World record progression 100 metres butterfly

The first world record in the 100 metres butterfly in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1957, for both men and women. In the short-course (25 metres) swimming events, the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.

Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle

Men

Long course

Time	Swimmer	Date	Place
1:03.4	György Tumpek	May 26, 1957	Budapest, Hungary
1:01.5	Takashi Ishimoto	June 16, 1957	Kurume, Japan
1:01.3	Takashi Ishimoto	July 7, 1957	Tokyo, Japan
1:01.2	Takashi Ishimoto	September 6, 1957	Kurume, Japan
1:01.1	Takashi Ishimoto	June 29, 1958	Los Angeles, United States
1:01.0	Takashi Ishimoto	September 14, 1958	Kochi, Japan
59.0	Lance Larson	June 26, 1960	Los Angeles, United States
58.7	Lance Larson	July 24, 1960	Toledo, United States
58.6	Fred Schmidt	August 20, 1961	Los Angeles, United States
58.4	Luis Nicolao	April 24, 1962	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
57.0	Luis Nicolao	April 27, 1962	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
56.29	Mark Spitz	July 31, 1967	Winnipeg, Canada
56.3	Doug Russell	August 29, 1967	Tokyo, Japan
55.7	Mark Spitz	October 7, 1967	West Berlin, West Germany
55.6	Mark Spitz	August 30, 1968	Long Beach, United States
55.0	Mark Spitz	August 25, 1971	Houston, United States
54.72	Mark Spitz	August 4, 1972	Chicago, United States
54.56	Mark Spitz	August 4, 1972	Chicago, United States
54.27	Mark Spitz	August 31, 1972	Munich, West Germany
54.18	Joe Bottom	August 27, 1977	East Berlin, East Germany
54.15	Pär Arvidsson	April 11, 1980	Austin, United States
53.81	William Paulus	April 3, 1981	Austin, United States
53.44	Matt Gribble	August 6, 1983	Clovis, United States
53.38	Pablo Morales	June 26, 1984	Indianapolis, United States
53.08	Michael Gross	July 30, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
52.84	Pablo Morales	June 23, 1986	Orlando, United States
52.32	Denis Pankratov	August 23, 1995	Vienna, Austria
52.27	Denis Pankratov	July 24, 1996	Atlanta, United States
52.15	Michael Klim	October 9, 1997	Brisbane, Australia
52.03	Michael Klim	December 10, 1999	Canberra, Australia
51.81	Michael Klim	December 12, 1999	Canberra, Australia
51.76	Andriy Serdinov	July 25, 2003	Barcelona, Spain
51.47	Michael Phelps	July 25, 2003	Barcelona, Spain
50.98	Ian Crocker	July 26, 2003	Barcelona, Spain
50.76	Ian Crocker	July 13, 2004	Long Beach, United States
50.40	Ian Crocker	July 30, 2005	Montreal, Canada
50.22	Michael Phelps	July 9, 2009	Indianapolis, United States
50.01	Milorad Čavić	July 31, 2009	Rome, Italy
49.82	Michael Phelps	August 1, 2009	Rome, Italy
49.50	Caeleb Dressel	July 26, 2019	Gwangju, South Korea

Short course

Time	Swimmer	Date	Place
52.07[1]	Marcel Gery	February 1, 1990	Paris, France
51.94[2]	Denis Pankratov	February 4, 1996	Paris, France
51.93	Denis Pankratov	February 5, 1997	Imperia, Italy
51.78	Denis Pankratov	February 7, 1997	Paris, France
51.16	Michael Klim	January 22, 1998	Sydney, Australia
51.07	Michael Klim	January 22, 1998	Sydney, Australia
51.02	James Hickman	December 14, 1998	Sheffield, United Kingdom
50.99	Michael Klim	September 2, 1999	Canberra, Australia
50.59	Lars Frölander	March 16, 2000	Athens, Greece
50.44	Lars Frölander	March 17, 2000	Athens, Greece
50.26	Thomas Rupprath	December 14, 2001	Antwerp, Belgium
50.10	Thomas Rupprath	January 27, 2002	Berlin, Germany
50.02	Milorad Čavić	December 12, 2003	Dublin, Ireland
49.77	Ian Crocker	March 26, 2004	East Meadow, United States
49.07	Ian Crocker	March 26, 2004	East Meadow, United States
48.99	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	November 7, 2009	Moscow, Russia
48.48	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	November 15, 2009	Berlin, Germany
48.44	Chad le Clos	December 4, 2014	Doha, Qatar
48.08	Chad le Clos	December 8, 2016	Windsor, Canada

