# 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Records

The following world and championship records swum at the 2010 Short Course Worlds, which were held December 15–19, 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

## World records

| Date | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
| December 15 | Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay final | 7:35.94 | Chen Qian (1:54.73) Tang Yi (1:53.54) Liu Jing (1:53.59) Zhu Qianwei (1:54.08) | China |
| December 16 | Men's 400 m individual medley final | 3:55.50 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
| December 16 | Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay final | 6:49.04 | Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47) | Russia |
| December 17 | Men's 200 m individual medley final | 1:50.08 | Ryan Lochte | United States |

## Championship Records

| Date | Event | Time | Name(s) | Nation |
| December 15 | Men's 200 m freestyle heats | 1:42.38 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
| December 15 | Men's 100 m breaststroke heats | 57.74 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy |
| December 15 | Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay heats | 3:07.78 | Evgeny Lagunov (46.89) Alexander Sukhorukov (46.82) Nikita Konovalov (47.38) Sergey Fesikov (46.69) | Russia |
| December 15 | Men's 200 m freestyle final | 1:41.08 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
| December 15 | Men's 100 m backstroke semifinals | 49.62 | Stanislav Donets | Russia |
| December 15 | Women's 200 m butterfly final | 2:03.59 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain |
| December 15 | Men's 100 m breaststroke semifinals | 57.18 | Mihail Alexandrov | United States |
| December 15 | Women's 100 m backstroke semifinals | 56.58 | Gao Chang | China |
| December 15 | Women's 400 m individual medley final | 4:24.21 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain |
| December 15 | Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay final | 3:04.78 | Alain Bernard (46.78) Frédérick Bousquet (45.92) Fabien Gilot (45.75) Yannick Agnel (46.33) | France |
| December 15 | Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay final (Women's 200 metre freestyle) | 1:53.17 | Camille Muffat | France |
| December 16 | Men's 400 m individual medley heats | 4:01.76 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
| December 16 | Women's 50 m butterfly heats | 25.23 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden |
| December 16 | Women's 100 m individual medley heats | 59.14 | Ariana Kukors | United States |
| December 16 | Men's 100 m backstroke final | 49.07 | Stanislav Donets | Russia |
| December 16 | Women's 50 m butterfly semifinals | 25.20 | Felicity Galvez | Australia |
| December 16 | Women's 50 m butterfly semifinals | 25.19 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden |
| December 16 | Men's 50 m freestyle semifinals | 20.61 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
| December 16 | Women's 100 m backstroke final | 56.08 | Natalie Coughlin | United States |
| December 16 | Men's 100 m breaststroke final | 56.80 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
| December 16 | Women's 100 m individual medley semifinals | 58.65 | Ariana Kukors | United States |
| December 17 | Men's 50 m backstroke heats | 23.24 | Stanislav Donets | Russia |
| December 17 | Men's 200 m breaststroke heats | 2:04.46 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary |
| December 17 | Women's 4×100 m medley relay heats | 3:50.69 | Gao Chang (56.41) Zhao Jin (1:04.72) Guo Fan (57.44) Li Zhesi (52.12) | China |
| December 17 | Men's 50 m backstroke semifinals | 23.02 | Stanislav Donets | Russia |
| December 17 | Women's 100 m freestyle final | 51.45 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands |
| December 17 | Men's 50 m butterfly semifinals | 22.57 | Steffen Deibler | Germany |
| December 17 | Men's 200 m breaststroke final | 2:03.12 | Naoya Tomita | Japan |
| December 17 | Women's 50 m butterfly final | 24.87 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden |
| December 17 | Women's 100 m breaststroke semifinals | 1:04.17 | Rebecca Soni | United States |
| December 17 | Women's 400 m freestyle final | 3:57.07 | Katie Hoff | United States |
| December 17 | Men's 50 m freestyle final | 20.51 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
| December 17 | Women's 4×100 m medley relay final | 3:48.29 | Zhao Jing (56.52) Zhao Jin (1:04.20) Liu Zige (55.80) Tang Yi (51.77) | China |
| December 18 | Men's 100 m freestyle heats | 46.62 | Fabien Gilot | France |
| December 18 | Men's 100 m breaststroke heats | 26.14 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
| December 18 | Women's 100 m breaststroke final | 1:03.98 | Rebecca Soni | United States |
| December 18 | Men's 50 m backstroke final | 22.93 | Stanislav Donets | Russia |
| December 18 | Women's 50 m backstroke semifinals (Equalled championship record) | 26.37 | Zhao Jing | China |
| December 18 | Men's 100 m freestyle semifinals | 46.01 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
| December 18 | Men's 50 m butterfly final | 22.40 | Albert Subirats | Venezuela |
| December 18 | Men's 100 m individual medley semifinals | 50.81 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
| December 18 | Women's 200 m individual medley final | 2:05.73 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain |
| December 18 | Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay final | 3:28.54 | Femke Heemskerk (52.33) Inge Dekker (52.47) Hinkelien Schreuder (52.32) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.42) | Netherlands |
| December 19 | Women's 200 m breaststroke heats | 2:18.66 | Rebecca Soni | United States |
| December 19 | Men's 100 m freestyle final | 45.74 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
| December 19 | Women's 50 m backstroke final | 26.27 | Zhao Jing | China |
| December 19 | Men's 200 m backstroke final | 1:46.68 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
| December 19 | Women's 200 m breaststroke final | 2:16.39 | Rebecca Soni | United States |
| December 19 | Women's 100 m butterfly final | 55.43 | Felicity Galvez | Australia |
| December 19 | Men's 50 m breaststroke final | 25.95 | Felipe Silva | Brazil |
| December 19 | Women's 200 m freestyle final | 1:52.29 | Camille Muffat | France |
| December 19 | Men's 4×100 m medley relay final (Men's 100 metre backstroke) | 48.95 | Stanislav Donets | Russia |
| December 19 | Men's 4×100 m medley relay final | 3:20.99 | Nick Thoman (49.88) Mihail Alexandrov (56.52) Ryan Lochte (49.17) Garrett Weber-Gale (45.42) | United States |
It is also possible for the swimmers in the first leg of the relays to break records. In the final of the women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay, Camille Muffat of France broke the championship record in the 200 metre freestyle. In the men's 4×100 metre medley relay, Russian swimmer Stanislav Donets broke the championship record in the 100 metre backstroke. Split times for swimmers not swimming the first leg are ineligible because the incoming swimmer can lean over in front of the blocks and be diving as the preceding swimmer is coming in, whereas the leadoff swimmer is timed from a stationary start.