This is a listing of the history of the World Record in the 100 breaststroke swimming event.
The first world record in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1961, while the women's world record times were officially acknowledged in 1958.[citation needed] In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body has recognized world records since 3 March 1991.
Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Location |
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59.30 | Dmitry Volkov | ![]() |
Feb 10, 1990 | Bonn, West Germany |
59.07 | Phil Rogers | ![]() |
27 August 1993 | Melbourne, Australia |
59.02 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve | ![]() |
February 17, 1996 | Bastogne, Belgium |
58.79 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve | ![]() |
Dec 4, 1998 | Texas, United States |
58.51 | Roman Sludnov | ![]() |
March 17, 2000 | Athens, Greece |
58.05 | Ed Moses | ![]() |
March 24, 2000 | Minneapolis, United States |
57.66 | Ed Moses | ![]() |
March 24, 2000 | Minneapolis, United States |
57.47 | Ed Moses | ![]() |
January 23, 2002 | Stockholm, Sweden |
56.88 | Cameron van der Burgh | ![]() |
November 9, 2008 | Moscow, Russia |
55.99 | Cameron van der Burgh | ![]() |
August 9, 2009 | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
55.61 | Cameron van der Burgh | ![]() |
November 15, 2009 | Berlin, Germany |
55.49 | Adam Peaty | ![]() |
November 15, 2020 | Budapest, Hungary |
55.41 | Adam Peaty | ![]() |
November 22, 2020 | Budapest, Hungary |
55.34 | Ilya Shymanovich | ![]() |
December 19, 2020 | Brest, Belarus |
55.32 | Ilya Shymanovich | ![]() |
November 19, 2021 | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
55.28 | Ilya Shymanovich | ![]() |
November 26, 2021 | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Location |
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1:06.58[1] | Dai Guohong | ![]() |
December 4, 1993 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
1:05.70[2] | Samantha Riley | ![]() |
December 1, 1995 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
1:05.57 | Penelope Heyns | ![]() |
September 1999 | Johannesburg, South Africa |
1:05.40 | Penelope Heyns | ![]() |
September 26, 1999 | Durban, South Africa |
1:05.29 | Emma Igelström | ![]() |
March 15, 2003 | Stockholm, Sweden |
1:05.11 | Emma Igelström | ![]() |
March 16, 2003 | Stockholm, Sweden |
1:05.09 | Leisel Jones | ![]() |
November 28, 2003 | Melbourne, Australia |
1:04.79 | Tara Kirk | ![]() |
March 18, 2004 | Austin, USA |
1:04.12 | Leisel Jones | ![]() |
August 27, 2006 | Hobart, Australia |
1:03.86 | Leisel Jones | ![]() |
August 28, 2006 | Hobart, Australia |
1:03.72 | Leisel Jones | ![]() |
April 26, 2008 | Canberra, Australia |
1:03.00 | Leisel Jones | ![]() |
November 14, 2009 | Berlin, Germany |
1:02.70 | Rebecca Soni | ![]() |
December 19, 2009 | Manchester, England |
1:02.36 | Rūta Meilutytė | ![]() |
October 12, 2013 | Moscow, Russia |
1:02.36 =[3] | Alia Atkinson | ![]() |
December 3, 2014 | Doha, Qatar |
1:02.36 =[4] | Alia Atkinson | ![]() |
August 26, 2016 | Chartres, France |
Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue | Ref |
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1 | 56.88 | ![]() |
21 July 2019 | Gwangju | |
2 | 57.69 | ![]() |
24 July 2023 | Fukuoka | [6] |
6 October 2023 | Berlin | [7] | |||
3 | 57.80 | ![]() |
24 July 2021 | Tokyo | [8] |
4 | 58.14 | ![]() |
13 June 2021 | Omaha | [9] |
5 | 58.26 | ![]() |
19 June 2022 | Budapest | [10] |
12 August 2022 | Rome | [11] | |||
6 | 58.29 | ![]() |
24 March 2019 | Marseille | |
7 | 58.36 | ![]() |
30 June 2023 | Indianapolis | [12] |
8 | 58.46 | ![]() |
29 July 2012 | London | |
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22 July 2019 | Gwangju | |||
10 | 58.58 | ![]() |
27 July 2009 | Rome | |
11 | 58.63 | ![]() |
22 July 2019 | Gwangju | |
12 | 58.64 | ![]() |
27 July 2009 | Rome | |
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23 July 2017 | Budapest | |||
14 | 58.67 | ![]() |
11 June 2009 | Kharkiv | |
15 | 58.71 | ![]() |
25 July 2011 | Shanghai | |
16 | 58.73 | ![]() |
14 April 2023 | Riccione | [13] |
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20 April 2024 | Shenzhen | [14] | ||
18 | 58.74 | ![]() |
14 June 2021 | Omaha | [15] |
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23 July 2023 | Fukuoka | [16] | ||
20 | 58.78 | ![]() |
16 June 2018 | Monaco | |
21 | 58.79 | ![]() |
29 July 2013 | Barcelona | |
22 | 58.83 | ![]() |
26 October 2020 | Kazan | |
23 | 58.85 | ![]() |
3 August 2019 | Istanbul | |
24 | 58.87 | ![]() |
7 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | |
25 | 58.90 | ![]() |
2 April 2012 | Tokyo |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 58.90:
Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue | Ref |
