World record progression 200 metres butterfly

Main article: List of world records in swimming

This is a history of the progression of the World Record for the Swimming event: the 200 Butterfly. It is a listing of the fastest-time-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) swimming pools. These records are maintained/recognized by FINA, which oversees international competitive Aquatics.

Graphs of the progression of the World Records in all four strokes (50m, 100m and 200m distances).

The long course records are historically older than the short course records: the long course records go back to at least the 1950s, whereas the short course marks having only been recognized since the early 1990s.

Men

Long course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	2:19.0		Mike Troy	United States	11 July 1959	-	Los Altos, United States
2	2:16.4		Mike Troy	United States	11 July 1959	-	Los Altos, United States
3	2:15.0		Mike Troy	United States	10 July 1960	-	Evansville, United States
4	2:13.4		Mike Troy	United States	23 July 1960	-	Toledo, United States
5	2:13.2		Mike Troy	United States	4 August 1960	US Olympic Trials	Detroit, United States
6	2:12.8		Mike Troy	United States	2 September 1960	Olympic Games	Rome, Italy
7	2:12.6		Carl Robie	United States	19 August 1961	Men’s NAAA Championships	Los Angeles, United States
8	2:12.5		Kevin Berry	Australia	20 February 1962	-	Melbourne, Australia
9	2:12.4	h	Carl Robie	United States	11 August 1962	Men’s National Outdoor Championships	Cuyahoga Falls, United States
10	2:10.8		Carl Robie	United States	11 August 1962	Men’s National Outdoor Championships	Cuyahoga Falls, United States
11	2:09.7		Kevin Berry	Australia	23 October 1962	Australian Trials	Melbourne, Australia
12	2:08.4		Kevin Berry	Australia	12 January 1963	-	Sydney, Australia
13	2:08.2		Carl Robie	United States	18 March 1963	-	Tokyo, Japan
14	2:06.9		Kevin Berry	Australia	29 March 1964	-	Sydney, Australia
15	2:06.6		Kevin Berry	Australia	18 October 1964	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan
16	2:06.4		Mark Spitz	United States	26 July 1967	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada
17	2:06.0		John Ferris	United States	30 August 1967	Summer Universiade	Tokyo, Japan
18	2:05.7		Mark Spitz	United States	8 October 1967	-	West Berlin, West Germany
19	2:05.4		Mark Spitz	United States	22 August 1970	AAU Nationals	Los Angeles, United States
20	2:05.0		Gary Hall Sr.	United States	22 August 1970	AAU Nationals	Los Angeles, United States
21	2:03.9		Mark Spitz	United States	27 August 1971	AAU Nationals	Houston, United States
22	2:03.3		Hans-Joachim Fassnacht	West Germany	31 August 1971	-	Landskrona, Sweden
23	2:01.87	h	Mark Spitz	United States	2 August 1972	US Olympic Trials	Chicago, United States
24	2:01.53		Mark Spitz	United States	2 August 1972	US Olympic Trials	Chicago, United States
25	2:00.70		Mark Spitz	United States	28 August 1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany
26	2:00.21	h	Roger Pyttel	East Germany	3 June 1976	East German Championships	East Berlin, East Germany
27	1:59.63		Roger Pyttel	East Germany	3 June 1976	East German Championships	East Berlin, East Germany
28	1:59.23		Mike Bruner	United States	18 July 1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada
29	1:58.21		Craig Beardsley	United States	30 July 1980	-	Irvine, United States
30	1:58.01		Craig Beardsley	United States	22 August 1981	-	Kyiv, Soviet Union
31	1:57.05		Michael Gross	West Germany	26 August 1983	European Championships	Rome, Italy
32	1:57.04		Jon Sieben	Australia	3 August 1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States
33	1:57.01		Michael Gross	West Germany	29 June 1985	West German Championships	Wuppertal, West Germany
34	1:56.65		Michael Gross	West Germany	10 August 1985	European Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria
35	1:56.24		Michael Gross	West Germany	28 June 1986	West German Championships	Hanover, West Germany
36	1:55.69		Melvin Stewart	United States	12 January 1991	World Championships	Perth, Australia
37	1:55.22		Denis Pankratov	Russia	14 June 1995	Mare Nostrum	Canet-en-Roussillon, France
38	1:55.18		Tom Malchow	United States	17 June 2000	Charlotte UltraSwim	Charlotte, United States
39	1:54.92		Michael Phelps	United States	30 March 2001	US National Championships	Austin, United States
40	1:54.58		Michael Phelps	United States	24 July 2001	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[1]
41	1:53.93	sf	Michael Phelps	United States	22 July 2003	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[2]
42	1:53.80		Michael Phelps	United States	17 August 2006	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	[3]
43	1:53.71		Michael Phelps	United States	17 February 2007	US Grand Prix	Columbia, United States	[4]
44	1:52.09		Michael Phelps	United States	28 March 2007	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[5]
45	1:52.03		Michael Phelps	United States	13 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	[6]
46	1:51.51		Michael Phelps	United States	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[7]
47	1:50.73		Kristóf Milák	Hungary	24 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[8]
48	1:50.34		Kristóf Milák	Hungary	21 June 2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[9][10]

