List of swimming world records over 200 meters butterfly

The swimming world records over 200 m butterfly are the best times swum in the 200 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 200 m butterfly (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Jiro Nagasawa	Japan	02: 21.6	17th September 1954	Tokyo
2	Takashi Ishimoto	Japan	02: 20.8	October 1, 1955	Tokyo
3	Jiro Nagasawa	Japan	02: 19.3	March 14, 1956	New Haven
4th	William Yorzyk	United States	02: 16.7	April 14, 1956	Winchendon
Rule change
5	Mike Troy	United States	02: 19.0	July 11, 1959	Los Altos
6th	Mike Troy	United States	02: 16.4	July 11, 1959	Los Altos
7th	Mike Troy	United States	02: 15.0	July 10, 1960	Evansville
8th	Mike Troy	United States	02: 13.4	July 23, 1960	Toledo
9	Mike Troy	United States	02: 13.2	4th August 1960	Detroit
10	Mike Troy	United States	02: 12.8	2nd September 1960	Rome
11	Carl Robie	United States	02: 12.6	August 19, 1961	los Angeles
12	Kevin Berry	Australia	02: 12.5	February 20, 1962	Melbourne
13	Carl Robie	United States	02: 12.4	August 11, 1962	Cuyahoga Falls
14th	Carl Robie	United States	02: 10.8	August 11, 1962	Cuyahoga Falls
15th	Kevin Berry	Australia	02: 09.7	October 23, 1962	Melbourne
16	Kevin Berry	Australia	02: 08.4	January 12, 1963	Sydney
17th	Carl Robie	United States	02: 08.2	March 18, 1963	Tokyo
18th	Kevin Berry	Australia	02: 06.9	March 29, 1964	Sydney
19th	Kevin Berry	Australia	02: 06.6	October 18, 1964	Tokyo
20th	Mark Spitz	United States	02: 06.5	1967
21st	Mark Spitz	United States	02: 06.4	July 26, 1967	Winnipeg
22nd	Mark Spitz	United States		1_. August 1967	Oak Park
23	John Ferris	United States	02: 06.0	August 30, 1967	Tokyo
24	Mark Spitz	United States	02: 05.7	October 8, 1967	West Berlin
25th	Mark Spitz	United States	02: 05.4	22nd August 1970	los Angeles
26th	Gary Hall Sr.	United States	02: 05.0	22nd August 1970	los Angeles
27	Mark Spitz	United States	02: 03.9	August 27, 1971	Houston
28	Mark Spitz	United States		August 27, 1971	Houston
29	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	02: 03.3	August 31, 1971	Landskrona
30th	Mark Spitz	United States	02: 01.87	2nd August 1972	Chicago
31	Mark Spitz	United States	02: 01.53	2nd August 1972	Chicago
32	Mark Spitz	United States	02: 00.70	August 28, 1972	Munich
33	Roger Pyttel	GDR	02: 00.21	3rd June 1976	Berlin
34	Roger Pyttel	GDR	01: 59.63	3rd June 1976	Berlin
35	Mike Bruner	United States	01: 59.23	July 18, 1976	Montreal
36	Craig Beardsley	United States	01: 58.21	July 30, 1980	Irvine
37	Craig Beardsley	United States	01: 58.01	22nd August 1981	Kiev
38	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 57.05	August 26, 1983	Rome
39	Jon Seven	Australia	01: 57.04	3rd August 1984	los Angeles
40	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 57.01	June 29, 1985	Wuppertal
41	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 56.65	August 10, 1985	Sofia
42	Michael Gross	BR Germany	01: 56.24	June 28, 1986	Hanover
43	Melvin Stewart	United States	01: 55.69	January 12, 1991	Perth
44	Denis Pankratow	Russia	01: 55.22	June 14, 1995	Canet-en-Roussilon
45	Tom Malchow	United States	01: 55.18	June 17, 2000	Charlotte
46	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 54.92	March 30, 2001	Austin
47	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 54.58	July 24, 2001	Fukuoka
48	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 53.93	July 22, 2003	Barcelona
49	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 53.80	August 17, 2006	Victoria
50	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 53.71	February 17, 2007	Columbia, Missouri
51	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 52.09	March 28, 2007	Melbourne
52	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 52.03	August 13, 2008	Beijing
53	Michael Phelps	United States	01: 51.51	July 29, 2009	Rome
54	Kristóf Milák	Hungary	01: 50.73	July 24, 2019	Gwangju

