World Records at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Swimming

Swimming

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  • Men's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay: Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Matt Grevers of the United States: 3:12.23, (August 10)
  • Men's 400m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps of the United States, 4:03.84, (August 10)
  • Women's 400m Individual Medley: Stephanie Rice of Australia, 4:29.45, (August 10)
  • Men's 100m Freestyle: Eamon Sullivan of Australia, 47.24, (August 11)
  • Men's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay: Jason Lezak, Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale and Cullen Jones of the United States: 3:08.24, (August 11)
  • Women's 100m Backstroke: Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, 58.77, (August 11)
  • Men's 100m Breaststroke: Kosuke Kitajima of Japan, 58.91, (August 11)
  • Women's 200m Freestyle: Federica Pellegrini of Italy, 1:55.45, (August 11)
  • Men's 200m Freestyle: Michael Phelps of the United States, 1:42.96 (August 12)
  • Men's 100m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol of the United States, 52.54, (August 12)
  • Men's 100m Freestyle: Alain Bernard of France, 47.20, (August 13)
  • Men's 100m Freestyle: Eamon Sullivan of Australia, 47.05, (August 13)
  • Women's 200m Freestyle: Federica Pellegrini of Italy, 1:54.82, (August 13)
  • Women's 800m Freestyle: Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain, 8:14.10, (August 16)
  • Men's 200m Butterfly: Michael Phelps of the United States, 1:52.03 (August 13)
  • Women's 200m Individual Medley: Stephanie Rice of Australia, 2:08.45, (August 13)
  • Men's 4 × 200m Freestyle: Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay and Ricky Berens, of the United States, 6:58.56, (August 13)
  • Women's 200m Butterfly: Liu Zige of China, 2:04.18, (August 14)
  • Women's 4 × 200m Freestyle Relay: Stephanie Rice, Linda Mackenzie, Bronte Barratt and Kylie Palmer of Australia, 7:44.31, (August 14)
  • Women's 200m Breaststroke: Rebecca Soni of the United States, 2:20.22, (August 15)
  • Men's 200m Backstroke: Ryan Lochte of the United States, 1:53.94, (August 15)
  • Men's 200m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps of the United States, 1:54.23 (August 15)
  • Women's 200m Backstroke: Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, 2:05.24, (August 16)
  • Women's 4 × 100m Medley Relay: Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Libby Trickett, of Australia, 3:52.69 (August 17)
  • Men's 4 × 100m Medley Relay: Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak, of the United States, 3:29.34 (August 17)

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