Women

Long course

Time	Swimmer	Date	Place
1:10.5	Atie Voorbij	August 4, 1957	Rhenen, Netherlands
1:09.6	Nancy Ramey	June 28, 1958	Los Angeles, United States
1:09.1	Nancy Ramey	September 2, 1959	Chicago, United States
1:08.9	Janice Andrew	April 2, 1961	Tokyo, Japan
1:08.8	Mary Stewart	August 12, 1961	Philadelphia, United States
1:08.2	Susan Doerr	August 12, 1961	Philadelphia, United States
1:07.3	Mary Stewart	July 28, 1962	Vancouver, Canada
1:06.5	Kathy Ellis	August 16, 1963	High Point, United States
1:06.1	Ada Kok	September 1, 1963	Soestduinen, Netherlands
1:05.1	Ada Kok	May 30, 1964	Blackpool, United Kingdom
1:04.7	Sharon Stouder	October 16, 1964	Tokyo, Japan
1:04.5	Ada Kok	August 14, 1965	Budapest, Hungary
1:04.1	Alice Jones	August 20, 1970	Los Angeles, United States
1:03.9	Mayumi Aoki	July 21, 1972	Tokyo, Japan
1:03.80	Andrea Gyarmati	August 31, 1972	Munich, West Germany
1:03.34	Mayumi Aoki	September 1, 1972	Munich, West Germany
1:03.05	Kornelia Ender	April 14, 1973	East Berlin, East Germany
1:02.31	Kornelia Ender	July 14, 1973	East Berlin, East Germany
1:02.09	Rosemarie Kother	August 21, 1974	Vienna, Austria
1:01.99	Rosemarie Kother	August 22, 1974	Vienna, Austria
1:01.88	Rosemarie Kother	September 1, 1974	Concord, United States
1:01.33	Kornelia Ender	June 9, 1975	Wittenberg, East Germany
1:01.24	Kornelia Ender	July 24, 1975	Cali, Colombia
1:00.13	Kornelia Ender	June 4, 1976	East Berlin, East Germany
59.78	Christiane Knacke	August 28, 1977	East Berlin, East Germany
59.46	Andrea Pollack	July 3, 1978	East Berlin, East Germany
59.26	Mary T. Meagher	April 11, 1980	Austin, United States
57.93	Mary T. Meagher	August 16, 1981	Brown Deer, United States
57.88	Jenny Thompson	August 23, 1999	Sydney, Australia
56.69	Inge de Bruijn	May 27, 2000	Sheffield, United Kingdom
56.64	Inge de Bruijn	July 22, 2000	Federal Way, United States
56.61	Inge de Bruijn	September 17, 2000	Sydney, Australia
56.44	Sarah Sjöström	July 26, 2009	Rome, Italy
56.06	Sarah Sjöström	July 27, 2009	Rome, Italy
55.98	Dana Vollmer	July 29, 2012	London, United Kingdom
55.74	Sarah Sjöström	August 2, 2015	Kazan, Russia
55.64	Sarah Sjöström	August 3, 2015	Kazan, Russia
55.48	Sarah Sjöström	August 7, 2016	Rio, Brazil

Short course

Time	Swimmer	Date	Place
58.77	Angela Kennedy	February 18, 1995	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
58.68	Liu Limin	December 2, 1995	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
58.29	Misty Hyman	December 1, 1996	Sainte-Foy, Quebec
58.24	Ayari Aoyama	March 28, 1997	Tokyo, Japan
57.79	Jenny Thompson	April 19, 1997	Gothenburg, Sweden
56.90	Jenny Thompson	December 1, 1998	College Station, United States
56.80	Jenny Thompson	February 12, 2000	Paris, France
56.56	Jenny Thompson	March 18, 2000	Athens, Greece
56.55	Martina Moravcová	January 26, 2002	Berlin, Germany
56.34	Natalie Coughlin	November 22, 2002	East Meadow, United States
55.95	Libby Lenton	August 28, 2006	Hobart, Australia
55.89	Felicity Galvez	April 13, 2008	Manchester United Kingdom
55.74	Libby Trickett	April 26, 2008	Canberra, Australia
55.68	Jessicah Schipper	August 12, 2009	Hobart, Australia
55.46	Felicity Galvez	November 11, 2009	Stockholm, Sweden
55.05	Diane Bui Duyet	December 12, 2009	Istanbul, Turkey
54.61	Sarah Sjöström	December 7, 2014	Doha, Qatar

All-time top 25

Men

Correct as of August 2019.

