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[[File:Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m.png|thumb|Graphs of the progression of the World Records in all four strokes (50 m, 100 m and 200 m distances) until 2010.]]

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 [[lonfg 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.

==Men==

===Long course===

====Old regulations====

{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|-
! width="2" |No
!Time
!Name
!Nationality
!Date
!Location
|-
|'''1'''
|align="center" |'''3'04"4'''
|[[Oscar Schiele]]
|{{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[German Empire|Germany]]
|align="center" |27 June 1909
|Berlin, Germany<ref>[http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newspapers/issue/3000119049302?hp=2&page=2&query=%22oskar+schiele%22 Schwimmen im Kochsee]; [[Berliner Volkszeitung]]; 29 June 1909; via the [[European Library]]</ref>
|-
|'''2'''
|align="center" |'''2'59"8'''
|[[George Arnold (swimmer)|George Arnold]]
|{{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[German Empire|Germany]]
|align="center" |3 January 1910
|[[Magdeburg]], Germany
|-
|'''3'''
|align="center" |'''2'56"4'''
|[[Maurice Wechesser]]
|{{flagu|Belgium}}
|align="center" |18 October 1910
|[[Schaerbeek]], Belgium
|-
|'''4'''
|align="center" |'''2'50"6'''
|[[Hermann Pentz]]
|{{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[German Empire|Germany]]
|align="center" |11 March 1911
|[[Magdeburg]], Germany
|-
|'''5'''
|align="center" |'''2'48"4'''
|[[Otto Fahr]]
|{{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[German Empire|Germany]]
|align="center" |3 April 1912
|[[Magdeburg]], Germany
|-
|'''6'''
|align="center" |'''2'47"1'''
|[[Walter Laufer]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |24 June 1926
|[[Bremen]], Germany<ref>{{cite news|title=New World Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5629495/|newspaper=Bluefield Daily Telegraph|date=25 June 1926|page=6|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = June 19, 2016 }} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
|'''7'''
|align="center" |'''2'44"9'''
|[[Walter Laufer]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |11 July 1926
|[[Nuremberg]], Germany
|-
|'''8'''
|align="center" |'''2'38"8'''
|[[Walter Laufer]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |13 July 1926
|[[Magdeburg]], Germany<ref>[http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newspapers/issue/3000094162052?hp=5&page=5&query=laufer&decade=1920-1929&month=7 Uued ilmarekordid]; [[Waba Maa]]; 16 July 1926; via the [[European Library]]</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=LAUFER BREAKS FOURTH SWIM MARK IN GERMANY |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5629576/walter_laufer_in_magdeburg/|newspaper=The Indianapolis News|date=14 July 1926|page=20|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = June 19, 2016 }} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
|'''9'''
|align="center" |'''2'37"8'''
|[[Toshio Irie]]
|{{flagu|Japan}}
|align="center" |14 October 1928
|Tamagawa, Japan<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170135/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ir/toshio-irie-1.html Toshio Irie] at [[sports-reference.com]]</ref>
|-
|'''10'''
|align="center" |'''2'32"2'''
|[[George Kojac]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |16 June 1930
|[[New Haven]], United States
|-
|'''11'''
|align="center" |'''2'27"8'''
|[[Al Vande Weghe]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |30 August 1934
|[[Honolulu]], Hawaii
|-
|'''12'''
|align="center" |'''2'24"0'''
|[[Adolph Kiefer]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |11 April 1935
|[[Chicago]], United States
|-
|'''13'''
|align="center" |'''2'23"0'''
|[[Adolph Kiefer]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |23 May 1941
|[[Honolulu]], Hawaii
|-
|'''14'''
|align="center" |'''2'22"9'''
|[[Harry Holiday]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |18 May 1943
|[[Detroit]], United States
|-
|'''15'''
|align="center" |'''2'19"3'''
|[[Adolph Kiefer]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |4 March 1944
|[[Annapolis]], United States
|-
|'''16'''
|align="center" |'''2'18"5'''
|[[Allen Stack]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="center" |4 May 1949
|[[New Haven]], United States
|-
|'''17'''
|align="center" |'''2'18"3'''
|[[Gilbert Bozon]]
|{{flagu|France}}
|align="center" |26 June 1953
|[[Algiers]], Algeria
|-
|}

