The swimming world records over 200 m chest are the best times swum in the 200 m chest 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 200 m chest (50 m track)
No.
athlete
nation
time
date
place
1
Frederick Holman
United Kingdom Society. King
03: 09.2
July 18, 1908
London
2
Robert Andersson
Sweden Sweden
03: 08.3
April 18, 1909
Stockholm
3
Félicien Courbet
Belgium Belgium
03: 00.8
October 2, 1910
Schaerbeek
4th
Percy Courtman
United Kingdom Society. King
02: 56.6
July 28, 1914
Garston
5
Erich Rademacher
German Empire German Empire
02: 54.4
November 12, 1922
Amsterdam
6th
Robert Skelton
United States 48 United States
02: 52.6
March 21, 1924
Milwaukee
7th
Erich Rademacher
German Empire German Empire
02: 50.4
April 7, 1924
Magdeburg
8th
Erich Rademacher
German Empire German Empire
02: 48.0
March 11, 1927
Brussels
9
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta
Japan Japan
02: 45.0
July 27, 1929
Kyoto
10
Lionel Spence
United States 48 United States
02: 44.6
April 2, 1931
Chicago
11
Lionel Spence
United States 48 United States
02: 44.0
April 1, 1932
New Haven
12
Jacques Cartonnet
France France
02: 42.6
February 8, 1933
Paris
13
Erwin Sietas
German Reich NS German Empire
02: 42.4
March 16, 1935
Dusseldorf
14th
Jacques Cartonnet
France France
02: 39.6
May 4, 1935
Paris
15th
Jack Kasley
United States 48 United States
02: 37.2
March 28, 1936
New Haven
16
Alfred Nakache
France France
02: 36.8
July 6, 1941
Marseille
17th
Joe Verdeur
United States 48 United States
02: 35.6
April 5, 1946
Bainbridge
18th
Joe Verdeur
United States 48 United States
02: 35.0
February 15, 1947
New Haven
19th
Joe Verdeur
United States 48 United States
02: 32.0
February 14, 1948
New Haven
20th
Joe Verdeur
United States 48 United States
02: 30.5
April 2, 1948
New Haven
21st
Joe Verdeur
United States 48 United States
02: 30.0
June 28, 1948
New Haven
22nd
Joe Verdeur
United States 48 United States
02: 28.3
March 31, 1950
New Haven
23
Herbert Klein
Germany BR BR Germany
02: 27.3
June 9, 1951
Munich
Rule change
24
Knud Gleie
Denmark Denmark
02: 37.4
February 14, 1953
Copenhagen
25th
Masaru Furukawa
Japan Japan
02: 36.6
April 10, 1954
Tokyo
26th
Masaru Furukawa
Japan Japan
02: 35.4
April 10, 1954
Tokyo
27
Mamoru Tanaka
Japan Japan
02: 35.2
17th September 1954
Tokyo
28
Masaru Furukawa
Japan Japan
02: 33.7
5th August 1955
Tokyo
29
Masaru Furukawa
Japan Japan
02: 31.0
October 1, 1955
Tokyo
Rule change
30th
Terry Gathercole
Australia Australia
02: 36.5
June 28, 1958
Townsville
31
Chet Jastremski
United States United States
02: 33.6
July 28, 1961
Tokyo
32
Chet Jastremski
United States United States
02: 29.6
August 19, 1961
los Angeles
33
Chet Jastremski
United States United States
02: 28.2
August 30, 1964
new York
34
Ian O'Brien
Australia Australia
02: 27.8
October 15, 1964
Tokyo
35
Vladimir Kosinsky
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 27.4
3rd April 1968
Tallinn
36
Nikolai Pankin
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 26.5
March 22, 1969
Minsk
37
Nikolai Pankin
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 25.4
April 19, 1969
Magdeburg
38
Brian Job
United States United States
02: 23.5
22nd August 1970
los Angeles
39
John Hencken
United States United States
02: 22.79
3rd August 1972
Chicago
40
John Hencken
