List of swimming world records over 200 meters chest

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	Society. King	03: 09.2	July 18, 1908	London
2	Robert Andersson	Sweden	03: 08.3	April 18, 1909	Stockholm
3	Félicien Courbet	Belgium	03: 00.8	October 2, 1910	Schaerbeek
4th	Percy Courtman	Society. King	02: 56.6	July 28, 1914	Garston
5	Erich Rademacher	German Empire	02: 54.4	November 12, 1922	Amsterdam
6th	Robert Skelton	United States	02: 52.6	March 21, 1924	Milwaukee
7th	Erich Rademacher	German Empire	02: 50.4	April 7, 1924	Magdeburg
8th	Erich Rademacher	German Empire	02: 48.0	March 11, 1927	Brussels
9	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta	Japan	02: 45.0	July 27, 1929	Kyoto
10	Lionel Spence	United States	02: 44.6	April 2, 1931	Chicago
11	Lionel Spence	United States	02: 44.0	April 1, 1932	New Haven
12	Jacques Cartonnet	France	02: 42.6	February 8, 1933	Paris
13	Erwin Sietas	German Empire	02: 42.4	March 16, 1935	Dusseldorf
14th	Jacques Cartonnet	France	02: 39.6	May 4, 1935	Paris
15th	Jack Kasley	United States	02: 37.2	March 28, 1936	New Haven
16	Alfred Nakache	France	02: 36.8	July 6, 1941	Marseille
17th	Joe Verdeur	United States	02: 35.6	April 5, 1946	Bainbridge
18th	Joe Verdeur	United States	02: 35.0	February 15, 1947	New Haven
19th	Joe Verdeur	United States	02: 32.0	February 14, 1948	New Haven
20th	Joe Verdeur	United States	02: 30.5	April 2, 1948	New Haven
21st	Joe Verdeur	United States	02: 30.0	June 28, 1948	New Haven
22nd	Joe Verdeur	United States	02: 28.3	March 31, 1950	New Haven
23	Herbert Klein	BR Germany	02: 27.3	June 9, 1951	Munich
Rule change
24	Knud Gleie	Denmark	02: 37.4	February 14, 1953	Copenhagen
25th	Masaru Furukawa	Japan	02: 36.6	April 10, 1954	Tokyo
26th	Masaru Furukawa	Japan	02: 35.4	April 10, 1954	Tokyo
27	Mamoru Tanaka	Japan	02: 35.2	17th September 1954	Tokyo
28	Masaru Furukawa	Japan	02: 33.7	5th August 1955	Tokyo
29	Masaru Furukawa	Japan	02: 31.0	October 1, 1955	Tokyo
Rule change
30th	Terry Gathercole	Australia	02: 36.5	June 28, 1958	Townsville
31	Chet Jastremski	United States	02: 33.6	July 28, 1961	Tokyo
32	Chet Jastremski	United States	02: 29.6	August 19, 1961	los Angeles
33	Chet Jastremski	United States	02: 28.2	August 30, 1964	new York
34	Ian O'Brien	Australia	02: 27.8	October 15, 1964	Tokyo
35	Vladimir Kosinsky	Soviet Union	02: 27.4	3rd April 1968	Tallinn
36	Nikolai Pankin	Soviet Union	02: 26.5	March 22, 1969	Minsk
37	Nikolai Pankin	Soviet Union	02: 25.4	April 19, 1969	Magdeburg
38	Brian Job	United States	02: 23.5	22nd August 1970	los Angeles
39	John Hencken	United States	02: 22.79	3rd August 1972	Chicago
40	John Hencken	United States	02: 21.55	2nd September 1972	Munich
41	John Hencken	United States	02: 20.52	August 24, 1973	Louisville
42	David Wilkie	Society. King	02: 19.28	September 9, 1973	Belgrade
43	John Hencken	United States	02: 18.93	August 24, 1974	Concord
44	John Hencken	United States	02: 18.21	September 1, 1974	Concord
45	David Wilkie	Society. King	02: 15.11	July 24, 1976	Montreal
46	Victor Davis	Canada	02: 14.77	August 8, 1982	Guayaquil
47	Victor Davis	Canada	02: 14.58	17th June 1984	Etobicoke
48	Victor Davis	Canada	02: 13.34	2nd August 1984	los Angeles
49	Mike Barrowman	United States	02: 12.90	4th August 1989	los Angeles
	Nick Gillingham	Society. King		August 19, 1989	Bonn
50	Mike Barrowman	United States	02: 12.89	August 20, 1989	Tokyo
51	Mike Barrowman	United States	02: 11.53	July 20, 1990	Seattle
52	Mike Barrowman	United States	02: 11.23	January 13, 1991	Perth
53	Mike Barrowman	United States	02: 10.60	August 13, 1991	Fort Lauderdale
54	Mike Barrowman	United States	02: 10.16	July 29, 1992	Barcelona
55	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	02: 09.97	October 2, 2002	Busan
56	Dimitri Komornikov	Russia	02: 09.52	June 14, 2003	Barcelona
