World record progression 200 metres breaststroke

Main article: List of world records in swimming

The first world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908 and the first world record in the women's 200 metres breaststroke was recognised in 1921. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.

There have been two rule changes enacted by FINA for this event that have resulted in the nullification of world records.

In the mid-1930s, many breaststroke swimmers began practicing an early variant of the butterfly stroke that involved recovering the arms above the water in an effort to reduce drag. This technique was disallowed when the butterfly stroke was established as a distinct stroke with its own rules in 1953, and world records set using the technique were nullified.

Another style was developed by the Japanese swimmer Masaru Furukawa shortly after this rule change. It involved swimming underwater for as much of each pool length as possible without surfacing, as the act of breaking the water's surface created resistance, slowing a swimmer. This method of swimming the breaststroke was disallowed by FINA in 1956 and records set with the technique were nullified.

(see History of swimming)

Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle

Men

Long course

Time	Swimmer	Date	Place
3:09.2	Frederick Holman	July 18, 1908	London, United Kingdom
3:08.3	Robert Andersson	April 18, 1909	Stockholm, Sweden
3:00.8	Félicien Courbet	October 2, 1910	Schaerbeek, Belgium
2:56.6	Percy Courtman	July 28, 1914	Garston, United Kingdom
2:54.4	Erich Rademacher	November 12, 1922	Amsterdam, Netherlands
2:52.6	Bob Skelton	March 21, 1924	Milwaukee, United States
2:50.4	Erich Rademacher	April 7, 1924	Magdeburg, Germany
2:48.0	Erich Rademacher	March 11, 1927	Brussels, Belgium
2:45.0	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta	July 27, 1929	Kyoto, Japan
2:44.6	Lionel Spence	April 2, 1931	Chicago, United States
2:44.0	Lionel Spence	April 1, 1932	New Haven, United States
2:42.6^[1]	Jacques Cartonnet	February 8, 1933	Paris, France
2:42.4	Erwin Sietas	March 16, 1935	Düsseldorf, Germany
2:39.6^[2]	Jacques Cartonnet	May 4, 1935	Paris, France
2:37.2^[3]	Jack Kasley	March 28, 1936	New Haven, United States
2:36.8^[4]	Alfred Nakache	July 6, 1941	Marseille, France
2:36.3^[5]	Joe Verdeur	July 10, 1948	Detroit, Michigan, United States
2:35.6^[6]^[7]	Joe Verdeur	April 5, 1946	Bainbridge, United States
2:35.0^[8]	Joe Verdeur	February 15, 1947	New Haven, United States
2:34.4^[9]	Herbert Klein	August 13, 1950	Göppingen, West Germany
2:34.4^[10]	John Davies	August 1, 1952	Helsinki, Finland
2:32.0^[11]	Joe Verdeur	February 14, 1948	New Haven, United States
2:30.5^[12]	Joe Verdeur	April 2, 1948	New Haven, United States
2:30.0^[13]	Joe Verdeur	June 28, 1948	New Haven, United States
2:28.3^[14]^[15]	Joe Verdeur	March 31, 1950	New Haven, United States
2:27.3^[16]	Herbert Klein	June 9, 1951	Munich, West Germany
2:37.4^[17]	Knud Gleie	February 14, 1953	Copenhagen, Denmark
2:36.6	Masaru Furukawa	April 10, 1954	Tokyo, Japan
2:35.4	Masaru Furukawa	April 10, 1954	Tokyo, Japan
2:35.2	Mamoru Tanaka	September 17, 1954	Tokyo, Japan
2:33.7	Masaru Furukawa	August 5, 1955	Tokyo, Japan
2:31.0	Masaru Furukawa	October 1, 1955	Tokyo, Japan
2:36.5	Terence Gathercole	June 28, 1958	Townsville, Australia
2:33.6	Chet Jastremski	July 28, 1961	Tokyo, Japan
2:29.6	Chet Jastremski	August 19, 1961	Los Angeles, United States
2:28.2	Chet Jastremski	August 30, 1964	New York City, United States
2:27.8	Ian O'Brien	October 15, 1964	Tokyo, Japan
2:27.4	Vladimir Kosinsky	April 3, 1968	Tallinn, USSR
2:26.5	Nikolai Pankin	March 22, 1969	Minsk, USSR
2:25.4	Nikolai Pankin	April 19, 1969	Magdeburg, East Germany
2:23.5	Brian Job	August 22, 1970	Los Angeles, United States
2:22.79	John Hencken	August 5, 1972	Chicago, United States
2:21.55	John Hencken	September 2, 1972	Munich, West Germany
2:20.52	John Hencken	August 24, 1973	Louisville, United States
2:19.28	David Wilkie	September 6, 1973	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2:18.93	John Hencken	August 24, 1974	Concord, United States
2:18.21	John Hencken	September 1, 1974	Concord, United States
2:15.11	David Wilkie	July 24, 1976	Montreal, Canada
2:14.77	Victor Davis	August 5, 1982	Guayaquil, Ecuador
2:14.58	Victor Davis	June 17, 1984	Etobicoke, Canada
2:13.34	Victor Davis	August 2, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
2:12.90	Mike Barrowman	August 4, 1989	Los Angeles, United States
2:12.90e =	Nick Gillingham	August 19, 1989	Bonn, West Germany
2:12.89	Mike Barrowman	August 20, 1989	Tokyo, Japan
2:11.53	Mike Barrowman	July 20, 1990	Seattle, United States
2:11.23	Mike Barrowman	January 11, 1991	Perth, Australia
2:10.60	Mike Barrowman	August 13, 1991	Fort Lauderdale, United States
2:10.16	Mike Barrowman	July 29, 1992	Barcelona, Spain
2:09.97	Kosuke Kitajima	October 2, 2002	Busan, South Korea
2:09.52	Dimitri Komornikov	June 15, 2003	Barcelona, Spain
2:09.42	Kosuke Kitajima	July 24, 2003	Barcelona, Spain
2:09.04	Brendan Hansen	July 11, 2004	Long Beach, United States
2:08.74	Brendan Hansen	August 5, 2006	Irvine, United States
2:08.50	Brendan Hansen	August 21, 2006	Victoria, Canada
2:07.51	Kosuke Kitajima	June 8, 2008	Tokyo, Japan
2:07.31	Christian Sprenger	July 30, 2009	Rome, Italy
2:07.28	Dániel Gyurta	August 1, 2012	London, United Kingdom
2:07.01	Akihiro Yamaguchi	September 15, 2012	Gifu, Japan
2:06.67	Ippei Watanabe	January 29, 2017	Tokyo, Japan
2:06.67	Matthew Wilson	July 25, 2019	Gwangju, South Korea
2:06.12	Anton Chupkov	July 26, 2019	Gwangju, South Korea
2:05.95	Zac Stubblety-Cook	May 19, 2022	Adelaide, Australia