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1 | 55.28 | ![]() |
26 November 2021 | Eindhoven | [18] |
2 | 55.41 | ![]() |
22 November 2020 | Budapest | |
3 | 55.56 | ![]() |
5 December 2021 | Eindhoven | [19] |
4 | 55.61 | ![]() |
15 November 2009 | Berlin | |
5 | 55.63 | ![]() |
4 November 2021 | Kazan | [20] |
6 | 55.74 | ![]() |
10 November 2020 | Budapest | |
7 | 55.77 | ![]() |
16 October 2021 | Tokyo | [21] |
8 | 55.79 | ![]() |
4 November 2021 | Kazan | [22] |
9 | 56.02 | ![]() |
15 December 2017 | Copenhagen | |
10 | 56.11 | ![]() |
26 October 2019 | Tokyo | |
31 October 2020 | Budapest | ||||
11 | 56.15 | ![]() |
16 December 2017 | Copenhagen | |
12 | 56.16 | ![]() |
19 November 2017 | Kazan | |
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28 October 2021 | Kazan | [23] | ||
14 | 56.25 | ![]() |
4 September 2014 | Guaratinguetá | |
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21 November 2022 | Kazan | [24] | ||
15 | 56.29 | ![]() |
11 December 2009 | Istanbul | |
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17 November 2019 | College Park | |||
18 | 56.30 | ![]() |
25 October 2020 | Budapest | |
19 | 56.31 | ![]() |
27 October 2022 | Beijing | [25] |
20 | 56.33 | ![]() |
1 October 2016 | Beijing | |
21 | 56.34 | ![]() |
15 November 2018 | Singapore | |
22 | 56.43 | ![]() |
12 December 2015 | Indianapolis | |
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27 October 2022 | Beijing | [26] | ||
24 | 56.55 | ![]() |
11 November 2009 | Stockholm | |
25 | 56.60 | ![]() |
10 August 2021 | São Paulo |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 56.60:
Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue | Ref |
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1 | 1:04.13 | ![]() |
25 July 2017 | Budapest | |
2 | 1:04.35 | ![]() |
29 July 2013 | Barcelona | |
3 | 1:04.36 | ![]() |
24 July 2017 | Budapest | |
4 | 1:04.39 | ![]() |
21 April 2024 | Shenzhen | |
5 | 1:04.45 | ![]() |
7 August 2009 | Federal Way | |
6 | 1:04.82 | ![]() |
25 July 2021 | Tokyo | |
7 | 1:04.84 | ![]() |
27 July 2009 | Rome | |
8 | 1:04.92 | ![]() |
19 April 2023 | Kazan | [28] |
9 | 1:04.95 | ![]() |
27 July 2021 | Tokyo | |
10 | 1:05.03 | ![]() |
25 July 2017 | Budapest | |
11 | 1:05.09 | ![]() |
20 March 2006 | Melbourne | |
12 | 1:05.19 | ![]() |
2 March 2022 | Tokyo | [29] |
13 | 1:05.32 | ![]() |
29 August 2009 | Beijing | |
14 | 1:05.35 | ![]() |
7 August 2009 | Federal Way | |
15 | 1:05.37 | ![]() |
14 June 2021 | Omaha | [30] |
16 | 1:05.47 | ![]() |
17 October 2009 | Jinan | |
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2 August 2022 | Birmingham | [31] | ||
18 | 1:05.48 | ![]() |
30 June 2023 | Indianapolis | [32] |
19 | 1:05.55 | ![]() |
24 July 2023 | Fukuoka | [33] |
20 | 1:05.58 | ![]() |
31 March 2022 | San Antonio | [34] |
21 | 1:05.63 | ![]() |
21 September 2021 | Xi'an | [35] |
22 | 1:05.64 | ![]() |
6 December 2009 | Hong Kong | |
23 | 1:05.66 | ![]() |
25 July 2021 | Tokyo | |
24 | 1:05.67 | ![]() |
25 June 2021 | Rome | [36] |
25 | 1:05.70 | ![]() |
9 April 2022 | Riccione | [37] |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:05.70:
Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue | Ref |
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1 | 1:02.36 | ![]() |
12 October 2013 | Moscow | |
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3 December 2014 | Doha | |||
26 August 2016 | Chartres | ||||
3 | 1:02.50 | ![]() |
22 November 2020 | Budapest | |
4 | 1:02.70 | ![]() |
19 December 2009 | Manchester | |
5 | 1:02.91 | ![]() |
3 September 2016 | Moscow | |
6 | 1:02.92 | ![]() |
30 August 2016 | Berlin | |
7 | 1:03.00 | ![]() |
14 November 2009 | Berlin | |
8 | 1:03.15 | ![]() |
28 October 2022 | Beijing | [39] |
9 | 1:03.21 | ![]() |
6 December 2023 | Ostopeni | [40] |
10 | 1:03.30 | ![]() |
14 November 2009 | Berlin | |
11 | 1:03.50 | ![]() |
20 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [41] |
12 | 1:03.53 | ![]() |
24 November 2022 | Kazan | [42] |
13 | 1:03.55 | ![]() |
15 November 2020 | Budapest | |
14 | 1:03.57 | ![]() |
22 November 2020 | Budapest | |
15 | 1:03.69 | ![]() |
12 November 2020 | Budapest | |
16 | 1:03.71 | ![]() |
24 November 2022 | Kazan | [43] |
17 | 1:03.73 | ![]() |
21 November 2009 | Singapore | |
18 | 1:03.74 | ![]() |
10 August 2013 | Berlin | |
19 | 1:03.80 | ![]() |
20 October 2019 | Lewisville | |
20 | 1:03.89 | ![]() |
25 October 2020 | Pietermaritzburg | |
21 | 1:03.90 | ![]() |
12 September 2021 | Naples | |
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15 December 2022 | Melbourne | [44] | ||
23 | 1:03.92 | ![]() |
20 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [45] |
24 | 1:03.93 | ![]() |
14 December 2022 | Melbourne | [46] |
25 | 1:03.96 | ![]() |
5 December 2014 | Doha |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:03.96: