World record progression 100 metres backstroke

Main article: List of world records in swimming

This is a history of the 100 m backstroke world record as swum in both long-course (50 m; Olympic) pools and short-course (25 m) pools—the two categories recognized/tracked by FINA.

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

## Men[edit]

### Long course[edit]

#  | Time  |  | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location  | Ref

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1  | 1:02.2  |  | David Theile |  Australia | 6 December 1956 | Olympic Games |  Melbourne, Australia |
2  | 1:01.5  |  | John Monckton |  Australia | 15 February 1958 | Australian Championships  |  Perth, Australia |
3  | 1:01.3  |  | Bob Bennett |  United States | 19 August 1961 | Men’s NAAA Championships  |  Los Angeles, United States |
4  | 1:01.0  | h | Tom Stock |  United States | 11 August 1962 | \-  |  Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States |
5  | 1:00.9  |  | Tom Stock |  United States | 12 August 1962 | \-  |  Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States |
6  | 1:00.8  |  | Ernst-Joachim Küppers |  West Germany | 28 August 1964 | \-  |  Dortmund, West Germany |
7  | 1:00.0  |  | Thompson Mann |  United States | 3 September 1964 | \-  |  New York City, United States |
8  | 59.6  | r | Thompson Mann |  United States | 16 October 1964 | Olympic Games |  Tokyo, Japan |
9  | 59.5  | h | Doug Russell |  United States | 28 August 1967 | Summer Universiade  |  Tokyo, Japan |
10  | 59.3  |  | Charlie Hickcox |  United States | 28 August 1967 | Summer Universiade  |  Tokyo, Japan |
11  | 59.1  |  | Charlie Hickcox |  United States | 31 August 1967 | Summer Universiade  |  Tokyo, Japan |
12  | 58.4  |  | Roland Matthes |  East Germany | 21 September 1967 | \-  |  Leipzig, East Germany |
13  | 58.0  |  | Roland Matthes |  East Germany | 26 October 1968 | Olympic Games |  Mexico City, Mexico |
14  | 57.8  |  | Roland Matthes |  East Germany | 23 August 1969 | \-  |  Würzburg, West Germany |
15  | 56.9  | h | Roland Matthes |  East Germany | 8 September 1970 | European Championships  |  Barcelona, Spain |
16  | 56.7  |  | Roland Matthes |  East Germany | 4 September 1971 | \-  |  Leipzig, East Germany |
17  | 56.3  |  | Roland Matthes |  East Germany | 8 April 1972 | \-  |  Moscow, Soviet Union |
17  | 56.30  | =, r | Roland Matthes |  East Germany | 4 September 1972 | Olympic Games |  Munich, West Germany |
18  | 56.19  | sf | John Naber |  United States | 18 July 1976 | Olympic Games |  Montreal, Canada |
19  | 55.49  |  | John Naber |  United States | 19 July 1976 | Olympic Games |  Montreal, Canada |
20  | 55.44  | h | Rick Carey |  United States | 6 August 1983 | US National Championships  |  Clovis, California, United States |
21  | 55.38  |  | Rick Carey |  United States | 6 August 1983 | US National Championships  |  Clovis, California, United States |
22  | 55.19  |  | Rick Carey |  United States | 21 August 1983 | Pan American Games  |  Caracas, Venezuela |
23  | 55.17  | h | Igor Polyansky |  Soviet Union | 15 March 1988 | \-  |  Tallinn, Soviet Union |
24  | 55.16  |  | Igor Polyansky |  Soviet Union | 16 March 1988 | \-  |  Tallinn, Soviet Union |
25  | 55.00  |  | Igor Polyansky |  Soviet Union | 16 July 1988 | USSR National Championships  |  Moscow, Soviet Union |
26  | 54.95  | h | David Berkoff |  United States | 12 August 1988 | US Olympic Trials  |  Austin, Texas, United States |
27  | 54.91  |  | David Berkoff |  United States | 12 August 1988 | US Olympic Trials  |  Austin, Texas, United States |
28  | 54.51  | h | David Berkoff |  United States | 16 September 1988 | Olympic Games |  Seoul, South Korea |
29  | 53.93  |  | Jeff Rouse |  United States | 25 August 1991 | Pan Pacific Championships  |  Edmonton, Canada |
30  | 53.86  | r | Jeff Rouse |  United States | 31 July 1992 | Olympic Games |  Barcelona, Spain |
31  | 53.60  |  | Lenny Krayzelburg |  United States | 24 August 1999 | Pan Pacific Championships  |  Sydney, Australia |
32  | 53.45  | r | Aaron Peirsol |  United States | 21 August 2004 | Olympic Games |  Athens, Greece |
33  | 53.17  |  | Aaron Peirsol |  United States | 2 April 2005 | US Spring National Championships  |  Indianapolis, United States |
34  | 52.98  |  | Aaron Peirsol |  United States | 27 March 2007 | World Championships  |  Melbourne, Australia |
35  | 52.89  |  | Aaron Peirsol |  United States | 1 July 2008 | US Olympic Trials  |  Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
36  | 52.54  |  | Aaron Peirsol |  United States | 12 Aug 2008 | Olympic Games |  Beijing, China |
37  | 52.38  | r | Aschwin Wildeboer |  Spain | 1 July 2009 | Mediterranean Games  |  Pescara, Italy |
38  | 51.94  |  | Aaron Peirsol |  United States | 8 July 2009 | US National Championships  |  Indianapolis, United States |
39  | 51.85  | r | Ryan Murphy |  United States | 13 Aug 2016 | Olympic Games |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
40  | 51.60  |  | Thomas Ceccon |  Italy | 20 June 2022 | World Championships  |  Budapest, Hungary |

