World Record Progression


Time	Name	Location	Date
1:24.0	Andras Baronyi, HUN	Vienna	11-17-1907
1:22.6	Felicien Coubert, BEL	Brussel	09-30-1909
1:21.8	Odon Goldi, HUN	Budapest	06-12-1910
1:18.4	Walter Bathe, GER	Magdeburg	10-02-1910
1:17.8	Walter Bathe, GER	Budapest	12-18-1910
1:16.8	Wilhelm Lutzow, GER	Magdeburg	05-14-1921
1:16.2	Marton Sipos, HUN	Budapest	09-24-1922
1:15.9	Erich Rademacher, GER	Leipzig	04-05-1925
1:15.6	Heinz Faust, GER	Strasbourg	12-05-1926
1:14.0	Walter Spence, USA	New York	10-28-1927
1:13.6	Jaques Cartonnet, FRA	Paris	05-20-1932
1:13.0	Jaques Cartonnet, FRA	Paris	02-08-1933
1:12.4	Jaques Cartonnet, FRA	Paris	02-04-1934
1:10.8	John Higgins, USA	New Haven	02-22-1935
1:10.0	John Higgins, USA	New Haven	03-03-1936
1:09.8	Jaques Cartonnet, FRA	Toulouse	08-06-1937
1:09.5	Joachim Balke, GER	Bremen	11-12-1938
1:07.3	Dick Hough, USA	New Haven	04-15-1939
1:07.2	Leonid Meshkov, USSR	Moscow	12-20-1949
1:07.0	Leonid Meshkov, USSR	Minsk	02-23-1950
1:06.8	Leonid Meshkov, USSR	Moscow	04-17-1950
1:06.6	Leonid Meshkov, USSR	Moscow	01-07-1951
1:06.3	Leonid Meshkov, USSR	Moscow	05-05-1951
1:05.8	Herbert Klein, GER	Nordeney	02-17-1952
New Regulation: Division of the Breaststroke and Butterfly strokes 01-01-1953
1:11.9	Vladimir Minashkin, USSR	Leningrad	02-11-1953
1:11.2	Vladimir Minashkin, USSR	Leningrad	02-23-1953
1:10.9	M. Perusewicz,POL	Warsaw	10-18-1953
1:10.5	Vladimir Minashkin, USSR	Stockholm	02-25-1954
1:09.8	M. Perusewicz,POL	Warsaw	05-23-1954
1:08.2	Masaru Furukawa, JPN	Tokyo	10-01-1955
New Regulation: Under Water Breaststroke is ruled out 04- 30-1957
1:12.7	Viteslav Svozil, TCH	Piestany	05-01-1957
1:11.6	Chi Lieh-Yung, CHI Taipei	Canton	05-01-1957
1:11.5	Vladimir Minashkin, USSR	Leipzig	09-15-1957
1:11.4	Leonid Meshkov, USSR	Moscow	05-05-1961
1:11.1	Chester Jastremski, USA	Chicago	07-02-1961
1:10.8	Gunter Tittes, GER	Berlin	07-05-1961
1:10.7	Chester Jastremski, USA	Tokyo	07-28-1961
1:10.7	Chester Jastremski, USA	Tokyo	07-30-1961
1:09.5	Chester Jastremski, USA	Osaka	08-03-1961
1:07.8	Chester Jastremski, USA	Los Angeles	08-20-1961
1:07.5	Chester Jastremski, USA	Los Angeles	08-20-1961
1:07.4	Georgy Prokopenko, USSR	Baku	03-26-1964
1:06.9	Georgy Prokopenko, USSR	Moscow	09-03-1964
1:06.7	Vladimir Kosinskt, USSR	Leningrad	11-08-1967
1:06.4	Jose Fiolo, BRA	Rio de Janeiro	02-19-1968
1:06.2	Nicoli Pankin, USSR	Moscow	04-18-1968
1:05.8	Nicoli Pankin, USSR	Magdeburg	04-20-1969
1:05.68	John Hencken, USA	Munich	08-29-1972
1:05.13	Nobutaka Taguchi, JPN	Munich	08-29-1972
1:04.94	Nobutaka Taguchi, JPN	Munich	08-30-1972
1:04.35	John Hencken, USA	Belgrade	09-04-1973
1:04.02	John Hencken, USA	Belgrade	09-04-1973
1:03.88	John Hencken, USA	Concord	08-31-1974
1:03.88	John Hencken, USA	Montreal	07-19-1976
1:03.62	John Hencken, USA	Montreal	07-19-1976
1:03.11	John Hencken, USA	Montreal	07-20-1976
1:02.86	Gerald Moerken, GER	Joenkoeping	08-17-1977
1:02.62	Steve Lundquist, USA	Mission Viejo	07-19-1982
1:02.53	Steve Lundquist, USA	Indianapolis	08-21-1982
1:02.34	Steve Lundquist, USA	Clovis	08-06-1983
1:02.28	Steve Lundquist, USA	Caracas	08-17-1983
1:02.13	John Moffet, USA	Indianapolis	06-25-1984
1:01.65	Steve Lundquist, USA	Los Angeles	07-29-1984
1:01.49	Adrian Moorhouse, GBR	Bonn	08-15-1989
1:01.49	Adrian Moorhouse, GBR	Auckland	01-25-1990
1:01.49	Adrian Moorhouse, GBR	London	07-26-1990
1:01.49	Norbert Rozsa, HUN	Perth	01-07-1991
1:01.45	Norbert Rozsa, HUN	Perth	01-07-1991
1:01.45	Vasily Ivanov, URS	Moscow	06-11-1991
1:01.29	Norbert Rozsa, HUN	Rome	08-20-1991
1:00.95	Karoly Gutler, HUN	Sheffield	08-03-1993
1:00.60	Fred de Burghgraeve, BEL	Atlanta	07-20-1996
1:00.36	Roman Sloudrov, RUS	Moscow	06-15-2000
1:00.29	Ed Moses, USA	Austin	03-28-2001
1:00.26	Roman Sloudnov, RUS	Moscow	06-28-2001
59.97	Roman Sloudnov, RUS	Moscow	06-29-2001
59.94	Roman Sloudnov, RUS	Fukuoka	07-23-2001
59.78	Kosuke Kitajima, JPN	Barcelona	07-21-2003
59.30	Brendon Hanson, USA	Long Beach	07-08-2004
59.13	Brendon Hanson, USA	Irvine	08-01-2006