Short course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	1:54.67		Franck Esposito	France	1 February 1992	-	Paris, France
2	1:54.58		Danyon Loader	New Zealand	6 February 1993	World Cup	Paris, France
3	1:54.50		Danyon Loader	New Zealand	9 February 1993	World Cup	Malmö, Sweden
4	1:54.21		Danyon Loader	New Zealand	13 February 1993	World Cup	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5	1:53.05		Franck Esposito	France	26 March 1994	World Cup	Paris, France
6	1:52.64		Denis Pankratov	Russia	2 February 1997	World Cup	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
7	1:51.76		James Hickman	Great Britain	28 March 1998	World Cup	Paris, France
8	1:51.58		Franck Esposito	France	14 January 2001	-	Paris, France
9	1:51.21		Thomas Rupprath	Germany	1 December 2001	-	Rostock, Germany
10	1:50.73		Franck Esposito	France	8 December 2002	-	Antibes, France
11	1:50.60		Nikolay Skvortsov	Russia	13 December 2008	European Championships	Rijeka, Croatia
12	1:50.53		Nikolay Skvortsov	Russia	15 February 2009	Russian Championships	Saint Petersburg, Russia
13	1:49.11		Kaio de Almeida	Brazil	10 November 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[11]
14	1:49.04		Chad le Clos	South Africa	7 August 2013	World Cup	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[12]
15	1:48.56		Chad le Clos	South Africa	5 November 2013	World Cup	Singapore	[13]
16	1:48.24		Daiya Seto	Japan	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[14]
17	1:46.85		Tomoru Honda	Japan	22 October 2022	Japan Open	Tokyo, Japan	[15]

