| Index | ||||||
| Swimming | ||||||
| Swimming - Men`s World Records - Long Course | ||||||
| Click on underlined Swimmer to access photograph and career highlights | ||||||
| 200 Metres Individual Medley | 400 Metres Individual Medley | |||||
| 1960 | McGill | USA | 2.22.20. | Harrison | USA | 5.07.80. |
| Stickles | USA | 2.22.10. | Harrison | USA | 5.05.30. | |
| Rounsaville | USA | 5.04.50. | ||||
| 1961 | Stickles | USA | 2.21.30. | Stickles | USA | 5.04.30. |
| Stickles | USA | 2.20.50. | ||||
| Stickles | USA | 2.19.60. | ||||
| Stickles | USA | 2.15.90. | ||||
| 1962 | Stickles | USA | 4.55.60. | |||
| Hetz | FDR | 4.53.80. | ||||
| Stickles | USA | 4.51.40. | ||||
| Stickles | USA | 5.51.00. | ||||
| 1963 | Hetz | FDR | 4.50.20. | |||
| 1964 | Roth | USA | 2.15.50. | Roth | USA | 4.48.60. |
| Roth | USA | 2.14.90. | Roth | USA | 4.45.40. | |
| 1965 | ||||||
| 1966 | Buckingham | USA | 2.13.10. | |||
| Buckingham | USA | 2.12.40. | ||||
| 1967 | Buckingham | USA | 2.11.30. | |||
| 1968 | Hickcox | USA | 2.10.60. | Dunaev | URS | 4.45.30. |
| Buckingham | USA | 4.45.10. | ||||
| Hall | USA | 4.43.40. | ||||
| Hickcox | USA | 4.43.30. | ||||
| Hickcox | USA | 4.39.00. | ||||
| 1969 | Hall | USA | 2.09.60. | Hall | USA | 4.38.70. |
| Hall | USA | 4.33.90. | ||||
| 1970 | Hall | USA | 2.09.50. | Hall | USA | 4.31.00. |
| Larsson | SWE | 2.09.30. | ||||
| 1971 | ||||||
| 1972 | Larsson | SWE | 2.07.17 | Hall | USA | 4.30.81 |
| 1973 | ||||||
| 1974 | Wilkie | GBR | 2.06.32 | Hargitay | HUN | 4.28.89 |
| 1975 | Smith | CAN | 2.06.08 | |||
| 1976 | Verraszto | HUN | 4.26.00. | |||
| Strachan | USA | 4.23.68 | ||||
| 1977 | Sidorenko | URS | 2.05.31 | |||
| 1978 | Lundquist | USA | 2.05.24 | Vassallo | USA | 4.23.39 |
| Smith | CAN | 2.04.39 | Vassallo | USA | 4.20.05 | |
| Vassallo | USA | 2.03.65 | ||||
| 1979 | Barrett | USA | 2.03.29 | |||
| 1980 | Baumann | CAN | 2.03.24 | |||
| 1981 | Baumann | CAN | 2.02.78 | |||
| 1982 | Baumann | CAN | 2.02.25 | Prado | BRA | 4.19.78 |
| 1983 | ||||||
| 1984 | Baumann | CAN | 2.01.42 | Berndt | DDR | 4.19.61 |
| Baumann | CAN | 4.17.53 | ||||
| Baumann | CAN | 4.17.41 | ||||
| 1985 | ||||||
| 1986 | ||||||
| 1987 | Darnyi | HUN | 2.00.56 | Wharton | USA | 4.16.12 |
| Darnyi | HUN | 4.15.42 | ||||
| 1988 | Darnyi | HUN | 2.00.17 | Darnyi | HUN | 4.14.75 |
| 1989 | Wharton | USA | 2.00.11 | |||
| 1990 | ||||||
| 1991 | Darnyi | HUN | 1.59.36 | Darnyi | HUN | 4.12.36 |
| 1992 | ||||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| 1994 | Sievinen | FIN | 1.58.16 | Dolan | USA | 4.12.30. |
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 2000 | Dolan | USA | 4.11.76 | |||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 2002 | Phelps | USA | 4.11.09 | |||
| 2003 | Phelps | USA | 1.57.94 | Phelps | USA | 4.10.73 |
| Phelps | USA | 1.56.04 | Phelps | USA | 4.09.09 | |
| Phelps | USA | 1.55.94 | ||||
| 2004 | Phelps | USA | 4.08.40 | |||
| Phelps | USA | 4.08.26 | ||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| 2006 | Phelps | USA | 1.55.84 | |||
| 2007 | Phelps | USA | 1.54.98 | Phelps | USA | 4.06.22 |
| 2008 | Phelps | USA | 1.54.80. | Phelps | USA | 4.05.25 |
| Phelps | USA | 1.54.23 | Phelps | USA | 4.03.84 | |
| 2009 | Lochte | USA | 1.54.10 | |||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2011 | Lochte | USA | 1.54.00 | |||