19= Sarah Sjöström
Sarah Sjöström
Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish swimmer. On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, she took the gold medal in women's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She was clocked for 58.44 seconds...

2 5 7
21 Sophie Edington
Sophie Edington
Sophia Jane Edington is an Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer.She trained at the Kingscliff ASC club under Greg Salter. After Greg took up an overseas coaching role Sophie moved to Queensland to train under the QAS program from the end of 2008...

5 1 6
22 Elena Sokolova
Elena Sokolova (swimmer)
Elena Petrovna Sokolova is a Russian freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle, placing 2nd in her heat and 7th in the final. She was also a member of the Russian 4×100 m freestyle relay, which placed 12th in the heats and did not advance to the...

5 5
23 Melissa Corfe 3 1 4
24= Ellen Fullerton 3 3
24= Kristel Köbrich
Kristel Köbrich
Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....

3 3
24= Kelly Stubbins 3 3
27= Brooke Bishop 2 2
27= Olga Detenyuk 2 2
27= Mandy Loots
Mandy Loots
Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

2 2
30= Bronte Barratt
Bronte Barratt
Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt OAM is a competitive swimmer from Australia. At the World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai in 2006, Barratt won the gold medal in women's 4x200m freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400m freestyle.In 2007, she broke the oldest record in...

1 1
30= Carolina Henao 1 1

50 m freestyle

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte César Cielo Filho 21.32 Brooke Bishop 24.66
Durban Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

21.42 Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...

24.46
Sydney Kyle Richardson
Kyle Richardson (swimmer)
Kyle Richardson is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in two relay events.-References:...

21.45 Cate Campbell
Cate Campbell
Cate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming...

23.97
Singapore Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

21.39 Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...

24.33
Moscow Lyndon Ferns
Lyndon Ferns
Lyndon Ferns is a retired Olympic gold-medalist and former world record swimmer from South Africa. He swam for South Africa at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....

21.59 Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...

24.60
Stockholm Frédérick Bousquet
Frédérick Bousquet
Frédérick Bousquet is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France. He was the holder of the world record in the 50 m freestyle in a time of 20.94 in long course, set on April 26, 2009 at the final of the French Championships...

20.97 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

24.25
Berlin Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard is a French swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône.Bernard won three medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics. After competing on the silver medal-winning French 4×100 m relay team, Bernard won the gold medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event.He held the same 100 m...

21.25 Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...

24.16

100 m freestyle

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte César Cielo Filho 47.18 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

53.27
Durban Darian Townsend
Darian Townsend
Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....

47.24 Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...

53.07
Sydney Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

47.45 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

53.15
Singapore Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

46.78 Sarah Sjöström
Sarah Sjöström
Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish swimmer. On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, she took the gold medal in women's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She was clocked for 58.44 seconds...

53.94
Moscow Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

46.57 Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...

53.47
Stockholm Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

46.03 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 52.44
Berlin Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard is a French swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône.Bernard won three medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics. After competing on the silver medal-winning French 4×100 m relay team, Bernard won the gold medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event.He held the same 100 m...

46.28 Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...

52.87

200 m freestyle

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

1:44.58 Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...

1:57.05
Durban Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

1:43.62 Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...

1:55.91
Sydney Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

1:43.05 Ellen Fullerton 1:56.35
Singapore Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

1:44.47 Kelly Stubbins 1:56.38
Moscow Darian Townsend
Darian Townsend
Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....

1:43.44 Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...

1:56.00
Stockholm Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

1:42.86 Petra Granlund
Petra Granlund
Petra Granlund is a swimmer from Valla, representing Väsby SS. Granlund participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics for Sweden in the 200 m butterfly and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay race...

1:54.77
Berlin Paul Biedermann
Paul Biedermann
Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:...

1:40.83 WR Coralie Balmy
Coralie Balmy
Coralie Balmy is a freestyle swimmer from France, who was born in Martinique . She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4×200 relay freestyle...

