Swim-City.com - Record history World records women (50m) 200m backstroke

Time	Name	Country	Date	Place (Country)
2:39.9	Phillipa GOULD	NZL	16-01-1957	Auckland, NZL
2:38.5	Lenie DE NIJS	NED	17-05-1957	Blackpool, ENG
2:37.4	Chris VON SALTZA	USA	01-08-1958	Topeka, KS, USA
2:37.1	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	12-07-1959	Tokyo, JPN
2:34.8	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	02-04-1960	Tokyo, JPN
2:33.5	Lynn BURKE	USA	15-07-1960	Indianapolis, IN, USA
2:33.3	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	23-07-1960	Tokyo, JPN
2:33.2	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	30-07-1961	Tokyo, JPN
2:32.1	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	03-06-1962	Beppu, JPN
2:31.6	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	29-07-1962	Osaka, JPN
2:29.6	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	10-02-1963	Sydney, AUS
2:28.9	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	18-02-1963	Perth, AUS
2:28.5	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	21-02-1963	Perth, AUS
2:28.2	Satoko TANAKA	JPN	04-08-1963	Tokyo, JPN
2:27.4	Cathy FERGUSON	USA	28-09-1964	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2:27.1	Karen MUIR	SAF	25-07-1966	Béziers, FRA
2:26.4	Karen MUIR	SAF	18-08-1966	Lincoln, NE, USA
2:24.4	Elaine TANNER	CAN	26-07-1967	Winnipeg, CAN
2:24.1	Karen MUIR	SAF	06-01-1968	Kimberley, SAF
2:23.8	Karen MUIR	SAF	21-07-1968	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2:21.5	Sue ATWOOD	USA	14-08-1969	Louisville, KY, USA
2:20.64	Melissa BELOTE	USA	05-08-1972	Chicago, IL, USA
2:19.19	Melissa BELOTE	USA	04-09-1972	Munich, FRG
2:20.58	Melissa BELOTE	USA	04-09-1972	Munich, FRG
2:18.41	Ulrike RICHTER	GDR	07-07-1974	Rostock, GDR
2:17.35	Ulrike RICHTER	GDR	25-08-1974	Vienna, AUT
2:16.33	Nancy GARAPICK	CAN	27-04-1975	Brantford, USA
2:16.10	Birgit TREIBER	GDR	06-06-1975	Wittenberg, FRG
2:15.46	Birgit TREIBER	GDR	25-07-1975	Cali, COL
2:14.41	Antje STILLE	GDR	29-02-1976	Berlin, GDR
2:13.50	Antje STILLE	GDR	13-03-1976	Tallinn, URS
2:12.47	Birgit TREIBER	GDR	04-06-1976	Berlin, GDR
2:11.93	Linda JEZEK	USA	24-08-1978	West Berlin, FRG
2:11.77	Rica REINISCH	GDR	27-07-1980	Moscow, URS
2:09.91	Cornelia SIRCH	GDR	07-08-1982	Guayaquil, ECU
2:08.60	Betsy MITCHELL	USA	27-06-1986	Orlando, FL, USA
2:06.62	Krisztina EGERSZEGI	HUN	25-08-1991	Athens, GRE
2:06.39 (*)	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	16-02-2008	Columbia, Mo, USA
2:06.09 (*)	Margaret Hoelzer	USA	05-07-2008	Omaha, NE, USA
2:05.24 (*)	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	16-08-2008	Beijing, CHN
2:04.81 (*)	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	01-08-2009	Rome, ITA
2:04.06	Melissa Franklin	USA	03-08-2012	London, ENG

(*) = 'artificially aided'