List of European swimming records over 50 meters butterfly

The European swimming records over 50 m butterfly are the best times swum by Europeans in the 50 m butterfly 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 butterfly (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Michael Gross	BR Germany	00: 25.19	2nd August 1982	Guayaquil
2	Michael Gross	BR Germany	00: 24.77	July 30, 1984	los Angeles
3	Frank Henter	BR Germany	00: 24.61	July 22, 1988	Karlsruhe
4th	Nils Rudolph	Germany	00: 24.39	November 8, 1990	Munich
5	Jan Karlsson	Sweden	00: 24.33	June 28, 1992	Landskrona
6th	Jan Karlsson	Sweden	00: 24.27	July 1, 1994	Norrkoping
7th	Denis Pankratow	Russia	00: 23.68	August 10, 1996	Mulhouse
8th	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 23.66	July 27, 2001	Fukuoka
9	Lars Frölander	Sweden	00: 23.57	July 29, 2001	Fukuoka
10	Jere Hård	Finland	00: 23.50	July 30, 2002	Berlin
11	Serhiy Breus	Ukraine	00: 23.38	July 25, 2005	Montreal
12	Milorad Čavić	Serbia	00: 23.11	March 19, 2008	Eindhoven
13	Rafael Muñoz Pérez	Spain	00: 22.43	April 5, 2009	Málaga

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Birte Weigang	GDR	00: 27.75	December 22, 1987	Berlin
2	Catherine Plewinski	France	00: 27.57	September 23, 1988	Seoul
3	Catherine Plewinski	France	00: 27.54	September 23, 1988	Seoul
4th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 27.53	June 20, 1993	Amersfoort
5	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 26.54	June 18, 1999	Amersfoort
6th	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 26.39	July 1, 1999	Halmstad
7th	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.29	July 27, 1999	Istanbul
8th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 25.83	May 20, 2000	Monte Carlo
9	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 25.64	May 26, 2000	Sheffield
10	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.57	July 30, 2002	Berlin
11	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 25.46	June 13, 2007	Barcelona
12	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 25.33	April 19, 2009	Amsterdam
13	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 25.28	July 31, 2009	Rome
14th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 25.07	July 31, 2009	Rome
15th	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 24.43	5th July 2014	Borås

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Stefan Güsgen	BR Germany	00: 24.50	February 8, 1987	Bonn
2	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 24.48	February 14, 1988	Bonn
3	Nils Rudolph	GDR	00: 24.31	February 12, 1989	Bonn
4th	Nils Rudolph	GDR	00: 24.14	February 10, 1990	Bonn
5	Dmitri Volkov	Soviet Union	00: 24.13	February 20, 1990	Rozzano
6th	Nils Rudolph	Germany	00: 24.05	March 30, 1991	Sheffield
7th	Jan Karlsson	Sweden	00: 23.80	November 21, 1992	Espoo
8th	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 23.72	February 13, 1993	Gelsenkirchen
				March 19, 1994
9	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 23.68	March 23, 1994	Sheffield
10	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 23.55	February 11, 1995	Sheffield
11	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 23.45	December 15, 1995	Sheffield
12	Denis Pankratow	Russia	00: 23.35	August 8, 1997	Paris
13	Miloš Miloševic	Croatia	00: 23.39	December 12, 1998	Sheffield
14th	Lars Frölander	Sweden	00: 23.19	March 19, 2000	Athens
15th	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 22.87	January 17, 2001	Sheffield
16	Serhiy Breus	Ukraine	00: 22.86	April 12, 2008	Manchester
17th	Johannes Dietrich	Germany	00: 22.64	November 28, 2008	eat
18th	Johannes Dietrich	Germany	00: 22.62	November 28, 2008	eat
19th	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 22.29	December 6, 2008	Angers
20th	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 22.18	December 14, 2008	Rijeka
21st	Steffen Deibler	Germany	00: 22.06	October 24, 2009	Aachen
22nd	Steffen Deibler	Germany	00: 21.80	November 14, 2009	Berlin

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Kornelia Gressler	GDR	00: 27.70	February 8, 1987	Bonn
2	Birte Weigang	GDR	00: 27.70	February 8, 1987	Bonn
3	Birte Weigang	GDR	00: 27.69	February 14, 1988	Bonn
4th	Christiane Sievert	GDR	00: 27.54	February 11, 1990	Bonn
5	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 27.43	March 17, 1991	Bonn
6th	Cecilia Karlsson	Sweden	00: 27.40	November 22, 1991	Södertälie
7th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 27.25	December 8, 1991	Gelsenkirchen
8th	Johanna Sjöberg	Sweden	00: 27.15	December 13, 1996	Rostock
9	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 26.97	February 2, 1997	Gelsenkirchen
10	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 26.90	March 22, 1998	Gelsenkirchen
11	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 26.61	March 26, 1998	Imperia
12	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 26.54	December 11, 1998	Sheffield
13	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 26.09	December 11, 1998	Sheffield
14th	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.64	December 10, 1999	Lisbon
15th	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.60	December 15, 2000	Valencia
16	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.36	January 25, 2001	Stockholm
17th	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.33	March 12, 2005	Gothenburg
18th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 25.31	November 12, 2008	Stockholm
19th	Hinkelien Schreuder	Netherlands	00: 25.21	December 12, 2008	Rijeka
20th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 24.75	October 17, 2009	Durban
21st	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 24.46	November 11, 2009	Stockholm
22nd	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 24.38	November 22, 2009	Singapore

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of swimming world records over 50 meters butterfly

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)