Note: 200 Meter World Record Prior to 1953

The world record for the 200-meter breaststroke prior to the bifurcation of the butterfly breaststroke into separate strokes in 1953 could be accomplished in either short or long course pools. FINA recognized only one world record for the 200-meter breaststroke. The 1952 US Olympic Book lists the 200-meter breaststroke world record as belonging to Herbert Klein with a time of 2:27.3 ^[18] who swam it in a short course pool. FINA now recognizes and lists on their website Herbert Klein's long course world record of 2:34.4 for the 200-meter breaststroke set on August 13, 1950, in Göppingen, Germany rather than his world record of 2:27.3 set in a short course pool. John Davies tied Herbert Klein's long course world record of 2:34.4 for the 200-meter breaststroke at their 1952 Olympic final.^[19] Bowen Stassforth's time of 2:34.7 in the 220 yard breaststroke (long course) at the 1952 AAU Outdoor Nationals correlates to a time of 2:33^[20] in the 200 meter breaststroke (long course). This performance was the fastest all-time for the 220 yard breaststroke (long course) and would have been the fastest 200 meter breaststroke (long course) in history (pre-bifurcation of the breaststroke in 1953) as well if it had been dual timed. This is evidenced by the dual distance timed race in the 1950 National AAU Indoor Championships in the 220 yard breaststroke (short course) between Joe Verdeur and Robert Brawner. During the race, Verdeur broke the world record for 200 meters with a time of 2:28.3 (short course). However, Brawner won the race with a time of 2:29.3 for the full 220 yards beating Verdeur who was second in 2:29.4.^[21]

