Paris 2024 Paralympics: world records in swimming

During the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games, 29 world records were broken in Para swimming events. Of these, only 11 records were set by athletes who did not hold the former records. Among the particularly impressive performers was Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo of Brazil, who smashed his own record in the men's 150m SM2 individual medley by over eight seconds.

World records set in Para swimming events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (in minutes and seconds)

Event	New record (in minutes and seconds)	Former record (in minutes and seconds)
Men’s 50m Freestyle - S9	Simone Barlaam (ITA) - 23.9	Simone Barlaam (ITA) - 23.96
Men’s 50m Freestyle - S7	Andrii Trusov (UKR) - 26.38	Andrii Trusov (UKR) - 27.07
Men’s 50m Freestyle - S5	Guo Jincheng (CHN) - 29.33	Guo Jincheng (CHN) - 29.78
Men’s 50m Freestyle - S4	Sebastian Massabie (CAN) - 35.61	Ami Omer Dadaon (ISR) - 36.25
Women’s 50m Freestyle - S10	Chen Yi (CHN) - 27.1	Aurelie Rivard (CAN) - 27.37
Women’s 50m Freestyle - S9	Christie Raleigh-Crossley (USA) - 27.28	Sophie Pascoe (NZL) - 27.32
Women’s 50m Freestyle - S11	Ma Jia (CHN) - 28.96	Ma Jia (CHN) - 29.2
Men’s 50m Butterfly - S5	Guo Jincheng (CHN) - 30.28	Zheng Tao (CHN) - 30.62
Women’s 50m Butterfly - S5	Lu Dong (CHN) - 38.17	He Shenggao (CHN) - 39.32
Women’s 50m Freestyle - S3	Leanne Smith (USA) - 40.03	Arjola Trimi (ITA) - 40.32s (Tokyo, 2021), Leanne Smith - 40.32s (Funchal, 2022)
Men’s 100m Backstroke - S14	Benjamin Hance (AUS) - 56.52	Benjamin Hance (AUS) - 56.88
Men’s 100m Backstroke - S12	Stephen Clegg (GBR) - 59.02	Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov (RUS) - 59.35
Men’s 100m Backstroke - S11	Mykhailo Serbin (UKR) - 1:5.84	Mykhailo Serbin (UKR) - 1:6.01
Women’s 100m Freestyle - S9	Alexa Leary (AUS) - 59.53	Alexa Leary (AUS) - 59.6
Women’s 100m Freestyle - S11	Daria Lukianenko (NPA) - 1:4.88	Liesette Bruinsma (NED) - 1:5.14
Men’s 100m Breaststroke - SB13	Taliso Engel (GER) - 1:1.84	Taliso Engel (GER) - 1:2.22
Women’s 100m Butterfly - S14	Poppy Maskill (GBR) - 1:3	Olivia Newman-Baronius (GBR) - 1:3.33s (London, 2024), Valeriia Shabalina (RUS) - 1:3.33s (Sotchi, 2022)
Women’s 100m Freestyle - S6	Jiang Yuyan (CHN) - 1:9.68	Jiang Yuyan (CHN) - 1:10.86
Women’s 100m Breaststroke - SB12	Elena Krawzow (GER) - 1:12.54	Elena Krawzow (GER) - 1:12.71
Women’s 100m Breaststroke - SB7	Mariia Pavlova (NPA) - 1:26.09	Mariia Pavlova (NPA) - 1:26.86
Women’s 100m Backstroke - S6	Jiang Yuyan (CHN) - 1:19.44	Ellie Marks (USA) - 1:19.57
Men’s 150m Individual Medley - SM2	Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo (BRA) - 3:15.06	Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo (BRA) - 3:23.83
Men’s 200m Freestyle - S14	William Ellard (GBR) - 1:51.3	Reece Dunn (GBR) - 1:52.4
Men’s 200m Individual Medley - SM6	Yang Hong (CHN) - 2:37.31	Yang Hong (CHN) - 2:37.53
Men’s 200m Individual Medley - SM13	Ihar Boki (NPA) - 2:2.03	Ihar Boki (Belarus) - 2:2.7
Women’s 200m Individual Medley - SM11	Daria Lukianenko (NPA) - 2:37.77	Daria Lukianenko (NPA) - 2:38.47
Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Italy (Stefano Raimondi, Giulia Terzi, Xenia Francesca Palazzo, Simone Barlaam) - 4:1.54	Italy - 4:2.53
Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay	China (Peng Qiuping, Yuan Weiyi, Jiang Yuyan, Guo Jincheng) - 2:14.98	China - 2:15.49
Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay	China (Lu Dong, Zhang Li, Wang Lichao, Guo Jincheng) - 2:24.83	China - 2:27.45