====New regulations====
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<!-- These records from 1910 to 1941 have been temporarily hidden because of the doubtful reliability of several of them based on the years of the records and ages of swimmers.  We are working to confirm these records with independent newspaper accounts.
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|number = 
|time = 2:59.8
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|firstname = G.
|lastname = Arnold
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GER}} Germany
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1910|January|3}}
|meet = -
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|country = GER
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{{Swimmingrecord
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|time = 2:56.4
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = W.
|lastname = Weckesser
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1910|October|18}}
|meet = -
|city = Schaerbeek
|country = BEL
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
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{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:50.6
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Hermann
|lastname = Pentz
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GER}} Germany
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1911|March|11}}
|meet = -
|city = Magdeburg
|country = GER
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:48.4
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Otto
|lastname = Fahr
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GER}} Germany
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1912|April|3}}
|meet = -
|city = Magdeburg
|country = GER
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{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:47.1
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Walter
|lastname = Laufer
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1926|June|24}}
|meet = -
|city = Bremen
|country = GER
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:44.9
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Walter
|lastname = Laufer
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1926|July|11}}
|meet = -
|city = Nuremberg
|country = GER
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
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{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:38.8
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Walter
|lastname = Laufer
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1926|July|13}}
|meet = -
|city = Magdeburg
|country = GER
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{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:37.8
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Toshio
|lastname = Irie
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1928|October|14}}
|meet = -
|city = Tamagawa
|country = JPN
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:32.2
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = George
|lastname = Kojac
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1928|October|14}}
|meet = -
|city New Haven
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:27.8
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Al
|lastname = Vande Weghe
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1928|July|13}}
|meet = -
|city = Honolulu
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:24.0
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Adolph
|lastname = Kiefer
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1928|October|14}}
|meet = -
|city = Chicago
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:23.0
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Adolph
|lastname = Kiefer
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1930|June|16}}
|meet = -
|city = Honolulu
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:22.9
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Harry
|lastname = Holiday
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1934|August|30}}
|meet = -
|city = Detroit
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:19.3
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Adolph
|lastname = Kiefer
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1935|April|11}}
|meet = -
|city = Annapolis
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 
|time = 2:18.5
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Allen
|lastname = Stack
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
|date = {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1941|May|23}}
|meet = -
|city = New Haven
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}} -->
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =01 
|time = 2:18.5
|recordinfo =
|firstname = Allen
|lastname = Stack
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1949|May|4}}
|meet = -
|city = New Haven
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen>International Swimming Hall of Fame, Current Exhibits, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100716153323/http://www.ishof.org/exhibits/world_records/200back_men.htm  World Records: Men - 200m Backstroke].  Archived July 16, 2010.  Retrieved March 12, 2015.</ref><ref>Associated Press, "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/28091981/?terms=%22Frank%2BMcKinney%22%2B2%3A17.9  Sets Swim Record]", ''The Ottawa Journal'' (May 5, 1949).|Retrieved March 12, 2015.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =02 
|time = 2:18.3
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Gilbert
|lastname = Bozon
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|France}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1953|June|26}}
|meet = -
|city = Algiers
|country = ALG
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =03 
|time = 2:18.8
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = John
|lastname = Monckton
|namearticle = John Monckton (swimmer)
|club = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1958|January|15}}
|meet = -
|city = Sydney
|country = AUS
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =04 
|time = 2:18.4
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = John
|lastname = Monckton
|namearticle = John Monckton (swimmer)
|club = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1958|February|18}}
|meet = -
|city = Melbourne
|country = AUS
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =05 
|time = 2:17.9
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Frank
|lastname = McKinney
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1959|July|12}}
|meet = -
|city = Los Altos, California{{!}}Los Altos
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/><ref>United Press International, "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/10769612/?terms=%22Frank%2BMcKinney%22%2B2%3A17.9  Paddler Sets Record in Back Event]", ''The Salt Lake Tribune'', p. 26 (July 13, 1959).  Retrieved March 12, 2015.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =06 
|time = 2:17.8
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Frank
|lastname = McKinney
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1959|July|25}}
|meet = -
|city = Osaka
|country = JPN
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/><ref>Associated Press, "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/28091981/?terms=%22Frank%2BMcKinney%22%2B2%3A17.9  U.S. Swimmers Take Early Lead in Jap Swimming Meet]", ''The Ogden Standard-Examiner'', p. 2B (July 26, 1959).  Retrieved March 12, 2015.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =07 
|time = 2:17.6
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Chuck
|lastname = Bittick
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1960|June|26}}
|meet = -
|city = Los Angeles
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =08 
|time = 2:16.0
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Tom
|lastname = Stock
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1960|July|24}}
|meet = -
|city = Toledo, Ohio{{!}}Toledo
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =09 
|time = 2:13.2
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Tom
|lastname = Stock
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1961|July|2}}
|meet = -
|city = Chicago
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =10 
|time = 2:11.5
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Tom
|lastname = Stock
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1961|August|20}}
|meet = -
|city = Los Angeles
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =11 
|time = 2:10.9
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Tom
|lastname = Stock
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1962|August|10}}
|meet = -
|city = Cuyahoga Falls
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =12 
|time = 2:10.3
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Jed
|lastname = Graef
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1964|October|13}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]]
|city = Tokyo
|country = JPN
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =13 
|time = 2:09.4
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Charles
|lastname = Hickcox
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1967|August|29}}
|meet = [[1967 Summer Universiade]]
|city = Tokyo
|country = JPN
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =14 
|time = 2:07.9
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Roland
|lastname = Matthes
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1967|November|8}}
|meet = -
|city = Leipzig
|country = GDR
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =15 
|time = 2:07.5
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Roland
|lastname = Matthes
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1968|August|14}}
|meet = GDR Olympic Trials
|city = Leipzig
|country = GDR
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =16 
|time = 2:07.4
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Roland
|lastname = Matthes
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1969|July|12}}
|meet = Santa Clara Invitational
|city = Santa Clara, California{{!}}Santa Clara
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/U1637718/roland-matthes-being-embraced-by-opponent-in|title=Roland Matthes Being Embraced by Opponent in Pool|work=Corbis Images|date=July 12, 1969|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =17 
|time = 2:06.6
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Gary
|lastname = Hall
|namearticle = Gary Hall Sr.
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1969|August|14}}
|meet = AAU Nationals
|city = Louisville ||cityarticle = Louisville, Kentucky
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =17 
|time = 2:06.6
|recordinfo = =
|firstname = Roland
|lastname = Matthes
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1969|August|29}}
|meet = -
|city = Berlin
|country = FRG
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =18 
|time = 2:06.3
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Mike
|lastname = Stamm
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1970|August|20}}
|meet = AAU Nationals
|city = Los Angeles
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =19 
|time = 2:06.1
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Roland
|lastname = Matthes
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1970|September|11}}
|meet = European Championships
|city = Barcelona
|country = ESP
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =20 
|time = 2:05.6
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Roland
|lastname = Matthes
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1971|September|3}}
|meet = GDR vs USA Duel
|city = Leipzig
|country = GDR
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =21 
|time = 2:02.8
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Roland
|lastname = Matthes
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1972|July|10}}
|meet = GDR Olympic Trials
|city = Leipzig
|country = GDR
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =21 
|time = 2:02.82
|recordinfo = =
|firstname = Roland
|lastname = Matthes
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1972|September|2}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Summer Olympics]]
|city = Munich
|country = FRG
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =22 
|time = 2:01.87
|firstname = Roland
|lastname = Matthes
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1973|September|6}}
|meet = World Championships
|city = Belgrade
|country = Yugoslavia
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =23 
|time = 2:00.64
|firstname = John
|lastname = Naber
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1976|June|19}}
|meet = USA Olympic Trials
|city = Long Beach ||cityarticle = Long Beach, California
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =24 
|time = 1:59.19
|firstname = John
|lastname = Naber
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1976|July|24}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Summer Olympics]]
|city = Montreal
|country = CAN
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =25 
|time = 1:58.93
|firstname = Rick
|lastname = Carey
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1983|August|3}}
|meet = [[United States Swimming National Championships|1983 U.S. Summer Nationals]]
|city = Clovis ||cityarticle = Clovis, California
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/><ref>"Rick Carey replaces John Naber as 200-meter back record holder", ''The Tuscaloosa News'' (August 3, 1983).</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =26 
|time = 1:58.86
|firstname = Rick
|lastname = Carey
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1984|June|27}}
|meet = [[United States Olympic Trials (swimming)|1984 U.S. Olympic Trials]]
|city = Indianapolis
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =27 
|time = 1:58.41
|firstname = Sergei
|lastname = Zabolotnov
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|URS}} Soviet Union
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1984|August|21}}
|meet = [[Friendship Games]]
|city = Moscow
|country = URS
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =28 
|time = 1:58.14
|firstname = Igor
|lastname = Polyansky
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|URS}} Soviet Union
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1985|March|3}}
|meet = GDR vs URS Duel
|city = Erfurt
|country = GDR
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =29 
|time = 1:57.30
|firstname = Martin
|lastname = Zubero
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|Spain}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1991|August|13}}
|meet = [[United States Swimming National Championships|1991 U.S. Summer Nationals]]
|city = Fort Lauderdale
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/><ref>Associated Press, "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-14-sp-500-story.html Swimming National Meet: Barrowman, Zubero get world marks]," ''Los Angeles Times'' (August 14, 1991).  Retrieved April 14, 2012.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =30 
|time = 1:56.57
|firstname = Martin
|lastname = Zubero
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|Spain}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1991|November|23}}
|meet = Alabama LC Invitational
|city = Tuscaloosa ||cityarticle = Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/><ref>"[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/11/25/200-meter-backstroke-record-falls-to-former-uf-swimmer/ 200-meter Backstroke record falls to former UF swimmer]", ''Orlando Sentinel'' (November 25, 1991).  Retrieved April 14, 2012.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =31 
|time = 1:55.87
|firstname = Lenny
|lastname = Krayzelburg
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1999|August|27}}
|meet = [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1999 Pan Pacific Championships]]
|city = Sydney
|country = AUS
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =32 
|time = 1:55.15
|firstname = Aaron
|lastname = Peirsol
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2002|March|20}}
|meet = [[United States Spring Swimming Championships|U.S. Spring Nationals]]
|city = Minneapolis
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =33 
|time = 1:54.74
|firstname = Aaron
|lastname = Peirsol
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2004|July|12}}
|meet = [[United States Olympic Trials (swimming)|USA Olympic Trials]]
|city = Long Beach ||cityarticle = Long Beach, California
|country = USA
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =34 
|time = 1:54.66
|firstname = Aaron
|lastname = Peirsol
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2005|July|29}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke|2005 World Championships]]
|city = Montreal
|country = CAN
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcmen/>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =35 
|time = 1:54.44
|firstname = Aaron
|lastname = Peirsol
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2006|August|19}}
|meet = [[2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2006 Pan Pacific Championships]]
|city = Victoria ||cityarticle = Victoria, British Columbia
|country = CAN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =36 
|time = 1:54.32
|firstname = Ryan
|lastname = Lochte
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2007|March|30}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke|2007 World Championships]]
|city = Melbourne
|country = AUS
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =36 
|time = 1:54.32
|recordinfo = =
|firstname = Aaron
|lastname = Peirsol
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|July|4}}
|meet = [[United States Olympic Trials (swimming)|2008 U.S. Olympic Trials]]
|city = Omaha
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 37 
|time = 1:53.94
|firstname = Ryan
|lastname = Lochte
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|August|15}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|2008 Summer Olympics]]
|city = Beijing
|country = CHN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = -
|time = 1:52.86
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Ryosuke
|lastname = Irie
|namearticle = 
|nation = JPN
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|May|10}}
|meet = Duel in the Pool: Australia vs Japan
|city = Canberra
|country = AUS
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200&nbsp;m backstroke results|url=http://www.clubsonline.com.au/uploads/swimresults/National/2009Duel/090509F019.htm|publisher=[[Swimming Australia]]|date=10 May 2009|access-date=13 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724004418/http://www.clubsonline.com.au/uploads/swimresults/National/2009Duel/090509F019.htm|archive-date=24 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 38 
|time = 1:53.08
|firstname = Aaron
|lastname = Peirsol
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|July|11}}
|meet = [[United States Swimming National Championships|2009 U.S. Summer Nationals]]
|city = Indianapolis
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number =39 
|time = 1:51.92
|firstname = Aaron
|lastname = Peirsol
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|July|31}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke|2009 World Championships]]
|city = Rome
|country = ITA
|ref = 
}}
{{end}}
{{swimmingrecordlegend|ratifier=FINA}}