1:54.05

400 m freestyle

Meet Men Women
Winner Nationality Time Winner Nationality Time
Belo Horizonte Armando Negreiros 3:45.78 Kathryn Meaklim 4:14.95
Durban Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

3:42.32 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

4:05.62
Sydney Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

3:40.49 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

4:03.31
Singapore Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

3:42.37 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

4:04.55
Moscow Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

3:40.52 Elena Sokolova
Elena Sokolova (swimmer)
Elena Petrovna Sokolova is a Russian freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle, placing 2nd in her heat and 7th in the final. She was also a member of the Russian 4×100 m freestyle relay, which placed 12th in the heats and did not advance to the...

4:03.99
Stockholm Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

3:38.42 Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...

4:02.64
Berlin Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

3:36.75 Coralie Balmy
Coralie Balmy
Coralie Balmy is a freestyle swimmer from France, who was born in Martinique . She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4×200 relay freestyle...

3:56.24 WC

1500 m (men) / 800 m (women) freestyle

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Belo Horizonte Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

15:16.43 Kathryn Meaklim 8:49.76
Durban Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

14:54.73 Kathryn Meaklim 8:42.50
Sydney Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

14:43.05 Kathryn Meaklim 8:32.62
Singapore Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

15:06.05 Melissa Corfe 8:35.75
Moscow Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

14:34.31 Elena Sokolova
Elena Sokolova (swimmer)
Elena Petrovna Sokolova is a Russian freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle, placing 2nd in her heat and 7th in the final. She was also a member of the Russian 4×100 m freestyle relay, which placed 12th in the heats and did not advance to the...

8:18.52
Stockholm Mads Glæsner
Mads Glæsner
Mads Glæsner is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the National Training Center in Copenhagen.-References:...

14:38.87 Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...

8:14.99
Berlin Mads Glæsner
Mads Glæsner
Mads Glæsner is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the National Training Center in Copenhagen.-References:...

14:38.97 Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...

8:14.41

50 m backstroke

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Belo Horizonte Randall Bal
Randall Bal
Randall Bal is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is a former world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke ....

23.87 Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

27.60
Durban Randall Bal
Randall Bal
Randall Bal is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is a former world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke ....

23.64 Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

27.39
Sydney Robert Hurley
Robert Hurley (swimmer)
Robert Hurley is an Australian swimmer and former world record holder in the short-course 50 metres backstroke...

23.24 WR Emily Seebohm
Emily Seebohm
Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...

27.21
Singapore Randall Bal
Randall Bal
Randall Bal is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is a former world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke ....

23.35 Sophie Edington
Sophie Edington
Sophia Jane Edington is an Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer.She trained at the Kingscliff ASC club under Greg Salter. After Greg took up an overseas coaching role Sophie moved to Queensland to train under the QAS program from the end of 2008...

27.56
Moscow Robert Hurley
Robert Hurley (swimmer)
Robert Hurley is an Australian swimmer and former world record holder in the short-course 50 metres backstroke...

23.54 Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

27.34
Stockholm Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall (swimmer)
Peter Jeffrey Marshall is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is the current world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke and former world record holder in the 100-meter backstroke ....

23.05 WR Sanja Jovanović
Sanja Jovanovic
Sanja Jovanović is a female backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position...

27.16
Berlin Randall Bal
Randall Bal
Randall Bal is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is a former world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke ....

22.87 WR Sanja Jovanović
Sanja Jovanovic
Sanja Jovanović is a female backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position...

27.19

100 m backstroke

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Belo Horizonte Stanislav Donets
Stanislav Donets
Stanislav Donets is a Russian swimmer from Dimitrovgrad. He was the world record holder for the 100m backstroke .-References:...

50.82 Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

59.07
Durban Randall Bal
Randall Bal
Randall Bal is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is a former world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke ....

50.88 Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

59.15
Sydney Stanislav Donets
Stanislav Donets
Stanislav Donets is a Russian swimmer from Dimitrovgrad. He was the world record holder for the 100m backstroke .-References:...

50.75 Emily Seebohm
Emily Seebohm
Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...

57.91
Singapore Robert Hurley
Robert Hurley (swimmer)
Robert Hurley is an Australian swimmer and former world record holder in the short-course 50 metres backstroke...