### Short course[edit]

Time  | Swimmer[1] | Date  | Place

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52.71[2] |  Mark Tewksbury | March 16, 1991  | Bonn, Germany
52.58 [2] |  Mark Tewksbury | March 29, 1991  | Sheffield, Great Britain
52.52[2] |  Mark Tewksbury | February 20, 1992  | Winnipeg, Canada
52.50 |  Mark Tewksbury | February 22, 1992  | Winnipeg, Canada
51.43 |  Jeff Rouse | April 12, 1993  | Sheffield, Great Britain
51.28 |  Lenny Krayzelburg | February 5, 2000  | Berlin, Germany[3]
50.75 |  Neil Walker | March 19, 2000  | Athens, Greece
50.58 |  Thomas Rupprath | December 8, 2002  | Melbourne, Australia
50.32 |  Peter Marshall | March 26, 2004  | New York City, United States
49.99 |  Ryan Lochte | April 9, 2006  | Shanghai, China
49.94 |  Peter Marshall | November 11, 2008  | Stockholm, Sweden
49.63 |  Peter Marshall | November 15, 2008  | Berlin, Germany
49.32 |  Stanislav Donets | December 14, 2008  | Rijeka, Croatia
49.20 |  Aschwin Wildeboer | December 21, 2008  | Madrid, Spain
49.17 |  Arkady Vyatchanin | December 12, 2009  | Istanbul, Turkey
48.97 |  Arkady Vyatchanin
Stanislav Donets | December 13, 2009  | Istanbul, Turkey
48.94 (r)  |  Nick Thoman | December 18, 2009  | Manchester, England
48.92[4] |  Matt Grevers | December 12, 2015  | Indianapolis, USA
48.90[5] |  Kliment Kolesnikov | December 22, 2017  | Saint Petersburg, RUS
48.88[6] |  Xu Jiayu | November 11, 2018  | Tokyo, JPN
48.58[7] |  Kliment Kolesnikov | November 21, 2020  | Budapest, HUN
48.33[8] |  Coleman Stewart | August 29, 2021  | Naples, Italy

