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href="#Start"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Start</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Start-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Turn_and_finish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Turn_and_finish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Turn and finish</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Turn_and_finish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Current_styles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_styles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Current styles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_styles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Competitions"> <div 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kap-%C3%A1-si%C3%BB" title="Kap-á-siû – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kap-á-siû" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Брас – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Брас" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Брас – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Брас" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82" title="Бруст – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бруст" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prsa_(plav%C3%A1n%C3%AD)" title="Prsa (plavání) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Prsa (plavání)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brystsv%C3%B8mning" title="Brystsvømning – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Brystsvømning" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brustschwimmen" title="Brustschwimmen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Brustschwimmen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinnuliujumine" title="Rinnuliujumine – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rinnuliujumine" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B8%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7" title="Πρόσθια κολύμβηση – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρόσθια κολύμβηση" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estilo_braza" title="Estilo braza – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estilo braza" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bular-igeriketa" title="Bular-igeriketa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bular-igeriketa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%87" title="شنای قورباغه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شنای قورباغه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasse_(natation)" title="Brasse (natation) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Brasse (natation)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%89%EC%98%81" title="평영 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="평영" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaya_dada" title="Gaya dada – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gaya dada" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringusund" title="Bringusund – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Bringusund" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_(nuoto)" title="Rana (nuoto) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rana (nuoto)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA#חזה" title="שחייה תחרותית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שחייה תחרותית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81" title="Брасс – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Брасс" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81" title="Брасс – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Брасс" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaukimas_kr%C5%ABtine" title="Plaukimas krūtine – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Plaukimas krūtine" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mell%C3%BAsz%C3%A1s" title="Mellúszás – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mellúszás" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ბრასი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბრასი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuak_dada" title="Kuak dada – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kuak dada" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoolslag" title="Schoolslag – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Schoolslag" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E6%B3%B3%E3%81%8E" title="平泳ぎ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="平泳ぎ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brystsv%C3%B8mming" title="Brystsvømming – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Brystsvømming" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass" title="Brass – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Brass" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBabka_(styl_p%C5%82ywacki)" title="Żabka (styl pływacki) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Żabka (styl pływacki)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bru%C3%A7os_(nata%C3%A7%C3%A3o)" title="Bruços (natação) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bruços (natação)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81" title="Брасс – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Брасс" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plavanje_v_prsnem_slogu" title="Plavanje v prsnem slogu – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Plavanje v prsnem slogu" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be swum comfortably at slow speeds. In most swimming classes, beginners learn either the breaststroke or the freestyle (front crawl) first. However, at the competitive level, swimming breaststroke at speed requires endurance and strength comparable to other strokes. Some people refer to breaststroke as the "frog" stroke, as the arms and legs move somewhat like a frog swimming in the water. The stroke itself is the slowest of any competitive strokes and is thought to be the oldest of all swimming strokes.<sup id="cite_ref-Maglischo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maglischo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Speed_and_ergonomics">Speed and ergonomics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Speed and ergonomics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in <a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">competitive swimming</a>. The fastest breaststrokers can swim about 1.70 meters (~5.6 feet) per second. It is sometimes the hardest to teach to rising swimmers after <a href="/wiki/Butterfly_(swimming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Butterfly (swimming)">butterfly</a> due to the importance of timing and the coordination required to move the legs properly.<sup id="cite_ref-cenews2009_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cenews2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the breaststroke, the swimmer leans on the chest, arms breaking the surface of the water slightly, legs always underwater and the head underwater for the second half of the stroke. The kick is sometimes referred to as a "<a href="/wiki/Frog_kick" class="mw-redirect" title="Frog kick">frog kick</a>" because of the resemblance to the movement of a frog's hind legs; however, when done correctly it is more of a "whip kick" due to the whip-like motion that moves starting at the core down through the legs. </p><p>The body is often at a steep angle to the forward movement, which slows down the swimmer more than any other style. Professional breaststrokers use abdominal muscles and hips to add extra power to the kick, although most do not perfect this technique until they are more experienced. This much faster form of breaststroke is referred to as "wave-action" breaststroke and fully incorporates the whip-kick. </p><p>A special feature of competitive breaststroke is the underwater pullout. From the <a href="/wiki/Streamline_(swimming)" title="Streamline (swimming)">streamline</a> position, one uses the arms to pull all the way down past the hips. As the arms are pulling down, one downward <a href="/wiki/Dolphin_kick" title="Dolphin kick">dolphin kick</a> is allowed (as of the 2024 season), though still optional; more than one dolphin kick will result in disqualification. This is followed by the recovery of the arms to the streamline position once more with a breaststroke kick. The pullout is also called the "pull down". The pullout at the start and after the turns contributes significantly to the swimming times. Open turns can be easily performed at the walls, but both hands must make contact with the wall. Therefore, one way to improve swimming times is to focus on the start and the turns. </p><p>Breaststroke, specifically the kick, allows you to glide underwater for much more time than any other stroke, as the kick has a lot of power and force when swimming in a pool. A competitive swimmer swimming this stroke will be underwater for a lot of the stroke due to the gliding and kicking. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Breaststroke.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Front view of the breaststroke"><img alt="Front view of the breaststroke" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Breaststroke.gif/200px-Breaststroke.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Breaststroke.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Front view of the breaststroke</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Breaststroke2.