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World Records
Men - 200M Backstroke |
| Time |
Name |
Location |
Date |
| 2:59.8 |
George Arnold, GER (25m) |
Magdeburg |
01-03-1910 |
| 2:56.4 |
M. Weckesser, BEL (25.2m) |
Schaerbeck |
10-18-1910 |
| 2:50.6 |
Hermann Pentz, GER |
Magdeburg |
03-11-1911 |
| 2:48.4 |
Otto Fahr, GER |
Magdeburg |
04-03-1912 |
| 2:47.1 |
Walter Laufer, USA (100m) |
Bremen |
06-24-1926 |
| 2:44.9 |
Walter Laufer, USA (100m) |
Nurnberg |
07-11-1926 |
| 2:38.8 |
Walter Laufer, USA (100m) |
Magdeburg |
07-13-1926 |
| 2:37.8 |
Toshio Iriye, JPN |
Tamagawa |
10-14-1928 |
| 2:32.2 |
George Kojac, USA |
New Haven |
10-14-1928 |
| 2:27.8 |
Albert Vanderweghe, USA |
Honolulu |
07-13-1928 |
| 2:24.0 |
Adolph Kiefer, USA |
Chicago |
10-14-1928 |
| 2:23.0 |
Adolph Kiefer, USA |
Honolulu |
06-16-1930 |
| 2:22.9 |
Harry Holiday, USA |
Detroit |
08-30-1934 |
| 2:19.3 |
Adolph Kiefer, USA |
Annapolis |
04-11-1935 |
| 2:18.5 |
Allen Stack, USA |
New Haven |
05-23-1941 |
| 2:18.5 |
Allen Stack, USA |
New Haven |
05-04-1949 |
| 2:18.3 |
Gilbert Bozon, FRA |
Algiers |
06-26-1953 |
| New Regulations |
| 2:18.8 |
John Mockton, AUS |
Sydney |
01-15-1958 |
| 2:18.4 |
John Mockton, AUS |
Melbourne |
02-18-1958 |
| 2:17.9 |
Frank McKinney, USA |
Los Altos |
07-12-1959 |
| 2:17.8 |
Frank McKinney, USA |
Osaka |
07-25-1959 |
| 2:17.6 |
Charles Bittick, USA |
Los Angeles |
06-26-1960 |
| 2:16.0 |
Thomas Stock, USA |
Toledo |
07-24-1960 |
| 2:13.2 |
Thomas Stock, USA |
Chicago |
07-02-1961 |
| 2:11.5 |
Thomas Stock, USA |
Los Angeles |
08-20-1961 |
| 2:10.9 |
Thomas Stock, USA |
Cuyahaga Falls |
08-10-1962 |
| 2:10.3 |
Jed Graef, USA |
Tokyo |
10-13-1964 |
| 2:09.4 |
Charles Hickox, USA |
Tokyo |
08-29-1967 |
| 2:07.9 |
Roland Matthes, GDR |
Leipzig |
11-08-1967 |
| 2:07.5 |
Roland Matthes, GDR |
Leipzig |
08-14-1968 |
| 2:07.4 |
Roland Matthes, GDR |
Santa Clara |
07-12-1969 |
| 2:06.6 |
Gary Hall, USA |
Lousville |
08-14-1969 |
| 2:06.6 |
Roland Matthes, GDR |
Berlin |
08-29-1969 |
| 2:06.3 |
Michael Stamm, USA |
Los Angeles |
08-20-1970 |
| 2:06.1 |
Roland Matthes, GDR |
Barcelona |
09-11-1970 |
| 2:05.6 |
Roland Matthes, GDR |
Leipzig |
09-03-1971 |
| 2:02.8 |
Roland Matthes, GDR |
Leipzig |
07-10-1972 |
| 2:02.8 |
Roland Matthes, GDR |
Munich |
09-02-1972 |
| 2:01.87 |
Roland Matthes, GDR |
Belgrad |
09-06-1973 |
| 2:00.64 |
John Naber, USA |
Long Beach |
06-19-1976 |
| 1:59.19 |
John Naber, USA |
Montreal |
07-24-1976 |
| 1:58.93 |
Rick Carey, USA |
Clovis |
08-03-1983 |
| 1:58.86 |
Rick Carey, USA |
Indianapolis |
06-27-1984 |
| 1:58.41 |
Sergei Zabolotnov, URS |
Moscow |
08-21-1984 |
| 1:58.14 |
Igor Poliansky, URS |
Erfurt |
03-03-1985 |
| 1:57.30 |
Martin Lopez Zubero, ESP |
Fort Lauderdale |
08-13-1991 |
| 1:57.57 |
Martin Lopez Zubero, ESP |
Tuscaloosa |
11-23-1991 |
| 1:55.87 |
Lenny Krayzelburg, USA |
Sydney |
08-27-1999 |
| 1:55.15 |
Aaron Peirsol, USA |
Minneapolis |
03-02-2002 |
| 1:54.74 |
Aaron Peirsol, USA |
Long Beach |
07-12-2004 |
| 1:54.74 |
Aaron Peirsol, USA |
Montreal |
29-07-2005 |
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