British swimming champions – 200 metres breaststroke winners

The British swimming champions over 200 metres breaststroke, formerly the (Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) National Championships) are listed below.^[1][2] The event was originally contested over 220 yards and then switched to the metric conversion of 200 metres in 1971.

In 1962 Anita Lonsbrough set a world record of 2.52.2 sec in the final.^[3]

200 metres breaststroke champions

Year	Men's champion	Women's champion
	220 yards	220 yards
1946	Goldup Davies[4]
1947	Roy Romain	Elizabeth Church
1948	Roy Romain[5]	Elizabeth Church[6]
1949	Roy Romain[7]	Hanne Caspers[8]
1950	Peter Jervis[9]	Elenor Gordon[10]
1951	Derek Snelling[11]	Elenor Gordon[12]
1952	Peter Jervis[13]	Elenor Gordon[13]
1953	Peter Jervis[14]	Margaret Grundy[15]
1954	Peter Jervis[16]	Margaret Grundy[17]
1955	Chris Walkden[18]	Elenor Gordon[18]
1956	Chris Walkden[19]	Elenor Gordon[19]
1957	Brian Day[20]	Christine Gosden[21]
1958	Chris Walkden[22]	Anita Lonsbrough[23]
1959	Gerard Rowlinson[24]	Anita Lonsbrough[25]
1960	Gerard Rowlinson[26]	Anita Lonsbrough[27]
1961	Chris Wilkinson[28]	Anita Lonsbrough
1962	Chris Wilkinson	Anita Lonsbrough[29]
1963	Neil Nicholson[30]	Stella Mitchell[31]
1964	Basil Hotz[32]	Stella Mitchell[33]
1965	Basil Hotz	Stella Mitchell[34]
1966	David Finnigan[35]	Stella Mitchell[35]
1967	Roger Roberts[36]	Jill Slattery[36]
1968	Stuart Roberts	Jill Slattery
1969	Bill Mahony[37]	Dorothy Harrison[37]
1970	Nigel Johnson[38]	Dorothy Harrison[38]
	200 metres	200 metres
1971	Malcolm O'Connell[39]	Dorothy Harrison[40]
1972		Jean Jeavons
1973	David Wilkie[41]	Caroline Tamlyn[42]
1974	David Wilkie[43]	Marion Stuart[44]
1975	David Wilkie[45]	Helen Burnham[45]
1976	Duncan Goodhew[46]	Debbie Rudd[47]
1977	Paul Naisby[48]	Margaret Kelly[49]
1978	Duncan Goodhew[50]	Margaret Kelly[51]
1979
1980	Duncan Goodhew[52]	Margaret Kelly[53]
1981	Adrian Moorhouse[54]	Suki Brownsdon[55]
1982	Adrian Moorhouse[56]	Gaynor Stanley[57]
1983	Adrian Moorhouse[58]	Jackie Willmott[59]
1984	Murray Buswell[60]	Nina Herbert[61]
1985	Adrian Moorhouse[62]
1986	Adrian Moorhouse[63]	Suki Brownsdon[64]
1987	Nick Gillingham[65]	Suki Brownsdon[66]
1988	Nick Gillingham[67]	Suki Brownsdon[68]
1989	Nick Gillingham[69]	Suki Brownsdon[70]
1990	Nick Gillingham[71]	Suki Brownsdon[72]
1991	Nick Gillingham[73]	Jean Hill[73]
1992	Nick Gillingham[74]	Sharlene Brown[74]
1993	Nick Gillingham[75]	Marie Hardiman[75]
1994	Alexander Clapper[76]	Marie Hardiman[76]
1995	Nick Gillingham	Marie Hardiman[77]
1996	Jonny Tunstall[78]	Linda Hindmarsh[78]
1997	Richard Maden[79]	Linda Hindmarsh[79]
1998	Adam Whitehead[80]	Linda Hindmarsh[80]
1999	Adam Whitehead[81]	Linda Hindmarsh[82]
2000	Adam Whitehead[83]	Heidi Earp[83]
2001	Ian Edmond	Jaime King
2002	Ian Edmond	Jaime King
2003	Ian Edmond	Jaime King
2004	Ian Edmond	Kirsty Balfour
2005	Kristopher Gilchrist	Kirsty Balfour
2006	James Kirton	Kirsty Balfour
2007	Richard Webb	Kerry Buchan
2008	Kristopher Gilchrist	Georgina Holderness
2009	Kristopher Gilchrist	Hannah Miley
2010	Michael Jamieson	Stacey Tadd
2011	Michael Jamieson	Stacey Tadd
2012	Andrew Willis	Stacey Tadd
2013	Michael Jamieson	Stacey Tadd
2014	Michael Jamieson	Sophie Taylor
2015	Adam Peaty	Molly Renshaw
2016	Andrew Willis	Chloé Tutton
2017	Ross Murdoch	Jocelyn Ulyett
2018	James Wilby	Jessica Vall
2019	James Wilby	Molly Renshaw
Not held during 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	James Wilby	Abbie Wood
2023	James Wilby	Gillian Kay Davey
2024	James Wilby	Kara Hanlon
2025	Greg Butler	Angharad Evans

See also

• Aquatics GB
• List of British Swimming champions