Women

Long course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	2:40.5		Nancy Ramey	United States	29 June 1958	-	Los Angeles, United States
2	2:38.9		Tineke Lagerberg	Netherlands	13 September 1958	-	Naarden, Netherlands
3	2:37.0		Becky Collins	United States	19 July 1959	-	Redding, United States
4	2:34.4		Marianne Heemskerk	Netherlands	12 June 1960	-	Leipzig, East Germany
5	2:32.8		Becky Collins	United States	13 August 1961	-	Philadelphia, United States
6	2:31.2		Sharon Finneran	United States	19 August 1962	-	Chicago, United States
7	2:30.7		Sharon Finneran	United States	25 August 1962	-	Los Altos, United States
8	2:29.1		Susan Pitt	United States	27 July 1963	-	Philadelphia, United States
9	2:28.1		Sharon Stouder	United States	12 July 1964	-	Los Angeles, United States
10	2:26.4		Sharon Stouder	United States	2 August 1964	-	Los Angeles, United States
11	2:26.3		Kendis Moore	United States	15 August 1965	-	Maumee, United States
12	2:25.8		Ada Kok	Netherlands	21 August 1965	-	Leiden, Netherlands
13	2:25.3		Ada Kok	Netherlands	12 September 1965	-	Groningen, Netherlands
14	2:22.5		Ada Kok	Netherlands	2 August 1967	-	Groningen, Netherlands
15	2:21.0		Ada Kok	Netherlands	25 August 1967	-	Blackpool, United Kingdom
16	2:20.7		Karen Moe	United States	11 July 1970	-	Santa Clara, United States
17	2:19.3		Alice Jones	United States	22 August 1970	US National Championships	Los Angeles, United States
18	2:18.6		Karen Moe	United States	7 August 1971	-	Santa Clara, United States
19	2:18.4		Ellie Daniel	United States	28 August 1971	US National Championships	Houston, United States
20	2:16.62		Karen Moe	United States	6 August 1972	US Olympic Trials	Chicago, United States
21	2:15.57		Karen Moe	United States	4 September 1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany
22	2:15.45	h	Rosemarie Kother	East Germany	8 September 1973	World Championships	Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
23	2:13.76		Rosemarie Kother	East Germany	8 September 1973	World Championships	Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
24	2:13.60		Rosemarie Gabriel	East Germany	14 March 1976	Soviet Union vs East Germany Dual Meet	Tallinn, Soviet Union
25	2:12.84		Rosemarie Gabriel	East Germany	4 June 1976	East German Championships	East Berlin, East Germany
26	2:11.22		Rosemarie Gabriel	East Germany	5 June 1976	East German Championships	East Berlin, East Germany
27	2:11.20		Andrea Pollack	East Germany	9 April 1978	-	Leningrad, Soviet Union
28	2:09.87		Andrea Pollack	East Germany	4 July 1978	East German Championships	East Germany, East Germany
28	2:09.87	=	Tracy Caulkins	United States	26 July 1978	World Championships	West Berlin, West Germany
29	2:09.77		Mary T. Meagher	United States	7 July 1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico
30	2:08.41	h	Mary T. Meagher	United States	16 August 1979	US National Championships	Fort Lauderdale, United States
31	2:07.01		Mary T. Meagher	United States	16 August 1979	US National Championships	Fort Lauderdale, United States
32	2:06.37		Mary T. Meagher	United States	30 July 1980	US National Championships	Irvine, United States
33	2:05.96		Mary T. Meagher	United States	13 August 1981	US National Championships	Brown Deer, United States
34	2:05.81		Susie O'Neill	Australia	17 May 2000	Australian Championships	Sydney, Australia	[16]
35	2:05.78		Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	4 August 2002	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	[17]
36	2:05.61		Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	28 July 2005	World Championships	Montreal, Canada	[18]
37	2:05.40		Jessicah Schipper	Australia	17 August 2006	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, Canada	[19]
38	2:04.18		Liu Zige	China	14 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	[20]
39	2:04.14	h	Mary Descenza	United States	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[21]
40	2:03.41		Jessicah Schipper	Australia	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[22]
41	2:01.81		Liu Zige	China	21 October 2009	Chinese National Games	Jinan, China	[23][24]

Short course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	2:05.37		Susie O'Neill	Australia	17 February 1999	World Cup	Malmö, Sweden
2	2:04.43		Susie O'Neill	Australia	2 September 1999	Australian Championships	Canberra, Australia
3	2:04.16		Susie O'Neill	Australia	18 January 2000	World Cup	Sydney, Australia
4	2:04.04		Yang Yu	China	18 January 2004	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
5	2:03.53		Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	13 December 2007	European Championships	Debrecen, Hungary
6	2:03.12		Yuko Nakanishi	Japan	23 February 2008	Japan Open	Tokyo, Japan	[25]
7	2:02.50		Liu Zige	China	11 November 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[26]
8	2:00.78		Liu Zige	China	15 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[27]
9	1:59.61		Mireia Belmonte	Spain	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[28]
10	1:59.32		Summer McIntosh	Canada	12 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[29]

All-time top 25

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 200 m butterfly times and the top 25 athletes:

- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 200 m butterfly times

- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 200 m butterfly times, by repeat athletes