## Women[edit]

### Long course[edit]

Time  | Swimmer  | Date  | Meet  | Place

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1:07.7 |  Cathy Ferguson | October 14, 1964  | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan
1:07.4 |  Ann Farlie | July 23, 1966  |  | Béziers, France
1:07.3 |  Elaine Tanner | July 27, 1967  |  | Winnipeg, Canada
1:07.1 |  Elaine Tanner | July 30, 1967  |  | Winnipeg, Canada
1:06.7 |  Karen Muir | January 30, 1968  |  | Kimberley, South Africa
1:06.4 |  Karen Muir | April 6, 1968  |  | Paris, France
1:06.2 |  Kaye Hall | October 23, 1968  | Olympic Games | Mexico City, Mexico
1:05.6 |  Karen Muir | July 6, 1969  |  | Utrecht, Netherlands
1:05.39 |  Ulrike Richter | August 18, 1973  |  | Utrecht, Netherlands
1:04.99 (r)  |  Ulrike Richter | September 4, 1973  | World Championships | Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1:04.78 (r)  |  Wendy Cook | January 31, 1974  | Commonwealth Games | Christchurch, New Zealand
1:04.43 |  Ulrike Richter | July 8, 1974  |  | Rostock, East Germany
1:04.09 |  Ulrike Richter | August 22, 1974  |  | Vienna, Austria
1:03.30 |  Ulrike Richter | August 23, 1974  |  | Vienna, Austria
1:02.98 |  Ulrike Richter | September 1, 1974  |  | Concord, California, USA
1:02.60 |  Ulrike Richter | March 14, 1976  |  | Tallinn, USSR
1:01.62 |  Kornelia Ender | June 3, 1976  |  | Berlin, East Germany
1:01.51 (r)  |  Ulrike Richter | June 5, 1976  |  | Berlin, East Germany[9]
1:01.51 (e)  |  Rica Reinisch | July 20, 1980  | Olympic Games | Moscow, USSR
1:01.50 |  Rica Reinisch | July 22, 1980  | Olympic Games | Moscow, USSR
1:00.86 |  Rica Reinisch | July 23, 1980  | Olympic Games | Moscow, USSR
1:00.59 (r)  |  Ina Kleber | August 24, 1984  | Friendship Games  | Moscow, USSR
1:00.31 |  Krisztina Egerszegi | August 22, 1991  | European Championships | Athens, Greece
1:00.16 (r)  |  He Cihong | September 10, 1994  | World Championships | Rome, Italy
59.58 |  Natalie Coughlin | August 13, 2002  | U.S. National Swimming Championships  | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
59.44 |  Natalie Coughlin | March 27, 2007  | World Championships | Melbourne, Australia
59.21 |  Natalie Coughlin | February 17, 2008  | Missouri Grand Prix  | Columbia, Missouri, United States
59.15 |  Hayley McGregory | June 30, 2008  | USA Olympic Trials  | Omaha, Nebraska, United States
59.03 |  Natalie Coughlin | June 30, 2008  | USA Olympic Trials  | Omaha, Nebraska, United States
58.97 |  Natalie Coughlin | July 1, 2008  | USA Olympic Trials  | Omaha, Nebraska, United States
58.77 |  Kirsty Coventry | August 11, 2008  | Olympic Games | Beijing, China
58.48 |  Anastasia Zuyeva | July 27, 2009  | World Championships | Rome, Italy
58.12 |  Gemma Spofforth | July 28, 2009  | World Championships | Rome, Italy
58.10 |  Kylie Masse | July 25, 2017  | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary
58.00 |  Kathleen Baker | July 28, 2018  | USA Championships | Irvine, California, United States
57.57 (r)  |  Regan Smith | July 28, 2019  | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea
57.45 |  Kaylee McKeown | June 13, 2021  | Australian Trials | Adelaide, Australia
57.33 |  Kaylee McKeown | October 21, 2023  | World Cup | Budapest, Hungary

### Short course[edit]

Time  | Swimmer[10] | Date  | Place

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59.41 |  Angel Martino | November 21, 1993  | Stavanger, Norway
58.50 |  Angel Martino | December 3, 1993  | Palma de Mallorca, Spain
58.45 |  Reiko Nakamura | March 4, 2001  | Sagamihara, Japan
57.08 |  Natalie Coughlin | November 29, 2001  | East Meadow, New York, United States
56.71 |  Natalie Coughlin | November 23, 2002  | East Meadow, New York, United States[11]
56.51 |  Natalie Coughlin | October 28, 2007  | Singapore
56.15 |  Shiho Sakai | February 22, 2009  | Tokyo, Japan
55.23 |  Shiho Sakai | November 15, 2009  | Berlin, Germany
55.03 |  Katinka Hosszú | December 4, 2014  | Doha, Qatar
54.89 |  Minna Atherton | October 27, 2019  | Budapest, Hungary

