List of European swimming records over 200 meters freestyle

The European swimming records for the 200 m freestyle are the best times in the 200 m freestyle 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 200 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Otto Scheff	Austria	02: 31.6	November 11, 1908	Vienna
2	Arne Borg	Sweden	02: 16.6	December 12, 1924	Stockholm
3	Jean Taris	France	02: 14.2	0June 9, 1930	Paris
Rule change
4th	Frank Wiegand	GDR	02: 04.8	03rd July 1961	Berlin
5	Gerhard Hetz	BR Germany	02: 04.7	August 13, 1961	Reutlingen
6th	Gerhard Hetz	BR Germany	02: 01.7	May 20, 1962	Dortmund
7th	Hans-Joachim Klein	BR Germany	02: 00.2	October 13, 1963	Tokyo
8th	Hans-Joachim Klein	BR Germany	01: 58.2	May 24, 1964	Dortmund
9	Leonid Ilyichov	Soviet Union	01: 57.8	April 29, 1967	Nanterre
10	Leonid Ilyichov	Soviet Union	01: 57.6	0August 8, 1967	Moscow
11	Leonid Ilyichov	Soviet Union	01: 56.9	0April 2nd, 1968	Tallinn
12	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	01: 56.5	18th August 1969	Louisville
13	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	01: 56.4	0September 8, 1970	Barcelona
14th	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	01: 55.2	0September 9, 1970	Barcelona
15th	Werner lamp	BR Germany	01: 53.99	August 29, 1972	Munich
16	Roger Pyttel	GDR	01: 53.97	0September 9, 1973	Belgrade
17th	Peter Nocke	BR Germany	01: 53.10	19th August 1974	Vienna
18th	Klaus Steinbach	BR Germany	01: 52.95	March 11, 1976	Bonn
19th	Peter Nocke	BR Germany	01: 51.86	04th June 1976	Munich
20th	Klaus Steinbach	BR Germany	01: 51.41	July 19, 1976	Montreal
21st	Andrei Krylov	Soviet Union	01: 50.73	July 19, 1976	Montreal
22nd	Sergei Koplyakov	Soviet Union	01: 49.83	0April 7, 1979	Potsdam
23	Sergei Koplyakov	Soviet Union	01: 49.81	July 21, 1980	Moscow
24	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 49.55	0August 1, 1982	Guayaquil
25th	Sven Lodziewski	GDR	01: 49.30	June 15, 1983	Gera
26th	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 48.28	June 21, 1983	Hanover
27	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 47.87	22nd August 1983	Rome
28	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 47.55	0June 8, 1984	Munich
29	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 47.44	July 29, 1984	los Angeles
30th	Giorgio Lamberti	Italy	01: 46.69	August 15, 1989	Bonn
31	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Netherlands	01: 46.58	December 18, 1999	Eindhoven
32	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Netherlands	01: 45.35	September 17, 2000	Sydney
33	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Netherlands		September 18, 2000	Sydney
34	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Netherlands	01: 44.89	0August 2, 2002	Berlin
35	Paul Biedermann	Germany	01: 44.88	June 14, 2009	Monte Carlo
36	Paul Biedermann	Germany	01: 44.71	June 28, 2009	Berlin
37	Paul Biedermann	Germany	01: 43.65	July 27, 2009	Rome
38	Paul Biedermann	Germany	01: 42.00	July 28, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women in the 200 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	02: 28.6	May 3, 1933	Rotterdam
2	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	02: 27.6	May 5, 1934	Dundee
3	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	02: 25.3	September 8, 1935	Copenhagen
4th	Rie van Veen	Netherlands	02: 24.6	February 26, 1938	Rotterdam
5	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	02: 21.7	September 11, 1938	Aarhus
Rule change
6th	Lambour	Netherlands	02: 21.5	June 12, 1960	Leipzig
7th	Héda Frost	France	02: 21.3	July 12, 1960	Algiers
8th	Jane Cederquist	Sweden	02: 20.2	May 3, 1961	Haifa
9	Adrie Lasterie	Netherlands	02: 18.2	August 26, 1961	Blackpool
10	Daniela Beneck	Italy	02: 18.0	July 27, 1965	Rome
11	Elisabeth Long	United Kingdom	02: 16.2	August 11, 1965	Blackpool
12	Elisabeth Long	United Kingdom	02: 16.1	August 13, 1965	Blackpool
13	Claude Mandonnaud	France	02: 15.5	August 13, 1966	Mourenx
14th	Danièle Dorléans	France	02: 15.0	August 16, 1967	Marseille
15th	Olga Koziková	Soviet Union	02: 14.7	April 6, 1968	Žilina
16	Olga Koziková	Soviet Union	02: 14.4	July 6, 1968	Santa Clara
17th	Claude Mandonnaud	France	02: 12.4	3rd August 1968	Paris
18th	Mirjana Segrt	Yugoslavia	02: 10.2	18th August 1968	Bratislava
19th	Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	02: 08.9	August 24, 1969	Budapest
20th	Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	02: 08.2	July 10, 1970	Barcelona
21st	Anke Rijnders	Netherlands	02: 07.2	April 18, 1972	Hanover
22nd	Andrea Eife	GDR	02: 07.05	1st September 1972	Munich
23	Andrea Eife	GDR	02: 06.27	1st September 1972	Munich
24	Andrea Eife	GDR	02: 05.70	July 12, 1973	East Berlin
25th	Kornelia Ender	GDR	02: 05.64	19th August 1973	Utrecht
26th	Andrea Eife	GDR	02: 05.52	5th September 1973	Belgrade
27	Angela Franke	GDR	02: 05.25	5th July 1974	Rostock
28	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	02: 05.14	July 25, 1974	Utrecht
29	Kornelia Ender	GDR	02: 03.22	22nd August 1974	Vienna
30th	Kornelia Ender	GDR	02: 02.27	March 15, 1975	Dresden
31	Kornelia Ender	GDR	01: 59.78	June 2nd 1976	East Berlin
32	Kornelia Ender	GDR	01: 59.26	July 22, 1976	Montreal
33	Barbara Krause	GDR	01: 59.04	2nd July 1978	West Berlin
34	Barbara Krause	GDR	01: 58.33	July 24, 1980	Moscow
35	Kristin Otto	GDR	01: 57.75	May 23, 1984	Magdeburg
36	Heike Friedrich	GDR	01: 57.55	June 18, 1986	East Berlin
37	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	01: 56.78	September 6, 1994	Rome
38	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	01: 56.64	August 3, 2002	Berlin
39	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	01: 56.47	March 27, 2007	Melbourne
40	Laure Manaudou	France	01: 55.52	March 28, 2007	Melbourne
41	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	01: 55.45	August 11, 2008	Beijing
42	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	01: 54.82	August 13, 2008	Beijing
43	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	01: 54.47	March 8, 2009	Riccione
44	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	01: 53.67	July 28, 2009	Rome
45	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	01: 52.98	July 29, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