Short course

Time	Swimmer	Date	Place
2:07.93	Nick Gillingham	October 20, 1991	Birmingham, United Kingdom
2:07.80	Philip Rogers	August 28, 1993	Melbourne, Australia
2:07.79	Andrey Korneyev	March 28, 1998	Paris, France
2:07.59	Roman Sloudnov	March 19, 2000	Athens, Greece
2:06.40	Ed Moses	March 25, 2000	Minneapolis, United States
2:04.37	Ed Moses	January 18, 2002	Paris, France
2:03.28	Ed Moses	January 22, 2002	Stockholm, Sweden
2:03.17	Ed Moses	January 26, 2002	Berlin, Germany
2:02.92	Ed Moses	January 17, 2004	Berlin, Germany
2:01.98	Christian Sprenger	August 10, 2009	Hobart, Australia
2:00.67	Dániel Gyurta	December 13, 2009	Istanbul, Turkey
2:00.48	Dániel Gyurta	August 31, 2014	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2:00.44^[22]	Marco Koch	November 20, 2016	Berlin, Germany
2:00.16	Kirill Prigoda	December 13, 2018	Hangzhou, China

Women

Long course

Time	Swimmer	Date	Place
3:38.2	Ellie Van Den Bogaert	August 7, 1921	Antwerp, Belgium
3:34.6	Ellie Van Den Bogaert	May 6, 1922	Brussels, Belgium
3:31.4	Ellie Van Den Bogaert	October 4, 1922	Antwerp, Belgium
3:20.4	Irene Gilbert	June 18, 1923	Rotherham, United Kingdom
3:20.2	Erna Murray	April 5, 1925	Leipzig, Germany
3:19.1	Brita Hazelius	August 11, 1926	Stockholm, Sweden
3:18.4	Mietje Baron	October 24, 1926	Brussels, Belgium
3:16.6	Else Jacobsen	August 20, 1927	Oslo, Norway
3:15.8	Charlotte Mühe	April 15, 1928	Magdeburg, Germany
3:11.2	Mietje Baron	April 22, 1928	Rotterdam, Netherlands
3:11.2 =	Charlotte Mühe	July 15, 1928	Berlin, Germany
3:10.6	Margery Hinton	July 20, 1931	Manchester, United Kingdom
3:08.4	Clare Dennis	January 18, 1932	Sydney, Australia
3:08.2	Lisa Rocke	April 21, 1932	Leipzig, Germany
3:03.4	Else Jacobsen	May 11, 1932	Stockholm, Sweden
3:00.4	Hideko Maehata	September 30, 1933	Tokyo, Japan
3:00.2	Jopie Waalberg	May 11, 1937	Amsterdam, Netherlands
2:58.0	Jopie Waalberg	June 27, 1937	Zaandijk, Netherlands
2:56.9	Jopie Waalberg	October 2, 1937	Ghent, Belgium
2:56.0	Maria Lenk	November 8, 1939	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2:55.5	Anni Kapell	March 19, 1941	Düsseldorf, Germany
2:52.6	Nel van Vliet	August 17, 1946	Bilthoven, Netherlands
2:51.9	Nel van Vliet	March 29, 1947	Amsterdam, Netherlands
2:49.2	Nel van Vliet	July 20, 1947	Hilversum, Netherlands
2:48.8	Eva Novak	October 21, 1950	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2:48.5	Eva Novak	May 5, 1951	Moscow, USSR
2:46.4	Ada den Haan	November 13, 1956	Naarden, Netherlands
2:52.6	Ada den Haan	May 18, 1957	Blackpool, United Kingdom
2:51.9	Ada den Haan	August 3, 1957	Rhenen, Netherlands
2:51.3	Ada den Haan	August 4, 1957	Rhenen, Netherlands