Long track world records women

World records for women over 200 m butterfly (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Tineke Lagerberg	Netherlands	02: 42.3	December 12, 1956	Naarden
2	Tineke Lagerberg	Netherlands	02: 38.1	March 19, 1957	Naarden
Rule change
3	Nancy Ramey	United States	02: 40.5	June 29, 1958	los Angeles
4th	Tineke Lagerberg	Netherlands	02: 38.9	September 13, 1958	Naarden
5	Becky Collins	United States	02: 37.0	July 19, 1959	Redding
6th	Marianne Heemskerk	Netherlands	02: 34.4	June 12, 1960	Leipzig
7th	Becky Collins	United States	02: 32.8	August 13, 1961	Philadelphia
8th	Sharon Finneran	United States	02: 31.2	19th August 1962	Chicago
9	Sharon Finneran	United States	02: 30.7	August 25, 1962	Los Altos
10	Susan Pitt	United States	02: 29.1	July 27, 1963	Philadelphia
11	Sharon Stouder	United States	02: 28.1	July 12, 1964	los Angeles
12	Sharon Stouder	United States	02: 26.4	2nd August 1964	Los Altos
13	Kendis Moore	United States	02: 26.3	August 15, 1965	Maumee
14th	Ada Kok	Netherlands	02: 25.8	August 21, 1965	Suffer
15th	Ada Kok	Netherlands	02: 25.3	September 12, 1965	Groningen
16	Ada Kok	Netherlands	02: 22.5	2nd August 1967	Groningen
17th	Ada Kok	Netherlands	02: 21.0	August 25, 1967	Blackpool
18th	Karen Moe	United States	02: 20.7	July 11, 1970	Santa Clara
19th	Alice Jones	United States	02: 19.3	22nd August 1970	los Angeles
20th	Karen Moe	United States	02: 18.6	7th August 1971	Santa Clara
21st	Ellie Daniel	United States	02: 18.4	August 28, 1971	Houston
22nd	Karen Moe	United States	02: 16.62	August 6, 1972	Chicago
23	Karen Moe	United States	02: 15.57	4th September 1972	Munich
24	Rosemarie Kother	GDR	02: 15.45	September 8, 1973	Belgrade
25th	Rosemarie Kother	GDR	02: 13.76	September 9, 1973	Belgrade
26th	Rosemarie Gabriel	GDR	02: 13.60	March 14, 1976	Tallinn
27	Rosemarie Gabriel	GDR	02: 12.84	4th June 1976	Berlin
28	Rosemarie Gabriel	GDR	02: 11.22	5th June 1976	Berlin
29	Andrea Pollack	GDR	02: 11.20	April 9, 1978	Leningrad
30th	Andrea Pollack	GDR	02: 09.87	4th July 1978	Berlin
31	Mary T. Meagher	United States	02: 09.77	7th July 1979	San Juan
32	Mary T. Meagher	United States	02: 08.41	August 16, 1979	Fort Lauderdale
33	Mary T. Meagher	United States	02: 07.01	August 16, 1979	Fort Lauderdale
34	Mary T. Meagher	United States	02: 06.37	July 30, 1980	Irvine
35	Mary T. Meagher	United States	02: 05.96	August 13, 1981	Brown Deer
36	Susie O'Neill	Australia	02: 05.81	May 17, 2000	Sydney
37	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	02: 05.78	August 4, 2002	Berlin
38	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	02: 05.61	July 28, 2005	Montreal
39	Jessica Schipper	Australia	02: 05.40	August 17, 2006	Victoria
40	Liu Zige	People's Republic of China	02: 04.18	August 14, 2008	Beijing
41	Mary Descenza	United States	02: 04.14	July 29, 2009	Rome
42	Jessica Schipper	Australia	02: 03.41	July 30, 2009	Rome
43	Liu Zige	People's Republic of China	02: 01.81	October 21, 2009	Jinan

Short course world records men

Men's world records over 200 m butterfly (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Franck Esposito	France	01: 54.67	February 1, 1992	Paris
2	Danyon Loader	New Zealand	01: 54.58	February 6, 1993	Paris
3	Danyon Loader	New Zealand	01: 54.50	February 9, 1993	Malmo
4th	Danyon Loader	New Zealand	01: 54.21	February 13, 1993	Gelsenkirchen
5	Franck Esposito	France	01: 53.05	March 26, 1994	Paris
6th	Denis Pankratow	Russia	01: 52.64	February 2, 1997	Gelsenkirchen
7th	James Hickman	Society. King	01: 51.76	March 28, 1998	Paris
8th	Franck Esposito	France	01: 51.58	January 14, 2001	Antibes
9	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	01: 51.21	December 1, 2001	Rostock
10	Franck Esposito	France	01: 50.73	December 8, 2002	Antibes
11	Nikolai Skvortsov	Russia	01: 50.60	December 13, 2008	Rijeka
12	Nikolai Skvortsov	Russia	01: 50.53	February 11, 2009	St. Petersburg
13	Kaio de Almeida	Brazil	01: 49.11	November 10, 2009	Stockholm
14th	Chad le Clos	South Africa	01: 49.04	7th August 2013	Eindhoven
15th	Chad le Clos	South Africa	01: 48.56	5th November 2013	Singapore
16	Dayia Seto	Japan	01: 48.24	December 11, 2018	Hangzhou

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

World records of women over 200 m butterfly (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Mary T. Meagher	United States	02: 05.65	2nd January 1981
2	Susie O'Neill	Australia	02: 05.37	February 17, 1999	Malmo
3	Susie O'Neill	Australia	02: 04.43	September 2, 1999	Canberra
4th	Susie O'Neill	Australia	02: 04.16	January 18, 2000	Sydney
5	Yang Yu	People's Republic of China	02: 04.04	January 18, 2004	Berlin
6th	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	02: 03.53	December 13, 2007	Debrecen
7th	Yūko Nakanishi	Japan	02: 03.12	February 23, 2008	Tokyo
8th	Liu Zige	People's Republic of China	02: 02.50	November 11, 2009	Stockholm
9	Liu Zige	People's Republic of China	02: 00.78	November 15, 2009	Berlin
10	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	01: 59.61	3rd December 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 200 meters butterfly
• Butterfly swimming

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. 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.