List of swimming competitions

This is a list of swimming competitions conducted in pool and open water environments. Pool competitions include long course metres (50 metre pool), short course metres (25 metre pool), and short course yards (25 yard pool) 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 (SAG), since 1984
 * Southeast Asian Games (SEA), since 1959
 * Southeast Asian Swimming Championships (SEA), 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 (50 m pool, open water), pool since 1926, open water since 1995, for example 2022 European Aquatics Championships
 * European Short Course Championships (25 m pool), 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

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 (Japan Swim)
 * Italian National Championships (Spring - Absolute, Summer, Winter), 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 (South Africa), 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

 * Gay Games

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 (Short Course), 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