Pos	Time	Swimmer	Date	Venue
1	49.50	Caeleb Dressel (USA)	26 July 2019	South Korea
2	49.82	Michael Phelps (USA)	1 August 2009	Italy
3	49.95	Milorad Cavic (SRB)	1 August 2009	Italy
4	50.39	Joseph Schooling (SGP)	12 August 2016	Brazil
5	50.40	Ian Crocker (USA)	30 July 2005	Canada
6	50.41	Rafael Muñoz (ESP)	26 July 2009	Italy
7	50.56	Chad le Clos (RSA)	8 August 2015	Russia
8	50.62	Kristof Milak (HUN)	29 July 2017	Hungary
9	50.64	Piero Codia (ITA)	9 August 2018	Great Britain
10	50.65	Albert Subirats (VEN)	26 July 2009	Italy
11	50.67	James Guy (GBR)	28 July 2017	Hungary
12	50.68	Maxime Rooney (USA)	2 August 2019	United States
13	50.78	Jason Dunford (KEN)	31 July 2009	Italy
14	50.83	Andrei Minakov (RUS)	27 July 2019	South Korea
15	50.85	Andrew Lauterstein (AUS)	1 August 2009	Italy
15	50.85	Mehdy Metella (FRA)	21 April 2019	France
17	50.86	Laszlo Cseh (HUN)	21 May 2016	Great Britain
18	50.90	Tyler McGill (USA)	31 July 2009	Italy
19	50.96	Li Zhuhao (CHN)	29 July 2017	Hungary
20	51.00	Kohei Kawamoto (JPN)	11 September 2009	Japan
		Grant Irvine (AUS)	29 July 2017	Hungary
		Jack Conger (USA)	1 March 2018	United States
23	51.02	Gabriel Mangabeira (BRA)	31 July 2009	Italy
24	51.03	Tom Shields (USA)	7 August 2015	Russia
25	51.10	Andriy Serdinov (UKR)	14 August 2008	China

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 51.10:

Caeleb Dressel also swam 49.66 (2019), 49.86 (2017), 50.28 (2019).
Andrey Minakov also swam 50.94 (2019).
Kristóf Milák also swam 50.95 (2019).

Women

Correct as of July 2019

Pos	Time	Swimmer	Date	Venue
1	55.48	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	7 August 2016	Brazil
2	55.83	Maggie MacNeil (CAN)	22 July 2019	South Korea
3	55.98	Dana Vollmer (USA)	29 July 2012	Great Britain
4	56.07	Liu Zige (CHN)	18 October 2009	China
5	56.08	Rikako Ikee (JPN)	9 August 2018	Japan
6	56.18	Emma McKeon (AUS)	24 July 2017	Hungary
7	56.23	Jess Schipper (AUS)	27 July 2009	Italy
8	56.37	Kelsi Dahlia (USA)	24 July 2017	Hungary
9	56.46	Penny Oleksiak (CAN)	7 August 2016	Brazil
10	56.51	Jeanette Ottesen (DEN)	18 August 2014	Germany
11	56.61	Inge de Bruijn (NED)	17 September 2000	Australia
11	56.61	Chen Xinyi (CHN)	23 September 2014	South Korea
13	56.69	Marleen Veldhuis (NED)	16 April 2009	Netherlands
14	56.73	Libby Trickett (AUS)	11 August 2008	China
15	56.76	Lu Ying (CHN)	7 August 2016	Brazil
16	56.85	Alicia Coutts (AUS)	28 July 2012	Great Britain
17	56.86	Jiao Liuyang (CHN)	27 July 2009	Italy
18	56.89	Aurore Mongel (FRA)	27 July 2009	Italy
19	56.94	Gabriella Silva (BRA)	27 July 2009	Italy
20	56.96	Ingvild Snildal (NOR)	27 July 2009	Italy
21	57.00	Marie Wattel (FRA)	21 July 2019	South Korea
22	57.02	Noemie Thomas (CAN)	5 April 2016	Canada
22	57.02	Brianna Throssell (AUS)	21 July 2019	South Korea
24	57.04	Elena Di Liddo (ITA)	21 July 2019	South Korea
25	57.07	An Se-hyeon (KOR)	24 July 2017	Hungary

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 57.07:

Sarah Sjöström also swam 56.22 (2019), 56.29 (2019), 56.45 (2019).
Maggie MacNeil also swam 56.52 (2019), 57.04 (2019).
Emma McKeon also swam 56.61 (2019), 56.90 (2019), 57.01 (2019).
Kelsi Dahlia also swam 57.06 (2019).
Elena Di Liddo also swam 57.07 (2019).

References

(in English) International Swimming Hall of Fame – archived from the ISHOF original
(in Dutch) Zwemkroniek
(in Italian) Agenda Diana

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