2:50.3	Anita Lonsbrough	July 25, 1959	Waalwijk, Netherlands
2:50.2	Wiltrud Urselmann	June 6, 1960	Aachen, West Germany
2:49.5	Anita Lonsbrough	August 27, 1960	Rome, Italy
2:48.0	Karin Beyer	August 5, 1961	Budapest, Hungary
2:47.7	Galina Prozumenshchikova	April 11, 1964	Blackpool, United Kingdom
2:45.4	Galina Prozumenshchikova	May 17, 1964	East Berlin, East Germany
2:45.3	Galina Prozumenshchikova	September 12, 1965	Groningen, Netherlands
2:43.0	Irina Pozdnyakova	July 16, 1966	Moscow, USSR
2:40.8	Galina Prozumenshchikova	August 22, 1966	Utrecht, Netherlands
2:40.5	Catie Ball	July 9, 1967	Santa Clara, California
2:39.5	Catie Ball	August 20, 1967	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2:38.5	Catie Ball	August 26, 1968	Los Angeles, California
2:37.89	Anne-Katrin Schott	July 6, 1974	Rostock, East Germany
2:37.44	Karla Linke	August 19, 1974	Vienna, Austria
2:34.99	Karla Linke	August 19, 1974	Vienna, Austria
2:33.35	Marina Koshevaya	July 21, 1976	Montreal, Quebec
2:33.32	Yuliya Bogdanova	April 7, 1978	Leningrad, USSR
2:33.11	Lina Kačiušytė	August 24, 1978	West Berlin
2:31.42	Lina Kačiušytė	August 24, 1978	West Berlin
2:31.09	Svetlana Varganova	March 30, 1979	Minsk, USSR
2:28.36	Lina Kačiušytė	April 6, 1979	Potsdam, East Germany
2:28.33	Silke Hörner	June 5, 1985	Leipzig, East Germany
2:28.20	Sylvia Gerasch	March 1, 1986	Leningrad, USSR
2:27.40	Silke Hörner	August 18, 1986	Madrid, Spain
2:27.27	Allison Higson	May 28, 1988	Montreal, Quebec
2:26.71	Silke Hörner	September 21, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
2:25.92	Anita Nall	March 2, 1992	Indianapolis, Indiana
2:25.35	Anita Nall	March 2, 1992	Indianapolis, Indiana
2:24.76	Rebecca Brown	March 15, 1994	Brisbane, Australia
2:24.69	Penelope Heyns	July 17, 1999	Los Angeles, California
2:24.51	Penelope Heyns	July 17, 1999	Los Angeles, California
2:24.42	Penelope Heyns	August 26, 1999	Sydney, Australia
2:23.64	Penelope Heyns	August 27, 1999	Sydney, Australia
2:22.99	Qi Hui	April 13, 2001	Hangzhou, China
2:22.99e =	Amanda Beard	July 25, 2003	Barcelona, Spain
2:22.96	Leisel Jones	July 10, 2004	Brisbane, Australia
2:22.44	Amanda Beard	July 12, 2004	Long Beach, California
2:21.72	Leisel Jones	July 29, 2005	Montreal, Quebec
2:20.54	Leisel Jones	February 1, 2006	Melbourne, Australia
2:20.22	Rebecca Soni	August 15, 2008	Beijing, China
2:20.12	Annamay Pierse	July 30, 2009	Rome, Italy
2:20.00	Rebecca Soni	August 1, 2012	London, United Kingdom
2:19.59	Rebecca Soni	August 2, 2012	London, United Kingdom
2:19.11	Rikke Møller Pedersen	August 1, 2013	Barcelona, Spain
2:18.95^[23]	Tatjana Schoenmaker	July 30, 2021	Tokyo, Japan

