Length of Time Swimmer Country Venue pool Date Men: (50 m unless stated) 50 metres freestyle 22.7 Standard time 22.52 Dano Halsall (SUI) Bellinzona 21-07-1985 22.47 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Munich 28-08-1987 22.33 Nils Rudolph (GER) Athens 24-08-1991 22.31 Alexander Popov (CSI) Canet 30-05-1992 22.21 Alexander Popov (CSI) Barcelona 30-07-1992 21.91 Alexander Popov (CSI) Barcelona 30-07-1992 21.64 Alexander Popov (RUS) Moscow 16-06-2000 21.50 Alain Bernard (FRA) Eindhoven 23-03-2008 21.38 Amaury Leveaux (FRA) Dunkerque 26-04-2008 20.94 Frederick Bousquet (FRA) Montpellier 26-04-2009 100 metres freestyle 60.0 Arne Borg (SWE) Bologna 04-09-1927 59.8 Istvan Barany (HUN) Amsterdam 11-08-1928 58.6 Istvan Barany (HUN) Munich 25m 29-10-1929 58.4 Istvan Barany (HUN) Budapest 33m 12-05-1931 57.8 Ferenc Csik (HUN) Budapest 20-08-1935 56.8 Helmuth Fischer (GER) Berlin 25m 26-04-1936 56.7 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 12-06-1946 56.6 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 18-09-1946 56.2 Alex Jany (FRA) Monte Carlo 10-09-1947 55.8 Alex Jany (FRA) Menton 25m 15-09-1947 New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised 56.1 Paolo Pucci (ITA) Budapest 31-08-1955 55.8 Gyula Dobai (HUN) Budapest 31-07-1960 55.7 Gyula Dobai (HUN)) Budapest 18-09-1960 55.5 Per Ola Lindberg (SWE) Halmstad 09-08-1961 55.0 Alain Gottvalles (FRA) Thionville 10-08-1962 54.4 Bobby McGregor (GBR) Blackpool 55y 13-07-1963 54.3 Per Ola Lindberg (SWE) Baastad 18-07-1963 54.1 Bobby McGregor (GBR) Blackpool 55y 31-08-1963 54.0 Bobby McGregor (GBR) Blackpool 55y 13-09-1963 53.9 Bobby McGregor (GBR) London 55y 22-08-1964 52.9 Alain Gottvalles (FRA) Budapest 13-09-1964 52.8 Michel Rousseau (FRA) Barcelona 05-09-1970 52.7 Michel Rousseau (FRA) Paris 31-07-1971 52.6 Michel Rousseau (FRA) Vittel 15-07-1972 52.51 Vladimir Bure (URS) Moscow 14-08-1972 52.26 Vladimir Bure (URS) Munich 28-08-1972 51.77 Vladimir Bure (URS) Munich 03-09-1972 51.36 Vladimir Bure (URS) Leningrad 26-02-1975 51.32 Vladimir Bure (URS) Cali 27-07-1975 51.31 Peter Nocke (FRG) Montreal 25-07-1976 51.25 Marcello Guarducci (ITA) Chiavari 08-09-1977 50.79 Klaus Steinbach (FRG) West Berlin 28-08-1978 50.55 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Magdeburg 26-05-1980 50.49 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Moscow 26-07-1980 50.21 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Moscow 26-07-1980 50.14 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Hamburg 03-02-1981 49.95 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Moscow 12-03-1982 49.81 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Erfurt 28-05-1982 49.60 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Guayaquil 03-08-1982 49.58 Jorg Woithe (GDR) Gera 18-06-1983 49.51 Stephane Caron (FRA) Strasbourg 21-08-1987 Length of Time Swimmer Country Venue pool Date 49.35 Stephane Caron (FRA) Strasbourg 21-08-1987 49.24 Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) Bonn 17-08-1989 49.18 Stephane Caron (FRA) Milan 04-08-1991 49.18 eq. Alexander Popov (URS) Athens 22-08-1991 49.02 Alexander Popov (CSI) Barcelona 28-07-1992 48.93 Alexander Popov (RUS) Canet 31-05-1993 48.21 Alexander Popov (RUS) Monte Carlo 18-06-1994 47.84 Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) Sydney 19-09-2000 47.60 Alain Bernard (FRA) Eindhoven 21-03-2008 47.50 Alain Bernard (FRA) Eindhoven 22-03-2008 47.20 Alain Bernard (FRA) Beijing 13-08-2008 47.15 Frederick Bousquet (FRA) Montpellier 24-04-2009 47.12 Alain Bernard (FRA) Rome 30-07-2009 200 metres freestyle 2:16.6 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 12-12-1924 2:16.0 Istvan Barany (HUN) Brugge 25y 23-03-1930 2:14.2 Jean Taris (FRA) Paris 09-06-1930 2:12.2 Jean Taris (FRA) Rheims 25m 24-04-1932 2:11.9 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Aarhus 25m 17-04-1938 2:10.8 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Berlin 25m 01-02-1942 2:09.8 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 15-09-1945 2:05.4 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 20-09-1946 2:03.4 Jack Wardrop (GBR) Columbus 25y 04-03-1955 New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised 2:05.2 Standard time as at 1st May 1957 2:04.8 Frank Wiegand (GDR) East Berlin 03-07-1961 2:04.7 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Reutlingen 13-08-1961 2:04.0 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Monte