List of European records in swimming
The European records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing a member federation[1] of the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), Europe's governing body of swimming.
Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools, with records currently recorded in the following events for both men and women.
- Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m
- Backstroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
- Breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
- Butterfly: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
- Individual medley: 100 m (short course only), 200 m, 400 m
- Relays: 4×50 m freestyle (short course only), 4×100 m freestyle, 4×200 m freestyle, 4×50 m medley (short course only), 4×100 m medley
The ratification process and involves submission of an application[2] by the national federation to LEN detailing the name(s) of the swimmer, time swum, date and location of the swim, names of officials and the swimsuit model worn. Upon ratification, the records appear on the official records listing. This list is updated as of the official LEN records lists dated 30 August 2010 for long course[3] and 12 April 2010 short course[4] events. Records marked with a hash (#) are currently awaiting ratification by LEN or have been obtained since the last version of the official lists. All records were achieved in finals unless otherwise specified.
Long course (50 m)
Men
Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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50 m freestyle | 20.94 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 26 Apr 2009 | French Championships | Montpellier, France | [5] | |
100 m freestyle | 47.12 | [<1] | Alain Bernard | France | 29 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
200 m freestyle | 1:42.00 | WR | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 28 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
400 m freestyle | 3:40.07 | WR | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 26 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
800 m freestyle | 7:43.84 | Federico Colbertaldo | Italy | 29 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
1500 m freestyle | 14:43.21 | [<2] | Yury Prilukov | Russia | 17 Aug 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | [7] |
50m backstroke | 24.04 | WR | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 2 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
100 m backstroke | 52.11 | Camille Lacourt | France | 10 Aug 2010 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [8] | |
200 m backstroke | 1:54.75 | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 31 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
50 m breaststroke | 26.83 | (sf) | Hendrik Feldwehr | Germany | 28 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
100 m breaststroke | 58.64 | Hugues Duboscq | France | 27 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
200 m breaststroke | 2:07.64 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 31 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
50 m butterfly | 22.43 | WR (sf) | Rafael Muñoz Perez | Spain | 5 Apr 2009 | Spanish Championships | Málaga, Spain | [9] |
100 m butterfly | 49.95 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 1 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
200 m butterfly | 1:52.70 | László Cseh | Hungary | 13 Aug 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | ||
200 m individual medley | 1:55.18 | (sf) | László Cseh | Hungary | 29 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
400 m individual medley | 4:06.16 | László Cseh | Hungary | 10 Aug 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | ||
4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:08.32 |
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France | 11 Aug 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | ||
4×200 m freestyle relay | 6:59.15 |
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Russia | 31 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
4×100 m medley relay | 3:28.58 |
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Germany | 2 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Women
Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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50 m freestyle | 23.73 | WR | Britta Steffen | Germany | 2 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
100 m freestyle | 52.07 | WR | Britta Steffen | Germany | 31 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
200 m freestyle | 1:52.98 | WR | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 29 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
400 m freestyle | 3:59.15 | WR | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 26 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
800 m freestyle | 8:14.10 | WR | Rebecca Adlington | Great Britain | 16 Aug 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | |
1500 m freestyle | 15:44.93 | Alessia Filippi | Italy | 28 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
50 m backstroke | 27.23 | Daniela Samulski | Germany | 30 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
100 m backstroke | 58.12 | WR | Gemma Spofforth | Great Britain | 28 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
200 m backstroke | 2:04.94 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 1 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
50 m breaststroke | 30.09 | [<3] | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
100 m breaststroke | 1:05.41 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 28 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
200 m breaststroke | 2:21.62 | Nađa Higl | Serbia | 31 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
50 m butterfly | 25.07 | WR | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 31 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
100 m butterfly | 56.06 | WR | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 27 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
200 m butterfly | 2:04.27 | (sf) | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 29 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
200 m individual medley | 2:07.46 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 27 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
400 m individual medley | 4:30.31 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:31.72 | WR |
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Netherlands | 26 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
4×200 m freestyle relay | 7:45.51 |
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Great Britain | 30 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] | |
4×100 m medley relay | 3:55.79 |
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Germany | 1 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | [6] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Short course (25 m)
Men
Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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50 m freestyle | 20.48 | (sf) | Amaury Leveaux | France | 11 Dec 2008 | European Championships | Rijeka, Croatia | [10] |
100 m freestyle | 44.94 | WR | Amaury Leveaux | France | 13 Dec 2008 | European Championships | Rijeka, Croatia | [10] |
200 m freestyle | 1:39.37 | WR | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 15 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Berlin, Germany | [11] |
400 m freestyle | 3:32.77 | WR | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 14 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Berlin, Germany | [12] |
800 m freestyle | 7:31.18 | Federico Colbertaldo | Italy | 19 Dec 2009 | 2009 Duel in the Pool | Manchester, United Kingdom | [13] | |
1500 m freestyle | 14:16.13 | Yury Prilukov | Russia | 9 Dec 2006 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | ||
50 m backstroke | 22.74 | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 26 Nov 2010 | European Championships | Eindhoven, Netherlands | [14] | |
100 m backstroke | 48.95 | (r) | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 19 December 2010 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | [15] |
200 m backstroke | 1:46.11 | WR | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 15 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Berlin, Germany | [16] |
50 m breaststroke | 26.11 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 4 August 2011 | Italian Championships | Ostia, Italy | [17] | |
100 m breaststroke | 56.29 | Robin van Aggele | Netherlands | 11 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] | |
200 m breaststroke | 2:00.67 | WR | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 12 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] |
50 m butterfly | 21.80 | WR | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 14 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Berlin, Germany | [19] |
100 m butterfly | 48.48 | WR | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 15 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Berlin, Germany | |
200 m butterfly | 1:49.46 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 12 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] | |
100 m individual medley | 50.76 | WR (sf) | Peter Mankoč | Slovenia | 12 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] |
200 m individual medley | 1:51.72 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 10 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] | |
400 m individual medley | 3:57.27 | László Cseh | Hungary | 11 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] | |
4×50 m freestyle relay | 1:20.77 | [WB] |
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France | 14 Dec 2008 | European Championships | Rijeka, Croatia | [10] |
4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:04.78 |
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France | 15 December 2010 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | [20] | |
4×200 m freestyle relay | 6:49.04 | WR |
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Russia | 16 December 2010 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | [21] |
4×50 m medley relay | 1:31.80 | [WB] |
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Russia | 10 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] |
4×100 m medley relay | 3:19.16 | WR |
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Russia | 20 Dec 2009 | Vladimir Salnikov Swimming Cup | Saint Petersburg, Russia | [22] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Women
Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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50 m freestyle | 23.25 | WR | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands | 13 Apr 2008 | World Championships | Manchester, United Kingdom | |
100 m freestyle | 51.19 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 22 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Singapore | [23] | |
200 m freestyle | 1:51.17 | WR | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 13 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] |
400 m freestyle | 3:54.92 | WR | Joanne Jackson | Great Britain | 8 Aug 2009 | British Grand Prix | Leeds, United Kingdom | [24] |
800 m freestyle | 8:04.53 | WR | Alessia Filippi | Italy | 12 Dec 2008 | European Championships | Rijeka, Croatia | [10] |
1500 m freestyle | 15:28.65 | WR | Lotte Friis | Denmark | 28 Nov 2009 | Danish Club Championships | Birkerød, Denmark | [25] |
50 m backstroke | 25.70 | WR | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 12 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] |
100 m backstroke | 56.36 | Kseniya Moskvina | Russia | 11 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] | |
200 m backstroke | 2:00.83 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 16 December 2011 | Duel in the Pool | Atlanta, United States | [26][27] | |
50 m breaststroke | 29.55 | Janne Schäfer | Germany | 15 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Berlin, Germany | [28] | |
100 m breaststroke | 1:04.21 | Rikke Møller-Pedersen | Denmark | 19 Dec 2009 | Vladimir Salnikov Swimming Cup | Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||
200 m breaststroke | 2:16.66 | Rikke Møller-Pedersen | Denmark | 11 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] | |
50 m butterfly | 24.38 | WR | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 22 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Singapore | |
100 m butterfly | 55.05 | WR | Diane Bui Duyet | France | 12 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] |
200 m butterfly | 2:03.01 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 26 Nov 2009 | Spanish Championships | Castellón de la Plana, Spain | ||
100 m individual medley | 57.74 | WR | Hinkelien Schreuder | Netherlands | 15 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Berlin, Germany | [29] |
200 m individual medley | 2:04.64 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 10 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] | |
400 m individual medley | 4:24.21 | Mireia Belmonte Garcia | Spain | 15 December 2010 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | [30] | |
4×50 m freestyle relay | 1:33.25 | [WB] |
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Netherlands | 11 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] |
4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:28.22 | WR [C2] |
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Netherlands | 19 Dec 2008 | Dutch Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
4×200 m freestyle relay | 7:38.33 |
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France | 15 December 2010 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | [31] | |
4×50 m medley relay | 1:42.69 | [WB] |
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Netherlands | 12 Dec 2009 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] |
