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 times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool. All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.34		Titus, MarcusMarcus Titus	United States	22 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[1]
100m freestyle	51.22		Titus, MarcusMarcus Titus	United States	17 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[2]
200m freestyle	1:53.12		Parkin, TerenceTerence Parkin	South Africa	11 September 2009	-	Chinese Taipei
400m freestyle	3:53.42		Float, JeffreyJeffrey Float	United States	23 August 1978	-	West Berlin, West Germany
800m freestyle
1500m freestyle	16:08.56		Parkin, TerenceTerence Parkin	South Africa	13 September 2009	-	Chinese Taipei
50m backstroke	27.06		Kanaji, YoshikazuYoshikazu Kanaji	Japan	19 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[3]
100m backstroke	56.06	h	Klotz, MatthewMatthew Klotz	United States	18 June 2016	Tiger Aquatics Summer Classic	Baton Rouge, United States	[4]
200m backstroke	2:02.54	h	Klotz, MatthewMatthew Klotz	United States	30 June 2016	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States	[5]
50m breaststroke	27.79		Titus, MarcusMarcus Titus	United States	7 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[6][7]
100m breaststroke	1:00.00		Titus, MarcusMarcus Titus	United States	7 July 2009	-	Indianapolis, United States
200m breaststroke	2:12.50		Parkin, TerenceTerence Parkin	South Africa	17 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
50m butterfly	24.82		Xu, Jia HuiJia Hui Xu	China	11 September 2009	-	Chinese Taipei
100m butterfly	53.90		Trishkin, IlyaIlya Trishkin	Russia	7 September 2009	-	Chinese Taipei
200m butterfly	2:01.71		Germano, LucaLuca Germano	Italy	8 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[8][9]
200m individual medley	2:03.33	h	Parkin, TerenceTerence Parkin	South Africa	20 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
400m individual medley	4:16.92		Parkin, TerenceTerence Parkin	South Africa	17 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
4×100m freestyle relay	3:30.36		Ilya Sarykin Andrei Zhivaev Miron Denisov Vitalii Obotin	Russia	22 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[10]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:50.89		(2:00.70) Ilya Sarykin  (1:54.95) Vitally Obotin  (1:58.25) Stepan Klimenko  (1:56.99) Ilya Trishkin	Russia	12 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[11][12]
4×100m medley relay	3:53.04		(1:00.73) Igor Zhuravlev  (1:04.66) Martin Fomin  (56.86) Ilia Trishkin  (50.79) Vitalie Obotin	Russia	19 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, 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	26.15		Lytvynenko, GannaGanna Lytvynenko	Ukraine	12 September 2001	-	Chinese Taipei
100m freestyle	57.29		Lytvynenko, GannaGanna Lytvynenko	Ukraine	9 September 2009	-	Chinese Taipei
200m freestyle	2:07.13		He, Yue YueYue Yue He	China	11 September 2009	-	Chinese Taipei
400m freestyle	4:27.82		Tovsta, AnnaAnna Tovsta	Ukraine	7 September 2009	-	Chinese Taipei
800m freestyle	9:09.73		Lutz, ElizabethElizabeth Lutz	United States	28 July 1981	-	Köln, West Germany
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	30.60		Brykanova, ElenaElena Brykanova	Russia	22 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[14]
100m backstroke	1:06.35		Joyce, DanielleDanielle Joyce	Great Britain	18 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[15]
200m backstroke	2:25.18		Alekseeva, AlenaAlena Alekseeva	Russia	20 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[16]
50m breaststroke	32.85	h	Petrushenka, AksanaAksana Petrushenka	Belarus	19 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[17]
100m breaststroke	1:11.53		Petrushenka, AksanaAksana Petrushenka	Belarus	20 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[18]
200m breaststroke	2:35.65		Petrushenka, AksanaAksana Petrushenka	Belarus	8 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[9][19]
50m butterfly	28.28		De Villiers, PeggyPeggy De Villiers	South Africa	17 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[20]
100m butterfly	1:03.59		De Villiers, PeggyPeggy De Villiers	South Africa	22 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[21]
200m butterfly	2:22.46		He, Yue YueYue Yue He	China	12 September 2009	-	Chinese Taipei
200m individual medley	2:22.78		Petrushenka, AksanaAksana Petrushenka	Belarus	11 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[22]
400m individual medley	5:05.31		Tovsts, AnnaAnna Tovsts	Ukraine	7 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[6][23]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:58.92		Eleonora Brykanova Alena Alekseeva Ekaterina Savchenko Maria Karpova	Russia	22 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[24]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:49.55		(2:11.29) Peggy Liang  (2:13.68) Kristin Ates  (2:12.85) Samantha Elam  (2:11.73) Rebecca Meyers	United States	12 August 2011	World Deaf Championships	Coimbra, Portugal	[25][12]
4×100m medley relay	4:26.89			Belarus	11 September 2009	-	Chinese Taipei

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	3:43.01		(51.54) Vitalie Obotin Miron Denisov  (59.01) Maria Karpova  (50.79) Eleonora Brykanova	Russia	18 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[26]
4×100m medley relay	4:08.40		(1:00.92) Igor Zhuravlev  (1:04.13) Martin Fomin  (1:04.30) Ekaterina Savtchenko  (59.05) Maria Karpova	Russia	20 August 2015	World Deaf Championships	San Antonio, United States	[27]

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

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