Short course

Time	Swimmer	Date	Place
2:22.92	Susanne Bornike	February 12, 1989	Bonn, Germany
2:22.89	Dai Guohong	December 3, 1993	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2:21.99	Dai Guohong	December 3, 1993	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2:20.85	Samantha Riley	December 1, 1995	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2:20.22	Masami Tanaka	April 2, 1999	Hong Kong
2:19.25	Qi Hui	January 28, 2001	Paris, France
2:18.86	Qi Hui	December 2, 2002	Shanghai, China
2:17.75	Leisel Jones	November 29, 2003	Melbourne, Australia
2:17.50	Annamay Pierse	March 14, 2009	Toronto, Canada
2:16.83	Annamay Pierse	August 7, 2009	Leeds, United Kingdom
2:15.42	Leisel Jones	November 15, 2009	Berlin, Germany
2:14.57	Rebecca Soni	December 18, 2009	Manchester, United Kingdom
2:14.39 ^[24]	Yuliya Efimova	December 14, 2013	Herning, Denmark

All-time top 25

Men long course

• Correct as of July 2022^[25]

Pos	Time	Swimmer	Date	Venue	Ref
1	2:05.95	Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS)	19 May 2022	Adelaide	^[26]
2	2:06.12	Anton Chupkov (RUS)	26 July 2019	Gwangju
3	2:06.40	Shoma Sato (JPN)	7 April 2021	Tokyo	^[27]
4	2:06.67	Ippei Watanabe (JPN)	28 January 2017	Tokyo
		Matthew Wilson (AUS)	25 July 2019	Gwangju
6	2:06.85	Arno Kamminga (NED)	4 December 2020	Rotterdam
7	2:07.01	Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN)	15 September 2012	Gifu
8	2:07.13	Matti Mattsson (FIN)	29 July 2021	Tokyo	^[28]
9	2:07.17	Josh Prenot (USA)	30 June 2016	Omaha
10	2:07.18	Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN)	16 April 2017	Nagoya
11	2:07.23	Dániel Gyurta (HUN)	2 August 2013	Barcelona
12	2:07.25	Kirill Prigoda (RUS)	21 July 2022	Kazan	^[29]
13	2:07.30	Ross Murdoch (GBR)	24 July 2014	Glasgow
14	2:07.31	Christian Sprenger (AUS)	30 July 2009	Rome
15	2:07.35	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	1 September 2017	Tianjin
16	2:07.41	Kevin Cordes (USA)	28 June 2017	Indianapolis
17	2:07.42	Eric Shanteau (USA)	30 July 2009	Rome
18	2:07.43	Michael Jamieson (GBR)	1 August 2012	London
19	2:07.46	Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ)	10 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
20	2:07.47	Marco Koch (GER)	18 August 2014	Berlin
21	2:07.49	James Wilby (GBR)	19 April 2019	Glasgow
22	2:07.51	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	6 June 2008	Tokyo
23	2:07.55	Nic Fink (USA)	17 June 2021	Omaha
24	2:07.58	Ryuya Mura (JPN)	7 April 2021	Tokyo
25	2:07.62	Will Licon (USA)	8 August 2019	Lima

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:07.62:

• Zac Stubblety-Cook also swam 2:06.28 (2021), 2:06.38 (2021), 2:06.72 (2022), 2:07.00 (2021, 2021), 2:07.07 (2022), 2:07.28 (2019), 2:07.35 (2021), 2:07.36 (2019), 2:07.37 (2021).
• Matthew Wilson also swam 2:06.68 (2019), 2:07.16 (2019), 2:07.29 (2019).
• Ippei Watanabe also swam 2:06.73 (2019), 2:07.02 (2019), 2:07.08 (2020), 2:07.22 (2016), 2:07.44 (2017), 2:07.47 (2017), 2:07.54 (2021), 2:07.56 (2018), 2:07.60 (2017).
• Shoma Sato also swam 2:06.74 (2021), 2:06.78 (2021), 2:07.02 (2020), 2:07.58 (2020).
• Anton Chupkov also swam 2:06.80 (2018), 2:06.83 (2019), 2:06.96 (2017), 2:06.99 (2021), 2:07.00 (2019), 2:07.14 (2017), 2:07.19 (2022), 2:07.24 (2021), 2:07.32 (2020), 2:07.46 (2017), 2:07.48 (2019), 2:07.59 (2018).
• Arno Kamminga also swam 2:07.01 (2021), 2:07.17 (2020) 2:07.18 (2020), 2:07.23 (2021), 2:07.35 (2021), 2:07.37 (2021), 2:07.39 (2021), 2:07.48 (2021), 2:07.54 (2020).
• Josh Prenot also swam 2:07.28 (2018), 2:07.53 (2016).
• Dániel Gyurta also swam 2:07.28 (2012).
• Yasuhiro Koseki also swam 2:07.29 (2017).
• Kirill Prigoda also swam 2:07.58 (2020).
• Marco Koch also swam 2:07.60 (2019).

