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
49.45
Caeleb Dressel
July 31, 2021
Tokyo, Japan
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
47.78
Caeleb Dressel
November 21, 2020
Budapest, Hungary
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
54.59
Kelsi Dahlia
December 3, 2021
Eindhoven , Netherlands
All-time top 25 [ ]
Men long course [ ]
Correct as of October 2021[3]
Notes [ ]
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 51.00:
Caeleb Dressel also swam 49.50 (2019), 49.66 (2019), 49.71 (2021), 49.76 (2021), 49.86 (2017), 49.87 (2021), 50.07 (2017), 50.08 (2017), 50.17 (2021), 50.28 (2019), 50.36 (2019), 50.39 (2021), 50.50 (2018), 50.75 (2018), 50.87 (2017), 50.92 (2020).
Kristóf Milák also swam 50.18 (2021), 50.31 (2021), 50.47 (2021), 50.62 (2017, 2021, 2021), 50.64 (2021), 50.77 (2017), 50.89 (2021), 50.95 (2019, 2021).
Michael Phelps also swam 50.22 (2009), 50.45 (2015), 50.48 (2009), 50.58 (2008), 50.65 (2010), 50.71 (2011), 50.77 (2007), 50.86 (2010, 2012), 50.87 (2008), 50.90 (2009), 50.97 (2008), 51.00 (2016).
Milorad Čavić also swam 50.01 (2009), 50.56 (2009), 50.59 (2008), 50.76 (2008), 50.92 (2008).
Joseph Schooling also swam 50.78 (2017), 50.83 (2016, 2017), 50.96 (2015, 2017).
Ian Crocker also swam 50.76 (2004), 50.82 (2007), 50.98 (2003).
Rafael Muñoz also swam 50.59 (2009).
Matthew Temple also swam 50.92 (2021).
Chad le Clos also swam 50.65 (2018).
Albert Subirats also swam 50.79 (2009).
James Guy also swam 50.83 (2017), 50.96 (2021), 50.99 (2021).
Noè Ponti also swam 50.76 (2021), 50.97 (2021).
Andrey Minakov also swam 50.88 (2021), 50.94 (2019), 51.00 (2021).
Andrew Lauterstein also swam 50.92 (2009), 50.93 (2009).
Mehdy Metella also swam 50.87 (2021).
László Cseh also swam 50.87 (2015), 50.91 (2015), 50.92 (2017).
Jakub Majerski also swam 50.97 (2021).
Men short course [ ]
Correct as of December 2021[12]
Notes [ ]
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 49.53:
Chad le Clos also swam 48.44 (2014), 48.45 (2020), 48.50 (2018), 48.56 (2014), 48.59 (2014), 48.66 (2016), 48.70 (2014), 48.74 (2014), 48.82 (2012), 48.95 (2014), 48.99 (2014), 49.01 (2013, 2016), 49.03 (2021), 49.04 (2021), 49.05 (2013, 2016), 49.08 (2013), 49.09 (2017), 49.13 (2017), 49.14 (2013, 2016, 2020), 49.15 (2019), 49.18 (2017), 49.22 (2018), 49.26 (2016), 49.27 (2021), 49.33 (2020), 49.34 (2013, 2019), 49.35 (2016), 49.39 (2020), 49.41 (2013), 49.45 (2016), 49.48 (2013, 2020), 49.49 (2017), 49.52 (2016).
Caeleb Dressel also swam 48.53 (2021), 48.71 (2018, 2021), 48.92 (2020), 49.02 (2020), 49.03 (2021), 49.10 (2019), 49.16 (2019), 49.23 (2021), 49.33 (2020), 49.35 (2020).
