LEN European Sequential Records
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
Men: (50 m unless stated)
50 metres freestyle
22.7 Standard time
22.52 Dano Halsall (SUI) Bellinzona 21-07-1985
22.47 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Munich 28-08-1987
22.33 Nils Rudolph (GER) Athens 24-08-1991
22.31 Alexander Popov (CSI) Canet 30-05-1992
22.21 Alexander Popov (CSI) Barcelona 30-07-1992
21.91 Alexander Popov (CSI) Barcelona 30-07-1992
21.64 Alexander Popov (RUS) Moscow 16-06-2000
21.50 Alain Bernard (FRA) Eindhoven 23-03-2008
21.38 Amaury Leveaux (FRA) Dunkerque 26-04-2008
20.94 Frederick Bousquet (FRA) Montpellier 26-04-2009
100 metres freestyle
60.0 Arne Borg (SWE) Bologna 04-09-1927
59.8 Istvan Barany (HUN) Amsterdam 11-08-1928
58.6 Istvan Barany (HUN) Munich 25m 29-10-1929
58.4 Istvan Barany (HUN) Budapest 33m 12-05-1931
57.8 Ferenc Csik (HUN) Budapest 20-08-1935
56.8 Helmuth Fischer (GER) Berlin 25m 26-04-1936
56.7 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 12-06-1946
56.6 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 18-09-1946
56.2 Alex Jany (FRA) Monte Carlo 10-09-1947
55.8 Alex Jany (FRA) Menton 25m 15-09-1947
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
56.1 Paolo Pucci (ITA) Budapest 31-08-1955
55.8 Gyula Dobai (HUN) Budapest 31-07-1960
55.7 Gyula Dobai (HUN)) Budapest 18-09-1960
55.5 Per Ola Lindberg (SWE) Halmstad 09-08-1961
55.0 Alain Gottvalles (FRA) Thionville 10-08-1962
54.4 Bobby McGregor (GBR) Blackpool 55y 13-07-1963
54.3 Per Ola Lindberg (SWE) Baastad 18-07-1963
54.1 Bobby McGregor (GBR) Blackpool 55y 31-08-1963
54.0 Bobby McGregor (GBR) Blackpool 55y 13-09-1963
53.9 Bobby McGregor (GBR) London 55y 22-08-1964
52.9 Alain Gottvalles (FRA) Budapest 13-09-1964
52.8 Michel Rousseau (FRA) Barcelona 05-09-1970
52.7 Michel Rousseau (FRA) Paris 31-07-1971
52.6 Michel Rousseau (FRA) Vittel 15-07-1972
52.51 Vladimir Bure (URS) Moscow 14-08-1972
52.26 Vladimir Bure (URS) Munich 28-08-1972
51.77 Vladimir Bure (URS) Munich 03-09-1972
51.36 Vladimir Bure (URS) Leningrad 26-02-1975
51.32 Vladimir Bure (URS) Cali 27-07-1975
51.31 Peter Nocke (FRG) Montreal 25-07-1976
51.25 Marcello Guarducci (ITA) Chiavari 08-09-1977
50.79 Klaus Steinbach (FRG) West Berlin 28-08-1978
50.55 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Magdeburg 26-05-1980
50.49 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Moscow 26-07-1980
50.21 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Moscow 26-07-1980
50.14 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Hamburg 03-02-1981
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
49.95 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Moscow 12-03-1982
49.81 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Erfurt 28-05-1982
49.60 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Guayaquil 03-08-1982
49.58 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Gera 18-06-1983
49.51 Stephane Caron (FRA) Strasbourg 21-08-1987
49.35 Stephane Caron (FRA) Strasbourg 21-08-1987
49.24 Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) Bonn 17-08-1989
49.18 Stephane Caron (FRA) Milan 04-08-1991
49.18= Alexander Popov (URS) Athens 22-08-1991
49.02 Alexander Popov (CSI) Barcelona 28-07-1992
48.93 Alexander Popov (RUS) Canet 31-05-1993
48.21 Alexander Popov (RUS) Monte Carlo 18-06-1994
47.84 Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) Sydney 19-09-2000
47.60 Alain Bernard (FRA) Eindhoven 21-03-2008
47.50 Alain Bernard (FRA) Eindhoven 22-03-2008
47.20 Alain Bernard (FRA) Beijing 13-08-2008
47.15 Frederick Bousquet (FRA) Montpellier 24-04-2009
47.12 Alain Bernard (FRA) Rome 30-07-2009
200 metres freestyle
2:16.6 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 12-12-1924
2:16.0 Istvan Barany (HUN) Brugge 25y 23-03-1930
2:14.2 Jean Taris (FRA) Paris 09-06-1930
2:12.2 Jean Taris (FRA) Rheims 25m 24-04-1932
2:11.9 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Aarhus 25m 17-04-1938
2:10.8 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Berlin 25m 01-02-1942
2:09.8 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 15-09-1945
2:05.4 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 20-09-1946
2:03.4 Jack Wardrop (GBR) Columbus 25y 04-03-1955
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
2:05.2 Standard time as at 1st May 1957
2:04.8 Frank Wiegand (GDR) East Berlin 03-07-1961
2:04.7 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Reutlingen 13-08-1961
2:04.0 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Monte Carlo 09-09-1961
2:02.6 lan Black (GBR) Cardiff 55y 29-04-1962
2:01.7 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Dortmund 20-05-1962
2:00.2 Hans-Joachim Klein (GER) Tokyo 13-10-1963
1:58.2 Hans-Joachim Klein (GER) Dortmund 24-05-1964
1:57.8 Leonid Ilichev (URS) Nanterre 29-04-1967
1:57.6 Leonid Ilichev (URS) Moscow 01-08-1967
1:56.9 Leonid Ilichev (URS) Tallinn 02-04-1968
1:56.5 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Louisville 15-08-1969
1:56.4 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Barcelona 08-09-1970
1:55.2 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Barcelona 09-09-1970
1:53.99 Werner Lampe (FRG) Munich 29-08-1972
1:53.97 Roger Pyttel (GDR) Belgrade 04-09-1973
1:53.10 Peter Nocke (FRG) Vienna 19-08-1974
1:52.95 Klaus Steinbach (FRG) Bonn 10-03-1976
1:51.86 Peter Nocke (FRG) Munich 04-06-1976
1:51.41 Klaus Steinbach (FRG) Montreal 19-07-1976
1:50.73 Andrei Krylov (URS) Montreal 19-07-1976
1:49.83 Sergei Kopliakov (URS) Potsdam 07-04-1979
1:49.81 Sergei Kopliakov (URS) Moscow 21-07-1980
1:49.55 Michael Gross (FRG) Guayaquil 01-08-1982
1:49.30 Sven Lodziewski (GDR) Gera 15-06-1983
1:48.28 Michael Gross (FRG) Hannover 21-06-1983
1:47.87 Michael Gross (FRG) Rome 22-08-1983
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
1:47.55 Michael Gross (FRG) Munich 08-06-1984
1:47.44 Michael Gross (FRG) Los Angeles 29-07-1984
1:46.69 Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) Bonn 15-08-1989
1:46.58 Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) Eindhoven 18-12-1999
1:45.35 Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) Sydney 17-09-2000
1:44.89 Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) Berlin 02-08-2002
1:44.88 Paul Biedermann (GER) Monaco 14-06-2009
1:44.71 Paul Biedermann (GER) Berlin 28-06-2009
1:43.65 Paul Biedermann (GER) Rome 27-07-2009
1:42.00 Paul Biedermann (GER) Rome 28-07-2009
400 metres freestyle
4:50.3 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 11-09-1925
4:47.0 Jean Taris (FRA) Paris 33m 16-04-1931
4:46.4 N. Tatos (HUN) Norrkoping 25y 29-08-1941
4:45.8 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 21-09-1946
4:35.2 Alex Jany (FRA) Monte Carlo 12-09-1947
4:33.3 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Marseille 25m 10-07-1951
4:32.6 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Toulouse 25m 26-06-1952
4:30.7 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Helsinki 30-07-1952
4:30.0 A. Romani (ITA) New Haven 25y 27-03-1956
4:29.0 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Marseille 25m 17-08-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
4:30.1 Boris Nikitin (URS) Moscow 26-08-1957
4:28.5 lan Black (GBR) Cardiff 55y 23-07-1958
4:28.4 lan Black (GBR) Blackpool 55y 20-08-1958
4:27.5 lan Black (GBR) Blackpool 55y 20-04-1960
4:21.9 lan Black (GBR) Rome 30-08-1960
4:21.8 lan Black (GBR) Rome 31-08-1960
4:21.6 Frank Wiegand (GDR) East Berlin 18-05-1964
4:18.4 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Dortmund 20-08-1964
4:17.2 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Tokyo 14-10-1964
4:14.9 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Tokyo 15-10-1964
4:14.1 Semeon Belitz Geiman (URS) Moscow 16-07-1966
4:11.1 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Utrecht 25-08-1966
4:10.6 Alain Mosconi (FRA) Monte Carlo 02-07-1967
4:09.2 Alain Mosconi (FRA) Monte Carlo 04-07-1967
4:08.2 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Santa Clara 11-07-1969
4:06.9 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Louisville 01-08-1969
4:04.0 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Louisville 14-08-1969
4:02.6 Gunnar Larsson (SWE) Barcelona 07-09-1970
4:01.27 Bengt Gingsjoe (SWE) Belgrade 06-09-1973
4:01.10 Frank Pfutze (GDR) Cali 27-07-1975
3:59.60 Vladimir Raskatov (URS) Tallinn 12-03-1976
3:58.59 Frank Pfutze (GDR) East Berlin 02-06-1976
3:58.02 Vladimir Raskatov (URS) Kiev 02-06-1976
3:57.56 Vladimir Raskatov (URS) Montreal 22-07-1976
3:55.76 Vladimir Raskatov (URS) Montreal 22-07-1976
3:54.83 Sergei Rusin (URS) Jonkoping 18-08-1977
3:54.47 Sergei Rusin (URS) Moscow 07-07-1978
3:53.32 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) West Berlin 23-08-1978
3:51.94 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) West Berlin 23-08-1978
3:51.41 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Potsdam 06-04-1979
3:51.40 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 19-08-1979
3:51.20 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Leningrad 24-02-1980
3:49.57 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 12-03-1982
3:49.57= Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Kiev 14-07-1982
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
3:48.32 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 19-02-1983
3:47.80 Michael Gross (FRG) Remscheid 27-06-1985
3:47.38 Artur Wojdat (POL) Orlando 25-03-1988
3:46.95 Uwe Dassler (GDR) Seoul 23-09-1988
3:45.00 Evgeny Sadovyi (CSI) Barcelona 29-07-1992
3:43.40 Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) Sydney 16-09-2000
3:43.01 Paul Biedermann (GER) Rome 26-07-2009
3:40.07 Paul Biedermann (GER) Rome 26-07-2009
800 metres freestyle
Records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
10:19.6 Jean Taris (FRA) Paris 30-05-1930
10:17.2 Jean Taris (FRA) Cannes 09-06-1931
10:15.6 Jean Taris (FRA) Cannes 21-06-1932
10:01.0 Gyorgy Mitro (HUN) Budapest 16-05-1948
9:50.2 Gyorgy Csordas (HUN) Budapest 09-06-1951
9:38.2 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Toulouse 09-07-1952
9:28.6 Guy Montserret (FRA) Roquebrune 02-09-1957
9:25.5 lan Black (GBR) New Brighton 55y 31-07-1958
9:22.7 Guy Montserret (FRA) Alger 29-07-1959
9:22.6 Jozsef Katona (HUN) Budapest 03-07-1960
9:16.3 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Dortmund 30-04-1961
9:08.0 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Dortmund 19-05-1962
9:05.4 Semeon Belitz Geiman (URS) Moscow 29-10-1964
9:03.9 Frank Wiegand (GDR) East Berlin 18-07-1965
8:58.7 Semeon Belitz Geiman (URS) Kharkov 01-08-1965
8:47.4 Semeon Belitz Geiman (URS) Kharkov 03-08-1966
8:46.8 Alain Mosconi (FRA) Monte Carlo 05-07-1967
8:42.0 Francis Luyce (FRA) Dinard 21-07-1967
8:41.6 Werner Lampe (FRG) Wurselen 07-08-1970
8:41.4 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Barcelona 11-09-1970
8:38.4 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Los Angeles 08-08-1971
8:38.1 Werner Lampe (FRG) Waldkraiburg 22-08-1971
8:35.5 Dusan Grozaj (FRG) Wurzburg 29-08-1972
8:35.10 Valentin Pavinov (URS) Leeds 11-08-1973
8:32.82 Bengt Gingsjoe (SWE) Belgrade 08-09-1973
8:31.30 Andras Hargitay (HUN) Kecskermet 21-12-1974
8:30.16 Igor Evgrafov (URS) Leningrad 02-03-1975
8:27.95 Rainer Strohbach (GDR) Cali 26-07-1975
8:24.80 Sandor Nagy (HUN) Budapest 20-12-1975
8:21.50 Rainer Strohbach (GDR) Tallinn 13-03-1976
8:16.55 Igor Kushpeliev (URS) Kiev 04-06-1976
8:15.54 Zoltan Wladar (HUN) Graz 06-06-1976
8:13.35 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Montreal 20-07-1976
8:11.82 Valentin Parinov (URS) Dvepreopetrovsk 05-07-1977
8:07.61 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Jonkoping 20-08-1977
8:06.47 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Leningrad 04-09-1977
7:56.49 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Minsk 23-03-1979
7:52.83 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 14-02-1982
7:52.33 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Los Angeles 14-07-1983
7:50.64 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 04-07-1986
7:49.72 Yuri Prilukov (RUS) Moscow 07-06-2003
7:46.64 Yuri Prilukov (RUS) Montreal 27-07-2005
7:44.29 Federico Colbertaldo (ITA) Rome 28-07-2009
7:43.84 Federico Colbertaldo (ITA) Rome 29-07-2009
7:42.74 Gabriele Detti (ITA) Riccione 08-04-2014
7:40.81 Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) Kazan 05-08-2015
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
1500 metres freestyle
Records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
20:04.4 Arne Borg (SWE) Budapest 18-08-1926
19:07.2 Arne Borg (SWE) Bologna 02-09-1927
18:49.6 Gyorgy Csordas (HUN) Budapest 06-07-1951
18:40.8 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Toulouse 20-06-1952
18:36.9 Sandor Zaborszky (HUN) Budapest 06-05-1956
18:28.4 Sandor Zaborszky (HUN) Budapest 02-06-1956
18:25.2 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Paris 10-08-1956
18:12.0 Guy Montserret (FRA) Cannes 04-09-1957
18:06.2 lan Black (GBR) New Brighton 55y 31-07-1958
18:05.8 lan Black (GBR) Budapest 06-09-1958
17:55.2 Jozsef Katona (HUN) East Berlin 18-06-1960
17:53.5 Jozsef Katona (HUN) Rome 02-09-1960
17:43.7 Jozsef Katona (HUN) Rome 03-09-1960
17:31.7 Gerhard Hertz (FRG) Wurzburg 05-08-1962
17:30.0 Jozsef Katona (HUN) Budapest 09-08-1964
17:27.0 Jozsef Katona (HUN) Budapest 13-09-1964
17:01.9 Semeon Belitz Geiman (URS) Kharkov 01-08-1965
16:58.5 Semeon Belitz Geiman (URS) Utrecht 27-08-1966
16:52.7 Semeon Belitz Geiman (URS) Moscow 03-08-1967
16:46.7 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Wuppertal 18-08-1968
16:36.8 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Santa Clara 13-07-1969
16:32.1 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Los Angeles 03-08-1969
16:23.9 Werner Lampe (FRG) Wurselen 07-08-1970
16:19.9 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Barcelona 11-09-1970
16:16.01 Bengt Gingsjoe (SWE) Munich 04-09-1972
16:10.38 Andras Bellbring (SWE) Norrkoping 05-08-1973
16:06.01 Bengt Gingsjoe (SWE) Belgrade 08-09-1973
15:54.57 Frank Pfutze (GDR) Vienna 25-08-1974
15:42.70 Rainer Strohbach (GDR) Tallinn 13-03-1976
15:33.59 Valentin Parinov (URS) Kiev 04-06-1976
15:29.45 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Montreal 20-07-1976
15:27.04 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Leningrad 27-03-1977
15:16.45 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Jonkoping 20-08-1977
15:03.99 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) West Berlin 26-08-1978
14:58.27 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 22-07-1980
14:56.35 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 13-03-1982
14:54.76 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 22-02-1983
14:50.36 Joerg Hoffmann (FRG) Perth 13-01-1991
14:45.95 David Davies (GBR) Athens 21-08-2004
14:45.94 Mateusz Sawrymowicz (POL) Melbourne 01-04-2007
14:43.21 Yuriy Prilukov (RUS) Beijing 17-08-2008
14:39.93 Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) Berlin 20-08-2014
