List of European swimming records over 100 meters back

The European swimming records over 100 m back are the best times in the 100 m back swimming discipline . They are recognized by the European swimming federation LEN . European records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. The following shows the development of the European record since the first recognized European record.

Long course European records men

Men's European records over 100 m back (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Arno Bieberstein	German Empire	01: 24.6	July 17, 1908	London
2	Maurice Wechesser	Belgium	01: 20.8	October 2, 1910	Schaarbeek
3	András Baronyi	Hungary	01: 18.8	July 17, 1911	Budapest
4th	Oskar Schiele	German Empire	01: 18.4	April 6, 1912	Brussels
5	Otto Fahr	German Empire	01: 15.6	April 29, 1912	Magdeburg
6th	Ernst Küppers	German Empire	01: 12.0	June 19, 1927	Dusseldorf
7th	Ernst Küppers	German Empire	01: 11.2	Oct 7, 1928	Krefeld
8th	Ernst Küppers	German Empire	01: 08.8	Nov 19, 1929	Ruhrort
9	Georges Vallerey	France	01: 06.6	June 24, 1945	Casablanca
10	Gilbert Bozon	France	01: 03.3	December 26, 1952	Troyes
11	Gilbert Bozon	France	01: 02.1	February 27, 1955	Troyes
Rule change
9	Robert Christophe	France	01: 02.9	June 14, 1958	Blackpool
10	Robert Christophe	France	01: 02.2	July 12, 1959	Paris
11	Leonid Barbijer	Soviet Union	01: 02.1	September 11, 1961	Moscow
12	Ernst-Joachim Küppers	BR Germany	01: 01.9	August 13, 1964	Berlin
12	Ernst-Joachim Küppers	BR Germany	01: 01.0	August 16, 1964	Berlin
13	Ernst-Joachim Küppers	BR Germany	01: 00.8	August 28, 1964	Dortmund
14th	Viktor Mazanov	Soviet Union	01: 00.0	March 23, 1966	Moscow
15th	Roland Matthes	German Democratic Republic	00: 59.8	April 23, 1967	Magdeburg
16	Roland Matthes	German Democratic Republic	00: 58.4	September 21, 1967	Leipzig
17th	Roland Matthes	German Democratic Republic	00: 58.0	October 26, 1968	Mexico city
18th	Roland Matthes	German Democratic Republic	00: 57.8	23rd August 1969	Wurzburg
19th	Roland Matthes	German Democratic Republic	00: 56.9	September 8, 1970	Barcelona
20th	Roland Matthes	German Democratic Republic	00: 56.7	4th September 1971	Leipzig
21st	Roland Matthes	German Democratic Republic	00: 56.3	April 8, 1972	Moscow
22nd	Roland Matthes	German Democratic Republic	00: 56.30	4th September 1972	Munich
23	Dirk Richter	German Democratic Republic	00: 56.21	March 21, 1982	Hamburg
24	Dirk Richter	German Democratic Republic	00: 56.19	August 6, 1982	Guayaquil
25th	Dirk Richter	German Democratic Republic	00: 55.95	August 6, 1982	Guayaquil
26th	Dirk Richter	German Democratic Republic	00: 55.94	February 18, 1984	Moscow
27	Dirk Richter	German Democratic Republic	00: 55.45	May 26, 1984	Magdeburg
28	Dirk Richter	German Democratic Republic	00: 55.35	May 27, 1984	Magdeburg
29	Igor Polyansky	Soviet Union	00: 55.24	August 10, 1985	Sofia
30th	Igor Polyansky	Soviet Union	00: 55.17	March 15, 1988	Tallinn
31	Igor Polyansky	Soviet Union	00: 55.16	March 16, 1988	Tallinn
32	Igor Polyansky	Soviet Union	00: 55.00	July 16, 1988	Moscow
Rule change
33	Martín López-Zubero	Spain	00: 54.67	November 22, 1991	Tuscaloosa
34	Stev Theloke	Germany	00: 54.43	July 30, 1998	new York
35	Stev Theloke	Germany	00: 54.42	July 30, 2002	Berlin
36	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	00: 53.92	July 22, 2003	Barcelona
37	Helge Meeuw Liam Tancock	Germany United Kingdom	00: 53.46	June 25, 2006 August 22, 2007	Berlin Chiba
38	Helge Meeuw	Germany	00: 53.10	April 19, 2008	Berlin
36	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	00: 53.06	August 11, 2008	Beijing
37	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber	Spain	00: 52.93	April 5, 2009	Málaga
38	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber	Spain	00: 52.87	June 30, 2009	Pescara
39	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber	Spain	00: 52.38	July 1, 2009	Pescara
40	Helge Meeuw	Germany	00: 52.27	August 2, 2009	Rome
41	Camille Lacourt	France	00: 52.11	August 10, 2010	Budapest

