World Record Progression

World Records Men - 200M Butterfly
Time	Name	Location	Date
2:21.6	Jiro Nagasawa, JPN	Tokyo	09-17-1954
2:20.8	Takashi Ishimoto, JPN	Tokyo	10-01-1955
2:19.3	Jiro Nagasawa, JPN	New Haven	03-14-1956
2:16.7	William Yorzik, USA	Wichendon	04-14-1956
New Regulations
2.19.0	Michael Troy, USA	Los Altos	07-11-1959
2:16.4	Michael Troy, USA	Los Altos	07-11-1959
2:15.0	Michael Troy, USA	Evansville	07-12-1959
2:13.4	Michael Troy, USA	Toledo	07-23-1960
2:13.2	Michael Troy, USA	Detroit	08-04-1960
2:12.8	Michael Troy, USA	Rome	09-02-1960
2:12.6	Carl Robie, USA	Los Angeles	08-19-1961
2:12.5y	Kevin Berry, AUS	Melbourne	02-20-1962
2:12.4	Carl Robie, USA	Cuyahoga Falls	08-11-1962
2:10.8	Carl Robie, USA	Cuyahoga Falls	08-11-1962
2:09.7	Kevin Berry, AUS	Melbourne	10-23-1962
2:08.4y	Kevin Berry, AUS	Sydney	01-12-1963
2:08.2	Carl Robie, USA	Tokyo	03-18-1963
2:06.9	Kevin Berry, AUS	Sydney	03-29-1964
2:06.6	Kevin Berry, AUS	Tokyo	10-18-1964
2:06.4	Mark Spitz, USA	Winnipeg	07-26-1967
2:06.4e	Mark Spitz, USA	Oak Park	08-12-1967
2:06.0	John Ferris, USA	Tokyo	08-30-1967
2:05.7	Mark Spitz, USA	Berlin	10-08-1967
2:05.4	Mark Spitz, USA	Los Angeles	08-22-1970
2:05.0	Gary Hall, USA	Los Angeles	08-22-1970
2:03.9	Mark Spitz, USA	Houston	08-27-1971
2:03.9e	Mark Spitz, USA	Houston	08-27-1971
2:03.3	Hans Fassnacht, FRG	Landskrona	08-31-1971
2:01.87	Mark Spitz, USA	Chicago	08-02-1972
2:01.53	Mark Spitz, USA	Chicago	08-02-1972
2:00.70	Mark Spitz, USA	Munich	08-28-1972
2:00.21	Roger Pyttel, GDR	Berlin	06-03-1976
1:59.63	Roger Pyttel, GDR	Berlin	06-03-1976
1:59.23	Michael Bruner, USA	Montreal	07-18-1976
1:58.21	Craig Beardsley, USA	Irvine	07-30-1980
1:58.01	Craig Beardsley, USA	Kiel	08-22-1981
1:57.05	Michael Gross, GER	Rome	08-26-1983
1:57.04	Jon Sieben, AUS	Los Angeles	08-03-1984
1:57.01	Michael Gross, GER	Wuppertal	06-29-1985
1:56.65	Michael Gross, GER	Sofia	08-10-1985
1:56.24	Michael Gross, GER	Hannover	06-28-1986
1:55.69	Melvin Stuart, USA	Perth	01-12-1991
1:55.22	Denis Pankratov, RUS	Canet	06-14-1995
1:55.18	Tom Malchow, USA	Charlotte	06-17-2000
1:54.92	Michael Phelps, USA	Austin	03-30-2001
1:54.58	Michael Phelps, USA	Fukuoka	07-24-2001
1:53.93	Michael Phelps, USA	Barcelona	07-23-2003
1:53.80	Michael Phelps, USA	Victoria	08-18-2006