Swimming · World Record

Summer McIntosh: Broke the oldest individual world record in women's swimming: 2:01.65 in the 200m butterfly on 5 July 2026 (night 1 of the

Broke the oldest individual world record in women's swimming: 2:01.65 in the 200m butterfly on 5 July 2026 (night 1 of the Canadian Swimming Trials, Montreal), erasing Liu Zige's super-suit-era 2:01.81 from 2009 — also setting Commonwealth and Americas records. Became the first woman since Sarah Sjöström to simultaneously hold four long-course world records (400 free, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM). The next night (6 July) she won the 400m IM in 4:27.35, short of her own WR.

8 July 2026