MEN
| 50 FREESTYLE | Eamon SULLIVAN | AUS | 21.85 | 2008 |
| 100 FREESTYLE | Filippo MAGNINI | ITA | 48.35 | 2008 |
| 200 FREESTYLE | Anders HOLMERTZ | SWE | 1:47.28 | 1990 |
| 400 FREESTYLE | Ian THORPE | AUS | 3:44.71 | 2001 |
| 800 FREESTYLE | Grant HACKETT | AUS | 7:49.10 | 2007 |
| 1500 FREESTYLE | Federico COLBERTALDO | ITA | 14:50.59 | 2008 |
| 50 BACKSTROKE | Randall BAL | USA | 25.02 | 2008 |
| 100 BACKSTROKE | Randall BAL | USA | 53.70 | 2008 |
| 200 BACKSTROKE | Ryosuke IRIE | JPN | 1:55.05 | 2012 |
| 50 BREASTSTROKE | Cameron VAN DER BURGH | RSA | 27.62 | 2011 |
| 100 BREASTSTROKE | Cameron VAN DER BURGH | RSA | 1:00.39 | 2012 |
| 200 BREASTSTROKE | Marco KOCH | GER | 2:08.74 | 2012 |
| 50 BUTTERFLY | Geoff HUEGILL | AUS | 23.50 | 2010 |
| 100 BUTTERFLY | Andrew LAUTERSTEIN | AUS | 52.14 | 2008 |
| 200 BUTTERFLY | Franck ESPOSITO | FRA | 1:55.63 | 2000 |
| 200 MEDLEY | Thiago PEREIRA | BRA | 1:57.94 | 2012 |
| 400 MEDLEY | Luca MARIN | ITA | 4:12.04 | 2012 |
WOMEN
| 50 FREESTYLE | Ranomi KROMOWIDJOJO | NED | 24.21 | 2012 |
| 100 FREESTYLE | Ranomi KROMOWIDJOJO | NED | 53.09 | 2012 |
| 200 FREESTYLE | Federica PELLEGRINI | ITA | 1:56.10 | 2008 |
| 400 FREESTYLE | Federica PELLEGRINI | ITA | 4:02.93 | 2008 |
| 800 FREESTYLE | Alessia FILIPPI | ITA | 8:20.70 | 2008 |
| 1500 FREESTYLE | STANDARD TIME | - | 16:19.00 | 2010 |
| 50 BACKSTROKE | Emily SEEBOHM | AUS | 28.31 | 2008 |
| 100 BACKSTROKE | Aya TERAKAWA | JPN | 59.42 | 2012 |
| 200 BACKSTROKE | Aya TERAKAWA | JPN | 2:07.73 | 2012 |
| 50 BREASTSTROKE | Leisel JONES | AUS | 30.82 | 2008 |
| 100 BREASTSTROKE | Leisel JONES | AUS | 1:05.34 | 2008 |
| 200 BREASTSTROKE | Leisel JONES | AUS | 2:21.81 | 2008 |
| 50 BUTTERFLY | Therese ALSHAMMAR | SWE | 25.86 | 2010 |
| 100 BUTTERFLY | Jemma LOWE | SVK | 58.28 | 2008 |
| 200 BUTTERFLY | Sara ISAKOVIC | SLO | 2:07.05 | 2008 |
| 200 MEDLEY | Stephanie RICE | AUS | 2:11.34 | 2008 |
| 400 MEDLEY | Stephanie RICE | AUS | 4:35.17 | 2008 |