--- Results,
Rankings, and Records ---
ALL-TIME WORLD PERFORMERS-PERFORMANCES RANKINGS
Compiled by Bill Bell, The Write Stuff |
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** World Record
# 2nd-Performance All-Time
*' European Record
*+ Commonwealth Record
*" Latin-South American Record
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' U.S. Open Record
* National Record
r Relay Split
p Preliminary Time
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+ Olympic Record
^ World Championship Record
a Asian Record
h Hand time
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| WOMEN'S EVENT |
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| 200 METER BUTTERFLY |
| Top 97 Performances |
| 2:05.96** |
Mary T. Meagher, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Brown Deer |
08-13-81 |
| 2:06.09# |
Meagher |
U.S. Nationals |
Mission Viejo |
08-05-85 |
| 2:06.37 |
Meagher |
U.S. "Olympic Trials" |
Irvine |
07-30-80 |
| 2:06.39 |
Meagher |
U.S. World Championship Trials |
Orlando |
06-27-86 |
| 2:06.53*+ |
Susan O/Neill, AUS |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-24-99 |
| 2:06.60 |
O/Neill |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-25-99 |
| 2:06.77a |
Limin Liu, CHN |
Asian Games |
Hiroshima |
10-07-94 |
| 2:06.60 |
O/Neill |
Commonwealth Games |
Kuala Lumpur |
9/17/98 |
| 2:06.90+ |
Meagher |
Olympics |
Los Angeles |
08-04-84 |
| 2:07.01 |
Meagher |
AAU Nationals |
Ft. Lauderdale |
08-16-79 |
| 2:07.14 |
Meagher |
U.S. Nationals |
Indianapolis |
08-18-82 |
| 2:07.25^ |
Liu |
World Championships |
Rome |
09-11-94 |
| 2:07.29 |
O'Neill |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Atlanta |
08-10-95 |
| 2:07.32 |
Meagher |
World University Games |
Kobe |
08-30-85 |
| 2:07.33 |
Meagher |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Tokyo |
08-16-85 |
| 2:07.35 |
O/Neill |
AUS Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Brisbane |
03-24-99 |
| 2:07.41 |
Meagher |
U.S. World Championship Trials |
Mission Viejo |
07-24-82 |
| 2:07.42 |
Yun Qu, CHN |
World Championships |
Rome |
09-11-94 |
| 2:07.53 |
Meagher |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
06-30-84 |
| 2:07.73p |
O/Neill |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-24-99 |
| 2:07.76 |
O'Neill |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-26-96 |
| 2:07.82*' |
Cornelia Polit, GDR |
European Championships |
Rome |
08-27-83 |
| 2:07.87 |
Meagher |
U.S. Winter Nationals |
Indianapolis |
03-28-84 |
| 2:07.88 |
Meagher |
USS International |
Austin |
01-08-84 |
| 2:07.93 |
O'Neill |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-18-98 |
| 2:08.03 |
Ines Geissler, GDR |
GDR Nationals |
Gera |
06-18-83 |
| 2:08.09 |
Geissler |
European Championships |
Rome |
08-27-83 |
| 2:08.09 |
O'Neill |
AUS World Championship Trials |
Brisbane |
10-11-97 |
| 2:08.10 |
Qu |
CHN National Games |
Shanghai |
10-19-97 |
| 2:08.26 |
O'Neill |
International Invitational |
Brisbane |
01-11-95 |
| 2:08.34 |
Ning Hu, CHN |
CHN National Games |
Shanghai |
10-19-97 |
| 2:08.41p |
Meagher |
AAU Nationals |
Ft. Lauderdale |
08-16-79 |
| 2:08.41^ |
Meagher |
World Championships |
Madrid |
08-23-86 |
| 2:08.48sf |
Mita |
JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials |
Tokyo |
04-22-00 |
| 2:08.50 |
Geissler |
European Championships |
Split |
09-08-81 |
| 2:08.53 |
Qu |
CHN National Games |
Beijing |
09-14-93 |
| 2:08.54 |
Liu |
CHN Nationals |
Tianjin |
05-10-94 |
| 2:08.59 |
O/Neill |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Fukuoka |
08-10-97 |
| 2:08.63 |