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Side view of the breaststroke"><img alt="Side view of the breaststroke" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Breaststroke2.gif/200px-Breaststroke2.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Breaststroke2.gif/300px-Breaststroke2.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Breaststroke2.gif 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="190" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Side view of the breaststroke</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Breaststroke3.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Top view of the breaststroke"><img alt="Top view of the breaststroke" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Breaststroke3.gif/200px-Breaststroke3.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Breaststroke3.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="178" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Top view of the breaststroke</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_swimming" title="History of swimming">History of swimming</a></div> <p>The history of breaststroke could go back to the Stone Age, as possibly indicated by images in the <a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Swimmers" title="Cave of Swimmers">Cave of the Swimmers</a> near Wadi Sora in the southwestern part of Egypt near <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>. The leg action of the breaststroke may have originated by imitating the swimming action of <a href="/wiki/Frog" title="Frog">frogs</a>. Depictions of a variant of breaststroke are found in Babylonian <a href="/wiki/Bas-relief" class="mw-redirect" title="Bas-relief">bas-relief</a> and Assyrian wall drawings. </p><p>In 1538, Nicolas Wynman, a German professor of languages and poetry, wrote the first swimming book, <i>Colymbetes</i>. His goal was not to promote exercise, but rather to reduce the dangers of drowning. Nevertheless, the book contained a good, methodical approach to learning breaststroke.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1696, the French author and poet <a href="/wiki/Melchis%C3%A9dech_Th%C3%A9venot" title="Melchisédech Thévenot">Melchisédech Thévenot</a> wrote <i>The Art of Swimming</i>, describing a breaststroke very similar to the modern breaststroke. The book (<a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> became one of its readers) popularized this technique. </p><p>In 1774, following a series of drownings, English physician John Zehr of the <a href="/wiki/Society_for_the_Recovery_of_Persons_Apparently_Drowned" class="mw-redirect" title="Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned">Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned</a> began giving public speeches and demonstrations to teach proper swimming technique. He is said to have helped to popularize breaststroke, noting the ease with which it could be learned and swum.<sup id="cite_ref-Maglischo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maglischo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the pre-Olympic era, competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke. A watershed event was a swimming competition in 1844 in London, notable for the participation of some <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Native Americans</a>. While the British raced using breaststroke, the Native Americans swam a variant of the <a href="/wiki/Front_crawl" title="Front crawl">front crawl</a>. The British continued to swim only breaststroke until 1873. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Webb" title="Matthew Webb">Captain Matthew Webb</a> was the first man to swim the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> (between England and France), in 1875. He used breaststroke, swimming 21.26 miles (34.21 km) in 21 hours and 45 minutes. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics" title="1904 Summer Olympics">1904 Summer Olympics</a> in St. Louis, Missouri, were the first Olympics to feature a separate breaststroke competition, over a distance of 440 yards (402 m). These games differentiated breaststroke, backstroke, and freestyle. </p><p>1928 was the start of the scientific study of swimming by <a href="/wiki/David_Armbruster_(swim_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Armbruster (swim coach)">David Armbruster</a>, coach at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Iowa" title="University of Iowa">University of Iowa</a>, who filmed swimmers from underwater. One breaststroke problem Armbruster researched was that the swimmer was slowed down significantly while bringing the arms forward underwater. In 1934 Armbruster refined a method to bring the arms forward over water in breaststroke. While this "butterfly" technique was difficult, it brought a great improvement in speed. A year later, in 1935, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sieg" title="Jack Sieg">Jack Sieg</a>, a swimmer also from the University of Iowa, developed a technique involving swimming on his side and beating his legs in unison similar to a fish tail, and modified the technique afterward to swim it face down. Armbruster and Sieg combined these techniques into a variant of the breaststroke called <a href="/wiki/Butterfly_stroke" title="Butterfly stroke">butterfly</a>, with the two kicks per cycle being called dolphin fishtail kick. Using this technique, Sieg swam 100 yards (91 m) in 1:00.2. However, even though this technique was much faster than regular breaststroke, the dolphin fishtail kick violated the rules. Butterfly arms with a breaststroke kick were used by a few swimmers in the <a href="/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics" title="1936 Summer Olympics">1936 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> for the breaststroke competitions. In 1938, almost every breaststroke swimmer was using this butterfly style, yet this stroke was considered a variant of the breaststroke until 1952, when it was accepted as a separate style with its own set of rules. </p><p>In the early 1950s, another modification was developed for breaststroke. Breaking the water surface increases drag, reducing speed; swimming underwater increases speed. This led to a controversy at the <a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, when six swimmers were disqualified, as they repeatedly swam long distances underwater. However, a Japanese swimmer, <a href="/wiki/Masaru_Furukawa" title="Masaru Furukawa">Masaru Furukawa</a>, circumvented the rule by not surfacing at all after the start, but swimming as much of the length underwater as possible before breaking the surface. He swam all but 5 m underwater for the first three 50 m lengths, and also swam half underwater for the last length, winning the gold medal. The adoption of this technique led to many swimmers suffering from oxygen starvation and even to some swimmers passing out during the race, so a new rule was introduced by the <a href="/wiki/FINA" class="mw-redirect" title="FINA">FINA</a>, limiting the distance that can be swum underwater after the start and after every turn, and requiring the head to break the surface every cycle.<sup id="cite_ref-Maglischo_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maglischo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since then, the development of breaststroke has gone hand-in-hand with the FINA rules. In about the mid-1960s, the rules changed to prevent the arm stroke from going beyond the hip line, except during the first stroke after the start and after each turn. Before 1987, the head had to be kept above the water surface during the entire stroke. Later on, swimmers were also allowed to break the water with parts of the body other than the head. This led to a variant of the stroke in which the arms are brought together as usual under the body after the pull but then are thrown forward over the water from under the chin until the arms are completely extended. There was a controversy at the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics</a> at <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> after Japan's <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Kitajima" title="Kosuke Kitajima">Kosuke Kitajima</a> won the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke race over American <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Hansen" title="Brendan Hansen">Brendan Hansen</a>, the world-record-holder. Video from underwater cameras showed Kitajima using a dolphin kick at the start and at some of the turns. Officials claimed that these kicks were not visible from above the surface of the water, so the result stood. In July 2005, FINA announced a change of rules to allow one dolphin kick at the start and at each turn, the new rule took effect on 21 September 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Techniques">Techniques</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Techniques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hoff_400m_IM_Missouri_GP_2008_b_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hoff_400m_IM_Missouri_GP_2008_b_cropped.jpg/300px-Hoff_400m_IM_Missouri_GP_2008_b_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hoff_400m_IM_Missouri_GP_2008_b_cropped.jpg/450px-Hoff_400m_IM_Missouri_GP_2008_b_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hoff_400m_IM_Missouri_GP_2008_b_cropped.jpg/600px-Hoff_400m_IM_Missouri_GP_2008_b_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2580" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Breaststroke by <a href="/wiki/Katie_Hoff" title="Katie Hoff">Katie Hoff</a> at 2008 Missouri Grand Prix.