Swimming World Results Top 150

ALL-TIME WORLD PERFORMERS-PERFORMANCES RANKINGS Compiled by Bill Bell, The Write Stuff

KEY
** World Record # 2nd-Performance All-Time ' European Record + Commonwealth Record *" Latin-South American Record	' U.S. Open Record * National Record r Relay Split p Preliminary Time	+ Olympic Record ^ World Championship Record a Asian Record h Hand time

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200 METER BUTTERFLY
Top 150 Performances
1:55.22	Denis Pankratov, RUS	Speedo/Canet Invitational	Canet	06-14-95
1:55.41*#	Tom Malchow, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-25-99
1:55.69	MelvinStewart, USA	World Championships	Perth	01-12-91
1:55.72	Stewart	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-04-92
1:55.76sfB	Malchow	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-24-99
1:56.16*	Denis Sylantyev, UKR	GER Dual/Goodwill Games	East Meadow	08-02-98
1:56.07p	Malchows	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-24-99
1:56.17*	Franck Esposito, FRA	FRA Nationals/EC Trials	Dunkirk	05-14-99
1:56.24*	Michael Gross, FRG	FRG Nationals/WCTs	Hannover	06-28-86
1:56.25	Pankratov	European Championships	Sheffield	08-07-93
1:56.26+	Stewart	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
1:56.32p	Esposito	World Championships	Perth	01-14-98
1:56.34	Pankratov	European Championships	Vienna	08-27-95
1:56.34*+	Stephan Parry	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-29-00
1:56.45	Pankratov	Speedo/Canet Invitational	Canet	06-12-94
1:56.48	Gross	FRG Olympic Trials	Karlsruhe	07-23-88
1:56.51	Pankratov	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:56.53	Gross	World Championships	Madrid	08-22-86
1:56.54	Pankratov	World Championships	Rome	09-10-94
1:56.60	Esposito	FRA Winter Nationals	Rennes	03-23-00
1:56.61	Sylantyev	World Championships	Perth	01-14-98
1:56.64	Sylantyev	World All Stars Dual/GWGs	East Meadow	07-29-98
1:56.65	Gross	European Championships	Sofia	08-10-85
1:56.67	Malchow	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-29-00
1:56.69	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Ft. Lauderdale	08-13-91
1:56.72	Pankratov	Speedo/Canet Invitational	Canet	05-30-93
1:56.73	Pankratov	FISM Championships	Rome	09-11-95
1:56.75	Malchow	U.S. Nationals	Clovis	08-12-98
1:56.75a	Takashi Yamamoto, JPN	Asian Games	Bangkok	12-10-98
1:56.77	Esposito	World Championships	Perth	01-14-98
1:56.78	Gross, GER	World Championships	Perth	01-12-91
1:56.81p	Ugur Taner, USA	U.S. Nationals	Clovis	08-12-98
1:56.83	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	04-04-91
1:56.86*+	Scott Goodman, AUS	AUS Pan Pacific Trials	Adelaide	03-14-97
1:56.94	Gross	Olympics	Seoul	09-24-88
1:56.99p	Stewart	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
1:56.99p	Yamamoto	World Championships	Perth	01-14-98
1:57.01	Gross	FRG Nationals	Remscheid	06-28-85
1:57.04	Jon Sieben, AUS	Olympics	Los Angeles	08-03-84
1:57.05	Gross	European Championships	Rome	08-26-83
1:57.05	Stewart	Goodwill Games	Federal Way	07-21-90
1:57.06	Sylantyev	Mare Nostrom Invitational	Canet	06-09-98
1:57.07	Goodman	AUS Nationals/OTs	Sydney	04-24-96
1:57.09	Goodman	AUS World Championship Trials	Brisbane	10-08-97
1:57.09	Yamamoto	JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials	Tokyo	06-10-99
1:57.11*	James Hickman, GBR	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur	09-16-98
1:57.20	Esposito	European Championships	Istanbul	07-29-99
1:57.24	Esposito	European Championships	Seville	08-23-97
1:57.26	Malchow	World Championships	Perth	01-14-98
1:57.27*	Anthony Mosse, NZL	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh	07-29-86
1:57.28	Sylantyev	Trofeu Brasil	Rio	06-03-99
1:57.29	Sylantyev	European Championships	Istanbul	07-29-99
1:57.33	Mosse	Commonwealth Games	Auckland	01-28-90
1:57.33p	Stewart	U.S. Nationals/WCTs	Austin	08-02-90
1:57.33	Pankratov	RUS Nationals/OTs	Moscow	04-24-96
1:57.33	Pankratov	RUS Nationals/EC Trials	Moscow	05-17-97
