Record gold medalist Michael Phelps

Currently held records

Record Distance Event Time Location Date
World 200 m (lc) Freestyle 1:42.96 Beijing, China 2008 August 12
200 m (lc) Butterfly 1:52.03 Beijing, China 2008 August 13
200 m (lc) Individual Medley 1:54.23 Beijing, China 2008 August 15
400 m (lc) Individual Medley 4:03.84 Beijing, China 2008 August 10
4 x 100 m (lc) Freestyle Relay 3:08.24 Beijing, China 2008 August 11
4 x 200 m (lc) Freestyle Relay 6:58.56 Beijing, China 2008 August 13
4 x 100 m (lc) Medley Relay 3:29.34 Beijing, China 2008 August 17
American 100 m (lc) Freestyle 47.51 Beijing, China 2008 August 11
200 m (sc) Freestyle 1:43.78 East Meadow, New York, US 2006 February 4
200 m (sc) Butterfly 1:52.27 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2003 November 28
200 yd Freestyle 1:32.08 Austin, Texas, US 2005 March 3
200 yd Butterfly 1:39.70 Austin, Texas, US 2006 March 4
400 yd Individual Medley 3:36.26 Austin, Texas, US 2006 March 3
Set in US 200 m (lc) Freestyle 1:44.10 Omaha, Nebraska, US 2008 July 1
200 m (lc) Backstroke 1:54.65 Indianapolis, Indiana, US 2007 August 1
200 m (lc) Butterfly 1:52.20 Omaha, Nebraska, US 2008 July 3
200 m (lc) Individual Medley 1:55.94 College Park, Maryland, US 2003 August 9
4 x 200 m (lc) Freestyle Relay 7:12.35 Irvine, California, US 2005 August 5
200 m (sc) Freestyle 1:43.78 East Meadow, New York, US 2006 February 4
400 m (sc) Individual Medley 4:03.99 East Meadow, New York, US 2006 February 3
200 yd Butterfly 1:39.70 Austin, Texas, US 2006 March 4
400 yd Individual Medley 3:36.26 Austin, Texas, US 2006 March 3

World records

With 32 world records (26 individual, 6 relay), as of August 2008, Phelps is approaching Mark Spitz's record of 33 world records (26 individual, 7 relay). All of the records were set in a long course (50 meter) pool; records that currently stand are indicated in bold.

No. Distance Event Time Location Date
1 200 m Butterfly 1:54.92 Austin, Texas, US 2001 March 30
2 200 m Butterfly (2) 1:54.58 Fukuoka, Japan 2001 July 24
3 400 m Individual Medley 4:11.09 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, US 2002 August 15
4 4x100 m Medley Relay[a] 3:33.48 Yokohama, Japan 2002 August 29
5 400 m Individual Medley (2) 4:10.73 Indianapolis, Indiana, US 2003 April 6
6 200 m Individual Medley 1:57.94 Santa Clara, California, US 2003 June 29
7 200 m Butterfly (3) 1:53.93 Barcelona, Spain 2003 July 22
8 200 m Individual Medley (2) 1:57.52 Barcelona, Spain 2003 July 24
9 100 m Butterfly 51.47 Barcelona, Spain 2003 July 25
10 200 m Individual Medley (3) 1:56.04 Barcelona, Spain 2003 July 25
11 400 m Individual Medley (3) 4:09.09 Barcelona, Spain 2003 July 27
12 200 m Individual Medley (4) 1:55.94 College Park, Maryland, US 2003 August 9
13 400 m Individual Medley (4) 4:08.41 Long Beach, California, US 2004 July 7
14 400 m Individual Medley (5) 4:08.26 Athens, Greece 2004 August 14
15 200 m Butterfly (4) 1:53.80 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2006 August 17
16 4x100 m Freestyle Relay[b] 3:12.46 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2006 August 19
17 200 m Individual Medley (5) 1:55.84 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2006 August 20
18 200 m Butterfly (5) 1:53.71 Columbia, Missouri, US 2007 February 17
19 200 m Freestyle 1:43.86 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2007 March 27
20 200 m Butterfly (6) 1:52.09 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2007 March 28
21 200 m Individual Medley (6) 1:54.98 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2007 March 29
22 4x200 m Freestyle Relay[c] 7:03.24 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2007 March 30
23 400 m Individual Medley (6) 4:06.22 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2007 April 1
24 400 m Individual Medley (7) 4:05.25 Omaha, Nebraska, US 2008 June 29
25 200 m Individual Medley (7) 1:54.80 Omaha, Nebraska, US 2008 July 4
26 400 m Individual Medley (8) 4:03.84 Beijing, China 2008 August 10
27 4x100 m Freestyle Relay (2)[d] 3:08.24 Beijing, China 2008 August 11
28 200 m Freestyle (2) 1:42.96 Beijing, China 2008 August 12
29 200 m Butterfly (7) 1:52.03 Beijing, China 2008 August 13
30 4x200 m Freestyle Relay (2)[e] 6:58.56 Beijing, China 2008 August 13
31 200 m Individual Medley (8) 1:54.23 Beijing, China 2008 August 15
32 4x100 m Medley Relay (2)[a] 3:29.34 Beijing, China 2008 August 17
  • a  with Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, and Jason Lezak
    b  with Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, and Jason Lezak
    c  with Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, and Peter Vanderkaay
    d  with Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, and Jason Lezak
    e  with Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, and Peter Vanderkaay