## All-time top 25[edit]

### Men long course[edit]

* Correct as of April 2024[12]

Pos  | Time  | Swimmer  | Date  | Venue  | Ref

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1  | 51.60 |  Thomas Ceccon (ITA) | 20 June 2022 | Budapest | [13]
2  | 51.82 |  Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) | 26 July 2023 | Kazan | [14]
3  | 51.85 |  Ryan Murphy (USA) | 13 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro
4  | 51.86 |  Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 12 April 2017 | Qingdao
5  | 51.94 |  Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 8 July 2009 | Indianapolis
6  | 51.98 |  Evgeny Rylov (RUS) | 27 July 2021 | Tokyo | [15]
Hunter Armstrong (USA) | 20 June 2022 | Budapest
8  | 52.08 |  Matt Grevers (USA) | 25 June 2012 | Omaha
9  | 52.09 |  Apostolos Christou (GRE) | 19 June 2022 | Budapest | [16]
10  | 52.11 |  Camille Lacourt (FRA) | 10 August 2010 | Budapest
Mitch Larkin (AUS) | 6 November 2015 | Dubai
12  | 52.12 |  David Plummer (USA) | 27 June 2016 | Omaha
13  | 52.24 |  Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 4 September 2009 | Kumamoto
14  | 52.26 |  Junya Koga (JPN) | 28 July 2009 | Rome
15  | 52.27 |  Helge Meeuw (GER) | 2 August 2009 | Rome
16  | 52.34 |  Miron Lifintsev (RUS) | 14 April 2024 | Kazan | [17]
17  | 52.38 |  Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) | 27 June 2009 | Pescara
18  | 52.50 |  Yohann Ndoye Brouard (FRA) | 20 June 2022 | Budapest | [18]
19  | 52.51 |  Nick Thoman (USA) | 7 August 2009 | Federal Way
Shaine Casas (USA) | 8 July 2022 | Austin
21  | 52.57 |  Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) | 2 August 2009 | Rome
22  | 52.58 |  Ksawery Masiuk (POL) | 19 June 2022 | Budapest | [19]
23  | 52.59 |  Randall Bal (USA) | 5 December 2008 | Eindhoven
24  | 52.70  |  Hugo González (ESP) | 13 February 2024 | Doha | [20]
Oliver Morgan (GBR) | 3 April 2024 | London | [21]

