World Records for Mass Swim Relays

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The Rules

(If you want to break a record that is published in a record book or governed by an international authorithy, there may be other or additional rules. See here for more information.)
  1. The relays are open for men and women from all age classes. We are also interested in registering records for relays swum by females only.
  2. If not mentioned otherwise, the records in this list are for feestyle relays. We are also interested in registering separate records for other swimming styles.
  3. Attempts can take place in either  25 m or 50 m pools. For the 24 hrs record pools of 25 yards or 50 yards are allowed as well.
  4. No swimmer is allowed to swim more than once. In a 1000x100 m relay, for example, actually 1000 different persons must swim.
  5. It is not allowed to change the lane during the event.
  6. The attempt starts with an audible signal, and the clocks stop when the last swimmer touches the wall. Two clocks must run all the time. It is not allowed just to add the individual times achieved for all swimmers in order to compute the final result.
  7. As usual, a swimmer must not start before the swimmer he or she is taking over from has touched the wall. In case of a false start, the start has to be repeated correctly by returning to the wall.
  8. If for some reason a swimmer fails to complete the distance, another swimmer can substitute him or her and swim the complete (not just the remaining!) distance. The clock remains running. Neither the swimmer who failed to complete the distance nor the swimmer who started as a substitute is allowed to swim more than once in the relay (see rule 4).

100 x 25 m

Time
 Team
 Date
21:22.83 minutes
 North Shore Swimming Club Auckland (New Zealand)
 4 November 2012
30:00.69 minutes
 Kristianstads SLS (Sweden)
 13 December 1992

1000 x 50 m

Time
 Team
 Date
7:31:45 hours
 SC Einheit Dresden (East Germany)
 13 July 1988
8:31:54.5 hours
 Düsseldorf area (West Germany)
 12 May 1983
8:59:31,3 hours
 Bayer Uerdingen 08 (West Germany)
 9 December 1981
9:39:02 hours
 Schwimmverein Cannstadt (West Germany)
 1982
10:24:38.19 hours
 Osk Sports Club Okayama (Japan)
 29 September 2012
12:11:03,47 hours
 Lower Silesia Swimming Association, Wrocław (Poland)
 2000

100 x 100 m

Time
 Team
 Date
1:37:53 hours
 The Match Charity Swim in Miami, Queensland (Australia)
 29 October 2011
1:41:03,69 hours Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 (Germany) 30 April 1998
1:41:42.5 hours
 Hamburger Schwimmklub (West Germany)
 August 1984
1:42:28.6 hours
 Darmstädter Schwimm- und Wassersport-Club 1912 (West Germany) 12 July 1991
1:45:27.3 hours
 Svommeklubben VAT 69 (Denmark) 15 March 1992
1:46:04.8 hours
 Wasserfreunde Wuppertal (West Germany)
 1983
1:53:13 hours
 Startgemeinschaft der Sportschwimmer Dortmund (Germany)
 30 August 2008

100 x 100 m Medley

Time
 Team
 Date
2:05:31.44 hours
 University of Manchester Swimming Club (UK) DETAILS 25 February 2012
2:39:28.52 hours Altrahlstedter Männerturnverein, Farmsener Turnverein and Wandsbeker Turnerbund Hamburg (Germany) DETAILS
 27 August 2011

1000 x 100 m

Time
 Team
 Date
18:01:48.6 hours
 Erfurt (Germany)
 1992
18:08:43.5 hours
 Upsala SS (Schweden)
 20/21 August 1988
21:09:50 hours
 Schwimmklub Langenthal (Switzerland)
 27/28 August 1994
21:17:30.0 hours
 De Dolfijn Amsterdam (Netherlands)
 20/21 March 1993
23:05 hours
 TV  Korbach (West Germany)
 23/24 August 1980
23:55:48 hours
 Brno (Czechoslovakia)
25:28:40.3 hours
 Schwimmverein Derne 1949 Dortmund (West Germany) 19/20 February 1982
31:?? hours
 Verona (Italy)
 22/23 May 1982
31:16:43.6 hours
 Vysoké Mýto (Czechoslovakia)
 1982
33:52:13 hours
 Sporting Club d'Angoulême (France)
 26-27 June1987
35:55:36.8 hours
 Cercle des nageurs d'Avignon (France)
 22-23 June 1985

10 x 100 x 100 m (Team of 10 Swimmers, Each Swimming 100x100 m)

Time
 Team
 Date
16:32:27 hours
 "Wir schwimmen für Kinder" in Osnabrück (Germany)
(Michael Dmitriev, Marcel Jercyk, Jeremy-Jay Krogull-Hull, Thomas Lurz, Niclas Mellies, Alexander Schäfer, Piet Schlörmann, Sven Stallkamp, Andreas Waschburger, Jan Wolfgarten)
 11 November 2011
17:43:10.98 hours
 SG Dortmund (Germany)
 3/4 September 2005
18:36:42.7 hours
 WASPO Nordhorn (Germany)
 7/8 August 1998
23:36:14 hours
 TV 1850 Korbach (West Germany)
 23/24 August 1980

100 x 400 m

Time
 Team
 Date
7:51:03.22 hours
 SG Schwaben
 9 October 1999
8:18:19.2 hours
 University of Hamburg (West Germany) 28 April 1990
8:30:54.99 hours
 Erfurt (East Germany)
 1992
9:02:32 hours
 SSV Ulm 1846 (Germany) 10 July 2010
9:18:34.8 hours
 SG Menden (West Germany) 28 October 1989
10:27:48.2 hours
 SSV Ulm 1846 (West Germany) 21 July 1986
10:27:57.5 hours
 SG Neptun Lampertheim (West Germany)
 23 June 1985
13:27:11 hours
 DLRG, Ortsgruppe Bruchmühlbach-Miesau (West Germany) 21 August 1982

100 x 1000 m

Time
 Team
 Date
22:48:43.1 hours SG Dortmund and friends (Germany) 2 / 3 September 2006
25:11:35 hours
 Schwimmklub Region Murten (Switzerland)
 24/25 August 1996
25:19:52.48 hours SV Dachau  (Germany)
 3/4 December 2005
30:53:37 hours
 Schwimmverein Mannheim (West Germany)
(in open water!)
 September 1983

24 HOURS (20 Swimmers)

Distance
 Team
 Date
194.994 km
 Finnish team at the Mäkelänrinteen Swimming Center, Helsinki
 16/17 September 2005
182.8 km
 National Team New Zealand
 9/10 December 1983
173.935 km
 Svommeklubben Vest Brondby (Denmark)
 14/15 June 1991
87.985 km
 VZS Pelhřimov (Czech Republic)
 8 June 2002
87.686 km
 Heide Spa Bad Düben (Germany)
 21/22 June 2003


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