World record progression 200 metres breaststroke

Main article: List of world records in swimming

See also: History of swimming

Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle

The first world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908 and the first world record in the women's 200 metres breaststroke was recognised in 1921. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.

There have been two rule changes enacted by FINA for this event that have resulted in the nullification of world records.

In the mid-1930s, many breaststroke swimmers began practicing an early variant of the butterfly stroke that involved recovering the arms above the water in an effort to reduce drag. This technique was disallowed when the butterfly stroke was established as a distinct stroke with its own rules in 1953, and world records set using the technique were nullified.

Another style was developed by the Japanese swimmer Masaru Furukawa shortly after this rule change. It involved swimming underwater for as much of each pool length as possible without surfacing, as the act of breaking the water's surface created resistance, slowing a swimmer. This method of swimming the breaststroke was disallowed by FINA in 1956 and records set with the technique were nullified.

Men

Long course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	3:09.2		Frederick Holman	Great Britain	18 July 1908	-	London, United Kingdom
2	3:08.3		Robert Andersson	Great Britain	18 April 1909	-	Stockholm, Sweden
3	3:00.8		Félicien Courbet	Belgium	2 October 1910	-	Schaerbeek, Belgium
4	2:56.6		Percy Courtman	Great Britain	28 July 1914	-	Garston, United Kingdom
5	2:54.4		Erich Rademacher	Germany	12 November 1922	-	Amsterdam, Netherlands
6	2:52.6		Bob Skelton	United States	24 March 1924	-	Milwaukee, United States
7	2:50.4		Erich Rademacher	Germany	7 April 1924	-	Magdeburg, Germany
8	2:48.0		Erich Rademacher	Germany	11 March 1927	-	Brussels, Belgium
9	2:45.0		Yoshiyuki Tsuruta	Japan	29 July 1927	-	Kyoto, Japan
10	2:44.6		Lionel Spence	United States	2 April 1931	-	Chicago, United States
11	2:44.0		Lionel Spence	United States	1 April 1932	-	New Haven, United States
12	2:42.6		Jacques Cartonnet	United States	8 February 1933	-	Paris, France
13	2:42.4		Erwin Sietas	Germany	16 March 1935	-	Düsseldorf, Germany
14	2:39.6		Jacques Cartonnet	France	4 May 1935	-	Paris, France
-	2:37.2	^[a]	Jack Kasley	United States	28 March 1936	-	New Haven, United States
15	2:36.8		Alfred Nakache	France	6 July 1941	-	Marseille, France
-	2:35.6	^[b]	Joe Verdeur	United States	5 April 1946	-	Bainbridge, United States
-	2:35.0	^[b]	Joe Verdeur	United States	15 February 1947	-	New Haven, United States
-	2:32.0	^[b]	Joe Verdeur	United States	14 February 1948	-	New Haven, United States
-	2:30.5	^[b]	Joe Verdeur	United States	2 April 1948	-	New Haven, United States
-	2:30.0	^[b]	Joe Verdeur	United States	28 June 1948	-	New Haven, United States
-	2:36.3	^[a]	Joe Verdeur	United States	10 July 1948	-	Detroit, United States
-	2:28.3	^[b]	Joe Verdeur	United States	15 February 1950	-	New Haven, United States
-	2:34.4	^[c]	Herbert Klein	Germany	13 August 1950	-	Göppingen, West Germany
-	2:27.3	^[b]	Herbert Klein	Germany	9 June 1951	-	Munich, West Germany
-	2:34.4	=, ^[c]	John Davies	Australia	1 August 1952	-	Helsinki, Finland
16	2:37.4		Knud Gleie	Denmark	14 February 1953	-	Copenhagen, Denmark
-	2:36.6	^[d]	Masaru Furukawa	Japan	10 April 1954	-	Tokyo, Japan
-	2:35.4	^[d]	Masaru Furukawa	Japan	10 April 1954	-	Tokyo, Japan
-	2:35.2	^[d]	Mamoru Tanaka	Japan	17 September 1954	-	Tokyo, Japan
-	2:33.7	^[d]	Masaru Furukawa	Japan	5 August 1955	-	Tokyo, Japan
-	2:31.0	^[d]	Masaru Furukawa	Japan	1 October 1955	-	Tokyo, Japan
17	2:36.5		Terry Gathercole	Australia	28 June 1958	-	Townsville, Australia
18	2:33.6		Chet Jastremski	United States	28 July 1961	-	Tokyo, Japan
19	2:29.6		Chet Jastremski	United States	19 August 1961	-	Los Angeles, United States
20	2:28.2		Chet Jastremski	United States	30 August 1964	-	New York City, United States
21	2:27.8		Ian O'Brien	Australia	15 October 1964	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan
22	2:27.4		Vladimir Kosinsky	Soviet Union	3 April 1968	-	Tallinn, Soviet Union