#### Notes[edit]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 52.70:

* Thomas Ceccon also swam 51.93 (2022), 52.12 (2022), 52.16 (2023), 52.21 (2022), 52.27 (2023, 2023), 52.30 (2021), 52.49 (2021), 52.52 (2021), 52.58 (2023).
* Ryan Murphy also swam 51.94 (2018), 51.97 (2016, 2022), 52.04 (2023), 52.19 (2018, 2021), 52.22 (2021, 2023), 52.24 (2021), 52.26 (2016), 52.28 (2016), 52.31 (2021), 52.33 (2021), 52.39 (2023), 52.44 (2019), 52.46 (2022), 52.49 (2016), 52.51 (2018, 2022), 52.56 (2023), 52.57 (2016), 52.59 (2017), 52.69 (2017), 52.70 (2018).
* Kliment Kolesnikov also swam 52.00 (2021), 52.13 (2021), 52.15 (2021), 52.24 (2021), 52.29 (2021), 52.32 (2021), 52.42 (2021), 52.44 (2021), 52.53 (2018), 52.54 (2023), 52.63 (2021).
* Xu Jiayu also swam 52.05 (2023), 52.17 (2019), 52.23 (2023), 52.26 (2023), 52.27 (2019), 52.31 (2016), 52.34 (2014, 2018), 52.37 (2020), 52.42 (2023), 52.43 (2019), 52.44 (2017, 2017), 52.47 (2023), 52.51 (2021), 52.60 (2017, 2018, 2020), 52.64 (2023), 52.70 (2021).
* Evgeny Rylov also swam 52.12 (2021), 52.44 (2019), 52.57 (2019), 52.66 (2018), 52.67 (2018, 2019).
* Matt Grevers also swam 52.16 (2012), 52.26 (2017), 52.48 (2017), 52.54 (2015), 52.55 (2015), 52.58 (2012), 52.64 (2016), 52.66 (2012, 2015).
* Aaron Peirsol also swam 52.19 (2009), 52.54 (2008).
* Hunter Armstrong also swam 52.20 (2022), 52.33 (2023), 52.37 (2022), 52.45 (2023), 52.48 (2021), 52.58 (2023), 52.59 (2023), 52.67 (2021), 52.68 (2023, 2024).
* Apostolos Christou also swam 52.24 (2022), 52.57 (2022).
* Mitch Larkin also swam 52.26 (2015), 52.37 (2015), 52.38 (2015, 2019), 52.40 (2015), 52.41 (2015), 52.43 (2016), 52.48 (2015, 2016), 52.50 (2015), 52.54 (2016), 52.70 (2016).
* David Plummer also swam 52.28 (2016), 52.40 (2016, 2016), 52.50 (2016), 52.51 (2015), 52.70 (2016).
* Ryosuke Irie also swam 52.34 (2014), 52.45 (2014), 52.50 (2009, 2009), 52.53 (2018, 2018), 52.56 (2009), 52.57 (2014), 52.59 (2020), 52.60 (2009), 52.61 (2018), 52.62 (2009), 52.69 (2014).
* Junya Koga also swam 52.39 (2009).
* Camille Lacourt also swam 52.44 (2011), 52.46 (2010), 52.48 (2015), 52.58 (2010), 52.70 (2015, 2016).
* Helge Meeuw also swam 52.46 (2009), 52.49 (2009), 52.54 (2009).
* Miron Lifintsev also swam 52.62 (2024).
* Aschwin Wildeboer also swam 52.64 (2009), 52.70 (2009).

### Men short course[edit]

* Correct as of November 2023[22]

Pos  | Time  | Swimmer  | Date  | Venue  | Ref

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1  | 48.33 |  Coleman Stewart (USA) | 29 August 2021 | Naples | [23]
2  | 48.50 |  Ryan Murphy (USA) | 14 December 2022 | Melbourne | [24]
3  | 48.58 |  Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) | 21 November 2020 | Budapest
4  | 48.84 |  Shaine Casas (USA) | 30 October 2022 | Toronto | [25]
5  | 48.88  |  Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 11 November 2018 | Tokyo
Evgeny Rylov (RUS) | 15 December 2020 | Saint Petersburg |
7  | 48.92 |  Matt Grevers (USA) | 12 December 2015 | Indianapolis
8  | 48.94 |  Nick Thoman (USA) | 18 December 2009 | Manchester
9  | 48.95  |  Stanislav Donets (RUS) | 19 December 2010 | Dubai |
Guilherme Guido (BRA) | 3 September 2021 | Naples | [26]
11  | 48.97 |  Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) | 13 December 2009 | Istanbul |
12  | 49.03 |  Mitch Larkin (AUS) | 28 November 2015 | Sydney |
13  | 49.04 |  Lorenzo Mora (ITA) | 14 December 2022 | Melbourne | [27]
14  | 49.05 |  Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) | 13 December 2009 | Istanbul
15  | 49.23  |  Radosław Kawęcki (POL) | 12 December 2015 | Lublin
Pavel Samusenko (RUS) | 21 November 2023 | Saint Petersburg | [28]
17  | 49.25 |  Mark Nikolaev (RUS) | 12 November 2021 | Eindhoven | [29]
18  | 49.29 |  Peter Marshall (USA) | 10 November 2009 | Stockholm |
19  | 49.31 |  Robert Glință (ROM) | 5 November 2021 | Kazan | [30]
20  | 49.33 |  Kacper Stokowski (POL) | 13 December 2022 | Melbourne | [31]
21  | 49.37 |  Miron Lifincev (RUS) | 21 November 2023 | Saint Petersburg | [32]
22  | 49.46 |  Isaac Cooper (AUS) | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne |
23  | 49.57  |  Jérémy Stravius (FRA) | 7 December 2013 | Dijon
8 December 2013 | Dijon
24  | 49.60 |  Pieter Coetze (RSA) | 14 December 2022 | Melbourne | [33]
25  | 49.62 |  Thomas Ceccon (ITA) | 23 October 2022 | Berlin | [34]

