World record progression 200 metres freestyle#Short course 2

File:Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m.png

This is a history of the progression of the world record for the 200 metres freestyle swimming event. It is a listing of the fastest-times-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) swimming pools. These records are maintained and recognized by FINA, which oversees international competitive swimming and Aquatics.

The drop in world record times in 2008–2009 coincided with the introduction of polyurethane suits from Speedo (LZR, 50% polyurethane) in 2008 and by Arena (X-Glide), Adidas (Hydrofoil) and Italian swimming suit manufacturer Jaked (all 100% polyurethane) in 2009. FINA's ban on non-textile suit came into effect in January 2010.{{cite news|title=Hi-tech suits banned from January|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/swimming/8161867.stm|newspaper=BBC News/BBC Sport|date=2009-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801110745/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/swimming/8161867.stm|archive-date=August 1, 2012|access-date=August 11, 2012|url-status=bot: unknown}} FINA also released a list of approved suits.

The long course records are historically older than the short course records; the latter having only been recognized since the early 1990s.

Men

=Long course=

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 0

|time = 2:28.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Frederick

|lastname = Lane

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1902|August|18}}

|meet = -

|country = UK

|city = Weston-super-Mare

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 0

|time = 2:26.8

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Zoltan

|lastname = Halmay

|namearticle =

|nation = HUN

|nationvariant = 1867

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1908|June|28}}

|meet = -

|country = HUN

|city = Budapest

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 1

|time = 2:31.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Otto

|lastname = Scheff

|namearticle =

|nation = AUT

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1908|November|11}}

|meet = -

|country = AUT

|city = Vienna

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 2

|time = 2:30.0

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Frank

|lastname = Beaurepaire

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1910|September|9}}

|meet = -

|country = UK

|city = Exeter

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 3

|time = 2:25.4

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Charles

|lastname = Daniels

|namearticle = Charles Daniels (swimmer)

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1911|March|28}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Pittsburgh

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 4

|time = 2:21.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Norman

|lastname = Ross

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1916|November|24}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = San Francisco

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 5

|time = 2:19.8

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Tedford

|lastname = Cann

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1920|April|10}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Detroit

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 6

|time = 2:15.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Johnny

|lastname = Weissmuller

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1922|May|26}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Honolulu

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 7

|time = 2:15.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Johnny

|lastname = Weissmuller

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1925|December|9}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = McKeesport

|cityarticle = McKeesport, Pennsylvania

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 8

|time = 2:08.0

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Johnny

|lastname = Weissmuller

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1927|April|5}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Ann Arbor

|cityarticle = Ann Arbor, Michigan

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 9

|time = 2:07.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Jack

|lastname = Medica

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1935|April|12}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Chicago

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 10

|time = 2:06.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Bill

|lastname = Smith

|namearticle = Bill Smith (swimmer)

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1944|February|12}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Columbus

|cityarticle = Columbus, Ohio

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 11

|time = 2:05.4

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Alex

|lastname = Jany

|namearticle =

|nation = FRA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1946|September|20}}

|meet = -

|country = FRA

|city = Marseille

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 12

|time = 2:04.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = John

|lastname = Marshall

|namearticle = John Marshall (swimmer)

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1950|March|31}}

|meet = Yale (?)

|country = USA

|city = New Haven

|cityarticle = New Haven, Connecticut

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 13

|time = 2:03.9

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ford

|lastname = Konno

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1954|February|27}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Columbus

|cityarticle = Columbus, Ohio

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 14

|time = 2:03.4

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Jack

|lastname = Wardrop

|namearticle =

|nation = GBR

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1955|March|4}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Columbus

|cityarticle = Columbus, Ohio

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 15

|time = 2:01.5

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Dick

|lastname = Hanley

|namearticle = Dick Hanley (swimmer)

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1957|March|8}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Minneapolis

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 16

|time = 2:04.8

|recordinfo =

|firstname = John

|lastname = Konrads

|namearticle = -

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1958|January|8}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Sydney

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 17

|time = 2:03.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = John

|lastname = Konrads

|namearticle = -

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1958|May|5}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Sydney

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 18

|time = 2:03.0

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Tsuyoshi

|lastname = Yamanaka

|namearticle =

|nation = JPN

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1958|August|22}}

|meet = -

|country = JPN

|city = Osaka

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 19

|time = 2:02.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = John

|lastname = Konrads

|namearticle = -

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1959|January|16}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Sydney

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 20

|time = 2:01.5

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Tsuyoshi

|lastname = Yamanaka

|namearticle =

|nation = JPN

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1959|July|26}}

|meet = -

|country = JPN

|city = Osaka

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 21

|time = 2:01.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Tsuyoshi

|lastname = Yamanaka

|namearticle =

|nation = JPN

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1961|June|24}}

|meet = -

|country = JPN

|city = Osaka

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 22

|time = 2:01.1

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Tsuyoshi

|lastname = Yamanaka

|namearticle =

|nation = JPN

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1961|August|6}}

|meet = -

|country = JPN

|city = Tokyo

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 23

|time = 2:00.4

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Tsuyoshi

|lastname = Yamanaka

|namearticle =

|nation = JPN

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1961|August|20}}

|meet = Men’s National Outdoor Championships

|country = USA

|city = Los Angeles

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 23

|time = 2:00.4

|recordinfo = =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1962|August|11}}

|meet = Men’s National Outdoor Championships

|country = USA

|city = Cuyahoga Falls

|cityarticle = Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 24

|time = 2:00.3

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Bob

|lastname = Windle

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1963|April|21}}

|meet = -

|country = JPN

|city = tokyo

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 25

|time = 1:58.8

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1963|July|27}}

|meet = 5th Annual Los Angeles Invitiational

|country = USA

|city = Los Angeles

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 26

|time = 1:58.5

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1963|August|17}}

|meet = 6th US-Japan swimming and diving meet

|country = JPN

|city = Tokyo

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 27

|time = 1:58.4

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1963|August|24}}

|meet = -

|country = JPN

|city = Osaka

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 28

|time = 1:58.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Hans-Joachim

|lastname = Klein

|namearticle = Hans-Joachim Klein (swimmer)

|nation = FRG

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1964|May|24}}

|meet = -

|country = FRG

|city = Dortmund

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 29

|time = 1:57.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1964|August|1}}

|meet = US National Championships

|country = USA

|city = Los Altos

|cityarticle = Los Altos, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 30

|time = 1:57.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1966|July|29}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Los Angeles

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 31

|time = 1:56.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1966|August|19}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Lincoln

|cityarticle = Lincoln, Nebraska

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 32

|time = 1:56.0

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1967|July|29}}

|meet = Pan American Games

|country = CAN

|city = Winnipeg

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 33

|time = 1:55.7

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1967|August|12}}

|meet = AAU National Outdoor Championships

|country = USA

|city = Oak Park

|cityarticle = Oak Park, Illinois

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 34

|time = 1:54.8

|recordinfo = h

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1968|August|30}}

|meet = US Olympic Trials

|country = USA

|city = Long Beach

|cityarticle = Long Beach, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 35

|time = 1:54.3

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Don

|lastname = Schollander

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1968|August|30}}

|meet = US Olympic Trials

|country = USA

|city = Long Beach

|cityarticle = Long Beach, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 35

|time = 1:54.3

|recordinfo = =

|firstname = Mark

|lastname = Spitz

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1969|July|12}}

|meet = Santa Clara Invitational

|country = USA

|city = Santa Clara

|cityarticle = Santa Clara, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 36

|time = 1:54.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Mark

|lastname = Spitz

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1971|September|4}}

|meet = USA vs. GDR Dual Meet

|country = GDR

|city = Leipzig

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 37

|time = 1:53.5

|recordinfo = r

|firstname = Mark

|lastname = Spitz

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1971|September|10}}

|meet = USA vs. USSR vs. GBR Meet

|country = URS

|city = Minsk

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 38

|time = 1:52.78

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Mark

|lastname = Spitz

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1972|August|29}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|country = FRG

|city = Munich

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 39

|time = 1:51.66

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Tim

|lastname = Shaw

|namearticle = Tim Shaw (swimmer)

