What is the fastest 200 breaststroke time?
Long course
| Time | Swimmer | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2:07.01 | Akihiro Yamaguchi | September 15, 2012 |
| 2:06.67 | Ippei Watanabe | January 29, 2017 |
| 2:06.67 | Matthew Wilson | July 25, 2019 |
| 2:06.12 | Anton Chupkov | July 26, 2019 |
Who holds the world record for men’s 200m breaststroke?
Aaron Peirsol
Caeleb Dressel holds the most world records in men’s swimming with nine (four individual and five relays)….Men.
| Event | 200m backstroke |
|---|---|
| Time | 1:51.92 |
| ss | |
| Name | Aaron Peirsol |
| Nationality | United States |
What female swimmer has the most Olympic medals?
Swimmer Jenny Thompson
Swimming. Swimmer Jenny Thompson is the most decorated American female in Olympic history, winning 12 medals over the course of four Olympic Games: eight gold, three silver and one bronze.
Who was the women’s 200m breaststroke world record holder?
Americans Lilly King and Annie Lazor both took home medals in the women’s 200m breaststroke, though neither could catch South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker, who set the first swimming individual world record in Tokyo.
What was Schoenmaker’s time in the 100m breaststroke?
Schoenmaker had already broken one Olympic record in Tokyo, in the 100-metre breaststroke preliminary rounds with a time of 1:04.82. She ended up claiming silver in the 100-metre event on Monday.
How did the world record for breaststroke get nullified?
There have been two rule changes enacted by FINA for this event that have resulted in the nullification of world records. In the mid-1930s, many breaststroke swimmers began practicing an early variant of the butterfly stroke that involved recovering the arms above the water in an effort to reduce drag.
Are there any swimming records in the Olympics?
In the Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, both men and women competed in eighteen events in the pool. Of the 35 pool-based events, swimmers from the United States hold fourteen records, Australia seven, China four, Hungary three, Great Britain and South Africa two each, and one each to the Ukraine, Russian Olympic Committee and Sweden.