===Short course===
{{swimmingrecordlisttop|number=yes|nationality=yes|meet=yes}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = WBT
|time = 1:55.93
|firstname = Mark 
|lastname = Tewksbury
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Canada}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1991|March|1}}
|meet = World Cup meet
|city = Toronto
|country = CAN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 01
|time = 1:52.51
|firstname = Martin
|lastname = Lopez-Zubero
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|Spain}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1991|April|10}}
|meet = ?
|city = Gainesville
|cityarticle = Gainesville, Florida
|country = USA
|ref = <ref>(scm-m) [http://thisdayinhistoryinfo.info/sports/410.htm This Day in Sports History April 10]; retrieved 2012-04-14.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 02
|time = 1:52.47
|firstname = Lenny
|lastname = Krayzelburg
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1999|November|18}}
|meet = World Cup meet
|city = College Park ||cityarticle = College Park, Maryland
|country = USA
|ref = <ref>(scm-m) ''[http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1076.asp Three World Records set at World Cup]''. Published by ''[[Swimming World Magazine]]'' on 1999-11-20; retrieved 2012-04-14.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 03
|time = 1:52.43
|firstname = Lenny
|lastname = Krayzelburg
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|February|06}}
|meet = World Cup meet
|city = Berlin
|country = GER
|ref = <ref>(scm-m) ''[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-07-sp-61962-story.html Krayzelburg sets another swim record]'', [[Associated Press]]. Published by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' on 2000-02-07; retrieved 2012-04-14.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 04
|time = 1:51.62
|firstname = Matt
|lastname = Welsh
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2000|October|13}}
|meet = ?
|city = Melbourne
|country = AUS
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 05
|time = 1:51.62
|recordinfo = =
|firstname = Gordan
|lastname = Kožulj
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|CRO}} Croatia
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2001|January|21}}
|meet = World Cup meet
|city = Berlin
|country = GER
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 06
|time = 1:51.17
|firstname = Aaron
|lastname = Peirsol
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2002|April|7}}
|meet = [[2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)|Short Course Worlds]]
|city = Moscow
|country = RUS
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 07
|time = 1:50.52
|firstname = Aaron
|lastname = Peirsol
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2004|October|11}}
|meet = [[2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)|Short Course Worlds]]
|city = Indianapolis
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 08
|time = 1:50.43
|firstname = Markus
|lastname = Rogan
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2005|December|8}}
|meet = [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2005|Short Course Europeans]]
|city = Trieste
|country = ITA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 09
|time = 1:49.05
|firstname = Ryan
|lastname = Lochte
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2006|April|9}}
|meet = [[2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|Short Course Worlds]]
|city = Shanghai
|country = CHN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 10
|time = 1:47.84
|firstname = Markus
|lastname = Rogan
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|April|13}}
|meet = [[2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)|Short Course Worlds]]
|city = Manchester
|country = UK
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 11
|time = 1:47.08
|firstname = George
|lastname = Du Rand
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|November|7}}
|meet = [[2009 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup meet]]
|city = Moscow
|country = RUS
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 12
|time = 1:46.11
|firstname = Arkady
|lastname = Vyatchanin
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|November|15}}
|meet = [[2009 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup meet]]
|city = Berlin
|country = GER
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 13
|time = 1:45.63
|firstname = Mitch
|lastname = Larkin
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2015|November|27}}
|meet = Australian Championships
|city = Sydney
|country = AUS
|ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swimvortex.com/dolphin-mitch-larkin-leaps-to-145-6-wr-200-back-not-far-off-free-pace-of-the-albatross/ |title=Dolphin Mitch Larkin Leaps To 1:45.6 WR 200 Back Not Far Off Free Pace Of The Albatross |first1=Craig |last1=Lord |date=November 27, 2015 |publisher=Swimvortex |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=June 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608191914/http://www.swimvortex.com/dolphin-mitch-larkin-leaps-to-145-6-wr-200-back-not-far-off-free-pace-of-the-albatross/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
{{end}}
{{swimmingrecordlegend|ratifier=FINA}}

==Women==

===Long course===

====Old Regulations====
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|-
! width="2" |No
!Time
!Name
!Nationality
!Date
!Location
|-
|'''1'''
|align=center|'''3'06"8'''
|[[Sybil Bauer]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align=center|4 July 1922
|[[Brighton Beach]], United States
|-
|'''2'''
|align=center|'''3'03"8'''
|[[Sybil Bauer]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align=center|9 February 1924
|[[Miami]], United States
|-
|'''3'''
|align=center|'''2'59"2'''
|[[Marie Braun]]
|{{NLD}}
|align=center|24 November  1928
|[[Brussels]], Belgium
|-
|'''4'''
|align=center|'''2'58"8'''
|[[Eleanor Holm]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align=center|1 February 1930
|[[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], United States
|-
|'''5'''
|align=center|'''2'58"2'''
|[[Eleanor Holm]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align=center|1 March 1930
|New York City, United States
|-
|'''6'''
|align=center|'''2'50"4'''
|[[Phyllis Harding]]
|{{flagu|United Kingdom}}
|align=center|19 September 1932
|[[Wallasey]], United Kingdom
|-
|'''7'''
|align=center|'''2'49"6'''
|[[Rie Mastenbroek]]
|{{NLD}}
|align=center|20 January 1935
|[[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
|-
|'''8'''
|align=center|'''2'48"7'''
|[[Eleanor Holm]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align=center|3 March 1936
|[[Toledo (Ohio)|Toledo]], United States
|-
|'''9'''
|align=center|'''2'44"6'''
|[[Nida Senff]]
|{{NLD}}
|align=center|2 February 1937
|[[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
|-
|'''10'''
|align=center|'''2'41"3'''
|[[Ragnhild Hveger]]
|{{DNK}}
|align=center|14 February 1937
|[[Århus]], Denmark
|-
|'''11'''
|align=center|'''2'41"0'''
|[[Cor Kint]]
|{{NLD}}
|align=center|17 April 1938
|[[Århus]], Denmark
|-
|'''12'''
|align=center|'''2'40"6'''
|[[Iet van Feggelen]]
|{{NLD}}
|align=center|26 October 1938
|[[Düsseldorf]], Germany
|-
|'''13'''
|align=center|'''2'39"0'''
|[[Iet van Feggelen]]
|{{NLD}}
|align=center|18 December 1938
|[[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
|-
|'''14'''
|align=center|'''2'38"8'''
|[[Cor Kint]]
|{{NLD}}
|align=center|29 November 1939
|[[Rotterdam]], Netherlands
|-
|'''15'''
|align=center|'''2'35"3'''
|[[Geertje Wielema]]
|{{NLD}}
|align=center|2 April 1950
|[[Hilversum]], Netherlands
|-
|}

