World record progression 200 metres butterfly

Graphs of the progression of the World Records in all four strokes (50m, 100m and 200m distances).

This is a history of the progression of the World Record for the Swimming event: the 200 Butterfly. It is a listing of the fastest-time-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) swimming pool. These records are maintained/recognized by FINA, which oversees international competitive Aquatics.

The long course records are historically older than the short course records: the long course records go back to at least the 1950s, whereas the short course marks having only been recognized since the early 1990s.

Men

Long course

Time Swimmer Date Place
2:19.0 United States Mike Troy July 11, 1959 Los Altos, United States
2:16.4 United States Mike Troy July 11, 1959 Los Altos, United States
2:15.0 United States Mike Troy July 10, 1960 Evansville, United States
2:13.4 United States Mike Troy July 23, 1960 Toledo, United States
2:13.2 United States Mike Troy August 4, 1960 Detroit, United States
2:12.8 United States Mike Troy September 2, 1960 Rome, Italy
2:12.6 United States Carl Robie August 19, 1961 Los Angeles, United States
2:12.5 Australia Kevin Berry February 20, 1962 Melbourne, Australia
2:12.4 United States Carl Robie August 11, 1962 Cuyahoga Falls, United States
2:10.8 United States Carl Robie August 11, 1962 Cuyahoga Falls, United States
2:09.7 Australia Kevin Berry October 23, 1962 Melbourne, Australia
2:08.4 Australia Kevin Berry January 12, 1963 Sydney, Australia
2:08.2 United States Carl Robie March 18, 1963 Tokyo, Japan
2:06.9 Australia Kevin Berry March 29, 1964 Sydney, Australia
2:06.6 Australia Kevin Berry October 18, 1964 Tokyo, Japan
2:06.4 United States Mark Spitz July 26, 1967 Winnipeg, Canada
2:06.0 United States John Ferris August 30, 1967 Tokyo, Japan
2:05.7 United States Mark Spitz October 8, 1967 West Berlin, West Germany
2:05.4 United States Mark Spitz August 22, 1970 Los Angeles, United States
2:05.0 United States Gary Hall, Sr. August 22, 1970 Los Angeles, United States
2:03.9 United States Mark Spitz August 27, 1971 Houston, United States
2:03.3 Germany Hans-Joachim Fassnacht August 31, 1971 Landskrona, Sweden
2:01.87 United States Mark Spitz August 2, 1972 Chicago, United States
2:01.53 United States Mark Spitz August 2, 1972 Chicago, United States
2:00.70 United States Mark Spitz August 28, 1972 Munich, West Germany
2:00.21 East Germany Roger Pyttel June 3, 1976 East Berlin, East Germany
1:59.63 East Germany Roger Pyttel June 3, 1976 East Berlin, East Germany
1:59.23 United States Mike Bruner July 18, 1976 Montréal, Québec
1:58.21 United States Craig Beardsley July 30, 1980 Irvine, United States
1:58.01 United States Craig Beardsley August 22, 1981 Kiev, Soviet Union
1:57.05 Germany Michael Gross August 26, 1983 Rome, Italy
1:57.04 Australia Jon Sieben August 3, 1984 Los Angeles, United States
1:57.01 Germany Michael Gross June 29, 1985 Wuppertal, West Germany
1:56.65 Germany Michael Gross August 10, 1985 Sofia, Bulgaria
1:56.24 Germany Michael Gross June 28, 1986 Hannover, West Germany
1:55.69 United States Melvin Stewart January 12, 1991 Perth, Australia
1:55.22 Russia Denis Pankratov June 14, 1995 Canet-en-Roussillon, France
1:55.18 United States Tom Malchow June 17, 2000 Charlotte, United States
1:54.92 United States Michael Phelps March 30, 2001 Austin, United States
1:54.58 United States Michael Phelps July 24, 2001 Fukuoka, Japan
1:53.93 United States Michael Phelps July 22, 2003 Barcelona, Spain
1:53.80 United States Michael Phelps August 17, 2006 Victoria, Canada
1:53.71 United States Michael Phelps February 17, 2007 Columbia, United States
1:52.09 United States Michael Phelps March 28, 2007 Melbourne, Australia
1:52.03 United States Michael Phelps August 13, 2008 Beijing, China
1:51.51 United States Michael Phelps July 29, 2009 Rome, Italy

Short course

Time Swimmer Date Place
1:54.67 France Franck Esposito February 1, 1992 Paris, France
1:54.58 New Zealand Danyon Loader February 6, 1993 Paris, France
1:54.50 New Zealand Danyon Loader February 9, 1993 Malmö, Sweden
1:54.21 New Zealand Danyon Loader February 13, 1993 Gelsenkirchen, Germany
1:53.05 France Franck Esposito March 26, 1994 Paris, France
1:52.64 Russia Denis Pankratov February 2, 1997 Gelsenkirchen, Germany
1:51.76 United Kingdom James Hickman March 28, 1998 Paris, France
1:51.58 France Franck Esposito January 14, 2001 Antibes, France
1:51.21 Germany Thomas Rupprath December 1, 2001 Rostock, Germany
1:50.73 France Franck Esposito December 8, 2002 Antibes, France
1:50.60 Russia Nikolay Skvortsov December 13, 2008 Rijeka, Croatia
1:50.53 Russia Nikolay Skvortsov February 15, 2009 Saint Petersburg, Russia
1:49.11 Brazil Kaio de Almeida November 10, 2009 Stockholm, Sweden
1:49.04 South Africa Chad le Clos August 7, 2013 Eindhoven, Netherlands
1:48.56 South Africa Chad le Clos November 5, 2013 Singapore, Singapore

Women

Long course

Time Swimmer Date Place
2:40.5 United States Nancy Ramey June 29, 1958 Los Angeles, United States
2:38.9 Netherlands Tineke Lagerberg September 13, 1958 Naarden, Netherlands
2:37.0 United States Becky Collins July 19, 1959 Redding, United States
2:34.4 Netherlands Marianne Heemskerk June 12, 1960 Leipzig, East Germany
2:32.8 United States Becky Collins August 13, 1961 Philadelphia, United States
2:31.2 United States Sharon Finneran August 19, 1962 Chicago, United States
2:30.7 United States Sharon Finneran August 25, 1962 Los Altos, United States
2:29.1 United States Susan Pitt July 27, 1963 Philadelphia, United States
2:28.1 United States Sharon Stouder July 12, 1964 Los Angeles, United States
2:26.4 United States Sharon Stouder August 2, 1964 Los Altos, United States
2:26.3 United States Kendis Moore August 15, 1965 Maumee, United States
2:25.8 Netherlands Ada Kok August 21, 1965 Leiden, Netherlands
2:25.3 Netherlands Ada Kok September 12, 1965 Groningen, Netherlands
2:22.5 Netherlands Ada Kok August 2, 1967 Groningen, Netherlands
2:21.0 Netherlands Ada Kok August 25, 1967 Blackpool, United Kingdom
2:20.7 United States Karen Moe July 11, 1970 Santa Clara, United States
2:19.3 United States Alice Jones August 22, 1970 Los Angeles, United States
2:18.6 United States Karen Moe August 7, 1971 Santa Clara, United States
2:18.4 United States Ellie Daniel August 28, 1971 Houston, United States
2:16.62 United States Karen Moe August 6, 1972 Chicago, United States
2:15.57 United States Karen Moe September 4, 1972 Munich, West Germany
2:15.45 East Germany Rosemarie Kother September 8, 1973 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2:13.76 East Germany Rosemarie Kother September 8, 1973 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2:13.60 East Germany Rosemarie Gabriel March 14, 1976 Tallinn, Soviet Union
2:12.84 East Germany Rosemarie Gabriel June 4, 1976 East Berlin, East Germany
2:11.22 East Germany Rosemarie Gabriel June 5, 1976 East Berlin, East Germany
2:11.20 East Germany Andrea Pollack April 9, 1978 Leningrad, Soviet Union
2:09.87 East Germany Andrea Pollack July 4, 1978 East Berlin, East Germany
2:09.77 United States Mary T. Meagher July 7, 1979 San Juan, Puerto Rico
2:08.41 United States Mary T. Meagher August 16, 1979 Fort Lauderdale, United States
2:07.01 United States Mary T. Meagher August 16, 1979 Fort Lauderdale, United States
2:06.37 United States Mary T. Meagher July 30, 1980 Irvine, United States
2:05.96 United States Mary T. Meagher August 13, 1981 Brown Deer, United States
2:05.81 Australia Susie O'Neill May 17, 2000 Sydney, Australia
2:05.78 Poland Otylia Jędrzejczak August 4, 2002 Berlin, Germany
2:05.61 Poland Otylia Jędrzejczak July 28, 2005 Montreal, Canada
2:05.40 Australia Jessicah Schipper August 17, 2006 Victoria, Canada
2:04.18 China Liu Zige August 14, 2008 Beijing, China
2:04.14 United States Mary Descenza July 29, 2009 Rome, Italy
2:03.41 Australia Jessicah Schipper July 30, 2009 Rome, Italy
2:01.81 China Liu Zige October 21, 2009 Jinan, China

Short course

Time Swimmer Date Place
2:05.37 Australia Susie O'Neill February 17, 1999 Malmö, Sweden
2:04.43 Australia Susie O'Neill September 2, 1999 Canberra, Australia
2:04.16 Australia Susie O'Neill January 18, 2000 Sydney, Australia
2:04.04 China Yang Yu January 18, 2004 Berlin, Germany
2:03.53 Poland Otylia Jędrzejczak December 13, 2007 Debrecen, Hungary
2:03.12 Japan Yuko Nakanishi February 23, 2008 Tokyo, Japan
2:02.50 China Liu Zige November 11, 2009 Stockholm, Sweden
2:00.78 China Liu Zige November 15, 2009 Berlin, Germany
1:59.61 Spain Mireia Belmonte December 3, 2014 Doha, Qatar

References

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