This is a listing of the history of the World Record for the 50 backstroke swimming event. Swimming World Records are maintained by FINA, the international sports federation which oversees the sport. World Records are recognized only in meter-courses: long course (50m) and short course (25m). Like the other 50s of stroke (i.e. 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly), World Record status/monitoring for this event first began in the 1990s.
Men
Long course
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Short course
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Women
Long course
# | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 29.00 | Sandra Völker | Germany | 24 May 1997 | Mare Nostrum | Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||
2 | 28.78 | sf | Sandra Völker | Germany | 12 Jun 1999 | Mare Nostrum | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |
3 | 28.71 | Sandra Völker | Germany | 1 Aug 1999 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
4 | 28.69 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Spain | 8 Apr 2000 | Spain Spring Nationals | Madrid, Spain | ||
5 | 28.67 | Mai Nakamura | Japan | 25 Apr 2000 | Japan Championships | Tokyo, Japan | ||
6 | 28.25 | h | Sandra Völker | Germany | 17 Jun 2000 | Germany Championships | Berlin, Germany | |
7 | 28.19 | Janine Pietsch | Germany | 25 May 2005 | Germany Championships | Berlin, Germany | ||
8 | 28.16 | sf | Leila Vaziri | United States | 28 Mar 2007 | World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | |
8 | 28.16 | = | Leila Vaziri | United States | 29 Mar 2007 | World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | |
9 | 28.09 | Li Yang | China | 19 Oct 2007 | World Military Games | Hyderabad, India | ||
10 | 28.00 | r | Hayley McGregory | United States | 7 Mar 2008 | Texas Senior Circuit Championships | Austin, United States | |
11 | 27.95 | sf | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 22 Mar 2008 | Australia Championships | Sydney, Australia | |
12 | 27.67 | Sophie Edington | Australia | 23 Mar 2008 | Australia Championships | Sydney, Australia | [16] | |
12 | 27.67 | = | Zhao Jing | China | 9 Apr 2009 | China Championships | Shaoxing, China | [17] |
13 | 27.61 | Daniela Samulski | Germany | 26 Jun 2009 | Germany Championships | Berlin, Germany | [18] | |
14 | 27.39 | sf | Daniela Samulski | Germany | 29 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | |
15 | 27.38 | sf | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 29 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | |
16 | 27.06 | Zhao Jing | China | 30 Jul 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | ||
17 | 26.98 | Liu Xiang | China | 21 Aug 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | [19] | |
18 | 26.86 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 20 October 2023 | World Cup | Budapest, Hungary | [20] |
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Short course
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
All-time top 25
Men long course
