List of European swimming records over 50 meters back

The European swimming records over 50 meters back are the best times in the 50-meter 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 50 m back (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Dirk Richter	GDR	00: 26.44	22nd December 1982	East Berlin
2	Igor Polyansky	Soviet Union	00: 25.90	February 29, 1988	Moscow
3	Franck Schott	France	00: 25.71	March 18, 1994	Lille
4th	Stev Theloke	Germany	00: 25.66	July 29, 1999	Istanbul
5	Stev Theloke	Germany	00: 25.63	June 15, 2000	Berlin
6th	Stev Theloke	Germany	00: 25.60	0July 6, 2000	Helsinki
7th	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 25.31	July 24, 2001	Fukuoka
8th	Stev Theloke	Germany	00: 25.26	May 25, 2002	Warendorf
9	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 25.20	0August 1, 2002	Berlin
10	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 25.00	0August 1, 2002	Berlin
11	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 24.80	July 27, 2003	Barcelona
12	Liam Tancock	United Kingdom	00: 24.47	0April 2, 2008	Sheffield
13	Liam Tancock	United Kingdom	00: 24.08	0August 1, 2009	Rome
14th	Liam Tancock	United Kingdom	00: 24.04	0August 2, 2009	Rome
15th	Kliment Kolesnikow	Russia	00: 24.00	04th August 2018	Glasgow

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Ina Kleber	GDR	00: 29.67	22nd December 1982	East Berlin
2	Birte Weigang	GDR	00: 29.59	18th December 1983	East Berlin
3	Birte Weigang	GDR	00: 29.16	18th December 1983	East Berlin
4th	Kristin Otto	GDR	00: 29.12	September 22, 1988	Seoul
5	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 29.00	May 22, 1997	Monte Carlo
6th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.78	June 12, 1999	Monte Carlo
7th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.71	0August 1, 1999	Istanbul
8th	Nina Zhivanevskaya	Spain	00: 28.69	0April 8, 2000	Madrid
9	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.25	June 17, 2000	Berlin
10	Janine Pietsch	Germany	00: 28.19	May 25, 2005	Berlin
11	Anastassija Sujewa	Russia	00: 28.05	March 23, 2008	Eindhoven
	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia		June 21, 2008	Zagreb
12	Daniela Samulski	Germany	00: 27.85	June 25, 2009	Berlin
13	Daniela Samulski	Germany	00: 27.61	June 26, 2009	Berlin
14th	Daniela Samulski	Germany	00: 27.39	July 29, 2009	Rome
15th	Anastassija Sujewa	Russia	00: 27.38	July 29, 2009	Rome
16	Daniela Samulski	Germany	00: 27.23	July 30, 2009	Rome
	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	Belarus		July 27, 2017	Budapest
17th	Georgia Davies	United Kingdom	00: 27.21	04th August 2018	Glasgow

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

Men's European records over 50 m back (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Frank Hoffmeister	BR Germany	00: 25.47	0February 7, 1987	Bonn
2	Frank Hoffmeister	Germany	00: 25.43	March 17, 1991	Bonn
				March 19, 1991	Malmo
3	Frank Hoffmeister	Germany	00: 25.24	March 24, 1991	Rostock
4th	Rudi Dollmayer	Sweden	00: 25.01	January 22, 1992	Malmo
5	Jani Sievinen	Finland	00: 24.81	November 14, 1992	Hyvinkää
6th	Alexander Popov	Russia	00: 24.66	March 13, 1994	Desenzano
7th	Franck Schott	France	00: 24.60	March 27, 1994	Paris
8th	Vladimir Selkov	Russia	00: 24.56	February 19, 1995	Gelsenkirchen
9	Tomislav Karlo	Croatia	00: 24.52	0February 9, 1997	Paris
10	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 24.41	December 11, 1998	Sheffield
11	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 24.13	December 11, 1998	Sheffield
12	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 24.03	November 11, 2001	Neuss
13	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 23.75	November 30, 2001	Rostock
14th	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 23.42	November 26, 2004	eat
15th	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 23.36	November 27, 2004	eat
16	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 23.27	December 10, 2004	Vienna
	Aschwin Wildeboer	Spain		December 11, 2008	Rijeka
17th	Ľuboš Križko	Slovakia	00: 23.15	December 12, 2008	Rijeka
18th	Aschwin Wildeboer	Spain	00: 23.14	December 19, 2008	Madrid
19th	Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 22.94	0November 7, 2009	Moscow
20th	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 22.91	November 27, 2009	eat
21st	Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 22.80	December 11, 2009	Istanbul
22nd	Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 22.79	December 11, 2009	Istanbul
23	Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 22.76	December 11, 2009	Istanbul
24	Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 22.74	November 26, 2010	Eindhoven
25th	Florent Manaudou	France	00: 22.22	0December 6, 2014	Doha

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Svenja Schlicht	BR Germany	00: 28.91	0February 8, 1987	Bonn
2	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.68	0December 7, 1991	Gelsenkirchen
3	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.59	0December 8, 1991	Gelsenkirchen
4th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.57	November 22, 1992	Espoo
5	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.33	February 15, 1993	Sheffield
6th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.26	November 13, 1993	Gateshead
7th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 27.94	March 19, 1994	Gelsenkirchen
8th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 27.86	0January 3, 1995	Hong Kong
9	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 27.77	0February 4, 1995	Paris
10	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 27.67	February 11, 1995	Sheffield
11	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 27.27	December 13, 1995	Sheffield
12	Ilona Hlavackova	Czech Republic	00: 27.06	December 16, 2001	Antwerp
13	Janine Pietsch	Germany	00: 27.00	0April 9, 2006	Shanghai
14th	Antje Buschschulte	Germany	00: 26.94	November 18, 2007	Berlin
15th	Janine Pietsch	Germany	00: 26.92	November 24, 2007	eat
16	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 26.91	November 24, 2007	Zagreb
17th	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 26.50	December 15, 2007	Debrecen
18th	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 26.37	April 13, 2008	Manchester
19th	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 26.23	December 13, 2008	Rijeka
20th	Daniela Samulski	Germany	00: 26.21	November 14, 2009	Berlin
21st	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 25.70	December 12, 2009	Istanbul

(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 Austrian swimming records
• List of swimming world records over 50 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)