====New Regulations====

{{swimmingrecordlisttop|number=yes|nationality=yes|meet=yes}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 01
|time = 2:39.9
|firstname = Philippa
|lastname = Gould
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1957|Jan|16}}
|meet = ?
|city = Auckland
|country = NZL
|ref = <ref name=ishof200lcwomen>International Swimming Hall of Fame, Current Exhibits, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100716152248/http://www.ishof.org/exhibits/world_records/200back_women.htm  World Records: Women - 200m Backstroke].  Archived July 16, 2010.  Retrieved March 12, 2015.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 02
|time = 2:38.5
|firstname = Lenie
|lastname = de Nijs
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Netherlands}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1957|May|17}}
|meet = ?
|city = Blackpool
|country = UK
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 03
|time = 2:37.4
|firstname = Chris
|lastname = von Saltza
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1958|Aug|1}}
|meet = ?
|city = Topeka
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 04
|time = 2:37.1
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1959|Jul|12}}
|meet = ?
|city = Tokyo
|country = JPN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 05
|time = 2:34.8
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1960|Apr|2}}
|meet = ?
|city = Tokyo
|country = JPN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 06
|time = 2:33.5
|firstname = Lynn
|lastname = Burke
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1960|Jul|15}}
|meet = ?
|city = Indianapolis
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 07
|time = 2:33.3
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1960|Jul|23}}
|meet = ?
|city = Tokyo
|country = JPN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 08
|time = 2:33.2
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1961|Jul|30}}
|meet = ?
|city = Tokyo
|country = JPN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 09
|time = 2:32.1
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1962|Jun|3}}
|meet = ?
|city = Beppu
|country = JPN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 10
|time = 2:31.6
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1962|Jul|29}}
|meet = ?
|city = Osaka
|country = JPN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 11
|time = 2:29.6
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1963|Feb|10}}
|meet = ?
|city = Sydney
|country = AUS
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 12
|time = 2:28.9
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1963|Feb|18}}
|meet = ?
|city = Perth ||cityarticle = Perth, Western Australia
|country = AUS
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 13
|time = 2:28.5
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1963|Feb|21}}
|meet = ?
|city = Perth ||cityarticle = Perth, Western Australia
|country = AUS
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 14
|time = 2:28.2
|firstname = Satoko
|lastname = Tanaka
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1963|Aug|4}}
|meet = ?
|city = Tokyo
|country = JPN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 15
|time = 2:27.4
|firstname = Cathy
|lastname = Ferguson
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1964|Sep|28}}
|meet = ?
|city = Los Angeles
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 16
|time = 2:27.1
|firstname = Karen
|lastname = Muir
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} South Africa
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1966|Jul|25}}
|meet = ?
|city = Béziers
|country = FRA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 17
|time = 2:26.4
|firstname = Karen
|lastname = Muir
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} South Africa
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1966|Aug|18}}
|meet = ?
|city = Lincoln ||cityarticle = Lincoln, Nebraska
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 18 
|time = 2:24.4
|firstname = Elaine
|lastname = Tanner
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Canada}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1967|Jul|26}}
|meet = [[Pan American Games]]
|city = Winnipeg
|country = CAN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 19
|time = 2:24.1
|firstname = Karen
|lastname = Muir
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} South Africa
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1968|Jan|6}}
|meet = ?
|city = Kimberley ||cityarticle = Kimberley, Northern Cape
|country = RSA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 20
|time = 2:23.8
|firstname = Karen
|lastname = Muir
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} South Africa
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1968|Jul|21}}
|meet = ?
|city = Los Angeles
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 21
|time = 2:21.5
|firstname = Susie
|lastname = Atwood
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1969|Aug|14}}
|meet = AAU Nationals	
|city = Louisville ||cityarticle = Louisville, Kentucky
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 22
|time = 2:20.64
|firstname = Melissa
|lastname = Belote
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1972|Aug|5}}
|meet = USA Olympic Trials
|city = Chicago
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 23
|time = 2:20.58
|firstname = Melissa
|lastname = Belote
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1972|Sep|4}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|city = Munich
|country = FRG
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 24
|time = 2:19.19
|firstname = Melissa
|lastname = Belote
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1972|Sep|4}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|city = Munich
|country = FRG
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 25
|time = 2:18.41
|firstname = Ulrike
|lastname = Richter
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1974|Jul|7}}
|meet = GDR Nationals/ECTs
|city = Rostock
|country = GDR
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 26
|time = 2:17.35
|firstname = Ulrike
|lastname = Richter
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1974|Aug|25}}
|meet = European Championships
|city = Vienna
|country = AUT
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 27
|time = 2:16.33
|firstname = Nancy
|lastname = Garapick
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Canada}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1975|Apr|27}}
|meet = Eastern Championships
|city = Brantford
|country = CAN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 28
|time = 2:16.10
|firstname = Birgit
|lastname = Treiber
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1975|Jun|6}}
|meet = GDR Nationals/WCTs
|city = Wittenberg
|country = GDR
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 29
|time = 2:15.46
|firstname = Birgit
|lastname = Treiber
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1975|Jul|27}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]
|city = Cali
|country = COL
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 30
|time = 2:14.41
|firstname = Antje
|lastname = Stille
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1976|Feb|29}}
|meet = GDR Winter Nationals
|city = East Berlin
|country = GDR
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 31
|time = 2:13.50
|firstname = Antje
|lastname = Stille
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1976|Mar|13}}
|meet = URS vs GDR Duel
|city = Tallinn
|country = URS
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 32
|time = 2:12.47
|firstname = Birgit
|lastname = Treiber
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1976|Jun|4}}
|meet = GDR Olympic Trials
|city = East Berlin
|country = GDR
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 33
|time = 2:11.93
|firstname = Linda
|lastname = Jezek
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1978|Aug|28}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]
|city = West Berlin
|country = FRG
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 34
|time = 2:11.77
|firstname = Rica
|lastname = Reinisch
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1980|Jul|27}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|city = Moscow
|country = URS
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 35
|time = 2:09.91
|firstname = Cornelia
|lastname = Sirch
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1982|Aug|8}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]
|city = Guayaquil
|country = ECU
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 36
|time = 2:08.60
|firstname = Betsy
|lastname = Mitchell
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1986|Jun|27}}
|meet = U.S. Swimming World Championship Trials
|city = Orlando
|cityarticle = Orlando, Florida
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 37
|time = 2:06.62
|firstname = Krisztina
|lastname = Egerszegi
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|1991|Aug|25}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 1991 European Aquatics Championships|European Championships]]
|city = Athens
|country = GRE
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 38
|time = 2:06.39
|firstname = Kirsty
|lastname = Coventry
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|ZIM}} Zimbabwe
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|Feb|16}}
|meet = USA Grand Prix meet-Missouri
|city = Columbia ||cityarticle = Columbia, Missouri
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 39
|time = 2:06.09
|firstname = Margaret
|lastname = Hoelzer
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|Jul|5}}
|meet = [[United States Olympic Trials (swimming)|USA Olympic Trials]]
|city = Omaha
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 40
|time = 2:05.24
|firstname = Kirsty
|lastname = Coventry
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|ZIM}} Zimbabwe
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2008|Aug|16}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|city = Beijing
|country = CHN
|ref = <ref>(lcm-w) {{cite news|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/swimming/n214548409.shtml |title=Women's 200m Backstroke: Coventry finally wins gold |date=2008-08-16 |publisher=Beijing 2008 |access-date=2008-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817074512/http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/swimming/n214548409.shtml |archive-date=2008-08-17 }}</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 41
|time = 2:04.81
|firstname = Kirsty
|lastname = Coventry
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagicon|ZIM}} Zimbabwe
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2009|Aug|01}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]
|city = Rome
|country = ITA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 42
|time = 2:04.06
|firstname = Missy
|lastname = Franklin
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|USA}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2012|Aug|3}}
|meet = [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
|city = London
|country = GBR
|ref = 
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|number = 43
|time = 2:03.35
|recordinfo = sf
|firstname = Regan
|lastname = Smith
|namearticle = Regan Smith (swimmer)
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2019|Jul|26}}
|meet = [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke|World Championships]]
|city = Gwangju
|country = KOR
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Semifinal Results|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070202EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=[[Omega Timing]]|date=26 July 2019|access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{swimmingrecord
|number = 44
|time = 2:03.14
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Kaylee
|lastname = McKeown
|namearticle =
|club = {{flagu|Australia}}
|date = {{Dts|format=dmy|2023|Mar|10}}
|meet = NSW State Championships
|city = Sydney
|country = AUS
|ref = <ref>{{cite magazine|title=KAYLEE MCKEOWN CRUSHES 2:03.14 200 BACKSTROKE WORLD RECORD|url=https://swimswam.com/kaylee-mckeown-crushes-203-14-200backstroke-world-record/|magazine=[[SwimSwam]]|author=Retta Race|date=10 March 2023|access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{end}}
{{swimmingrecordlegend|ratifier=FINA}}

===Short course===
{{swimmingrecordlisttop|number=yes|nationality=yes|meet=yes}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = WBT
|time = ?
|firstname = 
|lastname = ?
|namearticle = 
|club = ?
|date = 1 March 1991
|meet = [[1991 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]
|city = Berlin
|country = Germany
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 01
|time = 2:07.11
|firstname = Anna
|lastname = Simcic
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|New Zealand}}
|date = 1 February 1992
|meet = [[1992 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]
|city = Paris
|country = France
|ref = [https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/swc_2017_final.pdf]
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 02
|time = 2:06.09
|firstname = Cihong
|lastname = He
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|China}}
|date = 5 December 1993
|meet = [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke|World Championships]]
|city = Palma de Mallorca
|country = ESP
|ref = <ref name="AusSCM">(scm-w) ''[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming/3010235/Swimming-Price-breaks-short-course-world-record.html Swimming: Price breaks short-course world record]'', by Astrid Andersson, ''The Telegraph''. Published 2011-08-05; retrieved 2012-04-14.</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 03
|time = 2:05.83
|firstname = Clementine
|lastname = Stoney
|namearticle =
|club = {{flagu|Australia}}
|date = 4 August 2001
|meet = [[Australian Swimming Championships|Australian Championships]]
|city = Perth
|cityarticle = Perth, Western Australia
|country = AUS
|ref = <ref name="AusSCM" />
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 04
|time = 2:04.44
|firstname = Sarah
|lastname = Price
|namearticle = Sarah Price (swimmer)
|club = {{flagu|Great Britain}}
|date = 5 August 2001
|meet = [[Australian Swimming Championships|Australian Championships]]
|city = Perth
|cityarticle = Perth, Western Australia
|country = AUS
|ref = <ref name="AusSCM" />
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 05
|time = 2:03.62
|firstname = Natalie
|lastname = Coughlin
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = 27 November 2001
|meet = [[2001 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]
|city = East Meadow
|cityarticle = East Meadow, New York
|country = USA
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 06
|time = 2:03.24
|firstname = Reiko
|lastname = Nakamura
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = 23 February 2008
|meet = Japan Open 2008
|city = Tokyo
|country = JPN
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 07
|time = 2:00.91
|firstname = Kirsty
|lastname = Coventry
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Zimbabwe}}
|date = 11 April 2008
|meet = [[2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)|World Championships]]
|city = Manchester
|country = UK
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 08
|time = 2:00.18
|firstname = Shiho
|lastname = Sakai
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Japan}}
|date = 14 November 2009
|meet = [[2009 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]
|city = Berlin
|country = GER
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 09
|time = 2:00.03
|firstname = Missy
|lastname = Franklin
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = 22 October 2011
|meet = [[2011 FINA Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]
|city = Berlin
|country = GER
|ref = 
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 10
|time = 1:59.23
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Katinka
|lastname = Hosszú
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Hungary}}
|date = 5 December 2014
|meet = [[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke|World Championships]]
|city = Doha
|country = QAT
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Results|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010E010D01011C02FFFFFFFFFFFF02|publisher=Omega Timing|date=5 December 2014|access-date=6 December 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 11
|time = 1:58.94
|recordinfo = 
|firstname = Kaylee
|lastname = McKeown
|namearticle = 
|club = {{flagu|Australia}}
|date = 28 November 2020
|meet = [[Australian Swimming Championships|Australian Championships]]
|city = Brisbane
|country = AUS
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Women 13 & Over 200 Backstroke Results|url=http://swimmingresults.net/sw/results.aspx?SW=1.3.0.0.0.569f5e1469a3c026fe207130900865b6|publisher=swimmingresults.net|date=28 November 2020|access-date=28 November 2020|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826120718/https://swimmingresults.net/sw/results.aspx?SW=1.3.0.0.0.569f5e1469a3c026fe207130900865b6|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 12
|time = 1:58.83
|firstname = Regan
|lastname = Smith
|namearticle = Regan Smith (swimmer)
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = 2 November 2024
|meet = World Cup
|city = 
|country = SGP
|ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800070202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=4 November 2024|access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{Swimmingrecord
|number = 13
|time = 1:58.04
|firstname = Regan
|lastname = Smith
|namearticle = Regan Smith (swimmer)
|club = {{flagu|United States}}
|date = 15 December 2024
|meet = [[2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke|World Championships]]
|city = Budapest
|country = HUN
|ref = 
}}
{{end}}
{{swimmingrecordlegend|ratifier=FINA}}