14:39.67 Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) Kazan 09-08-2015
14:34.04 Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) London 18-05-2016
50 metres backstroke
26.44 Dirk Richter (GDR) East Berlin 22-12-1982
25.90 Igor Polianski (URS) Moscow 24-02-1988
25.71 Franck Schott (FRA) Lille 18-03-1994
25.66 Stev Theloke (GER) Istanbul 29-07-1999
25.63 Stev Theloke (GER) Berlin 15-06-2000
25.60 Stev Theloke (GER) Helsinki 06-07-2000
25.31 Thomas Rupprath (GER) Fukuoka 24-07-2001
25.26 Stev Theloke (GER) Warendorf 25-05-2002
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
25.20 Thomas Rupprath (GER) Berlin 31-07-2002
25.00 Thomas Rupprath (GER) Berlin 31-07-2002
24.80 Thomas Rupprath (GER) Barcelona 27-07-2003
24.8= Helge Meeuw (GER) Berlin 25-06-2006
24.47 Liam Tancock (GBR) Sheffield 02-04-2008
24.08 Liam Tancock (GBR) Rome 01-08-2009
24.04 Liam Tancock (GBR) Rome 02-08-2009
100 metres backstroke
1:12.0 Ernst Kuppers (GER) Dusseldorf 25m 19-06-1927
1:11.2 Ernst Kuppers (GER) Krefeld 25m 07-10-1928
1:08.8 Ernst Kuppers (GER) Ruhrort 25m 19-11-1929
1:08.7 H. Schwartz (GER) Bremen 25m 28-11-1936
1:07.9 Hans Schlauch (GER) Berlin 25m 31-10-1937
1:06.8 Hans Schlauch (GER) Duisburg 25m 06-02-1938
1:06.6 Georges Vallerey (FRA) Casablanca 25m 24-06-1945
1:06.2 Georges Vallerey (FRA) Troyes 25m 03-09-1946
1:05.2 Georges Vallerey (FRA) Marseille 25m 18-09-1946
1:04.9 Georges Vallerey (FRA) Casablanca 25m 26-07-1949
1:04.3 Gilbert Bozon (FRA) Troyes 25m 14-03-1952
1:03.6 Gilbert Bozon (FRA) Troyes 25m 25-03-1952
1:03.3 Gilbert Bozon (FRA) Troyes 25m 26-12-1952
1:02.1 Gilbert Bozon (FRA) Troyes 25m 27-02-1955
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
1:02.9 Robert Christophe (FRA) Blackpool 55y 14-06-1958
1:02.2 Robert Christophe (FRA) Paris 12-07-1959
1:02.1 Leonid Barbier (URS) Moscow 11-09-1961
1:01.9 Dino Rora (ITA) Split 30-08-1963
1:01.5 Victor Mazanov (URS) Munich 22-09-1963
1:01.0 Ernst Joachim Kuppers (FRG) West Berlin 16-08-1964
1:00.8 Ernst Joachim Kuppers (FRG) Dortmund 29-08-1964
1:00.0 Victor Mazanov (URS) Moscow 23-03-1966
59.8 Roland Matthes (GDR) Magdeburg 23-04-1967
58.4 Roland Matthes (GDR) Leipzig 21-09-1967
58.0 Roland Matthes (GDR) Mexico City 26-10-1968
57.8 Roland Matthes (GDR) Wurzburg 23-08-1969
57.8= Roland Matthes (GDR) Novosibirks 15-04-1970
56.9 Roland Matthes (GDR) Barcelona 08-09-1970
56.7 Roland Matthes (GDR) Leipzig 04-09-1971
56.3 Roland Matthes (GDR) Moscow 08-04-1972
56.3= Roland Matthes (GDR) Moscow 09-04-1972
56.3= Roland Matthes (GDR) Munich 04-09-1972
56.21 Dirk Richter (GDR) Hamburg 21-03-1982
56.19 Dirk Richter (GDR) Guayaquil 06-08-1982
55.95 Dirk Richter (GDR) Guayaquil 06-08-1982
55.94 Dirk Richter (GDR) Moscow 18-02-1984
55.45 Dirk Richter (GDR) Magdeburg 26-05-1984
55.35 Dirk Richter (GDR) Magdeburg 27-05-1984
55.24 Igor Polianski (URS) Sofia 10-08-1985
55.17 Igor Polianski (URS) Tallinn 15-03-1988
55.16 Igor Polianski (URS) Tallinn 16-03-1988
55.00 Igor Polianski (URS) Moscow 16-07-1988
54.67 Martin Lopez Zubero (ESP) Tuscaloosa 22-11-1991
54.43 Stev Theloke (GER) New York 29-07-1998
54.42 Stev Theloke (GER) Berlin 31-07-2002
53.92 Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) Barcelona 22-07-2003
53.46 Helge Meeuw (GER) Berlin 25-06-2006
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
53.46= Liam Tancock (GBR) Chiba 22-08-2007
53.1 Helge Meeuw (GER) Berlin 19-04-2008
53.06 Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) Beijing 11-08-2008
52.93 Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) Malaga 05-04-2009
52.87 Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) Pescara 30-06-2009
52.38 Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) Pescara 01-07-2009
52.27 Helge Meeuw (GER) Rome 02-08-2009
52.11 Camille Lacourt (FRA) Budapest 10-08-2010
200 metres backstroke
2:46.6 A. Schumburg (GER) Magdeburg 25m 17-05-1927
2:40.7 Ernst Kuppers (GER) Aachen 25m 02-12-1928
2:39.7 Ernst Kuppers (GER) Bremen 25m 18-01-1930
2:38.3 E. Simon (GER) Dusseldorf 25m 25-01-1934
2:37.0 H. Schwartz (GER) Stockholm 25m 23-10-1935
2:34.2 K. Gerstenberg (GER) Magdeburg 25m 25-10-1935
2:32.7 Hans Schlauch (GER) Graz 25m 29-09-1936
2:29.8 Hans Schlauch (GER) Copenhagen 25m 08-02-1938
2:26.9 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Norrkoping 25m 14-09-1939
2:26.8 Georges Vallerey (FRA) Casablanca 25m 03-06-1945
2:25.9 Georges Vallerey (FRA) Marseille 25m 15-09-1946
2:25.4 Georges Vallerey (FRA) Marseille 25m 17-09-1946
2:24.2 Rene Pirolley (FRA) Marseille 25m 01-07-1949
2:22.7 Georges Vallerey (FRA) Casablanca 25m 28-07-1949
2:21.0 Gilbert Bozon (FRA) Troyes 25m 29-04-1952
2:20.7 Gilbert Bozon (FRA) Isle d'Adam 25m 01-06-1952
2:19.7 Gilbert Bozon (FRA) Troyes 25m 24-04-1953
2:18.3 Gilbert Bozon (FRA) Algier 25m 26-06-1953
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
2:20.2 Standard time as at 1st May 1957
2:19.8 Wolfram Wagner (GDR) Leipzig 06-09-1959
2:18.0 Wolfram Wagner (GDR) Leipzig 15-07-1960
2:16.5 Leonid Barbier (URS) Lvov 04-09-1961
2:15.0 Ernst Joachim Kuppers (FRG) San Remo 23-07-1962
2:14.8 Ernst Joachim Kuppers (FRG) West Berlin 16-08-1964
2:12.6 Ernst Joachim Kuppers (FRG) Magdeburg 22-08-1964
2:12.4 Victor Mazanov (URS) Tashkent 11-05-1965
2:11.8 Victor Mazanov (URS) Moscow 22-03-1966
2:11.2 Roland Matthes (GDR) Magdeburg 23-04-1967
2:11.1 Roland Matthes (GDR) Mexico City 28-10-1967
2:07.9 Roland Matthes (GDR) Leipzig 08-11-1967
2:07.5 Roland Matthes (GDR) Leipzig 14-08-1968
2:07.4 Roland Matthes (GDR) Santa Clara 12-07-1969
2:06.4 Roland Matthes (GDR) East Berlin 29-08-1969
2:06.1 Roland Matthes (GDR) Barcelona 11-09-1970
2:05.6 Roland Matthes (GDR) Leipzig 03-09-1971
2:02.8 Roland Matthes (GDR) Leipzig 10-07-1972
2:02.82 Roland Matthes (GDR) Munich 02-09-1972
2:01.87 Roland Matthes (GDR) Belgrade 06-09-1973
2:01.78 Sandor Wladar (HUN) Budapest 15-03-1980
2:01.72 Sandor Wladar (HUN) Budapest 28-06-1980
2:00.80 Sandor Wladar (HUN) Split 12-09-1981
2:00.65 Vladimir Shemetov (URS) Moscow 18-02-1983
2:00.42 Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) Edmonton 04-07-1983
2:00.39 Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) Moscow 15-02-1984
1:59.80 Dirk Richter (GDR) Magdeburg 24-05-1984
1:58.41 Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) Moscow 21-08-1984
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
1:58.14 Igor Polianski (URS) Erfurt 03-03-1985
1:57.30 Martin Lopez Zubero (ESP) Fort Lauderdale 13-08-1991
1:56.57 Martin Lopez Zubero (ESP) Tuscaloosa 23-11-1991
1:56.34 Helge Meeuw (GER) Berlin 22-06-2006
1:55.44 Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) Budapest 05-08-2006
1:54.93 Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) Beijing 15-08-2008
1:54.90 Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) Rome 30-07-2009
1:54.75 Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) Rome 31-07-2009
1:54.24 Radoslav Kawecki (POL) Barcelona 02-08-2013
1:54.21 Evgeny Rylov (RUS) Kazan 21-04-2016
1:53.97 Evgeny Rylov (RUS) Rio De Janeiro 11-08-2016
1:53.81 Evgeny Rylov (RUS) Moscow 13-04-2017
50 metres breaststroke
28.67 Rolf Beab (FRG) Heidelberg 02-07-1985
28.48 Dimitri Volkov (URS) Moscow 20-02-1986
28.46 Rolf Beab (FRG) Hannover 25-06-1986
28.12 Dimitri Volkov (URS) Seoul 19-09-1988
28.10 Dimitri Volkov (URS) Kishinev 14-06-1989
28.05 Dimitri Volkov (URS) Canet 25-06-1989
27.82 Mark Warnecke (GER) Warendorf 25-06-1995
27.61 Alexandr Dzhaburiya (UKR) Kharkov 27-04-1996
27.59 Mark Warnecke (GER) Fukuoka 28-07-2001
27.52 Oleg Lisogor (UKR) Fukuoka 29-07-2001
27.51 James Gibson (GBR) Manchester 12-04-2002
27.18 Oleg Lisogor (UKR) Berlin 02-08-2002
27.16 Matjaz Markic (SLO) Rome 28-07-2009
26.83 Hendrik Feldwehr (GER) Rome 28-07-2009
26.83= Damir Dugonjic (SLO) Barcelona 30-07-2013
26.78 Adam Peaty (GBR) Glasgow 28-07-2014
26.62 Adam Peaty (GBR) Berlin 22-08-2014
26.42 Adam Peaty (GBR) Kazan 04-08-2015
100 metres breaststroke
1:15.9 Erich Rademacher (GER) Munich 25m 22-03-1924
1:15.6 Heinz Faust (GER) Strasbourg 25y 05-12-1926
1:14.4 R Wittenberg (GER) Magdeburg 25m 31-10-1931
1:13.6 Jacques Cartonnet (FRA) Paris 25m 20-05-1932
1:13.0 Jacques Cartonnet (FRA) Paris 25m 08-02-1933
1:12.4 Jacques Cartonnet (FRA) Paris 25m 24-02-1933
1:11.0 Jacques Cartonnet (FRA) Paris 25m 26-04-1935
1:10.6 Jacques Cartonnet (FRA) Paris 25m 06-04-1937
1:09.8 Jacques Cartonnet (FRA) Toulouse 25m 06-08-1937
1:09.5 Joachim Balke (GER) Bremen 25m 12-11-1938
1:09.4 Alfred Nakache (FRA) Toulouse 25m 21-06-1941
1:08.6 Alfred Nakache (FRA] Toulouse 25m 14-02-1942
1:07.2 Leonid Meshkov (URS) Moscow 25m 20-12-1949
1:07.0 Leonid Meshkov (URS) Minsk 25m 23-02-1950
1:06.8 Leonid Meshkov (URS) Moscow 25m 17-04-1950
1:06.6 Leonid Meshkov (URS) Moscow 25m 07-01-1951
1:06.5 Leonid Meshkov (URS) Moscow 25m 05-05-1951
1:05.8 Herbert Klein (GER) Norderney 25m 17-02-1952
100 metres breaststroke
(Separated into butterfy and breaststroke from January 1st 1953)
1:11.9 Vladimir Minashkin (URS) Leningrad 25m 11-02-1953
1:11.2 Vladimir Minashkin (URS) Leningrad 25m 22-02-1953
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
1:10.9 M Petrusewicz (POL) Wroclaw 25m 18-10-1953
1:10.5 Vladimir Minashkin (URS) Stockholm 25m 24-02-1954
1:09.3 M. Petrusewicz (POL) Wroclaw 25m 23-05-1954
1:09.2 Horst Fritsche (GDR) Rostock 25m 22-11-1955
1:09.0 Horst Fritsche (GDR) Rostock 25m 16-12-1955
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
1:12.7 Vileslav Svojil (TCH) Piestany 01-05-1957
1:12.2 Vileslav Svojil (TCH) Brno 18-08-1957
1:11.5 Vladimir Minashkin (URS) Leningrad 15-09-1957
1:11.4 Leonid Kolesnikov (URS) Moscow 05-05-1961
1:10.8 Gunter Tittes (GDR) East Berlin 05-07-1961
1:09.8 Georgy Prokopenko (URS) Rostock 07-07-1962
1:09.6 Mikail Farafanov (URS) Moscow 13-08-1963
1:09.2 Georgy Prokopenko (URS) Bucharest 20-10-1963
1:09.0 Egon Henninger (GDR) Magdeburg 01-03-1964
1:07.4 Georgy Prokopenko (URS) Baku 26-03-1964
1:06.9 Georgy Prokopenko (URS) Moscow 03-09-1964
1:06.7 Vladimir Kosinsky (URS) Leningrad 08-11-1967
1:06.7= Nikolai Pankin (URS) Tallinn 04-04-1968
1:06.2 Nikolai Pankin (URS) Tallinn 18-04-1968
1 05.8 Nikolai Pankin (URS) Magdeburg 20-04-1969
1:05.78 Walter Kusch (FRG) Munich 29-08-1972
1:05.5 Michail Kriukin (URS) Moscow 28-07-1973
1:04.61 Michail Kriukin (URS) Belgrade 04-09-1973
1:04.26 David Wilkie (GBR) Cali 24-07-1975
1:03.43 David Wilkie (GBR) Montreal 20-07-1976
1:02.86 Gerald Moerken (FRG) Jonkopping 17-08-1977
1:02.81 Dimitri Volkov (URS) Moscow 19-02-1984
1:02.61 Gianni Minervini (ITA) Pesaro 20-08-1985
1:02.28 Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) Madrid 17-08-1986
1:02.13 Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) Strasbourg 18-08-1987
1:01.78 Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) Orlando 26-08-1988
1:01.49 Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) Bonn 15-08-1989
1:01.49= Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) Auckland 25-01-1990
1:01.49= Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) London 26-07-1990
1:01.49= Norbert Rozsa (HUN) Perth 07-01-1991
1:01.45 Norbert Rozsa (HUN) Perth 07-01-1991
1:01.45= Vassili Ivanov (URS) Moscow 11-06-1991
1:01.29 Norbert Rozsa (HUN) Athens 20-08-1991
1:00.95 Karoly Guttler (HUN) Sheffield 03-08-1993
1:00.60 Frederic Deburghgraeve (BEL) Atlanta 20-07-1996
1:00.36 Roman Sloudnov (RUS) Moscow 15-06-2000
1:00.26 Roman Sloudnov (RUS) Moscow 28-06-2001
59.97 Roman Sloudnov (RUS) Moscow 29-06-2001
59.94 Roman Sloudnov (RUS) Fukuoka 23-07-2001
59.76 Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) Eindhoven 19-03-2008
59.41 Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) Beijing 09-08-2008
59.16 Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) Beijing 10-08-2008
59.01 Hugues Duboscq (FRA) Rome 26-07-2009
58.64 Hugues Duboscq (FRA) Rome 27-07-2009
57.92 Adam Peaty (GBR) London 17-04-2015
57.55 Adam Peaty (GBR) Rio De Janeiro 06-08-2015
57.13 Adam Peaty (GBR) Rio De Janeiro 07-08-2015
200 metres breaststroke-butterfly
2:48.00 Erich Rademacher (GER) Brussels 25y 11-03-1927
2:47.90 Toivi Reingoldt (FIN) Helsinki 25m 01-02-1931
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
2:46.20 K. Wittenberg (GER) Magdeburg 25m 01-09-1931
2:44.60 Jacques Cartonnet (FRA) Paris 25m 28-04-1932
2:42.60 Jacques Cartonnet (FRA) Paris 25m 08-02-1933
2:42.40 Ervin Sietas (GER) Dusseldorf 25m 16-03-1935
2:39.60 Jacques Cartonnet (FRA) Paris 25m 04-05-1935
2:38.90 A Heina (GER) Magdeburg 25m 11-09-1937
2:38.30 Joachim Balke (GER) Hamburg 25m 02-03-1938
2:37.80 Joachim Balke (GER) Hannover 25m 29-10-1938
2:37.40 Joachim Balke (GER) Bremen 25m 25-03-1939
2:36.80 Alfred Nakache (FRA) Marseille 25m 06-07-1941
2:35.30 Herbert Klein (GER) Munich 25m 04-12-1949
2:34.50 Herbert Klein (GER) Reutlingen 25m 25-03-1950
2:33.90 Maurice Lusien (FRA) Marseille 25m 27-07-1950
2:33.80 Herbert Klein (GER) Uppsala 25m 07-11-1950
2:27.30 Herbert Klein (GER) Munich 25m 09-06-1951
200 metres breaststroke
(Separated into butterfy and breaststroke from January 1st 1953)
2:37.4 K. Gleie (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 14-02-1953
2:36.1 Vladimir Minashkin (URS) Minsk 25m 19-04-1953
2:35.9 H. Fritsche (GDR) Rostock 25m 21-11-1953
2:35.0 K. Gleie (DEN) La Louviere 25m 18-03-1956
2:34.0 Charis Junitchev (URS) Moscow 25m 15-08-1956
2:33.0 Charis Junitchev (URS) Moscow 25m 04-11-1956
2:32.5 K. Gleie (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 04-04-1957
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
2:39.30 Leonid Kolesnikov (URS) Moscow 19-07-1958
2:38.60 Konrad Enke (GDR) Leipzig 11-08-1959
2:37.40 Egon Henninger (GDR) East Berlin 19-06-1960
2:37.30 Leonid Kolesnikov (URS) Moscow 25-06-1961
2:35.60 Leonid Kolesnikov (URS) Lvov 05-09-1961
2:35.40 Georgy Prokopenko (URS) Moscow 13-04-1962
2:34.00 Georgy Prokopenko (URS) Moscow 13-04-1962
2:32.80 Ivan Karetnikov (URS) Kharkov 06-08-1962
2:32.40 Ivan Karetnikov (URS) Kharkov 08-08-1963
2:31.90 Ivan Karetnikov (URS) Moscow 11-08-1963
2:30.20 Georgy Prokopenko (URS) Baku 28-03-1964
2:29.60 Georgy Prokopenko (URS) East Berlin 18-05-1964
2:28.20 Georgy Prokopenko (URS) Tokyo 15-10-1964
2:27.40 Vladimir Kosinsky (URS) Tallinn 03-04-1968
2:26.50 Nikolai Pankin (URS) Minsk 22-03-1969
2:25.40 Nikolai Pankin (URS) Magdeburg 19-04-1969
2:24.55 Walter Kusch (FRG) Munich 20-07-1972
2:24.22 Nikolai Pankin (URS) Moscow 14-08-1972
2:23.67 David Wilkie (GBR) Munich 02-09-1972
2:20.94 David Wilkie (GBR) Belgrade 06-09-1973
2:19.28 David Wilkie (GBR) Belgrade 06-09-1973
2:18.23 David Wilkie (GBR) Cali 24-07-1975
2:15.11 David Wilkie (GBR) Montreal 24-07-1976
2:14.27 Jozsef Szabo (HUN) Madrid 21-08-1986
2:13.87 Jozsef Szabo (HUN) Strasburg 21-08-1987
2:13.52 Jozsef Szabo (HUN) Seoul 23-09-1988
2:12.90 Nick Gillingham (GBR) Bonn 18-08-1989
2:12.24 Sergio Lopez (ESP) Seattle 20-07-1990
2:12.03 Norbert Rozsa (HUN) Perth 11-01-1991
2:11.98 Nick Gillingham (GBR) Sheffield 23-05-1992
2:11.62 Nick Gillingham (GBR) Sheffield 23-05-1992
