List of textile best times in swimming

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Many of the world records in swimming were established by swimmers wearing bodysuits or suits made of polyurethane or other non-textile materials allowed in the race pool from February 2008 until December 2009. These suits seemed to improve the performance for top athletes, especially those with larger physiques. The times shown below are the fastest in the world set by swimmers wearing suits made of textile materials.

Contents

Long course

Men

EventTimeNameNationalityDateMeetLocationRef
50 m freestyle 21.04+0.13 Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27 July 2019 World Championships Gwangju, South Korea [1]
200 m freestyle 1:42.97+0.97 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 15 August 2022 European Championships Rome, Italy [2]
400 m freestyle 3:40.08+0.01 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30 July 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom [3]
800 m freestyle 7:37.00+4.88 Ahmed Hafnaoui Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 26 July 2023 World Championships Fukuoka, Japan [4]
200 m backstroke 1:52.96+1.04 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg United States29 July 2011 World Championships Shanghai, China [3]
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:08.97+0.73
Flag of the United States.svg United States26 July 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan [5]
4×200 m freestyle relay 6:58.58+0.03
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain28 July 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan [6]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by World Aquatics;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Women

EventTimeNameNationalityDateMeetLocationRef
200 m butterfly 2:03.03+1.22 Summer McIntosh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada1 August 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France [7]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by World Aquatics;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Mixed relay

All mixed relays textile best times are also world records.

Short course

All textile best short course times are also world records.

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 50m Freestyle Finals Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Textile Best Times". 11 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "USA men dip under 3:09 to swim fastest textile 4×100 free relay ever". SwimSwam. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Women's 200m Butterfly - Finals results". Olympics. 1 Aug 2024. Retrieved 1 Aug 2024.
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