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The 200-metre individual medley is a race in competitive swimming in which swimmers compete in all 4 strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) in one race, with each leg being 50 metres in length. The stroke order is different to the team variant of this race.
Races are held in four swimming categories: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, over varying distances and in either individual or relay race events. Medley swimming races are also held, both individually and in relays, in which all four swimming categories are used. In the Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, both men ...
The first world record in the 200 metres individual medley in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1956, followed by the women a year later. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.
Leon Marchand of France celebrates after setting a world record in the men’s 200m individual medley final during Day 2 of the World Swimming World Cup 2024 at the OCBC Aquatic Centre on Nov. 1 ...
200m backstroke: 1:55.14 Kliment Kolesnikov Russia 28 July 2017: World Championships: Budapest, Hungary [12] 200m backstroke: 1:54.77 not ratified, fastest all-time junior: Ryosuke Irie Japan 7 June 2008: Japan Open Tokyo, Japan: 50m breaststroke: 26.97 h: Nicolò Martinenghi Italy 4 April 2017: Italian Championships Riccione, Italy [13] 100m ...
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course metres: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
Graphs of the progression of the World Records in all four strokes (50m, 100m and 200m distances). This is a history of the progression of the world record for the 200 metres freestyle swimming event. It is a listing of the fastest-times-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) swimming pools.
World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), at which swimming is the only discipline. This meet is held in a short course (25 meter) pool. Both events are organized by the international governing body for aquatics, World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA). These are the fastest times ever swum at any edition of the meet.