United States United States
02: 21.55
2nd September 1972
Munich
41
John Hencken
United States United States
02: 20.52
August 24, 1973
Louisville
42
David Wilkie
United Kingdom Society. King
02: 19.28
September 9, 1973
Belgrade
43
John Hencken
United States United States
02: 18.93
August 24, 1974
Concord
44
John Hencken
United States United States
02: 18.21
September 1, 1974
Concord
45
David Wilkie
United Kingdom Society. King
02: 15.11
July 24, 1976
Montreal
46
Victor Davis
Canada Canada
02: 14.77
August 8, 1982
Guayaquil
47
Victor Davis
Canada Canada
02: 14.58
17th June 1984
Etobicoke
48
Victor Davis
Canada Canada
02: 13.34
2nd August 1984
los Angeles
49
Mike Barrowman
United States United States
02: 12.90
4th August 1989
los Angeles
Nick Gillingham
United Kingdom Society. King
August 19, 1989
Bonn
50
Mike Barrowman
United States United States
02: 12.89
August 20, 1989
Tokyo
51
Mike Barrowman
United States United States
02: 11.53
July 20, 1990
Seattle
52
Mike Barrowman
United States United States
02: 11.23
January 13, 1991
Perth
53
Mike Barrowman
United States United States
02: 10.60
August 13, 1991
Fort Lauderdale
54
Mike Barrowman
United States United States
02: 10.16
July 29, 1992
Barcelona
55
Kosuke Kitajima
Japan Japan
02: 09.97
October 2, 2002
Busan
56
Dimitri Komornikov
Russia Russia
02: 09.52
June 14, 2003
Barcelona
57
Kosuke Kitajima
Japan Japan
02: 09.42
July 24, 2003
Barcelona
58
Brendan Hansen
United States United States
02: 09.04
July 11, 2004
Long Beach
59
Brendan Hansen
United States United States
02: 08.74
August 5, 2006
Irvine
60
Brendan Hansen
United States United States
02: 08.50
August 21, 2006
Victoria
61
Kosuke Kitajima
Japan Japan
02: 07.51
June 8, 2008
Tokyo
62
Christian Sprenger
Australia Australia
02: 07.31
July 30, 2009
Rome
63
Daniel Gyurta
Hungary Hungary
02: 07.28
July 1, 2012
London
64
Akihiro Yamaguchi
Japan Japan
02: 07.01
15th September 2012
Gifu
65
Ippei Watanabe
Japan Japan
02: 06.67
29th January 2017
Tokyo
Matthew Wilson
Australia Australia
July 25, 2019
Gwangju
66
Anton Tschupkow
Russia Russia
02: 06.12
26th July 2019
Gwangju
Long track world records women
World records for women over 200 m breasts (50 m track)
No.
athlete
nation
time
date
place
1
E. van den Bogaert
Belgium Belgium
03: 38.2
August 7, 1921
Antwerp
2
E. van den Bogaert
Belgium Belgium
03: 34.6
May 6, 1922
Brussels
3
E. van den Bogaert
Belgium Belgium
03: 31.4
October 4, 1922
Antwerp
4th
Irene Gilbert
United Kingdom Society. King
03: 20.4
June 18, 1923
Rotherham
5
Erna Murray
German Empire German Empire
03: 20.2
April 5, 1925
Leipzig
6th
Brita Hazelius
Sweden Sweden
03: 19.1
August 11, 1926
Stockholm
7th
Marie Baron
Netherlands Netherlands
03: 18.4
October 24, 1926
Brussels
8th
Else Jacobsen
Denmark Denmark
03: 16.6
August 20, 1927
Oslo
9
Lotte trouble
Germany Germany
03: 15.8
April 15, 1928
Magdeburg
10
Marie Baron
Netherlands Netherlands
03: 12.8
April 22, 1928
Rotterdam
11
Lotte trouble
German Empire German Empire
03: 11.2
July 15, 1928
Berlin
12
Margery Hinton
United Kingdom Society. King
03: 10.6
July 20, 1931
Manchester
13
Clare Dennis
Australia Australia
03: 08.4
January 18, 1932
Sydney
14th
Lisa Rocke
German Empire German Empire
03: 08.2
April 21, 1932
Leipzig
15th
Else Jacobsen
Denmark Denmark
03: 03.4
May 11, 1932
