List of swimming competitions
This is a list of swimming competitions conducted in pool and open water environments. Pool competitions include [Olympic-size swimming (sport)|swimming pool|long course metres], short course metres, and short course yards formats.
Olympic committee events
- Olympic Games, pool since 1896, open water since 2008, for example swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Youth Olympic Games, since 2010, for example swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- African Games, since 1965, co-organized with the African Union and Association of African Sports Confederations
- Asian Games, Olympic committee organized since 1982, 1951 to 1982 organized by the Asian Games Federation
- Australian Youth Olympic Festival, 2001 to 2013
- European Games, 2015
- European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, since 1991, for example swimming at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
- Indian Ocean Island Games, for example swimming at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games
- Pan Arab Games, since 1953
- World Beach Games, open water since 2019, for example open water swimming at the 2019 World Beach Games
International swimming federation events
- World Aquatics Championships (50 m pool, open water), pool since 1973, open water since 1991
- World Swimming Championships (25 m pool), since 1993, for example 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- World Open Water Championships, 2000 to 2010, for example 2002 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
- World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
- World Junior Swimming Championships, since 2006, for example 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
- World Masters Championships, since 1978, 1978 and 1984 held by an organization other than FINA
- Swimming World Cup, since 1988, for example 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup
- Marathon Swim World Series, since 2007, for example 2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series
- Champions Swim Series, since 2019
- Aquatics Festival, open water since 2021, for example Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival
African events
- African Aquatics Championships
- African Swimming Championships, since 1974, for example 2021 African Swimming Championships
- African Junior Swimming Championships, since 1988
- African Juniors Aquatics Championships
- African Masters Aquatics Championships
American events
- Pan American Games, pool since 1951, open water since 2007
- Junior Pan American Games, since 2021, for example 2021 Junior Pan American Games
- South American Games, pool since 1978, open water since 2006
- South American Youth Games, since 2013
- South American Aquatics Championships
- South American Swimming Championships, since 1929, for example 2016 South American Swimming Championships
- South American Masters Aquatics Championships
- South American Juniors Aquatics Championships
- South American Beach Games, open water since 2009
- Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships, since 1960
- Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships, since 1976
- CAMEX, since 1986
- CARIFTA Swimming Championships, since 1985
- Bolivarian Games, since 1938
- Bolivarian Beach Games, open water since 2012, for example 2012 Bolivarian Beach Games
Asian events
- Asian Swimming Championships, since 1980, for example 2012 Asian Swimming Championships
- Asian Age Group Swimming Championships
- Asian Open Water Swimming Championships
- South Asian Games, since 1984
- Southeast Asian Games, since 1959
- Southeast Asian Swimming Championships, since 1977
- West Asian Games, since 1997, for example swimming at the 2005 West Asian Games
- South Asian Swimming Championships
- Central Asian Swimming Championships
- West Asian Swimming Championships
- Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, short course swimming, since 2005
European events
- European Aquatics Championships, pool since 1926, open water since 1995, for example 2022 European Aquatics Championships
- European Short Course Championships, since 1996, post-European Sprint Swimming Championships
- European Sprint Swimming Championships, 1991 to 1994, pre-European Short Course Swimming Championships, for example 1994 European Sprint Swimming Championships
- European Open Water Swimming Championships, 1989 to 2016
- European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships, for example 2012 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
- European Junior Swimming Championships, since 1967
- European Masters Championships, since 1987
- Baltic States Swimming Championships, for example 2021 Baltic States Swimming Championships
- Open de Paris de Natation
- Balkan Swimming Championship
- Central Europe Swimming Cup
- Mediterranean Swimming Cup
Oceania events
- Pacific Games, 1963 to 1979 and 1987 to present
- Oceania Swimming Championships, since 1993, for example 2010 Oceania Swimming Championships
- Oceania Masters Championships
National championships
- Australian Swimming Championships
- Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, for example 2009 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships
- Belgian Open Swimming Championships
- British Swimming Championships
- Chinese National Swimming Championships
- Chinese National Short Course Swimming Championships
- Finnish championships in aquatics, 1906 to 1926, for example 1921 Finnish championships in aquatics
- French Elite Open Swimming Championships
- Hungarian National Swimming Championships
- Irish Open Short Course Swimming Championships
- Japan National Swimming Championships
- Italian National Championships, open to international competition
- Lithuanian Swimming Championships, for example 2020 Lithuanian Swimming Championships
- Russian National Swimming Championships, for example 2023 Russian National Swimming Championships
- South Africa National Open Water Championships
- Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships, since 1953
- Swedish Swimming Championships, since 1899
- Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships, for example 2022 SA National Swimming Championships, open to international competition
- United States Open Water National Championships
- United States Short Course Swimming Championships
- United States Spring Swimming Championships, since 1962
- United States Swimming National Championships, for example 2019 USA Swimming Championships, open to international competition when not incorporated as part of the US Olympic Trials
School and university events
- World University Games, since 1959
- World School Swimming Championship, since 1991
- Asian Schools Swimming Championships
- NAIA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, since 1957
- NAIA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, since 1981
- NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving championships, since 1924
- NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, since 1982
- NCAA Men's Division II Swimming and Diving Championships, since 1964
- NCAA Men's Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, since 1975
- NCAA Swimming Championship (Philippines), since 1926
- NCAA Women's Division II Swimming and Diving Championships, since 1982
- NCAA Women's Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, since 1982
Religious affiliation events
- Islamic Solidarity Games, since 2005
- Maccabiah Games, since 1932
Military and life saving events
- Military World Games, since 1995
- World Life Saving Championships, since 1955
Recurring lake, river, channel, harbour, and ocean swims
- Auckland Harbour Crossing Swim, since 2004
- Basel Rhine Swim, since 1980
- Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim, since 1989
- Brighton Jetty Classic, since 2006
- Cadiz Freedom Swim
- Cole Classic, since 1982
- Cruce a Nado Internacional, since 1980
- Lake Zurich Swim
- Lucky's Lake Swim, since 1989
- Meis–Kaş Swim, since 2005
- Midmar Mile, since 1974
- Oceans Seven, since 2008
- Pier to Pub, since 1981
- Race to Prince's Bridge, 1913 to 1963 and 1987 to 1991
- Rottnest Channel Swim
- Santa Fe-Coronda Marathon, since 1961
- Shark Island Swim Challenge, since 1987
- Vansbrosimningen, since 1950
LGBT events
Para swimming events
- Paralympic Games, since 1960
- World Para Swimming Championships, 1990 to 2015 as IPC Swimming Championships, since 2017 as World Para Swimming Championships, for example 2017 World Para Swimming Championships
- IPC Swimming World Championships, held once, 2009 IPC Swimming World Championships 25 m
- World Deaf Swimming Championships
- INAS World Swimming Championships
- Commonwealth Games, included as part of the swimming program, since 2002
- World Para Swimming European Championships
- Australian Swimming Championships, included as part of the swimming program as multi-class events, for example 2019 Australian Swimming Championships
- Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships, included as part of the swimming program as multi-class events, open to international competition
Finswimming events
- World Games, since 1981, for example finswimming at the 2022 World Games
- Finswimming World Championships, since 1976
- Texas Open Finswimming Invitational, since 1999
Other
- Arab Swimming Championships, for example 2018 Arab Swimming Championships
- Brazil Swimming Trophy, since 1962
- Commonwealth Games, since 1930
- Commonwealth Youth Games, since 2000
- Duel in the Pool between USA and Australia, European All-stars, 2003 to 2022, for example 2009 Duel in the Pool
- International Swimming League, since 2019, for example 2021 International Swimming League
- José Finkel Trophy, since 1972
- Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, since 2005, organized by Pan Pacific Charter nations's swimming federations, for example 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
- Mare Nostrum series
- Mediterranean Beach Games, finswimming and open water since 2015, for example 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games
- Mediterranean Games, since 1951
- Nico Sapio Trophy
- Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, since 1985, organized by Pan Pacific Charter nations's swimming federations, for example 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
- Sette Colli Trophy
- South Africa Swimming Grand Prix series
- Swedish Swimming Grand Prix series
- USA Swimming Pro Swim Series
- U.S. Open Championships, since 1985