</figcaption></figure> <p>The breaststroke starts with the fly high butterfly lying in the water face down, arms extended straight forward and legs extended straight to the back. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arm_movement">Arm movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arm movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are three steps to the arm movement: outsweep, insweep, and recovery. The movement starts with the outsweep. From the streamline position, the palms turn out and the hands separate to slightly past shoulder width. The outsweep is followed by the insweep, where the hands point down and push the water backwards. The elbows stay in the horizontal plane through the shoulders. The hands push back until approximately the vertical plane through the shoulders. At the end of the insweep the hands come together with facing palms in front of the chest and the elbows are at the side at the body. In the recovery phase, the hands are moved forward again into the initial position under water. The entire arm stroke starts slowly, increases speed to the peak arm movement speed in the insweep phase, and slows down again during recovery. The goal is to produce maximum thrust during the insweep phase, and minimum drag during the recovery phase. Another variant is the underwater pull-down, similar to the push phase of a butterfly stroke. This stroke continues the insweep phase and pushes the hands all the way to the back to the sides of the hip. This greatly increases the push from one stroke, but also makes recovery more difficult. This style is well suited for underwater swimming. However, FINA allows this stroke only for the first stroke after the start and each turn. In late 2005, FINA has also introduced a new rule which permits a single downward kick after the push off the wall.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a variant, it is possible to recover the arms over water. This reduces drag, but requires more power. Some competitive swimmers use this variant in competition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leg_movement">Leg movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Leg movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The leg movement, colloquially known as the "frog kick" or "whip kick",<sup id="cite_ref-Maglischo_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maglischo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consists of two phases: bringing the feet into position for the thrust phase and the insweep phase. From the initial position with the legs stretched out backward, the feet are moved together towards the posterior, while the knees stay together. The knees should not sink too low, as this increases the drag. Then the feet point outward in preparation for the thrust phase. In the thrust phase, the legs are moved elliptically back to the initial position. During this movement, the knees are kept together. The legs move slower while bringing the legs into position for the thrust phase, and move very fast during the thrust phase. Again, the goal is to produce maximum thrust during the insweep phase, and minimise drag during the recovery phase. In the recovery phase the lower leg and the feet are in the wake of the upper leg, and the feet are pointed to the rear. In the thrust phase all three parts create their own wake, and the flat end of the feet acts like a hydrofoil aligned to give maximum forward thrust. The resulting <a href="/wiki/Drag_coefficient" title="Drag coefficient">drag coefficient</a> (or more precisely the frontal area) is thus doubled in the thrust phase. </p><p>A fit adult creates a wake. Drag due to a wake is <a href="/wiki/Aerodynamics" title="Aerodynamics">Newtonian drag</a>, increasing with the square of the velocity. For example, if the relative speed between the water and the leg is twice as high on the thrust phase than on the recovery phase, the thrust is four times as high as the drag. Assuming the legs are recovered with a relative speed between leg and body which amounts to the same as the relative speed between water and body, the legs must be kicked back with five times the mean velocity of the swimmer. This limits the top speed. Both effects together, velocity and frontal area, yield a thrust-to-drag ratio of 8 for the legs. </p><p>As a variant, some swimmers move the knees apart during the preparation phase and keep them apart until almost the end of the thrust phase. Moving both knee and foot outwards like a real frog avoids the extreme rotation in the lower leg. </p><p>All other variants fail to increase the frontal area, yet swimmers using them still generate some thrust by the velocity variation and do not drown. Another variant of the breaststroke kick is the scissor kick, however, this kick violates the rules of the <a href="/wiki/FINA" class="mw-redirect" title="FINA">FINA</a> as it is no longer symmetrical. Swimming teachers put a great effort into steering the students away from the scissor kick. In the scissor kick, one leg moves as described above, but the other leg does not form an elliptical movement but merely an up-down movement similar to the <a href="/wiki/Flutter_kick" title="Flutter kick">flutter kick</a> of <a href="/wiki/Front_crawl" title="Front crawl">front crawl</a>. Some swimming teachers believe that learning the front crawl first gives a higher risk of an incorrect scissor kick when learning breaststroke afterwards. </p><p>Breaststroke can also be swum with the dolphin kick in butterfly, but this also violates the FINA rules. One kick is allowed, however, at the start and at the turn, providing that it is part of the body's natural movement. </p><p>Humans have strong muscles in the legs and would need <a href="/wiki/Swim_fin" class="mw-redirect" title="Swim fin">swim fins</a> (like a frog) to bring all their power into the water and stand with the sole of the feet on the water. Rather the leg grabs almost as much water as the foot and a small amount of water is accelerated to high <a href="/wiki/Kinetic_energy" title="Kinetic energy">kinetic energy</a>, but not much <a href="/wiki/Impulse_(physics)" title="Impulse (physics)">impulse</a> is transferred. The toes are bent, the feet point 45° outwards, the sole points backwards, to mimic a <a href="/wiki/Hydrofoil" title="Hydrofoil">hydrofoil</a>. While closing in a V shape to the rear a small "lifting" force can be felt. Unlike in the other kicks, the joints are moved into extrema. Before the kick the knee is maximally bent and the upper leg is rotating along its axis to its extreme outer position and the lower leg is twisted to extreme, at the end of the kick the ankles are maximally turned to the inside so that the soles clap together to achieve a nozzle effect like in a <a href="/wiki/Jelly_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jelly fish">jelly fish</a>. Therefore, training involves getting flexible in addition to fitness and precision. The sudden sideways stress on the knees at the kick can lead to uncomfortable noise and feeling for the beginner and to wear for the senior. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breathing">Breathing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Breathing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The easiest way to <a href="/wiki/Breathing" title="Breathing">breathe</a> during breaststroke is to let the head follow the spine. When the swimmer's elbows have reached the line of his eye and have begun to rise, his or her head starts to lift. If they use their high elbows as a hinge for the inward sweep of their hands and forearms, they will create the leverage they need to use their abdominal muscles to bring their hips forward. When their hips move forward, their chest, shoulders and upper back will automatically lift up. Breathing is usually done during the beginning of the insweep phase of the arms, and the swimmer breathes in ideally through the mouth. The swimmer breathes out through mouth and nose during the recovery and gliding phase. Breaststroke can be swum faster if submerged completely, but FINA requires the head to break the surface once per cycle except for the first cycle after the start and each turn. Thus, competitive swimmers usually make one underwater pull-out, pushing the hands all the way to the back after the start and each turn. </p><p>Recreational swimmers often keep their head above water at all times when they swim breaststroke. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Body_movement">Body movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Body movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The movement starts in the initial position with the body completely straight. Body movement is coordinated such that the legs are ready for the thrust phase while the arms are halfway through the insweep, and the head is out of the water for breathing. In this position the body has also the largest angle to the horizontal. The arms are recovered during the thrust phase of the legs. After the stroke the body is kept in the initial position for some time to utilize the gliding phase. Depending on the distance and fitness the duration of this gliding phase varies. Usually the gliding phase is shorter during sprints than during long-distance swimming. The gliding phase is also longer during the underwater stroke after the start and each turn. However, the gliding phase is usually the longest phase in one entire cycle of breaststroke. