The world records in life saving are ratified by ILS, the International Life Saving Federation. Records can be set by registered competitors in the open category, as well as in youth and masters age groups. Youth ranges from 15 to 18 years of age. Masters start at age 30, and competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups to promote fair competition. The 100m Obstacle Swim is an event only available to senior masters (50 years and above).
Men 200m Obstacle Swim Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen01'53.16 Bradley WoodwardNational Team22.11.2019WarendorfYouth01'56.74 Zac ReidNational Team24.11.2018AdelaideMasters M3001'56.18 Kent StevenBlack Fins Squad23.06.2018EindhovenMasters M3502'04.12 Naoya HiranoYamagata Lifesaving30.10.2021ShizuokaMasters M4002'12.55 David LockeCoogee10.11.2012AdelaideMasters M4502'12.29 Marcello TonelliClub Natacion Martianez26.02.2021AlicanteMasters M5002'12.22 Marcello TonelliClub Natacion Metropole05.04.2025ValladolidMasters M5502'25.08 Stephen FryBMD Northcliffe SLSC07.08.2015Gold Coast
50m Manikin Carry Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen00'27.27Wieck DannyNational Team22.07.2017WroclawYouth00'29.35 Simone LocchiIn Sport Rane Rosee24.04.2022MilanMasters M3000'28.80Wieck DannyDLRG Anklam26.03.2022WarendorfMasters M3500'30.70 Sebastián RodriguezYMCA Salvamento Argentina22.09.2022RiccioneMasters M4000'33.73 Marc KiemannDLRG Bermatingen-Markdorf17.09.2019RiccioneMasters M4500'34.62 Toshiyuki TamuraChoshi Lifesaving30.10.2021ShizuokaMasters M5000'34.30 Marcello TonelliClub Natacion Metropole06.04.2025ValladolidMasters M5500'37.63 Michael MeikDLRG Gelsenkirchen27.09.2015AlicanteMasters M6000'38.06 Michael MeikDLRG Gelsenkirchen17.09.2019RiccioneMasters M6500'45.08 Grant SimpsonGrange SLSC04.07.2021AdelaideMasters M7000'49.67 Jozef RozalskiZyrardow WOPR03.09.2016Eindhoven
100m Manikin Carry with Fins Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen00'44.04 Jan MalkowskiDLRG Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock26.05.2019MagdeburgYouth00'45.96 Marco HetfeldDLRG Schwerte26.05.2019MagdeburgMasters M3000'46.11 Kent StevenNational Team01.12.2019EindhovenMasters M3500'48.13 Mateusz SzurmiejNational Team15.09.2021Castellon de la PlanaMasters M4000'52.54 Jean-Baptiste GimieES Marseille26.05.2017AlicanteMasters M4500'52.67 Thorsten SonsmannDLRG Region Uetersen18.09.2019RiccioneMasters M5000'55.23 Norbert HaaserDLRG Bermatingen-Markdorf27.09.2015AlicanteMasters M5500'55.62 Heiko VenohrDLRG Gelsenkirchen23.06.2018EindhovenMasters M6001'00.00 Michael MeikDLRG Gelsenkirchen18.09.2019RiccioneMasters M6501'09.56 Grant SimpsonGrange SLSC04.07.2021AdelaideMasters M7001'21.85 Joel GitelsonLos Angeles County Lifeguards18.11.2018Adelaide
100m Manikin Tow with Fins Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen00'49.02 Jacopo MussoRari Nantes Torino22.07.2017WroclawYouth00'49.77 Tom DuragerTournefeuille Sauvetage Nautique21.08.2023Gorzów WielkopolskiMasters M3000'50.02 Kevin LehrLuckenwalde05.09.2021BerlinMasters M3500'55.01 Ronnie DalsgaardNational Team17.11.2018AdelaideMasters M4000'57.04 Adam MooreWest Lifesaving Club10.01.2020PerthMasters M4500'57.33 Adam MooreWest Lifesaving Club23.10.2021PerthMasters M5001'00.91 Norbert HaaserBermatingen-Markdorf17.09.2016EindhovenMasters M5501'03.31 Heiko VenohrGelsenkirchen23.06.2018EindhovenMasters M6001'08.31 Michael MeikGelsenkirchen17.09.2019RiccioneMasters M6501'10.89 Robert ReadNarval Sauvetage Sportif01.06.2019Markham, OntarioMasters M7001'19.67 Doug BishopSt. Laurent Complex03.09.2016Eindhoven
