List of deaf world records in swimming

The Deaf world records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of deaf athletes, which are recognised and ratified by the Comité International des Sports des Sourds and FINA.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.14		Matthew Klotz	United States	25 July 2018	-	Irvine, United States
100m freestyle	51.22		Marcus Titus	United States	17 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[1]
200m freestyle	1:52.55		Guilherme Kabbach	Brazil	24 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
400m freestyle	3:53.42		Jeffrey Float	United States	23 August 1978	World Championships	West Berlin, West Germany
800m freestyle	8:17.56	†	Satoi Fujihara	Japan	25 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
1500m freestyle	15:37.64		Satoi Fujihara	Japan	25 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
50m backstroke	25.95		Matthew Klotz	United States	27 July 2018	-	Irvine, United States
100m backstroke	56.06	h	Matthew Klotz	United States	18 June 2016	Tiger Aquatics Summer Classic	Baton Rouge, United States	[3]
200m backstroke	2:01.96		Matthew Klotz	United States	22 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
50m breaststroke	27.79		Marcus Titus	United States	7 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[4][5]
100m breaststroke	1:00.00		Marcus Titus	United States	7 July 2009	US Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[6]
200m breaststroke	2:12.50		Terence Parkin	South Africa	20 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
50m butterfly	24.75		Andrei Zhivaev	Russia	22 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
100m butterfly	53.90		Ilya Trishkin	Russia	7 September 2009	Deaflympics	Taipei, Chinese Taipei
200m butterfly	2:01.71		Luca Germano	Italy	8 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[7][8]
200m individual medley	2:03.33	h	Terence Parkin	South Africa	20 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
400m individual medley	4:16.92		Terence Parkin	South Africa	17 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
4×100m freestyle relay	3:28.49		(52.09) Ilya Sarykin  (51.70) Andrei Zhivaev  (52.06) Vitalii Obotin  (52.64) Miron Denisov	Russia	26 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:40.91		(1:55.60) Andrei Zhivaev  (1:58.80) Aleksandr Grishin  (1:52.82) Mikhaylovi Denisov  (1:53.69) Vitalii Obotin	Russia	21 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
4×100m medley relay	3:48.86		(58.24) Igor Zhuravlev  (1:03.58) Martin Fomin  (55.50) Andrei Zhivaev  (51.54) Miron Denisov	Russia	24 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CISS, 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

Women

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	26.15		Ganna Lytvynenko	Ukraine	12 September 2009	Deaflympics	Taipei, Chinese Taipei
100m freestyle	57.29		Ganna Lytvynenko	Ukraine	9 September 2009	Deaflympics	Taipei, Chinese Taipei
200m freestyle	2:04.64		Viktoriia Terenteva	Russia	20 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
400m freestyle	4:25.94		Viktoriia Terenteva	Russia	24 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
800m freestyle	9:09.73		Elizabeth Lutz	United States	28 July 1981	Deaflympics	Cologne, West Germany
1500m freestyle	17:54.54		Megan Ackerman	United States	16 July 1998	-	Federal Way, United States
50m backstroke	29.34		Olga Kliuchnikova	Russia	24 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
100m backstroke	1:02.61		Olga Kliuchnikova	Russia	21 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
200m backstroke	2:17.15		Olga Kliuchnikova	Russia	26 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
50m breaststroke	31.97		Mariia Rezhylo	Ukraine	28 August 2019	World Deaf Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	[9]
100m breaststroke	1:11.53		Aksana Petrushenka	Belarus	20 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[1]
200m breaststroke	2:35.65		Aksana Petrushenka	Belarus	8 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[8][10]
50m butterfly	27.48		Olga Kliuchnikova	Russia	25 August 2019	World Deaf Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	[11]
100m butterfly	1:03.69		Peggy de Villiers	South Africa	22 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[1]
200m butterfly	2:20.03		Olga Kliuchnikova	Russia	27 July 2013	Deaflympics	Sofia, Bulgaria
200m individual medley	2:19.35		Olga Kliuchnikova	Russia	22 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
400m individual medley	5:00.96		Polina Bilalova	Russia	29 August 2019	World Deaf Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	[12]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:54.73		(58.68) Maria Karpova  (59.27) Alena Alekseeva  (57.75) Viktoriia Terenteva  (59.03) Eleonora Brykanova	Russia	22 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:45.71		(2:12.30) Maria Karpova  (2:13.42) Ekaterina Savchenko  (2:14.18) Eleonora Brykanova  (2:05.81) Viktoriia Terenteva	Russia	25 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]
4×100m medley relay	4:20.88		(1:03.28) Olga Kliuchnikova  (1:14.75) Ekaterina Kulikova  (1:04.98) Ekaterina Savchenko  (57.87) Viktoriia Terenteva	Russia	20 July 2017	Deaflympics	Samsun, Turkey	[2]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CISS, 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

Mixed Relay

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100m freestyle relay	3:41.03			Russia	5 July 2018
4×100m medley relay	4:01.97			Russia	3 July 2018