#### Notes[edit]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 49.62:

* Kliment Kolesnikov also swam 48.82 (2020), 48.90 (2017), 49.12 (2023), 49.13 (2021), 49.22 (2023), 49.46 (2021), 49.47 (2021), 49.57 (2021).
* Evgeny Rylov also swam 48.94 (2021), 48.98 (2021), 49.58 (2021).
* Coleman Stewart also swam 49.13 (2021), 49.62 (2021).
* Ryan Murphy also swam 49.23 (2018), 49.29 (2020), 49.36 (2020), 49.49 (2021), 49.51 (2021), 49.61 (2021).
* Shaine Casas also swam 49.23 (2021), 49.40 (2022), 49.54 (2022), 49.57 (2021).
* Guilherme Guido also swam 49.29 (2021), 49.39 (2021), 49.40 (2020), 49.45 (2021), 49.59 (2020).
* Lorenzo Mora also swam 49.37 (2022).
* Mark Nikolaev also swam 49.40 (2021), 49.43 (2021).
* Robert Glință also swam 49.60 (2021).

### Women long course[edit]

* Correct as of February 2024[35]

Pos  | Time  | Swimmer  | Date  | Venue  | Ref

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1  | 57.33 |  Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | 21 October 2023 | Budapest | [36]
2  | 57.57 |  Regan Smith (USA) | 28 July 2019 | Gwangju
3  | 57.70 |  Kylie Masse (CAN) | 19 June 2021 | Toronto | [37]
4  | 58.00 |  Kathleen Baker (USA) | 28 July 2018 | Irvine
5  | 58.01 |  Katharine Berkoff (USA) | 30 June 2023 | Indianapolis | [38]
6  | 58.08 |  Kathleen Dawson (GBR) | 23 May 2021 | Budapest | [39]
7  | 58.12 |  Gemma Spofforth (GBR) | 28 July 2009 | Rome
8  | 58.18 |  Anastasia Fesikova (RUS) | 28 July 2009 | Rome
9  | 58.23 |  Emily Seebohm (AUS) | 29 July 2012 | London
10  | 58.29 |  Claire Curzan (USA) | 13 February 2024 | Doha | [40]
11  | 58.31 |  Olivia Smoliga (USA) | 16 May 2021 | Atlanta
12  | 58.33 |  Missy Franklin (USA) | 30 July 2012 | London
13  | 58.42 |  Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) | 18 April 2023 | Gold Coast | [41]
14 June 2023 | Melbourne | [42]
14  | 58.43 |  Rhyan White (USA) | 15 May 2021 | Atlanta
27 July 2021 | Tokyo
15  | 58.45 |  Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 8 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro
16  | 58.55 |  Taylor Ruck (CAN) | 3 April 2019 | Toronto
17  | 58.60 |  Minna Atherton (AUS) | 22 July 2019 | Gwangju
18  | 58.63 |  Phoebe Bacon (USA) | 6 December 2019 | Atlanta
19  | 58.65 |  Kira Toussaint (NED) | 11 April 2021 | Eindhoven
20  | 58.70 |  Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 4 August 2013 | Barcelona
21  | 58.72 |  Fu Yuanhui (CHN) | 8 April 2017 | Qingdao
22  | 58.73 |  Mie Nielsen (DEN) | 19 May 2016 | London
23  | 58.75 |  Madison Wilson (AUS) | 4 August 2015 | Kazan
24  | 58.77 |  Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | 11 August 2008 | Beijing
25  | 58.80 |  Ingrid Wilm (CAN) | 28 March 2023 | Toronto | [43]

