World record progression 200 metres butterfly

This is a history of the progression of the World Record for the Swimming event: the 200 Butterfly.

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

These records are maintained/recognized by FINA, which oversees international competitive Aquatics.

The long course records are historically older than the short course records: the long course records go back to at least the 1950s, whereas the short course marks having only been recognized since the early 1990s.

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:54.16: Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:50.44: Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:05.90: Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:03.35:

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