Men short course

• Correct as of December 2022^[30]

Pos	Time	Swimmer	Date	Venue	Ref
1	2:00.16	Kirill Prigoda (RUS)	13 December 2018	Hangzhou
2	2:00.35	Daiya Seto (JPN)	16 December 2022	Melbourne	^[31]
3	2:00.44	Marco Koch (GER)	20 November 2016	Berlin
4	2:00.48	Dániel Gyurta (HUN)	31 August 2014	Dubai
5	2:01.15	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	13 December 2018	Hangzhou
6	2:01.43	Michael Jamieson (GBR)	15 December 2013	Glasgow
		Arno Kamminga (NED)	17 December 2020	Amsterdam
8	2:01.57	Anton Chupkov (RUS)	11 November 2018	Tokyo
9	2:01.60	Nic Fink (USA)	16 December 2022	Melbourne	^[32]
10	2:01.65	Anton McKee (ISL)	1 November 2020	Budapest
11	2:01.70	Ippei Watanabe (JPN)	23 October 2022	Tokyo	^[33]
12	2:01.73	Ilya Shymanovich (BLR)	6 November 2021	Kazan	^[34]
13	2:01.78	Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN)	27 October 2019	Tokyo
14	2:01.85	Mikhail Dorinov (RUS)	14 December 2017	Copenhagen
15	2:01.98	Christian Sprenger (AUS)	10 August 2009	Hobart
16	2:02.18	Erik Persson (SWE)	6 November 2021	Kazan	^[35]
17	2:02.27	Will Licon (USA)	21 November 2020	Budapest
18	2:02.33	Cody Miller (USA)	11 December 2015	Indianapolis
19	2:02.38	Kevin Cordes (USA)	15 December 2013	Glasgow
		Oleg Kostin (RUS)	18 November 2013	Kazan
21	2:02.45	Viatcheslav Sinkevich (RUS)	21 December 2012	St. Petersburg
22	2:02.50	Grigory Falko (RUS)	13 December 2009	Istanbul
23	2:02.56	Neil Versfeld (RSA)	14 November 2009	Berlin
24	2:02.58	Thiago Simon (BRA)	13 September 2016	São Paulo
25	2:02.64	Aleksandr Zhigalov (RUS)	5 November 2021	Kazan	^[36]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:02.64:

• Dániel Gyurta also swam 2:00.67 (2009).
• Daiya Seto also swam 2:01.30 (2017), 2:01.49 (2021), 2:01.65 (2021), 2:02.43 (2022), 2:02.48 (2021).
• Qin Haiyang also swam 2:01.64 (2018), 2:02.22 (2022).
• Anton Chupkov also swam 2:01.65 (2017).
• Anton McKee also swam 2:01.73 (2020).
• Arno Kamminga also swam 2:01.74 (2021), 2:01.92 (2021), 2:02.13 (2021), 2:02.42 (2021), 2:02.54 (2021).
• Mikhail Dorinov also swam 2:02.07 (2021).
• Ilya Shymanovich also swam 2:02.10 (2021).
• Nic Fink also swam 2:02.20 (2020), 2:02.28 (2021).
• Erik Persson also swam 2:02.39 (2021).
• Ippei Watanabe also swam 2:02.53 (2022).

