200 metres breaststroke

none History of swimming thumb|Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle The 200 metres breaststroke is an event in competitive swimming. World records are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly FINA). The current long course world record holders are Japan's Shin Ohashi and Russia's Evgeniia Chikunova, while the current short course world record holders are the Netherlands' Caspar Corbeau and the US' Kate Douglass. The men's event was first contested at the Olympic Games in 1908, while the women's event was introduced at the 1924 games; the current Olympic champions are France's Léon Marchand, and Douglass. The men's and women's events have been contested at the World Aquatics Championships since the inaugural championships in 1973; the current world champions (long course) are China's Qin Haiyang, and Douglass. The men's and women's events have been contested at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) since the inaugural championships in 1993; the current world champions (short course) are Spain's Carles Coll, and Douglass. World record progression List of world records in swimming High-technology swimwear Men long course yes yes yes 1 3:09.2 Frederick Holman Frederick Holman (swimmer) GBR dmy 1908 July 18 - UK London 2 3:08.3 Robert Andersson Robert Andersson (water polo) GBR dmy 1909 April 18 - SWE Stockholm 3 3:00.8 Félicien Courbet BEL dmy 1910 October 2 - BEL Schaerbeek 4 2:56.6 Percy Courtman GBR dmy 1914 July 28 - UK Garston Garston, Liverpool 5 2:54.4 Erich Rademacher GER dmy 1922 November 12 - NED Amsterdam 6 2:52.6 Bob Skelton Bob Skelton (swimmer) USA dmy 1924 March 24 - USA Milwaukee 7 2:50.4 Erich Rademacher GER dmy 1924 April 7 - GER Magdeburg 8 2:48.0 Erich Rademacher GER dmy 1927 March 11 - BEL Brussels 9 2:45.0 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta JPN dmy 1927 July 29 - JPN Kyoto 10 2:44.6 Lionel Spence USA dmy 1931 April 2 - USA Chicago 11 2:44.0 Lionel Spence USA dmy 1932 April 1 - USA New Haven New Haven, Connecticut 12 2:42.6 Jacques Cartonnet USA dmy 1933 February 8 - FRA Paris 13 2:42.4 Erwin Sietas GER dmy 1935 March 16 - GER Düsseldorf 14 2:39.6 Jacques Cartonnet FRA dmy 1935 May 4 - FRA Paris - 2:37.2 Butterfly a Jack Kasley USA dmy 1936 March 28 - USA New Haven New Haven, Connecticut 15 2:36.8 Alfred Nakache FRA dmy 1941 July 6 - FRA Marseille - 2:35.6 Short Course b Joe Verdeur USA dmy 1946 April 5 - USA Bainbridge Bainbridge, Georgia - 2:35.0 Short Course b Joe Verdeur USA dmy 1947 February 15 - USA New Haven New Haven, Connecticut - 2:32.0 Short Course b Joe Verdeur USA dmy 1948 February 14 - USA New Haven New Haven, Connecticut - 2:30.5 Short Course b Joe Verdeur USA dmy 1948 April 2 - USA New Haven New Haven, Connecticut - 2:30.0 Short Course b Joe Verdeur USA dmy 1948 June 28 - USA New Haven New Haven, Connecticut - 2:36.3 Butterfly a Joe Verdeur USA dmy 1948 July 10 - USA Detroit - 2:28.3 Short Course b Joe Verdeur USA dmy 1950 February 15 - USA New Haven New Haven, Connecticut - 2:34.4 John Davies c Herbert Klein Herbert Klein (swimmer) GER dmy 1950 August 13 - FRG Göppingen - 2:27.3 Short Course b Herbert Klein Herbert Klein (swimmer) GER dmy 1951 June 9 - FRG Munich - 2:34.4 =, John Davies c John Davies John Davies (swimmer) AUS dmy 1952 August 1 - FIN Helsinki 16 2:37.4 Knud Gleie DEN dmy 1953 February 14 - DEN Copenhagen - 2:36.6 Underwater d Masaru Furukawa JPN dmy 1954 April 10 - JPN Tokyo - 2:35.4 Underwater d Masaru Furukawa JPN dmy 1954 April 10 - JPN Tokyo - 2:35.2 Underwater d Mamoru Tanaka JPN dmy 1954 September 17 - JPN Tokyo - 2:33.7 Underwater d Masaru Furukawa JPN dmy 1955 August 5 - JPN Tokyo - 2:31.0 Underwater d Masaru Furukawa JPN dmy 1955 October 1 - JPN Tokyo 17 2:36.5 Terry Gathercole AUS dmy 1958 June 28 - AUS Townsville 18 2:33.6 Chet Jastremski USA dmy 1961 July 28 - JPN Tokyo 19 2:29.6 Chet Jastremski USA dmy 1961 August 19 - USA Los Angeles 20 2:28.2 Chet Jastremski USA dmy 1964 August 30 - USA New York City 21 2:27.8 Ian O'Brien AUS dmy 1964 October 15 Olympic Games JPN Tokyo 22 2:27.4 Vladimir Kosinsky URS dmy 1968 April 3 - URS Tallinn 23 2:26.5 Nikolai Pankin URS dmy 1969 March 22 - URS Minsk 24 2:25.4 Nikolai Pankin URS dmy 1969 April 19 - GDR Magdeburg 25 2:23.5 Brian Job USA dmy 1970 August 22 AAU National Championships USA Los Angeles 26 2:22.79 John Hencken USA dmy 1972 August 5 US Olympic Trials USA Chicago 27 2:21.55 John Hencken USA dmy 1972 September 2 Olympic Games FRG Munich 28 2:20.52 John Hencken USA dmy 1973 August 24 US National Championships USA Louisville Louisville, Kentucky 29 2:19.28 David Wilkie David Wilkie (swimmer) GBR dmy 1973 September 6 World Championships YUG Belgrade 30 2:18.93 John Hencken USA dmy 1974 August 24 AAU National Championships USA Concord Concord, California 31 2:18.21 John Hencken USA dmy 1974 September 1 USA vs GDR Dual Meet USA Concord Concord, California 32 2:15.11 David Wilkie David Wilkie (swimmer) GBR dmy 1976 July 24 Olympic Games CAN Montreal 33 2:14.77 Victor Davis CAN dmy 1982 August 5 World Championships ECU Guayaquil 34 2:14.58 Victor Davis CAN dmy 1984 June 17 - CAN Etobicoke Etobicoke, Ontario 35 2:13.34 Victor Davis CAN dmy 1984 August 2 Olympic Games USA Los Angeles 36 2:12.90 Mike Barrowman USA dmy 1989 August 4 US National Championships USA Los Angeles 36 2:12.90 = Nick Gillingham GBR dmy 1989 August 19 European Championships FRG Bonn 38 2:12.89 Mike Barrowman USA dmy 1989 August 20 Pan Pacific Championships JPN Tokyo 39 2:11.53 Mike Barrowman USA dmy 1990 July 20 Goodwill Games USA Seattle 40 2:11.23 Mike Barrowman USA dmy 1991 January 11 World Championships AUS Perth 41 2:10.60 Mike Barrowman USA dmy 1991 August 13 US National Championships USA Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, Florida 42 2:10.16 Mike Barrowman USA dmy 1992 July 29 Olympic Games ESP Barcelona 43 2:09.97 Kosuke Kitajima JPN dmy 2002 10 2 Asian Games KOR Busan Japan's Kitajima Breaks Barrowman's 200m Breaststroke World Record; Cracks 2:10 Barrier https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/japans-kitajima-breaks-barrowmans-200m-breaststroke-world-record-cracks-210-barrier/ Swimming World 2 October 2002 20 September 2025 44 2:09.52 Dimitri Komornikov RUS dmy 2003 6 15 Mare Nostrum ESP Barcelona FLASH!! Komornikov Breaks the World Record in the 200m Breaststroke https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/flash-komornikov-breaks-the-world-record-in-the-200m-breaststroke/ Swimming World Phillip Whitten 14 June 2003 20 September 2025 45 2:09.42 Kosuke Kitajima JPN dmy 2003 7 24 World Championships ESP Barcelona 10th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010305003C000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 24 July 2003 15 March 2025 46 2:09.04 Brendan Hansen USA dmy 2004 7 11 US Olympic Trials USA Long Beach Long Beach, California 2004 US Olympic Trials - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010409002D000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 11 July 2004 15 March 2025 47 2:08.74 Brendan Hansen USA dmy 2006 8 5 US National Championships USA Irvine Irvine, California 2006 US National Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000106070038000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 5 August 2006 15 March 2025 48 2:08.50 Brendan Hansen USA dmy 2006 8 21 Pan Pacific Championships CAN Victoria Victoria, British Columbia 2006 Pan Pacific Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010605003B000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 21 August 2006 18 September 2025 49 2:07.51 Kosuke Kitajima JPN dmy 2008 6 8 Japan Open JPN Tokyo Japan Open: Flash Kosuke Kitajima