List of European swimming records over 200 meters

The European swimming records in the 200 m individual medley are the best times that Europeans have swum in the 200 m medley 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 medley (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Alain Mosconi	France	02: 16.3	20th July 1967	Marseille
2	Frank Wiegand	GDR	02: 13.5	0November 6, 1967	Leipzig
3	Vladimir Kravchenko	Soviet Union	02: 13.0	April 15, 1970	Novosibirsk
4th	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 12.8	July 11, 1970	Brandenburg
5	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	02: 09.3	September 12, 1970	Barcelona
6th	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	02: 07.17	03rd September 1972	Munich
7th	David Wilkie	United Kingdom	02: 06.32	August 24, 1974	Vienna
8th	David Wilkie	United Kingdom	02: 06.25	0April 4th 1976	Long Beach
9	Olexandr Sidorenko	Soviet Union	02: 05.31	04th August 1977	Montreal
10	Olexandr Sidorenko	Soviet Union	02: 05.24	0April 8, 1978	Leningrad
				0July 9, 1978	Moscow
11	Olexandr Sidorenko	Soviet Union	02: 03.46	July 28, 1979	Moscow
				February 24, 1980	Leningrad
12	Olexandr Sidorenko	Soviet Union	02: 03.41	September 11, 1981	Split
13	Olexandr Sidorenko	Soviet Union	02: 02.85	February 13, 1982	Moscow
14th	Giovanni Franceschi	Italy	02: 02.48	August 27, 1983	Rome
15th	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	02: 01.57	23rd August 1986	Madrid
16	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	02: 00.56	23rd August 1987	Strasbourg
17th	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	02: 00.17	September 25, 1988	Seoul
18th	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	01: 59.36	January 13, 1991	Perth
19th	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 58.16	September 11, 1994	Rome
20th	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 56.92	March 29, 2007	Melbourne
21st	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 56.52	August 15, 2008	Beijing
22nd	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 56.34	July 29, 2009	Rome
23	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 55.18	July 29, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 200 m individual medley (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Tatiana Deviatova	Soviet Union	02: 33.90	August 13, 1966	Moscow
2	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	02: 33.5	0March 4th 1967	Karl Marx City
3	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	02: 32.0	15th August 1967	Linkoping
4th	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	02: 31.1	0November 8, 1967	Leipzig
5	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	02: 30.3	March 10, 1968	East Berlin
6th	Larissa Zacharova	Soviet Union	02: 30.1	03rd April 1968	Tallinn
7th	Judit Turoczy	Hungary	02: 29.6	July 14, 1968	Budapest
8th	Martina Grunert	GDR	02: 27.5	23rd August 1969	Budapest
9	Nina Petrova	Soviet Union	02: 26.9	April 18, 1972	Hanover
10	Evelyn Proud	GDR	02: 25.45	August 28, 1972	Munich
11	Kornelia Ender	GDR	02: 25.39	August 28, 1972	Munich
12	Kornelia Ender	GDR	02: 23.59	August 28, 1972	Munich
13	Kornelia Ender	GDR	02: 23.01	April 13, 1973	East Berlin
14th	Andrea Huebner	GDR	02: 20.51	0September 9, 1973	Belgrade
15th	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 18.97	18th August 1974	Vienna
16	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 18.83	June 10, 1975	Piesteritz
17th	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 18.30	March 12, 1976	Tallinn
18th	Kornelia Ender	GDR	02: 17.14	05th June 1976	East Berlin
19th	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 16.96	July 10, 1977	Leipzig
20th	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 15.95	20th August 1977	Jonkoping
21st	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 15.85	August 28, 1977	East Berlin
22nd	Petra Schneider	GDR	02: 15.75	March 18, 1979	Hamburg
23	Petra Schneider	GDR	02: 14.51	0August 6, 1979	Brandenburg
24	Petra Schneider	GDR	02: 13.94	February 27, 1980	East Berlin
25th	Petra Schneider	GDR	02: 13.00	May 24, 1980	Magdeburg
26th	Ute Geweniger	GDR	02: 11.73	04th June 1981	East Berlin
27	Jana Klotschkowa	Ukraine	02: 10.68	September 19, 2000	Sydney
28	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	02: 09.59	March 17, 2009	Sheffield
29	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 09.12	July 26, 2009	Rome
30th	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 07.46	July 27, 2009	Rome
31	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 07.30	2nd August 2015	Kazan
32	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 06.84	2nd August 2015	Kazan
33	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 06.12	3rd August 2015	Kazan

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	01: 59.18	0February 8, 1987	Bonn
2	Vadim Yaroshchuk	Soviet Union	01: 59.12	December 12, 1987	Monte Carlo
3	Vadim Yaroshchuk	Soviet Union	01: 59.02	February 14, 1988	Bonn
4th	Lars Sørensen	Denmark	01: 58.80	March 31, 1990	Copenhagen
5	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 57.19	17th January 1992	Kuopio
6th	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 56.84	January 22, 1993	Helsinki
7th	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 56.62	0February 7, 1993	Paris
8th	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 55.59	February 10, 1993	Malmo
9	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 54.65	April 21, 1994	Kuopio
	Attila Czene	Hungary		March 23, 2000	Minneapolis
10	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 53.46	0December 8, 2005	Trieste
11	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 52.99	December 13, 2007	Debrecen
12	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 52.85	November 13, 2009	Százhalombatta
13	Markus Rogan	Austria	01: 51.72	December 10, 2009	Istanbul
14th	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 51.36	4th December 2015	Netanya

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 200 m individual medley (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Sue Rolph	United Kingdom	02: 10.60	December 15, 1996	Rostock
2	Jana Klotschkowa	Ukraine	02: 08.28	December 12, 2002	Riesa
3	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	02: 07.47	April 12, 2008	Manchester
4th	Francesca Segat	Italy	02: 07.03	December 11, 2008	Rijeka
5	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	02: 06.70	0August 6, 2009	Leeds
6th	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary	02: 06.01	0November 6, 2009	Moscow
7th	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary	02: 04.64	December 10, 2009	Istanbul
8th	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 04.39	07th August 2013	Eindhoven
9	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 03.20	0August 8, 2013	Eindhoven
10	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 02.61	August 27, 2014	Doha
11	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 01.86	0December 6, 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
• The swimming pool

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)