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 200 m butterfly times

Men long course

• Correct as of July 2025^[30]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	1:50.34	Kristóf Milák	Hungary	21 June 2022	Budapest	[9]
	2	1:50.73	Milák #2		24 July 2019	Gwangju	[8]
	3	1:51.10	Milák #3		19 May 2021	Budapest	[31]
2	4	1:51.21	Léon Marchand	France	31 July 2024	Paris	[32]
	5	1:51.25	Milák #4		28 July 2021	Tokyo	[33]
	6	1:51.40	Milák #5		23 March 2021	Budapest	[34]
3	7	1:51.51	Michael Phelps	United States	29 July 2009	Rome	[7]
	8	1:51.75	Milák #6		31 July 2024	Paris	[32]
4	9	1:51.87	Luca Urlando	United States	30 July 2025	Singapore	[35]
	10	1:52.01	Milák #7		16 August 2022	Rome	[36]
	11	1:52.03	Phelps #2		13 August 2008	Beijing	[6]
	12	1:52.09	Phelps #3		28 March 2007	Melbourne	[5]
	13	1:52.20	Phelps #4		2 July 2008	Omaha	[37]
	14	1:52.22	Milák #8		27 July 2021	Tokyo	[38]
	15	1:52.37	Urlando #2		4 April 2025	Sacramento	[39]
	16	1:52.39	Milák #9		20 June 2022	Budapest	[40]
	17	1:52.43	Marchand #2		26 July 2023	Fukuoka	[41]
	18	1:52.50	Milák #10		23 March 2021	Budapest	[42]
5	19	1:52.53	Daiya Seto	Japan	18 January 2020	Beijing	[43]
	20	1:52.58	Milák #11		20 April 2023	Kaposvár	[44]
6	21	1:52.64	Krzysztof Chmielewski	Poland	30 July 2025	Singapore	[35]
7	22	1:52.70	László Cseh	Hungary	13 August 2008	Beijing	[6]
			Tomoru Honda	Japan	3 December 2022	Tokyo	[45]
	24	1:52.71	Milák #12		28 March 2018	Debrecen	[46]
			Urlando #3		29 July 2025	Singapore	[47]
9		1:52.80	Ilya Kharun	Canada	31 July 2024	Paris	[32]
10		1:52.96	Chad le Clos	South Africa	31 July 2012	London	[48]
11		1:52.97	Takeshi Matsuda	Japan	13 August 2008	Beijing	[6]
12		1:53.23	Paweł Korzeniowski	Poland	29 July 2009	Rome	[49]
13		1:53.40	Masato Sakai	Japan	9 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[50]
14		1:53.42	Tamás Kenderesi	Hungary	27 March 2019	Debrecen	[51]
15		1:53.64	Tyler Clary	United States	8 July 2009	Indianapolis	[52]
16		1:53.67	Carson Foster	United States	7 July 2022	Austin	[53]
17		1:53.79	Nao Horomura	Japan	6 April 2018	Tokyo	[54]
18		1:53.82	Thomas Heilman	United States	26 July 2023	Fukuoka	[41]
19		1:53.86	Gil Stovall	United States	2 July 2008	Omaha	[37]
20		1:53.92	Kaio de Almeida	Brazil	8 May 2009	Rio de Janeiro	[55]
21		1:54.02	Chen Juner	China	29 July 2025	Singapore	[56]
22		1:54.07	Genki Terakado	Japan	21 March 2024	Tokyo	[57]
23		1:54.10	Jan Świtkowski	Poland	5 August 2015	Kazan	[58]
24		1:54.14	Noè Ponti	Switzerland	30 July 2024	Paris	[59]
					31 July 2024	Paris	[32]
25		1:54.15	Moss Burmester	New Zealand	4 April 2009	Christchurch	[60]

Men short course

• Correct as of April 2025^[61]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	1:46.85	Tomoru Honda	Japan	22 October 2022	Tokyo	[15]
2	2	1:48.24	Daiya Seto	Japan	11 December 2018	Hangzhou	[14]
Ilya Kharun	Canada	12 December 2024	Budapest	[62]
4	4	1:48.27	Chad le Clos	South Africa	15 December 2022	Melbourne	[63]
	5	1:48.32	le Clos #2		11 December 2018	Hangzhou	[14]
	6	1:48.56	le Clos #3		5 November 2013	Singapore	[13]
	7	1:48.57	le Clos #4		22 November 2020	Budapest	[64]
	8	1:48.61	le Clos #5		7 December 2014	Doha	[65]
5	9	1:48.64	Alberto Razzetti	Italy	12 December 2024	Budapest	[62]
6	10	1:48.66	Tom Shields	United States	22 November 2020	Budapest	[64]
	11	1:48.67	le Clos #6		11 August 2017	Eindhoven	[66]
	12	1:48.76	le Clos #7		6 December 2016	Windsor	[67]
	13	1:48.77	Seto #2		21 December 2019	Las Vegas	[68]
7	13	1:48.77	Noè Ponti	Switzerland	11 April 2025	Uster	[69]
	15	1:48.88	le Clos #8		1 November 2014	Singapore	[70]
	16	1:48.92	Seto #3		7 December 2014	Doha	[65]
8	17	1:49.00	László Cseh	Hungary	6 December 2015	Netanya	[71]
	18	1:49.02	Shields #2		16 November 2020	Budapest	[72]
	19	1:49.04	le Clos #9		7 August 2013	Eindhoven	[12]
	20	1:49.05	Shields #3		12 December 2015	Indianapolis	[73]
	21	1:49.06	Razzetti #2		16 December 2021	Abu Dhabi	[74]
	22	1:49.07	le Clos #10		17 October 2013	Dubai	[75]
	23	1:49.08	le Clos #11		7 August 2017	Berlin	[76]
	24	1:49.10	le Clos #12		3 September 2016	Moscow	[77]
9	25	1:49.11	Kaio de Almeida	Brazil	10 November 2009	Stockholm	[11]
10		1:49.26	Krzysztof Chmielewski	Poland	12 December 2024	Budapest	[62]
11		1:49.46	Nikolay Skvortsov	Russia	12 December 2009	Istanbul	[78]
12		1:49.50	Takeshi Matsuda	Japan	12 November 2011	Tokyo	[79]
13		1:49.61	Chen Juner	China	28 October 2022	Beijing	[80]
14		1:49.69	Trenton Julian	United States	29 October 2022	Toronto	[81]
15		1:49.86	Kristóf Milák	Hungary	16 November 2022	Kaposvár	[82]
16		1:49.89	Wang Kuan-hung	Chinese Taipei	16 November 2020	Budapest	[72]
17		1:50.13	Paweł Korzeniowski	Poland	12 December 2009	Istanbul	[78]
18		1:50.23	Andreas Vazaios	Greece	8 December 2019	Glasgow	[83]
19		1:50.26	Teppei Morimoto	Japan	15 December 2022	Melbourne	[84]
20	1:50.28	Hidemasa Sano	Japan	11 February 2012	Tokyo	[85]
21	1:50.32	Dinko Jukić	Austria	12 December 2009	Istanbul	[78]
22	1:50.39	Li Zhuhao	China	11 December 2018	Hangzhou	[14]
Kregor Zirk	Estonia	12 December 2024	Budapest	[86]
Andrey Minakov	Russia	12 December 2024	Budapest	[62]
25	1:50.44	Aleksandr Kharlanov	Russia	20 November 2022	Kazan

