| Index | |||||||||
| Swimming | |||||||||
| Swimming - Men`s World Records - Long Course | |||||||||
| Click on underlined Swimmer to access photograph and career highlights | |||||||||
| 50 Metres Butterfly | 100 Metres Butterfly | 200 Metres Butterfly | |||||||
| 1960 | Larson | USA | 59.00. | Troy | USA | 2.15.00. | |||
| Larson | USA | 58.70. | Troy | USA | 2.13.40. | ||||
| Troy | USA | 2.13.20. | |||||||
| Troy | USA | 2.12.80. | |||||||
| 1961 | Schmidt | USA | 58.60. | Robie | USA | 2.12.60. | |||
| 1962 | Nicolao | ARG | 58.40. | Berry | AUS | 2.12.50. | |||
| Nicolao | ARG | 57.00. | Robie | USA | 2.12.40. | ||||
| Robie | USA | 2.10.80. | |||||||
| Berry | AUS | 2.09.70. | |||||||
| 1963 | Berry | AUS | 2.08.40. | ||||||
| Robie | USA | 2.08.20. | |||||||
| 1964 | Berry | AUS | 2.06.90. | ||||||
| Berry | AUS | 2.06.60. | |||||||
| 1965 | |||||||||
| 1966 | |||||||||
| 1967 | Spitz | USA | 56.30. | Spitz | USA | 2.06.40. | |||
| Spitz | USA | 55.70. | Ferris | USA | 2.06.00. | ||||
| Spitz | USA | 2.05.70. | |||||||
| 1968 | Spitz | USA | 55.60. | ||||||
| 1969 | |||||||||
| 1970 | Spitz | USA | 2.05.40. | ||||||
| Hall | USA | 2.05.00. | |||||||
| 1971 | Spitz | USA | 55.00. | Spitz | USA | 2.03.90. | |||
| Fassnacht | FDR | 2.03.30. | |||||||
| 1972 | Spitz | USA | 54.72 | Spitz | USA | 2.01.87 | |||
| Spitz | USA | 54.56 | Spitz | USA | 2.01.53 | ||||
| Spitz | USA | 54.27 | Spitz | USA | 2.00.70. | ||||
| 1973 | |||||||||
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| 1975 | |||||||||
| 1976 | Bottom | USA | 54.18 | Pyttel | DDR | 2.00.21 | |||
| Pyttel | DDR | 1.59.63 | |||||||
| Bruner | USA | 1.59.23 | |||||||
| 1977 | |||||||||
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| 1980 | Arvidsson | SWE | 54.15 | Beardsley | USA | 1.58.21 | |||
| 1981 | Paulus | USA | 53.81 | Beardsley | USA | 1.58.01 | |||
| 1982 | |||||||||
| 1983 | Gribble | USA | 53.44 | Gross | FDR | 1.57.05 | |||
| 1984 | Morales | USA | 53.38 | Sieben | AUS | 1,57.04 | |||
| Gross | FDR | 53.08 | |||||||
| 1985 | Gross | FDR | 1.57.01 | ||||||
| Gross | FDR | 1.56.65 | |||||||
| 1986 | Morales | USA | 52.84 | Gross | FDR | 1.56.24 | |||
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| 1990 | |||||||||
| 1991 | Stewart | USA | 1.55.69 | ||||||
| 1992 | |||||||||
| 1993 | Karlsson | SWE | 24.25 | ||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||
| 1995 | Pankratov | RUS | 52.32 | Pankratov | RUS | 1.55.22 | |||
| 1996 | Davis | USA | 24.03 | Pankratov | RUS | 52.27 | |||
| Pankratov | RUS | 23.68 | |||||||
| 1997 | Klim | AUS | 52.15 | ||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||
| 1999 | Klim | AUS | 51.81 | ||||||
| 2000 | Huegill | AUS | 23.60. | Malchow | USA | 1.55.18 | |||
| 2001 | Huegill | AUS | 23.44 | Phelps | USA | 1.54.92 | |||
| Phelps | USA | 1.54.58 | |||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||
| 2003 | Welsh | AUS | 23.43 | Crocker | USA | 50.98 | Phelps | USA | 1.53.93 |
| 2004 | Crocker | USA | 23.30. | Crocker | USA | 50.76 | |||
| 2005 | Schoeman | RSA | 23.01 | Crocker | USA | 50.40. | |||
| Schoeman | RSA | 22.96 | |||||||
| 2006 | Phelps | USA | 1.53.80. | ||||||
| 2007 | Phelps | USA | 1.53.71 | ||||||
| Phelps | USA | 1.52.09 | |||||||
| 2008 | Phelps | USA | 1.52.03 | ||||||
| 2009 | Munoz | ESP | 22.43 | Phelps | USA | 50.22 | Phelps | USA | 1.51.51 |
| Cavic | SRB | 50.01 | |||||||
| Phelps | USA | 49.82 | |||||||