List of world records in swimming
Women
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

List of world records in swimming

Section Title: Women
Table Section Text: Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Event	Time	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref

50m freestyle	23.67	sf	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	29 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	, ​

100m freestyle	51.71	r	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	, ​

200m freestyle	1:52.98	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	, ​

400m freestyle	3:56.46	Katie Ledecky	United States	7 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	, ​

800m freestyle	8:04.79	Katie Ledecky	United States	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	, ​

1500m freestyle	15:20.48	Katie Ledecky	United States	16 May 2018	TYR Pro Swim Series	Indianapolis, United States	, ​

50m backstroke	26.98	Liu Xiang	China	21 August 2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	, ​

100m backstroke	58.00	Kathleen Baker	United States	28 July 2018	USA Championships	Irvine, United States	, ​

200m backstroke	2:04.06	Missy Franklin	United States	3 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	, ​

50m breaststroke	29.40	Lilly King	United States	30 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	, ​

100m breaststroke	1:04.13	Lilly King	United States	25 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	, ​

200m breaststroke	2:19.11	sf	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	1 August 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	, ​

50m butterfly	24.43	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	5 July 2014	Swedish Championships	Borås, Sweden	, ​

100m butterfly	55.48	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	7 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	, ​

200m butterfly	2:01.81	Liu Zige	China	21 October 2009	Chinese National Games	Jinan, China	, ​

200m individual medley	2:06.12	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	, ​

400m individual medley	4:26.36	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	6 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	, ​

4×100m freestyle relay	3:30.05	(54.03)Shayna Jack (52.03)Bronte Campbell (52.99)Emma McKeon (51.00)Cate Campbell	Australia	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia

4×200m freestyle relay	7:42.08	(1:55.47)Yang Yu (1:55.79)Zhu Qianwei (1:56.09)Liu Jing (1:54.73)Pang Jiaying	China	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

4×100m medley relay	3:51.55	(58.54)Kathleen Baker (1:04.48)Lilly King (56.30)Kelsi Worrell (52.23)Simone Manuel	United States	30 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary

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Ledecky set a world record in the 1500-meter freestyle.

final_sentence: Ledecky set a world record in the 1500-meter freestyle.