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
2:11.23 Norbert Rozsa (HUN) Barcelona 29-07-1992
2:10.87 Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) Sydney 20-09-2000
2:09.52 Dmitri Komornikov (RUS) Barcelona 14-06-2003
2:08.98 Paolo Bossini (ITA) Beijing 12-08-2008
2:08.68 Daniel Gyurta (HUN) Beijing 12-08-2008
2:08.33 Marco Koch (GER) Berlin 28-06-2009
2:08.08 Daniel Gyurta (HUN) Rome 30-07-2009
2:07.64 Daniel Gyurta (HUN) Rome 31-07-2009
2:07.28 Daniel Gyurta (HUN) London 01-08-2012
2:07.23 Daniel Gyurta (HUN) Barcelona 02-08-2013
50 metres butterfly
25.19 Michael Gross (FRG) Guayaquil 02-08-1982
24.77 Michael Gross (FRG) Los Angeles 30-07-1984
24.61 Frank Henter (FRG) Karlsruhe 22-07-1988
24.39 Nils Rudolph (FRG) Munich 08-11-1990
24.33 Jan Karlsson (SWE) Landskrona 28-06-1992
24.27 Jan Karlsson (SWE) Norrkoping 01-07-1994
23.68 Denis Pankratov (URS) Mulhouse 10-08-1996
23.66 Mark Foster (GBR) Fukuoka 27-07-2001
23.57 Lars Frolander (SWE) Fukuoka 28-07-2001
23.50 Jere Hard (FIN) Berlin 30-07-2002
23.38 Sergiy Breus (UKR) Montreal 25-07-2005
23.25 Milorad Cavic (SRB) Eindhoven 18-03-2008
23.11 Milorad Cavic (SRB) Eindhoven 19-03-2008
22.43 Rafael Perez Munoz (ESP) Malaga 05-04-2009
100 metres butterfly
1:04.3 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Budapest 33m 31-05-1953
1:03.7 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Budapest 33m 08-05-1954
1:02.3 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Budapest 01-08-1954
1:02.1 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Szekesfehervar 25m 20-11-1954
1:02.0 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Budapest 33m 21-12-1954
1:01.8 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Munich 25m 19-06-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
1:02.3 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Budapest 19-08-1957
1:02.2 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Budapest 08-06-1958
1:01.8 Fritz Dennerlein (ITA) Paris 12-07-1959
1:01.2 Vladimir Hopka (TCH) Leipzig 11-03-1961
1:01.0 Jozsef Gulrich (HUN) Cottbus 01-09-1962
1:00.5 Nenad Kuridja (YUG) Belgrade 09-09-1962
1:00.2 Jozsef Gulrich (HUN) Budapest 14-09-1962
59.5 Jan Jiskoot (NED) Paris 18-09-1962
59.3 Horst Gregor (GDR) Magdeburg 25-08-1964
58.5 Andrei Depolo (YUG) Split 07-08-1965
58.4 Alexandr Gordeev (URS) Moscow 08-09-1967
58.4= Lutz Stoklasa (FRG) Wuppertal 18-08-1968
58.0 Lutz Stoklasa (FRG) West Berlin 29-08-1968
57.8 Vladimir Nemshilov (URS) Moscow 14-08-1969
57.7 Hans Lampe (FRG) Barcelona 06-09-1970
57.5 Hans Lampe (FRG) Barcelona 08-09-1970
56.1 Roland Matthes (GDR) Halle 16-04-1971
56.0 Roland Matthes (GDR) East Berlin 14-07-1971
55.7 Roland Matthes (GDR) Leipzig 03-09-1971
55.58 Roger Pyttel (GDR) Concord 31-08-1975
55.22 Roger Pyttel (GDR) East Berlin 05-06-1976
54.75 Roger Pyttel (GDR) Montreal 20-07-1976
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
54.61 Roger Pyttel (GDR) London 11-08-1979
54.33 Par Arvidsson (SWE) Tokyo 03-09-1979
54.15 Par Arvidsson (SWE) Austin 11-04-1980
54.00 Michael Gross (GER) Darmstadt 01-07-1982
54.00= Michael Gross (GER) Rome 23-08-1983
53.84 Thomas Dressler (GDR) Magdeburg 23-05-1984
53.78 Michael Gross (FRG) Monaco 09-06-1984
53.08 Michael Gross (FRG) Los Angeles 30-07-1984
52.32 Denis Pankratov (RUS) Vienna 23-08-1995
52.27 Denis Pankratov (RUS) Atlanta 24-07-1996
52.23 Lars Frolander (SWE) Helsinki 08-07-2000
52.00 Lars Frolander (SWE) Sydney 21-09-2000
51.88 Thomas Rupprath (GER) Warendorf 24-05-2002
51.76 Andriy Serdinov (UKR) Barcelona 25-07-2003
51.59 Andriy Serdinov (UKR) Barcelona 26-07-2003
51.36 Andriy Serdinov (UKR) Athens 20-08-2004
50.76 Milorad Cavic (SRB) Beijing 14-08-2008
50.59 Milorad Cavic (SRB) Beijing 16-08-2008
50.58 Rafael Munoz (ESP) Malaga 04-04-2009
50.46 Rafael Munoz (ESP) Montpellier 25-04-2009
50.01 Milorad Cavic (SRB) Rome 31-07-2009
49.95 Milorad Cavic (SRB) Rome 01-08-2009
200 metres butterfly
2:25.7 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Munich 25m 15-09-1955
2:24.7 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Karlsruhe 25m 18-09-1955
2:24.0 Manfred Masel (GER) Hof-Sale 25m 10-03-1956
2:21.7 Gyorgy Tumpek (HUN) Munich 25m 19-06-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
2:21.4 Hans Zierold (GDR) Leipzig 14-09-1957
2:19.5 Fritz Dennerlein (ITA) Paris 14-07-1959
2:18.7 lan Black (GBR) Cardiff 55y 09-04-1960
2:18.0 Fritz Dennerlein (ITA) Rome 24-04-1960
2:16.0 Fritz Dennerlein (ITA) Rome 02-09-1960
2:15.5 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) San Remo 22-07-1962
2:14.2 Valentin Kuzmin (URS) Leipzig 23-08-1962
2:12.6 Fritz Dennerlein (ITA) Monte Carlo 23-08-1962
2:11.2 Valentin Kuzmin (URS) East Berlin 18-05-1964
2:10.4 Valentin Kuzmin (URS) Budapest 22-08-1965
2:10.2 Valentin Kuzmin (URS) Utrecht 25-08-1966
2:09.4 Ingvar Ericksson (SWE) Landskrona 01-08-1967
2:08.1 Peter Feil (SWE) Bastaad 24-07-1968
2:08.0 Peter Feil (SWE) Jonkoping 30-07-1968
2:07.8 Martyn Woodroffe (GBR) Santa Clara 13-07-1969
2:06.9 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Los Angeles 22-08-1970
2:06.5 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Santa Clara 10-07-1971
2:06.1 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Santa Clara 10-07-1971
2:06.0 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Santa Clara 07-08-1971
2:04.5 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Uppsala 29-08-1971
2:03.3 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Landskrona 31-08-1971
2:01.82 Roger Pyttel (GDR) Dresden 15-03-1975
2:01.70 Roger Pyttel (GDR) Tallinn 13-03-1976
2:00.21 Roger Pyttel (GDR) East Berlin 03-06-1976
1:59.63 Roger Pyttel (GDR) East Berlin 03-06-1976
1:59.34 Sergey Fesenko (URS) London 12-08-1979
1:59.19 Michael Gross (FRG) Split 11-09-1981
1:59.00 Michael Gross (FRG) Darmstadt 03-07-1982
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
1:58.85 Michael Gross (FRG) Guayaquil 06-08-1982
1:58.37 Michael Gross (FRG) Hannover 24-06-1983
1:58.22 Michael Gross (FRG) Hannover 25-06-1983
1:57.05 Michael Gross (FRG) Rome 26-08-1983
1:57.01 Michael Gross (FRG) Remscheid 29-06-1985
1:56.65 Michael Gross (FRG) Sofia 10-08-1985
1:56.24 Michael Gross (FRG) Hannover 28-06-1986
1:55.22 Denis Pankratov (RUS) Canet 14-06-1995
1:55.03 Frank Esposito (FRA) Fukuoka 23-07-2001
1:54.62 Frank Esposito (FRA) Chalon Saone 18-04-2002
1:54.38 Pawel Korzeniowski (POL) Eindhoven 21-03-2008
1:54.35 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Beijing 12-08-2008
1:54.31 Nikolay Skvortsov (RUS) Beijing 12-08-2008
1:52.70 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Beijing 13-08-2008
200 metres individual medley
2:16.30 Alain Mosconi (FRA) Marseille 20-07-1967
2:13.50 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Leipzig 06-11-1967
2:13.00 Vladimir Kravchenko (URS) Novosibirks 15-04-1970
2:12.80 Roland Matthes (GDR) Brandenburg 11-07-1970
2:09.30 Gunnar Larsson (SWE) Barcelona 12-09-1970
2:07.17 Gunnar Larsson (SWE) Munich 03-09-1972
2:06.32 David Wilkie (GBR) Vienna 24-08-1974
2:06.25 David Wilkie (GBR) Long Beach 04-04-1976
2:05.24 Alexandr Sidorenko (URS) Moscow 09-07-1978
2:03.46 Alexandr Sidorenko (URS) Moscow 28-07-1979
2:03.46= Alexandr Sidorenko (URS) Leningrad 04-02-1980
2:03.41 Alexandr Sidorenko (URS) Split 11-09-1881
2:02.85 Alexandr Sidorenko (URS) Moscow 13-02-1982
2:02.48 Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) Rome 27-08-1983
2:01.57 Tamas Darnyi (HUN) Madrid 23-08-1986
2:00.56 Tamas Darnyi (HUN) Strasbourg 23-08-1987
2:00.17 Tamas Darnyi (HUN) Seoul 25-09-1988
1:59.36 Tamas Darnyi (HUN) Perth 13-01-1991
1:58.16 Jani Sievinen (FIN) Rome 11-09-1994
1:57.61 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Montreal 28-07-2005
1:56.92 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Melbourne 29-03-2007
1:56.52 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Beijing 15-08-2008
1:56.34 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Rome 29-07-2009
1:55.18 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Rome 29-07-2009
400 metres individual medley
5:38.7 Gusz. Kettesy (HUN) Budapest 33m 24-04-1953
5:35.6 Maurice Lusien (FRA) Troyes 25m 24-04-1953
5:32.1 Gusz. Kettesy (HUN) Budapest 26-07-1953
5:31.0 Jan Andsberg (SWE) Lund 25m 29-10-1953
5:27.3 Maurice Lusien (FRA) Rheims 25m 18-03-1954
5:18.3 Alfred Spengler (GDR) Dresden 25m 22-04-1954
5:15.4 Vladimir Stroujanov (URS) Minsk 25m 02-10-1954
5:09.4 Gennady Androssov (URS) Lvov 25m 10-03-1957
5:08.3 Vladimir Stroujanov (URS) Moscow 25m 17-03-1957
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
5:12.90 Vladimir Stroujanov (URS) Moscow 20-10-1957
5:08.80 Ian Black (GBR) Cardiff 55y 06-06-1959
5:06.90 Boris Nikitin (URS) Moscow 15-04-1962
4:53.80 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Moscow 24-05-1962
4:50.20 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Tokyo 12-10-1963
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
4:47.90 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Utrecht 22-08-1966
4:47.20 Andrei Dunaev (URS) Moscow 01-08-1967
4:45.30 Andrei Dunaev (URS) Tallinn 03-04-1968
4:44.00 Michael Holthaus (FRG) West Berlin 30-08-1968
4:43.00 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Los Angeles 02-08-1969
4:42.50 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Wurzburg 24-08-1969
4:41.80 Gunnar Larsson (SWE) Barcelona 07-09-1970
4:36.20 Gunnar Larsson (SWE) Barcelona 08-09-1970
4:34.99 Gunnar Larsson (SWE) Munich 30-08-1972
4:31.98 Gunnar Larsson (SWE) Munich 30-08-1972
4:31.11 Andras Hargitay (HUN) Belgrade 05-09-1973
4:28.89 Andras Hargitay (HUN) Vienna 20-08-1974
4:26.00 Zoltan Verraszto (HUN) Long Beach 02-04-1976
4:25.37 Sergei Fesenko (URS) Leningrad 03-09-1977
4:25.25 Sergei Fesenko (URS) Leningrad 09-04-1978
4:22.29 Sergei Fesenko (URS) West Berlin 22-08-1978
4:21.97 Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) Leningrad 22-02-1980
4:20.41 Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) Rome 23-08-1983
4:19.61 Jens Peter Berndt (GDR) Magdeburg 23-05-1984
4:18.29 Jens Peter Berndt (GDR) Moscow 20-08-1984
4:15.42 Tamas Darnyi (HUN) Strasbourg 19-08-1987
4:14.75 Tamas Darnyi (HUN) Seoul 21-09-1988
4:12.36 Tamas Darnyi (HUN) Perth 08-01-1991
4:10.79 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Barcelona 27-07-2003
4:10.10 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Canet Roussillon 07-06-2005
4:09.63 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Montreal 31-07-2005
4:09.59 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Eindhoven 24-03-2008
4:06.16 Laszlo Cseh (HUN) Beijing 10-08-2008
4 x 100 metres freestyle
4:10.2 University of Budapest, Hungary (Kiss,
Dienes, Lengyel, Csik)
(HUN) Budapest 26-06-1937
4:06.6 Hungary (Zolyomi, Korosi, Grof, Csik) (HUN) Budapest 15-08-1937
4:03.6 Bremen, Germany (Heibel, Freese,
Askamp, Fischer)
(GER) Bremen 25m 05-03-1938
4:02.4 Rappr. Berlin, Germany (Wille, Birr,
Plath, von Eckenbrecher)
(GER) Copenhagen 25m 01-04-1938
4:02.0 Hungary (Zolyomi, Csik, Korosi, Grof) (HUN) Budapest 33m 14-07-1938
4:00.5 Germany (Plath, Laugwitz, Heibel,
Fischer)
(GER) Bremen 25m 25-03-1939
3:58.4 Dauphins, Toulouse, France (G.
Vallerey, J. Vallerey, Babey, Jany)
(FRA) Toulouse 15-12-1946
3:56.8 Hungary (Gyongyosi, Nyeki, Szilard,
Kadas)
(HUN) Budapest 20-08-1949
3:55.0 Hungary (Gyongyosi, Nyeki, Szilard,
Kadas)
(HUN) Budapest 33m 15-10-1950
3:53.2 Hungary (Kadas, Gyongyosi, Nyeki,
Szilard)
(HUN) Szekesfehervar 25m 21-10-1950
3:53.0 USSR (Meshkov, Libel, Drapei,
Ushakov)
(URS) Moscow 25m 06-05-1951
3:50.4 USSR (Kurennoy, Balandin, Breus,
Skomorovski)
(URS) Moscow 25m 23-01-1954
3:49.3 USSR (Kurennoy, Breus, Bogacev,
Balandin)
(URS) Stockholm 25m 09-03-1954
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
3:48.4 USSR (Balandin, Sorokin, Nikoalev,
Nikitin)
(URS) Moscow 25m 03-11-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
3:47.4 USSR (Luskovski, Nikolaev,
Polevoitchev,Sorokin)
(URS) Moscow 23-07-1958
3:47.1 USSR (Sorokin, Polevoj, Morgacev,
Luskovski)
(URS) Moscow 16-08-1959
3:46.9 Hungary (Dobay, Muller, Slanka,
Lantos)
(HUN) Budapest 18-09-1960
3:45.5 West Germany (Jacobsen, Haverkam,
Klein, Hetz)
(FRG) Moscow 24-05-1962
3:42.5 France (Gottvalles, Gropaiz, Curtillet,
Christophe)
(FRA) Thionville 10-08-1962
3:39.2 France (Gottvailes, Gropaiz,
Christophe, Curtillet)
(FRA) Budapest 13-09-1964
3:38.1 GDR (Gregor, Sommer, Poser,
Wiegand)
(GDR) Leipzig 31-08-1965
3:37.0 USSR (Mazanov, Ilichev, Berezin,
Shuvalov)
(URS) Moscow 22-03-1966
3:36.8 GDR (Wiegand, Poser, Gregor,
Sommer)
(GDR) Utrecht 26-08-1966
3:35.6 USSR (Gusev, Belitz-Geiman, Kulikov,
Ilichev)
(URS) Tbilisi 21-09-1967
3:35.6= USSR (Ilichev, Gusev, Spiridonov,
Kulikov)
(URS) Tallinn 03-04-1968
3:34.2 USSR (Belitz-Geiman, Mazanov,
Kulikov, Ilichev)
(URS) Mexico City 17-10-1968
3:32.3 USSR (Bure, Mazanov, Kulikov, Ilichev) (URS) Barcelona 10-09-1970
3:29.72 USSR (Bure, Mazanov, Aboimov,
Grivennikov)
(URS) Munich 28-08-1972
3:28.89 USSR (Bure, Krivzov, Ribakov, Smirnov) (URS) Dresden 14-03-1975
3:26.60 USSR (Bure, Smirnov, Krylov,
Bogdanov)
(URS) Tallinn 12-03-1976
3:26.57 West Germany (Steinbach, Schmidt,
Koennecker, Nocke)
(GER) Jonkoping 16-08-1977
3:26.34 Sweden (Holmertz, Andersson,
Magnusson, Wikstrom)
(SWE) Tokyo 01-09-1979
3:24.59 USSR (Krasiuk, Krylov, Markovsky,
Kopliakov)
(URS) Leningrad 07-03-1980
3:23.87 GDR (Gross, Knust, Kuhler, Schmidt) (GDR) Heidelberg 29-07-1981
3:21.69 USSR (Krasiuk, Markovsky, Kopljakov,
Smiriaghin)
(URS) Kiev 21-08-1981
3:21.48 USSR (Krasiuk, Kopljakov, Markovsky,
Smiriaghin)
(URS) Split 08-09-1981
3:20.88 USSR (Smiriaghin, Krasiuk, Tkachenko,
Markovsky)
(URS) Rome 25-08-1983
3:20.19 USSR (Smiriaghin, Krasiuk, Markovsky,
Kurbatov)
(URS) Moscow 23-08-1984
3:19.17 GDR (Richter, Flemming, Zesner,
Lodziewski)
(GDR) Strasbourg 21-08-1987
3:18.33 USSR (Prigoda, Bashkatov, Evseev,
Tkachenko)
(URS) Seoul 23-09-1988
3:17.11 USSR (Khnykin, Prigoda, Tajanovich,
Popov)
(URS) Athens 23-08-1991
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
3:17.06 Russia (Yegerov, Popov, Predkin,
Pyshnenko)
(RUS) Atlanta 23-071996
3:16.85 Russia (Popov, Egorov, Pimankov,
Pyshenko)
(RUS) Seville 22-08-1997
3:16.27 Netherlands (Kenkhuis, Veens, Wouda,
Van den Hoodenband)
(NED) Istanbul 26-07-1999
3:14.56 Netherlands (Veens, Kenkhuis,
Zwering, Van Den Hoogenband)
(NED) Fukuoka 22-07-2001
3:14.06 Russia (Kaprolov, Usov, Pimankov,
Popov)
(RUS) Barcelona 20-07-2003
3:14.04 Italy (Rosolino,Calvi, Galenda, Magnini) (ITA) Melbourne 25-03-2007
3:12.54 France(Leveaux, Gilot, Bousquet,
Bernard)
(FRA) Paris 19-06-2008
3:12.36 France(Leveaux, Mallet, Steimetz,
Bousquet)
(FRA) Beijing 10-08-2008
3:08.32 France(Leveaux, Gilot, Bousquet,
Bernard)
(FRA) Beijing 11-08-2008
4 x 200 metres freestyle
9:30.6 Hungary (A. Wannie, Baranyi, R.
Wannie, Barany)
(HUN) Budapest 07-09-1930
9:14.8 Hungary (Angyal, Csik, Lengyel, Grof) (HUN) Budapest 14-07-1935
9:10.8 Hungary (Grof, Lengyel, Abay-Nemes,
Csik)
(HUN) Budapest 23-08-1936
9:05.4 Dauphins Toulouse, France (G.
