Commonwealth records in swimming

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Below is a list of current Commonwealth swimming records. This includes all countries that make up the Commonwealth of Nations. Of the 82 events, Australia currently holds records in 56 of them, Great Britain 17, South Africa 5, New Zealand 3, and Canada 1.

Contents 1 Current Commonwealth records 1.1 Long course (50 metres) 1.1.1 Men 1.1.2 Women 1.2 Short course (25 metres) 1.2.1 Men 1.2.2 Women 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Current Commonwealth records

[edit] Long course (50 metres)

[edit] Men

All records were achieved in finals unless otherwise specified. An asterisk (*) indicates that this record has been achieved since the latest records publication. A plus (+) indicates that this record also is the current world record.

Event	Result	Name	Date	Location
50 m freestyle	21.28+	Eamon Sullivan	28 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[1]
100 m freestyle	47.52	Eamon Sullivan	26 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:44.06	Ian Thorpe	25 July 2001	Fukuoka, Japan	[3]
400 m freestyle	3:40.08+	Ian Thorpe	30 July 2002	Manchester, United Kingdom	[4]
800 m freestyle	7:38.65+	Grant Hackett	27 July 2005	Montreal, Canada	[5]
1500 m freestyle	14:34.56+	Grant Hackett	29 July 2001	Fukuoka, Japan	[6]
50 m backstroke	24.47+	Liam Tancock	2 April 2008	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[7]
100 m backstroke	53.46	Liam Tancock	22 August 2007	Chiba, Japan	[8]
200 m backstroke	1:56.67	Gregor Tait	3 April 2008	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[9]
50 m breaststroke	27.30	Brenton Rickard	28 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[1]
100 m breaststroke	59.88	Chris Cook	2 April 2008	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[10]
200 m breaststroke	2:09.51	Brenton Rickard	26 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[2]
50 m butterfly	22.96+	Roland Schoeman	25 July 2005	Montreal, Canada	[11]
100 m butterfly	51.81	Michael Klim	12 December 1999	Canberra, Australia	[12]
200 m butterfly	1:54.99	Moss Burmester	27 March 2008	Auckland, New Zealand (heats)	[13]
200 m IM	1:57.72	James Goddard	2 April 2008	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[10]
400 m IM	4:12.59	Thomas Haffield	3 April 2008	Sheffield, United Kingdom (heats)	[14]
4x100 m freestyle relay	3:13.17	Roland Schoeman (48.17) Lyndon Ferns (48.13) Darian Townsend (48.96) Ryk Neethling (47.91)	15 August 2004	Athens, Greece	[15]
4x200 m freestyle relay	7:04.66	Grant Hackett (1:46.11) Michael Klim (1:46.49) William Kirby (1:47.92) Ian Thorpe (1:44.14)	27 July 2001	Fukuoka, Japan	[16]
4x100 m medley relay	3:34.37	Matt Welsh (54.84) Brenton Rickard (59.51) Michael Klim (51.87) Eamon Sullivan (48.15)	March 21, 2006	Melbourne, Australia	[17]

[edit] Women

Event	Result	Name	Date	Location
50 m freestyle	23.97+	Libby Trickett	29 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[18]
100 m freestyle	52.88+	Libby Trickett	27 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[19]
200 m freestyle	1:56.60	Bronte Barratt	25 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[20]
400 m freestyle	4:04.50	Rebecca Adlington	2 April 2008	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[10]
800 m freestyle	8:19.22	Rebecca Adlington	3 April 2008	Sheffield, United Kingdom (heats)	[14]
1500 m freestyle	16:04.84	Hayley Lewis	12 August 1993	Kobe, Japan
50 m backstroke	27.67+	Sophie Edington	23 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[21]
100 m backstroke	59.59	Emily Seebohm	24 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[22]
200 m backstroke	2:08.551	Meagen Nay	28 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[1]
50 m breaststroke	30.31+	Jade Edmistone	30 January 2006	Melbourne, Australia	[23]
100 m breaststroke	1:05.09+	Leisel Jones	20 March 2006	Melbourne, Australia	[24]
200 m breaststroke	2:20.54+	Leisel Jones	1 February 2006	Melbourne, Australia	[25]
50 m butterfly	26.05	Danni Miatke	31 March 2007	Melbourne, Australia	[26]
100 m butterfly	56.81	Libby Trickett	23 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[21]
200 m butterfly	2:05.40+	Jessicah Schipper	17 August 2006	Victoria, Canada	[27]
200 m IM	2:08.92+	Stephanie Rice	25 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[20]
400 m IM	4:31.46+	Stephanie Rice	22 March 2008	Sydney, Australia	[28]
4x100 m freestyle relay	3:35.48	Libby Lenton (53.42) Melanie Schlanger (53.95) Shayne Reese (54.90) Jodie Henry (53.21)	25 March 2007	Melbourne, Australia	[29]
4x200 m freestyle relay	7:52.36	Joanne Jackson (1:59.10) Melanie Marshall (1:57.81) Ellen Gandy (1:59.26) Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.19)	21 March 2008	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[30]
4x100 m medley relay	3:55.74+	Emily Seebohm (1:00.79) Leisel Jones (1:04.94) Jessicah Schipper (57.18) Libby Lenton (52.83)	31 March 2007	Melbourne, Australia	[31]

[edit] Short course (25 metres)