23	2:26.5		Nikolai Pankin	Soviet Union	22 March 1969	-	Minsk, Soviet Union
24	2:25.4		Nikolai Pankin	Soviet Union	19 April 1969	-	Magdeburg, East Germany
25	2:23.5		Brian Job	United States	22 August 1970	AAU National Championships	Los Angeles, United States
26	2:22.79		John Hencken	United States	5 August 1972	US Olympic Trials	Chicago, United States
27	2:21.55		John Hencken	United States	2 September 1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany
28	2:20.52		John Hencken	United States	24 August 1973	US National Championships	Louisville, United States
29	2:19.28		David Wilkie	Great Britain	6 September 1973	World Championships	Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
30	2:18.93		John Hencken	United States	24 August 1974	AAU National Championships	Concord, United States
31	2:18.21		John Hencken	United States	1 September 1974	USA vs GDR Dual Meet	Concord, United States
32	2:15.11		David Wilkie	Great Britain	24 July 1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada
33	2:14.77		Victor Davis	Canada	5 August 1982	World Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
34	2:14.58		Victor Davis	Canada	17 June 1984	-	Etobicoke, Canada
35	2:13.34		Victor Davis	Canada	2 August 1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States
36	2:12.90		Mike Barrowman	United States	4 August 1989	US National Championships	Los Angeles, United States
36	2:12.90	=	Nick Gillingham	Great Britain	19 August 1989	European Championships	Bonn, West Germany
37	2:12.89		Mike Barrowman	United States	20 August 1989	Pan Pacific Championships	Tokyo, Japan
38	2:11.53		Mike Barrowman	United States	20 July 1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States
39	2:11.23		Mike Barrowman	United States	11 January 1991	World Championships	Perth, Australia
40	2:10.60		Mike Barrowman	United States	13 August 1991	US National Championships	Fort Lauderdale, United States
41	2:10.16		Mike Barrowman	United States	29 July 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
42	2:09.97		Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	2 October 2002	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea
43	2:09.52		Dimitri Komornikov	Russia	15 June 2003	Mare Nostrum	Barcelona, Spain
44	2:09.42		Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	24 July 2003	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[1]
45	2:09.04		Brendan Hansen	United States	11 July 2004	US Olympic Trials	Long Beach, United States	[2]
46	2:08.74		Brendan Hansen	United States	5 August 2006	US National Championships	Irvine, United States	[3]
47	2:08.50		Brendan Hansen	United States	21 August 2006	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	[4]
48	2:07.51		Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	8 June 2008	Japan Open	Tokyo, Japan
49	2:07.31	sf	Christian Sprenger	Australia	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[5]
50	2:07.28		Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	1 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[6]
51	2:07.01		Akihiro Yamaguchi	Japan	15 September 2012	Japanese Sports Festival	Gifu, Japan	[7]
52	2:06.67		Ippei Watanabe	Japan	29 January 2017	Kosuke Kitajima Cup	Tokyo, Japan	[8]
52	2:06.67	sf, =	Matthew Wilson	Australia	25 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[9]
53	2:06.12		Anton Chupkov	Russia	26 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[10]
54	2:05.95		Zac Stubblety-Cook	Australia	22 May 2022	Australian Championships	Adelaide, Australia	[11]
55	2:05.48		Qin Haiyang	China	27 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[12]

Notes

1. ^ Record was set using a butterfly technique and was nullified in 1953.
2. ^ Record was set in a 25 m pool and was annulled after World Aquatics required 50 m pools to be used.
3. ^ After the records set in a 25 m pool were nullified, the world record was reverted to Herbert Klein's mark from 1950, which John Davies equaled in 1952. However, these records were also later annulled because they employed a butterfly technique.
4. ^ Masaru Furukawa and Mamoru Tanaka set their world records by swimming most of the race while underwater. Their records were annulled in 1956.