Vallerey, J. Vallerey, Nakache, Jany)
(FRA) Cannes 24-09-1946
9:03.4 France (G. Vallerey, J. Vallerey, Babey,
Jany)
(FRA) Monte Carlo 12-09-1947
9:00.5 Sweden (Olsson, Lundun, Ostrand,
Johansson)
(SWE) Monte Carlo 14-09-1947
8:57.4 Hungary (Nyeki, Mitro, Szaarmarry,
Kadas)
(HUN) Budapest 19-06-1948
8:53.6 Hungary (Nyeki, Mitro, Szaarmarry,
Kadas)
(HUN) London 02-08-1948
8:48.4 Hungary (Nyeki, Mitro, Szaarmarry,
Kadas)
(HUN) London 03-08-1948
8:46.9 USSR (Drobiskin, Meshkov, Drapei,
Ushakov)
(URS) Moscow 25m 10-05-1951
8:45.9 Hungary (Gyongyosi, Csordas, Nyeki,
Kadas)
(HUN) Moscow 25m 13-05-1951
8:33.0 France (Bernardo, Blioch, Boiteux, Jany) (FRA) Marseille 25m 02-08-1951
8:24.5 USSR (Nikitin, Nikolaev, Struzanov,
Sorokin)
(URS) Moscow 25m 04-11-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
8:34.7 USSR (Sorokin, Stroujanov, Nikolaiev,
Nikitin)
(URS) Melbourne 03-12-1956
8:34.5 USSR (Sorokin, Stroujanov, Nikoalaiev,
Nikitin)
(URS) Moscow 03-08-1957
8:27.1 USSR (Nikolaiev, Stroujanov, Nikitin,
Sorokin)
(URS) Leipzig 14-09-1957
8:26.9 Great Britain (Milton, Martin-Dye,
Campion, Black)
(GBR) Rome 29-08-1960
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
8:25.8 France (Christophe, Gropaiz, Pommat,
Gottvalles)
(FRA) Leipzig 21-08-1962
8:18.4 Sweden (Lindberg, Rosendahl,
Bengtsson, Svensson)
(SWE) Leipzig 22-08-1962
8:16.2 Sweden (Lundin, Eriksson, Svensson,
Lindberg]
(SWE) Orebro 17-08-1963
8:14.3 Sweden (Lundmark, Svensson,
Rosendahl, Lundin)
(SWE) Stockholm 06-09-1964
8:06.8 France (Curtillet, Canavese, Luyce,
Gottvalles)
(FRA) Bagnols 06-09-1964
8:00.2 USSR (Ilichev, Belitz-Geiman, Pletnev,
Novikov]
(URS) Utrecht 24-08-1966
7:58.6 France (Mosconi, Rousseau, Gruenet,
Luyce)
(FRA) Paris 15-07-1967
7:58.5 USSR (Kulikov, Belitz-Geiman, Bure,
Ilichev)
(URS) Magdeburg 18-04-1969
7:54.5 USSR (Bure, Belitz-Geiman, Anarbaev,
Kulikov)
(URS) Wurzburg 24-08-1969
7:49.5 West Germany (W. Lampe, von
Schilling, Meeuw, Fassnacht]
(FRG) Barcelona 12-09-1970
7:41.69 West Germany (Steinbach, W. Lampe,
Vooseler, Fassnacht)
(FRG) Munich 29-08-1972
7:39.70 West Germany (Steinbach, W. Lampe,
Meeuw, Nocke)
(FRG) Vienna 21-08-1974
7:39.52 USSR (Bure, Krivzov, Samsonov, Krylov) (URS) Dresden 15-03-1975
7:39.44 West Germany (Steinbach, W. Lampe,
Geisler, Nocke)
(FRG) Cali 25-07-1975
7:34.70 USSR (Mikheev, Bogdanov, Krylov,
Bure)
(URS) Tallinn 13-03-1976
7:33.21 USSR (Smirnov, Mikheev, Raskatov,
Kopliakov)
(URS) Montreal 21-07-1976
7:27.97 USSR (Raskatov, Bogdanov, Kopliakov,
Krylov)
(URS) Montreal 21-07-1976
7:25.71 USSR (Kopliakov, Filonov, Stukolkin,
Krylov)
(URS) Leningrad 08-03-1980
7:23.50 USSR (Kopoliakov, Salnikov, Stukolkin,
Krylov)
(URS) Moscow 23-07-1980
7:20.40 West Germany (Fahrner, Schowthka,
Schmidt, Gross)
(FRG) Rome 23-08-1983
7:15.73 West Germany (Fahrner, Korthals,
Schowthka, Gross)
(FRG) Los Angeles 30-07-1984
7:13.10 West Germany (Sitt, Henkel, Fahrner,
Gross)
(FRG) Strasbourg 19-08-1987
7:11.95 CSI (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tajanovich,
Sadovyi)
(CSI) Barcelona 27-07-1992
7:10.86 Italy (Brembilla, Rosolino,
Beccari,Pelliciari)
(ITA) Fukuoka 27-07-2001
7:09.60 Italy (Rosolino,Berbotto, Cassio,
Magnini)
(ITA) Budapest 05-08-2006
7:07.84 Italy (Nicola Cassio, Marco Belotti,
Emiliano Brembilla, Massimiliano
Rosolino)
(ITA) Beijing 12-08-2008
7:03.70 Russia (Nikita Lobintsev, E Lagunov,
Danila Izotov, Alexander Sukhorukov)
(RUS) Beijing 13-08-2008
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
6:59.15 Russia (Nikita Lobintsev, Mikhail
Polishchuk, Danila Izotov, Alexander
Sukhorukov)
(RUS) Rome 31-07-2009
4 x 100 metres medley
4:39:2 S.K. Poseidon, Sweden (Hellsing, Brock,
Dahl, Westensson)
(SWE) Lund 25m 22-02-1953
4:32:2 France (Bozon, Dumesnil, Lusien, Jany) (FRA) Charleroi 25m 22-03-1953
4:31:5 Racing C.F., France (Violas, Dumesnil,
Arene, Eminente)
(FRA) Troyes 25m 01-04-1953
4:30:8 Sweden (Hellsing, Brock, G. Larsson,
Ostrand)
(SWE) Lund 25m 17-04-1953
4:27:8 Sweden (Hellsing, Brock, G. Larsson,
Ostrand)
(SWE) Boras 25m 24-04-1953
4:24:8 USSR (Lodatin, Minaschkin,
Skripcenkov, Balandin)
(URS) Moscow 25m 13-05-1953
4:21:3 USSR (Soloviev, Minaschkin,
Skripcenkov, Balandin)
(URS) Moscow 25m 26-01-1954
4:19:0 USSR (Soloviev, Minaschkin,
Skripcenkov, Balandin)
(URS) Stockholm 25m 24-02-1954
4:18:1 Hungary (Magyar, Utassy, Tumpek,
Nyeki)
(HUN) Budapest 05-08-1954
4:14:8 USSR (Kuvaldin, Minaschkin,
Stroujanov, Balandin)
(URS) Moscow 25m 14-08-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
4:16.5 USSR (Barbier, Minaschkin,
Semjenenkov, Polevoj)
(URS) Budapest 06-09-1958
4:16.1 GDR (Wagner, Tittes, Gregor, Wiegand) (GDR) East Berlin 18-06-1960
4:14.0 USSR (Simar, Kolesnikov, Kiselev,
Luskovsky)
(URS) Moscow 06-08-1960
4:11.2 USSR (Barbier, Kolesnikov, Markelov,
Morgatchev)
(URS) Moscow 11-09-1961
4:11.1 USSR (Simar, Kolesnikov, Kuzmin,
Konoplev)
(URS) Moscow 24-04-1962
4:09.0 GDR (Dietze, Henninger, Gregor,
Wiegand)
(GDR) Leipzig 21-08-1962
4:07.6 West Germany (Kuppers, Mrazek,
Freitag, Klein)
(FRG) Dortmund 28-09-1963
4:02.8 USSR (Mazanov, Prokopenko, Kuzmin,
Semptschenkov)
(URS) East Berlin 17-05-1964
4:00.7 USSR (Mazanov, Prokopenko, Kuzmin,
Ilicev)
(URS) Moscow 23-03-1966
3:56.5 GDR (Matthes, Henninger, Gregor,
Wiegand)
(GDR) Leipzig 07-11-1967
3:54.4 GDR (Matthes,Katzur, Poser, Unger) (GDR) Barcelona 08-09-1970
3:53.8 GDR (Matthes, Katzur, Flockner, Unger) (GDR) Leipzig 04-09-1971
3:52.12 GDR (Matthes, Katzur, Flockner, Unger) (GDR) Munich 04-09-1972
3:51.57 West Germany (Steinbach, Kusch,
Meeuw, Nocke)
(FRG) Vienna 25-08-1974
3:47.29 West Germany (Steinbach, Kusch,
Krause, Nocke)
(FRG) Montreal 22-07-1976
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
3:46.20 USSR (Kuznetsov, Fedorovski, Seredin,
Kopliakov)
(URS) Potsdam 08-04-1979
3:45.99 USSR (Kuznetsov, Fedorovski, Seredin,
Kopliakov)
(URS) Moscow 20-08-1979
3:45.92 USSR (Kuznetsov, Miskarov, Seredin,
Kopliakov)
(URS) Moscow 24-07-1980
3:44.79 USSR (Kuznetsov, Kys, Dombrovsky,
Krasiuk)
(URS) Kiev 23-08-1981
3:44.23 USSR (Kuznetsov, Kys, Markovsky,
Krasiuk)
(URS) Split 12-09-1981
3:42.86 USSR (Shemetov, Kys, Markovsky,
Smiriaghin)
(URS) Guayaquil 07-08-1982
3:42.15 USSR (Shemetov, Volkov, Markovsky,
Smiriaghin)
(URS) Moscow 25-08-1984
3:41.51 USSR (Polianski, Volkov, Petrov,
Prigoda)
(URS) Strasbourg 23-08-1987
3:40.66 USSR (Polianski, Volkov, laroschuk,
Prigoda)
(URS) Tallinn 16-03-1988
3:39.96 USSR (Polianski, Volkov, laroschuk,
Prigoda)
(URS) Seoul 25-09-1988
3:38.56 CSI (Selkov, Ivanovsky, Khnykin, Popov) (CSI) Barcelona 31-07-1992
3:38.28 Russia (Selkov, Ivanov, Pankratov,
Popov)
(RUS) Rome 11-09-1994
3:38.11 Russia (Selkov, Korneev, Pankratov,
Popov)
(RUS) Vienna 27-08-1995
3:37.48 Russia (Selkov, Ivanovsky, Khnykin,
Popov)
(RUS) Moscow 27-04-1996
3:35.88 Germany (Theloke, Kruppa, Rupprath,
Spanneburg)
(GER) Sydney 23-09-2000
3:34.72 Russia (Arkady Vyatchanin, Roman
Ivanovskiy, Igor Marchenko, Alexander
Popov)
(RUS) Barcelona 27-07-2003
3:34.25 Russia (Arkady Vyatchanin, Grigory
Falko, Evgeny Korotyshkin, Andrey
Grechin)
(RUS) Eindhoven 24-03-2008
3:34.22 Spain (Aschwin Wildeboer, Melquiades
Alvarez, Alex Villaecija, Jose Alonso)
(ESP) Pescara 01-07-2008
3:33.83 Great Britain (Liam Tancock, Chris
Cook, Michael Rock, Simon Burnett)
(GBR) Beijing 15-08-2008
3:33.59 Russia (Arkady Vyatchanin, Roman
Sludnov, Nikolay Skvortsov, Andrey
Grechin)
(RUS) Beijing 15-08-2008
3:31.92 Russia (Arkady Vyatchanin, Roman
Sludnov, Evgeny Korotyshkin, Evgeny
(RUS) Beijing 17-08-2008
3:29.48 Germany (Helge Meeuw, Hendrik
Feldwehr, Benjamin Starke, Paul
Biedermann)
(GER) Rome 02-08-2009
3:28.58 Germany (Helge Meeuw, Hendrik
Feldwehr, Benjamin Starke, Paul
Biedermann)
(GER) Rome 02-08-2009
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
Women:
50 metres freestyle
25.64 Anne Marie Verstappen (NED) Amersfoort 13-07-1983
25.62 Kristin Otto (GDR) Barcelona 16-02-1986
25.50 Tamara Costache (ROM) Bucharest 14-06-1986
25.34 Tamara Costache (ROM) Bucharest 14-06-1986
25.31 Tamara Costache (ROM) Sofia 01-08-1986
25.28 Tamara Costache (ROM) Madrid 23-08-1986
25.10 Natalia Mersherakova (RUS) Rome 11-09-1994
25.06 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Oakton 19-07-1998
25.01 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Sao Paolo 08-08-1998
24.94 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Rio De Janeiro 14-06-1999
24.88 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Amersfoort 18-06-1999
24.84 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Istanbul 31-07-1999
24.51 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Sheffield 27-05-2000
24.48 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Drachten 04-06-2000
24.39 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Rio De Janeiro 10-06-2000
24.13 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Sydney 22-09-2000
24.09 Marleen Veldhuis (NED) Eindhoven 24-03-2008
24.06 Britta Steffen (GER) Beijing 17-08-2008
23.96 Marleen Veldhuis (NED) Amsterdam 19-04-2009
23.73 Britta Steffen (GER) Rome 02-08-2009
100 metres freestyle
1:14.2 Lennie Lehman (GER) Duisburg 25m 15-11-1925
1:13.2 Marie Braun (NED) The Hague 25m 28-11-1928
1:11.8 Marie Braun (NED) The Hague 25m 29-10-1929
1:10.0 Joyce Cooper (GBR) Paris 07-01-1931
1:09.8 Magda Lenkei (HUN) Budapest 33m 30-05-1931
1:07.6 Willy den Ouden (NED) Los Angeles 07-08-1932
1:06.0 Willy den Ouden (NED) Amberes 33m 09-07-1933
1:05.4 Willy den Ouden (NED) Amsterdam 25m 24-02-1934
1:04.8 Willy den Ouden (NED) Rotterdam 25m 15-04-1934
1:04.6 Willy den Ouden (NED) Amsterdam 25m 27-02-1936
1:04.2 Cockie Gastelaars (NED) Amsterdam 25m 03-03-1956
1:04.0 Cockie Gastelaars (NED) Schiedam 25m 14-04-1956
1:03.2 Greetje Kraan (NED) Hilversum 25m 23-03-1957
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
1:05.0 Cockie Gastelaars (NED) Melbourne 15-01-1958
1:03.9 Cockie Gastelaars (NED) Blackpool 55y 17-05-1958
1:03.7 Cockie Gastelaars (NED) Budapest 01-09-1958
1:02.9 Cockie Gastelaars (NED) Paris 14-07-1959
1:02.9= Csilla Madarasz (HUN) Budapest 02-07-1960
1:02.5 Csilla Madarasz (HUN) Budapest 16-07-1960
1:02.4 Diana Wilkinson (GBR) Blackpool 55y 23-06-1962
1:02.0 Ann-Christine Hagberg (SWE) Bastad 18-07-1963
1:01.7 Ann-Christine Hagberg (SWE) Stockholm 08-08-1963
1:01.5 Ann-Christine Hagberg (SWE) Orebro 18-08-1963
1:01.2 Martina Grunert (GDR) Utrecht 22-08-1966
1:00.8 Judit Turoczy (HUN) Budapest 19-08-1967
1:00.4 Judit Turoczy (HUN) Budapest 28-06-1968
1:00.2 Judit Turoczy (HUN) Budapest 13-07-1968
1:00.0 Judit Turoczy (HUN) Budapest 08-08-1969
59.6 Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) Budapest 23-08-1969
59.6= Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) Novosibirks 13-04-1970
59.6= Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) Barcelona 07-09-1970
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
59.3 Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) Barcelona 11-09-1970
59.21 Gabriele Welzko (GDR) Munich 29-08-1972
58.60 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Halle 28-05-1973
58.60= Kornelia Ender (GDR) Santa Clara 22-06-1973
58.25 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 13-07-1973
58.12 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Utrecht 18-08-1973
57.61 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Belgrade 08-09-1973
57.54 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Belgrade 09-09-1973
57.51 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Rostock 04-07-1974
56.96 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Vienna 19-08-1974
56.38 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Dresden 14-03-1975
56.22 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Cali 27-07-1975
55.73 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 01-06-1976
55.65 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Montreal 19-07-1976
55.41 Barbara Krause (GDR) East Berlin 05-07-1978
54.98 Barbara Krause (GDR) Moscow 20-07-1980
54.79 Barbara Krause (GDR) Moscow 21-07-1980
54.73 Kristin Otto (GDR) Madrid 19-08-1986
54.57 Franziska Van Almsick (GER) Sheffield 03-08-1993
53.80 Inge De Bruin (NED) Sheffield 28-05-2000
53.77 Inge De Bruin (NED) Sydney 20-09-2000
53.30 Britta Steffen (GER) Budapest 02-08-2006
53.20 Britta Steffen (GER) Berlin 22-04-2008
53.05 Britta Steffen (GER) Magdeburg 19-07-2008
52.85 Britta Steffen (GER) Berlin 25-06-2009
52.56 Britta Steffen (GER) Berlin 27-06-2009
52.22 Britta Steffen (GER) Rome 26-07-2009
52.07 Britta Steffen (GER) Rome 31-07-2009
200 metres freestyle
2:50.4 Lennie Lehman (GER) Duisburg 25m 15-09-1925
2:47.8 Reni Erkens (GER) Duisburg 25m 17-01-1928
2:42.8 Marie Braun (NED) Paris 33m 02-03-1930
2:40.8 Marie Braun-Philipsen (NED) Amsterdam 25m 21-09-1931
2:28.6 Willy den Ouden (NED) Rotterdam 25m 03-05-1933
2:25.3 Willy den Ouden (NED) Copenagen 25m 08-09-1935
2:24.6 Rie van Veen (NED) Rotterdam 25m 26-02-1938
2:21.7 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Aarhus 25m 11-09-1938
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
2:23.7 Standard time as at May 1st 1957
2:22.1 Corrie Schimmel (NED) Saarbrucken 27-06-1959
2:21.5 Willy Lambour (NED) Leipzig 12-06-1960
2:21.3 Heda Frost (FRA) Alger 12-07-1960
2:20.2 Jane Cederqvist (SWE) Haifa 03-05-1961
2:18.2 Adrie Lasterie (NED) Blackpool 55y 26-08-1961
2:18.0 Daniela Beneck (ITA) Rome 27-07-1965
2:16.2 Elizabeth Long (GBR) Blackpool 55y 11-08-1965
2:16.1 Elizabeth Long (GBR) Blackpool 55y 13-08-1965
2:15.5 Claude Mandonnaud (FRA) Mourenx 13-08-1966
2:15.0 Daniele Dorleans (FRA) Marseille 16-08-1967
2:14.7 Olga Kozikova (URS) Zilinia 06-04-1968
2:14.4 Olga Kozikova (URS) Santa Clara 06-07-1968
2:12.4 Claude Mandonnaud (FRA) Paris 03-08-1968
2:10.2 Mirjana Segrt (YUG) Bratislava 18-08-1968
2:08.9 Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) Budapest 24-08-1969
2:08.2 Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) Barcelona 10-09-1970
2:07.2 Anke Rijnders (NED) Hannover 18-04-1972
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
2:07.05 Andrea Eife (GDR) Munich 01-09-1972
2:06.27 Andrea Eife (GDR) Munich 01-09-1972
2:05.70 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 12-07-1973
2:05.64 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Utrecht 19-08-1973
2:05.52 Andrea Eife (GDR) Belgrade 05-09-1973
2:05.25 Angela Franke (GDR) Rostock 05-07-1974
2:05.14 Enith Brigitha (NED) Utrecht 25-07-1974
2:03.22 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Vienna 22-08-1974
2:02.27 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Dresden 15-03-1975
1:59.78 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 02-06-1976
1:59.26 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Montreal 22-07-1976
1:59.04 Barbara Krause (GDR) East Berlin 02-07-1978
1:58.33 Barbara Krause (GDR) Moscow 23-07-1980
1:57.75 Kristin Otto (GDR) Magdeburg 23-05-1984
1:57.55 Heike Friedrich (GDR) East Berlin 18-06-1986
1:56.78 Franziska Van Almsick (GER) Rome 06-09-1994
1:56.64 Franziska Van Almsick (GER) Berlin 03-08-2002
1:56.47 Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Melbourne 27-03-2007
1:55.52 Laure Manadou (FRA) Melbourne 28-03-2007
1:55.45 Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Beijing 11-08-2008
1:54.82 Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Beijing 13-08-2008
1:54.47 Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Riccione 08-03-2009
1:53.67 Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Rome 28-07-2009
1:52.98 Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Rome 29-07-2009
400 metres freestyle
6:11.8 Marie Braun (NED) Bologna 02-09-1927
5:53.6 Marie Braun (NED) Amsterdam 04-08-1928
5:46.0 Marie Braun (NED) The Hague 25m 19-02-1930
5:42.0 Marie Braun (NED) Paris 30-08-1931
5:16.0 Willie den Ouden (NED) Rotterdam 25m 12-07-1934
5:14.2 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 10-02-1937
5:14.0 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Ghent 25m 03-10-1937
5:12.4 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Magdeburg 25m 14-11-1937
5:11.0 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 12-12-1937
5:08.2 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 16-01-1938
5:06.1 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 01-08-1938
5:05.4 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Svendborg 25m 08-09-1940
5:00.1 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 15-09-1940
4:58.0 Corrie Schimmel (NED) Naarden 25m 16-11-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
5:02.2 Standard time as at 1st May 1957
4:58:5 Corrie Schimmel (NED) Saarbrucken 27-06-1959
4:58.1 Corrie Schimmel (NED) Utrecht 15-07-1959
4:57.7 Corrie Schimmel (NED) Waalwijk 26-07-1959
4:52.4 Corrie Schimmel (NED) Appescha 08-08-1959
4:46.9 Jan Cederqvist (SWE) Haifa 03-05-1961
4:46.8 Claude Mandonnaud (FRA) Melbourne 18-02-1967
4:45.6 Susan Williams (GBR) Coventry 55y 22-07-1967
4:45.4 Elizabeth Ljunggren-Morris (SWE) Stockholm 20-04-1968
4:44.3 Marie-Jose Kersaudy (FRA) Mourenx 20-06-1968
