List of swimming world records over 100 meters back

The swimming world records over 100 m back are the best times in the 100 m back swimming discipline. They are recognized by the international swimming federation FINA . World records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. In the following, the world record development since the first recognized world record is listed.

Long track world records men

World records for men over 100 m back (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Arno Bieberstein	German Empire	01: 24.6	July 17, 1908	London
2	Maurice Wechesser	Belgium	01: 20.8	October 2, 1910	Schaarbeek
3	András Baronyi	Hungary	01: 18.8	July 17, 1911	Budapest
4th	Oskar Schiele	German Empire	01: 18.4	April 6, 1912	Brussels
5	Otto Fahr	German Empire	01: 15.6	April 29, 1912	Magdeburg
6th	Warren Paoa Kealoha	United States	01: 14.8	22nd August 1920	Antwerp
7th	Warren Paoa Kealoha	United States	01: 12.6	October 17, 1922	Honolulu
8th	Warren Paoa Kealoha	United States	01: 12.4	April 13, 1924	Honolulu
9	Warren Paoa Kealoha	United States	01: 11.4	June 19, 1926	Honolulu
10	Walter Laufer	United States	01: 11.2	June 20, 1926	Berlin
11	PA House	United States	01: 10.2	March 22, 1927	New Haven
12	George Kojac	United States	01: 09.0	June 23, 1928	Detroit
13	George Kojac	United States	01: 08.2	August 9, 1928	Amsterdam
14th	Albert Vandeweghe	United States	01: 07.4	July 23, 1934	Honolulu
15th	Adolph Kiefer	United States	01: 07.0	October 20, 1935	Berlin
16	Adolph Kiefer	United States	01: 06.2	October 22, 1935	Krefeld
17th	Adolph Kiefer	United States	01: 04.9	November 9, 1935	Wroclaw
18th	Adolph Kiefer	United States	01: 04.8	January 18, 1936	Detroit
19th	Allen stack	United States	01: 04.0	June 23, 1948	New Haven
20th	Allen stack	United States	01: 03.6	February 4, 1949	New Haven
21st	Gilbert Bozon	France	01: 03.3	December 26, 1952	Troyes
22nd	Yoshinobu Oyakawa	United States	01: 02.8	April 1, 1954	New Haven
23	Gilbert Bozon	France	01: 02.1	February 27, 1955	Troyes
24	David Theile	Australia	01: 02.2	December 6, 1956	Melbourne
Rule change
25th	John Monckton	Australia	01: 01.5	February 15, 1958	Melbourne
26th	Robert Bennett	United States	01: 01.3	August 19, 1961	los Angeles
27	Tom Stock	United States	01: 01.0	August 11, 1962	Cuyahoga Falls
28	Tom Stock	United States	01: 00.9	August 12, 1962	Cuyahoga Falls
29	Ernst-Joachim Küppers	BR Germany	01: 00.8	August 28, 1964	Dortmund
30th	Tom Mann	United States	01: 00.0	3rd September 1964	new York
31	Tom Mann	United States	00: 59.6	October 16, 1964	Tokyo
32	Doug Russell	United States	00: 59.5	August 28, 1967	Tokyo
33	Charles Hickcox	United States	00: 59.3	August 28, 1967	Tokyo
34	Charles Hickcox	United States	00: 59.1	August 31, 1967	Tokyo
35	Roland Matthes	GDR	00: 58.4	September 21, 1967	Leipzig
36	Roland Matthes	GDR	00: 58.0	October 26, 1968	Mexico city
37	Roland Matthes	GDR	00: 57.8	23rd August 1969	Wurzburg
38	Roland Matthes	GDR	00: 56.9	September 8, 1970	Barcelona
39	Roland Matthes	GDR	00: 56.7	4th September 1971	Leipzig
40	Roland Matthes	GDR	00: 56.3	April 8, 1972	Moscow
41	Roland Matthes	GDR	00: 56.30	4th September 1972	Munich
42	John Naber	United States	00: 56.19	July 18, 1976	Montreal
43	John Naber	United States	00: 55.49	July 19, 1976	Montreal
44	Rick Carey	United States	00: 55.44	August 6, 1983	Clovis
45	Rick Carey	United States	00: 55.38	August 6, 1983	Clovis
46	Rick Carey	United States	00: 55.19	August 21, 1983	Caracas
47	Igor Polyansky	Soviet Union	00: 55.17	March 15, 1988	Tallinn
48	Igor Polyansky	Soviet Union	00: 55.16	March 16, 1988	Tallinn
49	Igor Polyansky	Soviet Union	00: 55.00	July 16, 1988	Moscow
50	David Berkoff	United States	00: 54.95	August 13, 1988	Austin
51	David Berkoff	United States	00: 54.91	August 13, 1988	Austin
52	David Berkoff	United States	00: 54.51	September 24, 1988	Seoul
Rule change
53	Jeff Rouse	United States	00: 53.93	August 25, 1991	Edmonton
54	Jeff Rouse	United States	00: 53.86	July 31, 1992	Barcelona
55	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	00: 53.60	August 24, 1999	Sydney
56	Aaron Peirsol	United States	00: 53.45	August 21, 2004	Athens
57	Aaron Peirsol	United States	00: 53.17	April 2, 2005	Indianapolis
58	Aaron Peirsol	United States	00: 52.98	March 27, 2007	Melbourne
59	Aaron Peirsol	United States	00: 52.89	July 1, 2008	Omaha
60	Aaron Peirsol	United States	00: 52.54	August 12, 2008	Beijing
61	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber	Spain	00: 52.38	July 1, 2009	Pescara
62	Aaron Peirsol	United States	00: 51.94	July 8, 2009	Indianapolis
63	Ryan Murphy	United States	00: 51.85	August 13, 2016	Rio de Janeiro