Short course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	2:07.93		Nick Gillingham	Great Britain	20 October 1991	-	Birmingham, United Kingdom
2	2:07.80		Philip Rogers	Australia	28 August 1993	Australian Championships	Melbourne, Australia
3	2:07.79		Andrey Korneyev	Russia	20 January 1998	World Cup	Paris, France
4	2:07.59		Roman Sludnov	Russia	19 March 2000	World Championships	Athens, Greece
5	2:06.40		Ed Moses	United States	25 March 2000	NCAA Division I Championships	Minneapolis, United States
6	2:04.37		Ed Moses	United States	18 January 2002	World Cup	Paris, France
7	2:03.28		Ed Moses	United States	22 January 2002	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden
8	2:03.17		Ed Moses	United States	26 January 2002	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
9	2:02.92		Ed Moses	United States	17 January 2004	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
10	2:01.98		Christian Sprenger	Australia	10 August 2009	Australian Championships	Hobart, Australia	[13]
11	2:00.67		Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	13 December 2009	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[14]
12	2:00.48		Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	31 August 2014	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[15]
13	2:00.44		Marco Koch	Germany	20 November 2016	German Championships	Berlin, Germany	[16]
14	2:00.16		Kirill Prigoda	Russia	13 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[17]

Women

Long course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	3:38.2		Ellie Van Den Bogaert	Belgium	7 August 1921	-	Antwerp, Belgium
2	3:34.6		Ellie Van Den Bogaert	Belgium	6 May 1922	-	Brussels, Belgium
3	3:31.4		Ellie Van Den Bogaert	Belgium	4 October 1922	-	Antwerp, Belgium
4	3:20.4		Irene Gilbert	Great Britain	18 June 1923	-	Rotherham, United Kingdom
5	3:20.2		Erna Murray	Germany	5 April 1925	-	Leipzig, Germany
6	3:19.1		Brita Hazelius	Sweden	11 August 1926	-	Stockholm, Sweden
7	3:18.4		Mietje Baron	Netherlands	24 October 1926	-	Brussels, Belgium
8	3:16.6		Else Jacobsen	Denmark	20 August 1927	-	Oslo, Norway
9	3:15.8		Charlotte Mühe	Germany	15 April 1928	-	Magdeburg, Germany
10	3:11.2		Mietje Baron	Netherlands	22 April 1928	-	Rotterdam, Netherlands
10	3:11.2	=	Charlotte Mühe	Germany	15 July 1928	-	Berlin, Germany
11	3:10.6		Margery Hinton	Great Britain	20 July 1931	-	Manchester, United Kingdom
12	3:08.4		Clare Dennis	Australia	18 January 1932	-	Sydney, Australia
13	3:08.2		Lisa Rocke	Germany	21 April 1932	-	Leipzig, Germany
14	3:03.4		Else Jacobsen	Denmark	11 May 1932	-	Stockholm, Sweden
15	3:00.4		Hideko Maehata	Japan	30 September 1933	-	Tokyo, Japan
16	3:00.2		Jopie Waalberg	Netherlands	11 May 1937	-	Amsterdam, Netherlands
17	2:58.0		Jopie Waalberg	Netherlands	27 June 1937	-	Zaandijk, Netherlands
18	2:56.9		Jopie Waalberg	Netherlands	2 October 1937	-	Ghent, Belgium
19	2:56.0		Maria Lenk	Brazil	8 November 1939	-	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
-	2:55.5		Anni Kapell	United States	19 March 1941	-	Düsseldorf, Germany
-	2:52.6		Nel van Vliet	Netherlands	17 August 1946	-	Bilthoven, Netherlands
-	2:51.9		Nel van Vliet	Netherlands	29 March 1947	-	Amsterdam, Netherlands
-	2:49.2		Nel van Vliet	Netherlands	20 July 1947	-	Hilversum, Netherlands
-	2:48.8		Éva Novák	Hungary	21 October 1950	-	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
-	2:48.5		Éva Novák	Hungary	5 May 1951	-	Moscow, Soviet Union
-	2:46.4		Ada den Haan	Netherlands	13 November 1956	-	Naarden, Netherlands
20	2:52.6		Ada den Haan	Netherlands	18 May 1957	Netherlands vs Great Britain International	Blackpool, United Kingdom
21	2:51.9		Ada den Haan	Netherlands	3 August 1957	-	Rhenen, Netherlands
22	2:51.3		Ada den Haan	Netherlands	4 August 1957	-	Rhenen, Netherlands
23	2:50.3		Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	25 July 1959	Netherlands vs Great Britain International	Waalwijk, Netherlands
24	2:50.2		Wiltrud Urselmann	Germany	6 June 1960	-	Aachen, West Germany
25	2:49.5		Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	27 August 1960	Olympic Games	Rome, Italy
26	2:48.0		Karin Beyer	East Germany	5 August 1961	-	Budapest, Hungary
27	2:47.7		Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	11 April 1964	-	Blackpool, United Kingdom