==All-time top 25==

===Men long course===
*Correct as of November 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Long Course All-Time Ranking|url=https://api.worldaquatics.com/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=M&distance=200&stroke=BACKSTROKE&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200|publisher=World Aquatics|access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Pos
!Time
!Swimmer
!Date
!Venue
!Ref
|-
!1
| 1:51.92 || {{flagathlete|[[Aaron Peirsol]] |USA}} || 31 July 2009 || Rome
|-
!2
| 1:52.51 || {{flagathlete|[[Ryosuke Irie]] |JPN}} || 31 July 2009 || Rome
|-
!3
| 1:52.96 || {{flagathlete|[[Ryan Lochte]] |USA}} || 29 July 2011 || [[Shanghai]]
|-
!4
| 1:53.17 || {{flagathlete|[[Mitch Larkin]] |AUS}} || 7 November 2015 || [[Dubai]]
|-
!5
| 1:53.23 || {{flagathlete|[[Evgeny Rylov]] |RUS}} || 8 April 2021 || [[Kazan]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://russwimming.ru/upload/live/4R_LC_2021/ResultList_130F.pdf|publisher=russwimming.ru|date=8 April 2021|accessdate=18 April 2021|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418131225/https://russwimming.ru/upload/live/4R_LC_2021/ResultList_130F.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!6
| 1:53.41 || {{flagathlete|[[Tyler Clary]] |USA}} || 2 August 2012 || London
|-
!7
| 1:53.57 || {{flagathlete|[[Ryan Murphy (swimmer)|Ryan Murphy]] |USA}} || 9 August 2018 || Tokyo
|-
!8
| 1:53.99 || {{flagathlete|[[Xu Jiayu]] |CHN}} || 23 August 2018 || [[Jakarta]]
|-
!9
| 1:54.14 || {{flagathlete|[[Hubert Kós]]|HUN}} || 28 July 2023 || [[Fukuoka]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=[[Omega SA|Omega Timing]]|date=28 July 2023|access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
!10
| 1:54.23 || {{flagathlete|[[Kosuke Hagino]] |JPN}} || 10 April 2014 || Tokyo
|-
!11
| 1:54.24 || {{flagathlete|[[Radosław Kawęcki]] |POL}} || 2 August 2013 || [[Barcelona]]
|-
!12
| 1:54.43 || {{flagathlete|[[Luke Greenbank]]|GBR}} || 21 May 2021 || [[Budapest]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Semifinals Results|url=http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM200MBA------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf?x=00:44:47|publisher=microplustiming.com|date=21 May 2021|accessdate=13 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
!13
| 1:54.51 || {{flagathlete|[[Hugo González (swimmer)|Hugo González]]|ESP}} || 20 June 2024 || Palma || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://campeonatos.rfen.es/23-24/OPEN_VERANO/ResultList_21F_us.pdf|publisher=RFEN|date=20 June 2024|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
!14
| 1:54.59 || {{flagathlete|[[Nick Thoman]] |USA}} || 5 August 2009 || Federal Way
|-
!15
| 1:54.61 || {{flagathlete|[[Keaton Jones]]|USA}} || 20 June 2024 || [[Indianapolis]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=20 June 2024|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
!16
| 1:54.65 || {{flagathlete|[[Michael Phelps]]|USA}} || 31 July 2007 || Indianapolis
|-
!17
| 1:54.75 || {{flagathlete|[[Arkady Vyatchanin]] |RUS}} || 31 July 2009 || Rome
|-
!18
| 1:54.77 || {{flagathlete|[[Jacob Pebley]] |USA}} || 1 July 2016 || [[Omaha]]
|-
!19
| 1:54.78 || {{flagathlete|[[Jack Aikins]]|USA}} || 20 June 2024 || Indianapolis || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=20 June 2024|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
!20
| 1:54.79 || {{flagathlete|[[Bryce Mefford]] |USA}} || 18 June 2021 || Omaha
|-
!21
| 1:54.82 || {{flagathlete|[[Apostolos Christou]]|GRE}} || 1 August 2024 || [[Paris]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMM200MBA------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=1 August 2024|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
!22
| 1:54.85 || {{flagathlete|[[Roman Mityukov]]|SUI}} || 1 August 2024 || Paris || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMM200MBA------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=1 August 2024|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
!23
| 1:54.92 || {{flagathlete|[[Aschwin Wildeboer]] |ESP}} || 31 July 2009 || Rome
|-
!24
| 1:55.14 || {{flagathlete|[[Kliment Kolesnikov]] |RUS}} || 28 July 2017 || Budapest
|-
!25
| 1:55.25 || {{flagathlete|[[Stanislav Donets]] |RUS}} || 30 July 2009 || Rome
|}

====Notes====
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:55.25:
*[[Ryosuke Irie]] also swam 1:52.86 (2009), 1:53.26 (2014), 1:53.73 (2009), 1:53.78 (2012), 1:53.91 (2014), 1:54.02 (2009, 2012), 1:54.03 (2012), 1:54.08 (2011), 1:54.09 (2009), 1:54.11 (2011), 1:54.13 (2009), 1:54.14 (2009), 1:54.34 (2011), 1:54.36 (2009), 1:54.54 (2011), 1:54.55 (2011), 1:54.62 (2011, 2015), 1:54.63 (2014), 1:54.72 (2013), 1:54.74 (2009), 1:54.77 (2008), 1:54.80 (2012), 1:54.81 (2014, 2015), 1:54.91 (2014), 1:54.93 (2015), 1:54.97 (2014), 1:55.05 (2012), 1:55.07 (2013), 1:55.10 (2014), 1:55.11 (2018), 1:55.12 (2018), 1:55.14 (2014), 1:55.20 (2009), 1:55.21 (2010), 1:55.23 (2015).
*[[Aaron Peirsol]] also swam 1:53.08 (2009), 1:54.06 (2009), 1:54.32 (2008), 1:54.33 (2008), 1:54.44 (2006), 1:54.66 (2005), 1:54.74 (2004), 1:54.77 (2007), 1:54.80 (2007), 1:54.95 (2004), 1:55.13 (2005), 1:55.14 (2004), 1:55.15 (2002).
*[[Evgeny Rylov]] also swam 1:53.27 (2021), 1:53.36 (2018), 1:53.40 (2019), 1:53.61 (2017), 1:53.71 (2018), 1:53.81 (2017), 1:53.97 (2016), 1:54.00 (2019), 1:54.21 (2016), 1:54.45 (2016, 2021), 1:54.46 (2021), 1:54.60 (2015), 1:54.76 (2016), 1:54.96 (2017), 1:55.02 (2016), 1:55.11 (2021).
*[[Mitch Larkin]] also swam 1:53.34 (2015), 1:53.58 (2015), 1:53.72 (2015), 1:53.80 (2015), 1:53.90 (2016), 1:53.96 (2016), 1:54.29 (2015), 1:54.38 (2021), 1:54.68 (2016), 1:54.73 (2016), 1:55.03 (2019), 1:55.08 (2016), 1:55.16 (2016).
*[[Ryan Murphy (swimmer)|Ryan Murphy]] also swam 1:53.62 (2016), 1:53.95 (2016), 1:54.07 (2018), 1:54.12 (2019), 1:54.15 (2018, 2021), 1:54.20 (2021), 1:54.21 (2017), 1:54.30 (2017), 1:54.33 (2024), 1:54.52 (2022), 1:54.83 (2023), 1:54.93 (2017), 1:54.94 (2016), 1:55.00 (2015), 1:55.01 (2022), 1:55.03 (2023), 1:55.04 (2016), 1:55.10 (2015), 1:55.15 (2016), 1:55.22 (2020).
*[[Ryan Lochte]] also swam 1:53.79 (2013), 1:53.82 (2009), 1:53.94 (2008, 2012), 1:54.12 (2010), 1:54.21 (2009), 1:54.32 (2007), 1:54.34 (2008), 1:54.54 (2012), 1:55.16 (2013).
*[[Xu Jiayu]] also swam 1:54.03 (2017), 1:54.79 (2016, 2017), 1:55.04 (2017), 1:55.05 (2014), 1:55.11 (2014), 1:55.13 (2015), 1:55.16 (2016), 1:55.19 (2016), 1:55.20 (2015), 1:55.24 (2019).
*[[Hubert Kós]] also swam 1:54.26 (2024).
*[[Tyler Clary]] also swam 1:54.53 (2009), 1:54.64 (2013), 1:54.69 (2011), 1:54.71 (2012), 1:54.73 (2014), 1:54.88 (2012), 1:54.90 (2010), 1:54.91 (2014), 1:55.16 (2013).
*[[Radosław Kawęcki]] also swam 1:54.55 (2015).
*[[Luke Greenbank]] also swam 1:54.62 (2021), 1:54.63 (2021), 1:54.67 (2021), 1:54.72 (2021), 1:54.98 (2021), 1:55.16 (2022).
*[[Kosuke Hagino]] also swam 1:54.77 (2014), 1:55.12 (2013).
*[[Jacob Pebley]] also swam 1:54.78 (2017), 1:54.92 (2016), 1:55.06 (2017), 1:55.18 (2016), 1:55.20 (2017).
*[[Nick Thoman]] also swam 1:54.83 (2009).
*[[Arkady Vyatchanin]] also swam 1:54.90 (2009), 1:54.93 (2008).
*[[Aschwin Wildeboer]] also swam 1:54.96 (2009).
*[[Kliment Kolesnikov]] also swam 1:55.15 (2017).

===Men short course===
*Correct as of December 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Short Course All-Time Ranking|url=https://api.worldaquatics.com/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=M&distance=200&stroke=BACKSTROKE&poolConfiguration=SCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200|publisher=World Aquatics|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Pos
!Time
!Swimmer
!Date
!Venue
!Ref
|-
!1
| 1:45.63 || {{flagathlete|[[Mitch Larkin]]|AUS}} || 27 November 2015 || Sydney || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swimvortex.com/dolphin-mitch-larkin-leaps-to-145-6-wr-200-back-not-far-off-free-pace-of-the-albatross/ |title=Dolphin Mitch Larkin Leaps To 1:45.6 WR 200 Back Not Far Off Free Pace of the Albatross |first1=Craig |last1=Lord |date=27 November 2015 |publisher=Swimvortex |access-date=27 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608191914/http://www.swimvortex.com/dolphin-mitch-larkin-leaps-to-145-6-wr-200-back-not-far-off-free-pace-of-the-albatross/ |archive-date=8 June 2017|url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
!2
| 1:45.65 || {{flagathlete|[[Hubert Kós]]|HUN}} || 15 December 2024 || [[Budapest]]
|-
!3
| 1:46.11 || {{flagathlete|[[Arkady Vyatchanin]]|RUS}} || 15 November 2009 || Berlin || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000109050042000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01|publisher=Omega Timing|date=15 November 2009|access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
!4
| 1:46.37 || {{flagathlete|[[Evgeny Rylov]]|RUS}} || 21 November 2020 || Budapest || 
|-
!5
| 1:46.68 || {{flagathlete|[[Ryan Lochte]]|USA}} || 19 December 2010 || Dubai || 
|-
!6
| 1:47.08 || {{flagathlete|[[George Du Rand]]|RSA}} || 7 November 2009 || Moscow || 
|-
!7
| 1:47.34 || {{flagathlete|[[Ryan Murphy (swimmer)|Ryan Murphy]]|USA}} || 16 December 2018 || Hangzhou || 
|-
!8
| 1:47.38 || {{flagathlete|[[Radosław Kawęcki]]|POL}} || 7 December 2014 || Doha || 
|-
!9
| 1:47.64 || {{flagathlete|[[Markus Rogan]]|AUT}} || 11 November 2009 || Stockholm || 
|-
!10
| 1:48.01 || {{flagathlete|[[Shaine Casas]]|USA}} || 18 December 2022 || Melbourne || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=18 December 2022|access-date=14 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
!11
| 1:48.02 || {{flagathlete|[[Kliment Kolesnikov]]|RUS}} || 13 December 2017 || Copenhagen || 
|-
!12
| 1:48.25 || {{flagathlete|[[Masaki Kaneko]]|JPN}} || 17 January 2016 || Tokyo || 
|-
!13
| 1:48.32 || {{flagathlete|[[Xu Jiayu]]|CHN}} || 9 November 2018 || Tokyo || 
|-
!14
| 1:48.43 || {{flagathlete|[[Lorenzo Mora]]|ITA}} || 10 December 2023 || Otopeni || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600090102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=10 December 2023|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
!15
| 1:48.53 || {{flagathlete|[[Luke Greenbank]]|GBR}} || 10 December 2023 || Otopeni || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600090102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=10 December 2023|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
!16
| 1:48.55 || {{flagathlete|[[Mewen Tomac]]|FRA}} || 10 December 2023 || Otopeni || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600090102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=10 December 2023|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
!17
| 1:48.59 || {{flagathlete|[[Jacob Pebley]]|USA}} || 29 September 2021 || Naples || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000115000E0102EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=omegatiming.com|date=29 September 2021|access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
!18
| 1:48.60 || {{flagathlete|[[Tyler Clary]]|USA}} || 11 August 2013 || Berlin || 
|-
!19
| 1:48.62 || {{flagathlete|[[Stanislav Donets]]|RUS}} || 10 December 2009 || Istanbul || 
|-
!20
| 1:48.74 || {{flagathlete|[[Matt Grevers]]|USA}} || 18 December 2009 || Manchester || 
|-
!21
| 1:48.77 || {{flagathlete|[[Ryosuke Irie]]|JPN}} || 7 December 2014 || Doha || 
|-
!22
| 1:48.97 || {{flagathlete|[[Christian Diener]]|GER}} || 21 December 2021 || Abu Dhabi || <ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190102EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=21 December 2021|access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
!23
| 1:48.98 || {{flagathlete|[[Yuki Shirai]]|JPN}} || 15 February 2014 || Tokyo || 
|-
!24
| 1:49.06 || {{flagathlete|[[Danas Rapsys]]|LTU}} || 13 December 2017 || Copenhagen || 
|-
!25
| 1:49.09 || {{flagathlete|[[Jakub Skierka]]|POL}} || 18 December 2020 || Olsztyn ||
|}

====Notes====
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:49.09:
*[[Arkady Vyatchanin]] also swam 1:46.41 (2009), 1:47.66 (2009), 1:48.69 (2009).
*[[Evgeny Rylov]] also swam 1:47.02 (2018), 1:47.88 (2021), 1:48.31 (2020), 1:48.62 (2020), 1:48.69 (2020), 1:48.91 (2019).
*[[Mitch Larkin]] also swam 1:47.41 (2016), 1:47.72 (2014), 1:48.25 (2018), 1:48.31 (2016), 1:48.35 (2014), 1:48.51 (2018), 1:48.69 (2014), 1:48.78 (2015), 1:48.81 (2016), 1:49.07 (2018).
*[[Ryan Murphy (swimmer)|Ryan Murphy]] also swam 1:47.41 (2020, 2022), 1:47.48 (2020), 1:48.03 (2020), 1:48.10 (2021), 1:48.12 (2021), 1:48.40 (2020), 1:48.43 (2021), 1:48.60 (2020), 1:48.73 (2020), 1:48.81 (2020), 1:48.86 (2012).
*[[Radosław Kawęcki]] also swam 1:47.63 (2013, 2016), 1:47.90 (2020), 1:48.12 (2020), 1:48.20 (2017), 1:48.23 (2020), 1:48.25 (2018), 1:48.32 (2015), 1:48.33 (2015), 1:48.46 (2017, 2021), 1:48.48 (2012), 1:48.51 (2012, 2020, 2020), 1:48.54 (2013), 1:48.68 (2021), 1:48.79 (2020), 1:48.86 (2020), 1:48.93 (2013), 1:48.96 (2017), 1:49.08 (2016).
*[[Markus Rogan]] also swam 1:47.84 (2008), 1:48.14 (2009).
*[[Ryan Lochte]] also swam 1:47.91 (2008), 1:48.20 (2014), 1:48.50 (2012), 1:48.90 (2011), 1:49.05 (2006).
*[[Hubert Kós]] also swam 1:48.02 (2024).
*[[George Du Rand]] also swam 1:48.05 (2009), 1:48.95 (2009).
*[[Shaine Casas]] also swam 1:48.40 (2022), 1:48.81 (2021), 1:48.99 (2022).
*[[Lorenzo Mora]] also swam 1:48.45 (2022), 1:48.72 (2022), 1:48.96 (2024).
*[[Luke Greenbank]] also swam 1:48.65 (2020).
*[[Matt Grevers]] also swam 1:48.97 (2015).
*[[Christian Diener]] also swam 1:49.04 (2021).
*[[Kliment Kolesnikov]] also swam 1:49.06 (2020).