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Start">Start</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Start"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Breaststroke uses the regular start for swimming. Some swimmers use a variant called the frog start, where the legs are pulled forward sharply before being extended again quickly during the airborne phase of the start. After the start a gliding phase follows under water, followed by one underwater pulldown and dolphin kick, then one whip kick as the hands are recovered back to a streamline. This is known as the pull-out. The head must break the surface before the arms reach their widest point on the first stroke after the pull-out. The downward butterfly kick was legalized by FINA, WWF and the NCAA in 2005, and remains optional. The downward fly kick is now allowed in MCSL. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turn_and_finish">Turn and finish</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Turn and finish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For competitive swimming it is important that the wall at the end of the lane is always touched by both hands (known as a "Two-Hand Touch") at the same time due to FINA regulations. </p><p>The turn is initiated by touching the wall during the gliding or during the recovery phase of the arms, depending on how the wall can be touched faster. After touching the wall, the legs are pulled underneath the body. The body turns sideways while one hand is moved forward (i.e. towards the head) along the side of the body. When the body is almost completely turned, the other hand will be swung straight up through the air such that both hands meet at the front at the same time. At that time the body should also be almost in the horizontal and partially or totally submerged. After the body is completely submerged, the body is pushed off the wall with both legs. Doing this under water will reduce the drag. After a gliding phase, an underwater pull-out is done, followed by another gliding phase and then regular swimming. The head must break the surface during the second stroke. </p><p>As a variant, some swimmers experiment with a flip over turn similar to front crawl. </p><p>The finish is similar to the touching of the wall during a turn. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_styles">Current styles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Current styles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The three main styles of breaststroke seen today are the conventional (flat), undulating, and wave-style. The undulating style is usually swum by extremely flexible swimmers, (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Beard" title="Amanda Beard">Amanda Beard</a>), and few people have the flexibility to accomplish it. The wave-style breaststroke was pioneered by Hungarian Swimming Coach Joseph Nagy. The wave-style was swum and made famous by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Barrowman" title="Mike Barrowman">Mike Barrowman</a> when he set a world record using it, and is now commonly swum by Olympians, though Australian swimmers, most prominently <a href="/wiki/Leisel_Jones" title="Leisel Jones">Leisel Jones</a>, generally seem to shun it. Olympian <a href="/wiki/Ed_Moses_(swimmer)" title="Ed Moses (swimmer)">Ed Moses</a> still swims a flatter style, despite the rapidly increasing popularity of the wave-style. </p><p>The wave-style breaststroke starts in a streamlined position, with shoulders shrugged to decrease drag in the water. While the conventional style is strongest at the outsweep, the wave-style puts much emphasis on the insweep, thus making the head rise later than in the conventional style. The wave-style pull is a circular motion with the hands accelerating to maximum speed and recovering in front of the chin, elbows staying at the surface and in front of the shoulders at all times. The high elbows creates the leverage for the powerful torso and abdominal muscles to assist in the stroke. During the insweep, the swimmer accelerates their hands and hollows their back and lifts themself out of the water to breathe. To visualize, some say that the hands anchor themselves in the water while the hips thrust forward. </p><p>The hollowed back and accelerating hands would lift the head out of the water. The head stays in a neutral position, looking down and forward, and the swimmer inhales at this point. The feet retract to the bottom without moving the thigh, thus reducing resistance. The swimmer is at their highest at this point. </p><p>Then the swimmer shrugs their shoulders and throws their arms and shoulders forward, lunging cat-like back into the water (though the emphasis is to go <i>forward</i>, not down). As the swimmer sinks, they arch their back, and kick. Timing is very important in order for the kick to transfer all of its force via the arched back, but the optimum time is when the arms are 3/4 extended. Then the swimmer kicks and presses on their chest, undulating a little underwater, and squeezing the gluteus maximus to prevent the legs and feet from rising out of the water. The swimmer has now returned to the streamlined position, and the cycle starts again. </p><p>Incidentally, the wave motion should not be overly emphasized and the swimmer should only rise until the water reaches his biceps, instead of pushing his entire torso out of the water, wasting a great deal of energy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DHM_2007_Alsterschwimmhalle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/DHM_2007_Alsterschwimmhalle.jpg/250px-DHM_2007_Alsterschwimmhalle.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/DHM_2007_Alsterschwimmhalle.jpg/375px-DHM_2007_Alsterschwimmhalle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/DHM_2007_Alsterschwimmhalle.jpg/500px-DHM_2007_Alsterschwimmhalle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Women's breaststroke at <a href="/wiki/Alster-Schwimmhalle" title="Alster-Schwimmhalle">Alster-Schwimmhalle</a> during the 2007 German Collegiate Championship</figcaption></figure> <p>There are eight common distances swum in competitive breaststroke swimming, four in yards and four in meters. Twenty-five-yard pools are common in the United States and are routinely used in age group, high school and college competitions during the winter months. </p> <ul><li>25 <a href="/wiki/Yard" title="Yard">yd</a> Breaststroke (age group and club swimming for children 8 and under)</li> <li>50 yd Breaststroke (age group swimming for children 12 and under)</li> <li>100 yd Breaststroke</li> <li>200 yd Breaststroke</li></ul> <p>Twenty-five meter or 50 meter pool distances </p> <ul><li>25 m Breaststroke (age group and club swimming for children 8 and under, 25 meter pool only, and not swum in year-around swimming)</li> <li>50 m Breaststroke (age group and club swimming for children 12 and under)</li> <li>100 m Breaststroke</li> <li>200 m Breaststroke</li></ul> <p>Breaststroke is also part of the <a href="/wiki/Medley_swimming" title="Medley swimming">medley</a> over the following distances: </p> <ul><li>100 yd Individual Medley</li> <li>200 yd Individual Medley</li> <li>400 yd Individual Medley</li> <li>4 × 50 yd Medley Relay</li> <li>4 × 100 yd Medley Relay</li> <li>100 m Individual Medley (short 25 m pool only)</li> <li>200 m Individual Medley</li> <li>400 m Individual Medley</li> <li>4 × 50 m Medley Relay</li> <li>4 × 100 m Medley Relay</li></ul> <p>Occasionally other distances are swum on an ad hoc, unofficial basis (such as 400 yd breaststroke in some college dual meets). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="FINA_rules">FINA rules</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: FINA rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are the official FINA rules. They apply to swimmers during official swimming competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>SW 7.1</b> After the start and after each turn, the swimmer may take one arm stroke completely back to the legs during which the swimmer may be submerged. At any time prior to the first Breaststroke kick after the start and after each turn a single butterfly kick is permitted. </p><p><b>SW 7.2</b> From the beginning of the first arm stroke after the start and after each turn, the body shall be on the breast. It is not permitted to roll onto the back at any time. From the start and throughout the race the stroke cycle must be one arm stroke and one leg kick in that order. All movements of the arms shall be simultaneous and on the same horizontal plane without alternating movement. </p><p><b>SW 7.3</b> The hands shall be pushed forward together from the breast on, under, or over the water. The elbows shall be under water except for the final stroke before the turn, during the turn and for the final stroke at the finish. The hands shall be brought back on or under the surface of the water. The hands shall not be brought back beyond the hip line, except during the first stroke after the start and each turn. </p><p><b>SW 7.4</b> During each complete cycle, some part of the swimmer's head must break the surface of the water. The head must break the surface of the water before the hands turn inward at the widest part of the second stroke. All movements of the legs shall be simultaneous and on the same horizontal plane without alternating movement. </p><p><b>SW 7.5</b> The feet must be turned outwards during the propulsive part of the kick. A scissors, flutter or downward butterfly kick is not permitted except as in SW 7.1. Breaking the surface of the water with the feet is allowed unless followed by a downward butterfly kick. </p><p><b>SW 7.6</b> At each turn and at the