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 100 m back (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Doris Hart	United Kingdom	01: 36.7	0July 6, 1923	Gothenburg
2	Jarmila Müllerová	Czechoslovakia	01: 35.0	July 29, 1923	Prague
3	Willy the Turk	Netherlands	01: 22.0	July 10, 1927	Rotterdam
4th	Marie Braun	Netherlands	01: 21.6	August 11, 1928	Amsterdam
5	Marie Braun	Netherlands	01: 21.4	April 20, 1929	Brussels
6th	Marie Braun	Netherlands	01: 21.0	November 27, 1929	The hague
7th	Phyllis Harding	United Kingdom	01: 18.6	May 30, 1932	Wallasey
8th	Rie Mastenbroek	Netherlands	01: 16.8	November 25, 1934	Dusseldorf
9	Rie Mastenbroek	Netherlands	01: 15.8	February 27, 1936	Amsterdam
10	Nida Senff	Netherlands	01: 15.7	0September 8, 1936	Copenhagen
11	Nida Senff	Netherlands	01: 15.4	September 10, 1936	Copenhagen
12	Nida Senff	Netherlands	01: 13.6	October 25, 1936	Dusseldorf
13	Cor Kint	Netherlands	01: 13.5	0November 1, 1938	Copenhagen
14th	Iet van Feggelen	Netherlands	01: 13.2	November 10, 1938	Amsterdam
15th	Iet van Feggelen	Netherlands	01: 13.0	November 12, 1938	The hague
16	Iet van Feggelen	Netherlands	01: 12.9	November 26, 1938	Antwerp
17th	Cor Kint	Netherlands	01: 10.9	September 22, 1939	Rotterdam
Rule change
18th	Judy Grinham	United Kingdom	01: 12.9	05th December 1956	Melbourne
19th	Margaret Edwards	United Kingdom	1: 12.4	April 19, 1958	Cardiff
20th	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 12.3	July 20, 1958	Nijmegen
21st	Judy Grinham	United Kingdom	01: 11.9	July 23, 1958	Cardiff
22nd	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 11.7	July 26, 1959	Waalwijk
23	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 11.0	June 12, 1960	Leipzig
24	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 10.9	July 10, 1960	Maastricht
25th	Nathalie Steward	United Kingdom	01: 10.8	0September 1, 1960	Rome
26th	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 10.6	August 19, 1961	Zwolle
27	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 10.5	August 19, 1961	Zwolle
28	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 10.3	March 17, 1962	Rotterdam
29	Christine Caron	France	01: 09.8	March 23, 1963	Paris
30th	Christine Caron	France	01: 09.6	June 14, 1963	Paris
31	Christine Caron	France	01: 09.5	05th June 1964	Paris
32	Christine Caron	France	01: 08.6	June 14, 1964	Paris
33	Christine Caron	France	01: 08.5	October 13, 1964	Tokyo
34	Christine Caron	France	01: 07.9	October 14, 1964	Tokyo
	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary		03rd April 1970	Kecskemét
35	Tina Lekveishvili	Soviet Union	01: 07.8	0September 6, 1970	Barcelona
36	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	01: 06.6	April 11, 1971	Kecskemét
37	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	01: 06.5	April 11, 1971	Kecskemét
38	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	01: 06.39	02nd September 1972	Munich
39	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	01: 06.26	02nd September 1972	Munich
40	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	01: 06.20	April 15, 1973	Dortmund
41	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 05.39	18th August 1973	Utrecht
42	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 04.99	04th September 1973	Belgrade
43	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 04.43	0July 8, 1974	Rostock
44	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 04.09	22nd August 1974	Vienna
45	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 03.30	23rd August 1974	Vienna
46	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 03.08	August 24, 1974	Vienna
47	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 02.98	0September 1, 1974	Concord
48	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 02.60	March 14, 1976	Tallinn
49	Kornelia Ender	GDR	01: 01.62	03rd June 1976	East Berlin
50	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 01.51	05th June 1976	East Berlin
	Rica Reinisch	GDR		July 20, 1980	Moscow
51	Rica Reinisch	GDR	01: 01.50	July 22, 1980	Moscow
52	Rica Reinisch	GDR	01: 00.86	July 23, 1980	Moscow
53	Ina Kleber	GDR	01: 00.59	August 24, 1984	Moscow
Rule change
54	Krisztina Egerszegi	Hungary	01: 00.31	August 22, 1991	Athens
55	Diana Mocanu	Romania	01: 00.21	September 18, 2000	Sydney
56	Laure Manaudou	France	00: 59.87	March 27, 2007	Melbourne
57	Anastassija Sujewa	Russia	00: 59.64	February 19, 2008	St. Petersburg
58	Laure Manaudou	France	00: 59.50	March 20, 2008	Eindhoven
59	Anastassija Sujewa	Russia	00: 59.41	March 21, 2008	Eindhoven
60	Gemma Spofforth	United Kingdom	00: 59.38	August 12, 2008	Beijing
61	Gemma Spofforth	United Kingdom	00: 59.05	August 17, 2008	Beijing
62	Gemma Spofforth	United Kingdom	00: 58.78	July 27, 2009	Rome
63	Anastassija Sujewa	Russia	00: 58.48	July 27, 2009	Rome
64	Gemma Spofforth	United Kingdom	00: 58.12	July 28, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