[edit] Men

Event	Result	Name	Date	Location
50 m freestyle	20.98	Roland Schoeman	12 August 2006	Hamburg, Germany (heats)	[32]
100 m freestyle	46.25	Roland Schoeman	22 January 2005	Berlin, Germany	[33]
200 m freestyle	1:41.10+	Ian Thorpe	6 February 2000	Berlin, Germany	[34]
400 m freestyle	3:34.58+	Grant Hackett	18 July 2002	Sydney, Australia	[35]
800 m freestyle	7:25.28+	Grant Hackett	3 August 2001	Perth, Australia	[36]
1500 m freestyle	14:10.10+	Grant Hackett	7 August 2001	Perth, Australia	[37]
50 m backstroke	23.31	Matt Welsh	2 September 2002	Melbourne, Australia	[38]
100 m backstroke	50.14	Liam Tancock	10 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[39]
200 m backstroke	1:50.49	Ashley Delaney	13 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[40]
50 m breaststroke	26.62	Brenton Rickard	27 April 2008	Canberra, Australia	[41]
100 m breaststroke	57.82	Brenton Rickard	27 April 2008	Canberra, Australia	[41]
200 m breaststroke	2:04.03	Jim Piper	22 January 2005	Berlin, Germany	[42]
50 m butterfly	22.70	Adam Pine	11 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom (semis)	[43]
100 m butterfly	50.09	Adam Pine	9 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom (semis)	[44]
200 m butterfly	1:51.05	Moss Burmester	13 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[45]
100 m IM	51.52	Ryk Neethling	11 February 2005	East Meadow, United States	[46]
200 m IM	1:53.10	Liam Tancock	11 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[47]
400 m IM	4:02.72	Brian Johns	21 February 2003	Victoria, Canada	[48]
4x100 m freestyle relay	3:10.32	Leith Brodie (48.09) Grant Brits (46.89) Kirk Palmer (47.82) Kenrick Monk (47.52)	9 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[44]
4x200 m freestyle relay	6:52.66+	Kirk Palmer (1:43.12) Grant Hackett (1:42.75) Grant Britts (1:44.01) Kenrick Monk (1:42.78)	31 August 2007	Melbourne, Australia	[49]
4x100 m medley relay	3:27.15	Daniel Bell (51.84) Glenn Snyders (57.91) Corney Swanepoel (50.61) Cameron Gibson (46.79)	13 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[45]

[edit] Women

Event	Result	Name	Date	Location
50 m freestyle	23.77	Libby Lenton	2 September 2007	Melbourne, Australia	[50]
100 m freestyle	51.70+	Libby Lenton	9 August 2005	Melbourne, Australia	[51]
200 m freestyle	1:53.29+	Libby Lenton	19 November 2005	Sydney, Australia	[52]
400 m freestyle	3:59.23	Kylie Palmer	11 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[43]
800 m freestyle	8:08.25	Rebecca Adlington	10 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[39]
1500 m freestyle	15:51.74	Rebecca Cooke	17 May 2005	Loughborough, United Kingdom
50 m backstroke	26.942	Belinda Hocking	13 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[40]
100 m backstroke	57.833	Rachel Goh	10 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[53]
200 m backstroke	2:02.604	Elizabeth Simmonds	11 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[47]
50 m breaststroke	29.90	Jade Edmistone	26 September 2004	Brisbane, Australia	[54]
100 m breaststroke	1:03.72+	Leisel Jones	26 April 2008	Canberra, Australia	[55]
200 m breaststroke	2:17.75+	Leisel Jones	29 November 2003	Melbourne, Australia	[56]
50 m butterfly	25.32+	Felicity Galvez	11 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[43]
100 m butterfly	55.74+	Libby Trickett	26 April 2008	Canberra, Australia	[55]
200 m butterfly	2:04.16	Susie O'Neill	18 January 2000	Sydney, Australia	[57]
100 m IM	59.58	Shayne Reese	11 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[43]
200 m IM	2:08.795	Hannah Miley	12 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[58]
400 m IM	4:27.276	Hannah Miley	9 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[59]
4x100 m freestyle relay	3:31.66	Libby Lenton (51.91) Melanie Schlanger (53.23) Shayne Reese (53.27) Alice Mills (53.25)	2 September 2007	Melbourne, Australia	[50]
4x200 m freestyle relay	7:38.96	Joanne Jackson (1:54.78) Melanie Marshall (1:55.83) Caitlin McClatchey (1:54.64) Rebecca Adlington (1:53.71)	9 April 2008	Manchester, United Kingdom	[59]
4x100 m medley relay	3:51.84	Tayliah Zimmer (58.54) Jade Edmistone (1:04.95) Jessicah Schipper (56.36) Libby Lenton (51.99)	7 April 2006	Shanghai, PR China	[60]

[edit] Notes

1. ^  Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe swam a 2:06.39 in the final of the event on 16 February 2008 at the Missouri Grand Prix in Columbia. However, due to Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations, this record was not ratified.
2. ^  Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe swam a 26.85 in the final of the event on 13 April 2008 at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester. However, due to Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations, this record was not ratified.
3. ^  Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe swam a 57.10 in the final of the event on 10 April 2008 at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester. However, due to Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations, this record was not ratified.
4. ^  Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe swam a 2:00.91 in final of the event on 11 April 2008 at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester. However, due to Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations, this record was not ratified.
5. ^  Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe swam a 2:06.13 in final of the event on 12 April 2008 at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester. However, due to Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations, this record was not ratified.
6. ^  Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe swam a 4:26.52 in final of the event on 9 April 2008 at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester. However, due to Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations, this record was not ratified.

[edit] References

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