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
No. | athlete | nation | time | date | place |
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1 | Lenny Krayzelburg |
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00: 24.99 | August 29, 1999 | Sydney |
2 | Thomas Rupprath |
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00: 24.80 | July 27, 2003 | Barcelona |
3 | Liam Tancock |
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00: 24.47 | April 2, 2008 | Sheffield |
4th | Randall Bal |
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00: 24.33 | December 5, 2008 | Eindhoven |
5 | Liam Tancock |
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00: 24.08 | August 1, 2009 | Rome |
6th | Liam Tancock |
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00: 24.04 | August 2, 2009 | Rome |
7th | Kliment Kolesnikow |
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00: 24.00 | 4th August 2018 | Glasgow |
(This list is not yet complete)
Long track world records women
No. | athlete | nation | time | date | place |
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1 | Sandra Völker |
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00: 29.00 | May 24, 1997 | Monte Carlo |
2 | Sandra Völker |
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00: 28.78 | June 12, 1999 | Monte Carlo |
3 | Sandra Völker |
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00: 28.71 | August 1, 1999 | Istanbul |
4th | Nina Zhivanevskaya |
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00: 28.69 | April 8, 2000 | Madrid |
5 | Mai Nakamura |
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00: 28.67 | April 25, 2000 | Tokyo |
6th | Sandra Völker |
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00: 28.25 | June 17, 2000 | Berlin |
7th | Janine Pietsch |
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00: 28.19 | May 25, 2005 | Berlin |
8th | Leila Vaziri |
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00: 28.16 | March 28, 2007 March 29, 2007 |
Melbourne |
9 | Li Yang |
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00: 28.09 | October 19, 2007 | Hyderabad |
10 | Hayley McGregory |
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00: 28.00 | March 7, 2008 | Austin |
11 | Emily Seebohm |
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00: 27.95 | March 22, 2008 | Sydney |
12 |
Sophie Edington Zhao Jing |
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00: 27.67 | March 23, 2008 April 9, 2009 |
Sydney Shaoxing |
13 | Daniela Samulski |
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00: 27.61 | June 26, 2009 | Berlin |
14th | Daniela Samulski |
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00: 27.39 | July 29, 2009 | Rome |
15th | Anastassija Sujewa |
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00: 27.38 | July 29, 2009 | Rome |
16 | Zhao Jing |
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00: 27.06 | July 30, 2009 | Rome |
17th | Liu Xiang |
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00: 26.98 | August 21, 2018 | Jakarta |
(This list is not yet complete)
Short course world records men
No. | athlete | nation | time | date | place |
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1 | Jeff Rouse |
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00: 24.37 | February 12, 1995 | Sheffield |
2 | Chris Renaud |
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00: 24.25 | February 28, 1997 | St. Catharines |
3 |
Thomas Rupprath Matthew Welsh |
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00: 24.13 | December 11, 1998 September 2, 1999 |
Sheffield Canberra |
4th | Neil Walker |
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00: 24.12 | November 18, 1999 | Washington, DC |
5 | Matt Welsh |
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00: 24.11 | January 14, 2000 | Hobart |
6th | Neil Walker |
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00: 24.04 | March 16, 2000 | Athens |
7th | Neil Walker |
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00: 23.42 | March 16, 2000 | Athens |
8th | Matt Welsh |
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00: 23.31 | September 2, 2002 | Melbourne |
9 | Thomas Rupprath |
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00: 23.27 | December 10, 2004 | Vienna |
10 | Robert Hurley |
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00: 23.24 | October 26, 2008 | Sydney |
11 | Peter Marshall |
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00: 23.05 | November 12, 2008 | Stockholm |
12 | Randall Bal |
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00: 22.87 | November 16, 2008 | Berlin |
13 | Peter Marshall |
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00: 22.75 | October 7, 2009 | Durban |
14th | Peter Marshall |
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00: 22.73 | November 11, 2009 | Stockholm |
15th | Peter Marshall |
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00: 22.61 | November 22, 2009 | Singapore |
16 | Florent Manaudou |
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00: 22.22 | December 6, 2014 | Doha |
(This list is not yet complete)
Short course world records women
No. | athlete | nation | time | date | place |
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1 | Sandra Völker |
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00: 27.27 | December 13, 1998 | Sheffield |
2 | Haley Cope |
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00: 27.25 | March 18, 2000 | Indianapolis |
3 | Hui Li |
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00: 26.83 | December 2, 2001 | Shanghai |
4th | Sanja Jovanović |
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00: 26.50 | December 15, 2007 | Debrecen |
5 | Sanja Jovanović |
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00: 26.37 | April 13, 2008 | Manchester |
6th | Sanja Jovanović |
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00: 26.23 | December 13, 2008 | Rijeka |
7th | Marieke Guehrer |
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00: 26.17 | November 6, 2009 | Moscow |
8th | Zhao Jing |
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00: 26.08 | November 10, 2009 | Stockholm |
9 | Zhao Jing |
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00: 25.82 | November 10, 2009 | Stockholm |
10 | Sanja Jovanović |
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00: 25.70 | December 12, 2009 | Istanbul |
11 | Etiene Medeiros |
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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)