Tom Shields also swam 48.63 (2015), 48.67 (2021), 48.78 (2021), 48.80 (2013), 48.83 (2021), 48.88 (2021), 48.90 (2021), 48.94 (2020), 48.99 (2014, 2021), 49.00 (2014), 49.01 (2013, 2020), 49.02 (2014), 49.03 (2021), 49.04 (2016), 49.16 (2013), 49.17 (2020), 49.20 (2021), 49.23 (2014), 49.30 (2020), 49.32 (2013, 2014), 49.36 (2021), 49.39 (2019), 49.45 (2013), 49.46 (2021), 49.47 (2021), 49.49 (2013), 49.50 (2019), 49.52 (2019).
Matteo Rivolta also swam 48.87 (2021), 49.05 (2021), 49.07 (2021).
Yevgeny Korotyshkin also swam 48.93 (2009), 48.99 (2009), 49.43 (2013), 49.49 (2009).
Li Zhuhao also swam 49.36 (2018), 49.53 (2017).
Marius Kusch also swam 49.48 (2020), 49.49 (2021).
Women long course [ ]
Correct as of October 2021[18]
Notes [ ]
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 56.94:
Sarah Sjöström also swam 55.53 (2017), 55.64 (2015), 55.68 (2016), 55.74 (2015), 55.76 (2017), 55.77 (2017), 55.84 (2016), 55.89 (2016), 55.95 (2016), 55.96 (2017), 56.04 (2015), 56.06 (2009), 56.12 (2016), 56.18 (2021), 56.20 (2017), 56.22 (2019), 56.23 (2018), 56.26 (2016, 2017), 56.29 (2018, 2019), 56.32 (2017), 56.35 (2018), 56.37 (2016), 56.38 (2016), 56.40 (2021), 56.42 (2019), 56.44 (2009), 56.45 (2019, 2019), 56.46 (2018), 56.47 (2015), 56.50 (2014), 56.52 (2014), 56.53 (2013, 2014, 2017), 56.57 (2018), 56.58 (2015), 56.62 (2018), 56.66 (2018), 56.69 (2019), 56.71 (2020), 56.72 (2016), 56.76 (2009), 56.77 (2018), 56.78 (2019), 56.79 (2012), 56.83 (2018), 56.86 (2019), 56.87 (2018), 56.90 (2017), 56.91 (2021).
Maggie MacNeil also swam 55.83 (2019), 56.14 (2021), 56.19 (2021), 56.52 (2019), 56.55 (2021), 56.56 (2021), 56.70 (2021).
Zhang Yufei also swam 55.64 (2021), 55.73 (2021), 55.82 (2021), 55.89 (2021), 55.96 (2021), 56.06 (2021), 56.18 (2021), 56.24 (2021), 56.29 (2020), 56.40 (2021), 56.42 (2021).
Torri Huske also swam 55.73 (2021), 55.78 (2021), 56.29 (2021), 56.51 (2021), 56.69 (2021, 2021).
Emma McKeon also swam 55.82 (2021), 55.93 (2021), 56.18 (2017), 56.23 (2017), 56.33 (2021), 56.36 (2020), 56.44 (2021), 56.54 (2018), 56.61 (2018, 2019), 56.65 (2021), 56.69 (2020), 56.78 (2018), 56.81 (2016, 2017, 2021), 56.82 (2021), 56.85 (2019), 56.89 (2016), 56.90 (2019).
Rikako Ikee also swam 56.23 (2018), 56.30 (2018), 56.40 (2018), 56.86 (2016), 56.89 (2017, 2017), 56.90 (2018), 56.93 (2018).
Dana Vollmer also swam 56.25 (2012), 56.36 (2012), 56.42 (2012), 56.47 (2011), 56.50 (2012), 56.56 (2016), 56.59 (2012), 56.63 (2016), 56.87 (2011), 56.90 (2016), 56.94 (2009, 2016).
Marie Wattel also swam 56.27 (2021).
Claire Curzan also swam 56.43 (2021), 56.61 (2020), 56.81 (2021).
Kelsi Dahlia also swam 56.44 (2017, 2018), 56.48 (2016), 56.56 (2021), 56.74 (2017), 56.80 (2021), 56.83 (2018), 56.84 (2016), 56.86 (2018), 56.91 (2021).