Best times and all-time event rankings

Event Best Time All-Time American Rank All-Time World Rank Top 25 Swims All-Time
    Long Course Meters    
100 m Freestyle 47.51 #1 #3 #5
200 m Freestyle 1:42.96 #1 #1 #1, #2 (1:43.31r), #3 (1:43.86), #5 (1:44.10), #13 (1:44.98), #18 (1:45.20), #20 (1:45.32), #24 (1:45.36r)
400 m Freestyle 3:46.73 #5 #22  
100 m Backstroke 53.01 #3 #3 #5, Tie-#8 (Aaron Peirsol, 53.17), #19 (53.42)
200 m Backstroke 1:54.65 #3 #3 #5, #15 (1:55.30), #23 (1:55.84)
100 m Butterfly 50.77 #2 #2 #3, #5 (50.89), #7 (51.04), #9/10 (51.10), #11 (51.15), Tie-#13 (Ian Crocker, 51.25), #17 (51.34), #19 (51.39), #23 (51.47)
200 m Butterfly 1:52.03 #1 #1 #1, #2 (1:52.09), #3 (1:52.20), #4 (1:53.33), #5 (1:53.71), #6 (1:53.80), #8 (1:53.93), #9 (1:54.02), #10 (1:54.04), #12 (1:54.31), #13 (1:54.32), #14 (1:54.35), #20 (1:54.58), #25 (1:54.86)
200 m Individual Medley 1:54.23 #1 #1 #1, #2 (1:54.80), #3 (1:54.98), #5 (1:55.84), #6 (1:55.94), #7 (1:56.04), #10 (1:56.50), #13 (1:56.68), #14 (1:56.71), #16 (1:56.80), #18 (1:56.93), #20 (1:57.14), #21 (1:57.39), #23 (1:57.44), #24 (1:57.52)
400 m Individual Medley 4:03.84 #1 #1 #1, #2(4:05.25), #4(4:06.22), #6(4:08.26), #7(4:08.41), #8(4:09.09), #15 (4:10.16), #16 (4:10.47), #17 (4:10.73), #19 (4:11.09), #22 (4:11.30), #23 (4:11.40)
    Short Course Yards    
100 yd Freestyle 41.93 #5 #9  
200 yd Freestyle 1:32.08 #1 #2 #2, #3 (1:32.13), #6 (1:32.43)
500 yd Freestyle 4:10.43 #5 #5 #7
100 yd Backstroke 45.50 #7 #8  
200 yd Backstroke 1:41.55 #21 #23  
100 yd Butterfly 45.40 #4 #6  
200 yd Butterfly 1:39.70 #1 #1 #1, #2 (1:41.72), #6 (1:42.10)
200 yd Individual Medley 1:41.30 #2 #2 #3, #4 (1:41.32), #9 (1:42.78)
400 yd Individual Medley 3:36.26 #1 #1 #1, #9 (3:39.61)

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