#### Notes[edit]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 58.80:

* Kaylee McKeown also swam 57.45 (2021), 57.47 (2021), 57.50 (2023), 57.53 (2023), 57.57 (2024), 57.63 (2021, 2023), 57.79 (2023), 57.84 (2023), 57.88 (2021), 57.90 (2023), 57.91 (2023), 57.93 (2020, 2023), 57.95 (2023), 58.01 (2021), 58.11 (2020, 2021), 58.14 (2021), 58.19 (2024), 58.31 (2022), 58.33 (2023), 58.35 (2022), 58.42 (2021), 58.48 (2023), 58.49 (2022), 58.52 (2020), 58.57 (2021), 58.60 (2021, 2022), 58.66 (2022), 58.69 (2021), 58.73 (2022), 58.77 (2022), 58.79 (2022).
* Regan Smith also swam 57.64 (2024), 57.65 (2022), 57.68 (2023), 57.71 (2023), 57.74 (2024), 57.76 (2022), 57.78 (2023), 57.83 (2023), 57.86 (2021), 57.90 (2023), 57.92 (2021, 2023), 57.95 (2022), 57.96 (2021), 58.04 (2023), 58.05 (2021, 2021), 58.16 (2023), 58.18 (2020), 58.22 (2022), 58.26 (2020), 58.29 (2022), 58.31 (2022), 58.33 (2023), 58.35 (2021, 2021), 58.40 (2022), 58.45 (2019), 58.47 (2023, 2023), 58.54 (2023), 58.55 (2019), 58.63 (2023), 58.65 (2022), 58.68 (2019), 58.69 (2021), 58.75 (2024), 58.77 (2021), 58.79 (2020).
* Kylie Masse also swam 57.72 (2021), 57.90 (2021), 58.09 (2021), 58.10 (2017), 58.13 (2021), 58.16 (2019), 58.17 (2021), 58.18 (2017), 58.19 (2019), 58.21 (2017), 58.29 (2018), 58.31 (2017), 58.39 (2022), 58.40 (2022), 58.41 (2022), 58.42 (2017), 58.48 (2021, 2022), 58.50 (2019), 58.54 (2018), 58.57 (2022, 2022), 58.60 (2019), 58.61 (2018), 58.62 (2017), 58.63 (2018, 2018), 58.66 (2016, 2018), 58.70 (2018), 58.73 (2022), 58.74 (2023), 58.76 (2016), 58.77 (2016).
* Kathleen Dawson also swam 58.24 (2021), 58.44 (2021), 58.49 (2021), 58.56 (2021), 58.65 (2021), 58.69 (2021), 58.70 (2021).
* Katharine Berkoff also swam 58.25 (2023), 58.39 (2023), 58.56 (2023), 58.60 (2023), 58.61 (2022, 2023), 58.62 (2021), 58.77 (2024).
* Emily Seebohm also swam 58.26 (2015), 58.34 (2015), 58.37 (2015), 58.39 (2012), 58.45 (2021), 58.51 (2015), 58.53 (2017), 58.56 (2015), 58.57 (2012), 58.59 (2015, 2017, 2021, 2021), 58.62 (2017), 58.66 (2018), 58.68 (2012), 58.70 (2015), 58.72 (2015, 2018), 58.73 (2016), 58.79 (2013, 2018).
* Missy Franklin also swam 58.39 (2013), 58.42 (2013), 58.50 (2012), 58.67 (2013).
* Claire Curzan also swam 58.35 (2023), 58.39 (2023), 58.59 (2023), 58.67 (2022), 58.73 (2022, 2024).
* Kathleen Baker also swam 58.41 (2018), 58.54 (2017), 58.56 (2020), 58.57 (2017), 58.58 (2017), 58.75 (2016), 58.77 (2018).
* Rhyan White also swam 58.46 (2021), 58.59 (2022), 58.60 (2021).
* Anastasia Fesikova also swam 58.48 (2009).
* Olivia Smoliga also swam 58.50 (2021), 58.72 (2021), 58.73 (2019), 58.75 (2018), 58.77 (2017), 58.79 (2019).
* Kira Toussaint also swam 58.73 (2021), 58.74 (2021).
* Gemma Spofforth also swam 58.74 (2009), 58.78 (2009).
* Mie Nielsen also swam 58.75 (2016), 58.80 (2016).
* Fu Yuanhui also swam 58.76 (2016).
* Katinka Hosszú also swam 58.78 (2015), 58.80 (2017).

