List of European swimming records over 200 meters back

The swimming European records over 200 m back are the best times in the 200 m back swimming discipline Europeans have swum. 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 back (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Oskar Schiele	German Empire	03: 04.4	June 27, 1909	Berlin
2	George Arnold	German Empire	02: 59.8	January 3, 1910	Magdeburg
3	Maurice Wechesser	Belgium	02: 56.4	October 18, 1910	Schaerbeek
4th	Hermann Pentz	German Empire	02: 50.6	March 11, 1911	Magdeburg
5	Otto Fahr	German Empire	02: 48.4	April 3, 1912	Magdeburg
6th	Otto Fahr	German Empire	02: 47.1	June 26, 1926	Bremen
7th	Albert Schumburg	German Empire	02: 46.6	05/17 1927	Magdeburg
8th	Ernst Küppers	German Empire	02: 40.7	03.12. 1928	Aachen
9	Ernst Küppers	German Empire	02: 39.7	January 18, 1930	Bremen
10	Heinz hose	German Empire	02: 29.8	February 8, 1938	Copenhagen
11	Georges Vallerey	France	02: 26.8	June 3, 1945	Casablanca
12	Georges Vallerey	France	02: 22.7	June 28, 1949	Casablanca
13	Gilbert Bozon	France	02: 18.3	June 26, 1953	Algiers
Rule change
14th	Wolfgang Wagner	GDR	02: 19.8	September 6, 1959	Leipzig
15th	Wolfgang Wagner	GDR	02: 18.0	July 15, 1960	Leipzig
16	Leonid Barbijer	Soviet Union	02: 16.5	4th September 1961	Lviv
17th	Ernst-Joachim Küppers	BR Germany	02: 15.0	July 22, 1962	Sanremo
18th	Ernst-Joachim Küppers	BR Germany	02: 14.8	July 29, 1964	Berlin
19th	Ernst-Joachim Küppers	BR Germany	02: 12.6	22nd August 1964	Magdeburg
20th	Viktor Mazanov	Soviet Union	02: 12.4	May 11, 1965	Tashkent
21st	Viktor Mazanov	Soviet Union	02: 11.8	March 23, 1966	Moscow
22nd	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 11.2	April 23, 1967	Magdeburg
23	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 11.1	October 28, 1967	Mexico city
24	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 07.9	November 8, 1967	Leipzig
25th	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 07.5	August 14, 1968	Leipzig
26th	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 07.4	July 12, 1969	Santa Clara
27	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 06.4	29th August 1969	Berlin
28	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 06.1	September 11, 1970	Barcelona
29	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 05.6	3rd September 1971	Leipzig
30th	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 02.8	July 10, 1972	Leipzig
31	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 02.82	2nd September 1972	Munich
32	Roland Matthes	GDR	02: 01.87	September 6, 1973	Belgrade
33	Sándor Wladár	Hungary	02: 01.78	March 15, 1980	Budapest
34	Sándor Wladár	Hungary	02: 01.72	June 28, 1980	Budapest
35	Sándor Wladár	Hungary	02: 00.80	September 12, 1981	Split
36	Vladimir Shemetov	Soviet Union	02: 00.65	February 18, 1983	Moscow
37	Sergei Zabolotnow	Soviet Union	02: 00.42	4th July 1983	Edmonton
38	Sergei Zabolotnow	Soviet Union	02: 00.39	February 15, 1984	Moscow
39	Dirk Richter	GDR	01: 59.80	May 24, 1984	Magdeburg
40	Sergei Zabolotnow	Soviet Union	01: 58.41	August 21, 1984	Moscow
41	Igor Polyansky	Soviet Union	01: 58.14	March 3, 1985	Erfurt
Rule change
42	Martin López-Zubero	Spain	01: 57.30	August 13, 1991	Fort Lauderdale
43	Martin López-Zubero	Spain	01: 56.57	November 23, 1991	Tuscaloosa
44	Helge Meeuw	Germany	01: 56.34	June 24, 2006	Berlin
45	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	01: 55.44	August 5, 2006	Budapest
46	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	01: 54.93	August 15, 2008	Beijing
47	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	01: 54.90	July 30, 2009	Rome
48	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	01: 54.75	July 31, 2009	Rome
49	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	01: 54.24	August 2, 2013	Barcelona
50	Yevgeny Rylow	Russia	01: 54.21	April 21, 2016	Moscow
51	Yevgeny Rylow	Russia	01: 53.61	28th July 2017	Budapest
52	Yevgeny Rylow	Russia	01: 53.36	August 8, 2018	Glasgow

