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[Records] [Back] Record history World records women (50m)100m backstroke| Time | Name | Country | Date | Place (Country) | | 1:12.9 | Judy GRINHAM | GBR | 05-12-1956 | Melbourne, AUS | | 1:12.5 | Phillipa GOULD | NZL | 12-03-1958 | Auckland, NZL | | 1:12.4 | Margaret EDWARDS | GBR | 19-04-1958 | Cardiff, WAL | | 1:12.3 | Ria VAN VELSEN | NED | 20-07-1958 | Nijmegen, NED | | 1:11.9 | Judy GRINHAM | GBR | 23-07-1958 | Cardiff, WAL | | 1:11.7 | Ria VAN VELSEN | NED | 26-07-1959 | Waalwijk, NED | | 1:11.4 | Carin CONE | USA | 06-09-1959 | Chicago, IL, USA | | 1:11.0 | Ria VAN VELSEN | NED | 12-06-1960 | Leipzig, GDR | | 1:10.9 | Ria VAN VELSEN | NED | 10-07-1960 | Maastricht, NED | | 1:10.1 | Lynn BURKE | USA | 17-07-1960 | Indianapolis, IN, USA | | 1:10.0 | Lynn BURKE | USA | 04-08-1960 | Detroit, MI, USA | | 1:09.2 | Lynn BURKE | USA | 05-08-1960 | Detroit, MI, USA | | 1:09.0 | Lynn BURKE | USA | 02-09-1960 | Rome, ITA | | 1:08.9 | Donna DE VARONA | USA | 28-07-1963 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | | 1:08.6 | Christine CARON | FRA | 14-06-1964 | Paris, FRA | | 1:08.3 | Virginia DUENKEL | USA | 28-09-1964 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | | 1:07.7 | Cathy FERGUSON | USA | 14-10-1964 | Tokyo, JPN | | 1:07.4 | Ann FAIRLIE | SAF | 23-07-1966 | Béziers, FRA | | 1:07.3 | Elaine TANNER | CAN | 27-07-1967 | Winnipeg, CAN | | 1:07.1 | Elaine TANNER | CAN | 30-07-1967 | Winnipeg, CAN | | 1:06.7 | Karen MUIR | SAF | 30-01-1968 | Kimberley, SAF | | 1:06.4 | Karen MUIR | SAF | 06-04-1968 | Paris, FRA | | 1:06.2 | Kaye HALL | USA | 23-10-1968 | Mexico City, MEX | | 1:05.6 | Karen MUIR | SAF | 06-07-1969 | Utrecht, NED | | 1:05.39 | Ulrike RICHTER | GDR | 18-08-1973 | Utrecht, NED | | 1:04.99 | Ulrike RICHTER | GDR | 04-09-1973 | Belgrade, YUG | | 1:04.78 | Wendy COOK | CAN | 31-01-1974 | Christchurch, NZL | | 1:04.43 | Ulrike RICHTER | GDR | 08-07-1974 | Rostock, GDR | | 1:04.09 | Ulrike RICHTER | GDR | 22-08-1974 | Vienna, AUT | | 1:03.30 | Ulrike RICHTER | GDR | 23-08-1974 | Vienna, AUT | | 1:03.08 | Ulrike RICHTER | GDR | 24-08-1974 | Vienna, AUT | | 1:02.98 | Ulrike RICHTER | GDR | 01-09-1974 | Concord, USA | | 1:02.60 | Ulrike RICHTER | GDR | 14-03-1976 | Tallinn, URS | | 1:01.62 | Kornelia ENDER | GDR | 03-06-1976 | Berlin, GDR | | 1:01.51 | Ulrike RICHTER | GDR | 05-06-1976 | Berlin, GDR | | 1:01.50 | Rica REINISCH | GDR | 22-07-1980 | Moscow, URS | | 1:00.86 | Rica REINISCH | GDR | 23-07-1980 | Moscow, URS | | 1:00.59 | Ina KLEBER | GDR | 24-08-1984 | Moscow, URS | | 1:00.31 | Krisztina EGERSZEGI | HUN | 22-08-1991 | Athens, GRE | | 1:00.16 | Cihong HE | CHN | 10-09-1994 | Rome, ITA | | 0:59.58 | Natalie COUGHLIN | USA | 13-08-2002 | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA | | 0:59.44 | Natalie Coughlin | USA | 27-03-2007 | Melbourne, AUS | | 0:59.21 (*) | Natalie Coughlin | USA | 17-02-2008 | Columbia, Mo, USA | | 0:59.15 (*) | Haley McGregory | USA | 30-06-2008 | Omaha, NE, USA | | 0:59.03 (*) | Natalie Coughlin | USA | 30-06-2008 | Omaha, NE, USA | | 0:58.97 (*) | Natalie Coughlin | USA | 01-07-2008 | Omaha, NE, USA | | 0:58.77 (*) | Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 11-08-2008 | Beijing, CHN | | 0:58.48 (*) | Anastasia Zueva | RUS | 27-07-2009 | Rome, ITA | | 0:58.12 (*) | Gemma Spofforth | GBR | 28-07-2009 | Rome, ITA |
(*) = 'artificially aided'
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