Breaks 200 Breast World Record https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/japan-open-flash-kosuke-kitajima-breaks-200-breast-world-record/ Swimming World 8 June 2008 18 September 2025 50 2:07.31 sf Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger (swimmer) AUS dmy 2009 7 30 World Championships ITA Rome 13th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001090B0040000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 30 July 2009 15 March 2025 51 2:07.28 Dániel Gyurta HUN dmy 2012 8 1 Olympic Games UK London 2012 London Olympics: Hungary's Daniel Gyurta Breaks World Record in 200 Breast Victory; Kosuke Kitajima Misses Podium in Threepeat Bid; Scott Weltz, Clark Burckle Fifth-Sixth http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/31520.asp?q=2012-London-Olympics:-Hungary's-Daniel-Gyurta-Breaks-World-Record-in-200-Breast-Victory;-Kosuke-Kitajima-Misses-Podium-in-Threepeat-Bid;-Scott-Weltz,-Clark-Burckle-Fifth-Sixth Swimming World 1 August 2012 2 August 2012 52 2:07.01 Akihiro Yamaguchi JPN dmy 2012 9 15 Japanese Sports Festival JPN Gifu https://swim.seiko.co.jp/2012/S70703/ranking/15R032.pdf 2012 Japanese Sports Festival - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results seiko.co.jp 15 September 2012 18 September 2025 53 2:06.67 Ippei Watanabe Ippei Watanabe (swimmer) JPN dmy 2017 1 29 Kosuke Kitajima Cup JPN Tokyo Ippei Watanabe Breaks 200 Breast World Record, First Man Under 2:07 http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/ippei-watanabe-breaks-200-breast-world-record-first-man-under-207/ Swimming World 28 January 2017 29 January 2017 53 2:06.67 sf, = Matthew Wilson Matthew Wilson (swimmer) AUS dmy 2019 7 25 World Championships KOR Gwangju 18th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070103EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 25 July 2019 15 March 2025 55 2:06.12 Anton Chupkov RUS dmy 2019 7 26 World Championships KOR Gwangju 18th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 26 July 2019 15 March 2025 56 2:05.95 Zac Stubblety-Cook AUS dmy 2022 5 22 Australian Championships AUS Adelaide Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2022AUS/220518F015.htm swimming.org.au 19 May 2022 19 May 2022 57 2:05.48 Qin Haiyang CHN dmy 2023 7 27 World Championships JPN Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 28 July 2023 15 March 2025 58 2:04.83 Shin Ohashi JPN dmy 2026 9 24 Asian Games JPN Tokyo Shin Ohashi of Japan sets world record in 200-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games https://apnews.com/article/swimming-shin-ohashi-japan-043f4ddbbf47500ff3522cf87bb5f096 OCA 24 September 2026 25 September 2026 Notes upper-alpha ButterflyRecord was set using a butterfly technique and was nullified in 1953. Short CourseRecord was set in a 25 m pool and was annulled after World Aquatics required 50 m pools to be used. John DaviesAfter the records set in a 25 m pool were nullified, the world record was reverted to Herbert Klein's mark from 1950, which John Davies equaled in 1952. However, these records were also later annulled because they employed a butterfly technique. UnderwaterMasaru Furukawa and Mamoru Tanaka set their world records by swimming most of the race while underwater. Their records were annulled in 1956. Men short course yes yes yes 1 2:07.93 Nick Gillingham GBR dmy 1991 October 20 - Birmingham UK 2 2:07.80 Philip Rogers Philip Rogers (swimmer) AUS dmy 1993 August 28 Australian Championships Melbourne AUS 3 2:07.79 Andrey Korneyev RUS dmy 1998 January 20 World Cup Paris FRA 4 2:07.59 Roman Sludnov RUS dmy 2000 March 19 World Championships Athens GRE 5 2:06.40 Ed Moses Ed Moses (swimmer) USA dmy 2000 March 25 NCAA Division I Championships Minneapolis USA 6 2:04.37 Ed Moses Ed Moses (swimmer) USA dmy 2002 January 18 World Cup Paris FRA 7 2:03.28 Ed Moses Ed Moses (swimmer) USA dmy 2002 January 22 World Cup Stockholm SWE 8 2:03.17 Ed Moses Ed Moses (swimmer) USA dmy 2002 January 26 World Cup Berlin GER 9 2:02.92 Ed Moses Ed Moses (swimmer) USA dmy 2004 January 17 World Cup Berlin GER 10 2:01.98 Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger (swimmer) AUS dmy 2009 August 10 Australian Championships Hobart AUS Three WRs fall at short course champs http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-08-10/three-wrs-fall-at-short-course-champs/1385858 ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 11 August 2009 10 May 2013 11 2:00.67 Dániel Gyurta HUN dmy 2009 December 13 European Championships Istanbul TUR 2009 European Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000109010055000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 13 December 2009 7 April 2025 12 2:00.48 Dániel Gyurta HUN dmy 2014 August 31 World Cup Dubai UAE 2014 FINA World Cup (Dubai) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010600020B02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 31 August 2014 7 April 2025 13 2:00.44 Marco Koch GER dmy 2016 November 20 German Championships Berlin GER https://swimswam.com/marco-koch-breaks-200-scm-breast-world-record-german-nationals/ Marco Koch breaks 200 SCM breast world record at German nationals Daniela Kapser November 20, 2016 Swimswam November 20, 2016 14 2:00.16 Kirill Prigoda RUS dmy 2018 December 13 World Championships Hangzhou CHN 2018 FINA World Championships (25m) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000112010C0103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 13 December 2018 7 April 2025 15 1:59.52 Caspar Corbeau NED 25 October 2025 World Cup Toronto CAN 2025 World Aquatics Cup (Toronto) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900080103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 25 October 2025 25 October 2025 Women long course yes yes yes 1 3:38.2 Ellie Van Den Bogaert BEL dmy 1921 August 7 - BEL Antwerp 2 3:34.6 Ellie Van Den Bogaert BEL dmy 1922 May 6 - BEL Brussels 3 3:31.4 Ellie Van Den Bogaert BEL dmy 1922 October 4 - BEL Antwerp 4 3:20.4 Irene Gilbert GBR dmy 1923 June 18 - UK Rotherham 5 3:20.2 Erna Murray GER dmy 1925 April 5 - GER Leipzig 6 3:19.1 Brita Hazelius SWE dmy 1926 August 11 - SWE Stockholm 7 3:18.4 Mietje Baron NED dmy 1926 October 24 - BEL Brussels 8 3:16.6 Else Jacobsen DEN dmy 1927 August 20 - NOR Oslo 9 3:15.8 Charlotte Mühe GER dmy 1928 April 15 - GER Magdeburg 10 3:11.2 Mietje Baron NED dmy 1928 April 22 - NED Rotterdam 10 3:11.2 = Charlotte Mühe GER dmy 1928 July 15 - GER Berlin 12 3:10.6 Margery Hinton GBR dmy 1931 July 20 - UK Manchester 13 3:08.4 Clare Dennis AUS dmy 1932 January 18 - AUS Sydney 14 3:08.2 Lisa Rocke GER dmy 1932 April 21 - GER Leipzig 15 3:03.4 Else Jacobsen DEN dmy 1932 May 11 - SWE Stockholm 16 3:00.4 Hideko Maehata JPN dmy 1933 September 30 - JPN Tokyo 17 3:00.2 Jopie Waalberg NED dmy 1937 May 11 - NED Amsterdam 18 2:58.0 Jopie Waalberg NED dmy 1937 June 27 - NED Zaandijk 19 2:56.9 Jopie Waalberg NED dmy 1937 October 2 - BEL Ghent 20 2:56.0 Maria Lenk BRA dmy 1939 November 8 - BRA Rio de Janeiro - 2:55.5 Anni Kapell USA dmy 1941 March 19 - GER Düsseldorf - 2:52.6 Nel van Vliet NED dmy 1946 August 17 - NED Bilthoven - 2:51.9 Nel van Vliet NED dmy 1947 March 29 - NED Amsterdam - 2:49.2 Nel van Vliet NED dmy 1947 July 20 - NED Hilversum - 2:48.8 Éva Novák Éva Novák-Gerard HUN dmy 1950 October 21 - HUN Székesfehérvár - 2:48.5 Éva Novák Éva Novák-Gerard HUN dmy 1951 May 5 - URS Moscow - 2:46.4 Ada den Haan NED dmy 1956 November 13 - NED Naarden 21 2:52.6 Ada den Haan NED dmy 1957 May 18 Netherlands vs Great Britain International UK Blackpool 22 2:51.9 Ada den Haan NED dmy 1957 August 3 - NED Rhenen 23 2:51.3 Ada den Haan NED dmy 1957 August 4 - NED Rhenen 24 2:50.3 Anita Lonsbrough GBR dmy 