World Record Progression

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