50.28 WC Sophie Edington
Sophie Edington
Sophia Jane Edington is an Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer.She trained at the Kingscliff ASC club under Greg Salter. After Greg took up an overseas coaching role Sophie moved to Queensland to train under the QAS program from the end of 2008...

59.02
Moscow Robert Hurley
Robert Hurley (swimmer)
Robert Hurley is an Australian swimmer and former world record holder in the short-course 50 metres backstroke...

50.51 Anastasia Zuyeva 58.81
Stockholm Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall (swimmer)
Peter Jeffrey Marshall is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is the current world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke and former world record holder in the 100-meter backstroke ....

49.94 WR Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

58.67
Berlin Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall (swimmer)
Peter Jeffrey Marshall is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is the current world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke and former world record holder in the 100-meter backstroke ....

49.63 WR Daniela Samulski
Daniela Samulski
Daniela Samulski is a German swimmer who has competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-External links:*...

58.03

200 m backstroke

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Belo Horizonte Randall Bal
Randall Bal
Randall Bal is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is a former world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke ....

1:54.11 Carolina Colorado 2:09.12
Durban George Du Rand
George Du Rand
Johannes Du Rand is a South African swimmer. As of 2008, he is the African and South African record holder in the men's long course 200 m backstroke...

1:51.82 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

2:04.98
Sydney Robert Hurley
Robert Hurley (swimmer)
Robert Hurley is an Australian swimmer and former world record holder in the short-course 50 metres backstroke...

1:52.39 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

2:04.75
Singapore Ashley Delaney
Ashley Delaney
Ashley Jason Delaney is a national-record holding and Olympic and World Championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia...

1:52.31 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

2:05.63
Moscow Ryosuke Irie
Ryosuke Irie
is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is a Kinki University student in Osaka.-History:He was born in Osaka prefecture and started his actual swimming carrier in his junior high school years. In 2005 he won the national high school championships in 200 meter backstroke when he was a first year grade...

1:52.61 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

2:04.93
Stockholm Ryosuke Irie
Ryosuke Irie
is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is a Kinki University student in Osaka.-History:He was born in Osaka prefecture and started his actual swimming carrier in his junior high school years. In 2005 he won the national high school championships in 200 meter backstroke when he was a first year grade...

1:51.71 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

2:04.88
Berlin Ryosuke Irie
Ryosuke Irie
is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is a Kinki University student in Osaka.-History:He was born in Osaka prefecture and started his actual swimming carrier in his junior high school years. In 2005 he won the national high school championships in 200 meter backstroke when he was a first year grade...

1:51.34 Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

2:04.31

50 m breaststroke

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Belo Horizonte Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

26.89 Valentina Artemyeva
Valentina Artemyeva
Valentina Artemyeva is a Russian breaststroke swimmer. She is the current European champion in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke ....

30.78
Durban Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

26.45 Suzaan van Biljon
Suzaan van Biljon
Suzaan van Biljon is an Olympic-swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics, and as of June 2009 holds both African and South African records.-External links:*...

32.42
Sydney Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

26.93 Jade Edmistone
Jade Edmistone
Jade Edmistone is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who is the former world-record holder in the 50 m breaststroke at both short and long course formats of the event. She is coached by Stephan Widmar at the Commercial Swim Club in Brisbane...

30.43
Singapore Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

26.37 Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....

30.78
Moscow Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

26.08 WR Valentina Artemyeva
Valentina Artemyeva
Valentina Artemyeva is a Russian breaststroke swimmer. She is the current European champion in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke ....

29.86 WC
Stockholm Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

25.94 WR Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...

30.37
Berlin Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

26.05 Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....

30.43

100 m breaststroke

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Belo Horizonte Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

58.19 Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....

1:06.71
Durban Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

57.99 Suzaan van Biljon
Suzaan van Biljon
Suzaan van Biljon is an Olympic-swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics, and as of June 2009 holds both African and South African records.-External links:*...

1:08.77
Sydney Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

58.47 Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...

1:05.79
Singapore Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

58.19 Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...

1:05.70
Moscow Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

56.88 WR Valentina Artemyeva
Valentina Artemyeva
Valentina Artemyeva is a Russian breaststroke swimmer. She is the current European champion in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke ....