Stockholm
16
Hideko Maehata
Japan Japan
03: 00.4
September 30, 1933
Tokyo
17th
Jopie Waalberg
Netherlands Netherlands
03: 00.2
May 11, 1937
Amsterdam
18th
Jopie Waalberg
Netherlands Netherlands
02: 58.0
June 27, 1937
Zaandijk
19th
Jopie Waalberg
Netherlands Netherlands
02: 56.9
October 2, 1937
Ghent
20th
Maria Lenk
Brazil Brazil
02: 56.0
November 8, 1939
Rio de Janeiro
21st
Nel van Vliet
Netherlands Netherlands
02: 52.6
August 17, 1946
Bilthoven
22nd
Nel van Vliet
Netherlands Netherlands
02: 51.9
March 29, 1947
Amsterdam
23
Nel van Vliet
Netherlands Netherlands
02: 49.2
July 20, 1947
Hilversum
24
Éva Novák
Hungary 1949 Hungary
02: 48.8
October 21, 1950
Székesfehérvár
25th
Éva Novák
Hungary 1949 Hungary
02: 48.5
May 5, 1951
Moscow
Rule change
26th
Ada den Haan
Netherlands Netherlands
02: 46.4
November 13, 1956
Naarden
Rule change
27
Ada den Haan
Netherlands Netherlands
02: 52.5
May 18, 1957
Blackpool
28
Ada den Haan
Netherlands Netherlands
02: 51.9
3rd August 1957
Rhenes
29
Ada den Haan
Netherlands Netherlands
02: 51.3
4th August 1957
Rhenes
30th
Anita Lonsbrough
United Kingdom Society. King
02: 50.3
July 25, 1959
Waalwijk
31
Wiltrud Urselmann
Germany BR BR Germany
02: 50.2
June 6, 1960
Aachen
32
Anita Lonsbrough
United Kingdom Society. King
02: 49.5
August 27, 1960
Rome
33
Karin Beyer
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democrat Rep.
02: 48.0
5th August 1961
Budapest
34
Galina Prozumenshchikova
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 47.7
April 11, 1964
Blackpool
35
Galina Prozumenshchikova
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 45.4
17th May 1964
East Berlin
36
Galina Prozumenshchikova
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 45.3
September 12, 1965
Groningen
37
Galina Prozumenshchikova
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 40.8
22nd August 1966
Utrecht
38
Catie Ball
United States United States
02: 40.5
July 9, 1967
Santa Clara
39
Catie Ball
United States United States
02: 39.5
20th August 1967
Philadelphia
40
Catie Ball
United States United States
02: 38.5
August 26, 1968
los Angeles
41
Anne-Katrin Schott
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democrat Rep.
02: 37.89
July 6, 1974
Rostock
42
Karla Linke
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democrat Rep.
02: 37.44
19th August 1974
Vienna
43
Karla Linke
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democrat Rep.
02: 34.99
19th August 1974
Vienna
44
Marina Koshevaia
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 33.35
July 21, 1976
Montreal
45
Yulia Bogdanova
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 33.32
April 7, 1978
Leningrad
46
Lina Kačiušytė
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 33.11
August 24, 1978
West Berlin
47
Lina Kačiušytė
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 31.42
August 28, 1978
West Berlin
48
Svetlana Varganova
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 31.09
March 30, 1979
Minsk
49
Lina Kačiušytė
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
02: 28.36
April 6, 1979
Potsdam
50
Silke Hörner
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democrat Rep.
02: 28.33
5th June 1985
Leipzig
51
Sylvia Gerasch
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democrat Rep.
