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page 1World record setters in swimming
Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer, water polo player, and actor (1904–1984)
Mark Spitz
American Olympic swimmer (born 1950)
Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward is a Zimbabwean politician, sports administrator, and former competitive swimmer who is the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She has served as the president of the IOC since 23 June 2025, and is the first woman, the first Zimbabwean, and the first African to hold the office, while also only the second non-European president of the IOC, following Avery Brundage who left office in 1972. Coventry served in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe from September 2018 to March 2025 as the Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation until September 2023 and then as Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture. A former Olympic swimmer and world record holder, she is the most decorated African Olympian.
Ian Thorpe
Australian swimmer
Sarah Sjöström
Swedish swimmer
Stephanie Rice
Australian swimmer
Sun Yang
Chinese swimmer
Dawn Fraser
Australian swimmer and politician
Adam Peaty
British swimmer
Missy Franklin
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Kristin Otto
East German swimmer
Yana Klochkova
Ukrainian swimmer
Gertrude Ederle
American swimmer (1905–2003)
László Cseh
Hungarian swimmer
Duke Kahanamoku
American swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)
Britta Steffen
German swimmer
Julia Efimova
Russian swimmer
Alexander Popov
Russian swimmer
Éva Székely
Hungarian swimmer (1927–2020)
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Dutch swimmer
Milorad Čavić
Serbian swimmer
Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungarian swimmer
Vladimir Salnikov
Soviet and Russian swimmer
Kornelia Ender
East German swimmer
Matt Biondi
American swimmer
Chad le Clos
South African swimmer
Roland Matthes
German swimmer (1950–2019)
Don Schollander
American swimmer
Ye Shiwen
Chinese swimmer
Dara Torres
American swimmer
Inge de Bruijn
Dutch swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
Janet Evans
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
Allison Schmitt
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Laure Manaudou
French swimmer (born 1986)
Galina Prozumenshchikova
Soviet Olympic swimmer
Alain Bernard
French swimmer
Leisel Jones
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
Rebecca Adlington
British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
Dana Vollmer
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Barbara Krause
East German swimmer
Andrea Pollack
East German swimmer
Otylia Jędrzejczak
Polish swimmer
Claudia Maria Poll
Costa Rican swimmer
Michael Gross
West German swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
Thomas Ceccon
Italian swimmer
Libby Trickett
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, world record-holder
Shane Gould
Australian swimmer
Dániel Gyurta
Hungarian breaststroke swimmer
Jenny Thompson
American swimmer
Lotte Friis
Danish swimmer
Franziska van Almsick
German swimmer
Helene Madison
American swimmer
Tamás Darnyi
Hungarian swimmer
Kyle Chalmers
Australian swimmer
Marleen Veldhuis
Dutch swimmer
Rie Mastenbroek
Dutch swimmer (1919–2003)
Kosuke Kitajima
Japanese swimmer
Jessica Hardy
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
John Devitt
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
George Hodgson
Canadian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1893-1983)