1:57.33	Yamamoto	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-25-99
1:57.34	Pankratov	Speedo/Canet Invitational	Canet	05-31-97
1:57.35	Taner	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-10-97
1:57.39	Malchow	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-09-96
1:57.40	Gross	Olympics	Los Angeles	08-03-84
1:57.40	Pankratov	Mare Nostrom Invitational	Monte Carlo	06-18-94
1:57.41p	Gross	FRG Nationals	Hannover	06-24-86
1:57.43	Stewart	U.S. Nationals/WCTs	Austin	08-02-90
1:57.44	Malchow	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:57.48	Goodman	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:57.49p	Gross	FRG Olympic Trials	Munich	06-11-84
1:57.50	Yamamoto	World Championships	Perth	01-14-98
1:57.50	Taner	U.S. Nationals	Clovis	08-12-98
1:57.51*"	Rafael Vidal, VEN	Olympics	Los Angeles	08-03-84
1:57.53	Thomas Rupprath, GER	GER Nationals/EC Trials	Leipzig	05-27-99
1:57.55	Esposito	RUS Dual/Goodwil Games	East Meadow	07-29-98
1:57.58	Esposito	FRA Winter Nationals	Mennecy	04-21-93
1:57.59	Gross	European Championships	Strasbourg	08-22-87
1:57.62p	Sylantyev	World Championships	Perth	01-14-98
1:57.62	Esposito	GER Dual/Goodwill Games	East Meadow	08-02-98
1:57.66	Pankratov	Mare Nostrom Invitational	Monte Carlo	06-17-95
1:57.66	Ray Carey, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-09-96
1:57.68sfB	Taner	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-24-99
1:57.70	Yamamoto	Region of Waterloo Sr. Chmps.	Etobicoke	05-15-99
1:57.71	Malchow	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-10-97
1:57.74*	Benny Nielsen, DEN	European Championships	Strasbourg	08-22-87
1:57.75	Pablo Morales, USA	Olympics	Los Angeles	08-03-84
1:57.77p	Goodman	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:57.77	Yamamoto	JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials	Tokyo	04-22-00
1:57.82	Taner	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-25-99
1:57.83p	Malchow	U.S. Nationals	Clovis	08-12-98
1:57.86	Scott Miller, AUS	Pan-Pacific Championships	Atlanta	08-10-95
1:57.88	Gross	World University Games	Kobe	08-29-85
1:57.88	Goodman	Pre-World Chmps. Invitational	Canberra	12-14-97
1:57.89	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Orlando	03-23-88
1:57.89	Stewart	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-06-96
1:57.89	Anatoliy Poliakov, RUS	European Championships	Istanbul	07-29-99
1:57.92	Stewart	Pan-Pacific Championships	Edmonton	08-22-91
1:57.92	Hickman	GBR Nationals/EC Trials	Sheffield	07-08-99
1:57.93	Danyon Loader, NZL	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
1:57.93	Miller	AUS Nationals	Perth	03-30-95
1:57.94	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Los Angeles	08-03-89
1:57.94p	Taner	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-10-97
1:57.96	Hisayoshi Tanaka, JPN	JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials	Tokyo	04-22-00
1:57.96	Miller	AUS Nationals/OTs	Sydney	04-24-96
1:57.96	Poliakov	RUS Nationals/EC Trials	Moscow	06-25-99
1:57.97p	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Ft. Lauderdale	08-14-91
1:57.97	Miller	AUS Nationals	Perth	03-24-93
1:57.97	Pankratov	Mare Nostrom Invitational	Barcelona	06-15-94
1:57.99	Stewart	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-04-92
1:57.99	Loader	World Championships	Rome	09-10-94
1:57.99	Esposito	USA Dual/Goodwill Games	East Meadow	07-31-98
1:58.01	Craig Beardsley, USA	URS Dual	Kiev	08-22-81
1:58.01	Pankratov	Mare Nostrom Invitational	Monte Carlo	05-26-96
1:58.01	Yamamoto	East Asian Games	Pusan	05-06-97
1:58.02	Silaniev	UKR Winter Nationals	Khakov	03-24-00
1:58.04	Esposito	FRA Winter Nationals	Lille	03-18-94
1:58.04p	Sylantyev	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:58.05	Stewart	Pan-Pacific Championships	Brisbane	08-13-87
1:58.07	Morales	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	06-29-84
1:58.07	Esposito	FRA Winter Nationals/OTs	Dunkirk	04-04-96