02: 28.20
March 1, 1986
Leningrad
52
Silke Hörner
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democrat Rep.
02: 27.40
August 22, 1986
Madrid
53
Allison Higson
Canada Canada
02: 27.27
May 28, 1988
Montreal
54
Silke Hörner
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 German Democrat Rep.
02: 26.71
September 21, 1988
Seoul
55
Anita Nall
United States United States
02: 25.92
March 2, 1992
Indianapolis
56
Anita Nall
United States United States
02: 25.35
March 2, 1992
Indianapolis
57
Rebecca Brown
Australia Australia
02: 24.76
March 18, 1994
Brisbane
58
Penelope Heyns
South Africa South Africa
02: 24.69
July 17, 1999
los Angeles
59
Penelope Heyns
South Africa South Africa
02: 24.51
July 17, 1999
los Angeles
60
Penelope Heyns
South Africa South Africa
02: 24.42
August 26, 1999
Sydney
61
Penelope Heyns
South Africa South Africa
02: 23.64
August 27, 1999
Sydney
62
Qi Hui
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
02: 22.99
April 13, 2001
Hangzhou
63
Leisel Jones
Australia Australia
02: 22.96
July 10, 2004
Brisbane
64
Amanda Beard
United States United States
02: 22.44
July 12, 2004
Long Beach
65
Leisel Jones
Australia Australia
02: 21.72
July 29, 2005
Montreal
66
Leisel Jones
Australia Australia
02: 20.54
February 1, 2006
Melbourne
67
Rebecca Soni
United States United States
02: 20.22
August 15, 2008
Beijing
68
Annamay Pierse
Canada Canada
02: 20.12
July 30, 2009
Rome
69
Rebecca Soni
United States United States
02: 20.00
August 1, 2012
London
70
Rebecca Soni
United States United States
02: 19.59
2nd August 2012
London
71
Rikke Møller Pedersen
Denmark Denmark
02: 19.11
1 August 2013
Barcelona
Short course world records men
World records for men over 200 m chest (25 m track)
No.
athlete
nation
time
date
place
1
Nick Gillingham
United Kingdom United Kingdom
02: 08.15
October 20, 1991
Birmingham
2
Andrei Korneev
Russia Russia
02: 07.79
March 28, 1998
Paris
3
Roman Sloudnow
Russia Russia
02: 07.59
March 19, 2000
Athens
4th
Ed Moses
United States United States
02: 06.40
March 25, 2000
Minneapolis
5
Ed Moses
United States United States
02: 04.37
January 18, 2002
Paris
6th
Ed Moses
United States United States
02: 03.28
January 22, 2002
Stockholm
7th
Ed Moses
United States United States
02: 03.17
January 26, 2002
Berlin
8th
Ed Moses
United States United States
02: 02.92
January 17, 2004
Berlin
9
Christian Sprenger
Australia Australia
02: 01.98
August 10, 2009
Hobart
10
Daniel Gyurta
Hungary Hungary
02: 00.67
December 13, 2009
Istanbul
11
Daniel Gyurta
Hungary Hungary
02: 00.48
August 31, 2014
Dubai
12
Marco Koch
Germany Germany
02: 00.44
20th November 2016
Berlin
13
Kirill Prigoda
Russia Russia
02: 00.16
December 13, 2018
Hangzhou
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Short course world records women
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Remarks
↑ a b Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 316: In breaststroke, for economic reasons, the butterfly style had prevailed over time, according to which the arms over the water were led forward. When some breaststroke swimmers , such as the Hungarian György Tumpek, tried to replace the hitherto common chest kick with a so-called dolphin kick , the FINA established a strict separation between the two types of swimming with the introduction of the butterfly style as an independent discipline at the beginning of 1953. The breaststroke returned to the classic version.
↑ 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 breast swimmers for reasons of lower water resistance. From now on, after the start or after each turn, only a single underwater pull with symmetrical arm and leg movements was allowed, and both hands had to touch the pool wall at the same time when the target was hit.
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