Léon Marchand set Olympic records in four individual events at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
TheInternational Olympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in pool-basedswimming events at theOlympic Games. Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the Summer Olympics since the Games' modern inception in 1896; it was not until 1912 that women's events were held. The swimming events at the1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in theAegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmerAlfréd Hajós won two gold medals that year, saying "My will to live completely overcame my desire to win."[1][2] The1900 Summer Olympic Games in Paris had the swimming events take place in theRiver Seine, and the events at the1908 Summer Olympics were held in a 100-metre pool surrounded by an athletics track in theWhite City Stadium in London.[3]
Races are held in four swimming categories:freestyle,backstroke,breaststroke andbutterfly, over varying distances and in either individual orrelay race events.Medley swimming races are also held, both individually and in relays, in which all four swimming categories are used. In theSwimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, both men and women competed in eighteen events in the pool. Of the 35 pool-based events, swimmers from the United States hold fifteen records, Australia five, France four, China, Canada and South Africa two each, and one each to Ireland, Great Britain,Russian Olympic Committee, Hungary, and Sweden. Nineteen of the current Olympic records were set at the 2024 Summer Olympics, seven in 2020, five in 2016, one in 2012, and three in 2008.[4]
Caeleb Dressel holds Olympic records in two individual events and one relay event.Michael Phelps holds Olympic records in one individual event and two relay events.
♦ denotes a performance that is also a currentworld record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by theIOC as Olympic events.
Katie Ledecky holds Olympic records in the 400, 800, and 1500 m freestyle eventsEmma McKeon holds Olympic records in one individual and one relay event.
♦ denotes a performance that is also a currentworld record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by theIOC as Olympic events.
♦ denotes a performance that is also a currentworld record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 Olympics and include only those events which are currently recognised by theIOC as Olympic events.
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