28	2:45.4		Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	17 May 1964	-	East Berlin, East Germany
29	2:45.3		Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	12 September 1965	-	Groningen, Netherlands
30	2:43.0		Irina Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	16 July 1966	-	Moscow, Soviet Union
31	2:40.8		Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	22 August 1966	European Championships	Utrecht, Netherlands
32	2:40.5		Catie Ball	United States	9 July 1967	Santa Clara Invitational	Santa Clara, United States
33	2:39.5		Catie Ball	United States	20 August 1967	AAU National Championships	Philadelphia, United States
34	2:38.5		Catie Ball	United States	26 August 1968	US Olympic Trials	Los Angeles, United States
35	2:37.89		Anne-Katrin Schott	East Germany	6 July 1974	GDR National Championships	Rostock, East Germany
36	2:37.44	h	Karla Linke	East Germany	19 August 1974	European Championships	Vienna, Austria
37	2:34.99		Karla Linke	East Germany	19 August 1974	European Championships	Vienna, Austria
38	2:33.35		Marina Koshevaya	Soviet Union	21 July 1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada
39	2:33.32		Yulia Bogdanova	Soviet Union	7 April 1978	-	Leningrad, Soviet Union
40	2:33.11	h	Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	24 August 1978	World Championships	West Berlin, West Germany
41	2:31.42		Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	24 August 1978	World Championships	West Berlin, West Germany
42	2:31.09		Svetlana Varganova	Soviet Union	30 March 1979	USSR vs GDR Duel	Minsk, Soviet Union
43	2:28.36		Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	6 April 1979	USSR vs GDR Junior Meet	Potsdam, East Germany
44	2:28.33		Silke Hörner	East Germany	5 June 1985	-	Leipzig, East Germany
45	2:28.20		Sylvia Gerasch	East Germany	1 March 1986	-	Leningrad, Soviet Union
46	2:27.40		Silke Hörner	East Germany	18 August 1986	World Championships	Madrid, Spain
47	2:27.27		Allison Higson	Canada	28 May 1988	-	Montreal, Canada
48	2:26.71		Silke Hörner	East Germany	21 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
49	2:25.92	h	Anita Nall	United States	2 March 1992	US Olympic Trials	Indianapolis, United States
50	2:25.35		Anita Nall	United States	2 March 1992	US Olympic Trials	Indianapolis, United States
51	2:24.76		Rebecca Brown	Australia	15 March 1994	Australian Championships	Brisbane, Australia
52	2:24.69	h	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	17 July 1999	Janet Evans Invitational	Los Angeles, United States
53	2:24.51		Penelope Heyns	South Africa	17 July 1999	Janet Evans Invitational	Los Angeles, United States
54	2:24.42	sf	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	26 August 1999	Pan Pacific Championships	Sydney, Australia
55	2:23.64		Penelope Heyns	South Africa	27 August 1999	Pan Pacific Championships	Sydney, Australia
56	2:22.99		Qi Hui	China	13 April 2001	Chinese National Championships	Hangzhou, China
56	2:22.99	=	Amanda Beard	United States	25 July 2003	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain
57	2:22.96		Leisel Jones	Australia	10 July 2004	Swimming Australia Grand Prix	Brisbane, Australia
58	2:22.44		Amanda Beard	United States	12 July 2004	US Olympic Trials	Long Beach, United States
59	2:21.72		Leisel Jones	Australia	29 July 2005	World Championships	Montreal, Canada
60	2:20.54		Leisel Jones	Australia	1 February 2006	Australian Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[18]
61	2:20.22		Rebecca Soni	United States	15 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
62	2:20.12	sf	Annamay Pierse	Canada	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[19]
63	2:20.00	sf	Rebecca Soni	United States	1 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom
64	2:19.59		Rebecca Soni	United States	2 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[20]
65	2:19.11	sf	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	1 August 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[21]
66	2:18.95		Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	30 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[22]
67	2:17.55		Evgeniia Chikunova	Russia	21 April 2023	Russian Championships	Kazan, Russia	[23]