- Correct as of June 2024[32]
Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 23.55 | Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) | 27 July 2023 | Kazan | [33] |
2 | 23.71 | Hunter Armstrong (USA) | 28 April 2022 | Greensboro | [34] |
3 | 23.92 | Justin Ress (USA) | 28 April 2022 | Greensboro | [35] |
4 | 24.00 | Shaine Casas (USA) | 28 April 2022 | Greensboro | [36] |
5 | 24.04 | Liam Tancock (GBR) | 2 August 2009 | Rome | |
6 | 24.07 | Camille Lacourt (FRA) | 12 August 2010 | Budapest | |
7 | 24.12 | Robert Glință (ROU) | 3 August 2018 | Glasgow | |
Isaac Cooper (AUS) | 17 February 2024 | Doha | [37] | ||
9 | 24.23 | Mark Nikolaev (RUS) | 11 April 2019 | Kazan | |
10 | 24.24 | Junya Koga (JPN) | 2 August 2009 | Rome | |
Ryan Murphy (USA) | 27 July 2018 | Irvine | |||
12 | 24.28 | Pavel Samusenko (RUS) | 19 April 2023 | Kazan | [38] |
13 | 24.29 | Vladimir Morozov (RUS) | 3 August 2018 | Glasgow | |
14 | 24.32 | Shane Ryan (IRL) | 3 August 2018 | Glasgow | |
15 | 24.33 | Randall Bal (USA) | 5 December 2008 | Eindhoven | |
16 | 24.34 | Johannes Zandberg (RSA) | 2 August 2009 | Rome | |
17 | 24.36 | Apostolos Christou (GRE) | 15 August 2022 | Rome | [39] |
Pieter Coetze (RSA) | 13 April 2023 | Gqeberha | [40] | ||
19 | 24.38 | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 25 September 2023 | Hangzhou | [41] |
20 | 24.39 | Michael Andrew (USA) | 21 June 2019 | Rome | |
21 | 24.40 | Thomas Ceccon (ITA) | 15 August 2022 | Rome | [39] |
Michele Lamberti (ITA) | 22 June 2024 | Rome | [42] | ||
23 | 24.43 | Zane Waddell (RSA) | 28 July 2019 | Gwangju | |
24 | 24.44 | Daniel Orzechowski (BRA) | 24 April 2012 | Rio de Janeiro | |
Ksawery Masiuk (POL) | 2 September 2022 | Lima | [43] | ||
26 February 2023 | Lublin | [44] | |||
18 February 2024 | Doha | [45] |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 24.44:
- Kliment Kolesnikov also swam 23.80 (2021), 23.93 (2021), 24.00 (2018), 24.08 (2021), 24.12 (2023), 24.23 (2021), 24.25 (2018, 2021), 24.35 (2019), 24.40 (2018), 24.42 (2023).
- Hunter Armstrong also swam 24.01 (2022), 24.05 (2023), 24.14 (2022), 24.16 (2022, 2023), 24.20 (2023), 24.30 (2023), 24.33 (2024), 24.41 (2023), 24.43 (2024).
- Justin Ress also swam 24.05 (2022), 24.10 (2023), 24.12 (2022), 24.14 (2022), 24.18 (2023), 24.21 (2023), 24.24 (2022, 2023), 24.31 (2018), 24.35 (2023), 24.41 (2017).
- Liam Tancock also swam 24.08 (2009).
- Isaac Cooper also swam 24.13 (2024), 24.38 (2023), 24.44 (2022).
- Camille Lacourt also swam 24.23 (2015), 24.27 (2015), 24.30 (2017), 24.30 (2010), 24.35 (2017), 24.36 (2011), 24.37 (2014), 24.39 (2013), 24.42 (2013).
- Junya Koga also swam 24.28 (2014), 24.29 (2009), 24.36 (2015), 24.44 (2017).
- Vladimir Morozov also swam 24.35 (2018), 24.40 (2019), 24.43 (2018, 2019).
- Apostolos Christou also swam 24.39 (2022, 2024).
- Xu Jiayu also swam 24.41 (2023), 24.42 (2017).
- Robert Glință also swam 24.42 (2021).
Men short course
- Correct as of December 2023[46]
Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 22.11 | Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) | 23 November 2022 | Kazan | [47] |