Long track world records women

World records for women over 100 m back (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Doris Hart	United Kingdom	01: 36.7	0July 6, 1923	Gothenburg
2	Jarmila Müllerová	Czechoslovakia	01: 35.0	July 29, 1923	Prague
3	Sybil Bauer	United States	01: 26.6	0August 8, 1923	Newark
4th	Sybil Bauer	United States	01: 22.4	0January 6, 1924	Miami
5	Willy the Turk	Netherlands	01: 22.0	July 10, 1927	Rotterdam
6th	Marie Braun	Netherlands	01: 21.6	August 11, 1928	Amsterdam
7th	Marie Braun	Netherlands	01: 21.4	April 20, 1929	Brussels
8th	Marie Braun	Netherlands	01: 21.0	November 27, 1929	The hague
9	Bonnie Mealing	Australia	01: 20.6	February 27, 1930	Sydney
10	Phyllis Harding	United Kingdom	01: 18.6	May 30, 1932	Wallasey
11	Eleanor Holm	United States	01: 18.2	July 16, 1932	Jones Beach
12	Rie Mastenbroek	Netherlands	01: 16.8	November 25, 1934	Dusseldorf
13	Eleanor Holm	United States	01: 16.3	January 15, 1935	Chicago
14th	Rie Mastenbroek	Netherlands	01: 15.8	February 27, 1936	Amsterdam
15th	Nida Senff	Netherlands	01: 15.7	0September 8, 1936	Copenhagen
16	Nida Senff	Netherlands	01: 15.4	September 10, 1936	Copenhagen
17th	Nida Senff	Netherlands	01: 13.6	October 25, 1936	Dusseldorf
18th	Cor Kint	Netherlands	01: 13.5	0November 1, 1938	Copenhagen
19th	Iet van Feggelen	Netherlands	01: 13.2	November 10, 1938	Amsterdam
20th	Iet van Feggelen	Netherlands	01: 13.0	November 12, 1938	The hague
21st	Iet van Feggelen	Netherlands	01: 12.9	November 26, 1938	Antwerp
22nd	Cor Kint	Netherlands	01: 10.9	September 22, 1939	Rotterdam
Rule change
23	Judy Grinham	United Kingdom	01: 12.9	05th December 1956	Melbourne
24	Phillipa Gould	New Zealand	01: 12.5	March 12, 1958	Auckland
25th	Margaret Edwards	United Kingdom	01: 12.4	April 19, 1958	Cardiff
26th	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 12.3	July 20, 1958	Nijmegen
27	Judy Grinham	United Kingdom	01: 11.9	July 23, 1958	Cardiff
28	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 11.7	July 26, 1959	Waalwijk
29	Carin Cone	United States	01: 11.4	0September 6, 1959	Chicago
30th	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 11.0	June 12, 1960	Leipzig
31	Ria van Velsen	Netherlands	01: 10.9	July 10, 1960	Maastricht
32	Lynn Burke	United States	01: 10.1	17th July 1960	Indianapolis
33	Lynn Burke	United States	01: 10.0	04th August 1960	Detroit
34	Lynn Burke	United States	01: 09.2	05th August 1960	Detroit
35	Lynn Burke	United States	01: 09.0	02nd September 1960	Rome
36	Donna de Varona	United States	01: 08.9	July 28, 1963	los Angeles
37	Christine Caron	France	01: 08.6	June 14, 1964	Paris
38	Virginia Duenkel	United States	01: 08.3	September 28, 1964	los Angeles
39	Cathy Ferguson	United States	01: 07.7	October 14, 1964	Tokyo
40	Ann Fairlie	South Africa	01: 07.4	July 23, 1966	Beziers
41	Elaine Tanner	Canada	01: 07.3	July 27, 1967	Winnipeg
42	Elaine Tanner	Canada	01: 07.1	July 30, 1967	Winnipeg
43	Karen Muir	South Africa	01: 06.7	January 30, 1968	Kimberley
44	Karen Muir	South Africa	01: 06.4	0April 6, 1968	Paris
45	Kaye Hall	United States	01: 06.2	October 23, 1968	Mexico city
46	Karen Muir	South Africa	01: 05.6	0July 6, 1969	Utrecht
47	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 05.39	18th August 1973	Utrecht
48	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 04.99	04th September 1973	Belgrade
49	Wendy Cook	Canada	01: 04.78	January 31, 1974	Christchurch
50	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 04.43	0July 8, 1974	Rostock
51	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 04.09	22nd August 1974	Vienna
52	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 03.30	23rd August 1974	Vienna
53	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 03.08	August 24, 1974	Vienna
54	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 02.98	0September 1, 1974	Concord
55	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 02.60	March 14, 1976	Tallinn
56	Kornelia Ender	GDR	01: 01.62	03rd June 1976	East Berlin
57	Ulrike Richter	GDR	01: 01.51	05th June 1976	East Berlin
	Rica Reinisch	GDR		July 20, 1980	Moscow
58	Rica Reinisch	GDR	01: 01.50	July 22, 1980	Moscow
59	Rica Reinisch	GDR	01: 00.86	July 23, 1980	Moscow
60	Ina Kleber	GDR	01: 00.59	August 24, 1984	Moscow
Rule change
61	Krisztina Egerszegi	Hungary	01: 00.31	August 22, 1991	Athens
62	Cihong He	People's Republic of China	01: 00.16	September 10, 1994	Rome
63	Natalie Coughlin	United States	00: 59.58	August 13, 2002	Fort Lauderdale
64	Natalie Coughlin	United States	00: 59.44	March 27, 2007	Melbourne
65	Natalie Coughlin	United States	00: 59.21	February 17, 2008	Columbia
66	Hayley McGregory	United States	00: 59.15	June 30, 2008	Omaha
67	Natalie Coughlin	United States	00: 59.03	June 30, 2008	Omaha
68	Natalie Coughlin	United States	00: 58.97	0July 1, 2008	Omaha
69	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	00: 58.77	August 11, 2008	Beijing
70	Anastassija Sujewa	Russia	00: 58.48	July 27, 2009	Rome
71	Gemma Spofforth	United Kingdom	00: 58.12	July 28, 2009	Rome
72	Kylie mass	Canada	00: 58.10	July 25, 2017	Budapest
73	Kathleen Baker	United States	00: 58.00	29th July 2018	Irvine
74	Regan Smith	United States	00: 57.57	28th July 2019	Gwangju