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 200 m back (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Marie Braun	Netherlands	02: 59.2	November 24, 1928	Brussels
2	Phyllis Harding	United Kingdom	02: 50.4	September 19, 1932	Wallasey
3	Rie Mastenbroek	Netherlands	02: 49.6	January 20, 1935	Amsterdam
4th	Nida Senff	Netherlands	02: 44.6	0February 2, 1937	Amsterdam
5	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	02: 41.3	February 14, 1937	Aarhus
6th	Cor Kint	Netherlands	02: 41.0	April 17, 1938	Aarhus
7th	Iet van Feggelen	Netherlands	02: 40.6	October 26, 1938	Dusseldorf
8th	Iet van Feggelen	Netherlands	02: 39.0	December 18, 1938	Amsterdam
9	Cor Kint	Netherlands	02: 38.8	November 29, 1939	Rotterdam
10	Geertje Wielema	Netherlands	02: 35.3	0April 2, 1950	Hilversum
Rule change
11	Lenie de Nijs	Netherlands	02: 38.5	May 17, 1957	Blackpool
12	Rini Dobber	Netherlands	02: 37.5	17th May 1959	Leipzig
13	Rini Dobber	Netherlands	02: 36.2	June 12, 1960	Leipzig
14th	Rose-Marie Piacentini	France	02: 35.6	02nd August 1961	Paris
	Corrie Winkel	Netherlands		August 20, 1961	Zwolle
15th	Rose-Marie Piacentini	France	02: 34.5	04th September 1961	Monaco
16	Rose-Marie Piacentini	France	02: 33.9	September 13, 1961	Monaco
17th	Ingrid Schmidt	GDR	02: 33.8	15th August 1962	Berlin
18th	Christine Caron	France	02: 33.5	July 13, 1963	Paris
19th	Corrie Winkel	Netherlands	02: 32.3	0September 1, 1963	Soestduinen
20th	Christine Caron	France	02: 32.1	0September 8, 1963	Paris
21st	Christine Caron	France	02: 29.6	July 18, 1964	Paris
22nd	Christine Caron	France	02: 28.8	July 10, 1965	Paris
23	Christine Caron	France	02: 27.9	June 16, 1966	Paris
24	Bénédicte Duprez	France	02: 27.9	August 24, 1968	Vichy
25th	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	02: 27.6	0April 4th 1970	Kecskemét
26th	Angelika Kraus	BR Germany	02: 27.1	0August 6, 1970	Würselen
27	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	02: 26.9	22nd August 1970	Budapest
28	Wendy Burrell	United Kingdom	02: 26.2	0September 9, 1970	Barcelona
29	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	02: 25.5	September 10, 1970	Barcelona
30th	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	02: 25.1	May 29, 1971	Budapest
31	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	02: 24.4	August 29, 1971	Bratislava
32	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	02: 24.3	April 19, 1972	Hanover
33	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	02: 23.70	04th September 1972	Munich
34	Annegret Kober	BR Germany	02: 23.35	04th September 1972	Munich
35	Andrea Eife	GDR	02: 22.34	July 11, 1973	East Berlin
36	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	02: 21.66	19th August 1973	Utrecht
37	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 21.13	March 14, 1974	Magdeburg
38	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	02: 20.27	April 26, 1974	Coventry
39	Ulrike Richter	GDR	02: 18.41	0July 7th 1974	Rostock
40	Ulrike Richter	GDR	02: 17.35	August 25, 1974	Vienna
41	Birgit driver	GDR	02: 16.10	0June 6, 1975	Wittenberg
42	Birgit driver	GDR	02: 15.46	July 27, 1975	Cali
43	Antje silence	GDR	02: 14.41	February 29, 1976	East Berlin
44	Antje silence	GDR	02: 13.50	March 13, 1976	Tallinn
45	Birgit driver	GDR	02: 12.47	04th June 1976	East Berlin
46	Rica Reinisch	GDR	02: 11.77	July 27, 1980	Moscow
47	Cornelia Sirch	GDR	02: 09.91	0August 8, 1982	Guayaquil
	Cornelia Sirch	GDR		July 24, 1988	Potsdam
48	Krisztina Egerszegi	Hungary	02: 09.29	September 25, 1988	Seoul
Rule change
49	Krisztina Egerszegi	Hungary	02: 09.15	January 13, 1991	Perth
50	Krisztina Egerszegi	Hungary	02: 08.74	August 25, 1991	Athens
51	Krisztina Egerszegi	Hungary	02: 06.62	August 25, 1991	Athens
52	Anastassija Sujewa	Russia	02: 04.94	0August 1, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	01: 56.60	February 8, 1987	Bonn
Rule change
2	Martín López-Zubero	Spain	01: 52.51	April 10, 1991	Gainesville
3	Gordan Kozulj	Croatia	01: 51.62	January 21, 2001	Berlin
4th	Markus Rogan	Austria	01: 51.37	March 28, 2004	new York
5	Markus Rogan	Austria	01: 51.24	December 9, 2004	Vienna
6th	Markus Rogan	Austria	01: 50.67	January 23, 2005	Berlin
7th	Markus Rogan	Austria	01: 50.43	December 8, 2005	Trieste
8th	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	01: 49.98	December 7, 2006	Helsinki
9	Markus Rogan	Austria	01: 49.86	December 13, 2007	Debrecen
10	Markus Rogan	Austria	01: 47.84	April 13, 2008	Manchester
11	Markus Rogan	Austria	01: 47.64	November 6, 2009	Stockholm
12	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	01: 46.11	November 11, 2009	Berlin

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 200 m back (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Lorenza Vigarani	Italy	02: 07.30	March 26, 1994	Paris
2	Krisztina Egerszegi	Hungary	02: 06.98	February 19, 1995	Gelsenkirchen
3	Sarah Price	United Kingdom	02: 04.44	August 5, 2001	Perth
4th	Antje Buschschulte	Germany	02: 04.23	August 14, 2003	Dublin
5	Esther Baron	France	02: 04.08	December 10, 2006	Helsinki
6th	Elizabeth Simmonds	United Kingdom	02: 02.60	April 11, 2008	Manchester
7th	Alexandra Putra	France	02: 02.36	December 14, 2008	Rijeka
8th	Elizabeth Simmonds	United Kingdom	02: 02.01	November 10, 2009	Stockholm
9	Elizabeth Simmonds	United Kingdom	02: 01.48	November 21, 2009	Singapore
10	Elizabeth Simmonds	United Kingdom	02: 00.91	December 18, 2009	Manchester
11	Elizabeth Simmonds	United Kingdom	02: 00.83	December 16, 2011	Atlanta
12	Daryna Sewina	Ukraine	02: 00.81	August 10, 2013	Berlin
12	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	01: 59.23	5th 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 200 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.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. 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.