57	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	02: 09.42	July 24, 2003	Barcelona
58	Brendan Hansen	United States	02: 09.04	July 11, 2004	Long Beach
59	Brendan Hansen	United States	02: 08.74	August 5, 2006	Irvine
60	Brendan Hansen	United States	02: 08.50	August 21, 2006	Victoria
61	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	02: 07.51	June 8, 2008	Tokyo
62	Christian Sprenger	Australia	02: 07.31	July 30, 2009	Rome
63	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 07.28	July 1, 2012	London
64	Akihiro Yamaguchi	Japan	02: 07.01	15th September 2012	Gifu
65	Ippei Watanabe	Japan	02: 06.67	29th January 2017	Tokyo
	Matthew Wilson	Australia		July 25, 2019	Gwangju
66	Anton Tschupkow	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	03: 38.2	August 7, 1921	Antwerp
2	E. van den Bogaert	Belgium	03: 34.6	May 6, 1922	Brussels
3	E. van den Bogaert	Belgium	03: 31.4	October 4, 1922	Antwerp
4th	Irene Gilbert	Society. King	03: 20.4	June 18, 1923	Rotherham
5	Erna Murray	German Empire	03: 20.2	April 5, 1925	Leipzig
6th	Brita Hazelius	Sweden	03: 19.1	August 11, 1926	Stockholm
7th	Marie Baron	Netherlands	03: 18.4	October 24, 1926	Brussels
8th	Else Jacobsen	Denmark	03: 16.6	August 20, 1927	Oslo
9	Lotte trouble	Germany	03: 15.8	April 15, 1928	Magdeburg
10	Marie Baron	Netherlands	03: 12.8	April 22, 1928	Rotterdam
11	Lotte trouble	German Empire	03: 11.2	July 15, 1928	Berlin
12	Margery Hinton	Society. King	03: 10.6	July 20, 1931	Manchester
13	Clare Dennis	Australia	03: 08.4	January 18, 1932	Sydney
14th	Lisa Rocke	German Empire	03: 08.2	April 21, 1932	Leipzig
15th	Else Jacobsen	Denmark	03: 03.4	May 11, 1932	Stockholm
16	Hideko Maehata	Japan	03: 00.4	September 30, 1933	Tokyo
17th	Jopie Waalberg	Netherlands	03: 00.2	May 11, 1937	Amsterdam
18th	Jopie Waalberg	Netherlands	02: 58.0	June 27, 1937	Zaandijk
19th	Jopie Waalberg	Netherlands	02: 56.9	October 2, 1937	Ghent
20th	Maria Lenk	Brazil	02: 56.0	November 8, 1939	Rio de Janeiro
21st	Nel van Vliet	Netherlands	02: 52.6	August 17, 1946	Bilthoven
22nd	Nel van Vliet	Netherlands	02: 51.9	March 29, 1947	Amsterdam
23	Nel van Vliet	Netherlands	02: 49.2	July 20, 1947	Hilversum
24	Éva Novák	Hungary	02: 48.8	October 21, 1950	Székesfehérvár
25th	Éva Novák	Hungary	02: 48.5	May 5, 1951	Moscow
Rule change
26th	Ada den Haan	Netherlands	02: 46.4	November 13, 1956	Naarden
Rule change
27	Ada den Haan	Netherlands	02: 52.5	May 18, 1957	Blackpool
28	Ada den Haan	Netherlands	02: 51.9	3rd August 1957	Rhenes
29	Ada den Haan	Netherlands	02: 51.3	4th August 1957	Rhenes
30th	Anita Lonsbrough	Society. King	02: 50.3	July 25, 1959	Waalwijk
31	Wiltrud Urselmann	BR Germany	02: 50.2	June 6, 1960	Aachen
32	Anita Lonsbrough	Society. King	02: 49.5	August 27, 1960	Rome
33	Karin Beyer	German Democrat Rep.	02: 48.0	5th August 1961	Budapest
34	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 47.7	April 11, 1964	Blackpool
35	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 45.4	17th May 1964	East Berlin
36	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 45.3	September 12, 1965	Groningen
37	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 40.8	22nd August 1966	Utrecht
38	Catie Ball	United States	02: 40.5	July 9, 1967	Santa Clara
39	Catie Ball	United States	02: 39.5	20th August 1967	Philadelphia
40	Catie Ball	United States	02: 38.5	August 26, 1968	los Angeles
41	Anne-Katrin Schott	German Democrat Rep.	02: 37.89	July 6, 1974	Rostock
42	Karla Linke	German Democrat Rep.	02: 37.44	19th August 1974	Vienna
43	Karla Linke	German Democrat Rep.	02: 34.99	19th August 1974	Vienna
44	Marina Koshevaia	Soviet Union	02: 33.35	July 21, 1976	Montreal
45	Yulia Bogdanova	Soviet Union	02: 33.32	April 7, 1978	Leningrad
46	Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	02: 33.11	August 24, 1978	West Berlin