2 | 22.22 | Florent Manaudou (FRA) | 6 December 2014 | Doha | [48] |
3 | 22.49 | Mark Nikolaev (RUS) | 28 December 2021 | Saint Petersburg | [49] |
4 | 22.52 | Isaac Cooper (AUS) | 15 December 2022 | Melbourne | [50] |
5 | 22.53 | Ryan Murphy (USA) | 25 November 2021 | Eindhoven | [51] |
6 | 22.55 | Guilherme Guido (BRA) | 26 October 2019 | Budapest | |
7 | 22.58 | Evgeny Rylov (RUS) | 14 December 2018 | Hangzhou | [52] |
8 | 22.61 | Coleman Stewart (USA) | 28 August 2021 | Naples | [53] |
Peter Marshall (USA) | 22 November 2009 | Singapore | |||
10 | 22.62 | Michele Lamberti (ITA) | 3 November 2021 | Kazan | [54] |
11 | 22.65 | Lorenzo Mora (ITA) | 17 December 2022 | Melbourne | [55] |
12 | 22.70 | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 3 November 2018 | Hangzhou | |
13 | 22.72 | Dylan Carter (TRI) | 4 November 2022 | Indianapolis | [56] |
14 | 22.74 | Kacper Stokowski (POL) | 15 December 2022 | Melbourne | [57] |
16 December 2022 | Melbourne | [58] | |||
Stanislav Donets (RUS) | 26 November 2010 | Netherlands | |||
Robert Glință (ROM) | 3 November 2021 | Kazan | [59] | ||
17 | 22.75 | Miron Lifintsev (RUS) | 17 December 2023 | Saint Petersburg | [60] |
18 | 22.76 | Christian Diener (GER) | 18 October 2020 | Budapest | |
Shane Ryan (IRL) | 14 December 2018 | Hangzhou | [52] | ||
20 | 22.78 | Pavel Samusenko (RUS) | 17 December 2023 | Saint Petersburg | [61] |
21 | 22.81 | Junya Koga (JPN) | 8 December 2016 | Windsor | |
22 | 22.82 | Pavel Sankovich (BLR) | 19 November 2017 | Singapore | |
23 | 22.84 | Gabriel Fantoni (BRA) | 20 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [62] |
Pieter Coetze (RSA) | 16 December 2022 | Melbourne | [63] | ||
Mewen Tomac (FRA) | 6 December 2023 | Ostopeni | [64] |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 22.84:
- Kliment Kolesnikov also swam 22.31 (2022), 22.42 (2023), 22.47 (2021), 22.57 (2021), 22.64 (2019), 22.75 (2019), 22.76 (2021), 22.77 (2018), 22.82 (2018), 22.83 (2017).
- Ryan Murphy also swam 22.54 (2020), 22.56 (2021), 22.61 (2022), 22.63 (2018, 2021), 22.64 (2022), 22.73 (2018), 22.74 (2022), 22.75 (2020), 22.76 (2020), 22.79 (2021), 22.80 (2020), 22.83 (2020).
- Evgeny Rylov also swam 22.59 (2021), 22.68 (2018), 22.76 (2020), 22.80 (2020).
- Guilherme Guido also swam 22.60 (2021, 2021), 22.68 (2018), 22.73 (2021), 22.75 (2018), 22.77 (2019), 22.79 (2018), 22.82 (2019).
- Michele Lamberti also swam 22.65 (2021), 22.79 (2021).
- Mark Nikolaev also swam 22.70 (2021).
- Jiayu Xu also swam 22.71 (2018).
- Peter Marshall also swam 22.73 (2009), 22.75 (2009).
- Isaac Cooper also swam 22.66 (2022), 22.73 (2022), 22.79 (2022).
- Stanislav Donets also swam 22.76 (2009), 22.79 (2009), 22.80 (2009).
- Coleman Stewart also swam 22.76 (2020), 22.84 (2020).
- Kacper Stokowski also swam 22.78 (2022).
- Lorenzo Mora also swam 22.81 (2022).
- Pavel Samusenko also swam 22.81 (2021).
- Shane Ryan also swam 22.82 (2021).
- Pavel Sankovich also swam 22.84 (2017).
- Christian Diener also swam 22.84 (2021).