1:04.71
Stockholm Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

57.06 Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...

1:04.84
Berlin Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...

57.32 Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...

1:05.07

200 m breaststroke

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Belo Horizonte Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

2:07.58 Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....

2:27.00
Durban Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

2:06.07 Kathryn Meaklim 2:24.49
Sydney Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

2:06.43 Kathryn Meaklim 2:23.86
Singapore Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

2:05.48 Joline Höstman
Joline Höstman
Joline Höstman is a Swedish swimmer from Gothenburg. She was born Höglund but changed her name in 2007 to her mother's maiden name.-Long course :- Short course :-References:...

2:23.21
Moscow Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:...

2:05.75 Olga Detenyuk 2:21.70
Stockholm Igor Borysik
Igor Borysik
Ihor Borysyk is a Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol.-External links:*...

2:05.68 Kathryn Meaklim 2:22.07
Berlin Igor Borysik
Igor Borysik
Ihor Borysyk is a Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol.-External links:*...

2:05.77 Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Katsoulis
Sarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...

2:23.09

50 m butterfly

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Belo Horizonte Nicholas Santos
Nicholas Santos
Nicholas Araújo Dias dos Santos is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer who specializes in sprint events. Nicholas swims for Esporte Clube Pinheiros. He swam the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:...

23.06 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

25.63
Durban Neil Watson 23.81 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

25.56
Sydney Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic
Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is a swimmer and former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly .He was born in Montenegro before moving to Australia to study law and taking out Australian citizenship.- Personal bests :...

22.50 WR Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

25.46
Singapore Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic
Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is a swimmer and former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly .He was born in Montenegro before moving to Australia to study law and taking out Australian citizenship.- Personal bests :...

22.82 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

25.56
Moscow Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic
Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is a swimmer and former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly .He was born in Montenegro before moving to Australia to study law and taking out Australian citizenship.- Personal bests :...

23.12 Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...

25.53
Stockholm Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic
Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is a swimmer and former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly .He was born in Montenegro before moving to Australia to study law and taking out Australian citizenship.- Personal bests :...

22.85 Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...

25.31 WR
Berlin Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic
Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is a swimmer and former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly .He was born in Montenegro before moving to Australia to study law and taking out Australian citizenship.- Personal bests :...

22.58 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

24.99 WR

100 m butterfly

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Belo Horizonte Evgeny Korotyshkin
Evgeny Korotyshkin
Yevgeny Yevgeniyevich Korotyshkin, occasionally spelled "Evgeny", is a Russian swimmer from Moscow.- References :...

50.86 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

57.51
Durban Garth Tune 52.19 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

57.03
Sydney Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic
Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is a swimmer and former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly .He was born in Montenegro before moving to Australia to study law and taking out Australian citizenship.- Personal bests :...

50.50 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

56.88
Singapore Evgeny Korotyshkin
Evgeny Korotyshkin
Yevgeny Yevgeniyevich Korotyshkin, occasionally spelled "Evgeny", is a Russian swimmer from Moscow.- References :...

50.84 Tao Li
Tao Li
Tao Li is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.A Singapore Sports School student, Tao has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games and holds several national records...

56.85
Moscow Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic
Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is a swimmer and former World Record Holder in the 50 m Butterfly .He was born in Montenegro before moving to Australia to study law and taking out Australian citizenship.- Personal bests :...

50.68 Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...

56.97
Stockholm Evgeny Korotyshkin
Evgeny Korotyshkin
Yevgeny Yevgeniyevich Korotyshkin, occasionally spelled "Evgeny", is a Russian swimmer from Moscow.- References :...

50.22 Tao Li
Tao Li
Tao Li is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.A Singapore Sports School student, Tao has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games and holds several national records...

56.87
Berlin Evgeny Korotyshkin
Evgeny Korotyshkin
Yevgeny Yevgeniyevich Korotyshkin, occasionally spelled "Evgeny", is a Russian swimmer from Moscow.- References :...

49.74 WC Tao Li
Tao Li
Tao Li is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.A Singapore Sports School student, Tao has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games and holds several national records...

