List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming

Below is a complete list of the Commonwealth Games records in swimming, ratified by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). Competition is held in long course (50 m) pools.

This is not to be confused with Commonwealth records, which are records by athletes from Commowealth nations, but performed in any meet or competition.

Men's events

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	21.76	sf	Proud, BenjaminBenjamin Proud	England	28 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[1]
100 m freestyle	47.98		Hayden, BrentBrent Hayden	Canada	7 Oct 2010	2010 Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:44.71		Thorpe, IanIan Thorpe	Australia	31 Jul 2002	2002 Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	[3]
400 m freestyle	3:40.08		Thorpe, IanIan Thorpe	Australia	30 Jul 2002	2002 Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	[4]
1500 m freestyle	14:41.66		Perkins, KierenKieren Perkins	Australia	18 Aug 1994	1994 Commonwealth Games	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	[5]
50 m backstroke	24.62		Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock	England	5 Oct 2010	2010 Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	[6]
100m backstroke	53.12		Walker-Hebborn, ChrisChris Walker-Hebborn	England	25 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[7]
200 m backstroke	1:55.58		Goddard, JamesJames Goddard	England	6 Oct 2010	2010 Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	[8]
50m breaststroke	26.76		van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	28 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[9]
100m breaststroke	58.94		Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	England	26 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[10]
200m breaststroke	2:07.30		Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch	Scotland	24 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[11]
50m butterfly	22.93		Proud, BenjaminBenjamin Proud	England	25 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[12]
100m butterfly	51.29		le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	South Africa	28 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[13]
200m butterfly	1:55.07		le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	South Africa	26 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[14]
200m individual medley	1:57.83		Tranter, DanielDaniel Tranter	Australia	29 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[15]
400m individual medley	4:11.04	h	Wallace, DanielDaniel Wallace	Scotland	25 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[16]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:13.44		(49.26) Tommaso D'Orsogna  (48.77) Matt Abood  (47.49) James Magnussen  (47.92) Cameron McEvoy	Australia	25 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[17]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:07.38		(1:48.10) Cameron McEvoy  (1:45.82) David McKeon  (1:48.28) Ned McKendry  (1:45.18) Thomas Fraser-Holmes	Australia	27 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[18]
4×100m medley relay	3:31.51		(53.40) Chris Walker-Hebborn  (58.59) Adam Peaty  (51.02) Adam Barrett  (48.50) Adam Brown	England	29 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[19]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Commonwealth Games Federation; WR – World record; CR – Commonwealth record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg

Women's events

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.96	CR	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall	England	26 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[20]
100m freestyle	52.68		Campbell, CateCate Campbell	Australia	28 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[21]
200m freestyle	1:55.57		McKeon, EmmaEmma McKeon	Australia	24 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[22]
400m freestyle	4:04.47		Boyle, LaurenLauren Boyle	New Zealand	29 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[23]
800m freestyle	8:18.11		Carlin, JazminJazmin Carlin	Wales	28 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[24]
50m backstroke	27.56		Davies, GeorgiaGeorgia Davies	Wales	29 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[25]
100m backstroke	59.37		Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	26 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[26]
200m backstroke	2:07.24		Hocking, BelindaBelinda Hocking	Australia	27 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[27]
50m breaststroke	30.17	sf	Atkinson, AliaAlia Atkinson	Jamaica	24 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[28]
100 m breaststroke	1:05.09		Jones, LeiselLeisel Jones	Australia	20 Mar 2006	2006 Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia
200 m breaststroke	2:20.72		Jones, LeiselLeisel Jones	Australia	18 Mar 2006	2006 Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia
50m butterfly	25.20	CR	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall	England	27 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[29]
100m butterfly	57.40		Savard, KaterineKaterine Savard	Canada	25 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[30]
200 m butterfly	2:06.09		Schipper, JessicahJessicah Schipper	Australia	21 Mar 2006	2006 Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia
200m individual medley	2:08.21		O'Connor, Siobhan-MarieSiobhan-Marie O'Connor	England	27 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[31]
400m individual medley	4:31.76		Miley, HannahHannah Miley	Scotland	24 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[32]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:30.98	WR	(53.15) Bronte Campbell  (52.76) Melanie Schlanger  (52.91) Emma McKeon  (52.16) Cate Campbell	Australia	24 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[33]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:49.90		(1:56.01) Emma McKeon  (1:59.34) Alicia Coutts  (1:57.89) Brittany Elmslie  (1:56.66) Bronte Barratt	Australia	26 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[34]
4×100m medley relay	3:56.23		(59.41) Emily Seebohm  (1:08.28) Lorna Tonks  (56.95) Emma McKeon  (51.59) Cate Campbell	Australia	29 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	[35]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Commonwealth Games Federation; WR – World record; CR – Commonwealth record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg

Record holder's gallery

Some of the current Commonwealth Games record holders in swimming:

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  Leisel Jones

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  Brent Hayden

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  Chad le Clos

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  Fran Halsall

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  Ian Thorpe

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  Emily Seebohm

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  Hannah Miley

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External links

• Commonwealth Games Federation - Commonwealth Games Records by Sport - Swimming