Women long course

• Correct as of July 2022^[37]

Pos	Time	Swimmer	Date	Venue	Ref
1	2:18.95	Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA)	30 July 2021	Tokyo	^[38]
2	2:19.11	Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN)	1 August 2013	Barcelona
3	2:19.41	Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)	2 August 2013	Barcelona
4	2:19.59	Rebecca Soni (USA)	2 August 2012	London
5	2:19.64	Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş (TUR)	30 August 2015	Singapore
6	2:19.65	Rie Kaneto (JPN)	4 April 2016	Tokyo
7	2:19.92	Lilly King (USA)	30 July 2021	Tokyo	^[39]
8	2:20.12	Annamay Pierse (CAN)	30 July 2009	Rome
9	2:20.41	Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS)	22 July 2022	Kazan	^[40]
10	2:20.54	Leisel Jones (AUS)	1 February 2006	Melbourne
11	2:20.72	Satomi Suzuki (JPN)	2 August 2012	London
12	2:20.77	Annie Lazor (USA)	19 May 2019	Bloomington
13	2:20.89	Molly Renshaw (GBR)	15 April 2021	London
14	2:20.90	Kanako Watanabe (JPN)	12 April 2015	Tokyo
15	2:21.37	Qi Hui (CHN)	17 October 2009	Jinan
16	2:21.43	Kate Douglass (USA)	27 April 2022	Greensboro	^[41]
17	2:21.45	Taylor McKeown (AUS)	11 April 2016	Adelaide
18	2:21.62	Nadja Higl (SRB)	31 July 2009	Rome
19	2:21.69	Abbie Wood (GBR)	15 April 2021	London
20	2:21.74	Micah Sumrall (USA)	1 August 2013	Barcelona
21	2:21.77	Bethany Galat (USA)	28 July 2017	Budapest
22	2:21.85	Reona Aoki (JPN)	8 April 2018	Tokyo
23	2:21.93	Shi Jinglin (CHN)	28 July 2017	Budapest
24	2:21.97	Mirna Jukić (AUT)	31 July 2009	Rome
25	2:22.00	Emily Escobedo (USA)	7 December 2019	Atlanta

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:22.00:

• Tatjana Schoenmaker also swam 2:19.16 (2021), 2:19.33 (2021), 2:20.17 (2021), 2:21.30 (2021), 2:21.76 (2022), 2:21.79 (2019), 2:21.92 (2022).
• Rikke Moller Pedersen also swam 2:19.61 (2014), 2:19.67 (2014), 2:19.84 (2014), 2:19.94 (2014), 2:20.08 (2013), 2:20.53 (2013), 2:21.55 (2013), 2:21.58 (2015), 2:21.60 (2015), 2:21.65 (2012), 2:21.69 (2016), 2:21.99 (2015).
• Yuliya Yefimova also swam 2:19.64 (2017), 2:19.83 (2017), 2:19.85 (2013), 2:20.15 (2017), 2:20.17 (2019), 2:20.72 (2018), 2:20.92 (2012), 2:21.20 (2019), 2:21.31 (2018), 2:21.35 (2017), 2:21.41 (2016), 2:21.49 (2017), 2:21.54 (2017), 2:21.59 (2019), 2:21.60 (2019), 2:21.86 (2021), 2:21.97 (2016).
• Rebecca Soni also swam 2:20.00 (2012), 2:20.22 (2008), 2:20.38 (2009), 2:20.69 (2010), 2:20.93 (2009), 2:21.03 (2011), 2:21.13 (2012), 2:21.40 (2012), 2:21.45 (2012), 2:21.46 (2011), 2:21.47 (2011), 2:21.60 (2010).
• Rie Kaneto also swam 2:20.04 (2016), 2:20.30 (2016), 2:20.72 (2009), 2:20.93 (2016), 2:21.05 (2016), 2:21.58 (2014), 2:21.90 (2014, 2015), 2:21.92 (2014).
• Evgeniia Chikunova also swam 2:20.57 (2021), 2:20.88 (2021), 2:21.07 (2019), 2:21.63 (2021), 2:21.87 (2020).
• Leisel Jones also swam 2:20.72 (2006), 2:21.34 (2008), 2:21.72 (2005), 2:21.84 (2007).
• Annie Lazor also swam 2:20.84 (2021), 2:21.07 (2021), 2:21.40 (2019), 2:21.67 (2020), 2:21.91 (2022), 2:21.94 (2021).
• Kanako Watanabe also swam 2:21.09 (2014), 2:21.15 (2015), 2:21.41 (2014), 2:21.82 (2014).
• Lilly King also swam 2:21.19 (2022), 2:21.39 (2019), 2:21.75 (2021), 2:21.82 (2021), 2:21.83 (2017).
• Molly Renshaw also swam 2:21.34 (2021), 2:21.55 (2021).
• Annamay Pierse also swam 2:21.68 (2009), 2:21.84 (2009).
• Taylor McKeown also swam 2:21.69 (2016).
• Bethany Galat also swam 2:21.84 (2019), 2:21.86 (2017).
• Abbie Wood also swam 2:21.86 (2021).
• Micah Sumrall also swam 2:21.88 (2018).

