page_title: List of Olympic records in swimming
section_title: Men's records
hierarchical_section_title: List of Olympic records in swimming / Men's records
caption_attribution_description: 한국어: 2014 인천 아시아경기대회 개막식 경영 남자 자유형 1500m 패스트 히트 2014-09-26 문학박태환수영장, 인천시 문화체육관광부 해외문화홍보원 코리아넷 전한English: Incheon Asian Games 2014 Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle - Fastest Heat September 26, 2014 Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center, Incheon-si Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Korean Culture and Information Service Korea.net (www.korea.net) Official Photographer&#160;: Jeon Han This official Republic of Korea photograph is CC-BY-SA-2.0-licensed, so while restrictions such as personality or privacy rights may apply, in general, manipulations are allowed. If you require a photograph without a watermark, please use Flickr e-mail.
context_page_description: The International Olympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in pool-based swimming events at the Olympic 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'e events were held. The swimming events at the 1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in the Aegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós won two gold medals that year, saying "My will to live completely overcame my desire to win." The 1900 Summer Olympic Games in Paris had the swimming events take place in the River Seine, and the events at the 1908 Summer Olympics were held in a 100-metre pool surrounded by an athletics track in the White City Stadium in London.
  Races are held in four swimming categories: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, over varying distances and in either individual or relay race events. Medley swimming races are also held, both individually and in relays, in which all four swimming categories are used.
caption: Sun Yang set Olympic records in two events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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