===Women long course===
*Correct as of June 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Long Course All-Time Ranking|url=https://api.fina.org/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=F&distance=200&stroke=BACKSTROKE&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200|publisher=FINA|date=21 October 2021|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021154737/https://api.fina.org/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=F&distance=200&stroke=BACKSTROKE&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Pos
!Time
!Swimmer
!Date
!Venue
!Ref
|-
!1
| 2:03.14 || {{flagathlete|[[Kaylee McKeown]]|AUS}} || 10 March 2023 || [[Sydney]] || <ref>{{cite magazine|title=KAYLEE MCKEOWN CRUSHES 2:03.14 200 BACKSTROKE WORLD RECORD|url=https://swimswam.com/kaylee-mckeown-crushes-203-14-200backstroke-world-record/|magazine=[[SwimSwam]]|author=Retta Race|date=10 March 2023|access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
!2
| 2:03.35 || {{flagathlete|[[Regan Smith (swimmer)|Regan Smith]] |USA}} || 26 July 2019 || [[Gwangju]]
|-
!3
| 2:04.06 || {{flagathlete|[[Missy Franklin]] |USA}} || 3 August 2012 || London
|-
!4
| 2:04.81 || {{flagathlete|[[Kirsty Coventry]] |ZIM}} || 1 August 2009 || Rome
|-
!5
| 2:04.94 || {{flagathlete|[[Anastasia Fesikova]] |RUS}} || 1 August 2009 || Rome
|-
!6
| 2:05.08 || {{flagathlete|[[Phoebe Bacon]]|USA}} || 27 April 2022 || Greensboro || <ref name="David Rieder">{{cite magazine|title=U.S. International Team Trials: Phoebe Bacon Touches Out Rhyan White in 200 Back, Takes Down U.S. Open Record (VIDEO)|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/u-s-international-team-trials-phoebe-bacon-touches-out-rhyan-white-in-200-back-takes-down-u-s-open-record/|magazine=[[Swimming World]]|author=David Rieder|date=25 April 2022|accessdate=5 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
!7
| 2:05.13 || {{flagathlete|[[Rhyan White]]|USA}} || 27 April 2022 || Greensboro || <ref name="David Rieder"/>
|-
!8
| 2:05.42 || {{flagathlete|[[Kylie Masse]]|CAN}} || 31 July 2021 || Tokyo || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MBA------------FNL-000100--.pdf|publisher=olympics.com|date=31 July 2021|accessdate=12 August 2021|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822071929/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MBA------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!9
| 2:05.56 || {{flagathlete|[[Margherita Panziera]]|ITA}} || 31 March 2021 || [[Riccione]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=http://fin2021.microplustiming.com/export/NU_2021_03_31-04_03_Riccione/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-200DO-FIN-ALL.pdf?x=18:39:31|website=microplustiming.com|date=31 March 2021|accessdate=1 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
!10
| 2:05.68 || {{flagathlete|[[Emily Seebohm]] |AUS}} || 29 July 2017 || [[Budapest]]
|-
!11
| 2:05.77 || {{flagathlete|[[Claire Curzan]]|USA}} || 17 February 2024 || [[Doha]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=17 February 2024|access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref>
|-
!12
| 2:05.85 || {{flagathlete|[[Katinka Hosszú]] |HUN}} || 29 July 2017 || Budapest
|-
!13
| 2:05.99 || {{flagathlete|[[Maya DiRado]] |USA}} || 12 August 2016 || [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|-
!14
| 2:06.06 || {{flagathlete|[[Belinda Hocking]] |AUS}} || 30 July 2011 || [[Shanghai]]
|-
!15
| 2:06.09 || {{flagathlete|[[Margaret Hoelzer]] |USA}} || 29 June 2008 || [[Omaha]]
|-
!16
| 2:06.14 || {{flagathlete|[[Kathleen Baker]] |USA}} || 9 August 2018 || Tokyo
|-
!17
| 2:06.18 || {{flagathlete|[[Elizabeth Beisel]] |USA}} || 2 August 2012 || London
|-
!18
| 2:06.29 || {{flagathlete|[[Elizabeth Pelton]] |USA}} || 25 June 2013 || [[Indianapolis]]
|-
!19
| 2:06.36 || {{flagathlete|[[Taylor Ruck]] |CAN}} || 2 March 2018 || [[Atlanta]]
|-
!20
| 2:06.46 || {{flagathlete|[[Zhao Jing (swimmer)|Zhao Jing]] |CHN}} || 13 November 2010 || [[Guangzhou]]
|-
!21
| 2:06.54 || {{flagathlete|[[Kennedy Noble]]|USA}} || 28 June 2023 || Indianapolis || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600030202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=[[Omega Timing]]|date=28 June 2023|accessdate=30 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
!22
| 2:06.62 || {{flagathlete|[[Krisztina Egerszegi]] |HUN}} || 25 August 1991 || [[Athens]]
|-
!23
| 2:06.64 || {{flagathlete|[[Laure Manaudou]] |FRA}} || 26 April 2008 || Dunkirk
|-
!24
| 2:06.66 || {{flagathlete|[[Gemma Spofforth]] |GBR}} || 1 August 2009 || Rome
|-
!25
| 2:06.74 || {{flagathlete|[[Peng Xuwei]]|CHN}} || 29 July 2023 || Fukuoka || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=29 July 2023|access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>
|}

====Notes====
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:06.74:
*[[Kaylee McKeown]] also swam 2:03.30 (2024), 2:03.70 (2023), 2:03.73 (2024), 2:03.84 (2024), 2:03.85 (2023), 2:04.18 (2023), 2:04.21 (2024), 2:04.28 (2021), 2:04.31 (2021), 2:04.49 (2020), 2:04.64 (2022), 2:04.68 (2021), 2:04.81 (2023), 2:05.08 (2022), 2:05.16 (2020), 2:05.31 (2022), 2:05.51 (2021), 2:05.55 (2021), 2:05.60 (2022), 2:05.66 (2021), 2:05.83 (2020), 2:05.85 (2022), 2:06.02 (2023), 2:06.26 (2019), 2:06.35 (2019), 2:06.38 (2020), 2:06.41 (2022), 2:06.47 (2023).
*[[Regan Smith (swimmer)|Regan Smith]] also swam 2:03.69 (2019), 2:03.80 (2023), 2:03.99 (2024), 2:04.26 (2024), 2:04.27 (2023), 2:04.76 (2023), 2:04.94 (2023), 2:05.16 (2024), 2:05.28 (2022), 2:05.34 (2023), 2:05.46 (2024), 2:05.65 (2022), 2:05.94 (2020), 2:06.01 (2019), 2:06.16 (2020), 2:06.41 (2024), 2:06.43 (2018), 2:06.46 (2018), 2:06.47 (2019).
*[[Missy Franklin]] also swam 2:04.76 (2013), 2:05.10 (2011), 2:05.68 (2013), 2:05.90 (2011), 2:06.12 (2012), 2:06.33 (2013), 2:06.34 (2015), 2:06.46 (2013).
*[[Phoebe Bacon]] also swam 2:05.12 (2022), 2:05.61 (2024), 2:05.93 (2022), 2:06.27 (2024), 2:06.40 (2021), 2:06.46 (2021), 2:06.59 (2023).
*[[Kirsty Coventry]] also swam 2:05.24 (2008), 2:05.86 (2009), 2:06.39 (2008), 2:06.72 (2009).
*[[Kylie Masse]] also swam 2:05.57 (2024), 2:05.94 (2019), 2:05.97 (2017), 2:05.98 (2018), 2:06.24 (2024), 2:06.57 (2019), 2:06.62 (2019), 2:06.67 (2021).
*[[Margherita Panziera]] also swam 2:05.72 (2019), 2:06.08 (2021), 2:06.18 (2018), 2:06.41 (2019), 2:06.59 (2019), 2:06.62 (2019), 2:06.64 (2019), 2:06.67 (2019).
*[[Rhyan White]] also swam 2:05.73 (2021), 2:05.77 (2023), 2:06.39 (2021).
*[[Emily Seebohm]] also swam 2:05.81 (2015, 2017), 2:06.17 (2021), 2:06.38 (2021), 2:06.56 (2015), 2:06.59 (2016), 2:06.66 (2017), 2:06.69 (2015).
*[[Anastasia Fesikova]] also swam 2:05.92 (2012), 2:06.59 (2012).
*[[Katinka Hosszú]] also swam 2:06.03 (2016), 2:06.05 (2016), 2:06.09 (2016), 2:06.18 (2015).
*[[Margaret Hoelzer]] also swam 2:06.23 (2008).
*[[Claire Curzan]] also swam 2:06.34 (2024), 2:06.35 (2023), 2:06.39 (2023).
*[[Kathleen Baker]] also swam 2:06.38 (2017), 2:06.43 (2018), 2:06.46 (2020), 2:06.48 (2017), 2:06.66 (2017).
*[[Elizabeth Beisel]] also swam 2:06.39 (2009), 2:06.55 (2012).
*[[Belinda Hocking]] also swam 2:06.40 (2014), 2:06.49 (2016), 2:06.66 (2013), 2:06.68 (2012).
*[[Taylor Ruck]] also swam 2:06.41 (2018), 2:06.42 (2018), 2:06.70 (2019).

