List of swimming world records over 100 meters butterfly

The swimming world records over 100 m butterfly are the best times swum in the 100 m butterfly 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

Men's world records over 100 m butterfly (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	György Tumpek	Hungary	01: 04.3	May 31, 1953	Budapest
2	György Tumpek	Hungary	01: 03.7	May 8, 1954	Budapest
3	György Tumpek	Hungary	01: 02.3	August 1, 1954	Budapest
4th	György Tumpek	Hungary	01: 02.1	November 20, 1954	Székesfehérvár
5	György Tumpek	Hungary	01: 02.0	December 21, 1954	Budapest
6th	Albert Wiggins	United States	01: 01.5	April 2, 1955	New Haven
Rule change
7th	György Tumpek	Hungary	01: 03.4	May 26, 1957	Budapest
8th	Takashi Ishimoto	Japan	01: 01.5	June 16, 1957	Kurume
9	Takashi Ishimoto	Japan	01: 01.3	July 7, 1957	Tokyo
10	Takashi Ishimoto	Japan	01: 01.2	September 6, 1957	Tokyo
11	Takashi Ishimoto	Japan	01: 01.0	September 14, 1958	Kochi
12	Takashi Ishimoto	Japan	01: 00.1	June 29, 1959	los Angeles
13	Lance Larson	United States	00: 59.0	June 26, 1960	los Angeles
14th	Lance Larson	United States	00: 58.7	July 24, 1960	Toledo
15th	Fred Schmidt	United States	00: 58.6	August 20, 1961	los Angeles
16	Luis Nicolao	Argentina	00: 58.4	April 24, 1962	Rio de Janeiro
17th	Luis Nicolao	Argentina	00: 57.0	April 27, 1962	Rio de Janeiro
18th	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 56.3	1967	Santa Clara
19th	Mark Spitz	United States		July 31, 1967	Winnipeg
20th	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 55.7	October 7, 1967	West Berlin
21st	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 55.6	August 30, 1968	Long Beach
22nd	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 55.0	August 25, 1971	Houston
23	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 54.72	4th August 1972	Chicago
24	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 54.56	4th August 1972	Chicago
25th	Mark Spitz	United States	00: 54.27	August 31, 1972	Munich
26th	Joseph Bottom	United States	00: 54.18	August 27, 1977	East Berlin
27	Par Arvidsson	Sweden	00: 54.15	April 11, 1980	Austin
28	William Paulus	United States	00: 53.81	April 3, 1981	Austin
29	Matt Gribble	United States	00: 53.44	August 6, 1983	Clovis
30th	Pablo Morales	United States	00: 53.38	June 26, 1984	Indianapolis
31	Michael Gross	BR Germany	00: 53.08	July 30, 1984	los Angeles
32	Pablo Morales	United States	00: 52.84	June 23, 1986	Orlando
33	Denis Pankratow	Russia	00: 52.32	23rd August 1995	Vienna
34	Denis Pankratow	Russia	00: 52.27	July 24, 1996	Atlanta
35	Michael Klim	Australia	00: 52.15	October 9, 1997	Brisbane
36	Michael Klim	Australia	00: 52.03	December 10, 1999	Canberra
37	Michael Klim	Australia	00: 51.81	December 12, 1999	Canberra
38	Andriy Serdinov	Ukraine	00: 51.76	July 25, 2003	Barcelona
39	Michael Phelps	United States	00: 51.47	July 25, 2003	Barcelona
40	Ian Crocker	United States	00: 50.98	July 26, 2003	Barcelona
41	Ian Crocker	United States	00: 50.76	July 13, 2004	Long Beach
42	Ian Crocker	United States	00: 50.40	July 30, 2005	Montreal
43	Michael Phelps	United States	00: 50.22	July 9, 2009	Indianapolis
44	Milorad Čavić	Serbia	00: 50.01	July 31, 2009	Rome
45	Michael Phelps	United States	00: 49.82	August 1, 2009	Rome
46	Caeleb Dressel	United States	00: 49.50	26th July 2019	Gwangju

