World record progression 200 metres backstroke

This is a history of the progression of the world record for the 200-meter backstroke event.

It is a listing of the fastest-time-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50-meter) and short course (25-meter) swimming pools.

These records are maintained/recognized by FINA, which oversees international competitive swimming and aquatics.

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

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:55.25: Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:49.09: Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:06.74: Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:01.58:

Graphs of the progression of the World Records in all four strokes (50 m, 100 m and 200 m distances) until 2010.