1:58.09p	Gross	Olympics	Seoul	09-24-88
1:58.09p	Yamamoto	CAN Winter Nationals	Toronto	03-10-00
1:58.10	Esposito	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:58.11	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Austin	07-27-93
1:58.11	Chris-Carol Bremer, GER	World Championships	Rome	09-10-94
1:58.13	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Clovis	07-28-87
1:58.13	Pankratov	RUS Winter Nationals	Moscow	02-20-97
1:58.14p	Beardsley	U.S. WCTs	Mission Viejo	07-23-82
1:58.14*	Tom Ponting, CAN	CAN Olympic Trials	Montreal	05-31-88
1:58.15p	Loader	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
1:58.16p	Hickman	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:58.20	Goodman	AIS Pre-Olympic	Canberra	03-31-96
1:58.20p	Malchow	World Championships	Perth	01-14-98
1:58.21p	Beardsley	U.S. "Olympic Trials"	Irvine	07-30-80
1:58.22	Gross	FRG Nationals	Hannover	06-25-83
1:58.24	Nielsen	Olympics	Seoul	09-24-88
1:58.24	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Minneapolis	03-16-95
1:58.25*	Tamas Darnyi, HUN	World Championships	Perth	01-12-91
1:58.28	Mosse	Olympics	Seoul	09-24-88
1:58.28	Miller	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:58.28p	Pankratov	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:58.28p	Willia Kirby, AUS	ACT Open Championships	Canberra	04-22-00
1:58.29p	Malchow	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-10-97
1:58.30	Loader	Pan-Pacific Championships	Kobe	08-12-93
1:58.30	Esposito	Mare Nostrom Invitational	Monte Carlo	05-26-96
1:58.32	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-31-94
1:58.33	Beardsley	URS Dual	Knoxville	08-26-82
1:58.33p	Stewart	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	04-04-91
1:58.33	Hickman	GBR Winter Nationals./WCTs	Sheffield	12-11-97
1:58.34	Goodman	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-10-97
1:58.35	Sylantyev	UKR Nationals	Kiev	05-28-95
1:58.36	Mosse	World Championships	Madrid	08-22-86
1:58.36	Carey	World University Games	Sheffield	07-20-91
1:58.36	Esposito	Latin Cup	Firenza	04-03-93
1:58.36	Hickman	GBR Nationals/CG Trials	Sheffield	07-09-98
1:58.37p	Gross	FRG Nationals	Hannover	06-24-83
1:58.37	Sylantyev	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:58.37	Malchow	U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials	Nashville	07-28-97
1:58.39	Esposito	Coupe de France	Millau	07-25-98
1:58.41p	Gross	World Championships	Perth	01-13-91
1:58.42	Morales	U.S. WCTs	Orlando	06-26-86
1:58.42	Taner	World Championships	Rome	09-10-94
Remaining Top 100 Performers
1:58.43*	Stefan Aartsen, NED	European Championships	Seville	08-23-97
1:58.50p	Shameck Pietucha, CAN	Pan-Ams	Winnipeg	08-07-99
1:58.51*	Vadim Yaroschuk, URS	European Championships	Strasbourg	08-22-87
1:58.53	Dave Wharton, USA	U.S. Nationals	Los Angeles	08-03-89
1:58.53p	Justin Norris, AUS	NSWIS/ZOGGS Invitational	Sydney	03-26-00
1:58.54	Matt Hooper, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-09-96
1:58.60*	Andrea Oriana, ITA	FISM Championships	Rome	09-04-98
1:58.61	Norris	ACT Open Championships	Canberra	04-22-00
1:58.66*	Konrad Galka, POL	World Championships	Rome	09-10-94
1:58.68	Martin Roberts, AUS	AUS Nationals/OTs	Canberra	04-02-92
1:58.69	Jeff Somensatto, USA	World University Games	Palma de Mallorca	07-05-99
1:58.72	Chris Rives, USA	U.S. WCTs	Orlando	06-26-86
1:58.72	William Kirby, AUS	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-25-99
1:58.72	Norris	NSWIS/ZOGGS Invitational	Sydney	03-26-00
1:58.76p	Peter Horvath, HUN	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:58.78	Stephan Parry, GBR	European Championships	Seville	08-23-97
1:58.83	Aleksandr Prigoda, URS	Friendship Games	Moscow	08-26-84
1:58.89	Rafal Szukala, POL	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
1:58.92	Dave Wilson, AUS	ESSO Cup	Vancouver	05-17-87
1:58.92	Steve Brown, USA	U.S. Nationals	Minneapolis	04-02-98
