List of textile best times in swimming

Many of the world records in swimming were established by swimmers wearing bodysuits or suits made of polyurethane or other non-textile materials allowed in the race pool from February 2008 until December 2009. These suits seemed to improve the performance for top athletes, especially those with larger physiques. The times shown below are the fastest in the world set by swimmers wearing suits made of textile materials.

Long course

Men

For textile best times which are also world records, see List of world records in swimming § Men.

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	21.04	+0.13	Caeleb Dressel	United States	27 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[1]
50 m freestyle	21.04	+0.13	Caeleb Dressel	United States	20 June 2021	USA Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:42.97	+0.97	David Popovici	Romania	15 August 2022	European Championships	Rome, Italy	[3]
800 m freestyle	7:36.88	+4.76	Ahmed Jaouadi	Tunisia	30 July 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[4]
200 m backstroke	1:52.96	+1.04	Ryan Lochte	United States	29 July 2011	World Championships	Shanghai, China	[5]
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:08.97	+0.73	Caeleb Dressel  (47.26) Blake Pieroni  (47.58) Bowe Becker  (47.44) Zach Apple  (46.69)	United States	26 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[6]
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:08.97	+0.73	Flynn Southam  (47.77) Kai Taylor  (47.04) Maximillian Giuliani  (47.63) Kyle Chalmers  (46.53)	Australia	27 July 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[7]
4×200 m freestyle relay	6:58.58	+0.03	Thomas Dean  (1:45.72) James Guy  (1:44.40) Matthew Richards  (1:45.01) Duncan Scott  (1:43.45)	Great Britain	28 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[8]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by World Aquatics;
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

For textile best times which are also world records, see List of world records in swimming § Women.

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
200 m butterfly	2:01.99	+0.18	Summer McIntosh	Canada	31 July 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[9]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by World Aquatics;
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

All mixed relays textile best times are also world records.

Short course

All textile best short course times are also world records.

Men

For the men's 4x50m freestyle relay, the fastest time ever recorded (1:20.77 by France in 2008) is not the official world record. The event was not officially recognized by World Aquatics as a world record event at that time. The French performance is still recognized as the European record, while the official world record is held by the United States.^[10]

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:21.80	+1.03	Caeleb Dressel  (20.43) Ryan Held  (20.25) Jack Conger  (20.59) Michael Chadwick  (20.53)	United States	14 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[11]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by World Aquatics;
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