Men’s 200m Breaststroke – Short Course World Record & Splits

Current Records:

World Record: Caspar Corbeau, Netherlands, 1:59.52, 25 October 2025, Swimming World Cup
World Junior Record: Akihiro Yamaguchi, Japan, 2:03.23 – 14 December 2012, World Championships
Commonwealth Record: Michael Jamieson, Great Britain, 2:01.43, 15 December 2013, European Championships

Top 10 All-time Performers:

1. Caspar Corbeau (26.66, 30.14, 31.04, 31.68) 1:59.52
2. Kirill Prigoda (27.01, 30.61, 31.13, 31.41) 2:00.16
3. Daiya Seto (27.68, 30.80, 30.98, 30.93) 2:00.35
4. Marco Koch (27.46, 30.93, 30.93, 31.12) 2:00.44
5. Daniel Gyurta (27.75, 31.00, 30.89, 30.84) 2:00.48
6. Qin Haiyang (27.45, 30.84, 31.23, 31.63) 2:01.15
7. Arno Kamminga (28.03, 30.73, 31.18, 31.49) 2:01.43 / Michael Jamieson (27.95, 30.81, 30.94, 31.73) 2:01.43
8. Carles Coll (27.17, 30.89, 31.59, 31.93) 2:01.55
9. Anton Chupkov (28.51, 31.36, 31.58, 32.22) 2:01.57

Data Analysis and Comparison:

The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 200m Breaststroke – Men’s Short Course swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible.

Men's 200m Breaststroke - Short Course
	Krill Prigoda	Marco Koch	Daniel Gyurta	Qin Haiyang	Daiya Seto	Arno Kamminga	Michael Jamieson
Height:	192cm 6 ft 4 in	185cm 6 ft 1 in	185cm 6 ft 1 in	183cm 6 ft	174cm 5 ft 9 in	184cm 6 ft 1 in	186cm 6 ft 1 in
Weight:	88kg 194Ib	83kg 183Ib	77kg 170Ib	75kg 165lb	75kg 165Ib		81kg 179 Ib
Country:	RUS	GER	HUN	CHN	JPN	NED	GBR
DOB:	1995-12-29	1990-01-25	1989-05-04	1999-05-17	1994-05-24	1995-10-22	1988-08-05
Meet:	14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2018	2016 German national short course championships	FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup 2014	14th FINA World Swimming	FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017	Christmas Competition 2020	European Short Course Swimming Championships 2013
1st 25m Split
Strokes	3			4
2nd 25m Split
Strokes	4			5
Split Time:	27.01	27.46	27.75	27.45	27.88	28.03	27.95
50m PB:	25.49	26.52	26.56	27.45	26.66	25.84	27.95
Time off 50m PB:	1.52	0.94	1.19	0.00	1.22	2.19	0.00
Percentage of 50m PB:	105.963%	103.544%	104.480%	100.000%	104.576%	108.475%	100.000%
3rd 25m Split
Strokes	4			5
4th 25m Split
Strokes	5			5
Split Time:	57.62	58.39	58.75	58.29	58.77	58.76	58.76
5th 25m Split
Strokes	5			6
6th 25m Split
Strokes	5			6
Split Time:	1.28.75	1.29.32	1.29.64	1.29.52	1.30.03	1.29.94	1.29.70
7th 25m Split
Strokes	6			7
8th 25m Split
Strokes	7			8
Total Time:	2.00.16	2.00.44	2.00.48	2.01.15	2.01.30	2.01.43	2.01.43

Here is the list of the Men’s 100m Breaststroke Short Course for comparison.

Here is Kirill Prigoda’s 200m Breaststroke World Record swim to view.

Note: Men’s 200m Breaststroke – Short Course World Record & Splits Update Oct 2025

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