Meagher |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Tokyo |
08-26-83 |
| 2:08.64 |
Geissler |
GDR Nationals |
Erfurt |
05-31-82 |
| 2:08.66 |
Geissler |
World Championships |
Guayaquil |
08-07-82 |
| 2:08.67 |
Summer Sanders, USA |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-31-92 |
| 2:08.69 |
Meagher |
U.S. Winter Nationals |
Austin |
04-09-80 |
| 2:08.69* |
Hitomi Kashima, JPN |
JPN Nationals/OTs |
Tokyo |
04-04-96 |
| 2:08.69 |
O'Neill |
Santa Clara Invitational |
Santa Clara |
06-27-97 |
| 2:08.75 |
Meagher |
USS Invitational |
Austin |
12-08-85 |
| 2:08.78 |
O'Neill |
AUS Nationals/OTs |
Sydney |
04-27-96 |
| 2:08.85 |
Kathleen Nord, GDR |
European Championships |
Strasbourg |
08-23-87 |
| 2:08.86 |
Sanders |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
03-06-92 |
| 2:08.96 |
Geissler |
GDR Nationals |
Magdeburg |
05-27-84 |
| 2:09.01 |
Xiaohong Wang, CHN |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-28-92 |
| 2:09.03 |
O'Neill |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-31-92 |
| 2:09.07 |
Meagher |
Region Invitational |
Louisville |
06-18-81 |
| 2:09.08 |
Meagher |
Seventeen Meet of Champions |
Mission Viejo |
06-20-80 |
| 2:09.08 |
Misty Hyman, USA |
U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Nashville |
08-01-97 |
| 2:09.08 |
Petria Thomas, AUS |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-18-98 |
| 2:09.13 |
Meagher |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Austin |
08-13-88 |
| 2:09.18 |
O/Neill |
Janet Evans Invitational |
Los Angeles |
07-04-97 |
| 2:09.21 |
Meagher |
Meet of Champions |
Mission Viejo |
05-19-84 |
| 2:09.24 |
Sanders |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-13-91 |
| 2:09.26 |
Liu |
CHN National Games |
Beijing |
09-14-93 |
| 2:09.26 |
O'Neill |
AUS Pan Pacific Trials |
Adelaide |
03-14-97 |
| 2:09.29 |
Polit |
GDR Nationals |
Gera |
06-18-83 |
| 2:09.29 |
Kristine Quance, USA |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Fukuoka |
08-10-97 |
| 2:09.32p |
Mita |
JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials |
Tokyo |
04-24-00 |
| 2:09.33 |
Nord |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-20-89 |
| 2:09.38 |
Geissler |
Meeting NOK |
East Berlin |
03-03-84 |
| 2:09.43 |
Liu |
U.S. Nationals |
Minneapolis |
08-09-99 |
| 2:09.44 |
Meagher |
FINA Cup |
Tokyo |
09-02-79 |
| 2:09.46 |
Sanders |
Badwill Games |
Federal Way |
07-24-90 |
| 2:09.50 |
Meagher |
URS Dual |
Knoxville |
08-26-82 |
| 2:09.50 |
Wang |
CHN National Games |
Beijing |
09-14-93 |
| 2:09.51 |
Nord |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
09-25-88 |
| 2:09.53 |
Meagher |
U.S. Nationals |
Clovis |
08-03-83 |
| 2:09.54 |
Birte Weigang, GDR |
GDR Olympic Trials |
Potsdam |
07-24-88 |
| 2:09.54 |
O'Neill |
World Championships |
Rome |
09-11-94 |
| 2:09.59 |
Heike Dahne, GDR |
European Championships |
Split |
09-08-81 |
| 2:09.59p |
Meagher |
U.S. Nationals |
Brown Deer |
08-13-81 |
| 2:09.60p |
Meagher |
U.S. Nationals |
Mission Viejo |
08-06-85 |
| 2:09.60 |
Weigang |
European Championships |
Strasbourg |
08-23-87 |
| 2:09.62 |
Geissler |
Meeting NOK |
East Berlin |
02-17-82 |
| 2:09.62 |
Wang |
Asian Games |
Beijing |
09-28-90 |
| 2:09.62p |
Hyman |
U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Nashville |
08-01-97 |
| 2:09.62 |
O/Neill |
AUS CGTs |
Melbourne |
05-02-98 |
| 2:09.64* |
Jessica Deglau, CAN |
Pan-Ams |
Winnipeg |
08-07-99 |
| 2:09.66 |
Qu |
CHN Nationals/OTs |
Tianjin |
04-06-96 |
| 2:09.68 |
Maki Mita, JPN |
JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Tokyo |
