World Record Progression

World Records Women - 200M Breastroke
Time	Name	Location	Date
3:38.2	E. van den Bogaert, BEL	Antwerp	08-07-1921
3:34.6	E. van den Bogaert, BEL	Brussel	05-06-1922
3:31.4	E. van den Bogaert, BEL	Antwerp	10-04-1922
3:20.4	Irene Gilbert, ENG	Rotherham	06-18-1923
3:20.2	Erna Murray, GER	Aachen	04-05-1925
3:19.1	B. Hazelius, SWE	Stockholm	08-11-1926
3:18.4	Marie Baron, NED	Brussel	10-24-1926
3:16.6	Else Jacobsen, DEN	Oslo	08-20-1927
3:15.8	Lotte Muhe, GER	Berlin	07-15-1928
3:12.8	Marie Baron, NED	Rotterdam	04-22-1928
3:11.2	Lotte Muhe, GER	Berlin	07-15-1928
3:10.6	Margery Hinton, ENG	Manchester	07-20-1931
3:08.4	Dennis Clare, AUS	Sydney	01-18-1932
3:08.2	Lisa Rocke, GER	Leipzig	04-21-1932
3:03.4	Else Jacobsen, DEN	Stockholm	05-11-1932
3:00.4	Hideko Maehata, JPN	Tokyo	09-30-1933
3:00.2	Jopie Waalberg, NED	Amsterdam	05-11-1937
2:58.0	Jopie Waalberg, NED	Zaandyk	06-27-1937
2:56.9	Jopie Waalberg, NED	Gand	10-02-1937
2:56.0	Maria Lenk, BRA	Rio de Janeiro	11-08-1939
2:52.6	Nel van Vliet, NED	Bilthoven	08-17-1946
2:51.9	Nel van Vliet, NED	Amsterdam	03-29-1947
2:49.2	Nel van Vliet, NED	Hilversum	07-20-1947
2:48.8	Eva Novak, HUN	Szekesfehervar	10-21-1950
2:48.5	Eva Novak, HUN	Moscow	05-05-1951
Division of the breaststroke and butterfly stroke 01-01-1953
2:46.4	Ada den Haan, NED	Naarden	11-13-1956
Under water breaststroke is ruled out 30-04-1957
2:52.5	Ada den Haan, NED	Blackpool	05-18-1957
2:51.9	Ada den Haan, NED	Rhenen	08-03-1957
2:51.3	Ada den Haan, NED	Rhenen	08-04-1957
2:50.3	Anita Lonsbrough, GBR	Waalwijk	07-25-1959
2:50.2	Wiltrud Urselmann, FRG	Aachen	06-06-1960
2:49.5	Anita Lonsbrough, GBR	Rome	08-27-1960
2.48.0	Karin Beyer, GDR	Budapest	08-05-1961
2:47.7	Galina Prosumenschikova, URS	Blackpool	04-11-1964
2:45.4	Galina Prosumenschikova, URS	Berlin	05-17-1964
2:45.3	Galina Prosumenschikova, URS	Groningen	09-12-1965
2:40.8	Galina Prosumenschikova, URS	Utrecht	08-22-1966
2:40.8	Catherine Ball, USA	Santa Clara	07-09-1967
2:39.5	Catherine Ball, USA	Philadelphia	08-20-1967
2:38.5	Catherine Ball, USA	Los Angeles	08-26-1968
2:37.89	Anne-Katrin Schott, GDR	Rostock	07-06-1974
2:37.44	Karla Linke, GDR	Vienna	08-19-1974
2:34.99	Karla Linke, GDR	Vienna	08-19-1974
2:33.35	Marina Koshevaia, URS	Montreal	07-21-1976
2:33.32	Julia Bogdanova, URS	Leningrad	04-07-1977
2:33.11	Lina Kachushite, URS	Berlin	08-24-1978
2:31.42	Lina Kachushite, URS	Berlin	08-24-1978
2:31.09	Svetlana Varganova, URS	Minsk	03-30-1979
2:28.36	Lina Kachushite, URS	Potsdam	04-06-1979
2:28.33	Silke Hoerner, GDR	Leipzig	06-05-1985
2:28.20	Sylvia Gerasch, GDR	Leningrad	03-01-1986
2:27.40	Silke Hoerner, GDR	Madrid	08-18-1986
2:27.27	Allison Higson, CAN	Montreal	05-28-1988
2:26.71	Silke Hoerner, GDR	Seoul	09-21-1988
2:25.92	Anita Nall, USA	Indianapolis	03-02-1992
2:25.35	Anita Nall, USA	Indianapolis	03-02-1992
2:24.76	Rebecca Brown, AUS	Queensland	03-15-1994
2:24.69	Penny Heyns, RSA	Los Angeles	07-17-1999
2:24.51	Penny Heyns, RSA	Los Angeles	07-17-1999
2:24.42	Penny Heyns, RSA	Sydney	08-26-1999
2:23.64	Penny Heyns, RSA	Sydney	08-27-1999
2:22.99	Hui Qi, CHN	Hargzhou	04-13-2001
2:22.99	Amanda Beard, USA	Barcelona	07-25-2003
2:22.96	Leisel Jones, AUS	Brisbane	07-10-2004
2:22.44	Amanda Beard, USA	Long Beach	07-12-2004
2:21.72	Leisel Jones, AUS	Montreal	07-29-2005
2:20.54	Leisel Jones, AUS	Melbourne	02-01-2006