Women long course
- Correct as of April 2024[65]
Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 26.86 | Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | 20 October 2023 | Budapest | [66] |
2 | 26.98 | Liu Xiang (CHN) | 21 August 2018 | Jakarta | |
3 | 27.06 | Zhao Jing (CHN) | 30 July 2009 | Rome | |
4 | 27.10 | Kira Toussaint (NED) | 10 April 2021 | Eindhoven | |
Regan Smith (USA) | 26 July 2023 | Fukuoka | [67] | ||
6 | 27.11 | Fu Yuanhui (CHN) | 6 August 2015 | Kazan | |
7 | 27.12 | Katharine Berkoff (USA) | 28 April 2022 | Greensboro | [68] |
8 | 27.14 | Etiene Medeiros (BRA) | 27 July 2017 | Budapest | |
9 | 27.16 | Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) | 18 April 2024 | Gold Coast | [69] |
10 | 27.18 | Kylie Masse (CAN) | 6 April 2022 | Victoria | [70] |
11 | 27.19 | Kathleen Dawson (GBR) | 18 May 2021 | Budapest | [71] |
12 | 27.20 | Lauren Cox (GBR) | 27 July 2023 | Fukuoka | [72] |
13 | 27.21 | Georgia Davies (GBR) | 4 August 2018 | Glasgow | |
14 | 27.23 | Daniela Samulski (GER) | 30 July 2009 | Rome | |
Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 27 July 2017 | Budapest | |||
Anastasia Fesikova (RUS) | 4 August 2018 | Glasgow | |||
17 | 27.27 | Analia Pigrée (FRA) | 14 August 2022 | Rome | [73] |
18 | 27.28 | Gao Chang (CHN) | 30 July 2009 | Rome | |
19 | 27.33 | Olivia Smoliga (USA) | 25 July 2019 | Gwangju | |
28 April 2022 | Greensboro | [74] | |||
20 | 27.35 | Wang Xueer (CHN) | 25 September 2023 | Hangzhou | [75] |
21 | 27.37 | Emily Seebohm (AUS) | 27 July 2017 | Budapest | |
Ingrid Wilm (CAN) | 21 May 2023 | Monaco | [76] | ||
23 | 27.39 | Silvia Scalia (ITA) | 13 August 2022 | Rome | [77] |
24 | 27.41 | Wan Letian (CHN) | 25 September 2023 | Hangzhou | [78] |
25 | 27.42 | Mimosa Jallow (FIN) | 4 August 2018 | Glasgow |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 27.42:
- Kaylee McKeown also swam 26.98 (2023), 27.02 (2023), 27.07 (2024), 27.08 (2023), 27.16 (2021), 27.24 (2023), 27.25 (2024), 27.26 (2023), 27.31 (2023), 27.32 (2024), 27.38 (2021), 27.41 (2021).
- Regan Smith also swam 27.11 (2023), 27.14 (2023), 27.25 (2023), 27.29 (2022), 27.31 (2023), 27.40 (2022).
- Katharine Berkoff also swam 27.13 (2023), 27.27 (2023), 27.38 (2023), 27.39 (2022), 27.40 (2022, 2023).
- Fu Yuanhui also swam 27.15 (2017), 27.16 (2018), 27.18 (2015), 27.19 (2017), 27.21 (2017), 27.22 (2013), 27.36 (2017), 27.39 (2013), 27.40 (2013).
- Kira Toussaint also swam 27.18 (2021), 27.22 (2021), 27.36 (2021), 27.37 (2020).
- Etiene Medeiros also swam 27.18 (2017), 27.26 (2015), 27.36 (2019), 27.37 (2014), 27.38 (2015), 27.41 (2015).
- Kylie Masse also swam 27.22 (2022), 27.23 (2024), 27.24 (2024), 27.26 (2022), 27.28 (2023), 27.31 (2022, 2022), 27.38 (2023), 27.41 (2023).
- Georgia Davies also swam 27.23 (2018).
- Analia Pigrée also swam 27.29 (2022), 27.40 (2022).
- Zhao Jing also swam 27.29 (2013).
- Kathleen Dawson also swam 27.29 (2021).
- Lauren Cox also swam 27.29 (2023).
- Anastasia Fesikova also swam 27.31 (2009, 2018), 27.37 (2018), 27.38 (2009).
- Liu Xiang also swam 27.35 (2019), 27.36 (2020), 27.40 (2018).
- Mollie O'Callaghan also swam 27.38 (2023), 27.42 (2023).
- Gao Chang also swam 27.38 (2009).
- Ingrid Wilm also swam 27.39 (2022), 27.41 (2023).
- Daniela Samulski also swam 27.39 (2009).
- Aliaksandra Herasimenia also swam 27.40 (2016).