finish of the race, the touch shall be made with both hands simultaneously at, above, or below the water level. The head may be submerged after the last arm pull prior to the touch, provided it breaks the surface of the water at some point during the last complete or incomplete cycle preceding the touch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olympic_or_long_course_world_champions_in_breaststroke">Olympic or long course world champions in breaststroke</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Olympic or long course world champions in breaststroke"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men">Men</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Men"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">1972</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nobutaka_Taguchi" title="Nobutaka Taguchi">Nobutaka Taguchi</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">1976</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Hencken" title="John Hencken">John Hencken</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">1980</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/22px-Olympic_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/33px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/44px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Goodhew" title="Duncan Goodhew">Duncan Goodhew</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">1984</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Lundquist" title="Steve Lundquist">Steve Lundquist</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">1988</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Moorhouse" title="Adrian Moorhouse">Adrian Moorhouse</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">1992</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Diebel" title="Nelson Diebel">Nelson Diebel</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">1996</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9rik_Deburghgraeve" title="Frédérik Deburghgraeve">Frédérik Deburghgraeve</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Belgium at the 1996 Summer Olympics">BEL</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2000</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Fioravanti" title="Domenico Fioravanti">Domenico Fioravanti</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics">ITA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2004</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Kitajima" title="Kosuke Kitajima">Kosuke Kitajima</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2008</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Kitajima" title="Kosuke Kitajima">Kosuke Kitajima</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2012</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cameron_van_der_Burgh" title="Cameron van der Burgh">Cameron van der Burgh</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2012 Summer Olympics">RSA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2016</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peaty" title="Adam Peaty">Adam Peaty</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2020</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peaty" title="Adam Peaty">Adam Peaty</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%B2_Martinenghi" title="Nicolò Martinenghi">Nicolò Martinenghi</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics">ITA</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Olympic_champions_in_men&#039;s_200_m_breaststroke" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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breaststroke</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1908</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Holman_(swimmer)" title="Frederick Holman (swimmer)">Frederick Holman</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1912</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Walter_Bathe" title="Walter Bathe">Walter Bathe</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" title="Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics">GER</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1920</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5kan_Malmrot" title="Håkan Malmrot">Håkan Malmrot</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics">SWE</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1924</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Skelton_(swimmer)" title="Bob Skelton (swimmer)">Bob Skelton</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1928</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Tsuruta" title="Yoshiyuki Tsuruta">Yoshiyuki Tsuruta</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1928 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1932</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Tsuruta" title="Yoshiyuki Tsuruta">Yoshiyuki Tsuruta</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1932 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1936</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tetsuo_Hamuro" title="Tetsuo Hamuro">Tetsuo Hamuro</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1936 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1948</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Verdeur" title="Joe Verdeur">Joe Verdeur</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1952</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Davies_(swimmer)" title="John Davies (swimmer)">John Davies</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics">AUS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1956</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masaru_Furukawa" title="Masaru Furukawa">Masaru Furukawa</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1960</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Mulliken" title="Bill Mulliken">Bill Mulliken</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1964</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ian_O%27Brien" title="Ian O'Brien">Ian O'Brien</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics">AUS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1968</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/33px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/44px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Felipe Muñoz">Felipe Muñoz</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Mexico_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics">MEX</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1972</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Hencken" title="John Hencken">John Hencken</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1976</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Wilkie_(swimmer)" title="David Wilkie (swimmer)">David Wilkie</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1980</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robertas_%C5%BDulpa" title="Robertas Žulpa">Robertas Žulpa</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics">URS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1984</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Victor_Davis" title="Victor Davis">Victor Davis</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics">CAN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1988</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Szab%C3%B3" title="József Szabó">József Szabó</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 1988 Summer Olympics">HUN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1992</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Barrowman" title="Mike Barrowman">Mike Barrowman</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1996</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norbert_R%C3%B3zsa" title="Norbert Rózsa">Norbert Rózsa</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 1996 Summer Olympics">HUN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2000</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Fioravanti" title="Domenico Fioravanti">Domenico Fioravanti</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics">ITA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2004</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Kitajima" title="Kosuke Kitajima">Kosuke Kitajima</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2008</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Kitajima" title="Kosuke Kitajima">Kosuke Kitajima</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2012</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1niel_Gyurta" title="Dániel Gyurta">Dániel Gyurta</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 2012 Summer Olympics">HUN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2016</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dmitriy_Balandin" title="Dmitriy Balandin">Dmitriy Balandin</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics">KAZ</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2020</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zac_Stubblety-Cook" title="Zac Stubblety-Cook">Zac Stubblety-Cook</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics">AUS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Marchand" title="Léon Marchand">Léon Marchand</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/France_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 2024 Summer Olympics">FRA</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link 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title="Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2001</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Oleh_Lisohor" title="Oleh