World record progression 50 metres backstroke

Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle

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

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
WBT	25.13		Rouse, JeffJeff Rouse	United States	15 Apr 1993	Robert Burns Invitational	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1	24.99	(tt)	Krayzelburg, LennyLenny Krayzelburg	United States	28 Aug 1999	Pan Pacific Championships	Sydney, Australia
2	24.80		Rupprath, ThomasThomas Rupprath	Germany	27 Jul 2003	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain
3	24.47	(h) †	Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock	Great Britain	2 Apr 2008	British Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[1]
4	24.33		Bal, RandallRandall Bal	United States	5 Dec 2008	Dutch Swimming Cup	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[2]
5	24.08	(sf)	Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock	Great Britain	1 Aug 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy
6	24.04		Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock	Great Britain	2 Aug 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

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

Short course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	24.37	h	Rouse, JeffJeff Rouse	United States	12 Feb 1995	World Cup	Sheffield, United Kingdom
2	24.25		Renaud, ChrisChris Renaud	Canada	28 Feb 1997	CIAU Championships	St. Catharines, Canada
3	24.13		Rupprath, ThomasThomas Rupprath	Germany	11 Dec 1998	European 25m Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom
3=	24.13		Welsh, MattMatt Welsh	Australia	2 Sep 1999	Australia 25m Nationals	Canberra, Australia
4	24.12		Walker, NeilNeil Walker	United States	18 Nov 1999	World Cup	College Park, United States
5	24.11		Welsh, MattMatt Welsh	Australia	14 Jan 2000	World Cup	Hobart, Australia
6	24.04	h	Walker, NeilNeil Walker	United States	13 Mar 2000	Short Course Worlds	Athens, Greece
7	23.42	sf	Walker, NeilNeil Walker	United States	13 Mar 2000	Short Course Worlds	Athens, Greece
8	23.31		Welsh, MattMatt Welsh	Australia	2 Sep 2002	Australia 25m Nationals	Melbourne, Australia
9	23.27		Rupprath, ThomasThomas Rupprath	Germany	10 Dec 2004	European 25m Championships	Vienna, Austria	[3]
10	23.24		Hurley, RobertRobert Hurley	Australia	26 Oct 2008	World Cup	Sydney, Australia	[4]
11	23.05		Marshall, PeterPeter Marshall	United States	12 Nov 2008	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[5]
12	22.87		Bal, RandallRandall Bal	United States	15 Nov 2008	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[6]
13	22.75		Marshall, PeterPeter Marshall	United States	17 Oct 2009	World Cup	Durban, South Africa	[7]
14	22.73		Marshall, PeterPeter Marshall	United States	11 Nov 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[8]
15	22.61		Marshall, PeterPeter Marshall	United States	22 Nov 2009	World Cup	Singapore	[9]
16	22.22		Manaudou, FlorentFlorent Manaudou	France	6 Dec 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[10]

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

Women

Long course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	29.00		Völker, SandraSandra Völker	Germany	24 May 1997	Mare Nostrum	Monte Carlo, Monaco
2	28.78	sf	Völker, SandraSandra Völker	Germany	12 Jun 1999	Mare Nostrum	Monte Carlo, Monaco
3	28.71		Völker, SandraSandra Völker	Germany	1 Aug 1999	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey
4	28.69		Zhivanevskaya, NinaNina Zhivanevskaya	Spain	8 Apr 2000	Spain Spring Nationals	Madrid, Spain
5	28.67		Nakamura, MaiMai Nakamura	Japan	25 Apr 2000	Japan Championships	Tokyo, Japan
6	28.25	h	Völker, SandraSandra Völker	Germany	17 Jun 2000	Germany Championships	Berlin, Germany
7	28.19		Pietsch, JanineJanine Pietsch	Germany	25 May 2005	Germany Championships	Berlin, Germany
8	28.16	sf	Vaziri, LeilaLeila Vaziri	United States	28 Mar 2007	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia
8=	28.16		Vaziri, LeilaLeila 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	McGregory, HayleyHayley McGregory	United States	7 Mar 2008	Texas Senior Circuit Championships	Austin, United States
11	27.95	sf	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	22 Mar 2008	Australia Championships	Sydney, Australia
12	27.67		Edington, SophieSophie Edington	Australia	23 Mar 2008	Australia Championships	Sydney, Australia	[11]
12=	27.67		Zhao Jing	China	9 Apr 2009	China Championships	Shaoxing, China	[12]
13	27.61		Samulski, DanielaDaniela Samulski	Germany	26 Jun 2009	Germany Championships	Berlin, Germany	[13]
14	27.39	(sf)	Samulski, DanielaDaniela Samulski	Germany	29 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy
15	27.38	(sf)	Zuyeva, AnastasiaAnastasia Zuyeva	Russia	29 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy
16	27.06		Zhao Jing	China	30 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

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

Short course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
WBT	27.27		Völker, SandraSandra Völker	Germany	13 Dec 1998	European Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[14]
2	27.25	r	Cope, HaleyHaley Cope	United States	18 Mar 2000	NCAA Division I Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[15]
3	26.83		Li Hui	China	2 Dec 2001	World Cup	Shanghai, China	[14]
4	26.50		Jovanović, SanjaSanja Jovanović	Croatia	15 Dec 2007	European Championships	Debrecen, Hungary
5	26.37		Jovanović, SanjaSanja Jovanović	Croatia	13 Apr 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[16]
6	26.23		Jovanović, SanjaSanja Jovanović	Croatia	13 Dec 2008	European Championships	Rijeka, Croatia
7	26.17		Guehrer, MariekeMarieke Guehrer	Australia	6 Nov 2009	World Cup	Moscow, Russia
8	26.08	h	Zhao Jing	China	10 Nov 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[17]
9	25.82		Zhao Jing	China	10 Nov 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[18]
10	25.70		Jovanović, SanjaSanja Jovanović	Croatia	12 Dec 2009	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[19]
11	25.67		Medeiros, EtieneEtiene Medeiros	Brazil	7 Dec 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[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

References

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• (Italian) Agenda Diana

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