56.28 WC

200 m butterfly

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Belo Horizonte Kaio de Almeida
Kaio de Almeida
Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida is a Brazilian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida....

1:56.74 Mandy Loots
Mandy Loots
Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

2:09.78
Durban Sebastien Rousseau 1:55.73 Mandy Loots
Mandy Loots
Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

2:07.84
Sydney Chris Wright 1:53.37 Kathryn Meaklim 2:08.85
Nick D'Arcy
Nick D'Arcy
Nicholas James D'Arcy is a national-record holding butterfly swimmer from Australia. He was removed from Australia's 2008 Olympic team due to a violent altercation that happened shortly after the Australian Olympic Trials...

Singapore Chris Wright 1:54.38 Amy Smith 2:07.39
Moscow Nikolay Skvortsov
Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer)
Nikolay Valeryevich Skvortsov is a butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain. He swam for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he finished in seventh place in the 200 fly....

1:52.90 Amy Smith 2:06.64
Stockholm Nikolay Skvortsov
Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer)
Nikolay Valeryevich Skvortsov is a butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain. He swam for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he finished in seventh place in the 200 fly....

1:52.33 Petra Granlund
Petra Granlund
Petra Granlund is a swimmer from Valla, representing Väsby SS. Granlund participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics for Sweden in the 200 m butterfly and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay race...

2:06.44
Berlin Nikolay Skvortsov
Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer)
Nikolay Valeryevich Skvortsov is a butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain. He swam for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he finished in seventh place in the 200 fly....

1:51.78 Petra Granlund
Petra Granlund
Petra Granlund is a swimmer from Valla, representing Väsby SS. Granlund participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics for Sweden in the 200 m butterfly and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay race...

2:06.00

100 m individual medley

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Belo Horizonte Thiago Pereira
Thiago Pereira
Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...

53.75 Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

1:01.52
Durban Darian Townsend
Darian Townsend
Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....

53.37 Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Molina
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

1:01.31
Sydney Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

53.84 Emily Seebohm
Emily Seebohm
Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...

1:00.39
Singapore Thiago Pereira
Thiago Pereira
Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...

52.74 Svetlana Karpeeva 1:01.61
Moscow Darian Townsend
Darian Townsend
Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....

53.97 Olga Klyuchnikova 1:01.37
Stockholm Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

52.78 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 59.07
Berlin Darian Townsend
Darian Townsend
Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....

51.80 Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....

1:00.88

200 m individual medley

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Belo Horizonte Thiago Pereira
Thiago Pereira
Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...

1:56.33 Kathryn Meaklim 2:12.50
Durban Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

1:56.73 Kathryn Meaklim 2:10.09
Sydney Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

1:56.30 Kathryn Meaklim 2:10.03
Singapore Thiago Pereira
Thiago Pereira
Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...

1:53.76 Kathryn Meaklim 2:10.59
Moscow Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

1:55.10 Tomoya Fukuda 2:11.25
Stockholm Darian Townsend
Darian Townsend
Darian Roy Townsend is a college and international swimmer from South Africa who is an Olympic gold medalist.Townsend was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....

1:54.96 Kathryn Meaklim 2:09.54
Berlin Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

1:52.41 WC Theresa Michalak 2:10.92

400 m individual medley

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Belo Horizonte Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

4:17.68 Kathryn Meaklim 4:38.11
Durban Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

4:08.84 Jessica Pengelly 4:30.45
Sydney Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

4:06.47 Kathryn Meaklim 4:31.52
Singapore Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

4:02.93 Kathryn Meaklim 4:32.31
Moscow Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....

4:07.97 Svetlana Karpeeva 4:41.26
Stockholm Chris Christensen
Chris Christensen
Chris Christensen is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 200 metre breaststroke and the 200 metre individual medley. His swimming club is West-Swim Esbjerg.-References:...

4:11.47 Kathryn Meaklim 4:27.21 WC
Berlin Robert Margalis
Robert Margalis
Robert Margalis is an American medley swimmer who won the gold medal in the men's 400m individual medley event at the 2003 Pan American Games. At the next edition, four years later in Rio de Janeiro, he captured three silver medals.-References:* *...

4:13.30 Kathryn Meaklim 4:29.41


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