Lisohor">Oleh Lisohor</a> (UKR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2003_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2003</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/James_Gibson_(swimmer)" title="James Gibson (swimmer)">James Gibson</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2005_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2005</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Warnecke" title="Mark Warnecke">Mark Warnecke</a> (GER)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2007_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2007</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Oleh_Lisohor" title="Oleh Lisohor">Oleh Lisohor</a> (UKR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2009_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2009</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cameron_van_der_Burgh" title="Cameron van der Burgh">Cameron van der Burgh</a> (RSA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2011_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2011</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Fran%C3%A7a_Silva" title="Felipe França Silva">Felipe França Silva</a> (BRA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2013_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2013</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cameron_van_der_Burgh" title="Cameron van der Burgh">Cameron van der Burgh</a> (RSA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2015_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2015</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peaty" title="Adam Peaty">Adam Peaty</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2017_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2017</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peaty" title="Adam Peaty">Adam Peaty</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2019</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peaty" title="Adam Peaty">Adam Peaty</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2022_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2022</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nic_Fink" title="Nic Fink">Nic Fink</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2023</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Qin_Haiyang" title="Qin Haiyang">Qin Haiyang</a> (CHN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Williamson_(swimmer)" title="Samuel Williamson (swimmer)">Sam Williamson</a> (AUS)</li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1973_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">1973</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Hencken" title="John Hencken">John Hencken</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1975_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships">1975</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Wilkie_(swimmer)" title="David Wilkie (swimmer)">David Wilkie</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1978_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships">1978</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Walter_Kusch" title="Walter Kusch">Walter Kusch</a> (FRG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1982_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships">1982</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Lundquist" title="Steve Lundquist">Steve Lundquist</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1986_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships">1986</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Victor_Davis" title="Victor Davis">Victor Davis</a> (CAN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1991_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships">1991</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norbert_R%C3%B3zsa" title="Norbert Rózsa">Norbert Rózsa</a> (HUN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1994_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships">1994</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norbert_R%C3%B3zsa" title="Norbert Rózsa">Norbert Rózsa</a> (HUN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1998_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">1998</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9rik_Deburghgraeve" title="Frédérik Deburghgraeve">Frédérik Deburghgraeve</a> (BEL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2001_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2001</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Sludnov" title="Roman Sludnov">Roman Sludnov</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2003_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2003</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Kitajima" title="Kosuke Kitajima">Kosuke Kitajima</a> (JPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2005_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2005</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Hansen" title="Brendan Hansen">Brendan Hansen</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2007_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2007</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Hansen" title="Brendan Hansen">Brendan Hansen</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2009_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2009</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brenton_Rickard" title="Brenton Rickard">Brenton Rickard</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2011_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2011</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dale_Oen" title="Alexander Dale Oen">Alexander Dale Oen</a> (NOR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2013_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2013</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Sprenger" title="Christian Sprenger">Christian Sprenger</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2015_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2015</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peaty" title="Adam Peaty">Adam Peaty</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2017_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2017</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peaty" title="Adam Peaty">Adam Peaty</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2019</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peaty" title="Adam Peaty">Adam Peaty</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2022_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2022</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%B2_Martinenghi" title="Nicolò Martinenghi">Nicolò Martinenghi</a> (ITA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2023</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Qin_Haiyang" title="Qin Haiyang">Qin Haiyang</a> (CHN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nic_Fink" title="Nic Fink">Nic Fink</a> (USA)</li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1973_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1973</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Wilkie_(swimmer)" title="David Wilkie (swimmer)">David Wilkie</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1975_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships">1975</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Wilkie_(swimmer)" title="David Wilkie (swimmer)">David Wilkie</a> (GBR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1978_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships">1978</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Nevid" title="Nicholas Nevid">Nicholas Nevid</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1982_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships">1982</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Victor_Davis" title="Victor Davis">Victor Davis</a> (CAN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1986_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships">1986</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Szab%C3%B3" title="József Szabó">József Szabó</a> (HUN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1991_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships">1991</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Barrowman" title="Mike Barrowman">Mike Barrowman</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1994_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships">1994</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norbert_R%C3%B3zsa" title="Norbert Rózsa">Norbert Rózsa</a> (HUN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1998_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">1998</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Grote" title="Kurt Grote">Kurt Grote</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2001_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2001</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Hansen" title="Brendan Hansen">Brendan Hansen</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2003_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2003</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Kitajima" title="Kosuke Kitajima">Kosuke Kitajima</a> (JPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2005_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2005</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Hansen" title="Brendan Hansen">Brendan