Short course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	2:22.92		Susanne Bornike	East Germany	12 February 1989	World Cup	Bonn, West Germany
2	2:22.89	h	Dai Guohong	China	3 December 1993	World Championships	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
3	2:21.99		Dai Guohong	China	3 December 1993	World Championships	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
4	2:20.85		Samantha Riley	Australia	1 December 1995	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5	2:20.22		Masami Tanaka	Japan	2 April 1999	World Championships	Hong Kong
6	2:19.25		Qi Hui	China	28 January 2001	World Cup	Paris, France
7	2:18.86		Qi Hui	China	2 December 2002	World Cup	Shanghai, China
8	2:17.75		Leisel Jones	Australia	29 November 2003	World Cup	Melbourne, Australia
9	2:17.50		Annamay Pierse	Canada	14 March 2009	Canadian Spring Nationals	Toronto, Canada
10	2:16.83		Annamay Pierse	Canada	7 August 2009	British Grand Prix	Leeds, United Kingdom
11	2:15.42		Leisel Jones	Australia	15 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
12	2:14.57		Rebecca Soni	United States	18 December 2009	Duel in the Pool	Manchester, United Kingdom
-	2:14.39	^[a]	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	14 December 2013	European Championships	Herning, Denmark
13	2:14.16		Kate Douglass	United States	24 October 2024	World Cup	Incheon, South Korea	[24][25]
14	2:12.72		Kate Douglass	United States	31 October 2024	World Cup	Singapore	[26][27]
15	2:12.50		Kate Douglass	United States	13 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[28]

Notes

1. ^ Rescinded in May 2014 due to doping violation.

All-time top 25

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 200 m breaststroke times and the top 25 athletes:

- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 200 m breaststroke times

- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 200 m breaststroke times, by repeat athletes