4:42.4 Elizabeth Ljunggren-Morris (SWE) Lincoln 01-08-1968
4:41.1 Claude Mandonnaud (FRA) Paris 04-08-1968
4:40.2 Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) Mexico City 20-10-1968
4:36.1 Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) Vienna 15-08-1969
4:32.9 Elke Sehmisch (GDR) Barcelona 08-09-1970
4:31.9 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Bolzano 20-07-1971
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
4:31.7 Hansje Bunschoten (NED) Rotterdam 15-08-1971
4:31.3 Hansje Bunschoten (NED) Bratislava 28-08-1971
4:31.1 Hansje Bunschoten (NED) Dresden 19-03-1972
4:29.7 Anke Rinjders (NED) Leusden 02-07-1972
4:29.1 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Siracuse 05-07-1972
4:26.7 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Turin 25-07-1972
4:24.14 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Munich 30-08-1972
4:22.44 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Munich 30-08-1972
4:21.79 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Belgrade 07-09-1973
4:17.83 Angela Franke (GDR) Vienna 20-08-1974
4:17.00 Barbara Krause (GDR) Tallinn 14-03-1976
4:11.69 Barbara Krause (GDR) East Berlin 03-06-1976
4:09.89 Petra Thumer (GDR) Montreal 20-07-1976
4:08.91 Petra Thumer (GDR) Jonkoping 17-07-1977
4:08.76 Ines Diers (GDR) Moscow 22-07-1980
4:08.58 Ines Diers (GDR) Split 09-09-1981
4:08.25 Astrid Strauss (GDR) Gera 17-06-1983
4:08.07 Astrid Strauss (GDR) Rome 24-08-1983
4:07.66 Astrid Strauss (GDR) Moscow 21-08-1984
4:06.85 Heike Friedrich (GDR) East Berlin 19-06-1986
4:06.39 Heike Friedrich (GDR) Strasbourg 20-08-1987
4:05.94 Heike Friedrich (GDR) Seoul 22-09-1988
4:05.84 Anke Moehring (GDR) Bonn 17-08-1989
4:05.34 Laure Manadou (FRA) Athens 15-08-2004
4:03.03 Laure Manadou (FRA) Tours 12-05-2006
4:02.13 Laure Manadou (FRA) Budapest 06-08-2006
4:01.53 Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Eindhoven 24-03-2008
4:00.66 Joanne Jackson (GBR) Sheffield 16-03-2009
4:00.41 Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Pescara 27-06-2009
3:59.15 Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Rome 26-07-2009
800 metres freestyle
12:18.8 Yvonne Godard (FRA) Paris 23-07-1931
12:07.8 L. Andersen (DEN) Copenhagen 26-07-1933
11:11.7 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 03-07-1936
10:52.5 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 13-08-1941
10:42.4 Valeria Gyenge (HUN) Budapest 28-06-1953
10:27.3 Mary Kok (NED) Durban 100y 16-02-1957
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
10:42.4 Valeria Gyenge (HUN) Budapest 28-06-1953
10:25.3 Corrie Schimmel (NED) Utrecht 15-07-1959
10:22.3 Corrie Schimmel (NED) Ermeto 01-08-1959
9:55.6 Jan Cederqvist (SWE) Uppsala 17-08-1960
9:53.3 Elizabeth Ljunggren (SWE) Landskrona 04-08-1967
9:45.0 Elizabeth Ljunggren-Morris (SWE) Lincoln 01-08-1968
9:43.5 Sigrid Goral (GDR) Leipzig 16-08-1968
9:42.7 Marjatta Hara (FIN) Helsinki 06-07-1969
9:38.0 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Naples 10-08-1969
9:30.8 Karen Neugebauer (GDR) Vienna 17-08-1969
9:29.1 Karen Neugebauer (GDR) Barcelona 12-09-1970
9:23.8 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Rome 04-07-1971
9:20.9 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Bolzano 20-07-1971
9:20.8 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Udine 29-08-1971
9:17.1 Gudrun Wegner (GDR) Leipzig 03-09-1971
9:16.7 Hansje Bunschoten (NED) Dresden 18-03-1972
9:15.5 Hansje Bunschoten (NED) Utrecht 28-06-1972
9:13.4 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Rome 29-06-1972
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
9:10.5 Gudrun Wegner (GDR) Leipzig 12-07-1972
9:06.0 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Turin 26-07-1972
9:02.96 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Munich 02-09-1972
8:57.46 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Munich 03-09-1972
8:52.97 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Belgrade 09-09-1973
8:52.45 Cornelia Doerr (GDR) Vienna 24-08-1974
8:47.52 Petra Thumer (GDR) Leeds 19-04-1976
8:40.68 Petra Thumer (GDR) East Berlin 04-06-1976
8:37.14 Petra Thumer (GDR) Montreal 25-07-1976
8:35.04 Petra Thumer (GDR) Leipzig 09-07-1977
8:32.55 Ines Diers (GDR) Moscow 27-07-1980
8:31.07 Anke Sonnenbrodt (GDR) East Berlin 01-04-1983
8:29.61 Astrid Strauss (GDR) Gera 18-06-1983
8:28.36 Astrid Strauss (GDR) Magdeburg 26-05-1984
8:26.52 Astrid Strauss (GDR) East Berlin 21-06-1986
8:24.77 Sarah Hardcastle (GBR) Edinburgh 29-07-1986
8:19.53 Anke Moehring (GDR) Strasbourg 22-08-1987
8:19.29 Laure Manadou (FRA) Budapest 02-08-2006
8:18.80 Laure Manadou (FRA) Melbourne 31-03-2007
8:18.06 Rebecca Adlington (GBR) Beijing 14-08-2008
8:14.10 Rebecca Adlington (GBR) Beijing 16-08-2008
1500 metres freestyle
24:00.2 Edith Mayne (GBR) Exmouth 15-09-1926
23:32.4 Yvonne Godard (FRA) Paris 23-07-1931
22:36.7 G. Fredriksen (DEN) Copenhagen 26-06-1936
21:45.7 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Helsingor 03-07-1938
21:10.1 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Helsingor 11-08-1940
20:57.0 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 20-08-1941
20:46.5 Lenie de Nijs (NED) Utrecht 23-07-1955
20:22.8 Jans Koster (NED) Utrecht 21-08-1956
20:03.1 Jans Koster (NED) Hilversum 27-07-1957
19:46.4 Corrie Schimmel (NED) Utrecht 15-07-1959
19:23.6 Jan Cederqvist (SWE) Uppsala 08-09-1960
19:02.8 Margareta Rylander (SWE) Uppsala 27-06-1961
18:49.9 Elizabeth Ljunggren (SWE) Stockholm 17-09-1967
18:44.6 Marie-Jose Kersaudy (FRA) Noumea 08-03-1969
18:11.6 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Rome 10-09-1969
18:03.0 Linda de Boer (NED) Utrecht 24-06-1971
17:51.1 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Siracuse 10-07-1971
17:46.3 Hansie Bunschoten (NED) Bussum 17-06-1972
17:29.3 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Siracuse 06-07-1972
17:18.43 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Santa Clara 23-06-1973
17:04.20 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Santa Clara 30-06-1974
16:47.11 Annelies Maas (NED) Santa Clara 10-07-1977
16:33.56 Roberta Felotti (ITA) Florence 26-08-1979
16:27.89 Ines Diers (GDR) East Berlin 27-08-1981
16:13.55 Astrid Strauss (GDR) Austin 05-01-1984
16:01.02 Hannah Stockbauer (GER) Fukuoka 28-07-2001
16:00.18 Hannah Stockbauer (GER) Barcelona 22-07-2003
15:55.38 Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) Melbourne 27-03-2007
15:52.84 Alessia Filippi (ITA) Lovadina di Spresiano 16-07-2008
15:52.37 Camelia Potec (ROU) Montpellier 26-04-2009
15:44.93 Alessia Filippi (ITA) Rome 28-07-2009
15:38.88 Lotte Friis (DEN) Barcelona 30-07-2013
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
50 metres backstroke
29.67 Ina Kleber (GDR) East Berlin 22-12-1982
29.59 Birte Weigang (GDR) East Berlin 18-12-1983
29.16 Birte Weigang (GDR) East Berlin 18-12-1983
29.12 Kristin Otto (GDR) Seoul 22-09-1988
29.00 Sandra Volker (GER) Monte Carlo 22-05-1997
28.78 Sandra Volker (GER) Monte Carlo 12-06-1999
28.71 Sandra Volker (GER) Istanbul 01-08-1999
28.69 Nina Zhivaneskaya (ESP) Madrid 08-04-2000
28.25 Sandra Volker (GER) Berlin 17-06-2000
28.19 Janine Pietsch (GER) Berlin 25-05-2005
28.19= Aleksandra Herasimenia (BLR) Minsk 31-05-2006
28.17 Sanja Jovanovic (CRO) Eindhoven 22-03-2008
28.13 Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) Eindhoven 22-03-2008
28.05 Anastasia Zueva (RUS) Eindhoven 23-03-2008
28.05= Sanja Jovanovic (CRO) Zagreb 21-06-2008
27.85 Daniela Samulski (GER) Berlin 25-06-2009
27.61 Daniela Samulski (GER) Berlin 26-06-2009
27.39 Daniela Samulski (GER) Rome 29-07-2009
27.38 Anastasia Zueva (RUS) Rome 29-07-2009
27.23 Daniela Samulski (GER) Rome 30-07-2009
100 metres backstroke
1:22.0 W. van den Turk (NED) Rotterdam 25m 17-07-1927
1:21.6 Marie Braun (NED) Amsterdam 11-08-1928
1:21.4 Marie Braun (NED) Brussels 25m 20-04-1929
1:21.0 Marie Braun (NED) The Hague 25m 27-11-1929
1:18.6 Phyllis Harding (GBR) Wallasey 25y 30-05-1932
1:16.8 Rie Mastenbroek (NED) Dusseldorf 25m 25-11-1934
1:15.8 Rie Mastenbroek (NED) Amsterdam 25m 27-02-1936
1:15.7 Dina Senff (NED) Copenhagen 25m 08-09-1936
1:15.4 Dina Senff (NED) Copenhagen 25m 10-09-1936
1:13.6 Dina Senff (NED) Dusseldorf 25m 25-10-1936
1:13.5 Cor Kint (NED) Copenhagen 25m 01-11-1938
1:13.2 Iet van Feggelen (NED) Amsterdam 25m 10-11-1938
1:13.0 let van Feggelen (NED) Rotterdam 25m 12-11-1938
1:12.9 let van Feggelen (NED) Amberes 25m 26-11-1938
1:10.9 Cor Kint (NED) Rotterdam 25m 22-09-1939
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
1:12.9 Judy Grinham (GBR) Melbourne 05-12-1956
1:12.4 Margaret Edwards (GBR) Cardiff 55y 19-04-1958
1:12.3 Ria van Velsen (NED) Nymegen 20-07-1958
1:11.9 Judy Grinham (GBR) Cardiff 55y 23-07-1958
1:11.7 Ria van Velsen (NED) Waalwijk 26-07-1959
1:11.0 Ria van Velsen (NED) Leipzig 12-06-1960
1:10.9 Ria van Velsen (NED) Maastricht 10-07-1960
1:10.8 Natalie Steward (GBR) Rome 01-09-1960
1:10.6 Ria van Velsen (NED) Zwolle 19-08-1961
1:10.5 Ria van Velsen (NED) Zwolle 19-08-1961
1:10.3 Ria van Velsen (NED) Rotterdam 17-03-1962
1:10.2 Ria van Velsen (NED) Soest 05-08-1962
1:10.1 Ria van Velsen (NED) Rotterdam 09-09-1962
1:09.8 Christine Caron (FRA) Paris 23-06-1963
1:09.6 Christine Caron (FRA) Paris 14-07-1963
1:09.5 Christine Caron (FRA) Paris 05-06-1964
1:08.6 Christine Caron (FRA) Paris 14-06-1964
1:08.5 Christine Caron (FRA) Tokyo 13-10-1964
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
1:07.9 Christine Caron (FRA) Tokyo 14-10-1964
1:07.9= Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Keskerriel 03-04-1970
1:07.8 Tina Lekveishvili (URS) Barcelona 06-09-1970
1:06.6 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Kecskemet 11-04-1971
1:06.5 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Kecskemet 11-04-1971
1:06.39 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN] Munich 02-09-1972
1:06.26 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Munich 02-09-1972
1:06.20 Enith Bngitha (NED) Dortmund 15-04-1973
1:06.12 Enith Brigitha (NED) Meppel 14-07-1973
1:05.93 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Budapest 21-07-1973
1:05.39 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Utrecht 18-08-1973
1:04.99 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Belgrade 05-09-1973
1:04.43 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Rostock 08-07-1974
1:04.09 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Vienna 22-08-1974
1:03.30 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Vienna 23-08-1974
1:03.08 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Vienna 24-08-1974
1:02.98 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Concord 01-09-1974
1:02.60 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Tallinn 14-03-1976
1:01.62 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 03-06-1976
1:01.51 Ulrike Richter (GDR) East Berlin 05-06-1976
1:01.51= Rica Reinisch (GDR) Moscow 20-07-1980
1:01.50 Rica Reinisch (GDR) Moscow 22-07-1980
1:00.86 Rica Reinisch (GDR) Moscow 23-07-1980
1:00.59 Ina Kleber (GDR) Moscow 24-08-1984
1:00.31 Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) Athens 22-08-1991
1:00.21 Diana Mocanu (ROM) Sydney 18-09-2000
59.87 Laure Manaudou (FRA) Melbourne 27-03-2007
59.64 Anastasia Zueva (RUS) St Petersburg 19-02-2008
59.50 Laure Manaudou (FRA) Eindhoven 20-03-2008
59.41 Anastasia Zueva (RUS) Eindhoven 21-03-2008
59.38 Gemma Spofforth (GBR) Beijing 12-08-2008
59.05 Gemma Spofforth (GBR) Beijing 17-08-2008
58.78 Gemma Spofforth (GBR) Rome 27-07-2009
58.48 Anastasia Zueva (RUS) Rome 27-07-2009
58.12 Gemma Spofforth (GBR) Rome 28-07-2009
200 metres backstroke
3:18.0 H Wunram (GER) Magdeburg 25y 18-03-1926
2:59.2 Marie Braun (NED) Brussels 25y 24-11-1928
2:50.4 Phyllis Harding (GBR) Wallasey 25y 19-09-1932
2:49.6 Rie Mastenbroek (NED) Amsterdam 25m 20-01-1935
2:44.6 Dina Senff (NED) Amsterdam 25m 02-02-1937
2:41.3 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Aarhus 25m 14-02-1937
2:41.0 Cor Kint (NED) Aarhus 25m 17-04-1938
2:40.6 let van Feggelen (NED) Dusseldorf 25m 26-10-1938
2:39.0 let van Feggelen (NED) Amsterdam 25m 18-12-1938
2:38.8 Cor Kint (NED) Rotterdam 25m 26-11-1939
2:35.3 Geertje Wielema (NED) Hilversum 25m 02-04-1950
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
2:38.5 Lenie de Nijs (NED) Blackpool 55y 17-05-1957
2:37.5 Rini Dobber (NED) Leipzig 17-05-1959
2:36.2 Rini Dobber (NED) Leipzig 12-06-1960
2:35.6 Rose-Marie Piacentini (FRA) Paris 02-08-1961
2:35.6= Korrie Winkel (NED) Zwolte 20-08-1961
2:34.5 Rose-Marie Piacentini (FRA) Monte Carlo 04-09-1961
2:33.9 Rose-Marie Piacentini (FRA) Monte Carlo 13-09-1961
2:33.8 Ingrid Schmidt (GDR) East Berlin 15-08-1962
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
2:33.5 Christine Caron (FRA) Paris 13-07-1963
2:32.3 Korrie Winkel (NED) Soestduinen 01-09-1963
2:32.1 Christine Caron (FRA) Paris 08-09-1963
2:29.6 Christine Caron (FRA) Paris 18-07-1964
2:28.8 Christine Caron (FRA) Paris 10-07-1965
2:27.9 Christine Caron (FRA) Paris 16-06-1966
2:27.9= Benedicte Duprez (FRA) Vichy 24-08-1968
2:27.6 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Kecskemet 04-04-1970
2:27.1 Angelica Krauss (FRG) Wurselen 06-08-1970
2:26.9 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Budapest 22-08-1970
2:26.2 Wendy Burrell (GBR) Barcelona 09-09-1970
2:25.5 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Barcelona 10-09-1970
2:25.1 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Budapest 29-05-1971
2:24.4 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Bratislava 29-08-1971
2:24.3 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Hannover 19-04-1972
2:24.3= Anne-Marie Groen (NED) Hannover 19-04-1972
2:23.7 Enith Brigitha (NED) Munich 04-09-1972
2:23.44 Christine Herbst (GDR) Munich 04-09-1972
2:23.35 Annegret Kober (FRG) Munich 04-09-1972
2:22.34 Andrea Eife (GDR) East Berlin 11-07-1973
2:21.66 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Utrecht 19-08-1973
2:21.13 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) Magdeburg 14-03-1974
2:20.27 Enith Brigitha (NED) Coventry 26-04-1974
2:18.41 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Rostock 07-07-1974
2:17.35 Ulrike Richter (GDR) Vienna 25-08-1974
2:16.10 Birgit Treiber (GDR) Wittenberg 06-06-1975
2:15.46 Birgit Treiber (GDR) Cali 26-07-1975
2:14.41 Antje Stille (GDR) East Berlin 29-02-1976
2:13.50 Antje Stille (GDR) Tallinn 13-03-1976
2:12.47 Birgit Treiber (GDR) East Berlin 04-06-1976
2:11.77 Rica Reinisch (GDR) Moscow 27-07-1980
2:09.91 Cornelia Sirch (GDR) Guayaquil 07-08-1982
2:09.91= Cornelia Sirch (GDR) Potsdam 24-07-1988
2:09.29 Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) Seoul 25-09-1988
2:09.15 Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) Perth 03-01-1991
2:08.74 Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) Athens 25-08-1991
2:06.62 Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) Athens 25-08-1991
2:04.94 Anastasia (Zueva) Fesikova (RUS) Rome 01-08-2009
50 metres breaststroke
32.34 Standard time
32.05 Tania Bogomilova (BUL) Madrid 21-08-1986
32.00 Silke Hoerner (GDR) Strasbourg 21-08-1987
31.84 Silke Hoerner (GDR) Seoul 23-09-1988
31.58 Silke Hoerner (GDR) Seoul 23-09-1988
31.52 Zoe Baker (GBR) Sheffield 08-07-1999
31.43 Zoe Baker (GBR) Istanbul 29-07-1999
31.34 Agnes Kovacs (HUN) Monte Carlo 21-05-2000
31.23 Zoe Baker (GBR) Fukuoka 26-07-2001
31.04 Zoe Baker (GBR) Manchester 10-02-2002
31.03 Zoe Baker (GBR) Manchester 20-07-2002
30.57 Zoe Baker (GBR) Manchester 30-07-2002
30.32 Valentina Artemyeva (RUS) Moscow 28-04-2009
30.24 Yuliya Efimova (RUS) Rome 01-08-2009
30.09 Yuliya Efimova (RUS) Rome 02-08-2009
29.78 Yuliya Efimova (RUS) Barcelona 03-08-2009
29.48 Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) Barcelona 03-08-2009
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
100 metres breaststroke
1:26.6 Else Jacobsen (DEN) Bergen 25m 27-08-1927
1:26.3 Lotte Muhe (GER) Magdeburg 25m 09-06-1928
1:26.2 Else Jacobsen (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 10-04-1932
1:26.0 Else Jacobsen (DEN) Stockholm 25m 11-05-1932
1:25.8 Else Jacobsen (DEN) Copenhagen 33m 30-04-1933
1:24.5 Johanna Holzner (GER) Copenhagen 25m 15-01-1935
1:23.4 Johanna Holzner (GER) Halle 25m 16-02-1936
1:22.8 V. Christensen (DEN) Dusseldorf 25m 08-03-1936
1:20.2 Johanna Holzner (GER) Plaven 25m 13-03-1936
1:19.8 Gisela Grass (GER) Leipzig 25m 09-05-1943
1:19.4 Nel van Vliet (NED) Aalst 25m 29-07-1946
1:19.0 Nel van Vliet (NED) The Hague 25m 01-08-1946
1:18.2 Nel van Vliet (NED) Arnhem 25m 28-04-1947
1:17.4 Gisele Vallerey (FRA) Casablanca 25m 23-04-1950
1:16.9 Eva Szekely (HUN) Moscow 25m 09-05-1951
100 metres breaststroke
(Divided into breaststroke and butterfly from 1st January 1953)
1:21.1 Ada den Haan (NED) Paris 13-07-1957
1:20.3 Karin Beyer (GDR) East Berlin 20-07-1958
1:19.6 Karin Beyer (GDR) Leipzig 12-09-1958
1:19.1 Wiltrud Urselmann (FRG) Zurich 12-03-1960
1:19.0 Ursula Kuper (GDR) Leipzig 14-07-1960
1:18.2 Barbel Goebel (GDR) Rostock 01-07-1961