Men's European records over 200 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 44.14	5th February 1988	Paris
2	Giorgio Lamberti	Italy	01: 43.95	February 14, 1990	Bonn
3	Giorgio Lamberti	Italy	01: 43.64	February 11, 1990	Bonn
4th	Pieter vd Hoogenband	Netherlands	01: 42.46	December 16, 2001	Antwerp
5	Pieter vd Hoogenband	Netherlands	01: 42.45	January 26, 2003	Berlin
6th	Pieter vd Hoogenband	Netherlands	01: 41.89	December 14, 2003	Dublin
7th	Paul Biedermann	Germany	01: 40.83	November 16, 2008	Berlin
8th	Paul Biedermann	Germany	01: 39.37	November 15, 2009	Berlin

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women in the 200 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	01: 55.84	January 9, 1993	Beijing
2	Josefin Lillhage	Sweden	01: 54.64	February 12, 2005	new York
3	Melanie Marshall	Society. King	01: 54.53	January 21, 2006	Berlin
4th	Alena Popchanka	France	01: 54.25	December 10, 2006	Helsinki
5	Laure Manaudou	France	01: 53.48	November 17, 2007	Berlin
6th	Coralie Balmy	France	01: 53.18	December 6, 2008	Angers
7th	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	01: 51.85	December 14, 2008	Rijeka
8th	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	01: 51.17	December 13, 2009	Istanbul
9	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	01: 50.78	December 7, 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 200 meters freestyle
• Freestyle swimming

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.