Index
Swimming
Swimming - Men`s World Records - Long Course
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	50  Metres Freestyle			100 Metres Freestyle			200 Metres Freestyle
1960
1961				Clark	USA	54.40.	Yamanaka	JPN	2.01.20.
				Dos Santos	BRA	53.60.	Yamanaka	JPN	2.01.10.
							Yamanaka	JPN	2.00.40.
1962
1963							Windle	AUS	2.00.30.
							Schollander	USA	1.58.80.
							Schollander	USA	1.58.50.
							Schollander	USA	1.58.40.
1964				Gottvalles	FRA	52.90.	Klein	FDR	1.58.20.
							Schollander	USA	1.57.60.
1965
1966							Schollander	USA	1.57.20.
							Schollander	USA	1.56.20.
1967				Walsh	USA	52.60.	Schollander	USA	1.56.00.
							Schollander	USA	1.55.70.
1968				Wenden	AUS	52.20.	Schollander	USA	1.54.30.
1969
1970				Spitz	USA	51.94
1971							Spitz	USA	1.54.20.
							Spitz	USA	1.53.50.
1972				Spitz	USA	51.47	Spitz	USA	1.52.78
				Spitz	USA	51.22
1973
1974							Shaw	USA	1.51.66
1975				Montgomery	USA	51.12	Furniss	USA	1.51.41
				Coan	USA	51.11	Furniss	USA	1.50.89
				Montgomery	USA	50.59	Furniss	USA	1.50.32
1976	Skinner	USA	23.86	Montgomery	USA	50.39
				Montgomery	USA	49.99
				Skinner	USA	49.44
1977	Bottom	USA	23.74
1978	Manganiello	USA	23.72				Furniss	USA	1.50.29
1979	Steinbach	FDR	23.70.				Koplyakov	URS	1.49.83
1980	Cavanaugh	USA	23.66				Gaines	USA	1.49.16
	Cavanaugh	USA	23.12
	Gaines	USA	22.96
	Stahl	USA	22.83
	Bottom	USA	22.71
1981	Leamy	USA	22.54	Gaines	USA	49.36
1982							Gaines	USA	1.48.93
1983							Gross	FDR	1.48.28
							Gross	FDR	1.47.87
1984							Gross	FDR	1.47.55
							Gross	FDR	1.47.44
1985	Halsall	USA	22.52	Biondi	USA	49.24
	Jager	USA	22.40.	Biondi	USA	48.95
1986	Biondi	USA	22.33	Biondi	USA	48.74
1987	Jager	USA	22.32
1988	Jager	USA	22.23	Biondi	USA	48.42	Armstrong	AUS	1.47.25
	Biondi	USA	22.14
1989	Jager	USA	22.12				Lamberti	ITA	1.46.69
1990	Jager	USA	21.98
	Jager	USA	21.81
1991
1992
1993
1994				Popov	RUS	48.21
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999							Hackett	AUS	1.46.67
							Thorpe	AUS	1.46.34
							Thorpe	AUS	1.46.00.
2000	Popov	RUS	21.64	Klim	AUS	48.18	Thorpe	AUS	1.45.69
				Hoogenband	NED	47.84	Thorpe	AUS	1.45.51
							Hoogenband	NED	1.45.35
2001							Thorpe	AUS	1.44.69
							Thorpe	AUS	1.44.06
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007							Phelps	USA	1.43.86
2008	Sullivan	AUS	21.56	Bernard	FRA	47.60.	Phelps	USA	1.42.96
	Bernard	FRA	21.50.	Bernard	FRA	47.50.
	Sullivan	AUS	21.41	Sullivan	AUS	47.05
	Sullivan	AUS	21.28
2009	Bousquet	FRA	20.94	Cielo Filho	BRA	46.91	Biedermann	GER	1.42.00
	Cielho Filho	BRA	20.91