1:18.0 Klenie Bimolt (NED) The Hague 08-08-1964
1:17.2 Svetlana Babanina (URS) Moscow 03-09-1964
1:16.5 Svetlana Babanina (URS) Tashkent 11-05-1965
1:15.7 Galina Prozumenshikova (URS) Moscow 17-07-1966
1:15.4 Galina Prozumenshikova (URS) Tallinn 03-04-1968
1:14.7 G. Stepanova Prozumenshikova (URS) Halle 18-04-1971
1:13.79 Renate Vogel (GDR) Utrecht 18-08-1973
1:13.74 Renate Vogel (GDR) Belgrade 04-09-1973
1:12.91 Renate Vogel (GDR) Vienna 22-08-1974
1:12.55 Christel Justen (GER) Vienna 23-08-1974
1:12.28 Renate Vogel (GDR) Concord 01-09-1974
1:11.93 Carola Nitschke (GDR) East Berlin 02-06-1976
1:11.11 Hannelore Anke (GDR) Montreal 22-07-1976
1:10.86 Hannelore Anke (GDR) Montreal 22-07-1976
1:10.31 Julia Bogdanova (URS) West Berlin 22-08-1978
1:10.20 Ute Geweniger (GDR) Magdeburg 27-05-1980
1:10.11 Ute Geweniger (GDR) Moscow 24-07-1980
1:09.52 Ute Geweniger (GDR) Gera 20-04-1981
1:09.39 Ute Geweniger (GDR) East Berlin 02-07-1981
1:08.60 Ute Geweniger (GDR) Split 08-09-1981
1:08.51 Ute Geweniger (GDR) Rome 25-08-1983
1:08.29 Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) Moscow 23-08-1984
1:08.11 Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) Madrid 21-08-1986
1:07.91 Silke Hoerner (GDR) Strasbourg 21-08-1987
1:07.79 Agnes Kovacs (HUN) Sydney 17-09-2000
1:07.27 Emma Igelstrom (SWE) Landskrona 07-07-2002
1:07.27= Anna Khlistunova (UKR) Melbourne 27-03-2007
1:07.10 Sarah Poewe (GER) Berlin 19-04-2008
1:07.00 Mirna Jukic (AUT) Vienna 24-04-2009
1:05.80 Yuliya Efimova (RUS) Moscow 27-04-2009
1:05.41 Yuliya Efimova (RUS) Rome 28-07-2009
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
1:05.21 Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) London 29-07-2012
1:04.52 Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) Barcelona 29-07-2013
1:04.35 Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) Barcelona 29-07-2013
200 metres breaststroke
3:16.6 Else Jacobsen (DEN) Oslo 20-08-1927
3:15.8 Lotte Muhe (GER) Magdeburg 25m 15-04-1928
3:12.8 Marie Baron (NED) Rotterdam 25m 22-04-1928
3:11.2 Lotte Muhe (GER) Berlin 25m 15-07-1928
3:10.6 Margaret Hinton (GBR) Manchester 25y 20-07-1931
3:08.2 Lisa Rocke (GER) Leipzig 25m 21-04-1932
3:03.4 Else Jacobsen (DEN) Stockholm 25y 11-05-1932
3:00.8 Martha Genenger (GER) Dusseldorf 25m 16-03-1935
3:00.5 Martha Genenger (GER) Dortmund 25m 21-03-1936
3:00.2 Jopie Waalberg (NED) Amsterdam 25m 11-05-1937
2:58.0 Jopie Waalberg (NED) Zaandijk 25m 27-06-1937
2:56.9 Jopie Waalberg (NED) Ghent 25m 02-10-1937
2:55.5 A. Kapell (NED) Dusseldorf 25m 19-03-1941
2:52.6 Nel van Vliet (NED) Bilthoven 25m 17-08-1946
2:51.9 Nel van Vliet (NED) Amsterdam 25m 29-03-1947
2:49.2 Nel van Vliet (NED) Hilversum 25m 20-07-1947
2:48.8 Eva Novak (HUN) Szekesfehervar 25m 21-10-1950
2:48.5 Eva Novak (HUN) Moscow 25m 05-05-1951
200 metres breaststroke
(Divided into breaststroke and butterfly from 1st January 1953)
2:46.4 Ada den Haan (NED) Naarden 25m 13-11-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
2:51.9 Ada den Haan (NED) Rhenen 03-08-1957
2:51.3 Ada den Haan (NED) Rhenen 04-08-1957
2:50.3 Anita Lonsbrough (GBR) Walwijk 25-07-1959
2:50.2 Wiltrud Urselmann (FRG) Aaachen 06-06-1960
2:49.5 Anita Lonsbrough (GBR) Rome 27-08-1960
2:48.0 Karin Beyer (GDR) Budapest 05-08-1961
2:47.7 Galina Prozumenshikova (URS) Blackpool 55y 11-04-1964
2:45.4 Galina Prozumenshikova (URS) East Berlin 17-05-1964
2:45.3 Galina Prozumenshikova (URS) Groningen 12-09-1965
2:44.6 Galina Prozumenshikova (URS) Moscow 23-03-1966
2:43.0 Irina Pozdnyakova (URS) Moscow 16-07-1966
2:40.8 Galina Prozumenshikova (URS) Utrecht 23-08-1966
2:40.7 G. Stepanova Prozumenshikova (URS) Barcelona 11-09-1970
2:40.28 Hannelore Anke (GDR) Berlin 13-07-1973
2:40.01 Renate Vogel (GDR) Belgrade 05-09-1973
2:37.89 Ann Katrin Schott (GDR) Rostock 06-07-1974
2:37.44 Karla Linke (GDR) Vienna 19-08-1974
2:34.99 Karla Linke (GDR) Vienna 19-08-1974
2:33.35 Marina Koshevaia (URS) Montreal 21-07-1976
2:33.32 Julia Bogdanova (URS) Leningrad 07-04-1978
2:33.11 Lina Kachushite (URS) West Berlin 24-08-1978
2:31.42 Lina Kachushite (URS) West Berlin 24-08-1978
2:31.09 Svetlana Varganova (URS) Minsk 30-03-1979
2:28.36 Lina Kachushite (URS) Potsdam 06-04-1979
2:28.33 Silke Hoerner (GDR) Leipzig 05-06-1985
2:28.20 Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) Leningrad 28-02-1986
2:27.40 Silke Hoerner (GDR) Madrid 18-08-1986
2:26.71 Silke Hoerner (GDR) Seoul 21-09-1988
2:26.57 Agnes Kovacs (HUN) Atlanta 23-07-1996
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
2:25.31 Agnes Kovacs (HUN) Budapest 01-04-1997
2:24.90 Agnes Kovacs (HUN) Seville 20-08-1997
2:24.03 Agnes Kovacs (HUN) Sydney 20-09-2000
2:23.79 Sara Nordenstam (NOR) Beijing 14-08-2008
2:23.76 Mirna Jukic (AUT) Beijing 14-08-2008
2:23.02 Sara Nordenstam (NOR) Beijing 15-08-2008
2:22.91 Mirna Jukic (AUT) Vienna 28-02-2009
2:22.46 Mirna Jukic (AUT) Vienna 25-04-2009
2:22.10 Mirna Jukic (AUT) Rome 30-07-2009
2:21.62 Nadja Higl (SRB) Rome 31-07-2009
2:20.92 Iulia Efimova (RUS) London 02-08-2012
2:19.11 Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN) Barcelona 01-08-2013
50 metres butterfly
27.79 Standard time
27.75 Birte Weigang (GDR) East Berlin 22-12-1987
27.57 Catherine Plewinski (FRA) Seoul 23-09-1988
27.54 Catherine Plewinski (FRA) Seoul 23-09-1988
27.53 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Amersfoort 20-06-1993
26.54 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Amersfoort 18-06-1999
26.39 Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) Halmstad 01-07-1999
26.29 Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) Istanbul 27-07-1999
25.83 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Monte Carlo 20-05-2000
25.64 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Sheffield 26-05-2000
25.57 Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) Berlin 30-07-2002
25.46 Theresa Alshammer (SWE) Barcelona 13-06-2007
25.33 Marleen Veldhuis (NED) Amsterdam 19-04-2009
25.28 Marleen Veldhuis (NED) Rome 31-07-2009
25.07 Theresa Alshammer (SWE) Rome 31-07-2009
24.43 Sarah Sjoestrom (SWE) Boras 05-07-2014
100 metres butterfly
1:16.6 Jutta Langenau (GDR) Turin 31-08-1954
1:16.4 Mary Kok (NED) Dordrecht 25m 22-01-1955
1:15.2 Mary Kok (NED) Hilversum 25m 26-01-1955
1:15.0 Mary Kok (NED) Velsen 25m 27-02-1955
1:14.6 Mary Kok (NED) Amersfoort 25m 05-04-1955
1:13.8 Mary Kok (NED) Alkmaar 25m 16-04-1955
1:13.7 Atie Voorbij (NED) Naarden 25m 14-07-1955
1:13.2 Atie Voorbij (NED) Algiers 25m 26-08-1955
1:13.1 Atie Voorbij (NED) Vlaardingein 25m 21-09-1955
1:11.9 Atie Voorbij (NED) Velsen 25m 05-02-1956
1:10.5 Atie Voorbij (NED) Hilversum 25m 12-11-1956
1:10.0 Atie Voorbij (NED) Barcelona 25m 19-08-1957
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
1:10.5 Atie Voorbij (NED) Rhenen 04-06-1957
1:10.4 Marianne Heemskerk (NED) Rome 30-08-1960
1:10.0 Ute Noack (GDR) East Berlin 01-04-1962
1:09.8 Ute Noack (GDR) Wittenberg 14-07-1962
1:09.0 Ada Kok (NED) Leipzig 24-08-1962
1:08.7 Ada Kok (NED) Durban 55y 23-03-1963
1:06.1 Ada Kok (NED) Soetsduinen 01-09-1963
1:05.1 Ada Kok (NED) Blackpool 55y 30-05-1964
1:04.5 Ada Kok (NED) Budapest 14-08-1965
1:04.5= Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Bratislava 29-08-1971
1:04.01 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Munich 31-08-1972
1:03.80 Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) Munich 31-08-1972
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
1:03.61 Roswitha Beier (GDR) Munich 01-09-1972
1:03.05 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 14-04-1973
1:02.31 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 14-07-1973
1:02.09 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) Vienna 21-08-1974
1:01.99 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) Vienna 22-08-1974
1:01.88 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) Concord 01-09-1974
1:01.33 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Wittenberg 09-06-1975
1:01.24 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Cali 24-07-1975
1:00.13 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 04-06-1976
1:00.13= Kornelia Ender (GDR) Montreal 22-07-1976
59.78 Christian Knacke (GDR) East Berlin 28-08-1977
59.46 Andrea Pollack (GDR) East Berlin 03-07-1978
59.41 Tatiana Kurnikova (URS) Moscow 23-08-1984
59.34 Catherine Plewinski (FRA) Seoul 23-09-1988
59.00 Kristin Otto (GDR) Seoul 23-09-1988
58.93 Johanna Sjoberg (SWE) Halmstad 02-07-1999
58.92 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Istanbul 29-07-1999
58.49 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Istanbul 30-07-1999
57.96 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Monte Carlo 20-05-2000
56.69 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Sheffield 27-05-2000
56.64 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Seattle 22-07-2000
56.61 Inge de Bruijn (NED) Sydney 17-09-2000
56.44 Sarah Sjoestrom (SWE) Rome 26-07-2009
56.06 Sarah Sjoestrom (SWE) Rome 27-07-2009
55.74 Sarah Sjoestrom (SWE) Kazan 02-08-2015
55.64 Sarah Sjoestrom (SWE) Kazan 03-08-2015
55.48 Sarah Sjoestrom (SWE) Rio de Janeiro 07-08-2016
200 metres butterfly
2:47.7 Mary Kok (NED) La Louviere 25m 09-12-1956
2:42.3 Tineke Lagerberg (NED) Naarden 25m 30-12-1956
2:38.1 Tineke Lagerberg (NED) Naarden 25m 19-03-1957
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
2:45.0 Standard time as at May 1st 1957
2:38.9 Tineke Lagerberg (NED) Naarden 13-09-1958
2:34.4 Marianne Heemskerk (NED) Leipzig 12-06-1960
2:33.5 Ute Noack (GDR) East Berlin 24-09-1964
2:25.8 Ada Kok (NED) Leiden 21-08-1965
2:25.3 Ada Kok (NED) Groningen 12-09-1965
2:22.5 Ada Kok (NED) Groningen 02-08-1967
2:21.0 Ada Kok (NED) Blackpool 55y 25-08-1967
2:20.2 Helga Lindner (GDR) Barcelona 12-09-1970
2:19.5 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) Leipzig 10-07-1972
2:18.32 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) Munich 04-09-1972
2:17.11 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) Munich 04-09-1972
2:16.03 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) East Berlin 13-07-1973
2:15.47 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) Belgrade 08-09-1973
2:13.76 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) Belgrade 08-09-1973
2:13.60 Rosemarie Kother (GDR) Tallinnn 14-03-1976
2:12.84 Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel (GDR) East Berlin 05-06-1976
2:11.22 Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel (GDR) East Berlin 05-06-1976
2:11.20 Andrea Pollack (GDR) Leningrad 09-04-1978
2:09.87 Andrea Pollack (GDR) East Berlin 04-07-1978
2:08.97 Ines Geissler (GDR) East Berlin 01-07-1981
2:08.50 Ines Geissler (GDR) Split 08-09-1981
2:08.03 Ines Geissler (GDR) Gera 19-06-1983
2:07.82 Cornelia Polit (GDR) Rome 27-08-1983
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
2:07.81 Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL) Sydney 19-09-2000
2:06.97 Annika Mehlhorn (GER) Fukuoka 23-07-2001
2:05.78 Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL) Berlin 04-08-2002
2:05.61 Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL) Montreal 28-07-2005
2:04.83 Ellen Gandy (GBR) Sheffield 19-03-2009
2:04.27 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Rome 29-07-2009
200 metres individual medley
2:33.9 Tatiana Deviatova (URS) Moscow 13-08-1966
2:33.5 Sabine Steinbach (GDR) Karl Marx Stadt 04-03-1967
2:32.0 Sabine Steinbach (GDR) Linkoping 15-08-1967
2:31.1 Sabine Steinbach (GDR) Leipzig 08-11-1967
2:30.3 Sabine Steinbach (GDR) East Berlin 10-03-1968
2:30.1 Larissa Zakharova (URS) Tallinn 03-04-1968
2:29.6 Judit Turoczy (HUN) Budapest 14-07-1968
2:27.5 Martina Grunert (GDR) Budapest 23-08-1969
2:27.5= Gabrielle Wetzko (GDR) Dresden 19-12-1971
2:26.9 Nina Petrova (URS) Hanover 18-04-1972
2:25.45 Evlyne Stolze (GDR) Munich 28-08-1972
2:25.39 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Munich 28-08-1972
2:23.59 Kornelia Ender (GDR) Munich 28-08-1972
2:23.01 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 13-04-1973
2:20.51 Andrea Hubner (GDR) Belgrade 04-09-1973
2:18.97 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) Vienna 18-08-1974
2:18.83 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) Wittenberg 10-06-1975
2:18.30 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) Tallinn 12-03-1976
2:17.14 Kornelia Ender (GDR) East Berlin 05-06-1976
2:16.96 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) Leipzig 10-07-1977
2:15.95 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) Jonkoping 20-08-1977
2:15.85 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) East Berlin 28-08-1977
2:15.75 Petra Schneider (GDR) Hamburg 18-03-1979
2:14.51 Petra Schneider (GDR) Brandenburg 05-08-1979
2:13.94 Petra Schneider (GDR) East Berlin 27-02-1980
2:13.00 Petra Schneider (GDR) Magdeburg 24-05-1980
2:11.73 Ute Geweniger (GDR) East Berlin 04-07-1981
2:10.68 Yana Klochkova (UKR) Sydney 19-09-2000
2:09.59 Hannah Miley (GBR) Sheffield 17-03-2009
2:09.37 Camille Muffat (FRA) Montpellier 26-04-2009
2:09.12 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Rome 26-07-2009
2:07.46 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Rome 27-07-2009
2:07.30 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Kazan 02-08-2015
2:06.84 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Kazan 02-08-2015
2:06.12 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Kazan 03-08-2015
400 metres individual medley
5:50.4 Eva Szekely (HUN) Budapest 33m 10-04-1953
5:47.3 Mary Kok (NED) Hilversum 25m 28-03-1955
5:40.8 Eva Szekely (HUN) Budapest 13-07-1955
5:38.9 Mary Kok (NED) Hilversum 25m 02-12-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
5:49.0 Standard time as at 1st May 1957
5:49.0 Heidi Pechstein (GDR) Leipzig 16-04-1961
5:40.9 Marianne Heemskerk (NED) Zwolle 20-08-1961
5:39.4 Judith de Nijs (NED) Blackpool 55y 26-08-1961
5:36.0 Marianne Heemskerk (NED) Rotterdam 28-02-1962
5:33.1 Adrie Lasterie (NED) The Hague 29-07-1962
5:27.8 Adrie Lasterie (NED) Leipzig 25-08-1962
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
5:26.8 Veronica Holletz (GDR) Tokyo 15-10-1964
5:25.6 Veronica Holletz (GDR) Tokyo 17-10-1964
5:25.0 Betty Heukels (NED) Utrecht 27-08-1966
5:22.6 Sabine Steinbach (GDR) Leipzig 09-04-1967
5:14.9 Sabine Steinbach (GDR) Tallinn 02-04-1968
5:07.9 Evelin Stolze (GDR) Barcelona 06-09-1970
5:06.96 Evelin Stolze (GDR) Munich 31-08-1972
5:03.99 Novella Calligaris (ITA) Munich 31-08-1972
5:01.10 Angela Franke (GDR) Utrecht 19-08-1973
4:57.51 Gudrun Wegner (GDR) Belgrade 06-09-1973
4:52.42 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) Vienna 21-08-1974
4:52.20 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) Wittenberg 07-06-1975
4:48.79 Birgit Treiber (GDR) East Berlin 01-06-1976
4:42.77 Ulrike Tauber (GDR) Montreal 24-07-1976
4:39.96 Petra Schneider (GDR) Leningrad 08-03-1980
4:38.44 Petra Schneider (GDR) Magdeburg 27-05-1980
4:36.29 Petra Schneider (GDR) Moscow 26-07-1980
4:36.10 Petra Schneider (GDR) Guayaquil 01-08-1982
4:33.59 Yana Klochkova (UKR) Sydney 16-09-2000
4:33.24 Hannah Miley (GBR) Sheffield 05-04-2008
4:31.33 Hannah Miley (GBR) Sheffield 20-03-2009
4:30.31 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Rome 02-08-2009
4:29.89 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Marseille 04-03-2016
4:28.58 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Rio De Janeiro 05-08-2016
4:26.36 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) Rio De Janeiro 06-08-2016
4 x 100 metres freestyle
4:47.5 Netherlands (Vierdag, Oversloot,
Ladde, den Ouden)
(NED) Los Angeles 12-08-1932
4:43.0 Netherlands (Mastenbroeck, Oversloot,
Sellbach, den Ouden)
(NED) Amsterdam 25m 12-11-1933
4:41.2 Netherlands (Den Ouden, Selbach,
Timmermans, Mastenbroek)
(NED) Rotterdam 25m 28-03-1934
4:33.3 Netherlands (Selbach, Timmermans,
Mastenbroek, Den Ouden)
(NED) Rotterdam 25m 14-04-1934
4:32.8 Netherlands (Selbach, Mastenbroek,
Wagner, Den Ouden)
(NED) Rotterdam 25m 24-05-1936
4:29.7 Denmark (Svendsen, Kraft, Ove-
Petersen, Hveger)
(DEN) Copenhagen 25m 08-02-1938
4:27.6 Denmark (Arndt, Kraft, Ove-Petersen,
Hveger)
(DEN) Copenhagen 25m 07-08-1938
4:27.2 Hungary (Littomeritzky, E. Novak,
Szekely, Szoke)
(HUN) Moscow 25m 27-04-1952
4:24.4 Hungary (I. Novak, Temes, E. Novak,
Szoke)
(HUN) Helsinki 01-08-1952
4:23.0 De Robben, Netherlands (NED) Hilversum 25m 22-03-1957
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
4:22.9 Netherlands (Schimmel, Lagerberg,
Kraan, Gastelaars)
(NED) Budapest 06-09-1958
4:18.2 Netherlands (v.d. Velde, Lambour,
Posthumus, Gastelaars)
(NED) Leipzig 11-06-1960
4:17.6 Great Britain (Wilkinson, Brauner,
Thompson, Amos)
(GBR) Leipzig 24-08-1962
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
4:15.1 Netherlands (Gastelaars, Lasterie,
Terpstra, Tigelaar)
(NED) Leipzig 25-08-1962
4:14.0 S.K. Neptun (Hagberg, Thunell,
Welander, Stenback)
(SWE) Stockholm 08-08-1963
4:12.3 Netherlands (v.d. Widt, Terpstra,
Tigelaar, v. Weerdenburg)
(NED) Groningen 27-06-1964
4:12.0 Netherlands (v.d. Wildt, Beumer, v.