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1974|August|23}}

|meet = AAU National Outdoor Championships

|country = USA

|city = Concord

|cityarticle = Concord, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 40

|time = 1:51.41

|recordinfo = h

|firstname = Bruce

|lastname = Furniss

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1975|June|18}}

|meet = US World Championship Trials

|country = USA

|city = Long Beach

|cityarticle = Long Beach, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 41

|time = 1:50.89

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Bruce

|lastname = Furniss

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1975|June|18}}

|meet = US World Championship Trials

|country = USA

|city = Long Beach

|cityarticle = Long Beach, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 42

|time = 1:50.32

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Bruce

|lastname = Furniss

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1975|August|21}}

|meet = AAU National Outdoor Championships

|country = USA

|city = Kansas City

|cityarticle = Kansas City, Missouri

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 43

|time = 1:50.29

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Bruce

|lastname = Furniss

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1976|July|19}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|country = CAN

|city = Montreal

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 44

|time = 1:49.83

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Sergey

|lastname = Kopliakov

|namearticle =

|nation = URS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1979|April|7}}

|meet = USSR Vs. GDR Junior Meet

|country = GDR

|city = Potsdam

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 45

|time = 1:49.16

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Rowdy

|lastname = Gaines

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1980|April|11}}

|meet = AAU National Indoor Championships

|country = USA

|city = Austin

|cityarticle = Austin, Texas

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 46

|time = 1:48.93

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Rowdy

|lastname = Gaines

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1982|July|19}}

|meet = US World Championship Trials

|country = USA

|city = Mission Viejo

|cityarticle = Mission Viejo, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 47

|time = 1:48.28

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Michael

|lastname = Gross

|namearticle = Michael Gross (swimmer)

|nation = FRG

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1983|June|22}}

|meet = FRG Nationals

|city = Hanover

|country = FRG

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 48

|time = 1:47.87

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Michael

|lastname = Gross

|namearticle = Michael Gross (swimmer)

|nation = FRG

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1983|August|22}}

|meet = European Championships

|city = Rome

|country = ITA

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 49

|time = 1:47.55

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Michael

|lastname = Gross

|namearticle = Michael Gross (swimmer)

|nation = FRG

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1984|June|8}}

|meet = FRG Nationals

|city = Munich

|country = FRG

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 50

|time = 1:47.44

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Michael

|lastname = Gross

|namearticle = Michael Gross (swimmer)

|nation = FRG

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1984|July|29}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|city = Los Angeles

|country = USA

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 51

|time = 1:47.25

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Duncan

|lastname = Armstrong

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1988|September|19}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|city = Seoul

|country = KOR

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 52

|time = 1:46.69

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Giorgio

|lastname = Lamberti

|namearticle =

|nation = ITA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1989|August|15}}

|meet = European Championships

|city = Bonn

|country = FRG

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 53

|time = 1:46.67

|recordinfo = r

|firstname = Grant

|lastname = Hackett

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1999|March|23}}

|meet = Australian Championships

|city = Brisbane

|country = AUS

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 54

|time = 1:46.34

|recordinfo = sf

|firstname = Ian

|lastname = Thorpe

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1999|August|23}}

|meet = Pan Pacific Championships

|city = Sydney

|country = AUS

|ref = {{cite web | title = Results of the 1999 Pan Pacific | work = Swim News | date = September 1999 | url = https://archive.org/stream/swimnewsn252#page/6/mode/1up |accessdate = April 5, 2014}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 55

|time = 1:46.00

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ian

|lastname = Thorpe

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1999|August|24}}

|meet = Pan Pacific Championships

|city = Sydney

|country = AUS

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 56

|time = 1:45.69

|recordinfo = sf

|firstname = Ian

|lastname = Thorpe

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|May|14}}

|meet = Australian Championships

|city = Sydney

|country = AUS

|ref = {{cite web|title=Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinals|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001000D0018000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=14 May 2000|access-date=12 March 2025}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 57

|time = 1:45.51

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ian

|lastname = Thorpe

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|May|15}}

|meet = Australian Championships

|city = Sydney

|country = AUS

|ref = {{cite web|title=Men's 200m Freestyle Final|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001000D0024000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=15 May 2000|access-date=12 March 2025}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 58

|time = 1:45.35

|recordinfo = sf

|firstname = Pieter

|lastname = van den Hoogenband

|namearticle =

|nation = NED

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|September|17}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|city = Sydney

|country = AUS

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 58

|time = 1:45.35

|recordinfo = =

|firstname = Pieter

|lastname = van den Hoogenband

|namearticle =

|nation = NED

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|September|18}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|city = Sydney

|country = AUS

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 59

|time = 1:44.69

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ian

|lastname = Thorpe

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2001|March|27}}

|meet = Australian Championships

|city = Hobart

|country = AUS

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 60

|time = 1:44.06

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ian

|lastname = Thorpe

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2001|July|25}}

|meet = World Championships

|city = Fukuoka

|country = JPN

|ref = {{cite news|title=Thorpe shatters another record|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1456307.stm|newspaper=BBC News|date=25 July 2001|access-date=11 April 2008}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 61

|time = 1:43.86

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Michael

|lastname = Phelps

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2007|March|27}}

|meet = World Championships

|city = Melbourne

|country = AUS

|ref = {{cite web|title=Men's 200m Freestyle Final|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001070D0022000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=27 March 2007|access-date=12 March 2025}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 62

|time = 1:42.96

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Michael

|lastname = Phelps

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|August|12}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|city = Beijing

|country = CHN

|ref = {{cite web|first=Jason|last=Stallman|title=Phelps wins third gold|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/sports/olympics/12phelpsweb.html|work=The New York Times|date=11 August 2008|access-date=7 September 2008|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229083718/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/sports/olympics/12phelpsweb.html|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 63

|time = 1:42.00

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Paul

|lastname = Biedermann

|namearticle =

|nation = GER

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|July|25}}

|meet = World Championships

|city = Rome

|country = ITA

|ref = {{cite web|title=Men's 200m Freestyle Final|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001090B0022000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=28 July 2009|access-date=12 March 2025}}

}}

=Short course=

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 1

|time = 1:44.50

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Michael

|lastname = Gross

|namearticle = Michael Gross (swimmer)

|nation = FRG

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1981|December|1}}

|meet = West German Championships

|country = FRG

|city = Bremen

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 2

|time = 1:44.14

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Michael

|lastname = Gross

|namearticle = Michael Gross (swimmer)

|nation = FRG

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1988|February|5}}

|meet = Coca-Cola Meet

|country = FRA

|city = Boulogne-Billancourt

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 3

|time = 1:43.64

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Giorgio

|lastname = Lamberti

|namearticle =

|nation = ITA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1990|February|11}}

|meet = World Cup

|country = GER

|city = Bonn

|cityarticle =

|ref

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 4

|time = 1:43.28

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ian

|lastname = Thorpe

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1999|April|1}}

|meet = World Championships

|country = HKG

|city =

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 5

|time = 1:42.54

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ian

|lastname = Thorpe

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|January|17}}

|meet = World Cup

|country = AUS

|city = Sydney

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 6

|time = 1:41.10

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ian

|lastname = Thorpe

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|February|6}}

|meet = World Cup

|country = GER

|city = Berlin

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 7

|time = 1:40.83

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Paul

|lastname = Biedermann

|namearticle =

|nation = GER

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|November|16}}

|meet = World Cup

|country = GER

|city = Berlin

|ref = {{cite web|title=2008 FINA World Cup (Berlin) – Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000108020035000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=16 November 2008|accessdate=5 April 2025}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 8

|time = 1:39.37

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Paul

|lastname = Biedermann

|namearticle =

|nation = GER

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|November|15}}

|meet = World Cup

|country = GER

|city = Berlin

|ref = {{cite web|title=2009 FINA World Cup (Berlin) – Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000109050035000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=15 November 2009|accessdate=5 April 2025}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 9

|time = 1:38.91

|recordinfo = r

|firstname = Luke

|lastname = Hobson

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2024|December|13}}

|meet = World Championships

|country = HUN

|city = Budapest

|ref = {{cite web|title=2024 World Aquatics Championships (25 m) – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800080101F80104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=13 December 2024|accessdate=5 April 2025}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 10

|time = 1:38.61

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Luke

|lastname = Hobson

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2024|December|15}}

|meet = World Championships

|country = HUN

|city = Budapest

|ref = {{cite web|title=2024 World Aquatics Championships (25 m) – Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800080101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=15 December 2024|accessdate=23 December 2024}}

}}

Women

=Long course=

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 1

|time = 2:56.0

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Fanny

|lastname = Durack

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1915|March|4}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Sydney

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 2

|time = 2:47.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Charlotte

|lastname = Boyle

|namearticle = Charlotte Boyle (swimmer)

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1921|August|25}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = New Brighton

|cityarticle = New Brighton, Minnesota

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 3

|time = 2:45.2

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Gertrude

|lastname = Ederle

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1923|April|4}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Brooklyn

|cityarticle = Brooklyn, New York

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 4

|time = 2:40.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Martha

|lastname = Norelius

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1926|February|28}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Miami