1959 July 25 Netherlands vs Great Britain International NED Waalwijk 25 2:50.2 Wiltrud Urselmann GER dmy 1960 June 6 - FRG Aachen 26 2:49.5 Anita Lonsbrough GBR dmy 1960 August 27 Olympic Games ITA Rome 27 2:48.0 Karin Beyer GDR dmy 1961 August 5 - HUN Budapest 28 2:47.7 Galina Prozumenshchikova URS dmy 1964 April 11 - UK Blackpool 29 2:45.4 Galina Prozumenshchikova URS dmy 1964 May 17 - GDR East Berlin 30 2:45.3 Galina Prozumenshchikova URS dmy 1965 September 12 - NED Groningen 31 2:43.0 Irina Pozdnyakova URS dmy 1966 July 16 - URS Moscow 32 2:40.8 Galina Prozumenshchikova URS dmy 1966 August 22 European Championships NED Utrecht 33 2:40.5 Catie Ball USA dmy 1967 July 9 Santa Clara Invitational USA Santa Clara Santa Clara, California 34 2:39.5 Catie Ball USA dmy 1967 August 20 AAU National Championships USA Philadelphia 35 2:38.5 Catie Ball USA dmy 1968 August 26 US Olympic Trials USA Los Angeles 36 2:37.89 Anne-Katrin Schott GDR dmy 1974 July 6 GDR National Championships GDR Rostock 37 2:37.44 h Karla Linke GDR dmy 1974 August 19 European Championships AUT Vienna 38 2:34.99 Karla Linke GDR dmy 1974 August 19 European Championships AUT Vienna 39 2:33.35 Marina Koshevaya URS dmy 1976 July 21 Olympic Games CAN Montreal 40 2:33.32 Yulia Bogdanova URS dmy 1978 April 7 - URS Leningrad 41 2:33.11 h Lina Kačiušytė URS dmy 1978 August 24 World Championships FRG West Berlin 42 2:31.42 Lina Kačiušytė URS dmy 1978 August 24 World Championships FRG West Berlin 43 2:31.09 Svetlana Varganova URS dmy 1979 March 30 USSR vs GDR Duel URS Minsk 44 2:28.36 Lina Kačiušytė URS dmy 1979 April 6 USSR vs GDR Junior Meet GDR Potsdam 45 2:28.33 Silke Hörner GDR dmy 1985 June 5 - GDR Leipzig 46 2:28.20 Sylvia Gerasch GDR dmy 1986 March 1 - URS Leningrad 47 2:27.40 Silke Hörner GDR dmy 1986 August 18 World Championships ESP Madrid 48 2:27.27 Allison Higson CAN dmy 1988 May 28 - CAN Montreal 49 2:26.71 Silke Hörner GDR dmy 1988 September 21 Olympic Games KOR Seoul 50 2:25.92 h Anita Nall USA dmy 1992 March 2 US Olympic Trials USA Indianapolis 51 2:25.35 Anita Nall USA dmy 1992 March 2 US Olympic Trials USA Indianapolis 52 2:24.76 Rebecca Brown Rebecca Brown (swimmer) AUS dmy 1994 March 15 Australian Championships AUS Brisbane 53 2:24.69 h Penelope Heyns RSA dmy 1999 July 17 Janet Evans Invitational USA Los Angeles 54 2:24.51 Penelope Heyns RSA dmy 1999 July 17 Janet Evans Invitational USA Los Angeles 55 2:24.42 sf Penelope Heyns RSA dmy 1999 August 26 Pan Pacific Championships AUS Sydney 56 2:23.64 Penelope Heyns RSA dmy 1999 August 27 Pan Pacific Championships AUS Sydney 57 2:22.99 Qi Hui CHN dmy 2001 April 13 Chinese National Championships CHN Hangzhou 57 2:22.99 = Amanda Beard USA dmy 2003 July 25 World Championships ESP Barcelona 59 2:22.96 Leisel Jones AUS dmy 2004 July 10 Swimming Australia Grand Prix AUS Brisbane 60 2:22.44 Amanda Beard USA dmy 2004 July 12 US Olympic Trials USA Long Beach Long Beach, California 61 2:21.72 Leisel Jones AUS dmy 2005 July 29 World Championships CAN Montreal 62 2:20.54 Leisel Jones AUS dmy 2006 February 1 Australian Championships AUS Melbourne Michael Cowley Lethal again: Jones beats own record http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/02/01/1138590567924.html?page=fullpage The Sydney Morning Herald 2 February 2006 24 March 2008 63 2:20.22 Rebecca Soni USA dmy 2008 August 15 Olympic Games CHN Beijing 64 2:20.12 sf Annamay Pierse CAN dmy 2009 July 29 World Championships ITA Rome 13th FINA World Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Results http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001090B003D000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Omega Timing 30 July 2009 12 August 2017 65 2:20.00 sf Rebecca Soni USA dmy 2012 August 1 Olympic Games UK London 66 2:19.59 Rebecca Soni USA dmy 2012 August 2 Olympic Games UK London 2012 Olympic Games - Women's 200m Breaststroke Results http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/women-200m-breaststroke/index.html www.london2012.com 2 August 2012 5 August 2012 https://archive.today/20121204181416/www.london2012.com/swimming/event/women-200m-breaststroke/index.html 4 December 2012 67 2:19.11 sf Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN dmy 2013 August 1 World Championships ESP Barcelona 15th FINA World Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020101021F01FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 1 August 2013 12 March 2025 68 2:18.95 Tatjana Schoenmaker Tatjana Smith RSA dmy 2021 July 30 Olympic Games JPN Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MBR------------FNL-000100--.pdf olympics.com 30 July 2021 30 July 2021 23 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210823071631/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MBR------------FNL-000100--.pdf 69 2:17.55 Evgeniia Chikunova RUS dmy 2023 April 21 Russian Championships RUS Kazan 2023 Russian Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://new.russwimming.ru/upload/live/4R_LC_2023/ResultList_137F.pdf russwimming.ru 21 April 2023 21 April 2023 Women short course yes yes yes - 1 2:22.92 Susanne Bornike GDR dmy 1989 February 12 World Cup FRG Bonn - 2 2:22.89 h Dai Guohong CHN dmy 1993 December 3 World Championships ESP Palma de Mallorca 3 2:21.99 Dai Guohong CHN dmy 1993 December 3 World Championships ESP Palma de Mallorca ref 4 2:20.85 Samantha Riley AUS dmy 1995 December 1 World Championships BRA Rio de Janeiro 5 2:20.22 Masami Tanaka JPN dmy 1999 April 2 World Championships HKG 6 2:19.25 Qi Hui CHN dmy 2001 January 28 World Cup FRA Paris 7 2:18.86 Qi Hui CHN dmy 2002 December 2 World Cup CHN Shanghai 8 2:17.75 Leisel Jones AUS dmy 2003 November 29 World Cup AUS Melbourne 9 2:17.50 Annamay Pierse CAN dmy 2009 March 14 Canadian Spring Nationals CAN Toronto 10 2:16.83 Annamay Pierse CAN dmy 2009 August 7 British Grand Prix UK Leeds British Short Course Grand Prix: Flash! Annamay Pierse Lowers 200 Breast World Record; Canada Breaks 800 Free Relay Mark https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/british-short-course-grand-prix-flash-annamay-pierse-lowers-200-breast-world-record-canada-breaks-800-free-relay-mark/ 7 August 2009 5 May 2025 Swimming World Magazine 11 2:15.42 Leisel Jones AUS dmy 2009 November 15 World Cup GER Berlin 2009 FINA World Cup (Berlin) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000109050040000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf omegatiming.com 15 November 2009 5 May 2024 12 2:14.57 Rebecca Soni USA dmy 2009 December 18 Duel in the Pool UK Manchester 2009 Duel in the Pool - Women's 200m Breaststroke Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000109000008000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf omegatiming.com 18 December 2009 5 May 2024 - 2:14.39 Yefimova a Yuliya Yefimova RUS dmy 2013 December 14 European Championships DEN Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results http://www.microplustiming.it/herning2013/pdf/Book.pdf#page=114 Wayback Machine 14 December 2013 5 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20191205075302/http://www.microplustiming.it/herning2013/pdf/Book.pdf#page=114 2019-12-05 13 2:14.16 Kate Douglass USA dmy 2024 October 24 World Cup KOR Incheon 2024 World Aquatics Cup (Incheon) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800060203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf omegatiming.com 24 October 2024 31 October 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt2aLE0_qnM 🇺🇸 Kate Douglass with Her First Ever Individual World Record in 200m Breaststroke (SCM) YouTube 30 October 2024 14 2:12.72 Kate Douglass USA dmy 2024 October 31 World Cup SGP 2024 World Aquatics Cup (Singapore) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800070203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf omegatiming.com 31 October 2024 31 October 2024 Video - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lBVRVyBrD0 World Aquatics 31 October 2024 1 November 2024 15 2:12.50 Kate Douglass USA dmy 2024 December 13 World Championships HUN Budapest 2024 World Aquatics Championships (25 m) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800080203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 13 December 2024 29 December 2024 Notes upper-alpha YefimovaRescinded in May 2014 due to doping violation. All-time top 25 Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 200 m breaststroke times and the top 25 athletes:- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 200 m breaststroke times- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 200 m breaststroke times, by repeat athletes- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 200 m breaststroke times Men long course Correct as of September 2026Men's 200m Breaststroke Long Course All-Time Ranking https://api.worldaquatics.com/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=M&distance=200&stroke=BREASTSTROKE&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200 World Aquatics 4 July 2025 Ath.# Athlete rank Perf.# Performance rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place 1 1 2:04.83 Shin Ohashi 24 September 2026 Tokyo 2 2 2:05.48 Qin Haiyang 28 July 2023 Fukuoka 3 3 2:05.85 Léon Marchand 31 July 2024 Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A2_SWMM200MBR------------SFNL--------.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20240817142435/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A2_SWMM200MBR------------SFNL--------.pdf 17 August 2024 18 December 2024 olympics.com International Olympic Committee 4 4 2:05.95 Zac Stubblety-Cook 19 May 2022 Adelaide 5 5 2:06.12 Anton Chupkov 26 July 2019 Gwangju 6 2:06.28Stubblety-Cook #2 15 June 2021 Adelaide 2021 Australian Trials - Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results https://liveresults.swimming.org.au/SAL/2021TRIALS/210612F030.htm swimming.org.au 15 June 2021 23 April 2025 7 2:06.38Stubblety-Cook #3 29 July 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM200MBR------------FNL-000100--.pdf olympics.com 29 July 2021 6 August 2021 29 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210729021726/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM200MBR------------FNL-000100--.pdf 6 8 2:06.40 Shoma Sato 7 April 2021 Tokyo Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results http://swim.seiko.co.jp/2021/S70701/ranking/05R051.pdf seiko.co.jp 7 April 2021 23 April 2021 8 2:06.40Stubblety-Cook #4 28 July 2023 Fukuoka 7 10 2:06.54 Matthew Fallon 19 June 2024 Indianapolis 2024 US Olympic Trials - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 19 June 2024 19 June 2024 11 2:06.59Marchand #2 11 June 2023 Rennes 2023 French Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.liveffn.com/cgi-bin/resultats.php?competition=81501&langue=gbr&go=epreuve&epreuve=73 liveffn.com 11 June 2023 11 June 2023Ohashi #2 21 March 2026 Tokyo 17-Yr-Old Shin Ohashi Rips 2:06.59 LCM 200 Breast World Junior Record, #7 Performer All-Time https://swimswam.com/17-yr-old-shin-ohashi-rips-206-59-lcm200breast-world-junior-record-7-performer-all-time/ SwimSwam Retta Race 21 March 2026 21 March 2026 8 13 2:06.67 Ippei Watanabe 29 January 2017 Tokyo Matthew Wilson 25 July 2019 Gwangju 15 2:06.68Wilson #2 26 July 2019 Gwangju 16 2:06.72Stubblety-Cook #5 22 June 2022 Budapest 19th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000103EE0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 26 July 2019 23 April 2025 17 2:06.73Watanabe #2 26 July 2019 Gwangju 18 2:06.74Sato #2 7 February 2021 Tokyo 19-Yr-Old Shoma Sato Scorches Another 2:06 200 Breaststroke https://swimswam.com/19-yr-old-shomasato-scorchesanother-206-200breaststroke/ SwimSwam Retta Race 7 February 2021 1 May 2025 19 2:06.78Sato #3 24 January 2021 Tokyo Calling Tokyo: 19-Yr-Old Shoma Sato Scorches 2:06.78 200 Breast https://swimswam.com/calling-tokyo-19-yr-old-shoma-sato-scorches-20678-200breast/ SwimSwam Retta Race 24 January 2021 1 May 2025 20 2:06.79Stubblety-Cook #6 31 July 2024 Paris 21 2:06.80Chupkov #2 6 August 2018 Glasgow 2018 European Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results http://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMM200MBR------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf Microplus Informatica 6 August 2018 1 May 2025 22 2:06.83Chupkov #3 25 July 2019 Gwangju 10 23 2:06.85 Arno Kamminga 4 December 2020 Rotterdam 2020 Rotterdam Qualification Meet - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://rqm2020.nl/rqm2020.nl/livetiming/2020/ResultList_17F.pdf rqm2020.nl 4 December 2020 4 December 2020December 2025 InternetArchiveBot 24 2:06.91Ohashi #3 21 July 2025 Kusatsu Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://live-results.swim.or.jp/race-result/2525305?program_id=19&display_program_id=19&heat=1&searchFlg=1 swim.or.jp 21 July 2025 21 July 2025 25 2:06.94Watanabe #3 21 March 2024 Tokyo 11 2:07.01 Akihiro Yamaguchi 15 September 2012 Gifu 12 2:07.07 Yamato Fukasawa 17 February 2024 Chiba Yamato Fukasawa Fires Off 2:07.07 200 Breast At Konami Open, Would Have Won Doha https://swimswam.com/yamato-fukasawa-fires-off-20707-200breaset-at-konami-open-would-have-won-doha/ SwimSwam Retta Race 17 February 2024 17 February 2024 Yu Hanaguruma 21 March 2024 Tokyo 14 2:07.13 Matti Mattsson 29 July 2021 Tokyo 15 2:07.17 Josh Prenot 30 June 2016 Omaha 2016 US Olympic Trials - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000110000300020B02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 30 June 2016 23 April 2025 16 2:07.18 Yasuhiro Koseki 16 April 2017 Nagoya 17 2:07.23 Dániel Gyurta 2 August 2013 Barcelona 15th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020100020B02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 2 August 2013 23 April 2025 18 2:07.25 Kirill Prigoda 21 July 2022 Kazan Anton Chupkov Posts 2:07.19 200 Breast at Russian Solidarity Games https://swimswam.com/anton-chupkov-posts-20719-200breast-at-russian-solidarity-games/ SwimSwam Retta Race 22 July 2022 27 June 2025 19 2:07.30 Ross Murdoch 24 July 2014 Glasgow Australia Breaks Women's 400 Free Relay World Record at Commonwealth Games https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/flash-commonwealth-games-australia-breaks-world-record-in-400-free-relay/ Swimming World Jason Marsteller 24 July 2014 24 April 2025 20 2:07.31 Christian Sprenger 30 July 2009 Rome 21 2:07.32 Filip Nowacki 22 August 2025 Otopeni 2025 World Aquatics Junior Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900050103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 22 August 2025 22 August 2025 22 2:07.41 Kevin Cordes 28 June 2017 Indianapolis 2017 US National Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010E00020B02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 28 June 2017 23 April 2025 23 2:07.42 Eric Shanteau 30 July 2009 Rome 24 2:07.43 Michael Jamieson 1 August 2012 London 25 2:07.46 Dmitriy Balandin 10 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games - Men's 200m Breaststroke Results https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/S/W/SWM032101_Results_2016_08_10_cc25b534_ed55_4e73_9aa4_f7a393585784.pdf Rio 2016 official website 10 August 2016 10 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160811011648/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/S/W/SWM032101_Results_2016_08_10_cc25b534_ed55_4e73_9aa4_f7a393585784.pdf 11 August 2016 dmy-all Men short course Correct as of October 2026Men's 200m Breaststroke Short Course All-Time Ranking https://api.worldaquatics.com/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=M&distance=200&stroke=BREASTSTROKE&poolConfiguration=SCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200 World Aquatics 10 December 2023 Ath.