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Michael Phelps expressed happiness over an incredible swimming season in 2024, during which Regan Smith, Summer McIntosh, and other athletes broke several world records. The Baltimore Bullet broke 39 world records during his illustrious career.
Phelps reacted to an Instagram post from Swimming Stats by Swimswam, which detailed the fastest times clocked in each of the women's disciplines in 2024 and wrote that it was a fun year for the sport.
"Fun year for the sport!!" he wrote.
Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom leads in the 50m and 100m freestyle, with times of 23.66s and 52.16s respectively clocked at the Paris Olympics to win gold medals. She is also the world leader in the 50m butterfly with a time of 24.63s clocked at the World Championships.
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Australia's Ariarne Titmus leads in the 200m and 400m freestyle events with times of 1:52.23 (world record) and 3:55.44 clocked at the Olympic Trials. Kaylee McKeown, another Australian swimmer, leads the 50m and 200m backstroke events with times of 27.07 and 2:03.30 respectively.
The USA's Katie Ledecky continued her dominance in the 800m and 1500m freestyle events, clocking 8:11.04 and 15:30.02 to win gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Two more American swimmers, Regan Smith and Gretchen Walsh, are the world leaders in the 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly events respectively with world record times of 57.13 and 55.18.
Another notable mention in the list was 18-year-old Summer McIntosh, who leads in three events. The Canadian clocked 2:03.03 in the 200m butterfly and 2:06.56 in the 200m Individual Medley to win gold medals at the Paris Games. She earlier swam a world record time of 4:24.38 in the 400m Individual Medley at the Canadian Olympic Trials and later won the Olympic gold in the event as well.
How many world records does Michael Phelps still hold?
Michael Phelps no longer holds any of the individual fastest times from his 39 senior world records in swimming. His last individual record was broken in 2023 by Leon Marchand at the World Championships when he clocked 4:02.50 in the 400m Individual Medley.
However, he still does hold two records in 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays. Phelps teamed up with Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, and Jason Lezak at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to set the world record in 3:08.24, which is now the longest-standing record in history.
The following year, he was paired with Ricky Berens, David Walters, and Ryan Lochte at the World Championships in Rome, with the quartet winning the 4x200m freestyle relay title in 6:58.55.
