SwimmingSwimming world record
4 × 50 m freestyle relay, women, 25 m pool
1 min 32.50 s
- Holder
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Maaike de Waard, Kim Busch, Femke Heemskerk
- Date
- Place
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Standing since
- 2020 (5 years)
What to remember
No championship was needed for this one: it was at the Wouda Cup in Eindhoven that the Dutch relay covered the 4 × 50 m freestyle in 1 min 32.50 s, on December 12, 2020. World Aquatics recognises this event only in a 25-metre pool.
Four swimmers took turns. Ranomi Kromowidjojo led off in 23.05, Maaike de Waard followed in 23.16, Kim Busch in 23.47, and Femke Heemskerk closed in 22.82, the fastest leg of the team. Kromowidjojo, a sprint freestyle specialist, won three Olympic titles: the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 2008, then the 50 m and 100 m freestyle in 2012. She won 45 medals in FINA World Championship events.
The 4 × 50 m freestyle relay is a recent event. The men's, women's and mixed versions were first contested at the short course World Championships in 2014. The men's and women's relays were then removed from the 2024 programme, leaving only the mixed race on the schedule.
Related records
- Swimming world record4 × 50 m freestyle relay, men, 25 m pool
- Swimming world record100 m butterfly, women, 25 m pool
- Swimming world record200 m freestyle, women
- Swimming world record50 m freestyle, women, 25 m pool
- Swimming world record50 m breaststroke, women
- Swimming world record1500 m freestyle, women, 25 m pool
Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records in swimming” (revision used 1379527312). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guess another record
SwimmingLoading the question…