Swimming World Records

Woody of Sharkiteuthis Diving Co. performed the Thriller Dance 69 feet underwater. He set the record during Kids Sea Camp in Belize.

JK32 swam 25 feet in 21.20 seconds with a broken ring finger on his left hand. He set the record at Red Lerille's Health Club in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Jack Nunn, a former US national team rower who won silver in the eight at the 2001 Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria, finished three of triathlon's most punishing races in a little over two years. He completed the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon in Norway in 15:02:45 in August 2017, the three-day, 320-mile Ultraman Florida in 33:24:36 in February 2019, and the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii in 15:05:51 in October 2019. RecordSetter checked each finish against the official published race results, for a combined 63 hours, 33 minutes and 12 seconds. Not bad for a 6-foot-3, 220-pound athlete built for a rowing shell rather than a mountain climb.

Joe Salter completed a triathlon while juggling in one hour, 57 minutes. See Rules for full information.

Chengyong Wu was 14 years old when he left the block 0.49 seconds after the starting signal at the 2024 Olympic HKG Long Course Swimming Invitational Trial I in Hong Kong, racing out of lane 4 in the men's 200-meter individual medley. Reaction time measures the gap between the starter's tone and the swimmer's first movement, and it is registered by pressure sensors built into the starting block rather than judged by eye, so the figure that flashed on the official scoreboard is the block's own verdict. The whole record was over before he touched the water, which is a fine reminder that swimming races are decided in places nobody is watching.

Clyde completed 25 push-ups and a 50-meter swim sprint in one minute, 16.23 seconds.

Joe Salter joggled and swuggled 44 fruits and vegetables in 21 minutes, 32.00 seconds.

Dan Miller and his friends jumped in all five Great Lakes (Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior) in eight hours, 51 minutes, 44 seconds.

Alicia Weber performed 200 consecutive push-ups followed by a 200-meter freestyle swim in seven minutes, 45.45 seconds.

Shin Clinton ran across his covered swimming pool in 4.69 seconds.

Ana Lominadze of the Georgian Records Federation swam 25 meters in 21.76 seconds while wearing handcuffs and with her feet tied together with an iron chain. She set the record at the Dighomi Swimming Pool in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Georgian Records Federation's Ana Lominadze swam 5,500 meters in the Dardanelles Strait in 50 minutes with her hands and legs bound. See photos of the attempt here. Learn more about the attempt here. NOTE: This record is dangerous and should only be attempted by professionals.

Woody T. led 11 children from Sharkiteuthis Diving Co. to perform an "air symphony" underwater. They set the record during Kids Sea Camp in Belize.

Zakk S. unicycled 30 feet underwater.

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Pankaj Jain floated vertically in an eight-foot deep swimming pool in one hour, 40.00 minutes. He set the record at Cawnpore Club Water Pool in Kanpur, India.