Women long course

• Correct as of July 2025^[87]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	2:01.81	Liu Zige	China	21 October 2009	Jinan	[23]
2	2	2:01.99	Summer McIntosh	Canada	31 July 2025	Singapore	[88]
	3	2:02.26	McIntosh #2		10 June 2025	Victoria	[89]
	4	2:03.03	McIntosh #3		1 August 2024	Paris	[90]
3	5	2:03.41	Jessicah Schipper	Australia	30 July 2009	Rome	[22]
4	6	2:03.84	Regan Smith	United States	1 August 2024	Paris	[90]
5	7	2:03.86	Zhang Yufei	China	29 July 2021	Tokyo	[91]
	8	2:03.87	Smith #2		4 June 2023	Tempe	[92]
	9	2:03.90	Liu #2		30 July 2009	Rome	[22]
	10	2:04.00	McIntosh #4		6 March 2025	Westmont	[93]
6	11	2:04.06	Jiao Liuyang	China	1 August 2012	London	[94]
	11	2:04.06	McIntosh #5		26 July 2023	Fukuoka	[95]
7	13	2:04.14	Mary DeScenza	United States	29 July 2009	Rome	[21]
	14	2:04.18	Liu #3		14 August 2008	Beijing	[20]
8	15	2:04.27	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	29 July 2009	Rome	[96]
	16	2:04.28	Hosszú #2		30 July 2009	Rome	[22]
	17	2:04.33	DeScenza #2		29 July 2009	Rome	[96]
			McIntosh #6		28 May 2024	Toronto	[97]
	19	2:04.40	Liu #4		6 April 2011	Wuhan	[98]
	20	2:04.41	DeScenza #3		30 July 2009	Rome	[22]
	21	2:04.44	Jiao #2		6 April 2011	Wuhan	[98]
	22	2:04.50	Jiao #3		30 July 2009	Rome	[22]
	23	2:04.54	Jiao #4		8 September 2013	Shenyang	[99]
	24	2:04.59	Liu #5		1 August 2013	Barcelona	[100]
	25	2:04.65	Liu #6		6 December 2009	Hong Kong	[101]
9		2:04.69	Natsumi Hoshi	Japan	5 April 2012	Tokyo	[102]
10		2:04.78	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	1 August 2013	Barcelona	[100]
11		2:04.83	Ellen Gandy	Great Britain	16 March 2009	Sheffield	[103]
12		2:04.88	Madeline Groves	Australia	10 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[104]
13		2:05.09	Aurore Mongel	France	29 July 2009	Rome	[96]
14		2:05.20	Elizabeth Dekkers	Australia	18 April 2024	Gold Coast	[105]
			Tess Howley	United States	22 July 2025	Berlin	[106]
16		2:05.26	Franziska Hentke	Germany	3 July 2015	Essen	[107]
17		2:05.36	Jemma Lowe	Great Britain	17 June 2011	Sheffield	[108]
18		2:05.38	Gong Jie	China	6 April 2012	Shaoxing	[109]
19		2:05.45	Alys Thomas	Great Britain	9 April 2018	Gold Coast	[110]
20		2:05.61	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	28 July 2005	Montreal	[18]
21		2:05.62	Suzuka Hasegawa	Japan	30 August 2020	Tokyo	[111]
22		2:05.65	Hali Flickinger	United States	29 July 2021	Tokyo	[91]
23		2:05.78	Kathleen Hersey	United States	1 August 2012	London	[94]
24		2:05.80	Caroline Bricker	United States	3 June 2025	Indianapolis	[112]
25		2:05.81	Susie O'Neill	Australia	17 May 2000	Sydney	[16]