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 5

|time = 2:34.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Helene

|lastname = Madison

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1930|March|6}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = St. Augustine

|cityarticle = St. Augustine, Florida

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 6

|time = 2:28.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Willy

|lastname = den Ouden

|namearticle =

|nation = NED

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1933|May|3}}

|meet = -

|country = NED

|city = Rotterdam

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 7

|time = 2:27.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Willy

|lastname = den Ouden

|namearticle =

|nation = NED

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1934|May|5}}

|meet = -

|country = UK

|city = Dundee

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 8

|time = 2:25.3

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Willy

|lastname = den Ouden

|namearticle =

|nation = NED

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1935|September|8}}

|meet = -

|country = DEN

|city = Copenhagen

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 9

|time = 2:24.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Rie

|lastname = van Veen

|namearticle =

|nation = NED

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1938|February|26}}

|meet = -

|country = NED

|city = Rotterdam

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 10

|time = 2:21.7

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ragnhild

|lastname = Hveger

|namearticle =

|nation = DEN

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1938|September|11}}

|meet = -

|country = DEN

|city = Aarhus

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 11

|time = 2:20.7

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Dawn

|lastname = Fraser

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1956|February|25}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Sydney

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 12

|time = 2:19.3

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Lorraine

|lastname = Crapp

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1956|August|25}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Townsville

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 13

|time = 2:18.5

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Lorraine

|lastname = Crapp

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1956|October|20}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Sydney

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 14

|time = 2:17.7

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Dawn

|lastname = Fraser

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1958|February|10}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Adelaide

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 15

|time = 2:14.7

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Dawn

|lastname = Fraser

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1958|February|22}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Melbourne

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 16

|time = 2:11.6

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Dawn

|lastname = Fraser

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1960|February|27}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Sydney

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 17

|time = 2:10.5

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Lillian

|lastname = Watson

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1966|August|19}}

|meet = -

|country = USA

|city = Lincoln

|cityarticle = Lincoln, Nebraska

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 18

|time = 2:09.7

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Pam

|lastname = Kruse

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1967|August|19}}

|meet = AAU Nationals

|country = USA

|city = Philadelphia

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 19

|time = 2:09.5

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Susan

|lastname = Pederson

|namearticle = Susan Pederson (swimmer)

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1968|July|6}}

|meet = Santa Clara International

|country = USA

|city = Santa Clara

|cityarticle = Santa Clara, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 20

|time = 2:08.8

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Edith

|lastname = Wetzel

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1968|August|2}}

|meet = AAU Nationals

|country = USA

|city = Lincoln

|cityarticle = Lincoln, Nebraska

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 21

|time = 2:07.9

|recordinfo = h

|firstname = Linda

|lastname = Gustavson

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1968|August|24}}

|meet = US Olympic Trials

|country = USA

|city = Los Angeles

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 22

|time = 2:06.7

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Debbie

|lastname = Meyer

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1968|August|24}}

|meet = US Olympic Trials

|country = USA

|city = Los Angeles

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 23

|time = 2:06.5

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Shane

|lastname = Gould

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1971|May|1}}

|meet = Coca-Cola International

|country = UK

|city = London

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 24

|time = 2:05.8

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Shane

|lastname = Gould

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1971|November|26}}

|meet = -

|country = AUS

|city = Sydney

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 25

|time = 2:05.21

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Shirley

|lastname = Babashoff

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1972|August|4}}

|meet = US Olympic Trials

|country = USA

|city = Chicago

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 26

|time = 2:03.56

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Shane

|lastname = Gould

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1972|September|1}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|country = FRG

|city = Munich

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 27

|time = 2:03.22

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Kornelia

|lastname = Ender

|namearticle =

|nation = GDR

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1974|August|22}}

|meet = European Championships

|country = AUT

|city = Vienna

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 28

|time = 2:02.94

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Shirley

|lastname = Babashoff

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1974|August|23}}

|meet = AAU National Outdoor Championships

|country = USA

|city = Concord, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 28

|time = 2:02.94

|recordinfo = =

|firstname = Shirley

|lastname = Babashoff

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1974|August|31}}

|meet = USA vs. GDR Dual Meet

|country = USA

|city = Concord

|cityarticle = Concord, California

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 29

|time = 2:02.27

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Kornelia

|lastname = Ender

|namearticle =

|nation = GDR

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1975|March|15}}

|meet = GDR vs. USSR Dual Meet

|country = GDR

|city = Dresden

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 30

|time = 1:59.78

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Kornelia

|lastname = Ender

|namearticle =

|nation = GDR

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1976|June|2}}

|meet = GDR National Championships

|country = GDR

|city = East Berlin

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 31

|time = 1:59.26

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Kornelia

|lastname = Ender

|namearticle =

|nation = GDR

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1976|July|22}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|country = CAN

|city = Montreal

|cityarticle =

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 32

|time = 1:59.04

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Barbara

|lastname = Krause

|namearticle =

|nation = GDR

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1978|July|2}}

|meet = GDR National Championships

|country = GDR

|city = East Berlin

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 33

|time = 1:58.53

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Cynthia

|lastname = Woodhead

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1978|August|22}}

|meet = World Championships

|country = FRG

|city = West Berlin

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 34

|time = 1:58.43

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Cynthia

|lastname = Woodhead

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1979|July|3}}

|meet = Pan American Games

|country = PUR

|city = San Juan

|cityarticle = San Juan, Puerto Rico

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 35

|time = 1:58.23

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Cynthia

|lastname = Woodhead

|namearticle =

|nation = USA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1979|September|3}}

|meet = World Cup

|country = JPN

|city = Tokyo

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 36

|time = 1:57.75

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Kristin

|lastname = Otto

|namearticle =

|nation = GDR

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1984|May|23}}

|meet = GDR National Championships

|country = GDR

|city = Magdeburg

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 37

|time = 1:57.55

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Heike

|lastname = Friedrich

|namearticle =

|nation = GDR

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1986|June|18}}

|meet = GDR National Championships

|country = GDR

|city = East Berlin

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 38

|time = 1:56.78

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Franziska

|lastname = van Almsick

|namearticle =

|nation = GER

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1994|September|6}}

|meet = World Championships

|country = ITA

|city = Rome

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 39

|time = 1:56.64

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Franziska

|lastname = van Almsick

|namearticle =

|nation = GER

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2002|August|3}}

|meet = European Championships

|country = GER

|city = Berlin

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 40

|time = 1:56.47

|recordinfo = sf

|firstname = Federica

|lastname = Pellegrini

|namearticle =

|nation = ITA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2007|March|27}}

|meet = World Championships

|city = Melbourne

|country = AUS

|ref = {{cite news|first=Stathi|last=Paxinos|author2=Cowley, Michael |title=Jones and Phelps lead the way in records deluge|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/swimming/jones-and-phelps-lead-records-deluge/2007/03/27/1174761469582.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=March 28, 2007|access-date=2007-05-26}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 41

|time = 1:55.52

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Laure

|lastname = Manaudou

|namearticle =

|nation = FRA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2007|March|28}}

|meet = World Championships

|city = Melbourne

|country = AUS

|ref = {{cite news|first=Stathi|last=Paxinos|title=King of the pool does it again|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/swimming/king-of-pool-does-it-again/2007/03/28/1174761567527.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=March 29, 2007|access-date=2007-05-26}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 42

|time = 1:55.45

|recordinfo = h

|firstname = Federica

|lastname = Pellegrini

|namearticle =

|nation = ITA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|August|11}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|city = Beijing

|country = CHN

|ref =

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 43

|time = 1:54.82

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Federica

|lastname = Pellegrini

|namearticle =

|nation = ITA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|August|13}}

|meet = Olympic Games

|city = Beijing

|country = CHN

|ref = {{cite news|last=Lohn|first=John|title=Olympics, Swimming: Federica Pellegrini Breaks 1:55, Lowers 200 Free World Record|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18791.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=12 August 2008|accessdate=18 May 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502195817/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18791.asp|archivedate=2 May 2012}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 44

|time = 1:54.47

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Federica

|lastname = Pellegrini

|namearticle =

|nation = ITA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|March|8}}

|meet = Italian Championships

|city = Riccione

|country = ITA

|ref = {{cite news|title=Pellegrini improves her 200 free world record|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29582968/site/21683474/print/1/displaymode/1098/|agency=Associated Press|date=March 8, 2009|access-date=2009-03-08}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 45

|time = 1:53.67

|recordinfo = sf

|firstname = Federica

|lastname = Pellegrini

|namearticle =

|nation = ITA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|July|28}}

|meet = World Championships

|city = Rome

|country = ITA

|ref = {{Cite web|title=13th FINA World Championships - Women's 200m Freestyle Semifinals Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001090B0027000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|website=omegatiming.com|date=28 July 2009|access-date=26 March 2025}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 46

|time = 1:52.98

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Federica

|lastname = Pellegrini

|namearticle =

|nation = ITA

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|July|29}}

|meet = World Championships

|city = Rome

|country = ITA

|ref = {{Cite web|title=13th FINA World Championships - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001090B0031000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|website=omegatiming.com|date=29 July 2009|access-date=26 March 2025}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 47

|time = 1:52.85

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Mollie

|lastname = O'Callaghan

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2023|July|26}}

|meet = World Championships

|city = Fukuoka

|country = JPN

|ref = {{Cite web|title=2023 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|website=omegatiming.com|date=26 July 2023|access-date=26 July 2023}}