### Women short course[edit]

* Correct as of December 2023[44]

Pos  | Time  | Swimmer  | Date  | Venue  | Ref

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1  | 54.89 |  Minna Atherton (AUS) | 27 October 2019 | Budapest
2  | 55.03 |  Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 4 December 2014 | Doha
3  | 55.04 |  Olivia Smoliga (USA) | 22 November 2020 | Budapest
4  | 55.17 |  Kira Toussaint (NED) | 4 December 2019 | Glasgow
5  | 55.20 |  Louise Hansson (SWE) | 17 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [45]
6  | 55.22 |  Kylie Masse (CAN) | 17 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [46]
7  | 55.23 |  Shiho Sakai (JPN) | 15 November 2009 | Berlin
8  | 55.31 |  Emily Seebohm (AUS) | 4 December 2014 | Doha
9  | 55.36 |  Ingrid Wilm (CAN) | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | [47]
10  | 55.40 |  Katharine Berkoff (USA) | 17 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [48]
11  | 55.48 |  Gao Chang (CHN) | 28 February 2010 | Tokyo | [49]
12  | 55.49 |  Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | 14 December 2022 | Melbourne | [50]
13  | 55.54 |  Daryna Zevina (UKR) | 4 December 2014 | Doha
14  | 55.62 |  Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) | 14 December 2022 | Melbourne | [51]
15  | 55.74 |  Beata Nelson (USA) | 24 August 2022 | Sydney | [52]
Claire Curzan (USA) | 14 December 2022 | Melbourne | [53]
17  | 55.75 |  Bella Sims (USA) | 4 November 2022 | Indianapolis | [54]
18  | 55.76 |  Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 23 February 2013 | Sagamihara
19  | 55.83 |  Maria Kameneva (RUS) | 18 December 2022 | Saint Petersburg | [55]
20  | 55.86 |  Maaike de Waard (NED) | 6 November 2021 | Kazan | [56]
21  | 55.87 |  Rhyan White (USA) | 17 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [57]
22  | 55.89 |  Ali DeLoof (USA) | 10 September 2021 | Naples |
23  | 55.91 |  Kathleen Baker (USA) | 29 September 2018 | Eindhoven |
24  | 55.92 |  Courtney Bartholomew (USA) | 12 December 2015 | Indianapolis |
25  | 55.97 |  Natalie Coughlin (USA) | 16 December 2011 | Atlanta

#### Notes[edit]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 55.97:

* Minna Atherton also swam 55.09 (2019), 55.12 (2019), 55.29 (2019), 55.35 (2019), 55.43 (2019), 55.45 (2019), 55.55 (2019).
* Kira Toussaint also swam 55.26 (2019), 55.42 (2021), 55.53 (2021), 55.58 (2019), 55.68 (2020), 55.71 (2019), 55.72 (2021), 55.74 (2019), 55.76 (2021), 55.79 (2021), 55.88 (2023), 55.90 (2020), 55.92 (2018), 55.94 (2020), 55.95 (2021).
* Katinka Hosszú also swam 55.34 (2014), 55.38 (2014), 55.42 (2015), 55.52 (2017), 55.54 (2016), 55.56 (2014), 55.59 (2016), 55.60 (2016), 55.65 (2017), 55.66 (2017), 55.70 (2014), 55.71 (2015), 55.77 (2014), 55.80 (2016), 55.93 (2016)).
* Emily Seebohm also swam 55.46 (2015), 55.47 (2014), 55.81 (2018).
* Olivia Smoliga also swam 55.47 (2018), 55.60 (2020), 55.62 (2020), 55.66 (2020), 55.86 (2018), 55.92 (2020), 55.97 (2019).
* Kaylee McKeown also swam 55.68 (2020), 55.74 (2022), 55.81 (2022).
* Ingrid Wilm also swam 55.68 (2021), 55.74 (2022), 55.92 (2022), 55.94 (2021).
* Gao Chang also swam 55.72 (2009).
* Kylie Masse also swam 55.76 (2021), 55.83 (2021), 55.95 (2021).
* Mollie O'Callaghan also swam 55.80 (2022), 55.81 (2022).
* Louise Hansson also swam 55.85 (2021), 55.89 (2022).
* Beata Nelson also swam 55.90 (2022).
* Katharine Berkoff also swam 55.92 (2021).

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