Swim-City.com - 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'