Iam 82 years old and can swim 25 yards under water...I know that is pretty good but I'm sure there are some big record holders out there...can someone answer?
Uly Vlamides
As both the World Land Speed Record and the World Water Speed Record are under constant challenge you question cannot be given a simple answer.
The world record for swimming a mile is held by Sun Yang of China. Sun's time is 14 minutes 31 seconds, set in 2012.
Cesar Cielo
Mark Spitz
There are many records for swimming. This is because there are many different swimming strokes. They were also set at different times.
In 1967 nobody got a world record
The current world record for swimming a mile (1,609 meters) is held by Katie Ledecky, with a time of 15 minutes and 20.48 seconds. She achieved this record in 2018.
By swimming faster.
Although it looks like UJR it's actually WR and stands for World Record. If someone is swimming in front of the yellow WR line it means they are faster than the current world record.
The first time the mens long course world record for 1,500m was under 17 minutes was by Roy Saari (USA) in September 1964 when he swamm 16:58.7
world record javelin throw under 13s
there's no WR for kids, world records go for all ages, no matter the pool