Women short course

• Correct as of December 2022^[42]

Pos	Time	Swimmer	Date	Venue	Ref
1	2:14.39 ^[a]	Yuliya Efimova (RUS)	14 December 2013	Herning
2	2:14.57	Rebecca Soni (USA)	18 December 2009	Manchester
3	2:14.70	Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS)	25 November 2022	Kazan	^[43]
4	2:15.21	Rikke Pedersen (DEN)	13 December 2013	Herning
5	2:15.42	Leisel Jones (AUS)	15 November 2009	Berlin
6	2:15.56	Lilly King (USA)	21 November 2020	Budapest
7	2:15.76	Rie Kaneto (JPN)	9 October 2016	Doha
8	2:15.77	Kate Douglass (USA)	16 December 2022	Melbourne	^[44]
9	2:16.33	Annie Lazor (USA)	21 November 2020	Budapest
10	2:16.51	Emily Escobedo (USA)	5 November 2020	Budapest
11	2:16.83	Annamay Pierse (CAN)	7 August 2009	Leeds
12	2:16.92	Kanako Watanabe (JPN)	7 December 2014	Doha
13	2:16.93	Laura Sogar (USA)	16 December 2012	Istanbul
14	2:17.10	Jocelyn Ulyett (GBR)	6 December 2019	Sheffield
15	2:17.13	Kelsey Wog (CAN)	1 November 2020	Budapest
			5 November 2020	Budapest
16	2:17.25	Mio Motegi (JPN)	15 December 2014	Tokyo
17	2:17.50	Katy Freeman (USA)	18 December 2009	Manchester
18	2:17.52	Nadja Higl (SRB)	11 December 2009	Istanbul
19	2:17.75	Sydney Pickrem (CAN)	21 November 2020	Budapest
20	2:17.80	Molly Renshaw (GBR)	14 November 2020	Buapest
21	2:17.84	Alia Atkinson (JAM)	2 November 2014	Singapore
22	2:17.99	Breeja Larson (USA)	30 October 2016	Hong Kong
23	2:18.02	Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA)	26 October 2020	Pietermaritzburg
24	2:18.03	Vitalina Simonova (RUS)	7 November 2014	Kazan
			8 November 2014	Kazan
25	2:18.09	Sun Ye (CHN)	19 December 2010	Dubai

Notes

1. rescinded because of doping violation

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:18.09:

• Yuliya Efimova also swam 2:15.62 (2018), 2:16.05 (2018), 2:16.29 (2018).
• Lilly King also swam 2:15.80 (2020), 2:16.04 (2020), 2:17.13 (2022), 2:17.56 (2022), 2:17.66 (2021).
• Rie Kaneto also swam 2:15.91 (2016), 2:16.27 (2016), 2:16.30 (2016), 2:18.09 (2014).
• Rikke Pedersen also swam 2:15.93 (2013), 2:16.08 (2012).
• Kate Douglass also swam 2:16.52 (2022).
• Evgenia Chikunova also swam 2:16.88 (2021), 2:17.57 (2021), 2:17.88 (2021), 2:18.08 (2021).
• Annamay Pierse also swam 2:17.50 (2009).
• Leisel Jones also swam 2:17.75 (2003).
• Emily Escobedo also swam 2:17.85 (2021).
• Molly Renshaw also swam 2:17.96 (2021).
• Kelsey Wog also swam 2:18.06 (2019).

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