Australia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece from 13 to 29 August 2004. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The Australian Olympic Committee sent a total of 470 athletes to the Games to compete in 29 sports.
Germany competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after its reunification in 1990. The German Olympic Sports Confederation sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games since its reunification. A total of 441 athletes, 250 men and 191 women, competed in 27 sports, and were nominated by DOSB at four occasions.
Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The delegation of athletes and officials were represented by the Japanese Olympic Committee.
This is a listing of the history of the World Record for the 50 backstroke swimming event. Swimming World Records are maintained by FINA, the international sports federation which oversees the sport. World Records are recognized only in meter-courses: long course (50m) and short course (25m). Like the other 50s of stroke, World Record status/monitoring for this event first began in the 1990s.
The women's 400 metres event at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 1, 2013 at 11:00, March 2, 16:35 (semi-final) and March 3, 11:15 (final) local time.
The men's 10 metre platform competition at 2013 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 27 with the preliminary round and semifinal and the final on July 28.
Nicolas Fink is an American five-time world champion in breaststroke events. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×100 meter medley relay and 4×50 meter mixed medley relay. He is the Americas record holder in the short course 50 meter breaststroke, 100 meter breaststroke, and 200 meter breaststroke as well as the American record holder in the long course 50 meter breaststroke. In the 50 meter breaststroke, he won the World Short Course titles in 2021 and 2022 and World Long Course title in 2022. In the 100 meter breaststroke, he is the 2022 World Short Course gold medalist. In the 200 meter breaststroke, he is the 2021 World Short Course gold medalist.
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 3 December with the heats and the semifinals and 4 December with the final.
The Women's sprint event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 5 and 6 March 2016. Zhong Tianshi of China won the gold medal.
The Men's team sprint event of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 was held on 26 February 2017.
Kristóf Milák is a Hungarian swimmer. He is the current holder of the world record in the long course 200 metre butterfly and the European record in the long course 100 metre butterfly. He also currently holds the Hungarian record in the short course 50 metre backstroke. At his first Olympic Games, the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 200 metre butterfly and a silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly. He has also won three gold medals and one silver at the World Aquatic Championships, as well as three gold medals at the European Aquatics Championships. He was the gold medalist in the 400 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and 200 metre butterfly events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Kaylee Rochelle McKeown is an Australian swimmer and triple Olympic gold medalist. She is the world record holder in the long course 100 metre backstroke and both the long course and short course 200 metre backstroke. She won Gold in both the 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke, as well as the 4×100 metre medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics staged in Tokyo in 2021.
The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019.
The Men's sprint competition at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 29 February and 1 March 2020.
The Men's team sprint competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 was held on 28 February 2021.
The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2021.
The Men's sprint competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 23 and 24 October 2021.
The 2022 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from March 26 to April 1 at the Stratford Rotary Complex in Stratford, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Füssen, Germany.
The Men's 3 metre springboard competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 27 and 28 June 2022.