Weerdenburg, Terpstra)
(NED) Tokyo 15-10-1964
4:11.3 USSR (Sipchenko, Rudenko, Ustinova,
Sosnova)
(URS) Utrecht 27-08-1966
4:11.3= Italy (Strumolo, Sacchi, Camino, Berti) (ITA) San Remo 17-09-1967
4:09.4 GDR (Schmuck, Wetzko, Perthes,
Komar)
(GDR) Tallinn 04-04-1968
4:07.5 Hungary (Gyarmati, Patoh, Kovacs,
Turoczy)
(HUN) Budapest 13-07-1968
4:05.7 GDR (Wetzko, R. Krause, Schmuck,
Perthes)
(GDR) Mexico City 26-10-1968
4:02.60 Hungary (Patoh, Kovacs, Gyarmati,
Turoczy)
(HUN) Budapest 24-06-1969
4:00.80 GDR (Wetzko, Komar, Sehmisch,
Schultze)
(GDR) Barcelona 11-09-1970
3:58.11 GDR (Eife, Eichner, Sehmisch, Ender) (GDR) Munich 30-08-1972
3:55.55 GDR (Wetzko, Eife, Sehmisch, Ender) (GDR) Munich 30-08-1972
3:52.45 GDR (Ender, Eife, Hubner, Eichner) (GDR) Belgrade 08-09-1973
3:52.23 GDR (Ender, B. Krause, Hempel,
Franke)
(GDR) Dresden 14-03-1975
3:49.37 GDR (Ender, B. Krause, Hempel,
Bruckner)
(GDR) Cali 27-07-1975
3:48.80 Dynamo Berlin SC, GDR (B. Krause,
Seltmann, Kother, Pollack)
(GDR) East Berlin 02-06-1976
3:45.50 GDR (Ender, Priemer, Pollack, Hempel) (GDR) Montreal 25-07-1976
3:45.19 GDR (B. Krause, Hulsenbeck,
Metschuck, Schmidt)
(GDR) Moscow 27-07-1980
3:42.71 GDR (B. Krause, Hulsenbeck,
Metschuck, Diers)
(GDR) Moscow 27-07-1980
3:42.41 GDR (Otto, Koenig, Friedrich, Meineke) (GDR) Moscow 21-08-1984
3:40.57 GDR (Otto, Stellmach, Schulze,
Friedrich)
(GDR) Madrid 19-08-1986
3:39.83 Netherlands (Van Rooijen, Van Rijn,
Henneken, De Bruin)
(NED) Sydney 16-09-2000
3:39.58 Germany (Dallman, Buschschulte,
Meissmer, Volker)
(GER) Fukuoka 23-07-2001
3:36.00 Germany (Meissner, Dallmann, Volker,
van Almsick)
(GER) Berlin 29-07-2002
3:35.22 GER (Dallman, Goetz, Steffen, Liebs) (GER) Budapest 31-07-2006
3:33.62 Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo,
Heemskerk, Veldhuis)
(NED) Eindhoven 18-03-2008
3:31.72 Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo,
Heemskerk, Veldhuis)
(NED) Rome 26-07-2009
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
4 x 200 metres free style
8:02.27 GDR (Otto, Strauss, Sirch, Meineke) (GDR) Rome 22-08-1983
7:59.33 GDR (Stellmach, Strauss, Bergknecht,
Friedrich)
(GDR) Madrid 17-08-1986
7:55.47 GDR (Stellmach, Strauss, Moehring,
Friedrich)
(GDR) Strasbourg 18-08-1987
7:50.82 GER (Dallman, Samulski, Steffen, Liebs) (GER) Budapest 03-08-2006
7:50.37 France (Popchanka, Couderc, Muffat,
Balmy)
(FRA) Beijing 13-08-2008
7:49.76 Italy (Spagnolo,Filippi, Zoccari,
Pellegrini)
(ITA) Beijing 14-08-2008
7:49.04 Great Britain (McClatchey, Carlin,
Miley, Adlington)
(GBR) Rome 30-07-2009
7:45.51 Great Britain (Jackson, Carlin,
McClatchey, Adlington)
(GBR) Rome 31-07-2009
4 x 100 metres medley
5:10.8 Hungary (Hunyadfi, Killermann, E.
Szekely, Gyenge)
(HUN) Budapest 24-07-1953
5:09.2 Hungary (Hunyadfi, Killermann, E.
Szekely, Gyenge)
(HUN) Bucharest 10-08-1953
5:07.8 Hungary (Temes, Killermann,
Littomeritzky, Szoke)
(HUN) Budapest 03-08-1954
5:06.2 France (Andre, Derommeleare, Lusien-
Casteur, Arene-Delmas)
(FRA) Marseille 25m 16-08-1954
5:02.1 Netherlands (De Korte, Bruins, M. Kok,
Wielema)
(NED) Rotterdam 25m 27-11-1954
5:00.1 Netherlands (van Alpen, Bruins,
Voorbij, Balkenende)
(NED) Paris 17-07-1955
4:57.8 Hungary (Pajor, R. Szekely, E. Szekely,
Szoke)
(HUN) Budapest 03-09-1955
4:54.3 SC De Robben, Netherlands (L. de Nijs,
Kroon, Voorbij, Kraan)
(NED) Hilversum 25m 19-11-1956
4:53.1 Netherlands (de Korte, den Haan,
Lagerberg, Gastelaars)
(NED) Zwolle 25m 08-12-1956
New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised
4:57.0 Netherlands (Kraan, den Haan, Voorbij,
Gastelaars)
(NED) Blackpool 55y 18-05-1957
4:54.0 Great Britain (Grinham, Lonsbrough,
Gosden, Wilkinson)
(GBR) Cardiff 55y 25-07-1958
4:52.9 Netherlands (L. de Nijs, den Haan,
Voorbij, Gastelaars)
(NED) Budapest 05-09-1958
4:51.5 Netherlands (v. Velsen, den Haan,
Lagerberg, Gastelaars)
(NED) Waalwijk 26-07-1959
4:47.3 Netherlands (v. Velsen, den Haan,
Lagerberg, Gastelaars)
(NED) Leipzig 12-06-1960
4:46.7 GDR (Schmidt, Kuper, Fuhrmann,
Pechstein)
(GDR) Leipzig 15-07-1960
4:46.4 GDR (Holletz, Beyer, Fuhrmann,
Pechstein)
(GDR) Budapest 06-08-1961
4:45.0 GDR (Holletz, Kuper, Noack, Pechstein) (GDR) Moscow 24-04-1962
4:44.1 GDR (Holletz, Goebel, Noack,
Pechstein)
(GDR) Magdeburg 17-06-1962
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
4:43.3 GDR (Holletz, Goebel, Noack,
Pechstein)
(GDR) Wittenberg 14-07-1962
4:40.1 GDR (Schmidt, Goebel, Noack,
Pechstein)
(GDR) Leipzig 23-08-1962
4:39.1 Netherlands(van Velsen, Bimolt, A. Kok,
Terpstra)
(NED) Groningen 28-06-1964
4:39.1= USSR (Savelieva, Babanina, Deviatova,
Bystrova)
(URS) Tokyo 16-10-1964
4:37.0 Netherlands (Winkel, Bimolt, A. Kok,
Terpstra)
(NED) Tokyo 18-10-1964
4:36.4 Netherlands (Sikkens, G. Kok, A. Kok,
Beumer)
(NED) Utrecht 25-08-1966
4:35.7 USSR (Burbello, Prozumenshikova,
Deviatova, Rudenko)
(URS) Tbilisi 20-09-1967
4:35.5 Netherlands (Buter, Bimolt, A. Kok,
Bos)
(NED) Stockholm 20-04-1968
4:34.8 GDR (Hoffmeister, Witke, Lindner,
Wetzko)
(GDR) Budapest 23-08-1969
4:30.2 GDR (Hoffmeister, Putz, Lindner,
Wetzko)
(GDR) Novosibirsk 15-04-1970
4:30.1 GDR (Hoffmeister, Schuchartd, Lindner,
Wetzko)
(GDR) Barcelona 09-09-1970
4:30.0 Netherlands (Groen, Te Riet, Rijnders,
Brigitha)
(NED) Hanover 18-04-1972
4:27.58 GDR (Herbst, Vogel, Beier, Wetzko) (GDR) Munich 03-09-1972
4:24.91 GDR (Herbst, Vogel, Beier, Ender) (GDR) Munich 03-09-1972
4:21.70 GDR (Richter, Vogel, Beier, Hubner) (GDR) Belgrade 04-09-1973
4:16.84 GDR (Richter, Vogel, Kother, Ender) (GDR) Belgrade 04-09-1973
4:13.78 GDR (Richter, Vogel, Kother, Ender) (GDR) Vienna 24-08-1974
4:13.41 Dynamo Berlin (Seltmann, Nitschke,
Pollack, B. Krause)
(GDR) East Berlin 05-06-1976
4:07.95 GDR (Richter, Anke, Pollack, Ender) (GDR) Montreal 18-07-1976
4:06.67 GDR (Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack,
Metschuck)
(GDR) Moscow 20-07-1980
4:05.88 GDR (Otto, Geweniger, Geissler,
Meineke)
(GDR) Guayaquil 07-08-1982
4:05.79 GDR (Kleber, Geweniger, Geissler,
Meineke)
(GDR) Rome 26-08-1983
4:03.69 GDR (Kleber, Gerasch, Geissler,
Meineke)
(GDR) Moscow 24-08-1984
4:03.06 Germany (Buschschulte, Weiler,
Mehlhorn, Meissner)
(GER) Fukuoka 29-07-2001
4:01.54 Germany (Buschschulte, Weiler, Van
Almsick, Volker)
(GER) Berlin 04-08-2002
3:59.33 Great Britain (Simmonds,Haywood,
Lowe, Halsall)
(GBR) Eindhoven 24-03-2008
3:59.14 Great Britain
(Spofforth,Haywood,Lowe, Halsall)
(GBR) Beijing 15-08-2008
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
3:57.50 Great Britain
(Spofforth,Haywood,Lowe, Halsall)
(GBR) Beijing 17-08-2008
3:55.79 Germany(Samulski, Poewe,
Mehlhorn,Steffen)
(GER) Rome 01-08-2009
3:55.62 Denmark (Nielsen, Pedersen, Ottesen,
Blume)
(DEN) Berlin 24-08-2014
3:55.24 Sweden(Coleman, Johansson,
Sjostrom, Hansson)
(SWE) Kazan 09-08-2015
3:55.01 Denmark (Nielsen, Pedersen, Ottesen,
Blume)
(DEN) Rio De Janeiro 03-08-2016
Mixed events
4 x 100 metres medley- mixed
3:49.05 Russia (Ustinova, Chupkov, Sadovnikov,
Ustinova)
(RUS) Dordrecht 12-07-2014
3:48.57 Italy (Ciccarese, Toniato, Bianchi,
Masini Luccetti)
(ITA) Berlin 19-08-2014
3:44.02 Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn, Peaty,
Lowe, Halsall)
(GBR) Berlin 19-08-2014
3:41.71 Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn, Peaty,
O'Connor, Halsall)
(GBR) Kazan 05-08-2015
4 x 100 metres freestyle- mixed
4:29.10 Target time
3:25.02 Italy (Dotto, Leonardi, Ferraioli, Galizi) (ITA) Berlin 22-08-2014
3:23.10 Netherlands (Verschuren, Reijns,
Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk)
(NED) Kazan 08-08-2015
Records established for distances that are now obsolete
Men: (pools 50 metres unless stated)
300 metres freestyle
3:28.1 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 27-11-1927
3:27.6 Jean Taris (FRA) Rheims 25m 11-07-1931
3:24.7 Alex Jany (FRA) Monte Carlo 12-09-1947
3:21.0 Alex Jany (FRA) Casablanca 28-09-1947
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
500 metres freestyle
6:08.4 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 09-09-1925
6:01.2 Jean Taris (FRA) Rheims 25m 23-04-1932
6:00.3 Alex Jany (FRA) Casablanca 25m 15-09-1948
5:59.8 V.Uchakov (URS) Moscow 25m 18-05-1950
5:58.4 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Toulouse 25m 11-05-1951
5:52.2 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Marseille 25m 14-06-1951
5:46.1 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Casablanca 25m 26-09-1952
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1952)
1000 metres freestyle
13:04.2 Arne Borg (SWE) Oslo 15-08-1925
13:02.0 Arne Borg (SWE) Budapest 18-08-1928
12:57.6 Jean Taris (FRA) Paris 25-05-1932
12:48.4 Gyorgy Mitro (HUN) Budapest 20-06-1948
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
400 metres backstroke
5:59.2 Gerhard Blitz (BEL) Exeter 25y 16-09-1921
5:51.4 Albert Faye (FRA) Clemont-Ferrand 25m 19-04-1930
5:47.2 John Tripett (GBR) Wallasey 25y 07-12-1931
5:45.8 John Tripett (GBR) Leeds 25y 19-12-1931
5:41.8 John Besford (GBR) Birkenhead 25y 27-03-1933
5:21.8 Hans Schlauch (GER) Halle 25m 14-03-1937
5:15.9 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Norkopping 25y 03-11-1939
5:15.6 Lucien Zins (FRA) Troyes 25m 10-10-1942
5:14.0 Georges Vallerey (FRA) Casablanca 25m 08-07-1945
5:11.8 Jack Hale (GBR) Wallasey 25y 06-11-1948
5:09.3 Rene Pirolley (FRA) Rheims 25m 13-11-1948
5:05.6 Rene Pirolley (FRA) Rheims 25m 11-12-1948
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
400 metres breaststroke
5:50.2 Erich Rademacher (GER) New Haven 25y 09-03-1926
5:45.0 F. Jensen (DEN) Duisberg 25m 07-03-1936
5:43.8 Arthur Heina (GER) Copenhagen 25m 10-02-1938
5:40.2 Bjorn Bonte (NED) Amsterdam 25m 19-10-1948
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
500 metres breaststroke
7:40.8 Erich Rademacher (GER) Leipzig 25m 04-04-1925
7:37.8 Louis van Parys (BEL) Ghent 25m 11-12-1930
7:36.8 Tiovi Reingoldt (FIN) Helsinki 25m 26-04-1931
7:33.1 Paul Schwarz (GER) Braunschweig 25m 22-01-1933
7:30.7 F. Jensen (DEN) Aarhus 25m 07-04-1935
7:26.8 Joachim Balke (GER) Bremen 25m 05-03-1938
7:23.3 Joachim Balke (GER) Aarhus 25m 06-12-1938
7:21.4 Herman Smitshuysen (NED) Amsterdam 25m 28-02-1939
7:13.0 Arthur Heina (GER) Solingen 25m 07-05-1939
7:10.6 Bjorn Bonte (NED) Amsterdam 25m 19-10-1948
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
3 x 100 metres medley relay
3:16.9 France (FRA) Toulouse 08-08-1946
3:12.3 France (FRA) Marseille 25m 16-09-1946
3:11.1 France (URS) Moscow 25m 13-05-1951
3:09.6 France (FRA) Troyes 25m 25-03-1952
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1952)
Women:
220 yards freestyle
2:46.6 Hilda James (GBR) Seacombe 33.3 10-10-1923
2:46.4 Joyce Cooper (GBR) Weston-super-Mare 33.3y 29-11-1928
2:44.2 Joyce Cooper (GBR) Glasgow 25y 03-06-1931
300 yards freestyle
3:58.4 Hilda James (GBR) Seacombe 33.3y 10-10-1923
3:57.6 Joyce Cooper (GBR) London 25y 26-09-1928
3:50.4 Joyce Cooper (GBR) London 33.3y 23-04-1931
300 metres freestyle
4:46.0 Lennie Lehman (GER) Bielefeld 100m 09-07-1927
4:26.0 Reni Erkens (GER) Duisberg 25m 21-01-1928
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
4:17.4 Marie Braun (NED) Paris 25m 23-03-1930
3:58.0 Willie den Ouden (NED) Rotterdam 25m 08-10-1933
3:50.4 Willie den Ouden (NED) Copenhagen 25m 10-09-1935
3:50.1 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 05-03-1937
3:48.8 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 16-01-1938
3:46.9 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Arhus 25m 23-01-1938
3:42.5 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 15-09-1940
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
500 yards freestyle
6:57.6 Hilda James (GBR) Seacombe 33.3y 05-11-1923
500 metres freestyle
8:44.2 Monique Ledoux (FRA) Paris 14-08-1926
8:17.8 Friederike Lowy (AUT) Vienna 33.3m 03-04-1927
7:51.6 Marie Braun (HOL) Utrecht 23-08-1929
7:50.6 Solito Salgado (FRA) Paris 14-02-1930
7:18.0 Marie Braun (NED) Bruges 23-03-1930
6:48.4 Willie den Ouden (NED) Rotterdam 25m 27-03-1935
6:45.7 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 14-06-1936
6:39.1 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 01-05-1938
6:34.3 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 24-02-1939
6:28.4 Fernande Caroen (BEL) Ostende 25m 03-01-1940
6:27.4 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 11-02-1940
