List of swimming world records over 200 meters

The swimming world records over 200 meters are the best times swum in the 200 m position. 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 in the 200 m medley (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Greg Buckingham	United States	02: 12.4	August 21, 1966	Lincoln
2	Greg Buckingham	United States	02: 11.3	23rd August 1967	Oak Park
3	Charles Hickcox	United States	02: 10.6	August 31, 1968	los Angeles
4th	Gary Hall Sr.	United States	02: 09.6	17th August 1969	Louisville
5	Gary Hall Sr.	United States	02: 09.5	23rd August 1970	los Angeles
6th	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	02: 09.3	September 12, 1970	Barcelona
	Gary Hall Sr.	United States		0August 6, 1972	Chicago
7th	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	02: 07.17	03rd September 1972	Munich
8th	David Wilkie	United Kingdom	02: 06.32	August 24, 1974	Vienna
	Steven Furniss	United States		0September 1, 1974	Concord
9	Steven Furniss	United States	02: 06.08	23rd August 1975	Kansas City
10	Graham Smith	Canada	02: 05.31	04th August 1977	Montreal
11	Olexandr Sidorenko	Soviet Union	02: 05.24	0July 9, 1978	Moscow
12	Steve Lundquist	United States	02: 04.39	02nd August 1978	The Woodlands
13	Graham Smith	Canada	02: 03.65	August 24, 1978	West Berlin
14th	Jesse Vassallo	United States	02: 03.29	0July 6, 1979	San Juan
15th	Bill Barrett	United States	02: 03.24	0August 1, 1980	Irvine
16	Alexander Baumann	Canada	02: 02.78	July 29, 1981	Heidelberg
17th	Alexander Baumann	Canada	02: 02.25	05th October 1982	Brisbane
18th	Alexander Baumann	Canada	02: 01.42	04th August 1984	los Angeles
19th	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	02: 00.56	23rd August 1987	Strasbourg
20th	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	02: 00.17	September 25, 1988	Seoul
21st	Dave Wharton	United States	02: 00.11	August 20, 1989	Tokyo
22nd	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	01: 59.36	January 13, 1991	Perth
23	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 58.16	September 11, 1994	Rome
24	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 57.94	June 29, 2003	Santa Clara
25th	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 57.52	July 24, 2003	Barcelona
26th	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 56.04	July 25, 2003	Barcelona
27	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 55.94	0August 9, 2003	College park
28	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 55.84	August 20, 2006	Victoria
29	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 54.98	March 29, 2007	Melbourne
30th	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 54.80	04th July 2008	Omaha
31	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 54.23	August 15, 2008	Beijing
32	Ryan Lochte	United States	01: 54.10	July 30, 2009	Rome
33	Ryan Lochte	United States	01: 54.00	July 28, 2011	Shanghai

Long track world records women

World records of women over 200 m individual medley (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Claudia Kolb	United States	02: 27.8	August 21, 1966	Lincoln
2	Claudia Kolb	United States	02: 27.5	0July 8, 1967	Santa Clara
3	Claudia Kolb	United States	02: 26.1	July 30, 1967	Winnipeg
4th	Claudia Kolb	United States	02: 25.0	18th August 1967	Philadelphia
5	Claudia Kolb	United States	02: 23.5	August 25, 1967	los Angeles
6th	Shane Gould	Australia	02: 23.07	August 28, 1972	Munich
7th	Kornelia Ender	GDR	02: 23.01	April 13, 1973	East Berlin
8th	Andrea Huebner	GDR	02: 20.51	0September 9, 1973	Belgrade
9	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 18.97	18th August 1974	Vienna
10	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 18.83	June 10, 1975	Piesteritz
11	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 18.30	March 12, 1976	Tallinn
12	Kornelia Ender	GDR	02: 17.14	05th June 1976	East Berlin
13	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 16.96	July 10, 1977	Leipzig
14th	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 15.95	20th August 1977	Jonkoping
15th	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	02: 15.85	August 28, 1977	East Berlin
16	Tracy Caulkins	United States	02: 15.09	02nd August 1978	The Woodlands
17th	Tracy Caulkins	United States	02: 14.07	August 28, 1978	West Berlin
18th	Tracy Caulkins	United States	02: 13.69	05th January 1980	Austin
19th	Petra Schneider	GDR	02: 13.00	May 24, 1980	Magdeburg
20th	Ute Geweniger	GDR	02: 11.73	04th July 1981	East Berlin
21st	Lin Li	People's Republic of China	02: 11.65	July 30, 1992	Barcelona
22nd	Wu Yanyan	People's Republic of China	02: 09.72	17th October 1997	Shanghai
23	Stephanie Rice	Australia	02: 08.92	March 25, 2008	Sydney
24	Stephanie Rice	Australia	02: 08.45	August 13, 2008	Beijing
25th	Ariana Kukors	United States	02: 07.03	July 26, 2009	Rome
26th	Ariana Kukors	United States	02:06:15	July 27, 2009	Rome
27	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02:06:12	3rd August 2015	Kazan

Short course world records men

World records for men over 200 m medley (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 57.19	17th January 1992	Kuopio
2	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 56.84	January 22, 1993	Helsinki
3	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 56.62	0February 7, 1993	Paris
4th	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 55.59	February 10, 1993	Malmo
5	Jani Sievinen	Finland	01: 54.65	April 21, 1994	Kuopio
6th	Attila Czene	Hungary	01: 54.65	March 23, 2000	Minneapolis
7th	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	01: 53.93	March 25, 2004	East Meadow
8th	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 53.46	0December 8, 2005	Trieste
9	Ryan Lochte	United States	01: 53.31	0April 7, 2006	Shanghai
10	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	01: 53.14	November 18, 2007	Berlin
11	László Cseh	Hungary	01: 52.99	December 13, 2007	Debrecen
12	Ryan Lochte	United States	01: 51.56	April 11, 2008	Manchester
13	Darian Townsend	South Africa	01: 51.55	November 15, 2009	Berlin
14th	Ryan Lochte	United States	01: 50.08	December 17, 2010	Dubai
15th	Ryan Lochte	United States	01: 49.63	December 14, 2012	Istanbul

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

World records for women over 200 m individual medley (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Allison Wagner	United States	02: 07.79	05th December 1993	Palma
2	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	02: 06.13	April 12, 2008	Manchester
3	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary	02: 06.01	0November 6, 2009	Moscow
4th	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary	02: 04.64	December 10, 2009	Istanbul
5	Julia Smit	United States	02: 04.60	December 19, 2009	Manchester
6th	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 03.20	0August 8, 2013	Eindhoven
7th	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 02.61	August 27, 2014	Doha
8th	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 02.13	August 31, 2014	Doha
9	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	02: 01.86	0December 6, 2014	Doha

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of German swimming records
• List of European swimming records over 200 meters
• The swimming pool

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)