47	Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	02: 31.42	August 28, 1978	West Berlin
48	Svetlana Varganova	Soviet Union	02: 31.09	March 30, 1979	Minsk
49	Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	02: 28.36	April 6, 1979	Potsdam
50	Silke Hörner	German Democrat Rep.	02: 28.33	5th June 1985	Leipzig
51	Sylvia Gerasch	German Democrat Rep.	02: 28.20	March 1, 1986	Leningrad
52	Silke Hörner	German Democrat Rep.	02: 27.40	August 22, 1986	Madrid
53	Allison Higson	Canada	02: 27.27	May 28, 1988	Montreal
54	Silke Hörner	German Democrat Rep.	02: 26.71	September 21, 1988	Seoul
55	Anita Nall	United States	02: 25.92	March 2, 1992	Indianapolis
56	Anita Nall	United States	02: 25.35	March 2, 1992	Indianapolis
57	Rebecca Brown	Australia	02: 24.76	March 18, 1994	Brisbane
58	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	02: 24.69	July 17, 1999	los Angeles
59	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	02: 24.51	July 17, 1999	los Angeles
60	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	02: 24.42	August 26, 1999	Sydney
61	Penelope Heyns	South Africa	02: 23.64	August 27, 1999	Sydney
62	Qi Hui	People's Republic of China	02: 22.99	April 13, 2001	Hangzhou
63	Leisel Jones	Australia	02: 22.96	July 10, 2004	Brisbane
64	Amanda Beard	United States	02: 22.44	July 12, 2004	Long Beach
65	Leisel Jones	Australia	02: 21.72	July 29, 2005	Montreal
66	Leisel Jones	Australia	02: 20.54	February 1, 2006	Melbourne
67	Rebecca Soni	United States	02: 20.22	August 15, 2008	Beijing
68	Annamay Pierse	Canada	02: 20.12	July 30, 2009	Rome
69	Rebecca Soni	United States	02: 20.00	August 1, 2012	London
70	Rebecca Soni	United States	02: 19.59	2nd August 2012	London
71	Rikke Møller Pedersen	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	02: 08.15	October 20, 1991	Birmingham
2	Andrei Korneev	Russia	02: 07.79	March 28, 1998	Paris
3	Roman Sloudnow	Russia	02: 07.59	March 19, 2000	Athens
4th	Ed Moses	United States	02: 06.40	March 25, 2000	Minneapolis
5	Ed Moses	United States	02: 04.37	January 18, 2002	Paris
6th	Ed Moses	United States	02: 03.28	January 22, 2002	Stockholm
7th	Ed Moses	United States	02: 03.17	January 26, 2002	Berlin
8th	Ed Moses	United States	02: 02.92	January 17, 2004	Berlin
9	Christian Sprenger	Australia	02: 01.98	August 10, 2009	Hobart
10	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 00.67	December 13, 2009	Istanbul
11	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 00.48	August 31, 2014	Dubai
12	Marco Koch	Germany	02: 00.44	20th November 2016	Berlin
13	Kirill Prigoda	Russia	02: 00.16	December 13, 2018	Hangzhou

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

World records for women over 200 m breasts (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Guohong Dai	People's Republic of China	02: 22.89	3rd December 1993	Palma
2	Guohong Dai	People's Republic of China	02: 21.99	3rd December 1993	Palma
3	Samantha Riley	Australia	02: 20.85	December 1, 1995	Rio de Janeiro
4th	Mamoru Tanaka	Japan	02: 20.22	April 2, 1999	Hong Kong
5	Qi Hui	People's Republic of China	02: 19.2	January 28, 2001	Paris
6th	Qi Hui	People's Republic of China	02: 18.86	December 2, 2002	Shanghai
7th	Leisel Jones	Australia	02: 17.75	November 29, 2003	Melbourne
8th	Annamay Pierse	Canada	02: 17.50	March 14, 2009	Toronto
9	Annamay Pierse	Canada	02: 16.83	August 7, 2009	Leeds
10	Leisel Jones	Australia	02: 15.42	November 15, 2009	Berlin
11	Rebecca Soni	United States	02: 14.57	December 18, 2009	Manchester

(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 Austrian swimming records
• List of European swimming records over 200 meters chest
• The breaststroke

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. 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.
2. ↑ ^{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.