| MEN'S GOODWILL GAMES RECORDS | ||||
| 50m Freestyle | Matt Biondi |  USA |
22.10 | 1990 |
| 100m Freestyle | Fernando Scherer |  BRA |
48.69 | 1998* |
| 200m Freestyle | Pieter van den Hoogenband |  NED |
1:47.34 | 1998 |
| 400m Freestyle | Artur Wojdat |  POL |
3:48.61 | 1990 |
| 800m Freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov | URS | 7:50.60 | 1986^ |
| 1500m Freestyle | Grant Hackett |  AUS |
15:01.25 | 2001 |
| 50m Backstroke | Event not held prior to Brisbane. | |||
| 100m Backstroke | Stev Theloke |  GER |
54.43 | 1998 |
| 200m Backstroke | Lenny Krayzelburg | USA |
1:58.17 | 1998 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Event not held prior to Brisbane. | |||
| 100m Breaststroke | Kurt Grote | USA |
1:01.76 | 1998 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Mike Barrowman | USA |
2:11.53 | 1990 |
| 50m Butterfly | Geoff Huegill | AUS |
23.63 | 2001 |
| 100m Butterfly | Michael Klim | AUS |
52.51 | 2001 |
| 200m Butterfly | Tom Malchow | USA |
1:55.20 | 2001 |
| 200m Indv. Medley | Curtis Myden |  CAN |
2:00.38 | 1998 |
| 400m Indv. Medley | Dave Wharton | USA |
4:17.74 | 1990 |
| Patrick Kuehl | GDR | 4:17.74 | 1990 | |
| 4x100m Free Relay | United States (Tom Jager, Jon Olsen, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi) |
USA |
3:17.50 | 1990 |
| 4x100m Medley Relay | Australia (Matthew Welsh, Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill, Ian Thorpe) |
AUS |
3:37.96 | 2001 |