List of swimming world records over 50 meters back

The swimming world records over 50 m back are the best times in the 50 m back 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 50 m back (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States	00: 24.99	August 29, 1999	Sydney
2	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 24.80	July 27, 2003	Barcelona
3	Liam Tancock	Society. King	00: 24.47	April 2, 2008	Sheffield
4th	Randall Bal	United States	00: 24.33	December 5, 2008	Eindhoven
5	Liam Tancock	Society. King	00: 24.08	August 1, 2009	Rome
6th	Liam Tancock	Society. King	00: 24.04	August 2, 2009	Rome
7th	Kliment Kolesnikow	Russia	00: 24.00	4th August 2018	Glasgow

(This list is not yet complete)

Long track world records women

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 29.00	May 24, 1997	Monte Carlo
2	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.78	June 12, 1999	Monte Carlo
3	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.71	August 1, 1999	Istanbul
4th	Nina Zhivanevskaya	Spain	00: 28.69	April 8, 2000	Madrid
5	Mai Nakamura	Japan	00: 28.67	April 25, 2000	Tokyo
6th	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 28.25	June 17, 2000	Berlin
7th	Janine Pietsch	Germany	00: 28.19	May 25, 2005	Berlin
8th	Leila Vaziri	United States	00: 28.16	March 28, 2007 March 29, 2007	Melbourne
9	Li Yang	People's Republic of China	00: 28.09	October 19, 2007	Hyderabad
10	Hayley McGregory	United States	00: 28.00	March 7, 2008	Austin
11	Emily Seebohm	Australia	00: 27.95	March 22, 2008	Sydney
12	Sophie Edington Zhao Jing	Australia People's Republic of China	00: 27.67	March 23, 2008 April 9, 2009	Sydney Shaoxing
13	Daniela Samulski	Germany	00: 27.61	June 26, 2009	Berlin
14th	Daniela Samulski	Germany	00: 27.39	July 29, 2009	Rome
15th	Anastassija Sujewa	Russia	00: 27.38	July 29, 2009	Rome
16	Zhao Jing	People's Republic of China	00: 27.06	July 30, 2009	Rome
17th	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China	00: 26.98	August 21, 2018	Jakarta

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records men

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Jeff Rouse	United States	00: 24.37	February 12, 1995	Sheffield
2	Chris Renaud	Canada	00: 24.25	February 28, 1997	St. Catharines
3	Thomas Rupprath Matthew Welsh	Germany Australia	00: 24.13	December 11, 1998 September 2, 1999	Sheffield Canberra
4th	Neil Walker	United States	00: 24.12	November 18, 1999	Washington, DC
5	Matt Welsh	Australia	00: 24.11	January 14, 2000	Hobart
6th	Neil Walker	United States	00: 24.04	March 16, 2000	Athens
7th	Neil Walker	United States	00: 23.42	March 16, 2000	Athens
8th	Matt Welsh	Australia	00: 23.31	September 2, 2002	Melbourne
9	Thomas Rupprath	Germany	00: 23.27	December 10, 2004	Vienna
10	Robert Hurley	Australia	00: 23.24	October 26, 2008	Sydney
11	Peter Marshall	United States	00: 23.05	November 12, 2008	Stockholm
12	Randall Bal	United States	00: 22.87	November 16, 2008	Berlin
13	Peter Marshall	United States	00: 22.75	October 7, 2009	Durban
14th	Peter Marshall	United States	00: 22.73	November 11, 2009	Stockholm
15th	Peter Marshall	United States	00: 22.61	November 22, 2009	Singapore
16	Florent Manaudou	France	00: 22.22	December 6, 2014	Doha

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Sandra Völker	Germany	00: 27.27	December 13, 1998	Sheffield
2	Haley Cope	United States	00: 27.25	March 18, 2000	Indianapolis
3	Hui Li	People's Republic of China	00: 26.83	December 2, 2001	Shanghai
4th	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 26.50	December 15, 2007	Debrecen
5	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 26.37	April 13, 2008	Manchester
6th	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 26.23	December 13, 2008	Rijeka
7th	Marieke Guehrer	Australia	00: 26.17	November 6, 2009	Moscow
8th	Zhao Jing	People's Republic of China	00: 26.08	November 10, 2009	Stockholm
9	Zhao Jing	People's Republic of China	00: 25.82	November 10, 2009	Stockholm
10	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	00: 25.70	December 12, 2009	Istanbul
11	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	00: 25.67	December 7, 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 50 meters back
• The backstroke

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)