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

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

Events at the
British Swimming Championships
Swimming
Freestyle50m100m200m400m
Freestyle800m1500m5000mrelay
Backstroke50m100m200m
Breaststroke50m100m200m
Butterfly50m100m200m
Medley200m400mrelay
British Diving Championships
Springboard1m3msynchro
Platform10msynchro
Plainplain

200 metres breaststroke champions

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

See also

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