06-10-99 |
| 2:09.73* |
Stela Pura, ROM |
BEL Invitational |
Antwerp |
05-22-88 |
| 2:09.76 |
Meagher |
World Championships |
Guayaquil |
08-07-82 |
| 2:09.77 |
Meagher |
Pan-Ams |
San Juan |
07-07-79 |
| 2:09.79p |
Hyman |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-24-99 |
| 2:09.80 |
Meagher |
URS Dual |
Kiev |
08-23-81 |
| 2:09.81 |
Geissler |
URS Dual |
Moscow |
03-16-82 |
| 2:09.81 |
Geissler |
FRA Championships |
Toulouse |
03-20-82 |
| 2:09.82p |
O'Neill |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Atlanta |
08-10-95 |
| 2:09.82 |
Thomas |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-26-96 |
| 2:09.84 |
Sanders |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Edmonton |
08-22-91 |
| 2:09.84 |
O'Neill |
Pre-World Chmps. Invitational |
Canberra |
12-13-97 |
| 2:09.85 |
Quance |
U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Nashville |
08-01-97 |
| 2:09.86 |
Geissler |
Friendship Games |
Moscow |
08-25-84 |
| Remaining Top 100 Performers |
| 2:09.87 |
Andrea Pollack, GDR |
GDR Nationals |
East Berlin |
07-04-78 |
| 2:09.87 |
Tracy Caulkins, USA |
World Championships |
West Berlin |
08-26-78 |
| 2:09.88 |
Mika Haruna, JPN |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-31-92 |
| 2:09.91* |
Michelle Smith, IRL |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-26-96 |
| 2:09.93* |
Mette Jacobsen, DEN |
Saarland Open |
Greve |
01-30-99 |
| 2:10.00p |
Rie Shito, JPN |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Edmonton |
08-22-91 |
| 2:10.00p |
Yuko Nakanishi, JPN |
JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials |
Tokyo |
04-23-00 |
| 2:10.18* |
Katrin Jacke, GER |
GER Nationals/EC Trials |
Leipzig |
05-28-99 |
| 2:10.22 |
Yanyan Wu, CHN |
World Championships |
Perthhai |
01-18-98 |
| 2:10.25 |
Zhu Hong, CHN |
Asian Games |
Hiroshima |
10-08-94 |
| 2:10.25* |
Maria Pelaez, ESP |
European Championships |
Seville |
08-24-97 |
| 2:10.29 |
Tomoko Kunimitsu, JPN |
World University Games |
Fukuoka |
08-27-95 |
| 2:10.40 |
Kara McGrath, USA |
U.S. World Championship Trials |
Orlando |
06-27-86 |
| 2:10.40 |
Hong Qian, CHN |
Asian Games |
Beijing |
09-28-90 |
| 2:10.45 |
Sybille Schonrock, GDR |
Olympics |
Moscow |
07-21-80 |
| 2:10.53 |
Kornelia Gressler, GDR |
GDR Nationals |
East Berlin |
06-22-86 |
| 2:10.55 |
Jacqueline Alex, GDR |
GDR Gala |
East Berlin |
03-03-84 |
| 2:10.55 |
Trina Radke, USA |
U.S. Nationals/WCTs |
Austin |
08-03-90 |
| 2:10.56 |
Karen Phillips, AUS |
Olympics |
Los Angeles |
08-03-84 |
| 2:10.61 |
Yasuko Tajima, JPN |
JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials |
Tokyo |
04-23-00 |
| 2:10.62 |
Zhu Hong, CHN |
CHN Nationals/OTs |
Tianjin |
05-10-94 |
| 2:10.70p |
Yoko Kando, JPN |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Edmonton |
08-22-91 |
| 2:10.71* |
Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN |
European Championships |
Sheffield |
08-08-93 |
| 2:10.80 |
Kaitlin Sandeno, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Federal Way |
03-29-00 |
| 2:10.84 |
Helen Morris, AUS |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Edmonton |
08-22-91 |
| 2:10.85 |
Yasuke Tajima, JPN |
JPN University Championships |
Tokyo |
09-04-98 |
| 2:10.94 |
Jacqueline Jacob, GDR |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-20-89 |
| 2:10.98 |
Julie Gorman, USA |
USS Invitational |
Orlando |
12-07-86 |
| 2:11.03 |
Michelle Griglione, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Orlando |
03-23-88 |
| 2:11.04 |
Whitney Phelps, USA |
U.S. Nationals/WCTs |
Indianapolis |