Hansen</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2007_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2007</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Kitajima" title="Kosuke Kitajima">Kosuke Kitajima</a> (JPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2009_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2009</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1niel_Gyurta" title="Dániel Gyurta">Dániel Gyurta</a> (HUN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2011_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2011</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1niel_Gyurta" title="Dániel Gyurta">Dániel Gyurta</a> (HUN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2013_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2013</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1niel_Gyurta" title="Dániel Gyurta">Dániel Gyurta</a> (HUN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2015_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2015</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marco_Koch" title="Marco Koch">Marco Koch</a> (GER)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2017_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2017</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anton_Chupkov" title="Anton Chupkov">Anton Chupkov</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2019</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anton_Chupkov" title="Anton Chupkov">Anton Chupkov</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2022_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2022</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zac_Stubblety-Cook" title="Zac Stubblety-Cook">Zac Stubblety-Cook</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2023</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Qin_Haiyang" title="Qin Haiyang">Qin Haiyang</a> (CHN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dong_Zhihao" title="Dong Zhihao">Dong Zhihao</a> (CHN)</li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women">Women</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breaststroke&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 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breaststroke</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1968</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C4%90ur%C4%91ica_Bjedov" title="Đurđica Bjedov">Đurđica Bjedov</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Yugoslavia at the 1968 Summer Olympics">YUG</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1972</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Carr_(swimmer)" title="Cathy Carr (swimmer)">Cathy Carr</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1976</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hannelore_Anke" title="Hannelore Anke">Hannelore Anke</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics">GDR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1980</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ute_Geweniger" title="Ute Geweniger">Ute Geweniger</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics">GDR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1984</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Petra_van_Staveren" title="Petra van Staveren">Petra van Staveren</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Netherlands at the 1984 Summer Olympics">NED</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1988</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281971%E2%80%931990%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281971%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281971%E2%80%931990%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281971%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281971%E2%80%931990%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281971%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tanya_Dangalakova" title="Tanya Dangalakova">Tanya Dangalakova</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Olympics">BUL</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1992</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/22px-Olympic_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/33px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/44px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yelena_Rudkovskaya" title="Yelena Rudkovskaya">Yelena Rudkovskaya</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Unified_Team_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics">EUN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1996</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Penelope_Heyns" title="Penelope Heyns">Penny Heyns</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics">RSA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2000</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Megan_Jendrick" title="Megan Jendrick">Megan Quann</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2004</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luo_Xuejuan" title="Luo Xuejuan">Luo Xuejuan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/China_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="China at the 2004 Summer Olympics">CHN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2008</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leisel_Jones" title="Leisel Jones">Leisel Jones</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">AUS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2012</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/33px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/44px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/R%C5%ABta_Meilutyt%C4%97" title="Rūta Meilutytė">Rūta Meilutytė</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Lithuania_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics">LTU</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2016</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lilly_King" title="Lilly King">Lilly King</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2020</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lydia_Jacoby" title="Lydia Jacoby">Lydia Jacoby</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tatjana_Smith" title="Tatjana Smith">Tatjana Smith</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics">RSA</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Olympic_champions_in_women&#039;s_200_m_breaststroke" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Footer_Olympic_Champions_200_m_Breaststroke_Women" title="Template:Footer Olympic Champions 200 m Breaststroke Women"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Footer_Olympic_Champions_200_m_Breaststroke_Women" title="Template talk:Footer Olympic Champions 200 m Breaststroke Women"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Morton" title="Lucy Morton">Lucy Morton</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1928</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hilde_Schrader" title="Hilde Schrader">Hilde Schrader</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="Germany at the 1928 Summer Olympics">GER</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1932</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Clare_Dennis" title="Clare Dennis">Clare Dennis</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 1932 Summer Olympics">AUS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1936</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hideko_Maehata" title="Hideko Maehata">Hideko Maehata</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1936 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1948</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nel_van_Vliet" title="Nel van Vliet">Nel van Vliet</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics">NED</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1952</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%89va_Sz%C3%A9kely" title="Éva Székely">Éva Székely</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics">HUN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1956</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ursula_Happe" title="Ursula Happe">Ursula Happe</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United Team of Germany at the 1956 Summer Olympics">EUA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1960</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anita_Lonsbrough" title="Anita Lonsbrough">Anita Lonsbrough</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1964</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Galina_Prozumenshchikova" title="Galina Prozumenshchikova">Galina Prozumenshchikova</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics">URS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1968</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Wichman" title="Sharon Wichman">Sharon Wichman</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1972</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Beverley_Whitfield" title="Beverley Whitfield">Beverley Whitfield</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics">AUS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1976</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marina_Kosheveya" title="Marina Kosheveya">Marina Kosheveya</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics">URS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1980</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lina_Ka%C4%8Diu%C5%A1yt%C4%97" title="Lina Kačiušytė">Lina