# Athlete rank Perf.# Performance rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place 1 1 1:59.52 Caspar Corbeau 25 October 2025 Toronto 2 2 2:00.12 Shin Ohashi 12 October 2026 Saga 3 3 2:00.16 Kirill Prigoda 13 December 2018 Hangzhou 4 4 2:00.26 Yusei Imaizumi 12 October 2026 Saga 5 5 2:00.35 Daiya Seto 16 December 2022 Melbourne 16th FINA World Championships (25m) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 16 December 2022 19 December 2022 6 6 2:00.44 Marco Koch 20 November 2016 Berlin 7 7 2:00.48 Dániel Gyurta 31 August 2014 Dubai 8 2:00.53Koch #2 3 December 2015 Netanya 2015 European Short Course Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://netanya2015.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Netanya/NU/pdf/CLS-ASM-200BR-FINALE-ALL.pdf?x=15:50:04 microplustiming.com 3 December 2015 10 May 2025 9 2:00.58Koch #3 1 November 2020 Budapest 2020 International Swimming League (Match 6) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011402080103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 1 November 2020 10 May 2025 10 2:00.67Gyurta #2 13 December 2009 Istanbul 11 2:00.72Gyurta #3 15 December 2013 Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results http://www.microplustiming.it/herning2013/pdf/Book.pdf#page=244 Wayback Machine 15 December 2013 10 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20191205075302/http://www.microplustiming.it/herning2013/pdf/Book.pdf#page=244 2019-12-05 12 2:00.81Koch #4 26 October 2020 Budapest 2020 International Swimming League (Match 4) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011402060103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 26 October 2020 10 May 2025 8 13 2:00.86 Carles Coll 5 December 2025 Lublin 2025 European Championships (25m) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000119000A0103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 5 December 2025 5 December 2025 14 2:01.06Gyurta #4 27 August 2014 Doha 2014 FINA World Cup (Doha) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010500020B02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 27 August 2014 10 May 2025 15 2:01.11Prigoda #2 14 December 2017 Copenhagen 9 16 2:01.15 Qin Haiyang 13 December 2018 Hangzhou 17 2:01.18Prigoda #3 19 November 2017 Singapore 2017 FINA World Cup (Singapore) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011101090103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 19 November 2017 10 May 2025 18 2:01.20Prigoda #4 14 November 2020 Budapest 2020 International Swimming League (Semifinal 1) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020D0103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 14 November 2020 10 May 2025 19 2:01.21Koch #5 8 December 2016 Windsor 13th FINA World Championships (25m) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000110000D00020B02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 8 December 2016 10 May 2025 20 2:01.24Prigoda #5 4 October 2017 Doha 2017 FINA World Cup (Doha) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011101040103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 4 October 2017 10 May 2025Ohashi #2 29 March 2026 Chiba 17-Yr-Old Shin Ohashi Crushes SCM 200 Breast World Junior Record – 2:01.24 https://swimswam.com/17-yr-old-shin-ohashi-crushes-scm-200-breast-world-junior-record-201-24/ SwimSwam Retta Race 29 March 2026 30 March 2026 22 2:01.27Corbeau #2 5 December 2025 Lublin 23 2:01.28Koch #6 31 August 2014 Dubai 24 2:01.30Gyurta #5 9 November 2013 Tokyo 2013 FINA World Cup (Tokyo) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020B00020B02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 9 November 2013 10 May 2025Seto #2 19 November 2017 Singapore Prigoda #6 11 November 2018 Tokyo 2018 FINA World Cup (Tokyo) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000112010A0103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 11 November 2018 10 May 2025 10 2:01.43 Michael Jamieson 15 December 2013 Herning Arno Kamminga 17 December 2020 Amsterdam 12 2:01.57 Anton Chupkov 11 November 2018 Tokyo 13 2:01.60 Nic Fink 16 December 2022 Melbourne 14 2:01.65 Anton McKee 1 November 2020 Budapest 15 2:01.67 Joshua Yong 20 October 2024 Shanghai 2024 World Aquatics Cup (Shanghai) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800050103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 20 October 2024 29 October 2024 16 2:01.70 Ippei Watanabe 23 October 2022 Tokyo Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results http://swim.seiko.co.jp/2022/S70702/ranking/02R094.pdf swim.seiko.co.jp 23 October 2022 23 October 2022 17 2:01.73 Ilya Shymanovich 6 November 2021 Kazan 2021 European Short Course Championships - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results http://kazan2021.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Kazan2021/NU/pdf/SWMM200MBR------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf?x=23:59:00 microplustiming.com 6 November 2021 20 November 2021 Luke Barr 3 October 2026 Baku 2026 World Aquatics Cup (Baku) – Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011A00050103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 3 October 2026 3 October 2026 19 2:01.78 Yasuhiro Koseki 27 October 2019 Tokyo 20 2:01.85 Mikhail Dorinov 14 December 2017 Copenhagen 21 2:01.91 Aleksandr Zhigalov 23 November 2024 Saint Petersburg Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://russwimming.ru/upload/live/4R_SC_2024/ResultList_125F.pdf russwimming.ru 23 November 2024 23 November 2024 22 2:01.98 Christian Sprenger 10 August 2009 Hobart 23 2:02.00 Léon Marchand 12 October 2025 Carmel 2025 World Aquatics Cup (Carmel) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900060103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 12 October 2025 13 October 2025 24 2:02.01 Yamato Fukasawa 13 December 2024 Budapest 2024 World Aquatics Championships (25m) - Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800080103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 13 December 2024 29 December 2024 25 2:02.18 Erik Persson 6 November 2021 Kazan Women long course Correct as of August 2026Women's 200m Breaststroke Long Course All-Time Ranking https://api.worldaquatics.com/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=F&distance=200&stroke=BREASTSTROKE&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200 World Aquatics 19 October 2025 Ath.# Athlete rank Perf.# Performance rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place 1 1 2:17.55 Evgeniia Chikunova 21 April 2023 Kazan 2 2 2:18.50 Kate Douglass 1 August 2025 Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900010203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 1 August 2025 1 August 2025 3 3 2:18.95 Tatjana Smith 30 July 2021 Tokyo 4 2:18.98Chikunova #2 27 July 2024 Yekaterinburg 2024 Russian Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://russwimming.ru/upload/live/ruscup2024_ekaterinburg/ResultList_137F.pdf russwimming.ru 27 July 2024 24 April 2025 5 2:19.01Smith #2 10 April 2024 Gqeberha 2024 South African Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://swimsa.org/results/2024/sa-national-swimming-championships-newton-park-swimming-pool-gqeberha-8-13-april-2024/sanat-2024_full-set-of-results-with-splits.pdf#page=16 swimsa.org/ 10 April 2024 24 April 2025 4 6 2:19.11 Rikke Møller Pedersen 1 August 2013 Barcelona 7 2:19.16Smith #3 28 July 2021 Tokyo https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMW200MBR------------HEAT--------.pdf 2020 Olympic Games - Women's 200 Breaststroke Heats Results 28 July 2021 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728111720/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMW200MBR------------HEAT--------.pdf dead 8 2:19.24Douglass #2 1 August 2024 Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MBR------------FNL-000100--.