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

Time	Name	Country	Date	Place (Country)
2:18.8	John MONCKTON	AUS	15-01-1958	Sydney, AUS
2:18.4	John MONCKTON	AUS	18-02-1958	Melbourne, AUS
2:17.9	Frank MCKINNEY	USA	12-07-1959	Los Altos, CA, USA
2:17.8	Frank MCKINNEY	USA	25-07-1959	Osaka, JPN
2:17.6	Charles BITTICK	USA	26-06-1960	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2:16.0	Tom STOCK	USA	24-07-1960	Toledo, OH, USA
2:13.2	Tom STOCK	USA	07-02-1961	Chicago, IL, USA
2:11.5	Tom STOCK	USA	20-08-1961	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2:10.9	Tom STOCK	USA	10-08-1962	Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA
2:10.3	Jed GRAEF	USA	13-10-1964	Tokyo, JPN
2:09.4	Charles HICKCOX	USA	29-08-1967	Tokyo, JPN
2:07.9	Roland MATTHES	GDR	08-11-1967	Leipzig, GDR
2:07.5	Roland MATTHES	GDR	14-08-1968	Leipzig, GDR
2:07.4	Roland MATTHES	GDR	12-07-1969	Santa Clara, CA, USA
2:06.6	Gary HALL	USA	14-08-1969	Louisville, KY, USA
2:06.4	Roland MATTHES	GDR	29-08-1969	East Berlin, GDR
2:06.3	Mike STAMM	USA	20-08-1970	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2:06.1	Roland MATTHES	GDR	11-09-1970	Barcelona, ESP
2:05.6	Roland MATTHES	GDR	03-09-1971	Leipzig, GDR
2:02.8	Roland MATTHES	GDR	10-07-1972	Leipzig, GDR
2:02.82	Roland MATTHES	GDR	02-09-1972	Munich, FRG
2:01.87	Roland MATTHES	GDR	09-09-1973	Belgrade, YUG
2:00.64	John NABER	USA	19-06-1976	Long Beach, CA, USA
1:59.19	John NABER	USA	24-07-1976	Montreal, CAN
1:58.93	Rick CAREY	USA	03-08-1983	Clovis, USA
1:58.86	Rick CAREY	USA	27-06-1984	Indianapolis, IN, USA
1:58.41	Sergei ZABOLOTNOV	URS	21-08-1984	Moscow, URS
1:58.14	Igor POLYANSKI	URS	01-03-1985	Erfurt, GDR
1:57.30	Martin L�PEZ-ZUBERO	ESP	13-08-1991	Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
1:56.57	Martin L�PEZ-ZUBERO	ESP	23-11-1991	Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
1:55.87	Lenny KRAYZELBURG	USA	27-08-1999	Sydney, AUS
1:55.15	Aaron PEIRSOL	USA	20-03-2002	Minneapolis, MN, USA
1:54.74	Aaron PEIRSOL	USA	12-07-2004	Long Beach, CA, USA
1:54.66	Aaron Peirsol	USA	29-07-2005	Montreal, CAN
1:54.44	Aaron Peirsol	USA	19-08-2006	Victoria, CAN
1:54.32	Ryan Lochte	USA	30-03-2007	Melbourne, AUS
1:54.32 (*)	Aaron Peirsol	USA	04-07-2008	Omaha, NE, USA
1:53.94 (*)	Ryan Lochte	USA	15-08-2008	Beijing, CHN
1:53.08 (*)	Aaron Peirsol	USA	11-07-2009	Indianapolis, USA
1:51.92 (*)	Aaron Peirsol	USA	31-07-2009	Rome, ITA

(*) = 'artificially aided'