}}

{{Swimmingrecord

|number = 48

|time = 1:52.23

|recordinfo =

|firstname = Ariarne

|lastname = Titmus

|namearticle =

|nation = AUS

|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2024|June|12}}

|meet = Australian Trials

|city = Brisbane

|country = AUS

|ref = {{Cite web|title= 2024 Australian Trials - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2024Trials/240610F010.htm|publisher=swimming.org.au|date=10 June 2024|accessdate=10 June 2024}}

}}

=Short course=

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style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|1:55.841:55.84

|Van Almsick, Franziska{{flagicon|GER}} Franziska van Almsick

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|1993|January|9}}

|World Cup

| Beijing, PR China

|page 24, https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/fswc-goldenbook2015_v2b.pdf

style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|1:55.421:55.42

|Poll, Claudia{{flagicon|CRC}} Claudia Poll

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|1995|December|1}}

|World Championships

| Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|{{cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/project/docs/histoFina/HistoFINA_III_b.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.fina.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709100932/http://www.fina.org/project/docs/histoFina/HistoFINA_III_b.pdf |archive-date=9 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|1:54.171:54.17

|Poll, Claudia{{flagicon|CRC}} Claudia Poll

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|1997|April|18}}

|World Championships

| Gothenburg, Västergötland, Sweden

style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|1:54.041:54.04

|Benko, Lindsay{{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Benko

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|2002|April|7}}

|World Championships

| Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-sports.org/swimming-world-short-course-championships-results-2002-women-epf2546.html|title = FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Swimming 2002 - Results Women}}

style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;"|1:53.291:53.29

|Benko, Lindsey{{flagicon|AUS}} Libby Lenton

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|2005|November|19}}

|World Cup

| Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

|{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Hanson |title=Lenton's slashing world record swim in Sydney |url=http://www.swimming.org.au/Events%20,-a-,%20Records/Meets%20,-a-,%20Results/Meet%20News.aspx?oid={6AB49F67-9778-4E52-B6FA-39445DE2170C}&nwid={11491D56-1C84-41D6-B071-BAF529AF1EF9} |publisher=Swimming Australia |date=November 19, 2005 |access-date=2007-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908053800/http://swimming.org.au/Events+,-a-,+Records/Meets+,-a-,+Results/Meet+News.aspx?oid=%7B6AB49F67-9778-4E52-B6FA-39445DE2170C%7D&nwid=%7B11491D56-1C84-41D6-B071-BAF529AF1EF9%7D |archive-date=September 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|1:53.181:53.18

|Balmy, Coralie{{flagicon|FRA}} Coralie Balmy

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|2008|December|6}}

|2008 French Championships

| Angers, France

|{{cite web |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/19766.asp?q=French%20Short%20Course%20Nationals:%20Pair%20of%20World%20Records%20Fall%20During%20Second%20Night |title=Lane 9 News Archive: French Short Course Nationals: Pair of World Records Fall During Second Night |publisher=Swimmingworldmagazine.com |access-date=2012-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213175340/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/19766.asp?q=French%20Short%20Course%20Nationals:%20Pair%20of%20World%20Records%20Fall%20During%20Second%20Night |archive-date=February 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|1:51.851:51.85

|Pellegrini, Federica{{flagicon|ITA}} Federica Pellegrini

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|2008|December|14}}

|European Championships

| Rijeka, Croatia

|{{Cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2008/rijeka2008/C73A1_Res1Heat_135_Finals_1_Women_200_Free.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117084138/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2008/rijeka2008/C73A1_Res1Heat_135_Finals_1_Women_200_Free.pdf |archive-date=January 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|1:51.171:51.17

|Pellegrini, Federica{{flagicon|ITA}} Federica Pellegrini

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|2009|December|13}}

|European Championships

| Istanbul, Turkey

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Istanbul/C73A1_Res1Heat_135_Finals_1_Women_200_Free.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091228213827/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Istanbul/C73A1_Res1Heat_135_Finals_1_Women_200_Free.pdf|archive-date = December 28, 2009|title = OMEGA Sports Live Timekeeping, Official Olympics Games Timekeeper}}

style="text-align:center;"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|1:50.781:50.78

|Sjöström, Sarah{{flagicon|SWE}} Sarah Sjöström

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|2014|December|7}}

|World Championships

| Doha, Qatar

|{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Results|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010E010D01001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02|publisher=Omega Timing|date=7 December 2014|access-date=7 December 2014}}

style="text-align:center;"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|1:50.431:50.43

|Sjöström, Sarah{{flagicon|SWE}} Sarah Sjöström

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|2017|August|12}}

|World Cup

| Eindhoven, Netherlands

|{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Results|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00011101030201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01|publisher=Omega Timing|date=12 August 2017|access-date=13 August 2017}}

style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|1:50.431:50.31

|Haughey, Siobhan{{flagicon|HKG}} Siobhán Haughey

| style="text-align:center;"|{{dts|format=mdy|2021|December|16}}

|World Championships

| Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

|{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=16 December 2021|accessdate=16 December 2021}}

All-time top 25

style="wikitable"

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

style="background: #f6F5CE" |- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 200 m freestyle times

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

style="background: #CCFFCC" |- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 200 m freestyle times

=Men long course=

Correct as of December 2024{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Freestyle Long Course All-Time Ranking|url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/swimming/rankings?gender=M&distance=200&stroke=FREESTYLE&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=all&startDate=&endDate=×Mode=ALL_TIMES®ionId=all&countryId=|publisher=World Aquatics|access-date=23 March 2025}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}

! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}

! Time

! Athlete

! Nation

! Date

! Place

! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 1

| 1:42.00

| Paul Biedermann

| {{GER}}

| 28 July 2009

| Rome

align=center |

| align=center | 2

| 1:42.81

|Biedermann #2

| 31 July 2009

| Rome

| {{cite web|title=13th FINA World Championships - Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001090B0052000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=31 July 2009|access-date=19 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 2

| align=center | 3

| 1:42.96

| Michael Phelps

| {{USA}}

| 12 August 2008

| Beijing

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 3

| align=center | 4

| 1:42.97

| David Popovici

| {{ROU}}

| 15 August 2022

| Rome

| {{cite web|title=2022 European Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM200MFR------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf?x=00:14:58|work=Microplus Informatica|date=15 August 2022|access-date=7 September 2022}}

align=center |

| align=center | 5

| 1:43.13

|Popovici #2

| 21 June 2024

| Belgrade

| {{cite web|title=2024 European Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800040101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=21 June 2024|access-date=19 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 4

| align=center | 6

| 1:43.14

| Yannick Agnel

| {{FRA}}

| 30 July 2012

| London

| {{cite magazine|title=2012 London Olympics: Yannick Agnel Earns Second Gold of Meet With 200 Free Triumph; Posts Textile Best; Lochte Out of the Medals|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/31463.asp?q=2012-London-Olympics:-Yannick-Agnel-Earns-Second-Gold-of-Meet-With-200-Free-Triumph;-Posts-Textile-Best;-Lochte-Out-of-the-Medals|magazine=Swimming World Magazine|date=30 July 2012|access-date=30 July 2012}}

rowspan="5" |

| align=center | 7

| 1:43.21

|Popovici #3

| rowspan="5" |

| 20 June 2022

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=19th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=20 June 2022|access-date=19 April 2025}}

align=center | 8

| 1:43.22

|Phelps #2

| 28 July 2009

| Rome

align=center | 9

| 1:43.31

|Phelps #3

| 13 August 2008

| Beijing

| {{cite news|last=Lohn|first=John|title=Olympics, Swimming: U.S. Men Break 7:00 In Men's 800 Freestyle Relay|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18796.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=12 August 2008|access-date=3 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502200227/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18796.asp|archive-date=2 May 2012}}

align=center | 10

| 1:43.65

|Biedermann #3

| 27 July 2009

| Rome

| {{cite web|title=13th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinals Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001090B001C000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=27 July 2009|access-date=19 April 2025}}

align=center | 11

| 1:43.86

|Phelps #4

| 27 March 2007

| Melbourne

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 5

| align=center | 12

| 1:43.90

| Danila Izotov

| {{RUS}}

| 28 July 2009

| Rome

align=center |

| align=center | 13

| 1:44.02

|Biedermann #4

| 31 July 2009

| Rome

| {{cite web|title=13th FINA World Championships - Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heats Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001090B0048000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=31 July 2009|access-date=12 March 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 6