Carlo 09-09-1961 2:02.6 lan Black (GBR) Cardiff 55y 29-04-1962 2:01.7 Gerhard Hetz (FRG) Dortmund 20-05-1962 2:00.2 Hans-Joachim Klein (GER) Tokyo 13-10-1963 1:58.2 Hans-Joachim Klein (GER) Dortmund 24-05-1964 1:57.8 Leonid Ilichev (URS) Nanterre 29-04-1967 1:57.6 Leonid Ilichev (URS) Moscow 01-08-1967 1:56.9 Leonid Ilichev (URS) Tallinn 02-04-1968 1:56.5 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Louisville 15-08-1969 1:56.4 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Barcelona 08-09-1970 1:55.2 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Barcelona 09-09-1970 1:53.99 Werner Lampe (FRG) Munich 29-08-1972 1:53.97 Roger Pyttel (GDR) Belgrade 04-09-1973 1:53.10 Peter Nocke (FRG) Vienna 19-08-1974 1:52.95 Klaus Steinbach (FRG) Bonn 10-03-1976 1:51.86 Peter Nocke (FRG) Munich 04-06-1976 1:51.41 Klaus Steinbach (FRG) Montreal 19-07-1976 1:50.73 Andrei Krylov (URS) Montreal 19-07-1976 1:49.83 Sergei Kopliakov (URS) Potsdam 07-04-1979 1:49.81 Sergei Kopliakov (URS) Moscow 21-07-1980 1:49.55 Michael Gross (FRG) Guayaquil 01-08-1982 1:49.30 Sven Lodziewski (GDR) Gera 15-06-1983 1:48.28 Michael Gross (FRG) Hannover 21-06-1983 1:47.87 Michael Gross (FRG) Rome 22-08-1983 1:47.55 Michael Gross (FRG) Munich 08-06-1984 1:47.44 Michael Gross (FRG) Los Angeles 29-07-1984 1:46.69 Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) Bonn 15-08-1989 1:46.58 Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) Eindhoven 18-12-1999 1:45.35 Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) Sydney 17-09-2000 Length of Time Swimmer Country Venue pool Date 1:44.89 Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) Berlin 02-08-2002 1:44.88 Paul Biedermann (GER) Monaco 14-06-2009 1:44.71 Paul Biedermann (GER) Berlin 28-06-2009 1:43.65 Paul Biedermann (GER) Rome 27-07-2009 1:42.00 Paul Biedermann (GER) Rome 28-07-2009 400 metres freestyle 4:50.3 Arne Borg (SWE) Stockholm 25y 11-09-1925 4:47.0 Jean Taris (FRA) Paris 33m 16-04-1931 4:46.4 N. Tatos (HUN) Norrkoping 25y 29-08-1941 4:45.8 Alex Jany (FRA) Marseille 25m 21-09-1946 4:35.2 Alex Jany (FRA) Monte Carlo 12-09-1947 4:33.3 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Marseille 25m 10-07-1951 4:32.6 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Toulouse 25m 26-06-1952 4:30.7 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Helsinki 30-07-1952 4:30.0 Angelo Romani (ITA) New Haven 25y 27-03-1956 4:29.0 Jean Boiteux (FRA) Marseille 25m 17-08-1956 New regulations- records in 50m/55 y pools only recognised 4:30.1 Boris Nikitin (URS) Moscow 26-08-1957 4:28.5 lan Black (GBR) Cardiff 55y 23-07-1958 4:28.4 lan Black (GBR) Blackpool 55y 20-08-1958 4:27.5 lan Black (GBR) Blackpool 55y 20-04-1960 4:21.9 lan Black (GBR) Rome 30-08-1960 4:21.8 lan Black (GBR) Rome 31-08-1960 4:21.6 Frank Wiegand (GDR) East Berlin 18-05-1964 4:18.4 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Dortmund 20-08-1964 4:17.2 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Tokyo 14-10-1964 4:14.9 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Tokyo 15-10-1964 4:14.1 Semeon Belitz Geiman (URS) Moscow 16-07-1966 4:11.1 Frank Wiegand (GDR) Utrecht 25-08-1966 4:10.6 Alain Mosconi (FRA) Monte Carlo 02-07-1967 4:09.2 Alain Mosconi (FRA) Monte Carlo 04-07-1967 4:08.2 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Santa Clara 11-07-1969 4:06.9 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Louisville 01-08-1969 4:04.0 Hans Fassnacht (FRG) Louisville 14-08-1969 4:02.6 Gunnar Larsson (SWE) Barcelona 07-09-1970 4:01.27 Bengt Gingsjoe (SWE) Belgrade 06-09-1973 4:01.10 Frank Pfutze (GDR) Cali 27-07-1975 3:59.60 Vladimir Raskatov (URS) Tallinn 12-03-1976 3:58.59 Frank Pfutze (GDR) East Berlin 02-06-1976 3:58.02 Vladimir Raskatov (URS) Kiev 02-06-1976 3:57.56 Vladimir Raskatov (URS) Montreal 22-07-1976 3:55.76 Vladimir Raskatov (URS) Montreal 22-07-1976 3:54.83 Sergei Rusin (URS) Jonkoping 18-08-1977 3:54.47 Sergei Rusin (URS) Moscow 07-07-1978 3:53.32 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) West Berlin 23-08-1978 3:51.94 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) West Berlin 23-08-1978 3:51.41 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Potsdam 06-04-1979 3:51.40 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 19-08-1979 3:51.20 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Leningrad 24-02-1980 3:49.57 Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Moscow 12-03-1982 3:49.57 eq.