List of European swimming records over 50 meters chest

The European swimming records over 50 m breasts are the best times in the 50 m breast 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

European records for men over 50 m chest (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Rolf Beab	BR Germany	00: 28.67	2nd July 1985	Heidelberg
2	Dmitri Volkov	Soviet Union	00: 28.48	February 20, 1986	Moscow
3	Rolf Beab	BR Germany	00: 28.46	June 25, 1986	Hanover
4th	Dmitri Volkov	Soviet Union	00: 28.12	September 19, 1988	Seoul
5	Dmitri Volkov	Soviet Union	00: 28.10	June 14, 1989	Chișinău
6th	Dmitri Volkov	Soviet Union	00: 28.05	June 25, 1989	Canet
7th	Mark Warnecke	Germany	00: 27.82	June 25, 1995	Warendorf
8th	Alexander Dzhabuiya	Ukraine	00: 27.61	April 27, 1996	Kharkiv
9	Mark Warnecke	Germany	00: 27.59	July 28, 2001	Fukuoka
10	Oleh Lissohor	Ukraine	00: 27.52	July 29, 2001	Fukuoka
11	James Gibson	United Kingdom	00: 27.51	April 13, 2002	Manchester
12	Oleh Lissohor	Ukraine	00: 27.18	August 2, 2002	Berlin
13	Matjaž Markič	Slovenia	00: 27.16	July 28, 2009	Rome
14th	Hendrik Feldwehr	Germany	00: 26.83	July 28, 2009	Rome
	Damir Dugonjič	Slovenia		July 30, 2013	Barcelona
15th	Adam Peaty	United Kingdom	00: 26.62	22nd August 2014	Berlin
16	Adam Peaty	United Kingdom	00: 26.42	4th August 2015	Kazan
17th	Adam Peaty	United Kingdom	00: 26.10	July 25, 2017	Budapest
18th	Adam Peaty	United Kingdom	00: 25.95	July 25, 2017	Budapest

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 50 m breasts (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Tania Bogomilova	Bulgaria	00: 32.05	August 21, 1986	Madrid
2	Silke Hörner	German Democratic Republic	00: 32.00	August 21, 1987	Strasbourg
3	Silke Hörner	German Democratic Republic	00: 31.84	September 23, 1988	Seoul
4th	Silke Hörner	German Democratic Republic	00: 31.58	September 23, 1988	Seoul
5	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 31.52	July 8, 1999	Sheffield
6th	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 31.43	July 29, 1999	Istanbul
7th	Ágnes Kovács	Hungary	00: 31.34	May 21, 2000	Monte Carlo
8th	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 31.23	July 26, 2001	Fukuoka
9	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 31.04	April 10, 2002	Manchester
10	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 31.03	July 30, 2002	Manchester
11	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 30.57	July 30, 2002	Manchester
12	Valentina Artemeva	Russia	00: 30.32	April 28, 2009	Moscow
				June 8, 2009	Monaco
13	Yulia Efimova	Russia	00: 30.24	August 1, 2009	Rome
14th	Yulia Efimova	Russia	00: 30.09	August 2, 2009	Rome
15th	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	00: 29.96	11th of June 2013	Barcelona
14th	Yulia Efimova	Russia	00: 29.78	3rd August 2013	Barcelona
15th	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	00: 29.48	3rd August 2013	Barcelona

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

European records for men over 50 m chest (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Dmitri Volkov	Soviet Union	00: 27.29	March 16, 1991	Bonn
2	Vasili Ivanov	CIS	00: 27.25	November 22, 1992	Espoo
3	Alexander Djaburia	Ukraine	00: 27.24	March 19, 1994	Gelsenkirchen
4th	Alexander Djaburia	Ukraine	00: 27.20	March 26, 1994	Paris
5	Mark Warnecke	Germany	00: 27.00	February 18, 1995	Gelsenkirchen
6th	Mark Warnecke	Germany	00: 26.97	February 8, 1997	Sydney
				January 21, 1998	Paris
				March 28, 1998	Fulda
				November 28, 1998	Paris
7th	Mark Warnecke	Germany	00: 26.70	December 11, 1998	Sheffield
8th	Roman Sludnow	Russia	00: 26.54	January 22, 2002	Stockholm
9	Oleh Lissohor	Ukraine	00: 26.20	January 29, 2001	Berlin
10	Oleh Lissohor	Ukraine	00: 26.17	January 21, 2006	Berlin
11	Alessandro Terrin	Italy	00: 26.14	December 12, 2009	Istanbul
12	Fabio Scozzoli	Italy	00: 26.11	4th August 2011	Ostia
12	Fabio Scozzoli	Italy	00: 25.88	7th August 2013	Eindhoven
12	Fabio Scozzoli	Italy	00: 25.72	August 10, 2013	Berlin
13	Fabio Scozzoli	Italy	00: 25.62	December 13, 2017	Copenhagen

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 50 m breasts (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Lena Hartung	Germany	00: 31.22	2nd February 1992	Paris
2	Louise Karlsson	Sweden	00: 31.19	November 21, 1992	Espoo
3	Emma Igelström	Sweden	00: 31.17	January 14, 2001	Imperia
4th	Sylvia Gerasch	Germany	00: 31.04	January 25, 2001	Stockholm
5	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 30.97	August 3, 2001	Perth
6th	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 30.78	October 21, 2001	new York
7th	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 30.61	2001	Melbourne
8th	Emma Igelström	Sweden	00: 30.56	December 16, 2001	Antwerp
9	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 30.53	January 4, 2002	Durban
10	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 30.51	January 15, 2002	Imperia
11	Emma Igelström	Sweden	00: 30.43	January 23, 2002	Stockholm
12	Zoe Baker	United Kingdom	00: 30.31	January 27, 2002	Berlin
13	Emma Igelström	Sweden	00: 30.24	January 29, 2002	Gothenburg
14th	Emma Igelström	Sweden	00: 29.96	April 4, 2002	Moscow
15th	Valentina Artemeva	Russia	00: 29.86	November 9, 2008	Moscow
16	Valentina Artemeva	Russia	00: 29.83	December 11, 2008	Rijeka
17th	Valentina Artemeva	Russia	00: 29.77	December 11, 2008	Rijeka
18th	Valentina Artemeva	Russia	00: 29.67	December 21, 2008	St. Petersburg
19th	Janne Schäfer	Germany	00: 29.55	November 5, 2009	Berlin
20th	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	00: 29.51	December 12, 2012	Istanbul
21st	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	00: 29.44	December 13, 2012	Istanbul
22nd	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	00: 28.81	3rd 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 50 meters chest
• The breaststroke

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)