| align=center | 14

| 1:44.06

| Ian Thorpe

| {{AUS}}

| 25 July 2001

| Fukuoka

align=center |

| align=center | 15

| 1:44.10

|Phelps #5

| 1 July 2008

| Omaha

| {{cite web|title=2008 US Olympic Trials - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001080B001C000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=1 July 2008|access-date=12 March 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 7

| align=center | 16

| 1:44.14

| Lukas Märtens

| {{GER}}

| 27 April 2024

| Berlin

| {{cite magazine|title=Germany's Lukas Maertens Blasts 1:44.14 200 Free, #7 Performer All-Time (Video)|url=https://swimswam.com/germanys-lukas-maertens-blasts-144-14-200-free-7-performer-all-time/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=Retta Race|date=27 April 2024|access-date=29 April 2024}}

align=center |

| align=center | 17

| 1:44.20

|Agnel #2

| 30 July 2013

| Barcelona

| {{cite web|title=15th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020100000202FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=30 July 2013|access-date=19 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 8

| align=center | 18

| 1:44.22

| Tom Dean

| {{GBR2}}

| 27 July 2021

| Tokyo

| {{cite web|title=2020 Olympic Games - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM200MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf|publisher=olympics.com|date=27 July 2021|accessdate=2 August 2021|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819185316/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM200MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}

rowspan="2" |

| align=center | 19

| 1:44.23

|Phelps #6

| rowspan="2" |

| 8 July 2009

| Indianapolis

| {{cite web|title=2009 US National Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001090E0015000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=7 July 2009|access-date=12 March 2025}}

align=center | 20

| 1:44.25

|Märtens #2

| 3 May 2025

| Berlin

| {{cite magazine|title=Lukas Märtens Rips World-leading 1:44.25 200 Free at German Championships

|url=https://swimswam.com/lukas-martens-rips-world-leading-144-25-200free-at-german-championships/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=Retta Race|date=3 May 2025|access-date=3 May 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 9

| align=center | 21

| 1:44.26

| Duncan Scott

| {{GBR2}}

| 27 July 2021

| Tokyo

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 10

| align=center | 22

| 1.44.30

| Matt Richards

| {{GBR2}}

| 25 July 2023

| Fukuoka

| {{cite web|title=2023 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=25 July 2023|access-date=25 July 2023}}

align=center |

| align=center | 23

| 1:44.32

|Dean #2

| 25 July 2023

| Fukuoka

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 11

| align=center | 24

| 1.44.38

| Danas Rapsys

| {{LTU}}

| 17 August 2019

| Singapore

| {{cite web|title=2019 FINA World Cup (Singapore) - Men's 200m Freestyle Final|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301020101EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=17 August 2019|access-date=12 March 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 12

| align=center | 25

| 1.44.39

| Sun Yang

| {{CHN}}

| 25 July 2017

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=17th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010A0101EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=25 July 2017|access-date=12 March 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 13

| rowspan="19" align=center |

| 1.44.40

| Hwang Sun-woo

| {{KOR}}

| 27 September 2023

| Hangzhou

| {{cite web|title=2022 Asian Games - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/SWM/AG2022-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM200MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf|work=hangzhou2022.cn|date=27 September 2023|access-date=28 September 2023|archive-date=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928135245/https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/SWM/AG2022-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM200MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 14

| 1:44.44

| Ryan Lochte

| {{USA}}

| 26 July 2011

| Shanghai

| {{cite web|title=14th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010B0D0025000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=26 July 2011|access-date=12 March 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| rowspan="2" align=center | 15

| rowspan="2" | 1:44.65

| Katsuhiro Matsumoto

| {{JPN}}

| 5 April 2021

| Tokyo

| {{cite web|title=2021 Japanese Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=http://swim.seiko.co.jp/2021/S70701/ranking/03R027.pdf|publisher=tokyo-swim.org|date=5 April 2021|accessdate=23 April 2021}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| Pan Zhanle

| {{CHN}}

| 4 May 2023

| Hangzhou

| {{cite magazine|title=18-yr-old Pan Zhanle's 1:44.65 Puts Sun Yang's 200 Free Chinese Record on Notice|url=https://swimswam.com/18-yr-old-pan-zhanles-144-65-puts-sunyangs-200free-chinese-record-on-notice/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=Retta Race|date=4 May 2023|access-date=14 May 2023}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 17

| 1:44.66

| Fernando Scheffer

| {{BRA}}

| 27 July 2021

| Tokyo

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 18

| 1:44.74

| Kieran Smith

| {{USA}}

| 28 July 2021

| Tokyo

| {{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73B1_SWMM4X200MFR----------FNL-000100--.pdf |title=2020 Olympic Games - Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Final results |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728034658/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73B1_SWMM4X200MFR----------FNL-000100--.pdf |url-status=dead }}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| rowspan="3" align=center | 19

| rowspan="3" | 1:44.79

| Martin Malyutin

| {{RUS}}

| 21 May 2021

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=2020 European Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM200MFR------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf|publisher=microplustiming.com|date=21 May 2021|access-date=19 April 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| Maximillian Giuliani

| {{AUS}}

| 12 December 2023

| Brisbane

| {{cite magazine|title=Maximillian Giuliani Rips 1:44.79 200 Free To Approach Ian Thorpe's Aussie Record|url=https://swimswam.com/maximillian-giuliani-rips-144-79-200free-to-approach-ian-thorpes-aussie-record/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=Retta Race|date=12 December 2023|access-date=13 December 2023}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| Luke Hobson

| {{USA}}

| 29 July 2024

| Paris

| {{cite web|title=2024 Olympic Games - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMM200MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf|publisher=olympics.com|date=29 July 2024|access-date=31 July 2024}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 22

| 1:44.80

| Park Tae-hwan

| {{KOR}}

| 13 November 2010

| Guangzhou

| {{cite news|title=Asian Games: Zhao Jing, Tae Hwan Park Set Asian Records on Day Two|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/asian-games-zhao-jing-tae-hwan-park-set-asian-records-on-day-two/|access-date=19 April 2025|website=Swimming World}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 23

| 1:44.89

| Pieter van den Hoogenband

| {{NED}}

| 2 August 2002

| Berlin

| {{cite web|title=2002 European Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000102060047000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=2 August 2002|access-date=20 April 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 24

| 1:44.90

| Clyde Lewis

| {{AUS}}

| 22 July 2019

| Gwangju

| {{cite web|title=18th FINA World Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinals Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=22 July 2019|access-date=12 March 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| rowspan="2" align=center | 25

| rowspan="2" | 1:44.95

| David Walters

| {{USA}}

| 8 July 2009

| Indianapolis

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| Ricky Berens

| {{USA}}

| 31 July 2009

| Rome

=Men short course=

Correct as of December 2024{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Freestyle Short Course All-Time Ranking|url=https://api.worldaquatics.com/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=M&distance=200&stroke=FREESTYLE&poolConfiguration=SCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=×Mode=ALL_TIMES®ionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200|work=World Aquatics|access-date=10 December 2023}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}

! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}

! Time

! Athlete

! Nation

! Date

! Place

! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 1

| 1:38.61

| Luke Hobson

| {{USA}}

| 15 December 2024

| Budapest

align=center |

| align=center | 2

| 1:38.91

|Hobson #2

| 13 December 2024

| Budapest

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 2

| align=center | 3

| 1:39.37

| Paul Biedermann

| {{GER}}

| 15 November 2009

| Berlin

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 3

| align=center | 4

| 1:39.70

| Yannick Agnel

| {{FRA}}

| 15 November 2012

| Angers

| {{cite magazine|title=Camille Muffat, Yannick Agnel Chase World Records in France|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/camille-muffat-yannick-agnel-chase-world-records-in-france/|magazine=Swimming World Magazine|date=18 November 2012|access-date=18 November 2012}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 4

| align=center | 5

| 1:39.72

| Hwang Sun-woo

| {{KOR}}

| 18 December 2022

| Melbourne

| {{cite web |title=16th FINA World Championships (25m) - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |work=Omega Timing |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022}}

align=center |

| align=center | 6

| 1:39.81

|Biedermann #2

| 13 December 2009

| Istanbul

| {{cite web|title=2009 European Championships – Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000109010059000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=13 December 2009|accessdate=5 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 5

| align=center | 7

| 1:39.83

| Duncan Scott

| {{GBR2}}

| 2 November 2024

| Singapore

| {{cite web|title=2024 World Aquatics Cup (Singapore) - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800070101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=2 November 2024|access-date=11 November 2024}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 6

