World Record Progression

World Records Women - 200m Free
Time	Name	Location	Date
2:56.0	Fanny Durack, AUS	Manly	03-04-1915
2:47.6	Carlotte Boyle, USA	New Brighton	08-25-1921
2:45.2	Gertrude Ederle, USA	Brooklyn	04-04-1923
2:40.6y	Martha Norelius, USA	Miami	02-28-1926
2:34.6	Helena Madison, USA	St. Augustine	03-06-1930
2:28.6	Willy den Ouden, NED	Rotterdam	05-03-1933
2:27.6y	Willy den Ouden, NED	Durdee	05-05-1934
2:25.3	Willy den Ouden, NED	Copenhagen	09-08-1935
2:24.6	Rie van Veen, NED	Rotterdam	02-26-1938
2:21.7	Ragenhild Hveger, DEN	Aarthus	09-11-1938
2:20.7	Dawn Fraser, AUS	Sydney	02-25-1956
2:19.3	Lorraine Crapp, AUS	Townsville	08-25-1956
2:18.5	Lorraine Crapp, AUS	Sydney	10-20-1956
New Regulations 1957
2:17.7y	Dawn Fraser, AUS	Adelaide	02-10-1958
2:14.7y	Dawn Fraser, AUS	Melbourne	02-22-1958
2:11.6y	Dawn Fraser, AUS	Sydney	02-27-1960
2:10.5	Lilian Watson, USA	Lincoln	08-19-1966
2:09.7	Pamela Kruse, USA	Philadelphia	08-19-1967
2:09.5	Sue Pederson, USA	Santa Clara	07-06-1968
2:08.8	Edith Wetzel, USA	Lincoln	08-02-1968
2:06.7	Deborah Meyer, USA	Los Angeles	08-28-1968
2:06.5	Shane Gould, AUS	London	05-01-1971
2:05.8	Shane Gould, AUS	Sydney	11-26-1971
2:05.21	Shirley Babashoff, USA	Chicago	08-14-1972
2:03.56	Shane Gould, AUS	Munich	09-01-1972
2:03.22	Kornelia Ender, GER	Vienna	08-23-1974
2:02.94	Shirley Babashoff, USA	Concord	08-23-1974
2:02.94e	Shirley Babashoff, USA	Concord	08-31-1974
2:02.27	Kornelia Ender, GER	Dresden	03-15-1975
1:59.78	Kornelia Ender, GER	Berlin	06-02-1976
1:59.26	Kornelia Ender, GER	Montreal	07-22-1976
1:58.53	Cynthia Woodhead,USA	Berlin	08-22-1978
1:58.43	Cynthia Woodhead,USA	San Juan	07-03-1979
1:58.23	Cynthia Woodhead,USA	Tokyo	09-03-1979
1:57.75	Kristin Otto, GDR	Magdeburg	05-23-1984
1:57.55	Heike Friedrich, GDR	East Berlin	06-18-1986
1:56.78	Franziska van Almsick, GER	Rome	09-06-1994
1:56.64	Franziska van Almsick, GER	Berlin	08-03-2002