Inge de Bruijn also swam 56.64 (2000), 56.69 (2000).
Louise Hansson also swam 56.73 (2021, 2021), 56.92 (2021).
Penny Oleksiak also swam 56.73 (2016), 56.94 (2017).
Chen Xinyi also swam 56.82 (2016).
Jeanette Ottesen also swam 56.83 (2016).
Lu Ying also swam 56.87 (2012).
Jessicah Schipper also swam 56.90 (2009).
Libby Trickett also swam 56.81 (2008).
Alicia Coutts also swam 56.94 (2011, 2012).
Women short course [ ]
Correct as of December 2021[26]
Pos
Time
Swimmer
Date
Venue
Ref
1
54.59
Kelsi Dahlia (USA )
3 December 2021
Eindhoven
[27]
2
54.61
Sarah Sjöström (SWE )
7 December 2014
Doha
3
55.04
Maggie MacNeil (CAN )
21 December 2021
Abu Dhabi
[28]
4
55.05
Diane Bui Duyet (FRA )
12 December 2009
Istanbul
5
55.10
Jeanette Ottesen (DEN )
11 December 2015
Indianapolis
Louise Hansson (SWE )
21 December 2021
Abu Dhabi
[29]
7
55.12
Katinka Hosszu (HUN )
11 December 2016
Windsor
8
55.25
Lu Ying (CHN )
7 December 2014
Doha
9
55.30
Alicia Coutts (AUS )
9 November 2013
Tokyo
10
55.31
Rikako Ikee (JPN )
11 November 2018
Tokyo
11
55.32
Beryl Gastaldello (FRA )
15 November 2020
Budapest
12
55.39
Emma McKeon (AUS )
26 October 2019
Budapest
Claire Curzan (USA )
21 December 2021
Abu Dhabi
[30]
14
55.43
Felicity Galvez (AUS )
19 December 2010
Dubai
15
55.53
Therese Alshammar (SWE )
6 November 2010
Stockholm
16
55.59
Dana Vollmer (USA )
30 October 2010
Berlin
17
55.64
Anastasiya Shkurdai (BLR )
1 November 2020
Budapest
18
55.68
Jessica Schipper (AUS )
12 August 2009
Hobart
19
55.69
(USA )
1 November 2020
Budapest
20
55.71
Francesca Halsall (GBR )
18 December 2009
Manchester
21
55.72
Marie Wattel (FRA )
21 November 2020
Budapest
22
55.74
Inge Dekker (NED )
13 December 2009
Istanbul
Libby Lenton (AUS )
26 April 2008
Canberra
24
55.75
Torri Huske (USA )
21 December 2021
Abu Dhabi
[31]
25
55.87
Zhang Yufei (CHN )
30 September 2018
Eindhoven
Notes [ ]
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 55.87:
Kelsi Dahlia also swam 54.84 (2018), 55.01 (2018), 55.21 (2018), 55.22 (2016, 2021), 55.35 (2019), 55.40 (2021), 55.49 (2016), 55.54 (2021), 55.55 (2020), 55.63 (2021), 55.64 (2020), 55.72 (2020), 55.78 (2019), 55.84 (2016).
Sarah Sjöström also swam 54.91 (2018), 54.96 (2018), 55.00 (2017), 55.03 (2015), 55.07 (2017), 55.13 (2014), 55.32 (2017), 55.35 (2020), 55.37 (2020), 55.44 (2020), 55.55 (2017), 55.60 (2017), 55.70 (2017), 55.78 (2013), 55.84 (2021).
Louise Hansson also swam 55.26 (2021), 55.42 (2021), 55.49 (2021), 55.67 (2021), 55.81 (2021).
Maggie Mac Neil also swam 55.30 (2021), 55.45 (2021).
Emma McKeon also swam 55.63 (2021), 55.66 (2021), 55.83 (2021).
Claire Curzan also swam 55.64 (2021).
References [ ]