Index
Swimming
Swimming - Men`s World Records - Long Course
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	50 Metres Backstroke			100 Metres Backstroke			200 Metres Backstroke
1960							Bittick	USA	2.17.60.
							Stock	USA	2.16.00.
1961				Bennett	USA	1.01.30.	Stock	USA	2.13.20.
							Stock	USA	2.11.50.
1962				Stock	USA	1.01.00.	Stock	USA	2.10.90.
				Stock	USA	1.00.90.
1963
1964				Kuppers	FDR	1.00.80.	Graef	USA	2.10.30.
				Mann	USA	1.00.00.
				Mann	USA	59.60.
1965
1966
1967				Russell	USA	59.50.	Hickcox	USA	2.09.40.
				Hickcox	USA	59.30.	Matthes	DDR	2.07.90.
				Hickcox	USA	59.10.
				Matthes	DDR	58.40.
1968				Matthes	DDR	58.00.	Matthes	DDR	2.07.50.
1969				Matthes	DDR	57.80.	Matthes	DDR	2.07.40.
							Hall	USA	2.06.60.
							Matthes	DDR	2.06.40.
1970				Matthes	DDR	56.90.	Stam	USA	2.06.30.
							Matthes	DDR	2.06.10.
1971				Matthes	DDR	56.70.	Matthes	DDR	2.05.60.
1972				Matthes	DDR	56.30.	Matthes	DDR	2.02.80.
				Matthes	DDR	56.30.
1973							Matthes	DDR	2.01.87
1974
1975
1976				Naber	USA	56.19	Naber	USA	2.00.64
				Naber	USA	55.49	Naber	USA	1.59.19
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983				Carey	USA	55.44	Carey	USA	1.58.93
				Carey	USA	55.38
				Carey	USA	55.19
1984							Carey	USA	1.58.86
							Zabolotnov	URS	1.58.41
1985	Richter	DDR	25.74				Polyanski	URS	1.58.14
1986
1987
1988	Berkoff	USA	25.23	Polyanski	URS	55.17
				Polyanski	URS	55.16
				Polyanski	URS	55.00.
				Berkoff	USA	54.95
				Berkoff	USA	54.91
				Berkoff	USA	54.51
1989
1990
1991				Rouse	USA	53.93	Lopez-Zubero	ESP	1.57.30.
							Lopez-Zubero	ESP	1.56.57
1992				Rouse	USA	53.86
1993	Rouse	USA	25.13
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999	Krayzelburg	USA	24.99	Krayzelburg	USA	53.60.	Krayzelburg	USA	1.55.87
2000
2001
2002							Peirsol	USA	1.55.15
2003	Rupprath	GER	24.80.
2004							Peirsol	USA	1.54.74
2005				Peirsol	USA	53.17	Peirsol	USA	1.54.66
2006							Peirsol	USA	1.54.44
2007				Peirsol	USA	52.98	Lochte	USA	1.54.32
2008	Tancock	GBR	24.47	Peirsol	USA	52.89	Lochte	USA	1.53.94
	Ball	USA	24.33	Peirsol	USA	52.54
2009	Tancock	GBR	24.08	Wildeboer	ESP	52.38	Irie	JPN	1.52.86
	Tancock	GBR	24.04	Peirsol	USA	51.94	Peirsol	USA	1.51.92