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 200 m breaststroke times

Men long course

• Correct as of December 2024^[29]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	2:05.48	Qin Haiyang	China	28 July 2023	Fukuoka	[12]
2	2	2:05.85	Léon Marchand	France	31 July 2024	Paris	[30]
3	3	2:05.95	Zac Stubblety-Cook	Australia	19 May 2022	Adelaide	[11]
4	4	2:06.12	Anton Chupkov	Russia	26 July 2019	Gwangju	[10]
	5	2:06.28	Stubblety-Cook #2		15 June 2021	Adelaide	[31]
	6	2:06.38	Stubblety-Cook #3		29 July 2021	Tokyo	[32]
5	7	2:06.40	Shoma Sato	Japan	7 April 2021	Tokyo	[33]
	7	2:06.40	Stubblety-Cook #4		23 July 2023	Fukuoka	[12]
6	9	2:06.54	Matthew Fallon	United States	19 June 2024	Indianapolis	[34]
	10	2:06.59	Marchand #2		11 June 2023	Rennes	[35]
7	11	2:06.67	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	29 January 2017	Tokyo	[8]
			Matthew Wilson	Australia	25 July 2019	Gwangju	[9]
	13	2:06.68	Wilson #2		26 July 2019	Gwangju	[10]
	14	2:06.72	Stubblety-Cook #5		22 June 2022	Budapest	[36]
	15	2:06.73	Watanabe #2		26 July 2019	Gwangju	[10]
	16	2:06.74	Sato #2		7 February 2021	Tokyo
	17	2:06.78	Sato #3		24 January 2021	Tokyo
	18	2:06.79	Stubblety-Cook #6		31 July 2024	Paris	[30]
	19	2:06.80	Chupkov #2		6 August 2018	Glasgow
	20	2:06.83	Chupkov #3		25 July 2019	Gwangju	[9]
9	21	2:06.85	Arno Kamminga	Netherlands	4 December 2020	Rotterdam	[37]
	22	2:06.94	Watanabe #3		21 March 2024	Tokyo
	23	2:06.96	Chupkov #4		28 July 2017	Budapest	[38]
	24	2:06.99	Chupkov #5		20 May 2021	Budapest
	25	2:07.00	Chupkov #6		9 April 2019	Moscow
			Stubblety-Cook #7		16 May 2021	Sydney
			Stubblety-Cook #8		12 December 2021	Brisbane
10		2:07.01	Akihiro Yamaguchi	Japan	15 September 2012	Gifu	[7]
11		2:07.07	Yamato Fukasawa	Japan	17 February 2024	Chiba	[39]
			Yu Hanaguruma	Japan	21 March 2024	Tokyo
13		2:07.13	Matti Mattsson	Finland	29 July 2021	Tokyo	[32]
14		2:07.17	Josh Prenot	United States	30 June 2016	Omaha	[40]
15		2:07.18	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	16 April 2017	Nagoya
16		2:07.23	Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	2 August 2013	Barcelona	[41]
17		2:07.25	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	21 July 2022	Kazan	[42]
18		2:07.30	Ross Murdoch	Great Britain	24 July 2014	Glasgow	[43]
19		2:07.31	Christian Sprenger	Australia	30 July 2009	Rome	[5]
20		2:07.41	Kevin Cordes	United States	28 June 2017	Indianapolis	[44]
21		2:07.42	Eric Shanteau	United States	30 July 2009	Rome	[5]
22		2:07.43	Michael Jamieson	Great Britain	1 August 2012	London	[6]
23		2:07.46	Dmitriy Balandin	Kazakhstan	10 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[45]
24		2:07.47	Marco Koch	Germany	18 August 2014	Berlin	[46]
25		2:07.49	James Wilby	Great Britain	19 April 2019	Glasgow

Men short course

• Correct as of December 2024^[47]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	2:00.16	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	13 December 2018	Hangzhou	[17]
2	2	2:00.35	Daiya Seto	Japan	16 December 2022	Melbourne	[48]
3	3	2:00.44	Marco Koch	Germany	20 November 2016	Berlin	[16]
4	4	2:00.48	Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	31 August 2014	Dubai	[15]
	5	2:00.53	Koch #2		3 December 2015	Netanya
	6	2:00.58	Koch #3		1 November 2020	Budapest
	7	2:00.67	Gyurta #2		13 December 2009	Istanbul	[14]
	8	2:00.72	Gyurta #3		15 December 2013	Herning
	9	2:00.81	Koch #4		26 October 2020	Budapest
	10	2:01.06	Gyurta #4		27 August 2014	Doha
	11	2:01.11	Prigoda #2		14 December 2017	Copenhagen
5	12	2:01.15	Qin Haiyang	China	13 December 2018	Hangzhou	[17]
	13	2:01.18	Prigoda #3		19 November 2017	Singapore
	14	2:01.20	Prigoda #4		14 November 2020	Budapest
	15	2:01.21	Koch #5		8 December 2016	Windsor
	16	2:01.24	Prigoda #5		4 October 2017	Doha
	17	2:01.28	Koch #6		31 August 2014	Dubai	[15]
	18	2:01.30	Gyurta #5		9 November 2013	Tokyo
			Seto #2		19 November 2017	Singapore
			Prigoda #6		11 November 2018	Tokyo
	21	2:01.31	Koch #7		14 November 2020	Budapest
	22	2:01.35	Gyurta #6		14 December 2012	Istanbul
	23	2:01.37	Gyurta #7		10 August 2013	Berlin
	24	2:01.40	Koch #8		5 November 2020	Budapest
	25	2:01.41	Koch #9		21 October 2016	Singapore
6		2:01.43	Michael Jamieson	Great Britain	15 December 2013	Herning
			Arno Kamminga	Netherlands	17 December 2020	Amsterdam
8		2:01.45	Carles Coll Marti	Spain	13 December 2024	Budapest	[49]
9		2:01.57	Anton Chupkov	Russia	11 November 2018	Tokyo
10		2:01.60	Nic Fink	United States	16 December 2022	Melbourne	[48]
11		2:01.65	Anton McKee	Iceland	1 November 2020	Budapest
12		2:01.67	Joshua Yong	Australia	20 October 2024	Shanghai	[50]
13		2:01.70	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	23 October 2022	Tokyo	[51]
14		2:01.73	Ilya Shymanovich	Belarus	6 November 2021	Kazan	[52]
15		2:01.78	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	27 October 2019	Tokyo
16		2:01.85	Mikhail Dorinov	Russia	14 December 2017	Copenhagen
17		2:01.91	Aleksandr Zhigalov	Russia	23 November 2024	Saint Petersburg	[53]
18		2:01.98	Christian Sprenger	Australia	10 August 2009	Hobart	[13]
19		2:02.01	Yamato Fukasawa	Japan	13 December 2024	Budapest	[49]
20		2:02.18	Erik Persson	Sweden	6 November 2021	Kazan	[52]
21		2:02.27	Will Licon	United States	21 November 2020	Budapest
22		2:02.33	Cody Miller	United States	11 December 2015	Indianapolis
			Caspar Corbeau	Netherlands	2 November 2024	Singapore	[54]
24		2:02.38	Oleg Kostin	Russia	15 November 2013	Kazan
			Kevin Cordes	United States	20 December 2013	Glasgow