===Women short course===
*Correct as of December 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Short Course All-Time Ranking|url=https://api.fina.org/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=F&distance=200&stroke=BACKSTROKE&poolConfiguration=SCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200|publisher=FINA|date=21 October 2021|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021154216/https://api.fina.org/fina/rankings/swimming/report/pdf?gender=F&distance=200&stroke=BACKSTROKE&poolConfiguration=SCM&year=&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=&countryId=&pageSize=200|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Pos
!Time
!Swimmer
!Date
!Venue
!Ref
|-
!1
| 1:58.04 || {{flagathlete|[[Regan Smith (swimmer)|Regan Smith]]|USA}} || 15 December 2024 || Budapest
|-
!2
| 1:58.94 || {{flagathlete|[[Kaylee McKeown]]|AUS}} || 28 November 2020 || Brisbane
|-
!3
| 1:59.23 || {{flagathlete|[[Katinka Hosszú]]|HUN}} || 5 December 2014 || Doha
|-
!4
| 1:59.25 || {{flagathlete|[[Minna Atherton]]|AUS}} || 23 November 2019 || London
|-
!5
| 1:59.35 || {{flagathlete|[[Daryna Zevina]]|UKR}} || 26 August 2016 || Chartres
|-
!6
| 1:59.49 || {{flagathlete|[[Emily Seebohm]]|AUS}} || 26 November 2015 || Sydney
|-
!7
| 1:59.96 || {{flagathlete|[[Summer McIntosh]]|CAN}} || 15 December 2024 || Budapest
|-
!8
| 2:00.03 || {{flagathlete|[[Missy Franklin]]|USA}} || 22 October 2011 || Berlin
|-
!9
| 2:00.15 || {{flagathlete|[[Anastasiya Shkurdai]]|BLR}} || 10 November 2023 || Brest || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=http://brest-dvvs.by/upload/20231107/ResultList_26F_us.pdf|work=brest-dvvs.by|date=10 November 2023|access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
!10
| 2:00.18 || {{flagathlete|[[Shiho Sakai]]|JPN}} || 14 November 2009 || Berlin
|-
!11
| 2:00.27 || {{flagathlete|[[Beata Nelson]]|USA}} || 22 November 2020 || Budapest
|-
!12
| 2:00.53 || {{flagathlete|[[Claire Curzan]]|USA}} || 18 December 2022 || Melbourne || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=18 December 2022|access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
!13
| 2:00.69 || {{flagathlete|[[Kathleen Baker]]|USA}} || 6 October 2018 || Budapest
|-
!14
| 2:00.71 || {{flagathlete|[[Lisa Bratton]]|USA}} || 13 December 2018 || Hangzhou
|-
!15
| 2:00.76 || {{flagathlete|[[Phoebe Bacon]]|USA}} || 15 December 2024 || Budapest
|-
!16
| 2:00.83 || {{flagathlete|[[Elizabeth Simmonds]]|GBR}} || 16 December 2011 || Atlanta
|-
!17
| 2:00.91 || {{flagathlete|[[Kirsty Coventry]]|ZIM}} || 11 April 2008 || Manchester
|-
!18
| 2:01.24 || {{flagathlete|[[Belinda Hocking]]|AUS}} || 22 October 2011 || Berlin
|-
!rowspan=2|19
|rowspan=2|2:01.26 
| {{flagathlete|[[Kira Toussaint]]|NED}} || 4 November 2021 || Kazan || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=http://kazan2021.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Kazan2021/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBA------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf?x=23:38:07|work=microplustiming.com|date=4 November 2021|accessdate=18 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Kylie Masse]]|CAN}} || 18 December 2022 || Melbourne || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|work=Omega Timing|date=18 December 2022|access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
!21
| 2:01.29 || {{flagathlete|[[Amy Bilquist]]|USA}} || 30 October 2020 || Budapest
|-
!22
| 2:01.33 || {{flagathlete|[[Courtney Bartholomew]]|USA}} || 11 December 2015 || Indianapolis
|-
!23
| 2:01.45 || {{flagathlete|[[Margherita Panziera]]|ITA}} || 6 December 2019 || Glasgow
|-
!24
| 2:01.57 || {{flagathlete|[[Daria Ustinova]]|RUS}} || 4 December 2015 || Netanya
|-
!25
| 2:01.58 || {{flagathlete|[[Rhyan White]]|USA}} || 19 December 2021 || Abu Dhabi || <ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Final Results|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190202EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|publisher=Omega Timing|date=18 December 2021|access-date=19 December 2021}}</ref>
|}

====Notes====
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:01.58:
*[[Regan Smith (swimmer)|Regan Smith]] also swam 1:58.83 (2024), 2:00.42 (2024).
*[[Kaylee McKeown]] also swam 1:59.26 (2022), 1:59.48 (2022).
*[[Minna Atherton]] also swam 1:59.48 (2019), 2:00.58 (2019).
*[[Katinka Hosszú]] also swam 1:59.75 (2015), 1:59.84 (2015), 1:59.95 (2015), 2:00.05 (2017), 2:00.18 (2017), 2:00.37 (2017), 2:00.52 (2016), 2:00.53 (2017), 2:00.79 (2016), 2:00.85 (2014), 2:01.00 (2018), 2:01.17 (2014), 2:01.24 (2016), 2:01.48 (2016).
*[[Emily Seebohm]] also swam 1:59.94 (2018), 2:00.13 (2014), 2:00.65 (2017), 2:01.04 (2020), 2:01.13 (2018), 2:01.15 (2017), 2:01.16 (2020), 2:01.37 (2018), 2:01.41 (2017), 2:01.56 (2020), 2:01.58 (2016).
*[[Missy Franklin]] also swam 2:00.14 (2011), 2:01.53 (2015).
*[[Beata Nelson]] also swam 2:00.33 (2021), 2:00.43 (2022), 2:01.31 (2020).
*[[Daryna Zevina]] also swam 2:00.47 (2016), 2:00.75 (2016), 2:00.81 (2013), 2:00.97 (2016), 2:01.17 (2013), 2:01.25 (2016), 2:01.47 (2013).
*[[Anastasiya Shkurdai]] also swam 2:00.56 (2024), 2:01.31 (2024), 2:01.51 (2021, 2024).
*[[Kathleen Baker]] also swam 2:00.79 (2018), 2:00.85 (2018), 2:01.22 (2019), 2:01.57 (2019).
*[[Elizabeth Simmonds]] also swam 2:00.91 (2015), 2:01.48 (2009).
*[[Lisa Bratton]] also swam 2:00.99 (2020), 2:01.00 (2018).
*[[Belinda Hocking]] also swam 2:01.30 (2011).
*[[Kylie Masse]] also swam 2:01.45 (2021).
*[[Summer McIntosh]] also swam 2:01.52 (2024).
*[[Margherita Panziera]] also swam 2:01.56 (2018).

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{World records in swimming}}

[[Category:World record progressions in swimming|Backstroke 200 metres]]
[[Category:Backstroke|World record progression 200 metres backstroke]]