Women's swimming is a great and popular part of the Olympics that has produced the great women athletes like Misty Hyman, Amanda Beard, Janet Evans, Inge de Bruijn, Brooke Bennett, Yana Klochkova, Coughlin and Jodie Henry.
Swimming Records in Olympics - Women
- Heike Friedrich of East Germany holds the record of women's 200 meter freestyle swimming event. In the 1988 Seoul Summer Games, he made the record timing of 1:57.65 seconds.
- Janet Evans of USA had the timing of 4:03.85 seconds in women's 400 meter freestyle swimming event. The event was 1988 Seoul Olympics.
- Inge De Bruijn of Netherlands holds the Olympic record in women's 50 meter freestyle and 100 meter butterfly swimming events. Her timing was 24.13 seconds and 56.61 seconds in both the events respectively and the records were made in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
- Jodie Henry of Australia holds the Olympic record in women's 100 meter freestyle swimming event. In the 2004 Athens Summer Games, she made the record timing of 53.52 seconds.
- Brooke Bennett of USA holds the Olympic record in women's 800 meter freestyle swimming event. Her timing was 8:19.67 seconds and the event was the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
- Natalie Coughlin of USA holds the record of women's 100 meter backstroke swimming event. With a record timing of 59.68 seconds, it was made in the 2004 Athens Summer Games.
- Krisztina Egerszegi of Hungary finished women's 200 meter backstroke swimming event in record 2:07.06 seconds. The event was 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.
- Xuejuan Luo of China holds the Olympic record in women's 100 meter breaststroke swimming event. With the timing of 1:06.64 seconds, the record was made in the 2000 Sydney Summer Games.
- Amanda Beard of USA finished the women's 200 meter breaststroke swimming event with the record timing of 2:23.37 seconds. The event was the 2004 Athens Summer Games.
- Misty Hyman of USA completed the women's 200 meter butterfly swimming event with the record timing of 2:05.88 seconds. The achievement was in the 2000 Sydney Summer Games.
- An Australian team comprising Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas and Jodie Henry holds the Olympic record in women's 4X100 meter freestyle relay swimming event. The record was made in the 2004 Athens Summer Games with a timing of 3:35.94 seconds.
- An Australian team of Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas and Jodie Henry holds the Olympic record in women's 4X 100 meter medley relay swimming event. The record was made in the 2004 Athens Summer Games with a timing of 3:57.32 seconds.
- A USA team of Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, dana Vollmer and Kaitlin Sandeno holds the Olympic record in women's 4X200 meter freestyle relay swimming event. The event was 2004 Athens Summer Games and the timing was 7:53.42 seconds.
- Yana Klochkova of Ukraine holds the twin records in women's 200 meter and 400 meter individual medley swimming events. Both the records were made in the 2000 Sydney Summer Games. In the 200 meter individual medley and 400 meter individual medley, Yana's timing was of 2:10.68 seconds and 4:33.59 seconds respectively.
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