Women long course

• Correct as of December 2024^[55]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	2:17.55	Evgeniia Chikunova	Russia	21 April 2023	Kazan	[23]
2	2	2:18.95	Tatjana Smith	South Africa	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[22]
	3	2:18.98	Chikunova #2		27 July 2024	Yekaterinburg	[56]
	4	2:19.01	Smith #2		10 April 2024	Gqeberha	[57]
3	5	2:19.11	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	1 August 2013	Barcelona	[21]
	6	2:19.16	Smith #3		28 July 2021	Tokyo	[58]
4	7	2:19.24	Kate Douglass	United States	1 August 2024	Paris	[59]
	8	2:19.30	Douglass #2		13 January 2024	Knoxville	[60]
	9	2:19.33	Smith #4		29 July 2021	Tokyo	[61]
5	10	2:19.41	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	2 August 2013	Barcelona	[62]
	11	2:19.46	Douglass #3		20 June 2024	Indianapolis	[63]
6	12	2:19.59	Rebecca Soni	United States	2 August 2012	London	[20]
	13	2:19.60	Smith #5		1 August 2024	Paris	[59]
	14	2:19.61	Møller Pedersen #2		13 April 2014	Eindhoven	[64]
7	15	2:19.64	Viktoria Zeynep Gunes	Turkey	30 August 2015	Singapore	[65]
	15	2:19.64	Yefimova #2		28 July 2017	Budapest	[66]
8	17	2:19.65	Rie Kaneto	Japan	9 April 2016	Tokyo	[67]
	18	2:19.66	Douglass #4		19 June 2024	Indianapolis	[68]
	19	2:19.67	Møller Pedersen #3		12 June 2014	Canet-en-Roussillon	[69]
	20	2:19.74	Douglass #5		31 July 2024	Paris	[70]
9	21	2:19.81	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	16 February 2024	Doha	[71]
	22	2:19.83	Yefimova #3		13 June 2017	Barcelona	[72]
	23	2:19.84	Møller Pedersen #4		22 August 2014	Berlin	[73]
	24	2:19.85	Yefimova #4		1 August 2013	Barcelona	[21]
	25	2:19.89	Douglass #6		13 April 2024	San Antonio	[74]
10		2:19.92	Lilly King	United States	30 July 2021	Tokyo	[22]
11		2:20.12	Annamay Pierse	Canada	30 July 2009	Rome	[19]
12		2:20.54	Leisel Jones	Australia	1 February 2006	Melbourne	[18]
13		2:20.72	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	2 August 2012	London	[20]
14		2:20.77	Annie Lazor	United States	2 August 2019	Bloomington
15		2:20.89	Molly Renshaw	Great Britain	15 April 2021	London	[75]
16		2:20.90	Kanako Watanabe	Japan	12 April 2015	Tokyo
17		2:21.37	Qi Hui	China	17 October 2009	Jinan	[76]
18		2:21.45	Taylor McKeown	Australia	11 April 2016	Adelaide
19		2:21.62	Nađa Higl	Serbia	31 July 2009	Rome	[77]
20		2:21.69	Abbie Wood	Great Britain	15 April 2021	London	[75]
21		2:21.74	Micah Sumrall	United States	1 August 2013	Barcelona	[78]
22		2:21.77	Bethany Galat	United States	28 July 2017	Budapest	[66]
23		2:21.85	Reona Aoki	Japan	8 April 2018	Tokyo
24		2:21.86	Angharad Evans	Great Britain	17 April 2025	London
25		2:21.93	Shi Jinglin	China	28 July 2017	Budapest	[66]

