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[Records] [Back] Record history World records men (50m)200m freestyle| Time | Name | Country | Date | Place (Country) | | 2:04.8 | John KONRADS | AUS | 18-01-1958 | Sydney, AUS | | 2:03.2 | John KONRADS | AUS | 05-05-1958 | Sydney, AUS | | 2:03.0 | Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA | JPN | 22-08-1958 | Osaka, JPN | | 2:02.2 | John KONRADS | AUS | 16-01-1959 | Sydney, AUS | | 2:01.5 | Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA | JPN | 26-07-1959 | Osaka, JPN | | 2:01.2 | Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA | JPN | 24-06-1961 | Osaka, JPN | | 2:01.1 | Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA | JPN | 06-08-1961 | Tokyo, JPN | | 2:00.4 | Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA | JPN | 20-08-1961 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | | 2:00.3 | Robert WINDLE | AUS | 21-04-1963 | Tokyo, JPN | | 1:58.8 | Don SCHOLLANDER | USA | 27-07-1963 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | | 1:58.5 | Don SCHOLLANDER | USA | 17-08-1963 | Tokyo, JPN | | 1:58.4 | Don SCHOLLANDER | USA | 24-08-1963 | Osaka, JPN | | 1:58.2 | Hans-Joachim KLEIN | FRG | 24-05-1964 | Dortmund, FRG | | 1:57.6 | Don SCHOLLANDER | USA | 01-08-1964 | Los Altos, CA, USA | | 1:57.2 | Don SCHOLLANDER | USA | 29-07-1966 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | | 1:56.2 | Don SCHOLLANDER | USA | 19-08-1966 | Lincoln, NE, USA | | 1:56.0 | Don SCHOLLANDER | USA | 29-07-1967 | Winnipeg, CAN | | 1:55.7 | Don SCHOLLANDER | USA | 12-08-1967 | Oak Park, USA | | 1:54.3 | Don SCHOLLANDER | USA | 30-08-1968 | Long Beach, CA, USA | | 1:54.2 | Mark SPITZ | USA | 04-09-1971 | Leipzig, GDR | | 1:53.5 | Mark SPITZ | USA | 10-09-1971 | Minsk, URS | | 1:52.78 | Mark SPITZ | USA | 29-08-1972 | Munich, FRG | | 1:51.66 | Tim SHAW | USA | 23-08-1974 | Concord, USA | | 1:50.89 | Bruce FURNISS | USA | 18-06-1975 | Long Beach, CA, USA | | 1:51.41 | Bruce FURNISS | USA | 18-06-1975 | Long Beach, CA, USA | | 1:50.32 | Bruce FURNISS | USA | 21-08-1975 | Kansas City, MO, USA | | 1:50.29 | Bruce FURNISS | USA | 19-07-1978 | Montreal, CAN | | 1:49.83 | Sergey KOPLYAKOV | URS | 07-04-1979 | Potsdam, GDR | | 1:49.16 | Rowdy GAINES | USA | 11-04-1980 | Austin, TX, USA | | 1:48.93 | Rowdy GAINES | USA | 19-07-1982 | Mission Viejo, CA, USA | | 1:48.28 | Michael GROSS | FRG | 21-06-1983 | Hannover, FRG | | 1:47.87 | Michael GROSS | FRG | 22-08-1983 | Rome, ITA | | 1:47.55 | Michael GROSS | FRG | 08-06-1984 | Munich, FRG | | 1:47.44 | Michael GROSS | FRG | 29-07-1984 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | | 1:47.25 | Duncan ARMSTRONG | AUS | 19-09-1988 | Seoul, KOR | | 1:46.69 | Giorgio LAMBERTI | ITA | 15-08-1989 | Bonn, FRG | | 1:46.67 | Grant HACKETT | AUS | 23-03-1999 | Brisbane, AUS | | 1:46.34 | Ian THORPE | AUS | 23-08-1999 | Sydney, AUS | | 1:46.00 | Ian THORPE | AUS | 24-08-1999 | Sydney, AUS | | 1:45.69 | Ian THORPE | AUS | 14-05-2000 | Sydney, AUS | | 1:45.51 | Ian THORPE | AUS | 15-05-2000 | Sydney, AUS | | 1:45.35 | Pieter VAN DEN HOOGENBAND | NED | 17-09-2000 | Sydney, AUS | | 1:44.69 | Ian THORPE | AUS | 27-05-2001 | Hobart, AUS | | 1:44.06 | Ian THORPE | AUS | 25-07-2001 | Fukuoka, JPN | | 1:43.86 | Michael Phelps | USA | 27-03-2007 | Melbourne, AUS | | 1:42.96 (*) | Michael Phelps | USA | 12-08-2008 | Beijing, CHN | | 1:42.00 (*) | Paul Biedermann | GER | 28-07-2009 | Rome, ITA | (*) = 'artificially aided'
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