1:58.95	Mike Heath, USA	USS International	Austin	12-08-85
1:58.96	Sergey Fesenko, URS	USA Dual	Knoxville	08-26-82
1:58.97	Keiichi Kawanaka, JPN	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
1:58.98	Greg Shaw, AUS	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-25-99
1:58.98p*	Andrew Livingston-Connors, PUR	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-29-00
1:58.99	Attila Czene, HUN	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:59.00*	Ricardo Prado, BRA	Pan-Ams	Caracas	08-21-83
1:59.02	Michael Phelps, USA	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-29-00
1:59.03	Alexi Kolesnikov, RUS	RUS Nationals/OTs	Moscow	04-24-96
1:59.05	Yann deFabrique, FRA	FRA Nationals	Rennes	03-23-00
1:59.07*	Xufeng Xie, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-15-97
1:59.07*	Ioan Gherghel, ROM	Arena Meeting Y2K	Vienna	04-29-00
1:59.10	Bart Pippenger, USA	U.S. Nationals/WCTs	Austin	08-02-90
1:59.12	Oliver Lampe, GER	GER Nationals	Warendorf	06-22-95
1:59.13	Mike Bruner, USA	U.S. "Olympic Trials"	Irvine	07-30-80
1:59.14	Pat Kennedy, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	06-29-84
1:59.14p*	Kyu Chui Han, KOR	World Championships	Perth	01-14-98
1:59.14sfB	Hisayoshi Tanaka, JPN	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-24-99
1:59.16*	Juan Velox, MEX	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-29-00
1:59.19	Tom Wilkens, USA	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-31-00
1:59.21	Massi Eroli, ITA	ITA Winter Nationals	Turin	04-19-00
1:59.22	Paolo Revelli, ITA	ITA Nationals/EC Trials	Rome	07-16-83
1:59.22	Vlastimil Cerny, CAN	Pan-Pacific Championships	Tokyo	08-15-85
1:59.28	Ioan Gherghel, ROM	European Championships	Istanbul	07-29-99
1:59.32*	Vesa Hanski, FIN	European Championships	Seville	08-23-97
1:59.34	Robert Pinter, ROM	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
1:59.36	Tony McDonald, AUS	AUS Nationals	Melbourne	02-21-85
1:59.40	Billy Forrester, USA	U.S. "Olympic Trials"	Irvine	07-30-80
1:59.40p	Jon Kelly, CAN	Olympics	Seoul	09-24-88
1:59.40	David Abrard, FRA	FRA Winter Nationals/OTs	Dunkirk	04-07-96
1:59.40	Yann deFabrique, FRA	FRA Nationals	Dunkirk	05-13-99
1:59.44sfA	Justin Norris, AUS	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-25-99
1:59.45	Mike Merrell, USA	U.S. Nationals	Austin	07-27-93
1:59.46*	Marcel Gery, TCH	World Championships	Madrid	08-22-86
1:59.47	Christian Keller, GER	GER Natioanls/EC Trials	Leipzig	05-27-99
1:59.48	Brian Gunn, USA	World University Games	Sheffield	07-20-91
1:59.50p	Nate Dusing, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-10-97
1:59.52p	Mark Dean, USA	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	04-04-91
1:59.54	Steve Gregg, USA	Olympics	Montreal	07-18-76
1:59.59	Bob Patten, USA	U.S. Nationals	Clovis	07-29-87
1:59.63*	Roger Pyttel, GDR	GDR Olympic Trials	East Berlin	06-03-76
1:59.66*	Andrew Livingston-Connors, PUR	Pan-Ams	Winnipeg	08-07-99
1:59.72	Casey Barrett, CAN	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
1:59.74	Martin Hermann, GER	GER Nationals/WCTs	Hannover	07-10-94
1:59.77	Bill O'Brien, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Irvine	07-30-80
1:59.77	Alex Gorguraki, RUS	RUS Nationals/EC Trials	Moscow	06-25-99
1:59.77p	Juan Veloz, MEX	Pan-Ams	Winnipeg	08-07-99
1:59.78	Frank Drost, NED	NED Olympic Trials	Amersfoort	06-22-84
1:59.79	Tomihiro Miyoshi, JPN	JPN Nationals	Nagoya	04-18-92
1:59.81	Massi Eroli, ITA	European Championships	Seville	08-23-97
1:59.82	Matt Rankin, USA	U.S. WCTs	Orlando	06-26-82
1:59.82	Jani Sievinen, FIN	FIN Nationals/EC Trials	Oulu	07-11-95
1:59.82	Devin Howard, USA	Pan-Ams	Winnipeg	08-07-99
1:59.83	Dave Fairbanks, AUS	U.S. Open	Orlando	12-07-86
1:59.87	Falco Fleischmann, GER	GER Nationals/OTs	Braunschweig	05-26-96
1:59.91	Joshua Krogh, AUS	AUS AG Championships	Perth	04-14-00
1:59.92	Matt Pierce, USA	U.S. Nationals	Minneapolis	03-16-95
1:59.99	Peter Ward, CAN	Olympics	Los Angeles	08-13-84