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1952)
1000 metres freestyle
15:49.6 Edith Mayne (GBR) Exmouth 60y 2 ft 15-09-1926
15:18.6 Yvonne Godard (FRA) Paris 29-07-1931
14:35.6 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Helsingor 23-08-1936
14:12.3 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Stockholm 28-02-1937
14:09.2 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Helsingor 11-08-1940
13:54.4 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 20-08-1941
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
400 metres backstroke
7:00.8 Herta Wunram (GER) Magdeburg 25m 28-05-1926
6:16.8 Marie Braun (HOL) Paris 25m 23-12-1928
6:12.4 Phylis Harding (GBR) Wallasey 25y 05-12-1932
6:05.0 Ria Mastenbroek (NED) Basle 25m 05-04-1935
5:59.8 Ria Mastenbroek (NED) Copenhagen 25m 12-01-1936
5:48.8 Ria Mastenbroek (NED) Rotterdam 25m 28-12-1936
5:44.5 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 04-04-1937
5:41.4 Iet van Feggelen (NED) Amsterdam 25m 13-02-1938
5:38.2 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 02-03-1941
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
400 metres breaststroke
6:54.8 Marie Baron (NED) Brussels 25m 20-03-1927
6:46.8 Hilda Schrader (GER) Magdeburg 25m 08-05-1928
6:45.6 Marie Baron (NED) Brussels 25m 24-11-1928
6:41.4 Celia Wostenholme (GBR) Royton 25y 25-11-1930
6:38.4 Jenny Kastein (NED) Amsterdam 25m 02-04-1932
6:31.4 Jenny Kastein (NED) Amsterdam 25m 17-12-1932
6:29.0 Jenny Kastein (NED) Amsterdam 25m 29-04-1933
6:19.2 Martha Engfeld-Geneger (GER) Copenhagen 25m 07-03-1937
6:16.2 Inge Sorensen (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 18-01-1939
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
6:13.7 Jopie Waalberg (NED) Amsterdam 25m 12-11-1940
6:08.2 Anni Kapell (GER) Dusseldorf 25m 11-05-1941
5:58.6 Nellie van Vliet (NED) Hilversum 25m 03-11-1947
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
500 metres breaststroke
9:45.4 Yvonne Jeanne (FRA) Paris 17-08-1930
8:40.8 Hertha Wunder (GER) Leipzig 25m 18-08-1930
8:35.2 Celia Wostenholme (GBR) Chadderton 25y 17-11-1930
8:32.0 Hertha Wunder (GER) Leipzig 25 m 20-08-1931
8:23.8 Celia Wostenholme (GBR) Manchester 25y 23-09-1931
8:12.0 Jenny Kastein (NED) Amsterdam 25m 19-11-1932
8:01.9 Inge Sorensen (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 01-05-1937
8:01.6 Yvonne van de Kerckhove (BEL) Ostend 25m 25-01-1939
7:58.8 Inge Sorensen (DEN) Copenhagen 25m 26-02-1939
7:49.9 Jopie Waalberg (NED) Amsterdam 25m 05-11-1940
7:43.4 Anni Kapell (GER) Dusseldorf 25m 19-05-1943
7:41.0 Nellie van Vliet (NED) Hilversum 25m 01-12-1946
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1948)
3 x 100 metres medley relay
3:46.3 Netherlands (NED) Amsterdam 25m 14-12-1946
3:42.4 Netherlands (NED) Arnhem 25m 28-04-1947
3:41.2 Hungary (HUN) Budapest 25m 14-10-1950
3:35.9 Netherlands (NED) Rotterdam 25m 02-12-1950
(Record not recognised after December 31st 1952)
Recognised World Records established by Europeans prior to the establishment of LEN
(The records beneath were recognised as World Records by FINA and were therefore 'unofficial' European bests)
Men:
100 metres freestyle
1:05.8 Zoltan Halmay (HUN) Vienna 34m 03-12-1905
1:02.4 Kurt Breitting (GER) Brussels 25m 06-04-1912
200 metres freestyle
2:31.6 Otto Scheff (AUT) Vienna 34m 11-11-1908
220 yards
2:26.8 Zoltan Halmay (HUN) Budapest 35m 28-06-1908
300 yards freestyle
3:31.4 Sydney Battersby (GBR) Southport 25y 02-09-1909
3:26.4 Jack Hatfield (GBR) Middlesbrough 25y 16-09-1913
3:16.4 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 11-09-1925
3:15.7 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 11-10-1926
3:03.0 Alex Jany (FRA)
300 metres freestyle
3:33.5 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 11-10-1926
400 metres freestyle
5:36.8 Henry Taylor (GBR) London 100m 16-07-1908
5:35.8 Sydney Battersby (GBR) London 33.3y 21-09-1911
5:29.0 Alajos Kenyery (HUN) Magdeburg 25 m 21-04-1912
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
5:28.4 Bela von Las-Torres (HUN) Budapest 35 m 05-06-1912
5:21.6 Jack Hatfield (GBR) London 33.3y 26-09-1912
5:11.8 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 09-04-1922
4:54.7 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 09-12-1924
4:50.3 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 11-09-1925
440 yards freestyle
5:26.4 Sydney Battersby (GBR) Seacombe 25y 26-10-1908
5:11.8 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 09-04-1922
4:52.6 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 11-09-1925
500 yards freestyle
6:02.8 Jack Hatfield (GBR) Middlesbrough 25y 30-09-1913
5:38.1 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 16-09-1925
5:31.4 Arne Borg (SWE) Detroit 25y 30-01-1926
500 metres freestyle
7:06.4 Otto Scheff (AUT) Vienna 34m 28-10-1906
6:56.8 Jack Hatfield (GBR) Weston-super-Mare 33.3y 06-08-1912
6:32.9 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 09-04-1922
6:19.7 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 07-12-1924
6:08.4 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 11-09-1925
880 yards freestyle
11:25.4 Henry Taylor (GBR) Runcorn 220y 21-07-1906
11:09.2 Arne Borg (SWE) Gothenburg 28-08-1923
10:43.6 Arne Borg (SWE) Honolulu 11-04-1924
10:37.4 Arne Borg (SWE) Harnas 25-08-1925
1000 yards freestyle
13:34.8 David Billington (GBR) Liverpool 125y 22-07-1905
13:15.7 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 20-08-1922
12:47.8 Arne Borg (SWE) Gothenburg 29-08-1923
12:16.8 Arne Borg (SWE) Gothenburg 03-09-1924
1000 metres freestyle
15:50.8 Otto Scheff (AUT) Vienna 70m 01-08-1908
14:18.8 Arne Borg (SWE) Christania 18-08-1922
14:03.1 Arne Borg (SWE) Gothenburg 29-08-1923
13:42.1 Arne Borg (SWE) Oslo 18-08-1925
1500 metres freestyle
22:48.4 Henry Taylor (GBR) London 100m 25.07-1908
21:35.3 Arne Borg (SWE) Gothenburg 08-07-1923
21:15.0 Arne Borg (SWE) Sydney 110y 30-01-1924
21:11.4 Arne Borg (SWE) Paris 03-07-1924
20:04.8 Arne Borg (SWE) Budapest 18-08-1926
1600 metres freestyle
21:41.3 Arne Borg (SWE) Gothenburg 12-08-1925
1760 yards freestyle
25:24.4 Otto Scheff (AUT) Vienna 70m 01-08-1908
24:01.4 Sydney Battersby (GBR) Southport 110y 07-08-1909
22:34.0 Arne Borg (SWE) Sydney 110y 30-01-1924
21:41.6 Arne Borg (SWE) Gothenburg 50.01m 12-08-1925
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
100 metres backstroke
1:24.0 Andras Baronyi (HUN) Budapest 35m 23-08-1908
1:20.8 Maurice Weckesser (BEL) Schaerbeck 25.20m 02-10-1910
1:18.8 Andras Baronyi (HUN) Budapest 33.3m 17-07-1911
1:18.4 Oskar Schiele (GER) Brussels 25m 06-04-1912
1:15.6 Otto Fahr (GER) Magdeburg 25m 29-04-1912
150 yards backstroke
1:57.6 Fred Unwin (GBR) Sheffield 25y 27-09-1909
1:55.2 Fred Unwin (GBR) Sheffield 25y 22-10-1910
1:53.8 Maurice Weckesser (BEL) Schaerbeck 25.20m 28-11-1910
200 metres backstroke
3:04.4 Oskar Schiele (GER) Charlottenburg 100m 27-06-1909
2:59.8 George Arnold (GER) Magdeburg 25m 03-01-1910
2:56.4 Maurice Weckesser (BEL) Schaerbeck 25.20m 18-10-1910
2:50.6 Hermann Pentz (GER) Magdeburg 25m 11-03-1911
2:48.4 Otto Fahr (GER) Magdeburg 25m 30-04-1912
400 metres backstroke
6:46.0 Herman Meyboom (BEL) Schaerbeck 25.20m 09-11-1910
6:38.8 S. Wendelin (HUN) Budapest 33.3m 05-08-1911
6:38.4 George Webster (GBR) Batley 75ft 21-12-1911
6:28.6 J.Selmeczy (AUT) Vienna 37m 05-06-1912
6:25.6 George Webster (GBR) Manchester 25y 26-10-1912
6:18.6 George Webster (GBR) Brighouse 25y 05-07-1913
6:06.0 Hermann Pentz (GER) Magdeburg 25m 11-10-1913
5:59.2 Gerhard Blitz (BEL) Exeter 25y 16-09-1921
100 metres breaststroke
1:24.0 Andras Baronyi (HUN) Vienna 34m 17-11-1907
1:22.6 Felicien Coubert (BEL) Brussels 25m 30-09-1909
1:21.8 Odon Goldi (HUN) Budapest 33.3m 12-06-1910
1:18.4 Walther Bathe (GER) Magdeburg 25m 02-10-1910
1:17.8 Walther Bathe (GER) Budapest 25m 18-12-1910
1:16.8 Wilhelm Lutzow (GER) Magdeburg 25m 24-05-1921
1:16.2 Martin Sipos (HUN) Budapest 25.25m 24-09-1922
1:15.9 Erich Rademacher (GER) Leipzig 25m 05-04-1925
1:15.6 Heinz Faust (GER) Strasbourg 25y 05-12-1926
200 yards breaststroke
2:41.8 Andras Baronyi (HUN) Budapest 35m 23-08-1908
2:41.4 William Robinson (GBR) Seacombe 25y 11-11-1908
2:39.6 Odon Toldi (HUN) Budapest 33.3m 20-08-1911
2:35.6 Erich Rademacher (GER) Budapest 33.3m 23-08-1924
200 metres breaststroke
3:09.1 Frederick Holman (GBR) London 100 m 18-08-1908
3:08.3 Robert Andersson (SWE) Stockholm 25y 18-04-1909
3:00.8 Felicien Coubert (BEL) Schaerbeck 25.20m 02-10-1910
2:56.6 Percy Courtman (GBR) Garston 25y 28-07-1914
2:54.4 Erich Rademacher (GER) Amsterdam 25m 12-11-1922
2:50.8 Erich Rademacher (GER) Magdeburg 25m 07-04-1924
400 metres breaststroke
6:53.4 Georg Zacharias (GER) Hermsdorf 100 m 11-08-1907
6:39.8 Oszkar Demjan (HUN) Budapest 33.3m 06-03-1910
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
6:39.0 Felicien Coubert (BEL) Schaerbeck 25.20m 28-11-1910
6:28.7 Thor Henning (SWE) Stockholm 25y 30-11-1911
6:14.4 Percy Courtman (GBR) Manchester 25y 11-12-1912
6:12.8 Erich Rademacher (GER) Vienna 100m 20-09-1921
6:05.0 Erich Rademacher (GER) Leipzig 25m 04-04-1925
6:01.0 Louis Van Parys (BEL) Brussels 25m 25-10-1925
5:59.2 Erich Rademacher (GER) New Haven 25y 09-03-1926
500 metres breaststroke
8:30.6 Georg Zacharias (GER) Berlin 100m 01-08-1904
8:27.2 Oszkar Demjan (HUN) Vienna 34m 27-11-1910
8:12.0 Felicien Coubert (BEL) Schaerbeck 25.20m 28-11-1910
7:51.0 Percy Courtman (GBR) Manchester 25y 11-12-1912
7:40.8 Erich Rademacher (GER) Leipzig 25m 04-04-1925
Women:
100 yards freestyle
1:13.6 Jennie Fletcher (GBR) Manchester 25y 23-03-1905
1:12.6 Daisy Curwen (GBR) Seacombe 25y 07-07-1911
100 metres freestyle
1:35.0 Martha Gerstung (GER) Magdeburg 25m 18-10-1908
1:26.6 Claire Gutterstein (BEL) Schaerbeck 25.20m 02-10-1910
1:24.6 Daisy Curwen (GBR) Liverpool 100ft 29-09-1911
1:20.6 Daisy Curwen (GBR) Birkenhead 25y 10-06-1912
150 yards freestyle
1:53.6 Hilda James (GBR) Seacombe 25y 08-12-1920
1:48.0 Hilda James (GBR) Seacombe 25y 26-09-1922
300 yards freestyle
4:33.2 Vera Neave (GBR) London 25y 28-09-1911
4:31.2 Daisy Curwen (GBR) Seacombe 25y 25-10-1911
4:25.4 Daisy Curwen (GBR) Seacombe 25y 30-10-1912
4:23.0 Constance Jeans (GBR) Nottingham 33.3m 30-10-1913
4:20.0 Hilda James (GBR) Manchester 25y 15-09-1920
300 metres freestyle
5:57.6 Berta Zahourek (AUT) Vienna 34m 03-04-1910
5:39.2 Daisy Curwen (GBR) Chester 25y 11-10-1911
4:56.2 Vera Neave (GBR) London 39y 18-10-1911
4:21.0 Hilda James (GBR) Seacombe 25y 28-11-1923
400 metres freestyle
6:16.6 Hilda James (GBR) Leeds 29-07-1921
440 yards freestyle
6:16.6 Hilda James (GBR) Leeds 29-07-1921
1000 yards freestyle
14:47.0 Edith Mayne (GBR) Exmouth 60y 2ft 16-08-1926
1760 yards freestyle
25:46.0 Edith Mayne (GBR) Exmouth 60y 2ft
100 metres backstroke
1:36.7 Doris Hart (GBR) Gothenburg 06-07-1923
Time Swimmer Country Venue Length of pool Date
1:35.0 Jarmila Mullerova (CZE) Prague 100.24m 29-07-1923
150 yards backstroke
2:17.0 Lucy Morton (GBR) Seacombe 25y 06-12-1916
2:16.2 May Spencer (GBR) Garston 25y 30-10-1918
2:15.0 May Spencer (GBR) Liverpool 33.3 y 10-09-1919
2:13.4 May Spencer (GBR) Seacombe 25 y 08-12-1920
1:57.2 Ellen King (GBR) Southport 25y 23-08-1928
100 metres breaststroke
1:37.6 E. van den Bogaert (BEL) Brussels 26m 22-07-1921
1:33.4 Doris Hart (GBR) Aldershot 33.3y 23-08-1922
1:31.8 Irene Gilbert (GBR) Rotherham 25y 30-10-1924
1:29.0 Erno Huneus (GER) Aachen 04-10-1925
200 yards breaststroke
3:11.4 Lucy Morton (GBR) Liverpool 25y 27-10-1916
3:08.0 May Spencer (GBR) Birkenhead 25y 26-08-1918
3:06.0 Lucy Morton (GBR) Blackpool 25y 13-10-1920
3:02.4 Irene Gilbert (GBR) Garston 25y 25-05-1922
200 metres breaststroke
3:38.2 E. van den Bogaert (BEL) Antwerp 07-08-1921
3:34.6 E. van den Bogaert (BEL) Brussels 26m 06-05-1922
3:31.4 E. van den Bogaert (BEL) Antwerp 04-10-1922
3:20.4 Irene Gilbert (GBR) Rotherham 25y 4 in 18-06-1923
3:20.2 Erna Murray (GER) Leipzig 05-04-1925
3:19.1 Brita Hazelius (SWE) Stockholm 11-08-1926
3:18.4 Marie Baron (NED) Brussels 24-10-1926
400 metres breaststroke
7:42.2 E. van den Bogaert (BEL) Brussels 26m 07-10-1922
7:20.0 Irene Gilbert (GBR) Bradford 33.3y 22-10-1923
6:59.6 Brita Hazelius (SWE) Strombadet 33.3m 13-07-1926
6:54.8 Marie Baron (NED) Brussels 25m 20-03-1927
© Kelvin Juba, HNI & LEN
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