200m Super Lifesaver Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen02'04.33 Federico GilardiNational Team23.04.2017MilanYouth02'10.02 Davide CremoniniGS Vigili del Fuoco G. Salza Torino25.04.2022MilanMasters M3002'07.68 Federico PinottiNational Team21.11.2015WarendorfMasters M3502'21.06 Daniele BattegazzoreSwimming Club Alessandria11.06.2017RiccioneMasters M4002'28.70 Christophe AttraitBiarritz Sauvetage Cotier30.05.2019TarbesMasters M4502'31.61 Christophe AttraitBiarritz Sauvetage Cotier13.05.2021TarbesMasters M5002'32.02 Christophe AttraitBiarritz Sauvetage Cotier18.01.2025Aubervilliers
100m Rescue Medley Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen00'57.66 Francesco IppolitoGorizia Nuoto27.01.2021Lignano SabbiadoroYouth01'00.72 Simone LocchiIn Sport Rane Rosse22.05.2021RiccioneMasters M3001'00.63 Federico PinottiNational Team22.11.2014WarendorfMasters M3501'05.91 Naoya HiranoYamagata Lifesaving30.10.2021ShizuokaMasters M4001'12.40 Christophe AttraitBiarritz Sauvetage Cotier06.04.2018TarbesMasters M4501'11.06 Marcello TonelliClub Natacion Martianez07.05.2023CastellonMasters M5001'09.23 Marcello TonelliClub Natacion Metropole06.04.2025ValladolidMasters M5501'43.92 Robert UbedaClub Sauvetage Secourisme du Muretain06.04.2018TarbesMasters M6001'40.89 Grant SimpsonWest Beach Surf Life Saving Club07.07.2019AdelaideMasters M6501'38.30 Grant SimpsonGrange SLSC03.07.2021Adelaide
100m Obstacle Swim Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoMasters M5001'07.05 Randall EickhoffCalifornia SLA01.06.2019Markham, OntarioMasters M5501'05.15 Michael MeikGelsenkirchen14.09.2014MontpellierMasters M6001'06.45 Paul BlackbeardBMD Northcliffe SLSC10.01.2021PerthMasters M6501'13.11 Grant SimpsonGrange SLSC04.07.2021AdelaideMasters M7001'23.04 Joel GitelsonLos Angeles County Lifeguards16.11.2018Adelaide
Women 200m Obstacle Swim Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen02'01.88 Lu YingNational Team23.07.2009KaohsiungYouth02'04.32 Giulia VetranoCentro Nuoto Nichelino21.05.2021RiccioneMasters M3002'10.14 Zsuzsanna JakabosNational Team13.09.2021Castellon de la PlanaMasters M3502'19.80 Kristyl SmithBMD Northcliffe SLSC16.11.2018AdelaideMasters M4002'25.18 Dori MillerBondi Surf Life Saving Club16.08.2013BrisbaneMasters M4502'25.41 Dori MillerBondi Surf Life Saving Club16.11.2018AdelaideMasters M5002'27.19 Norma CahillNational Team14.02.2016Limerick
50m Manikin Carry Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen00'32.20Nina HoltNational Team30.08.2024Gold Coasthttps://sport.ilsf.org/records/world/open/50m-manikin-carry/womenvideoYouth00'34.04Nina HoltNational Team20.02.2021WarendorfMasters M3000'33.98 Kerstin LangeDLRG Harsewinkel26.03.2022WarendorfMasters M3500'35.44 Aurelie RomaniniBlocry BOUST24.04.2022SeraingMasters M4000'39.75 Jeanette Libera-KörnerDLRG Berlin-Charlottenburg/Wilmersdorf18.11.2016WarendorfMasters M4500'40.38 Jeanette Libera-KörnerDLRG Berlin-Charlottenburg/Wilmersdorf17.09.2019RiccioneMasters M5000'42.84 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club15.11.2012AdelaideMasters M5500'42.40 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club16.01.2016Gold CoastMasters M6000'42.49 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club17.11.2018AdelaideMasters M6500'59.14 Evelyn SchoppenhauerDLRG Hagen15.09.2014MontpellierMasters M7000'59.72 Ute HoleDLRG Remagen15.09.2014Montpellier