Long track world records women

World records of women over 100 m butterfly (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Jutta Langenau	GDR	01: 16.6	August 31, 1954	Turin
2	Shelley man	United States	01: 14.0	4th September 1954	Richmond
3	Mary Kok	Netherlands	01: 13.8	April 16, 1955	Alkmaar
4th	Atie Voorbij	Netherlands	01: 13.7	July 14, 1955	Naarden
5	Atie Voorbij	Netherlands	01: 13.2	August 28, 1955	Algiers
6th	Atie Voorbij	Netherlands	01: 13.1	September 21, 1955	Vlaardingen
7th	Atie Voorbij	Netherlands	01: 11.9	5th February 1956	Velsen
8th	Shelley man	United States	01: 11.8	July 7, 1956	Tyler
9	Atie Voorbij	Netherlands	01: 10.5	November 12, 1956	Hilversum
Rule change
10	Atie Voorbij	Netherlands	01: 10.5	4th August 1957	Rhenes
11	Nancy Ramey	United States	01: 09.6	June 28, 1958	los Angeles
12	Nancy Ramey	United States	01: 09.1	2nd September 1959	Chicago
13	Janice Andrew	Australia	01: 08.9	April 2, 1961	Tokyo
14th	Mary Stewart	Canada	01: 08.8	August 12, 1961	Philadelphia
15th	Susan Doerr	United States	01: 08.2	August 12, 1961	Philadelphia
16	Mary Stewart	Canada	01: 07.3	July 28, 1962	Vancouver
17th	Kathy Ellis	United States	01: 06.5	August 16, 1963	High point
18th	Ada Kok	Netherlands	01: 06.1	September 1, 1963	Soestduinen
19th	Ada Kok	Netherlands	01: 05.1	May 30, 1964	Blackpool
20th	Sharon Stouder	United States	01: 04.7	October 16, 1964	Tokyo
21st	Ada Kok	Netherlands	01: 04.5	August 14, 1965	Budapest
22nd	Alice Jones	United States	01: 04.1	20th August 1970	los Angeles
23	Mayumi Aoki	Japan	01: 03.9	July 21, 1972	Tokyo
24	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	01: 03.80	August 31, 1972	Munich
25th	Mayumi Aoki	Japan	01: 03.34	1st September 1972	Munich
26th	Kornelia Ender	GDR	01: 03.05	April 14, 1973	Berlin
27	Kornelia Ender	GDR	01: 02.31	July 14, 1973	Berlin
28	Rosemarie Kother	GDR	01: 02.09	August 21, 1974	Vienna
29	Rosemarie Kother	GDR	01: 01.99	22nd August 1974	Vienna
30th	Rosemarie Kother	GDR	01: 01.88	September 1, 1974	Concord
31	Kornelia Ender	GDR	01: 01.33	June 9, 1975	Wittenberg
32	Kornelia Ender	GDR	01: 01.24	July 27, 1975	Cali
33	Kornelia Ender	GDR	01: 00.13	February 22, 1976	Montreal
				4th June 1976	Berlin
34	Christiane Knacke	GDR	00: 59.78	August 28, 1977	Berlin
35	Andrea Pollack	GDR	00: 59.46	3rd July 1978	Berlin
36	Mary T. Meagher	United States	00: 59.26	April 11, 1980	Austin
37	Mary T. Meagher	United States	00: 57.93	August 16, 1981	Brown Deer
38	Jenny Thompson	United States	00: 57.88	August 23, 1999	Sydney
39	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 56.69	May 27, 2000	Sheffield
40	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 56.64	July 22, 2000	Federal Way
41	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 56.61	September 17, 2000	Sydney
42	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 56.44	July 26, 2009	Rome
43	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 56.06	July 27, 2009	Rome
44	Dana Vollmer	United States	00: 55.98	July 29, 2012	London
45	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 55.74	2nd August 2015	Kazan
46	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 55.64	3rd August 2015	Kazan
47	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 55.48	7th August 2016	Rio de Janeiro

Short course world records men

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Denis Pankratow	Russia	00: 51.93	February 5, 1997	Imperia
2	Denis Pankratow	Russia	00: 51.78	February 7, 1997	Paris
3	Michael Klim	Australia	00: 51.16	January 22, 1998	Sydney
4th	Michael Klim	Australia	00: 51.07	January 22, 1998	Sydney
5	James Hickman	Society. King	00: 51.02	December 14, 1998	Sheffield
6th	Michael Klim	Australia	00: 50.99	September 2, 1999	Canberra
7th	Lars Frölander	Sweden	00: 50.59	March 16, 2000	Athens
8th	Lars Frölander	Sweden	00: 50.44	March 17, 2000	Athens
9	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 50.26	December 14, 2001	Antwerp
10	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 50.10	January 27, 2002	Berlin
11	Milorad Čavić	Serbia / Monten.	00: 50.02	December 12, 2003	Dublin
12	Ian Crocker	United States	00: 49.77	March 26, 2004	East Meadow
13	Ian Crocker	United States	00: 49.07	March 26, 2004	East Meadow
14th	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	Russia	00: 48.99	November 7, 2009	Moscow
15th	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	Russia	00: 48.48	November 15, 2009	Berlin
16	Chad le Clos	South Africa	00: 48.44	4th December 2014	Doha
17th	Chad le Clos	South Africa	00: 48.08	December 8, 2016	Windsor

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

World records of women over 100 m butterfly (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Angela Kennedy	Australia	00: 58.77	February 18, 1995	Gelsenkirchen
2	Liu Limin	People's Republic of China	00: 58.68	2nd December 1995	Rio de Janeiro
3	Misty Hyman	United States	00: 58.29	December 1, 1996	Sainte-Foy
4th	Ayari Aoyama	Japan	00: 58.24	March 28, 1997	Tokyo
5	Jenny Thompson	United States	00: 57.79	April 19, 1997	Gothenburg
6th	Jenny Thompson	United States	00: 56.90	December 1, 1998	College station
7th	Jenny Thompson	United States	00: 56.80	February 12, 2000	Paris
8th	Jenny Thompson	United States	00: 56.56	March 18, 2000	Athens
9	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	00: 56.55	January 26, 2002	Berlin
10	Natalie Coughlin	United States	00: 56.34	November 22, 2002	East Meadow
11	Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	00: 55.95	August 28, 2006	Hobart
12	Felicity Galvez	Australia	00: 55.89	April 13, 2008	Manchester
13	Lisbeth Trickett	Australia	00: 55.74	April 26, 2008	Canberra
14th	Jessica Schipper	Australia	00: 55.68	August 12, 2009	Hobart
15th	Felicity Galvez	Australia	00: 55.46	November 10, 2009	Stockholm
16	Diane Bui Duyet	France	00: 55.05	December 12, 2009	Istanbul
17th	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 54.61	December 7, 2014	Doha

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of swimming world records
• List of European swimming records
• List of German swimming records
• List of European swimming records over 100 meters butterfly
• Butterfly swimming

Web links

• 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. Also with effect from May 1, 1957, underwater swimming was banned, which was practiced by many butterfly swimmers for reasons of lower water resistance. From now on, no underwater arm pull was allowed after the start or after each turn.