MEN
| 50 FREESTYLE | Cesar CIELO FILHO | BRA | 20.91 | 18/12/2009 | Sao Paulo |
| 100 FREESTYLE | Cesar CIELO FILHO | BRA | 46.91 | 30/07/2009 | Rome |
| 200 FREESTYLE | Paul BIEDERMANN | GER | 1:42.00 | 28/07/2009 | Rome |
| 400 FREESTYLE | Paul BIEDERMANN | GER | 3:40.07 | 26/07/2009 | Rome |
| 800 FREESTYLE | Lin ZHANG | CHN | 7:32.12 | 29/07/2009 | Rome |
| 1500 FREESTYLE | Yang SUN | CHN | 14:31.02 | 04/08/2012 | London |
| 50 BACKSTROKE | Liam TANCOCK | GBR | 24.04 | 02/08/2009 | Rome |
| 100 BACKSTROKE | Aaron PEIRSOL | USA | 51.94 | 08/07/2009 | Indianapolis |
| 200 BACKSTROKE | Aaron PEIRSOL | USA | 1:51.92 | 31/07/2009 | Rome |
| 50 BREASTSTROKE | Cameron VAN DER BURGH | RSA | 26.67 | 29/07/2009 | Rome |
| 100 BREASTSTROKE | Cameron VAN DER BURGH | RSA | 58.46 | 29/07/2012 | London |
| 200 BREASTSTROKE | Akihiro YaMAGUCHI | JPN | 2:07.01 | 15/09/2012 | Gifu |
| 50 BUTTERFLY | Rafael MUÑOZ | ESP | 22.43 | 05/04/2009 | Malaga |
| 100 BUTTERFLY | Michael PHELPS | USA | 49.82 | 01/08/2009 | Rome |
| 200 BUTTERFLY | Michael PHELPS | USA | 1:51.51 | 29/07/2009 | Rome |
| 200 MEDLEY | Ryan LOCHTE | USA | 1:54.00 | 28/07/2011 | Shanghai |
| 400 MEDLEY | Michael PHELPS | USA | 4:03.84 | 10/08/2008 | Beijing |
| 4X100 FREESTYLE | PHELPS, WEBER-GALE, JONES, LEZAK | USA | 3:08.24 | 11/08/2008 | Beijing |
| 4X200 FREESTYLE | PHELPS, BERENS, WALTERS, LOCHTE | USA | 6:58.55 | 31/07/2009 | Rome |
| 4X100 MEDLEY | PEIRSOL, SHANTEAU,PHELPS, WALTERS | USA | 3:27.28 | 02/08/2009 | Rome |
WOMEN
| 50 FREESTYLE | Britta STEFFEN | GER | 23.73 | 02/08/2009 | Rome |
| 100 FREESTYLE | Britta STEFFEN | GER | 52.07 | 31/07/2009 | Rome |
| 200 FREESTYLE | Federica PELLEGRINI | ITA | 1:52.98 | 29/07/2009 | Rome |
| 400 FREESTYLE | Federica PELLEGRINI | ITA | 3:59.15 | 26/07/2009 | Rome |
| 800 FREESTYLE | Rebecca ADLINGTON | GBR | 8:14.10 | 16/08/2008 | Beijing |
| 1500 FREESTYLE | Kate ZIEGLER | USA | 15:42.54 | 17/06/2007 | Mission Viejo |
| 50 BACKSTROKE | Jing ZHAO | CHN | 27.06 | 30/07/2009 | Rome |
| 100 BACKSTROKE | Gemma SPOFFORTH | GBR | 58.12 | 28/07/2009 | Rome |
| 200 BACKSTROKE | Missy FRANKLIN | USA | 2:04.06 | 03/08/2012 | London |
| 50 BREASTSTROKE | Jessica HARDY | USA | 29.80 | 07/08/2009 | Federal Way |
| 100 BREASTSTROKE | Jessica HARDY | USA | 1:04.45 | 07/08/2009 | Federal Way |
| 200 BREASTSTROKE | Rebecca SONI | USA | 2:19.59 | 02/08/2012 | London |
| 50 BUTTERFLY | Therese ALSHAMMAR | SWE | 25.07 | 31/07/2009 | Rome |
| 100 BUTTERFLY | Dana VOLLMER | USA | 55.98 | 29/07/2012 | London |
| 200 BUTTERFLY | Zige LIU | CHN | 2:01.81 | 21/10/2009 | Jinan |
| 200 MEDLEY | Ariana KUKORS | USA | 2:06.15 | 27/07/2009 | Rome |
| 400 MEDLEY | Shiwen YE | CHN | 4:28.43 | 28/07/2012 | London |
| 4X100 FREESTYLE | DEKKER, KROMOWIDJOJO, HEEMSKERK, VELDHUIS | NED | 3:31.72 | 26/07/2009 | Rome |
| 4X200 FREESTYLE | YANG, ZHU, LIU, PANG | CHN | 7:42.08 | 30/07/2009 | Rome |
| 4X100 MEDLEY | ZHAO, CHEN, JIAO, LI | CHN | 3:52.19 | 01/08/2009 | Rome |