08-19-94 |
| 2:11.07 |
Nancy Hogshead, USA |
U.S. "Olympic Trials" |
Irvine |
07-30-80 |
| 2:11.09 |
Hayley Lewis, AUS |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-13-91 |
| 2:11.13 |
Mireia Garcia, ESP |
ESP Winter Nationals |
Madrid |
04-07-00 |
| 2:11.18 |
Pamela Minthorn, USA |
U.S. Nationals/WCTs |
Austin |
08-03-90 |
| 2:11.22 |
Rosemarie Gabriel, GDR |
GDR Olympic Trials |
East Berlin |
06-05-76 |
| 2:11.22p |
Molly Freedman, USA |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-24-99 |
| 2:11.23 |
Junko Onishi, JPN |
JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Tokyo |
06-10-99 |
| 2:11.29 |
Michelle Ford, AUS |
Commonwealth Games |
Edmonton |
08-08-78 |
| 2:11.31* |
Tatiana Kurnikova, URS |
GDR Dual |
Kharkov |
03-11-84 |
| 2:11.34* |
Hee-Yeon Choi, KOR |
Asian Games |
Bangkok |
12-11-98 |
| 2:11.40* |
Svetlana Pozdeeva, RUS |
RUS Nationals |
Moscow |
05-25-95 |
| 2:11.40 |
Yi Rungo, CHN |
CHN Nationals |
Shanghai |
04-11-99 |
| 2:11.42 |
Trina Jackson, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Pasadena |
08-01-95 |
| 2:11.46 |
Angie Wester-Krieg, USA |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-31-92 |
| 2:11.48 |
Jill Horstead, CAN |
CAN Nationals |
Montreal |
07-31-85 |
| 2:11.48* |
Cecile Jeanson, FRA |
FRA Winter Nationals |
Annecy |
03-25-95 |
| 2:11.57 |
Kim Linehan, USA |
U.S. "Olympic Trials" |
Irvine |
07-30-80 |
| 2:11.60* |
Otilya Jedrzejczak, POL |
European Championships |
Istanbul |
08-01-99 |
| 2:11.62 |
Kiyomi Takahashi, JPN |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-25-88 |
| 2:11.63 |
Pam Hayden, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Austin |
08-13-88 |
| 2:11.66sfA |
Katrin Jaeke, GER |
European Championships |
Istanbul |
07-31-99 |
| 2:11.70 |
Linda Thompson, USA |
U.S. "Olympic Trials" |
Irvine |
07-30-80 |
| 2:11.70 |
Kelley Davies, USA |
U.S. World Championship Trials |
Orlando |
06-27-86 |
| 2:11.70 |
Julie Kole, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Ft. Lauderdale |
08-13-91 |
| 2:11.70 |
Sophia Skou, DEN |
Mare Nostrom Invitational |
Canet |
06-07-98 |
| 2:11.72 |
Donna McGinnis, CAN |
CAN Nationals |
Montreal |
07-31-85 |
| 2:11.73 |
Yukiko Osada, JPN |
JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Tokyo |
06-10-97 |
| 2:11.74 |
Mayumi Yokoyama, USA |
Women's Cup |
Austin |
01-06-80 |
| 2:11.76* |
Elena Osadchuk, URS |
Friendship Games |
Moscow |
08-25-84 |
| 2:11.81sfA |
Ayari Aoyama, JPN |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-24-99 |
| 2:11.88 |
Julie Majer, AUS |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Kobe |
08-12-93 |
| 2:11.89 |
Erika Hansen, USA |
U.S. World Championship Trials |
Austin |
08-03-90 |
| 2:11.91* |
Ina Beyermann, FRG |
Olympics |
Los Angeles |
08-04-84 |
| 2:11.95 |
Jennifer Button, CAN |
CAN Winter Nationals |
Toronto |
03-09-00 |
| 2:11.96 |
Naoko Kume, JPN |
JPN Nationals |
Tokyo |
08-31-80 |
| 2:11.96 |
Tomiko Hagiwarra, JPN |
World University Games |
Palma de Mallorca |
07-07-99 |
| 2:11.97* |
Samantha Purvis, GBR |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
08-04-84 |
| 2:12.01 |
Anna Uryniuk, POL |
European Championships |
Seville |
08-24-97 |
| 2:12.04 |
Yuko Nakanishi, JPN |
JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Tokyo |
06-10-97 |
| 2:12.04 |
Kate Godfrey, AUS |
Commonwealth Games |
Kuala Lumpur |
09-17-98 |
| 2:12.09 |
Jennifer Button, CAN |
Pan-Ams |
Winnipeg |
08-07-99 |
| 2:12.12 |
Linda Hanel, AUS |
AUS Olympic Trials |
Melbourne |
03-21-80 |
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