| align=center | 8

| 1:40.08

| Danila Izotov

| {{RUS}}

| 13 December 2009

| Istanbul

rowspan="2" |

| align=center | 9

| 1:40.25

|Scott #2

| rowspan="2" |

| 22 November 2020

| Budapest

| {{cite web |title=2020 International Swimming League (Final) - Men's 200m Freestyle Results |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020F0101EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |work=Omega Timing|date=22 November 2020|access-date=23 April 2025}}

align=center | 10

| 1:40.29

|Scott #3

| 26 October 2024

| Incheon

| {{cite web|title=2024 World Aquatics Cup (Incheon) - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800060101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=26 October 2024|access-date=23 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 7

| align=center | 11

| 1:40.36

| Maximillian Giuliani

| {{AUS}}

| 15 December 2024

| Budapest

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 8

| align=center | 12

| 1:40.49

| Townley Haas

| {{USA}}

| 22 November 2020

| Budapest

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 9

| align=center | 13

| 1:40.64

| Edward Sommerville

| {{AUS}}

| 25 September 2024

| Adelaide

| {{cite web |title=2024 Australian Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results |url=https://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2024SC/240926F002.htm |publisher=swimming.org.au |date=26 September 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 10

| align=center | 14

| 1:40.65

| Matthew Sates

| {{RSA}}

| 3 October 2021

| Berlin

| {{cite web |title=2021 FINA World Cup (Berlin) - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000115000F0101EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |publisher=Omega Timing |date=3 October 2021 |accessdate=14 October 2021}}

rowspan="2" |

| align=center | 15

| 1:40.73

|Giuliani #2

| rowspan="2" |

| 13 December 2024

| Budapest

align=center | 16

| 1:40.76

|Scott #4

| 15 November 2020

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=2020 International Swimming League (Semifinal 1) - Men's 200m Freestyle Results |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020D0101EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |work=Omega Timing|date=15 November 2020|access-date=23 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 11

| align=center | 17

| 1:40.79

| David Popovici

| {{ROU}}

| 18 December 2022

| Melbourne

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| rowspan="2" align=center | 12

| rowspan="2" align=center | 18

| rowspan="2" | 1:40.80

| Brent Hayden

| {{CAN}}

| 15 November 2009

| Berlin

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| Cameron McEvoy

| {{AUS}}

| 25 November 2015

| Sydney

| {{cite magazine|title=Australia's Cameron McEvoy Breaks Thorpe's 15-year Old SCM Record|url=https://swimswam.com/cameron-mcevoy-breaks-thorpes-15-year-old-record/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=Lani Cabrera|date=25 November 2015|access-date=24 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 14

| align=center | 20

| 1:40.82

| Kyle Chalmers

| {{AUS}}

| 3 October 2021

| Berlin

align=center |

| align=center | 21

| 1:40.83

|Biedermann #3

| 16 November 2008

| Berlin

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 15

| align=center | 22

| 1:40.85

| Danas Rapsys

| {{LTU}}

| 14 December 2017

| Copenhagen

| {{cite web|title=2017 European Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=http://copenhagen2017.microplustiming.com/export/NU/NU/pdf/CLS-ASM-200FR-FIN-ALL.pdf|work=microplustiming.com|date=14 December 2017|access-date=14 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215000528/http://copenhagen2017.microplustiming.com/export/NU/NU/pdf/CLS-ASM-200FR-FIN-ALL.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2017|url-status=dead}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 16

| align=center | 23

| 1:40.86

| Tom Dean

| {{GBR2}}

| 18 December 2022

| Melbourne

rowspan="2" |

| align=center | 24

| 1:40.87

|Izotov #2

| rowspan="2" |

| 13 December 2009

| Istanbul

| {{cite web|title=2009 European Championships – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010901004F000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=13 December 2009|accessdate=5 April 2025}}

align=center | 25

| 1:40.88

|Sates #2

| 23 October 2022

| Berlin

| {{cite web|title=2022 FINA World Cup (Berlin) - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700070101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=23 October 2022|access-date=24 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 17

| align=center | 25

| 1:40.88

| Shaine Casas

| {{USA}}

| 13 December 2024

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=2024 World Aquatics Championships (25m) - Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heats Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800080101F80101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=13 December 2024|access-date=3 January 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 18

| rowspan="8" align=center |

| 1:40.89

| Darian Townsend

| {{RSA}}

| 15 November 2009

| Berlin

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 19

| 1:40.91

| Léon Marchand

| {{FRA}}

| 2 November 2024

| Singapore

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| rowspan="2" align=center | 20

| rowspan="2" | 1:41.01

| Aleksandr Shchegolev

| {{RUS}}

| 19 November 2021

| Eindhoven

| {{cite web|title=2021 International Swimming League (Match 14) - Men's 200m Freestyle Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500160101EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=19 November 2021|accessdate=27 December 2021}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| Matt Richards

| {{GBR2}}

| 9 December 2023

| Otopeni

| {{cite web|title=2023 European Championships - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600090101EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=9 December 2023|access-date=10 December 2023}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| rowspan="2" align=center | 22

| rowspan="2" | 1:41.03

| Park Tae-hwan

| {{KOR}}

| 7 December 2016

| Windsor

| {{cite web|title=13th FINA World Championships (25m) - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000110000D00000202FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=7 December 2016|access-date=24 April 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| Dominik Kozma

| {{HUN}}

| 7 August 2017

| Berlin

| {{cite web|title=2017 FINA World Cup (Berlin) - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011101020101EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=7 August 2017|access-date=24 April 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 24

| 1:41.04

| Kieran Smith

| {{USA}}

| 16 December 2022

| Melbourne

| {{cite web|title=16th FINA World Championships (25m) - Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030101F80104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=16 December 2022|access-date=31 December 2022}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 25

| 1:41.08

| Ryan Lochte

| {{USA}}

| 15 December 2010

| Dubai

| {{cite web|title=10th FINA World Championships (25m) - Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010A00000A000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=15 December 2010|access-date=24 April 2025}}

=Women long course=

Correct as of March 2025{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Long Course All-Time Ranking|url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/swimming/rankings?gender=F&distance=200&stroke=FREESTYLE&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=all&startDate=&endDate=×Mode=ALL_TIMES®ionId=all&countryId=|publisher=World Aquatics|access-date=23 March 2025}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}

! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}

! Time

! Athlete

! Nation

! Date

! Place

! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 1

| 1:52.23

| Ariarne Titmus

| {{AUS}}

| 12 June 2024

| Brisbane

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 2

| 1:52.48

| Mollie O'Callaghan

| {{AUS}}

| 12 June 2024

| Brisbane

align=center |

| align=center | 3

| 1:52.85

|O'Callaghan #2

| 26 July 2023

| Fukuoka

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 3

| align=center | 4

| 1:52.98

| Federica Pellegrini

| {{ITA}}

| 29 July 2009

| Rome

rowspan="7" |

| align=center | 5

| 1:53.01

|Titmus #2

| rowspan="7" |

| 26 July 2023

| Fukuoka

align=center | 6

| 1:53.09

|Titmus #3

| 14 June 2021

| Adelaide

| {{cite web|title=2021 Australian Trials - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://liveresults.swimming.org.au/SAL/2021TRIALS/210612F026.htm|date=14 June 2021|access-date=27 March 2025}}

align=center | 7

| 1:53.27

|O'Callaghan #3

| 29 July 2024

| Paris

| {{Cite web |title=2024 Olympic Games - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815172805/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf |archive-date=2024-08-15 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=olympics.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee}}

align=center | 8

| 1:53.31

|Titmus #4

| 20 May 2022

| Adelaide

| {{cite magazine|title=Ariarne Titmus Rockets to Third-Fastest 200 Free in History: 1:53.31|url=https://swimswam.com/ariarne-titmus-rockets-to-third-fastest-200-free-in-history-153-31/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=James Sutherland|date=20 May 2022|access-date=2 May 2025}}

align=center | 9

| 1:53.50

|Titmus #5

| 28 July 2021

| Tokyo

| {{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf|publisher=olympics.com|date=28 July 2021|accessdate=5 August 2021|archive-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728020237/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}

align=center | 10

| 1:53.52

|O'Callaghan #4

| 1 August 2024

| Paris

| {{cite web|title=2024 Olympic Games - Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/swimming/women-s-4-x-200m-freestyle-relay/fnl-000100--|website=olympics.com|date=1 August 2024|access-date=5 August 2024}}

align=center | 11

| 1:53.57

|O'Callaghan #5

| 20 April 2024

| Gold Coast

| {{cite magazine|title=Mollie O'Callaghan Rips 7th-Fastest 200 Free Performance Ever at Aussie Open Championships|url=https://swimswam.com/mollie-ocallaghan-rips-7th-fastest-200free-performance-ever-at-aussie-open-championships/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=Retta Race|date=20 April 2024|access-date=2 May 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 4