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20240923042616/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MBR------------FNL-000100--.pdf 23 September 2024 18 December 2024 olympics.com International Olympic Committee 9 2:19.30Douglass #3 13 January 2024 Knoxville 2024 TYR Pro Swim Series (Knoxville) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/ProSeries/2024/Knoxville/240110F023.htm swmeets.com 13 January 2024 13 January 2024 14 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240114002412/https://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/ProSeries/2024/Knoxville/240110F023.htm live 10 2:19.32 Chikunova #3 14 August 2026 Paris 2026 European Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011A00010203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 14 August 2026 14 August 2026 11 2:19.33Smith #4 29 July 2021 Tokyo https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMW200MBR------------SFNL--------.pdf 2020 Olympic Games - Women's 200 Breaststroke Semifinals Results 29 July 2021 23 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210823071648/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMW200MBR------------SFNL--------.pdf dead 5 12 2:19.41 Yuliya Yefimova 2 August 2013 Barcelona Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020101021F02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 2 August 2013 12 March 2025 13 2:19.46Douglass #4 20 June 2024 Indianapolis 2024 US Olympic Trials - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 20 June 2024 23 April 2025 6 14 2:19.59 Rebecca Soni 2 August 2012 London 15 2:19.60Smith #5 1 August 2024 Paris 16 2:19.61Møller Pedersen #2 13 April 2014 Eindhoven Rikke Moller Pedersen Puts World Record on Notice at Eindhoven Cup https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/rikke-moller-pedersen-puts-world-record-on-notice-at-eindhoven-cup/ Swimming World Jason Marsteller 13 April 2014 24 April 2025 7 17 2:19.64 Viktoria Zeynep Gunes 30 August 2015 Singapore Women's 200m Breaststroke Results http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010F020E01021F02FFFFFFFFFFFF02 Omega Timing 30 August 2015 30 August 2015 17 2:19.64Yefimova #2 28 July 2017 Budapest 17th FINA World Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0203EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Omega Timing 28 July 2017 28 March 2025 8 19 2:19.65 Rie Kaneto 9 April 2016 Tokyo Rie Kaneto, Kosuke Hagino Post New National Records At Japanese Nationals https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/rie-kaneto-kosuke-hagino-post-new-national-records-at-japanese-nationals/ Swimming World 9 April 2016 15 April 2016 20 2:19.66Douglass #5 19 June 2024 Indianapolis 2024 US Olympic Trials - Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030203EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 19 June 2024 23 April 2025 21 2:19.67Møller Pedersen #3 12 June 2014 Canet-en-Roussillon Rikke Pedersen Breaks 2:20 in 200 Breast Again to Sweep Breaststrokes in Canet http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/39482.asp?q=Rikke-Pedersen-Breaks-2:20-in-200-Breast-Again-to-Sweep-Breaststrokes-in-Canet Swimming World 12 June 2014 13 June 2014 9 22 2:19.70 Angharad Evans 16 April 2026 London Angharad Evans Shatters British 200 Breaststroke Record with 2:19.70 to Move up to #9 Performer https://swimswam.com/angharad-evans-shatters-british-200-breaststroke-record-with-219-70-to-move-up-to-9-performer/ SwimSwam Madeline Folsom 16 April 2026 16 April 2026 23 2:19.71Chikunova #4 30 July 2023 Kazan Evgeniia Chikunova Wins 200m Breaststroke In 2:19.71 As Swim Cup Of Russia Wraps Up http://swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/evgeniia-chikunova-wins-200m-breaststroke-in-219-71-as-swim-cup-of-russia-wraps-up/ 30 July 2023 12 May 2026 Liz Byrnes Swimming World 24 2:19.74Chikunova #5 19 April 2024 Kazan Chikunova’s 2:19.74 200 Breast & Lifintsev’s 52.52 100 Back Close Out Russian Championships https://swimswam.com/chikunovas-219-74-200-breast-lifintsevs-52-52-100-back-close-out-russian-championships/ SwimSwam Sean Griffin 19 April 2024 12 May 2026Douglass #6 31 July 2024 Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Women's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Results https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A2_SWMW200MBR------------SFNL--------.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20240815172807/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A2_SWMW200MBR------------SFNL--------.pdf 2024-08-15 2024-12-18 olympics.com International Olympic Committee 10 2:19.81 Tes Schouten 16 February 2024 Doha Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 16 February 2024 17 February 2024 11 2:19.92 Lilly King 30 July 2021 Tokyo 12 2:20.12 Annamay Pierse 30 July 2009 Rome 13 2:20.54 Leisel Jones 1 February 2006 Melbourne 14 2:20.72 Satomi Suzuki 2 August 2012 London 15 2:20.77 Annie Lazor 19 May 2019 Bloomington Annie Lazor Becomes 9th-Best 200m Breaststroker in History in Bloomington https://swimswam.com/annie-lazor-becomes-9th-best-200m-breaststroker-in-history-in-bloomington/ SwimSwam Braden Keith 19 May 2019 7 May 2025 16 2:20.89 Molly Renshaw 15 April 2021 London 2021 British Trials - Women's 200m Breaststroke Results https://results.swimming.org/swimming/results/2021/bsst/RW9F256.HTM britishswimming.org 15 April 2021 7 May 2025 17 2:20.90 Kanako Watanabe 12 April 2015 Tokyo 2015 Japanese Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://swim.seiko.co.jp/en/2015/S70701/ranking/eng12R083.pdf 12 April 2015 7 May 2025 18 2:21.37 Qi Hui 17 October 2009 Jinan http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/22400.asp Chinese National Games: Pang Jiaying Sets Asian Record Swimming World 2009-10-22 2010-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404192509/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/22400.asp 2012-04-04 dead 19 2:21.45 Taylor McKeown 11 April 2016 Adelaide Taylor McKeown Vaults to 3rd in World With Olympic Qualifying 200 Breaststroke https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/taylor-mckeown-vaults-to-3rd-in-world-with-olympic-qualifying-200-breaststroke/ Swimming World Cathleen Pruden 11 April 2016 7 May 2025 20 2:21.62 Nađa Higl 31 July 2009 Rome 13th FINA World Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001090B004E000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 31 July 2009 12 March 2025 21 2:21.69 Abbie Wood 15 April 2021 London 22 2:21.74 Micah Sumrall 1 August 2013 Barcelona 15th FINA World Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010D020101021F00FFFFFFFFFFFF02 Omega Timing 1 August 2013 12 March 2025 23 2:21.73 Alexanne Lepage 14 August 2026 Irvine 2026 Pan Pacific Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011A00030203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 14 August 2026 17 August 2026 24 2:21.77 Bethany Galat 28 July 2017 Budapest 25 2:21.85 Reona Aoki 8 April 2018 Tokyo 2018 Japanese Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://swim.seiko.co.jp/en/2018/S70701/ranking/eng08R085.pdf 8 April 2018 7 May 2025 Women short course Correct as of October 2026Women's 200m Breaststroke Short Course All-Time Ranking https://api.worldaquatics.com/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=F&distance=200&stroke=BREASTSTROKE&poolConfiguration=SCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200 World Aquatics 12 August 2025 Ath.