List of swimming world records over 50 meters butterfly

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Geoff Huegill	Australia	00: 23.60	May 14, 2000	Sydney
2	Geoff Huegill	Australia	00: 23.44	July 27, 2001	Fukuoka
3	Matt Welsh	Australia	00: 23.43	July 21, 2003	Barcelona
4th	Ian Crocker	United States	00: 23.30	February 29, 2004	Austin
5	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	00: 23.01	July 24, 2005	Montreal
6th	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	00: 22.96	July 25, 2005	Montreal
7th	Rafael Muñoz Pérez	Spain	00: 22.43	April 5, 2009	Málaga
8th	Andrij Howorov	Ukraine	00: 22.27	1st July 2018	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Long track world records women

World records of women over 50 m butterfly (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 26.54	June 18, 1999	Amersfoort
2	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 26.39	July 1, 1999	Halmstad
3	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 26.29	July 27, 1999	Istanbul
4th	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 25.83	May 20, 2000	Monte Carlo
5	Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	00: 25.64	May 26, 2000	Sheffield
6th	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.57	July 30, 2002	Berlin
7th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 25.46	June 13, 2007	Barcelona
8th	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 25.33	April 19, 2009	Amsterdam
9	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	00: 25.28	July 31, 2009	Rome
10	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 25.07	July 31, 2009	Rome
11	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	00: 24.43	5th July 2014	Borås

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records men

Men's world records over 50 m butterfly (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 23.55	February 11, 1995	Sheffield
2	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 23.45	December 15, 1995	Sheffield
3	Denis Pankratow	Russia	00: 23.35	February 8, 1997	Paris
4th	Miloš Milošević	Croatia	00: 23.30	December 12, 1998	Sheffield
5	Michael Klim	Australia	00: 23.21	September 5, 1999	Canberra
6th	Lars Frölander	Sweden	00: 23.19	March 19, 2000	Athens
7th	Michael Klim	Australia	00: 23.11	June 18, 2000	Canberra
8th	Mark Foster	Society. King	00: 22.87	January 17, 2001	Sheffield
9	Geoff Huegill	Australia	00: 22.84	December 18, 2001 January 22, 2002	Melbourne Stockholm
10	Geoff Huegill	Australia	00: 22.74	January 26, 2002	Berlin
11	Ian Crocker	United States	00: 22.71	October 10, 2004	Indianapolis
12	Kaio Almeida	Brazil	00: 22.60	December 17, 2005	Santos
13	Matt Jaukovic	Australia	00: 22.50	October 25, 2008	Sydney
14th	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 22.29	December 6, 2008	Angers
15th	Amaury Leveaux	France	00: 22.18	December 14, 2008	Rijeka
16	Steffen Deibler	Germany	00: 22.06	October 24, 2009	Aachen
17th	Steffen Deibler	Germany	00: 21.80	November 14, 2009	Berlin
18th	Nicholas Santos	Brazil	00: 21.75	October 6, 2018	Budapest

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Amy Van Dyken	United States	00: 26.73	February 1, 1995	Espoo
2	Angela Kennedy	Australia	00: 26.56	February 12, 1995	Sheffield
3	Misty Hyman	United States	00: 26.55	April 19, 1997	Gothenburg
4th	Jenny Thompson	United States	00: 26.48	November 29, 1997	Toronto
5	Jenny Thompson	United States	00: 26.05	December 2, 1998	College station
6th	Jenny Thompson	United States	00: 26.00	November 18, 1999	Washington, DC
7th	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.64	December 10, 1999	Lisbon
8th	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.60	December 15, 2000	Valencia
9	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.36	January 25, 2001	Stockholm
10	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	00: 25.33	March 12, 2005	Gothenburg
11	Felicity Galvez	Australia	00: 25.32	April 11, 2008	Manchester
12	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 25.31	November 12, 2008	Stockholm
13	Marieke Guehrer	Australia	00: 24.99	November 16, 2008	Berlin
14th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 24.75	October 17, 2009	Durban
15th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 24.46	November 11, 2009	Stockholm
16	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	00: 24.38	November 22, 2009	Singapore

(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 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)