Short course world records men

World records for men over 100 m back (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Mark Tewksbury	Canada	00: 52.71	March 16, 1991	Bonn
2	Mark Tewksbury	Canada	00: 52.58	March 29, 1991	Sheffield
3	Mark Tewksbury	Canada	00: 52.52	February 20, 1992	Winnipeg
4th	Mark Tewksbury	Canada	00: 52.50	February 22, 1992	Winnipeg
5	Jeff Rouse	United States	00: 51.43	April 12, 1993	Sheffield
6th	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	00: 51.28	February 5, 2000	Berlin
7th	Neil Walker	United States	00: 50.75	March 19, 2000	Athens
8th	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 50.58	December 8, 2002	Melbourne
9	Peter Marshall	United States	00: 50.32	March 26, 2004	East Meadow
10	Ryan Lochte	United States	00: 49.99	April 9, 2006	Shanghai
11	Peter Marshall	United States	00: 49.94	November 11, 2008	Stockholm
12	Peter Marshall	United States	00: 49.63	November 15, 2008	Berlin
16	Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 49.32	December 14, 2008	Rijeka
17th	Aschwin Wildeboer	Spain	00: 49.20	December 21, 2008	Madrid
18th	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	00: 49.17	December 12, 2009	Istanbul
19th	Arkadi Vyatchanin Stanislaw Donets	Russia	00: 48.97	December 13, 2009	Istanbul
20th	Nick Thorman	United States	00: 48.94	December 18, 2009	Manchester
21st	Matt Grevers	United States	00: 48.92	December 12, 2015	Indianapolis

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

World records for women over 100 m back (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Angel Myers-Martino	United States	00: 59.41	November 21, 1993	Stavanger
2	Angel Myers-Martino	United States	00: 58.50	3rd December 1993	Palma
3	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	00: 58.45	March 4, 2001	Sagamihara
4th	Natalie Coughlin	United States	00: 57.08	December 30, 2001	East Meadow
5	Natalie Coughlin	United States	00: 56.71	November 21, 2002	new York
6th	Natalie Coughlin	United States	00: 56.51	October 28, 2007	Singapore
7th	Shiho Sakai	Japan	00: 56.15	February 22, 2009	Tokyo
8th	Shiho Sakai	Japan	00: 55.23	November 15, 2009	Berlin
9	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	00: 55.03	4th December 2014	Doha
10	Minna Atherton	Australia	00: 54.89	October 27, 2019	Budapest

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of swimming world records
• List of European swimming records
• List of European swimming records over 100 meters back
• The backstroke

Web links

• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.olympic.org (English)
• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.agendadiana.it (Italian)
• Historical development of the swimming world 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. Previously dated (long-course) top marks - primarily achieved in Melbourne's Olympic basin - were subsequently recognized as the first official 50-m-course world record if they were no longer undercut on the short course by the specified date.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Kluge, Volker: Summer Olympics. 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 due 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 now 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.