100m Manikin Carry with Fins Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen00'49.30 Lucrezia FabrettiIn Sport Rane Rosse23.04.2022MilanYouth00'49.33 Lucrezia FabrettiNational Team22.09.2019RiccioneMasters M3000'54.06 Anneloes PeulenNational Team04.08.2015SwanseaMasters M3500'59.99 Lisa FergusonTweed Heads Coolangatta SLSC12.01.2019SydneyMasters M4001'02.01 Stefanie AdamLV Württemberg18.09.2019RiccioneMasters M4501'06.51 Simona PognantVigili del Fuoco Grosseto26.05.2017AlicanteMasters M5001'08.00 Norma CahillNational Team14.02.2015LimerickMasters M5501'14.05 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club17.01.2015HobartMasters M6001'12.41 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club18.11.2018AdelaideMasters M6501'29.70 Pam StanleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club18.11.2018AdelaideMasters M7001'44.84 Ute HoleNational Team14.09.2014Montpellier
100m Manikin Tow with Fins Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen00'55.40 Federica VolpiniGS Fiamme Oro Roma25.05.2019RiccioneYouth00'58.64 Lola Caballero FusetNational Team13.09.2021Castellon de la PlanaMasters M3000'58.78 Magalie RousseauEntente Nautique Albigeoise06.04.2018TarbesMasters M3501'02.32 Nele VanbuelNelaur Barveaux13.11.2021AntwerpMasters M4001'06.33 Claudine RoemenRB Echt12.11.2016EindhovenMasters M4501'08.20 Lisa BrownOttawa Beaches LSC17.11.2018AdelaidevideoMasters M5001'11.01 Norma CahillNational Team14.02.2015LimerickMasters M5501'10.97 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club16.01.2014CanberraMasters M6001'11.54 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club18.11.2018AdelaideMasters M6501'28.49 Pam StanleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club16.11.2018AdelaideMasters M7001'52.65 Margarete BeideckDurlach25.05.2017Alicante
200m Super Lifesaver Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen02'18.81 Paola LanzilottiRari Nantes Torino25.07.2021RomeYouth02'22.32 Lani PallisterAlexandra Headlands SLSC23.11.2019WarendorfvideoMasters M3002'26.64 Magali RousseauEntente Nautique Albigeoise06.04.2018TarbesMasters M3502'36.65 Nele VanbuelNelaur Barveaux14.11.2021AntwerpMasters M4002'53.97 Claudine RoemenRB Echt13.11.2016EindhovenMasters M4502'48.11Bruna RaveraAquatica Torino02.07.2016RomeMasters M5002'52.59Bruna RaveraAquatica Torino04.02.2017RiccioneMasters M5503'05.41 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club13.01.2018Adelaide
100m Rescue Medley Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoOpen01'05.75Nina HoltNational Team29.08.2024Gold Coasthttps://sport.ilsf.org/records/world/open/100m-rescue-medley/womenvideoYouth01'10.21 Lani PallisterAlexandra Headland SLSC28.11.2018AdelaideMasters M3001'10.05 Magalie RousseauNational Team21.09.2019RiccioneMasters M3501'23.32 Nele VanbuelNelaur Barveaux09.05.2021BrugesMasters M4001'23.46 Kuni AokiYugawara Lifesaving Club20.05.2018YokohamaMasters M4501'30.37Bruna RaveraAquatica Torino03.07.2016RomeMasters M5001'28.88 Norma CahillCo Clare10.02.2018LimerickMasters M5501'31.53 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club12.01.2018Adelaide
100m Obstacle Swim Age groupRecordAthleteNationClubDateVenueRefVideoMasters M5001'09.54 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club18.01.2013SydneyMasters M5501'10.70 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club16.01.2014CanberraMasters M6001'09.27 Jennifer WhiteleyThe Hills Swimming and Lifesaving Club16.11.2018AdelaideMasters M6501'25.32 Lenka NoitzIngolstadt17.09.2019RiccioneMasters M7001'36.49 Ute HoleNational Team14.09.2014Montpellier
See also Lifesaving (sport) Lifesaving at the World Games Lifesaving Surf lifesaving
References
External links World Records on ILS web site European Records on ILS web site