Swimming World Records – Women’s Short Course (25m)

Updated Nov 2026

Women’s Freestyle

EventAthleteTimeMeet / Date
50m Freestyle

Gretchen Walsh

Kate Douglass

22.75

UVA Pro Elite Prep Meet Charlottesville USA · 16 Oct 2026

U.S SCM Worlds Trials · 29 Oct 2026

100m FreestyleKate Douglass49.64U.S SCM Worlds Trials · 31 Oct 2026
200m FreestyleMollie O’Callaghan1:49.36Swimming World Cup · 24 Oct 2025
400m FreestyleSummer McIntosh3:50.25World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) · 10 Dec 2024
800m FreestyleLani Pallister7:54.00Swimming World Cup · 25 Oct 2025
1500m FreestyleKatie Ledecky15:08.24FINA Swimming World Cup · 29 Oct 2022

Women’s Backstroke

EventAthleteTimeMeet / Date
50m BackstrokeKatharine Berkoff25.21U.S SCM Worlds Trials · 29 Oct 2026
100m BackstrokeClaire Curzan53.92U.S SCM Worlds Trials · 30 Oct 2026
200m BackstrokeKaylee McKeown1:57.33Swimming World Cup · 25 Oct 2025

Women’s Breaststroke

EventAthleteTimeMeet / Date
50m BreaststrokeRūta Meilutytė28.3716th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) · 17 Dec 2022
100m BreaststrokeRūta Meilutytė1:02.36FINA Swimming World Cup · 12 Oct 2013
100m BreaststrokeAlia Atkinson1:02.3612th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) · 6 Dec 2014 / FINA World Cup · 26 Aug 2016
200m BreaststrokeKate Douglass2:12.50World Aquatics Swimming Championships · 13 Dec 2024

Women’s Butterfly

EventAthleteTimeMeet / Date
50m ButterflyGretchen Walsh23.94World Aquatics Swimming Championships · 10 Dec 2024
100m ButterflyGretchen Walsh52.71World Aquatics Swimming Championships · 14 Dec 2024
200m ButterflySummer McIntosh1:59.32World Aquatics Swimming Championships · 12 Dec 2024

Women’s Individual Medley

EventAthleteTimeMeet / Date
100m MedleyGretchen Walsh55.11World Aquatics Swimming Championships · 13 Dec 2024
200m MedleyKate Douglass2:01.63World Aquatics Swimming Championships · 10 Dec 2024
400m MedleyMireia Belmonte4:18.94FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup · 12 Aug 2017

Women’s Relays

EventNationTimeMeet / Date
4×50m Freestyle RelayNetherlands1:32.50IM Wouda Cup · 12 Dec 2020
4×100m Freestyle RelayUnited States3:25.01World Aquatics Swimming Championships · 10 Dec 2024
4×200m Freestyle RelayUnited States7:30.13World Aquatics Swimming Championships · 12 Dec 2024
4×50m Medley RelayAustralia1:42.3516th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) · 17 Dec 2022
4×100m Medley RelayUnited States3:40.41World Aquatics Swimming Championships · 15 Dec 2024