Women short course

• Correct as of December 2024^[113]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	1:59.32	Summer McIntosh	Canada	12 December 2024	Budapest	[29]
2	2	1:59.61	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	3 December 2014	Doha	[28]
3	3	2:00.78	Liu Zige	China	15 November 2009	Berlin	[27]
4	4	2:01.00	Regan Smith	United States	12 December 2024	Budapest	[29]
5	5	2:01.12	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	3 December 2014	Doha	[28]
	6	2:01.52	Belmonte #2		12 December 2013	Herning	[114]
	7	2:01.60	Hosszú #2		12 December 2018	Hangzhou	[115]
6	8	2:01.73	Kelsi Dahlia	United States	12 December 2018	Hangzhou	[115]
	9	2:01.85	Smith #2		18 October 2024	Shanghai	[116]
	10	2:01.96	McIntosh #2		12 December 2024	Budapest	[117]
	11	2:02.15	Hosszú #3		7 December 2016	Windsor	[118]
	12	2:02.20	Hosszú #4		12 December 2012	Istanbul	[119]
	13	2:02.21	Hosszú #5		20 December 2013	Saint Petersburg	[120]
7	14	2:02.28	Jiao Liuyang	China	12 December 2012	Istanbul	[119]
	15	2:02.40	Hosszú #6		20 December 2013	Saint Petersburg
	16	2:02.42	Hosszú #7		3 December 2014	Doha	[121]
	17	2:02.50	Liu #2		11 November 2009	Stockholm	[26]
8	18	2:02.52	Chen Luying	China	26 September 2024	Wuhan	[122]
	19	2:02.71	Chen #2		18 October 2024	Shanghai	[116]
	20	2:02.75	Hosszú #8		2 August 2017	Moscow	[123]
9	21	2:02.79	Alex Shackell	United States	12 December 2024	Budapest	[117]
	22	2:02.86	Hosszú #9		15 November 2018	Singapore	[124]
	23	2:02.87	Hosszú #10		28 September 2018	Eindhoven	[125]
10	24	2:02.88	Ellen Gandy	Australia	22 August 2013	Sydney	[126]
	24	2:02.88	Hosszú #11		2 November 2018	Beijing	[127]
11		2:02.91	Elizabeth Dekkers	Australia	12 December 2024	Budapest	[29]
12		2:02.96	Suzuka Hasegawa	Japan	14 January 2017	Tokyo
13		2:03.01	Franziska Hentke	Germany	4 December 2015	Netanya	[128]
Zhang Yufei		China	17 December 2021	Abu Dhabi	[129]
15		2:03.08	Madeline Groves	Australia	28 November 2015	Sydney	[130]
16		2:03.12	Yuko Nakanishi	Japan	23 February 2008	Tokyo	[25]
17		2:03.13	Laura Lahtinen	Finland	18 October 2024	Shanghai	[116]
Bella Grant		Australia	24 October 2024	Incheon	[131]
19	2:03.19	Jemma Lowe	Great Britain	12 December 2012	Istanbul	[119]
20	2:03.20	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	6 August 2009	Leeds	[132]
21	2:03.22	Aurore Mongel	France	10 December 2009	Istanbul	[133]
22	2:03.25	Brianna Throssell	Australia	28 November 2015	Sydney	[130]
23	2:03.27	Jessicah Schipper	Australia	22 November 2009	Singapore	[134]
24	2:03.30	Angelina Köhler	Germany	7 December 2023	Otopeni	[135]
25	2:03.35	Hali Flickinger	United States	22 November 2020	Budapest	[136]
Zhang Yifan	China	27 October 2022	Beijing