# Athlete rank Perf.# Performance rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place 1 1 2:12.50 Kate Douglass 13 December 2024 Budapest 2 2:12.72Douglass #2 31 October 2024 Singapore 3 2:13.45Douglass #3 23 October 2025 Toronto 2025 World Aquatics Cup (Toronto) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900080203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 23 October 2025 23 October 2025 4 2:13.97Douglass #4 10 October 2025 Carmel 2025 World Aquatics Cup (Carmel) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900060203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 10 October 2025 12 October 2025 5 2:14.16Douglass #5 24 October 2024 Incheon 2 6 2:14.39 Yulia Yefimova 13 December 2013 Herning 3 7 2:14.57 Rebecca Soni 18 December 2009 Manchester 7 2:14.57Douglass #6 17 October 2025 Westmont 2025 World Aquatics Cup (Westmont) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900070203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 17 October 2025 19 October 2025 4 9 2:14.70 Evgeniia Chikunova 25 November 2022 Kazan 2022 Russian Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://russwimming.ru/upload/live/4R_SC_2022/ResultList_146F_us.pdf russwimming.ru 25 November 2022 27 November 2022 25 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221125151054/https://russwimming.ru/upload/live/4R_SC_2022/ResultList_146F_us.pdf dead 10 2:15.14Chikunova #2 13 December 2024 Budapest 5 11 2:15.21 Rikke Møller Pedersen 13 December 2013 Herning 6 12 2:15.42 Leisel Jones 15 November 2009 Berlin 7 13 2:15.56 Lilly King 21 November 2020 Budapest 2020 International Swimming League (Final) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020F0203EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 21 November 2020 5 May 2025 14 2:15.62Yefimova #2 28 September 2018 Eindhoven 2018 FINA World Cup (Eindhoven) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011201070203EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 28 September 2018 5 May 2025 15 2:15.65Douglass #7 16 October 2026 Charlottesville 16 2:15.74Douglass #8 23 October 2025 Toronto 2025 World Aquatics Cup (Toronto) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900080203EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 23 October 2025 23 October 2025 8 17 2:15.76 Rie Kaneto 9 October 2016 Doha 2016 FINA World Cup (Doha) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000110000901021F02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 9 October 2016 5 May 2025 18 2:15.77Douglass #9 16 December 2022 Melbourne 16th FINA World Championships (25m) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 16 December 2022 5 May 2025 19 2:15.80King #2 5 November 2020 Budapest 2020 International Swimming League (Match 8) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020A0203EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 5 November 2020 5 May 2025 20 2:15.91Kaneto #2 1 October 2016 Beijing 2016 FINA World Cup (Beijing) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000110000701021F02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 1 October 2016 5 May 2025 21 2:15.93Møller Pedersen #2 11 August 2013 Berlin 2013 FINA World Cup (Berlin) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020601021F02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 11 August 2013 10 May 2025 22 2:15.96Douglass #10 18 October 2024 Shanghai 2024 World Aquatics Cup (Shanghai) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800050203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 18 October 2024 10 May 2025 23 2:15.99Douglass #11 10 October 2025 Carmel 2025 World Aquatics Cup (Carmel) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900060203EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 10 October 2025 12 October 2025 24 2:16.04King #3 26 October 2020 Budapest 2020 International Swimming League (Match 4) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011402060203EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 26 October 2020 5 May 2025 25 2:16.05Yefimova #3 15 November 2018 Singapore 2018 FINA World Cup (Singapore) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000112010B0203EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 15 November 2018 5 May 2025 9 2:16.09 Tes Schouten 8 December 2023 Otopeni 2023 European Short Course Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600090203EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 8 December 2023 8 December 2023 10 2:16.33 Annie Lazor 21 November 2020 Budapest 11 2:16.51 Emily Escobedo 5 November 2020 Budapest 12 2:16.83 Alex Walsh 13 December 2024 Budapest Annamay Pierse 7 August 2009 Leeds 14 2:16.92 Kanako Watanabe 7 December 2014 Doha 12th FINA World Championships (25m) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010D01021F02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 7 December 2014 10 May 2025 15 2:16.93 Laura Sogar 16 December 2012 Istanbul 11th FINA World Championships (25m) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010C010D01021F02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf Omega Timing 16 December 2012 10 May 2025 16 2:17.00 Kelsey Wog 25 November 2023 Winnipeg Women's 200m Breaststroke Results https://www.swimming.ca/en/meet/41153/?gender=F&competition=Style-14 Swimming Canada 31 January 2024 17 2:17.10 Jocelyn Ulyett 6 December 2019 Sheffield 2019 Swim England Winter Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://results.swimming.org/swimming/results/2019/sesc19/RW9F255.HTM results.swimming.org/ 6 December 2019 8 May 2025 18 2:17.25 Mio Motegi 16 February 2014 Tokyo Watanabe; Koseki Break Two National Records Apiece to Conclude 2014 Japan SC Championships https://swimswam.com/watanabe-koseki-break-two-national-records-apiece-conclude-2014-japan-sc-championships/ SwimSwam Braden Keith 16 February 2014 10 May 2025 19 2:17.30 Alina Zmushka 13 December 2024 Budapest 20 2:17.50 Katy Freeman 18 December 2009 Manchester 21 2:17.52 Nađa Higl 11 December 2009 Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships - Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000109010026000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 11 December 2009 10 May 2025 22 2:17.69 Kotomi Kato 12 October 2026 Saga 23 2:17.75 Sydney Pickrem 21 November 2020 Budapest 24 2:17.80 Molly Renshaw 14 November 2020 Budapest 2020 International Swimming League (Semifinal 1) - Women's 200m Breaststroke Results https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020D0203EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Omega Timing 14 November 2020 5 May 2025 Anna Elendt 10 October 2025 Carmel Olympic champions Men List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)#200 metre breaststroke Edition Winner Time Notes GBR London 1908 Frederick Holman GBR 1908 Summer 3:09.2 swimming SWE Stockholm 1912 Walter Bathe GER 1912 Summer 3:01.8 swimming BEL Antwerp 1920 Håkan Malmrot SWE 1920 Summer 3:04.4 FRA Paris 1924 Robert Skelton USA 1924 Summer 2:56.6 Robert Skelton set an Olympic record of 2:56.0 in the heats. NED Amsterdam 1928 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta JPN 1928 Summer 2:48.8 swimming USA Los Angeles 1932 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta JPN 1928 Summer 2:45.4 Reizo Koike set an Olympic record of 2:44.9 in the semifinals. Nazi Germany Berlin 1936 Tetsuo Hamuro JPN 1936 Summer 2:41.5 swimming GBR London 1948 Joe Verdeur USA 1948 Summer 