Women short course
- Correct as of December 2023[79]
Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25.25 | Maggie Mac Neil (CAN) | 16 December 2022 | Melbourne | [80] |
2 | 25.49 | Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) | 17 December 2022 | Melbourne | [81] |
3 | 25.54 | Claire Curzan (USA) | 16 December 2022 | Melbourne | [82] |
4 | 25.60 | Kira Toussaint (NED) | 14 November 2020 | Budapest | |
18 December 2020 | Amsterdam | ||||
Maria Kameneva (RUS) | 24 November 2022 | Kazan | [83] | ||
6 | 25.62 | Kylie Masse (CAN) | 20 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [84] |
7 | 25.67 | Etiene Medeiros (BRA) | 4 December 2014 | Doha | |
8 | 25.70 | Sanja Jovanović (CRO) | 12 December 2009 | Istanbul | |
9 | 25.74 | Olivia Smoliga (USA) | 16 October 2020 | Budapest | |
10 | 25.81 | Minna Atherton (AUS) | 26 October 2019 | Budapest | |
11 | 25.82 | Zhao Jing (CHN) | 10 November 2009 | Stockholm | |
12 | 25.83 | Emily Seebohm (AUS) | 7 December 2014 | Doha | |
Louise Hansson (SWE) | 19 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [85] | ||
14 | 25.85 | Julie Kepp Jensen (DEN) | 15 December 2022 | Melbourne | [86] |
15 | 25.88 | Katharine Berkoff (USA) | 17 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [87] |
16 | 25.92 | Gao Chang (CHN) | 27 February 2010 | Tokyo | |
17 | 25.95 | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 16 December 2017 | Denmark | |
18 | 25.96 | Analia Pigrée (FRA) | 20 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [88] |
19 | 25.97 | Maaike de Waard (NED) | 19 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [89] |
20 | 25.98 | Ali DeLoof (USA) | 9 September 2021 | Naples | |
Marieke Guehrer (AUS) | 10 November 2009 | Stockholm | |||
22 | 25.99 | Caroline Pilhatsch (AUT) | 15 December 2018 | Hangzhou | |
Holly Barratt (AUS) | 26 October 2019 | Budapest | |||
24 | 26.00 | Béryl Gastaldello (FRA) | 7 December 2019 | United Kingdom | |
Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | 27 November 2020 | Brisbane |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 26.00:
- Maggie MacNeil also swam 25.27 (2022), 25.64 (2022), 25.84 (2021), 25.92 (2021), 25.98 (2021).
- Kira Toussaint also swam 25.62 (2020), 25.64 (2020), 25.73 (2020), 25.75 (2019, 2020), 25.79 (2020, 2021), 25.81 (2021), 25.82 (2023), 25.83 (2020), 25.84 (2019), 25.89 (2021), 25.91 (2021), 25.96 (2020), 25.99 (2021).
- Claire Curzan also swam 25.60 (2022), 25.75 (2022).
- Mollie O'Callaghan also swam 25.61 (2022), 25.69 (2022), 25.99 (2022).
- Olivia Smoliga also swam 25.75 (2020), 25.83 (2020), 25.85 (2020), 25.88 (2018), 25.89 (2019, 2020), 25.93 (2020), 25.97 (2018).
- Kylie Masse also swam 25.81 (2022), 25.84 (2021, 2022), 25.92 (2021), 25.94 (2022), 25.96 (2021), 25.97 (2021, 2022).
- Etiene Medeiros also swam 25.82 (2016), 25.95 (2018), 25.99 (2014), 26.00 (2016).
- Louise Hansson also swam 25.86 (2021, 2022), 25.91 (2021), 25.99 (2022), 26.00 (2022).
- Emily Seebohm also swam 25.87 (2014).
- Zhao Jing also swam 25.95 (2012).
- Minna Atherton also swam 25.95 (2021), 25.99 (2019).
- Katinka Hosszú also swam 25.96 (2014), 25.99 (2016).
- Maaike de Waard also swam 25.99 (2021).
- Gao Chang also swam 26.00 (2010).
References
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