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CISS, FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.47		Ilya Sarykin	Russia	17 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
100m freestyle	51.22		Eoin Nolan	Ireland	6 December 2009	-	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
200m freestyle	1:49.54		Vitalii Obotin	Russia	17 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
400m freestyle	3:55.68		Terence Parkin	South Africa	25 September 2009	-	Durban, South Africa
800m freestyle	8:07.36		Terence Parkin	South Africa	27 September 2009	-	Durban, South Africa
1500m freestyle	15:42:52		Artur Pióro	Poland	17 December 2011	Polish Championships	Poznań, Poland	[14]
50m backstroke	26.05		Yoshikazu Kanaji	Japan	22 November 2015	-	Saga, Japan
100m backstroke	57.64		Yoshikazu Kanaji	Japan	22 November 2015	-	Saga, Japan
200m backstroke	2:02.83		Terence Parkin	South Africa	27 September 2009	-	Durban, South Africa
50m breaststroke	27.44		Marcus Titus	United States	15 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
100m breaststroke	1:00.08		Marcus Titus	United States	16 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
200m breaststroke	2:08.91		Terence Parkin	South Africa	26 January 2002	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[15]
50m butterfly	25.33		Ilya Sarykin	Russia	15 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
100m butterfly	54.86		Björn Koch	Germany	21 November 2009	-	Hannover, Germany
200m butterfly	2:00.89	h	Björn Koch	Germany	28 November 2009	German Championships	Essen, Germany	[16]
100m individual medley	56.01		Vitalii Obotin	Russia	16 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
200m individual medley	1:58.64		Terence Parkin	South Africa	21 January 2002	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[17]
400m individual medley	4:10.39		Terence Parkin	South Africa	26 January 2002	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[18]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:43.65		Bartosz Chotkowski Bartosz Wróbel Juliusz Sawka Artur Pióro	Poland	27 October 2013	-	Poznań, Poland
4×100m freestyle relay	3:30.11		(53.43) Ilya Sarykin  (53.28) Stepan Klimenko  (53.45) Miron Denisov  (49.95) Vitalii Obotin	Russia	16 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:44.37		(1:49.54) Vitalii Obotin  (1:56.43) Leonid Grishin  (1:59.90) Stepan Klimenko  (1:58.50) Miron Denisov	Russia	17 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
4×50m medley relay	1:49.17		Yoshikazu Kanaji Yusuke Nakagawa Yuji Ueda Ryutaro Ibara	Japan	22 November 2015	-	Saga, Japan
4×100m medley relay	3:50.89		(59.36) Vladimir Kolpakov  (1:04.10) Martin Fomin  (57.79) Ilia Trishkin  (49.64) Vitalii Obotin	Russia	15 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CISS, 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

Women

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	25.81		Danielle Joyce	Great Britain	10 December 2016	Scottish Championships	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	[19]
100m freestyle	56.10		Danielle Joyce	Great Britain	9 December 2016	Scottish Championships	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	[20]
200m freestyle	2:07.57		Eleonora Brykanova	Russia	15 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
400m freestyle	4:34.53		Anna Polivanchuk	Sweden	20 November 2004	Swedish Championships	Göteborg, Sweden
800m freestyle	9:26.00
1500m freestyle	18:19.82		Linda Neumann	Germany	7 November 2014	Berlin Championships	Berlin, Germany	[21]
50m backstroke	29.37	b	Danielle Joyce	Great Britain	9 December 2016	Scottish Championships	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	[20]
100m backstroke	1:02.56		Danielle Joyce	Great Britain	11 December 2016	Scottish Championships	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	[22]
200m backstroke	2:18.75	h	Danielle Joyce	Great Britain	10 December 2016	Scottish Championships	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	[19]
50m breaststroke	33.40		Aksana Petrushenka	Belarus	15 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
100m breaststroke	1:11.56		Aksana Petrushenka	Belarus	16 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
200m breaststroke	2:33.80		Aksana Petrushenka	Belarus	17 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
50m butterfly	28.99		Alexandra Polivanchuk	Sweden	25 November 2006	Swedish Championships	Uppsala, Sweden
100m butterfly	1:04.25		Alexandra Polivanchuk	Sweden	30 March 2007	-	Östersund, Sweden
200m butterfly	2:24.91		Ekaterina Savchenko	Russia	16 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
100m individual medley	1:05.52	h	Danielle Joyce	Great Britain	13 December 2014	Scottish Championships	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	[23]
200m individual medley	2:26.84		Danielle Joyce	Great Britain	17 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
400m individual medley	5:13.13		Danielle Joyce	Great Britain	7 September 2013	-	Stevenston, United Kingdom
4×50m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay	4:15.00
4×200m freestyle relay	8:56.77		(2:18.50) Alena Alekseeva  (2:14.62) Viktoriia Terenteva  (2:12.43) Maria Kalinina  (2:11.22) Eleonora Brykanova	Russia	17 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay	4:28.06		(1:10.17) Alena Alekseeva  (1:14.63) Ekaterina Kulikova  (1:05.16) Ekaterina Savchenko  (58.10) Eleonora Brykanova	Russia	15 January 2014	Deaf International Championships	Rochester, United States	[13]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CISS, 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

See also

• List of World Deaf Swimming Championships records
• List of deaf world records in athletics

References

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18. "400m Medley Men Total Ranking". Omega Timing. 26 January 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
19. "Scottish National Short Course Championships 2016 Saturday Full Results" (PDF). swimscotland.co.uk. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
20. "Scottish National Short Course Championships 2016 Friday Full Results" (PDF). swimscotland.co.uk. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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23. "Scottish National Short Course Championships 2014 Day 2 Saturday Results" (PDF). swimscotland.co.uk. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

External links

• Deaf world records – Long Course – Men
• Deaf world records – Long Course – Women
• Deaf world records – Short Course – Men
• Deaf world records – Short Course – Women