4×100 m medley relay | 3:53.02 |
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Great Britain | 11 Apr 2008 | World Championships | Manchester, United Kingdom |
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Record holders' rankings
By nation
Record tally |
Nation | LC | SC | Total | LC | SC | Total |
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Men | Women | ||||||
17 | Russia | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
13 | Germany | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
11 | France | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
10 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
7 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
7 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
3 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | ||||
3 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
2 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
1 | Austria | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 |
By athlete (men)
European records |
Name | Nationality | Events |
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5 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 200 m freestyle LC 400 m freestyle LC 4×100 m medley relay LC 200 m freestyle SC 400 m freestyle SC |
5 | László Cseh | Hungary | 200 m butterfly LC 200 m individual medley LC 400 m individual medley LC 200 m individual medley SC 400 m individual medley SC |
4 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 50 m freestyle LC 4×100 m freestyle relay LC 4×50 m freestyle relay SC 4×100 m freestyle relay SC |
4 | Amaury Leveaux | France | 4×100 m freestyle relay LC 50 m freestyle SC 100 m freestyle SC 4×50 m freestyle relay SC |
4 | Stanislav Donets | Russia | 50 m backstroke SC 100 m backstroke SC 4x50 m medley relay SC 4×100 m medley relay SC |
3 | Alain Bernard | France | 100 m freestyle LC 4×100 m freestyle relay LC 4×100 m freestyle relay SC |
3 | Fabien Gilot | France | 4x100 m freestyle relay LC 4×50 m freestyle relay SC 4×100 m freestyle relay SC |
3 | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 200 m backstroke LC 100 m backstroke SC 200 m backstroke SC |
By athlete (women)
European records |
Name | Nationality | Events |
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4 | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands | 4×100 m freestyle relay LC 50 m freestyle SC 100 m freestyle SC 4×100 m freestyle relay SC |
4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 4×100 m freestyle relay LC 4×50 m freestyle relay SC 4×100 m freestyle relay SC 4×50 m medley relay SC |
4 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | 4×100 m freestyle relay LC 4×50 m freestyle relay SC 4×100 m freestyle relay SC 4×50 m medley relay SC |
4 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 50 m butterfly LC 50 m butterfly SC 100 m butterfly SC 100 m individual medley SC |
3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 200 m butterfly LC 200 m individual medley LC 400 m individual medley |
3 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 200 m freestyle LC 400 m freestyle LC 200 m freestyle SC |
3 | Hinkelien Schreuder | Netherlands | 4×50 m freestyle relay SC 4×100 m freestyle relay SC 4×50 m medley relay SC |
3 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 50 m freestyle LC 100 m freestyle LC 4×100 m medley relay |
Gallery
Some of the current European record holders:
Notes
- C1^ : Record set by CN Marseille club team.
- C2^ : Record set by Eiffel Swimmers PSV club team.
- WB^ : World all-time best performances. FINA does not recognise 4×50 m relays and therefore does not ratify any official world records for these events. LEN does recognise these events as official and ratifies European records for them. European SC Championships are the most important international meets where these events are held: during these meets, world best performances are usually announced as world records even though they are not.
- <1^ : Alain Bernard of France swam a time of 46.94 in the semifinal of the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2009 French Championships, however the record was not ratified by LEN.
- <2^ : Yuri Prilukov of Russia swam a time of 14:41.13 in the heat of the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics, however the record was not ratified by LEN.
- <3^ : Yuliya Yefimova of Russia swam a time of 30.05 in the final of the women's 50 m breaststroke at the 2009 Russian Championships, however the record was not ratified by LEN.
References
- ^ "LEN Member Federations". Ligue Européenne de Natation. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "European Record Application Form" (PDF). Ligue Européenne de Natation. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "European Long Course Records" (PDF). 2010-08-30. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ "European Short Course Records" (PDF). 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ Craig Lord (2009-12-12). "Bousquet: 20.94 WR 50F At Dawn Of New Sport". SwimNews.com. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "13th FINA World Championships Rome 2009 Full Results Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ Craig Lord (2009-04-03). "ERs Of Russians Never Ratified". SwimNews.com. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "Men's 100 m Backstroke Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ "Spanish Open: Flash Rafael Munoz Breaks 50 Fly World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ^ a b c d "European Short Course Championships 2008, Rijeka (CRO): Full Results Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Results Men's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ "Results Men's 400m Freestyle" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ "Duel in the Pool: Flash! Three World Records Fall on Second Day; Team USA Wins". SwimmingWorldMagazine. 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
- ^ "Men's 50m Backstroke Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
- ^ "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- ^ "Results Men's 200m Backstroke" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ "Assoluti Estivi Euro Scozzoli" (in Italian). FIN. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
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- ^ "Results Men's 50m Butterfly" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ "Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
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(help) - ^ "Women's 200m Backstroke Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "Results Women's 50 m Breaststroke" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ "Results Women's 100m IM" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ "Women's 400m IM Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- ^ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
External links
- LEN: Website.
- LEN: European swimming records
- SwimRankings.net, LEN's Official results database.