Women short course

• Correct as of December 2024^[79]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	2:12.50	Kate Douglass	United States	13 December 2024	Budapest	[28]
	2	2:12.72	Douglass #2		31 October 2024	Singapore	[26]
	3	2:14.16	Douglass #3		24 October 2024	Incheon	[24]
2	4	2:14.39	Yulia Yefimova	Russia	13 December 2013	Herning
3	5	2:14.57	Rebecca Soni	United States	18 December 2009	Manchester
4	6	2:14.70	Evgeniia Chikunova	Russia	25 November 2022	Kazan	[80]
	7	2:15.14	Chikunova #2		13 December 2024	Budapest	[28]
5	8	2:15.21	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	13 December 2013	Herning
6	9	2:15.42	Leisel Jones	Australia	15 November 2009	Berlin
7	10	2:15.56	Lilly King	United States	21 November 2020	Budapest
	11	2:15.62	Yefimova #2		28 September 2018	Eindhoven
8	12	2:15.76	Rie Kaneto	Japan	9 October 2016	Doha
	13	2:15.77	Douglass #4		16 December 2022	Melbourne
	14	2:15.80	King #2		5 November 2020	Budapest
	15	2:15.91	Kaneto #2		1 October 2016	Beijing
	16	2:15.93	Møller Pedersen #2		11 August 2013	Berlin
	17	2:15.96	Douglass #5		18 October 2024	Shanghai
	18	2:16.04	King #3		26 October 2020	Budapest
	19	2:16.05	Yefimova #3		15 November 2018	Singapore
	20	2:16.08	Møller Pedersen #3		16 December 2012	Istanbul
9	21	2:16.09	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	8 December 2023	Otopeni	[81]
	22	2:16.27	Kaneto #3		31 August 2016	Berlin
	23	2:16.29	Yefimova #4		9 November 2018	Tokyo
	24	2:16.30	Kaneto #4		5 October 2016	Dubai
10	25	2:16.33	Annie Lazor	United States	21 November 2020	Budapest
11		2:16.51	Emily Escobedo	United States	5 November 2020	Budapest
12		2:16.83	Alex Walsh	United States	13 December 2024	Budapest	[28]
			Annamay Pierse	Canada	7 August 2009	Leeds
14		2:16.92	Kanako Watanabe	Japan	7 December 2014	Doha
15		2:16.93	Laura Sogar	United States	16 December 2012	Istanbul
16		2:17.00	Kelsey Wog	Canada	25 November 2023	Winnipeg	[82]
17		2:17.10	Jocelyn Ulyett	Great Britain	6 December 2019	Sheffield
18		2:17.25	Mio Motegi	Japan	15 December 2014	Tokyo
19		2:17.30	Alina Zmushka	Belarus	13 December 2024	Budapest	[28]
20		2:17.50	Katy Freeman	United States	18 December 2009	Manchester
21		2:17.52	Nađa Higl	Serbia	11 December 2009	Istanbul
22		2:17.75	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	21 November 2020	Budapest
23		2:17.80	Molly Renshaw	Great Britain	14 November 2020	Budapest
24		2:17.84	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	2 November 2014	Singapore
25		2:17.99	Breeja Larson	United States	30 October 2016	Hong Kong

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