| align=center | 12

| 1:53.61

| Allison Schmitt

| {{USA}}

| 31 July 2012

| London

| {{cite magazine|title=2012 London Olympics: Allison Schmitt Torches 200 Free With Olympic, American Record; Missy Franklin Misses Podium |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/31492.asp?q=2012-London-Olympics:-Allison-Schmitt-Torches-200-Free-With-Olympic,-American-Record;-Missy-Franklin-Misses-Podium|magazine=Swimming World Magazine|date=31 July 2012|access-date=24 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 5

| align=center | 13

| 1:53.65

| Summer McIntosh

| {{CAN}}

| 26 July 2023

| Fukuoka

rowspan="3" |

| align=center | 14

| 1:53.66

|O'Callaghan #6

| rowspan="3" |

| 27 July 2023

| Fukuoka

| {{cite web|title=2023 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201F80104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=omegatiming.com|date=27 July 2023|accessdate=27 July 2023}}

align=center | 15

| 1:53.67

|Pellegrini #2

| 28 July 2009

| Rome

align=center | 16

| 1:53.69

|McIntosh #2

| 14 May 2024

| Toronto

| {{cite web|title=2024 Canadian Trials - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://results.swimming.ca/2024_Olympic_Paralympic_Trials/ResultList_6F.pdf|work=Swimming Canada|date=14 May 2024|accessdate=2 May 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 6

| align=center | 17

| 1:53.73

| Katie Ledecky

| {{USA}}

| 9 August 2016

| Rio de Janeiro

| {{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/swimming-standings-sw-womens-200m-freestyle |title=Women's 200m Freestyle |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=5 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101530/https://www.rio2016.com/en/swimming-standings-sw-womens-200m-freestyle |archive-date=26 August 2016 }}

rowspan="4" |

| align=center | 18

| 1:53.81

|Titmus #6

| rowspan="4" |

| 29 July 2024

| Paris

align=center | 19

| 1:53.83

|O'Callaghan #7

| 15 June 2023

| Melbourne

| {{cite web|title=2023 Australian Trials - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2023TRIALS/230613F012.htm|date=15 June 2023|access-date=2 May 2025}}

align=center | 20

| 1:53.89

|Titmus #7

| 29 July 2022

| Birmingham

| [https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMW200MFR------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results]

align=center | 21

| 1:53.91

|McIntosh #3

| 2 April 2023

| Toronto

| {{cite web|title=2023 Canadian Trials - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://results.swimming.ca/2023_Bell_Canadian_Trials/230328F053.htm|publisher=swimming.ca|date=2 April 2023|accessdate=2 April 2023}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 7

| align=center | 22

| 1:53.92

| Siobhan Haughey

| {{HKG}}

| 29 July 2021

| Tokyo

rowspan="2" |

| align=center | 23

| 1:53.96

|Haughey #2

| rowspan="2" |

| 26 July 2023

| Fukuoka

align=center | 24

| 1:54.01

|O'Callaghan #8

| 29 July 2022

| Birmingham

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 8

| align=center | 25

| 1:54.08

| Sarah Sjöström

| {{SWE}}

| 9 August 2016

| Rio de Janeiro

align=center |

| align=center | 25

| 1:54.08

|Haughey #3

| 21 October 2023

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=2023 World Aquatics Cup (Budapest) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600070201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=omegatiming.com|date=21 October 2023|accessdate=27 July 2023}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 9

| rowspan="18" align=center |

| 1:54.26

| Tang Muhan

| {{CHN}}

| 26 September 2021

| Xi'an

| {{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://pdf.2021shaanxi.com/SHAANXI2021/SWM/PDF/SHAANXI2021~2021-09-22~2021-09-22~192653325~DT_PDF~C73A~SWMW200MFR------------FNL-000100--~~~1.0~P~.pdf|publisher=2021shaanxi.com|date=22 September 2021|accessdate=6 October 2021}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 10

| 1:54.37

| Yang Junxuan

| {{CHN}}

| 29 July 2021

| Tokyo

| {{cite web|title=Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73B1_SWMW4X100MFR----------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=29 July 2021|accessdate=12 August 2021|archive-date=August 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824070315/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73B1_SWMW4X100MFR----------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 11

| 1:54.44

| Taylor Ruck

| {{CAN}}

| 9 August 2018

| Tokyo

| {{cite web | title = Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 200m Freestyle Final | work = Seiko.co.jp | date = 9 August 2018 | url = http://swim.seiko.co.jp/en/2018/S80701/ranking/eng09R014.pdf |accessdate = 11 August 2018}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 12

| 1:54.55

| Emma McKeon

| {{AUS}}

| 11 June 2019

| Brisbane

| {{cite web|title=2019 Australian Trials - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://liveresults.swimming.org.au/SAL/2019TRI_021365/190609F011.htm|date=11 June 2019|access-date=2 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 13

| 1:54.66

| Camille Muffat

| {{FRA}}

| 6 June 2012

| Canet-en-Roussillon

| {{cite magazine|title=Mare Nostrum, Canet: Camille Muffat Clears Textile Best in 200 Free|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/30747.asp?q=Mare-Nostrum,-Canet:-Camille-Muffat-Clears-Textile-Best-in-200-Free|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104223806/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/30747.asp?q=Mare-Nostrum,-Canet:-Camille-Muffat-Clears-Textile-Best-in-200-Free|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2013|magazine=Swimming World Magazine|date=6 June 2012|access-date=6 June 2012}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 14

| 1:54.68

| Femke Heemskerk

| {{NED}}

| 3 April 2015

| Eindhoven

| {{cite magazine|title=Femke Heemskerk Rockets to 4th All Time in 200 Free|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/femke-heemskerk-rockets-to-4th-all-time-in-200-free/|magazine=Swimming World Magazine|date=3 April 2015|access-date=4 April 2015}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 15

| 1:54.70

| Penny Oleksiak

| {{CAN}}

| 28 July 2021

| Tokyo

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 16

| 1:54.81

| Missy Franklin

| {{USA}}

| 31 July 2013

| Barcelona

| {{cite web|title=15th FINA World Championships - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020101001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf|work=omegatiming.com|date=31 July 2013|accessdate=2 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 17

| 1:54.85

| Rikako Ikee

| {{JPN}}

| 9 August 2018

| Tokyo

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 18

| 1:54.88

| Claire Weinstein

| {{USA}}

| 1 August 2024

| Paris

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 19

| 1:54.95

| Charlotte Bonnet

| {{FRA}}

| 6 August 2018

| Glasgow

| {{cite web|title=2018 European Championships - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|work=Microplus Informatica|date=6 August 2018| url=http://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW200MFR------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf |access-date=24 April 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 20

| 1:54.96

| Liu Yaxin

| {{CHN}}

| 23 March 2025

| Qingdao

| {{cite magazine|title=Liu Yaxin Puts Up 1:54.96 200 Free To Become China’s 3rd-Best Ever|url=https://swimswam.com/liu-yaxin-puts-up-154-96-200free-to-becomoe-chinas-3rd-best-ever/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=James Sutherland|date=23 March 2025|access-date=2 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 21

| 1:54.97

| Sara Isaković

| {{SLO}}

| 13 August 2008

| Beijing

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 22

| 1:55.05

| Pang Jiaying

| {{CHN}}

| 13 August 2008

| Beijing

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 23

| 1:55.08

| Veronika Andrusenko

| {{RUS}}

| 25 July 2017

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=17th FINA World Championships - Women's 200m Freestyle Semifinals Results|url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0201EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01|publisher=Omega Timing|date=25 July 2017|access-date=26 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730150121/http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0201EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01|archive-date=30 July 2017|url-status=dead}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 24

| 1:55.12

| Barbora Seemanová

| {{CZE}}

| 16 May 2024

| London

| {{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://swimming.events/events/11333/results|publisher=swimming.eventsswimming.org.au|date=26 May 2024|access-date=27 May 2024}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| rowspan="2" align=center | 25

| rowspan="2" | 1:55.25

| Bronte Barratt

| {{AUS}}

| 9 August 2016

| Rio de Janeiro

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| Shen Duo

| {{CHN}}

| 9 August 2016

| Rio de Janeiro

=Women short course=

Correct as of December 2024{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Short Course All-Time Ranking|url=https://api.worldaquatics.com/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=F&distance=200&stroke=FREESTYLE&poolConfiguration=SCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=×Mode=ALL_TIMES®ionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200|publisher=World Aquatics|access-date=10 December 2023}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}

! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}

! Time

! Athlete

! Nation

! Date

! Place

! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 1

| 1:50.31

| Siobhán Haughey

| {{HKG}}

| 16 December 2021

| Abu Dhabi

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 2

| 1:50.43

| Sarah Sjöström

| {{SWE}}

| 12 August 2017

| Eindhoven

rowspan="8" |

| align=center | 3

| 1:50.62

|Haughey #2

| rowspan="8" |

| 15 December 2024

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=2024 World Aquatics Championships (25m) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800080201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=15 December 2024|access-date=3 January 2025}}

align=center | 4

| 1:50.65

|Haughey #3

| 26 November 2021

| Eindhoven

| {{cite web|title=2021 International Swimming League (Match 16) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500170201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=26 November 2021|access-date=30 April 2025}}

align=center | 5

| 1:50.66

|Haughey #4

| 19 November 2021

| Eindhoven

| {{cite web|title=2021 International Swimming League (Match 15) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500160201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=19 November 2021|access-date=30 April 2025}}

align=center | 6

| 1:50.78

|Sjöström #2

| 7 December 2014

| Doha

align=center | 7

| 1:51.02

|Haughey #5

| 25 October 2024

| Incheon

| {{cite web|title=2024 World Aquatics Cup (Incheon) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800060201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=25 October 2024|access-date=6 May 2025}}

align=center | 8

| 1:51.04

|Haughey #6

| 4 December 2021

| Eindhoven

| {{cite web|title=2021 International Swimming League (Final) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000115001B0201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=4 December 2021|access-date=30 April 2025}}

align=center | 9

| 1:51.11

|Haughey #7

| 22 November 2020

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=2020 International Swimming League (Final) - Women's 200m Freestyle Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020F0201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=22 November 2020|access-date=30 April 2025}}

align=center | 10

| 1:51.13

|Haughey #8

| 29 October 2022

| Toronto

| {{cite web|title=2022 FINA World Cup (Toronto) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700080201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=29 October 2022|access-date=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 3

| align=center | 11

| 1:51.17

| Federica Pellegrini

| {{ITA}}

| 13 December 2009

| Istanbul

| align=center | 11

| 1:51.17

|Haughey #9

| 12 November 2021

| Eindhoven

| {{cite web|title=2021 International Swimming League (Match 12) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500130201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=12 November 2021|access-date=30 April 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 4

| align=center | 13

| 1:51.18

| Katinka Hosszú

| {{HUN}}

| 7 December 2014

| Doha

rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" align=center | 14

| rowspan="2" | 1:51.19

|Haughey #10

| rowspan="2" |

| 10 November 2020

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=2020 International Swimming League (Match 9) - Women's 200m Freestyle Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020B0201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=10 November 2020|access-date=30 April 2025}}

Haughey #11

| 4 November 2022

| Indianapolis

| {{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700090201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=4 November 2022|access-date=5 November 2022}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 5

| align=center | 16

| 1:51.25

| Li Bingjie

| {{CHN}}

| 28 October 2022

| Beijing

| {{cite magazine|title=Li Bingjie Posts 1:51.25 200 Free Chn Record, 15:41.80 1500 Asian Record|url=https://swimswam.com/li-bingjie-posts-151-25-200-free-chn-record-1541-80-1500-asian-record/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=Retta Race|date=28 October 2022|access-date=30 October 2022}}

rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" align=center | 17

| rowspan="2" | 1:51.36

|Haughey #12

| rowspan="2" |

| 15 November 2020

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=2020 International Swimming League (Semifinal 1) - Women's 200m Freestyle Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020D0201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=15 November 2020|access-date=30 April 2025}}

Haughey #13

| 22 October 2022

| Berlin

| {{cite web|title=2022 FINA World Cup (Berlin) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700070201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=22 October 2022|access-date=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 6

| align=center | 19

| 1:51.38

| Ariarne Titmus

| {{AUS}}

| 11 December 2018

| Hangzhou

| {{cite web|title=14th FINA World Championships (25m) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000112010C0201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=11 December 2018|access-date=30 April 2025}}

rowspan="5" |

| align=center | 20

| 1:51.41

|Hosszú #2

| rowspan="5" |

| 17 August 2014

| Doha

| {{cite web|title=2014 FINA World Cup (Doha) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010501001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=17 August 2014|access-date=6 May 2025}}

align=center | 21

| 1:51.42

|Haughey #14

| 2 November 2020

| Budapest

| {{cite web|title=2020 International Swimming League (Match 6) - Women's 200m Freestyle Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011402080201EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=2 November 2020|access-date=30 April 2025}}

rowspan="2" align=center | 22

| rowspan="2" | 1:51.44

|Hosszú #3

| 29 September 2014

| Hong Kong

| {{cite web|title=2014 FINA World Cup (Hong Kong) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010E010701001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=29 September 2014|access-date=6 May 2025}}

Sjöström #3

| 22 November 2014

| Stockholm

| {{cite magazine|title=Sjostrom and Coleman Destroy Swedish Records in Stockholm|url=https://swimswam.com/sjostrom-coleman-destroy-swedish-records-stockholm/|magazine=SwimSwam|author=Jeff Grace|date=22 November 2014|access-date=6 May 2025}}

align=center | 24

| 1:51.46

|Haughey #15

| 19 October 2024

| Shanghai

| {{cite web|title=2024 World Aquatics Cup (Shanghai) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800050201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=19 October 2024|access-date=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=f6F5CE

| align=center | 7

| align=center | 25

| 1:51.49

| Mary-Sophie Harvey

| {{CAN}}

| 15 December 2024

| Budapest

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 8

| rowspan="18" align=center |

| 1:51.61

| Yang Junxuan

| {{CHN}}

| 28 October 2022

| Beijing

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 9

| 1:51.62

| Claire Weinstein

| {{USA}}

| 15 December 2024

| Budapest

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 10

| 1:51.65

| Camille Muffat

| {{FRA}}

| 15 November 2012

| Angers

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 11

| 1:51.66

| Emma McKeon

| {{AUS}}

| 28 November 2015

| Sydney

| {{cite magazine|title=Race Highlights: Cate Campbell Breaks 100 Free World Record|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/race-highlights-cate-campbell-breaks-100-free-world-record/|magazine=Swimming World|author=Jason Marsteller|date=28 November 2015|access-date=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 12

| 1:51.67

| Allison Schmitt

| {{USA}}

| 19 December 2009

| Manchester

| {{cite web|title=2009 Duel in the Pool - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000109000010000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=19 December 2009|access-date=30 April 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 13

| 1:51.69

| Femke Heemskerk

| {{NED}}

| 7 December 2014

| Doha

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 14

| 1:51.75

| Lani Pallister

| {{AUS}}

| 15 December 2024

| Budapest

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 15

| 1:51.81

| Mallory Comerford

| {{USA}}

| 11 December 2018

| Hangzhou

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 16

| 1:51.87

| Freya Anderson

| {{GBR2}}

| 22 November 2020

| Budapest

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 17

| 1:52.10

| Katie Ledecky

| {{USA}}

| 4 November 2022

| Indianapolis

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 18

| 1:52.15

| Rebecca Smith

| {{CAN}}

| 14 December 2022

| Melbourne

| {{cite web|title=16th FINA World Championships (25m) - Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030201F80104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=14 December 2022|access-date=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 19

| 1:52.19

| Charlotte Bonnet

| {{FRA}}

| 16 December 2017

| Copenhagen

| {{cite web|title=2017 European Short Course Championships - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://copenhagen2017.microplustiming.com/export/NU/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-200FR-FIN-ALL.pdf|work=microplustiming.com|date=16 December 2017|accessdate=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 20

| 1:52.23

| Madison Wilson

| {{AUS}}

| 4 November 2022

| Indianapolis

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 21

| 1:52.28

| Marrit Steenbergen

| {{NED}}

| 18 December 2022

| Melbourne

| {{cite web|title=16th FINA World Championships (25m) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030201EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=18 December 2022|access-date=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 22

| 1:52.46

| Veronika Andrusenko

| {{RUS}}

| 5 December 2015

| Netanya

| {{cite web|title=2015 European Short Course Championships - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://netanya2015.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Netanya/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-200FR-FINALE-ALL.pdf?x=17:08:16|work=microplustiming.com|date=5 December 2015|accessdate=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| align=center | 23

| 1:52.50

| Taylor Ruck

| {{CAN}}

| 6 December 2016

| Windsor

| {{cite web|title=13th FINA World Championships (25m) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000110000D01001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=6 December 2016|access-date=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| rowspan="2" align=center | 24

| rowspan="2" | 1:52.52

| Melani Costa

| {{ESP}}

| 10 August 2013

| Berlin

| {{cite web|title=2013 FINA World Cup (Berlin) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010D020601001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=10 August 2013|access-date=6 May 2025}}

bgcolor=CCFFCC

| Madeline Groves

| {{AUS}}

| 30 August 2016

| Berlin

| {{cite web|title=2016 FINA World Cup (Berlin) - Women's 200m Freestyle Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000110000501001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=30 August 2016|access-date=6 May 2025}}

References

Freestyle 0200 metres

World record progression 0200 metres freestyle