2:39.3 swimming FIN Helsinki 1952 John Davies AUS 1952 Summer 2:34.4 swimming AUS Melbourne 1956 Masaru Furukawa JPN 1956 Summer 2:34.7 ITA Rome 1960 Bill Mulliken USA 1960 Summer 2:37.4 JPN Tokyo 1964 Ian O'Brien AUS 1964 Summer 2:27.8 swimming MEX Mexico City 1968 Felipe Muñoz MEX 1968 Summer 2:28.7 FRG Munich 1972 John Hencken USA 1972 Summer 2:21.55 swimming CAN Montreal 1976 David Wilkie GBR 1976 Summer 2:15.11 swimming URS Moscow 1980 Robertas Žulpa URS 1980 Summer 2:15.85 USA Los Angeles 1984 Victor Davis CAN 1984 Summer 2:13.34 swimming KOR Seoul 1988 József Szabó HUN 1988 Summer 2:13.52 ESP Barcelona 1992 Mike Barrowman USA 1992 Summer 2:10.16 swimming USA Atlanta 1996 Norbert Rózsa HUN 1996 Summer 2:12.57 AUS Sydney 2000 Domenico Fioravanti ITA 2000 Summer 2:10.87 GRE Athens 2004 Kosuke Kitajima JPN 2004 Summer 2:09.44 swimming CHN Beijing 2008 Kosuke Kitajima JPN 2008 Summer 2:07.64 swimming GBR London 2012 Dániel Gyurta HUN 2012 Summer 2:07.28 swimming BRA Rio de Janeiro 2016 Dmitriy Balandin KAZ 2016 Summer 2:07.46 Ippei Watanabe set an Olympic record of 2:07.22 in the semifinals. JPN Tokyo 2020 Zac Stubblety-Cook AUS 2020 Summer 2:06.38 swimming FRA Paris 2024 Léon Marchand FRA 2024 Summer 2:05.85 swimming Women List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)#200 metre breaststroke Edition Winner Time Notes FRA Paris 1924 Lucy Morton GBR 1924 Summer 3:33.2 Agnes Geraghty set an Olympic record of 3:27.6 in the semifinals. NED Amsterdam 1928 Hilde Schrader GER 1928 Summer 3:12.6 Hilde Schrader tied the world record of 3:11.2 in the semifinals. USA Los Angeles 1932 Clare Dennis AUS 1932 Summer 3:06.3 swimming Nazi Germany Berlin 1936 Hideko Maehata JPN 1936 Summer 3:01.9 swimming GBR London 1948 Nel van Vliet NED 1948 Summer 2:57.2 Nel van Vliet set an Olympic record of 2:57.0 in the semifinals. FIN Helsinki 1952 Éva Székely HUN 1952 Summer 2:51.7 swimmingÉva Székely completed the race by using a butterfly technique. Butterfly was later split into a separate discipline, and Székely's Olympic record was rescinded. AUS Melbourne 1956 Ursula Happe GER 1956 Summer 2:53.1 swimming ITA Rome 1960 Anita Lonsbrough GBR 1960 Summer 2:49.5 swimming JPN Tokyo 1964 Galina Prozumenshchikova URS 1964 Summer 2:46.4 swimming MEX Mexico City 1968 Sharon Wichman USA 1968 Summer 2:44.4 swimming FRG Munich 1972 Beverley Whitfield AUS 1972 Summer 2:41.71 swimming CAN Montreal 1976 Marina Kosheveya URS 1976 Summer 2:33.35 swimming URS Moscow 1980 Lina Kačiušytė URS 1980 Summer 2:29.54 swimming USA Los Angeles 1984 Anne Ottenbrite CAN 1984 Summer 2:30.38 KOR Seoul 1988 Silke Hörner GDR 1988 Summer 2:26.71 swimming ESP Barcelona 1992 Kyoko Iwasaki JPN 1992 Summer 2:26.65 swimming USA Atlanta 1996 Penelope Heyns RSA 1996 Summer 2:25.41 swimming AUS Sydney 2000 Ágnes Kovács HUN 2000 Summer 2:24.35 Ágnes Kovács set an Olympic record of 2:24.03 in the semifinals. GRE Athens 2004 Amanda Beard USA 2004 Summer 2:23.37 swimming CHN Beijing 2008 Rebecca Soni USA 2008 Summer 2:20.22 swimming GBR London 2012 Rebecca Soni USA 2012 Summer 2:19.59 swimming BRA Rio de Janeiro 2016 Rie Kaneto JPN 2016 Summer 2:20.30 JPN Tokyo 2020 Tatjana Schoenmaker RSA 2020 Summer 2:18.95 swimming FRA Paris 2024 Kate Douglass USA 2024 Summer 2:19.24 World champions (long course) Men List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)#200 metre breaststroke Edition Winner Time Notes YUG Belgrade 1973 David Wilkie GBR 2:19.28 swimming COL Cali 1975 David Wilkie GBR 2:18.23 CR FRG West Berlin 1978 Nicholas Nevid USA 2:16.37 CR ECU Guayaquil 1982 Victor Davis CAN 2:14.77 CR ESP Madrid 1986 József Szabó HUN 2:14.27 CR AUS Perth 1991 Mike Barrowman USA 2:11.23 swimming ITA Rome 1994 Norbert Rózsa HUN 2:12.81 AUS Perth 1998 Kurt Grote USA 2:13.40 JPN Fukuoka 2001 Brendan Hansen USA 2:10.69 CR ESP Barcelona 2003 Kosuke Kitajima JPN 2:09.42 swimming CAN Montreal 2005 Brendan Hansen USA 2:09.85 AUS Melbourne 2007 Kosuke Kitajima JPN 2:09.80 ITA Rome 2009 Dániel Gyurta HUN 2:07.64 Christian Sprenger set a world record of 2:07.31 in the semifinals. CHN Shanghai 2011 Dániel Gyurta HUN 2:08.41 ESP Barcelona 2013 Dániel Gyurta HUN 2:07.23 CR RUS Kazan 2015 Marco Koch GER 2:07.76 HUN Budapest 2017 Anton Chupkov RUS 2:06.96 CRKOR Gwangju 2019 Anton Chupkov RUS 2:06.12 swimmingHUN Budapest 2022Zac Stubblety-Cook AUS 2:07.07 JPN Fukuoka 2023Qin Haiyang CHN 2:05.48 swimmingQAT Doha 2024Dong Zhihao CHN 2:07.94 SGP Singapore 2025Qin Haiyang CHN 2:07.41 Women List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)#200 metre breaststroke Edition Winner Time Notes YUG Belgrade 1973 Renate Vogel GDR 2:40.01 CR COL Cali 1975 Hannelore Anke GDR 2:37.25 CR FRG West Berlin 1978 Lina Kačiušytė URS 2:31.42 swimming ECU Guayaquil 1982 Svetlana Varganova URS 2:28.82 CR ESP Madrid 1986 Silke Hörner GDR 2:27.40 swimming AUS Perth 1991 Yelena Volkova URS 2:29.53 ITA Rome 1994 Samantha Riley AUS 2:26.87 CR AUS Perth 1998 Ágnes Kovács HUN 2:25.45 CR JPN Fukuoka 2001 Ágnes Kovács HUN 2:24.90 CR ESP Barcelona 2003 Amanda Beard USA 2:22.99 =swimming CAN Montreal 2005 Leisel Jones AUS 2:21.72 swimming AUS Melbourne 2007 Leisel Jones AUS 2:21.84 ITA Rome 2009 Nađa Higl SRB 2:21.62 Annamay Pierse set a world record of 2:20.12 in the semifinals. CHN Shanghai 2011 Rebecca Soni USA 2:21.47 ESP Barcelona 2013 Yuliya Yefimova RUS 2:19.41 Rikke Møller Pedersen set a world record of 2:19.11 in the semifinals. RUS Kazan 2015 Kanako Watanabe JPN 2:21.15 HUN Budapest 2017 Yuliya Yefimova RUS 2:19.64 KOR Gwangju 2019 Yuliya Yefimova RUS 2:20.17 HUN Budapest 2022 Lilly King USA 2:22.41 JPN Fukuoka 2023 Tatjana Schoenmaker RSA 2:20.80 QAT Doha 2024Tes Schouten NED 2:19.81 Singapore Singapore 2025Kate Douglass USA 2:18.50 CR World champions (short course) Men List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (men)#200 metre breaststroke Edition Winner Time Notes ESP Palma de Mallorca 1993 Nick Gillingham GBR 2:07.91 CR BRA Rio de Janeiro 1995 Wang Yiwu CHN 2:11.11 SWE Gothenburg 1997 Aleksandr Gukov BLR 2:09.25 HKG Hong Kong 1999 Phil Rogers AUS 2:08.72 GRE Athens 2000 Roman Sludnov RUS 2:07.59 swimming RUS Moscow 2002 Jim Piper AUS 2:07.16 CR USA Indianapolis 2004 Brendan Hansen USA 2:04.98 CR CHN Shanghai 2006 Vladislav Polyakov KAZ 2:06.95 GBR Manchester 2008 Kristopher Gilchrist GBR 2:06.18 UAE Dubai 2010 Naoya Tomita JPN 2:03.12 CRTUR Istanbul 2012 Dániel Gyurta HUN 2:01.35 CRQAT Doha 2014 Dániel Gyurta HUN 2:01.49 CAN Windsor 2016 Marco Koch GER 2:01.21 CRCHN Hangzhou 2018 Kirill Prigoda RUS 2:00.16 swimmingUAE Abu Dhabi 2021Nic Fink USA 2:02.28 AUS Melbourne 2022 Daiya Seto JPN 2:00.35 HUN Budapest 2024 Carles Coll ESP 2:01.55 Women List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (women)#200 metre breaststroke Edition Winner Time Notes ESP Palma de Mallorca 1993 Dai Guohong CHN 2:21.99 swimming BRA Rio de Janeiro 1995Samantha Riley AUS 2:20.85 swimming SWE Gothenburg 1997 Kristy Ellem AUS 2:22.68 HKG Hong Kong 1999 Masami Tanaka JPN 2:20.22 swimming GRE Athens 2000 Rebecca Brown AUS 2:23.41 RUS Moscow 2002 Qi Hui CHN 2:20.91 USA Indianapolis 2004 Brooke Hanson AUS 2:21.68 CHN Shanghai 2006 Qi Hui CHN 2:20.72 GBR Manchester 2008 Suzaan van Biljon RSA 2:18.73 CRUAE Dubai 2010 Rebecca Soni USA 2:16.39 CRTUR Istanbul 2012 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN 2:16.08 CRQAT Doha 2014 Kanako Watanabe JPN 2:16.92 CAN Windsor 2016 Molly Renshaw GBR 2:18.51 CHN Hangzhou 2018 Annie Lazor USA 2:18.32 UAE Abu Dhabi 2021Emily Escobedo USA 2:17.85 AUS Melbourne 2022Kate Douglass USA 2:15.77 CRHUN Budapest 2024Kate Douglass USA 2:12.50 swimming Notes References Breaststroke 200 metres World record progression 200 metres breaststroke