List Of French Records In Swimming
This is a listing of the French records in swimming. They are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing France (or one of its outlying areas) in both 50 m and 25 m swimming courses.
The records are maintained/recognized by France's national swimming federation: Fédération Française de Natation (FFN).
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