List of swimming world records over 50 meters chest

The swimming world records over 50 meters chest are the best times in the 50 m chest swim 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 50 m chest (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Alexander Dzhaburiya	Ukraine	00: 27.61	April 27, 1996	Kharkov
2	Anthony Robinson	United States	00: 27.49	March 29, 2001	Austin
3	Ed Moses	United States	00: 27.39	March 31, 2001	Austin
4th	Oleh Lissohor	Ukraine	00: 27.18	August 2, 2002	Berlin
5	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	00: 27.06	April 18, 2009	Durban
6th	Felipe França Silva	Brazil	00: 26.89	May 9, 2009	Rio de Janeiro
7th	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	00: 26.74	July 28, 2009	Rome
8th	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	00: 26.67	July 29, 2009	Rome
9	Adam Peaty Cameron van der Burgh	Society. King South Africa	00: 26.62	August 22, 2014 August 4, 2015	Berlin Kazan
10	Adam Peaty	Society. King	00: 26.42	4th August 2015	Kazan
11	Adam Peaty	Society. King	00: 26.10	July 25, 2017	Budapest
12	Adam Peaty	Society. King	00: 25.95	July 25, 2017	Budapest

(This list is not yet complete)

Long track world records women

World records for women over 50 m breasts (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Penny Heyns	South Africa	00: 30.83	August 28, 1999	Sydney
2	Zoe Baker	Society. King	00: 30.57	July 30, 2002	Manchester
3	Jade Edmistone	Australia	00: 30.45	July 31, 2005	Montreal
4th	Jade Edmistone	Australia	00: 30.31	January 30, 2006	Melbourne
5	Amanda Reason	Canada	00: 30.23	July 8, 2009	Montreal
6th	Yulia Efimova	Russia	00: 30.09	August 2, 2009	Rome
7th	Jessica Hardy	United States	00: 29.95	August 6, 2009	Federal Way
8th	Jessica Hardy	United States	00: 29.80	August 7, 2009	Federal Way
9	Julia Efimova	Russia	00: 29.78	3rd August 2013	Barcelona
10	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	00: 29.48	3rd August 2013	Barcelona
11	Lilly King	United States	00: 29.40	July 30, 2017	Budapest

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records men

World records for men over 50 m chest (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Mark Warnecke	Germany	00: 27.00	February 18, 1995	Gelsenkirchen
2	Mark Warnecke	Germany	00: 26.97	February 8, 1997 January 21, 1998 November 28, 1998	Paris Sydney Fulda
3	Mark Warnecke	Germany	00: 26.70	December 11, 1998	Sheffield
4th	Ed Moses	United States	00: 26.28	January 22, 2002	Stockholm
5	Oleh Lissohor	Ukraine	00: 26.20	January 26, 2002	Berlin
6th	Oleh Lissohor	Ukraine	00: 26.17	January 21, 2006	Berlin
7th	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	00: 26.08	November 8, 2008	Moscow
8th	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	00: 25.94	November 11, 2008	Stockholm
9	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	00: 25.43	August 8, 2009	Pietermaritzburg
10	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	00: 25.25	November 14, 2009	Berlin

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

World records for women over 50 m breasts (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Xue Han	People's Republic of China	00: 31.11	January 7, 1996	Hong Kong
2	Xue Han	People's Republic of China	00: 30.98	January 11, 1996	Beijing
3	Xue Han	People's Republic of China	00: 30.88	January 29, 1997	Glasgow
4th	Xue Han	People's Republic of China	00: 30.77	February 2, 1997	Gelsenkirchen
5	Penny Heyns	South Africa	00: 30.60	September 26, 1999	Durban
6th	Luo Xuejuan Emma Igelström	People's Republic of China Sweden	00: 30.56	December 3, 2001 December 13, 2001	Shanghai Antwerp
7th	Zoe Baker	Society. King	00: 30.53	January 4, 2002	Durban
8th	Zoe Baker	Society. King	00: 30.51	January 15, 2002	Imperia
9	Luo Xuejuan	People's Republic of China	00: 30.47	January 19, 2002	Paris
10	Emma Igelström	Sweden	00: 30.43	January 23, 2002	Stockholm
11	Zoe Baker	Society. King	00: 30.31	January 27, 2002	Berlin
12	Emma Igelström	Sweden	00: 30.24	March 14, 2002	Gothenburg
13	Emma Igelström	Sweden	00: 29.96	April 4, 2002	Moscow
14th	Jade Edmistone	Australia	00: 29.90	September 26, 2004	Brisbane
15th	Jessica Hardy	United States	00: 29.58	April 10, 2008	Manchester
16	Jessica Hardy	United States	00: 29.45	October 17, 2009	Durban
17th	Jessica Hardy	United States	00: 29.36	November 7, 2009	Moscow
18th	Jessica Hardy	United States	00: 28.96	November 11, 2009	Stockholm
19th	Jessica Hardy	United States	00: 28.80	November 14, 2009	Berlin
20th	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	00: 28.64	October 26, 2016	Tokyo
21st	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	00: 28.56	October 6, 2018	Budapest

(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 50 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)