Men's European records over 100 m back (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Martín López-Zubero	Spain	00: 54.09	March 27, 1990	Gainesville
Rule change
2	Franck Schott	France	00: 53.86	December 21, 1991	Paris
3	Franck Schott	France	00: 53.53	December 22, 1991	Paris
4th	Jani Sievinen	Finland	00: 53.26	January 19, 1992	Kuopio
5	Martín López-Zubero	Spain	00: 53.19	February 29, 1992	Palma
6th	Vladimir Selkov	Russia	00: 53.02	February 13, 1993	Gelsenkirchen
7th	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 52.74	March 19, 1994	Gelsenkirchen
8th	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 52.56	March 26, 1994	Paris
9	Stev Theloke	Germany	00: 52.54	February 6, 1999	Heidelberg
10	Örn Arnarson	Iceland	00: 52.28	December 17, 2000	Valencia
11	Gordan Kozulj	Croatia	00: 52.24	January 20, 2001	Berlin
12	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 50.80	December 2, 2001	Rostock
13	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 50.58	December 8, 2002	Melbourne
14th	Liam Tancock	Society. King	00: 50.14	April 10, 2008	Manchester
15th	Aschwin Wildeboer	Spain	00: 49.66	December 13, 2008	Rijeka
16	Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 49.32	December 14, 2008	Rijeka
17th	Aschwin Wildeboer	Spain	00: 49.20	December 21, 2008	Madrid
18th	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	00: 49.17	December 12, 2009	Istanbul
19th	Arkadi Vyatchanin Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 48.97	December 13, 2009	Istanbul
20th	Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 48.95	December 19, 2010	Dubai
21st	Kliment Kolesnikow	Russia	00: 48.90	22nd December 2017	St. Petersburg

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 100 m back (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 59.97	March 27, 1994	Paris
2	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 59.75	February 12, 1995	Sheffield
3	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 59.51	February 19, 1995	Gelsenkirchen
4th	Nina Zhivanevskaya	Russia	00: 59.01	January 9, 1997	Beijing
5	Nina Zhivanevskaya	Russia	00: 58.99	February 2, 1997	Gelsenkirchen
6th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 58.66	March 17, 2000	Athens
7th	Ilona Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	00: 58.59	December 13, 2001	Antwerp
8th	Ilona Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	00: 57.75	December 14, 2001	Antwerp
9	Laure Manaudou	France	00: 57.34	December 14, 2007	Debrecen
10	Kateryna Sukowa	Ukraine	00: 57.15	April 10, 2008	Manchester
11	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 56.87	December 12, 2008	Rijeka
12	Xenia Moskvina	Russia	00: 56.66	November 7, 2009	Moscow
13	Xenia Moskvina	Russia	00: 56.36	December 11, 2009	Istanbul
14th	Mie Østergaard Nielsen	Denmark	00: 55.99	December 13, 2013	Herning
15th	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	00: 55.03	4th December 2014	Doha

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of German swimming records
• List of swimming world records over 100 meters back
• The backstroke

Web links

• Official list of the European swimming records on the long course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official list of European swimming records on the short course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official rankings of the LEN and other national associations in Europe
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.agendadiana.com (Italian)
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.zwemkroniek.com (Dutch)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Die Chronik II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 462 ff .: Due to the time advantages when turning, the majority of the previous records came from competitions in a 25-meter Pool. On the one under 1956 Olympics conducted FINA -Congress was finally determined that records from May 1, 1957 found only on the long course (50 meters or 55 yards) official recognition. Previously dated (long-course) top marks - primarily achieved in the Melbourne Olympic basin - were subsequently recognized as the first official 50-m European record if they were no longer undercut on the short course by the specified date.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Kluge, Volker: Summer Olympics. The Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 , p. 301 u. 632: Backstroke swimming was revolutionized in the mid-1980s when some athletes made as long a dive as possible after starting or turning. In doing so, they achieved a decisive advantage over the competition thanks to the lower water resistance compared to conventional backstroke swimming, so that the "diving technique" was practiced by more and more athletes. Since a significant part of the competition remained hidden from the spectators - some swimmers, such as Igor Poljanski , David Berkoff or Daichi Suzuki , now almost the entire first lane remained under the water surface - the FINA set a maximum diving limit of 10 meters after the Olympic swimming competitions in 1988 . In January 1991 the world association met during the 1991 World Championships in Perth , where it changed the permitted diving phase to 15 meters. For the back swimmers, however, the most serious consequences turned out to be the approval that when turning, the edge of the pool could be touched with any part of the body instead of the hand. Then the athletes turned their usual today turning technology on, after they went similar to "crawl flip turn" just before the wall in the prone position, rolled off over his shoulder and just touching the edge of the pool with their feet. The resulting time savings made it possible for the first time to undercut the records from the “diving phase” era.