Kačiušytė</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics">URS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1984</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anne_Ottenbrite" title="Anne Ottenbrite">Anne Ottenbrite</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics">CAN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1988</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Silke_H%C3%B6rner" title="Silke Hörner">Silke Hörner</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics">GDR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1992</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyoko_Iwasaki" title="Kyoko Iwasaki">Kyoko Iwasaki</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1996</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Penelope_Heyns" title="Penelope Heyns">Penny Heyns</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics">RSA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2000</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%81gnes_Kov%C3%A1cs" title="Ágnes Kovács">Ágnes Kovács</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 2000 Summer Olympics">HUN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2004</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Beard" title="Amanda Beard">Amanda Beard</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2008</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Soni" title="Rebecca Soni">Rebecca Soni</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2012</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Soni" title="Rebecca Soni">Rebecca Soni</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2016</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rie_Kaneto" title="Rie Kaneto">Rie Kaneto</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics">JPN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2020</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tatjana_Smith" title="Tatjana Smith">Tatjana Schoenmaker</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics">RSA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kate_Douglass" title="Kate Douglass">Kate Douglass</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link 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20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2001_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2001</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luo_Xuejuan" title="Luo Xuejuan">Luo Xuejuan</a> (CHN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2003_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2003</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luo_Xuejuan" title="Luo Xuejuan">Luo Xuejuan</a> (CHN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2005_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2005</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jade_Edmistone" title="Jade Edmistone">Jade Edmistone</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2007_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2007</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Hardy" title="Jessica Hardy">Jessica Hardy</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2009_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2009</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yuliya_Yefimova" title="Yuliya Yefimova">Yuliya Yefimova</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2011_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2011</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Hardy" title="Jessica Hardy">Jessica Hardy</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2013_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2013</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yuliya_Yefimova" title="Yuliya Yefimova">Yuliya Yefimova</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2015_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2015</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jennie_Johansson" title="Jennie Johansson">Jennie Johansson</a> (SWE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2017_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2017</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lilly_King" title="Lilly King">Lilly King</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2019</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lilly_King" title="Lilly King">Lilly King</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2022_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2022</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/R%C5%ABta_Meilutyt%C4%97" title="Rūta Meilutytė">Rūta Meilutytė</a> (LTU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2023</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/R%C5%ABta_Meilutyt%C4%97" title="Rūta Meilutytė">Rūta Meilutytė</a> (LTU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/R%C5%ABta_Meilutyt%C4%97" title="Rūta Meilutytė">Rūta Meilutytė</a> (LTU)</li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"></div><div 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Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1973</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Renate_Vogel" title="Renate Vogel">Renate Vogel</a> (GDR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1975_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships">1975</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hannelore_Anke" title="Hannelore Anke">Hannelore Anke</a> (GDR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1978_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships">1978</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union"><img alt="Soviet Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yuliya_Bogdanova" title="Yuliya Bogdanova">Yuliya Bogdanova</a> (URS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1982_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships">1982</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ute_Geweniger" title="Ute Geweniger">Ute Geweniger</a> (GDR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1986_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships">1986</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Gerasch" title="Sylvia Gerasch">Sylvia Gerasch</a> (GDR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1991_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships">1991</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Linley_Frame" title="Linley Frame">Linley Frame</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1994_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships">1994</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Samantha_Riley" title="Samantha Riley">Samantha Riley</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1998_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">1998</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kristy_Kowal" title="Kristy Kowal">Kristy Kowal</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2001_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2001</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luo_Xuejuan" title="Luo Xuejuan">Luo Xuejuan</a> (CHN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2003_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2003</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luo_Xuejuan" title="Luo Xuejuan">Luo Xuejuan</a> (CHN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2005_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2005</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leisel_Jones" title="Leisel Jones">Leisel Jones</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2007_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2007</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leisel_Jones" title="Leisel Jones">Leisel Jones</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2009_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2009</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Soni" title="Rebecca Soni">Rebecca Soni</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2011_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2011</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Soni" title="Rebecca Soni">Rebecca Soni</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2013_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2013</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/R%C5%ABta_Meilutyt%C4%97" title="Rūta Meilutytė">Rūta Meilutytė</a> (LTU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2015_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2015</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yuliya_Yefimova" title="Yuliya Yefimova">Yuliya Yefimova</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2017_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2017</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lilly_King" title="Lilly King">Lilly King</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2019</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lilly_King" title="Lilly King">Lilly King</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2022_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2022</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Benedetta_Pilato" title="Benedetta Pilato">Benedetta Pilato</a> (ITA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2023</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/R%C5%ABta_Meilutyt%C4%97" title="Rūta Meilutytė">Rūta Meilutytė</a> (LTU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a 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href="/wiki/List_of_World_Aquatics_Championships_medalists_in_swimming_(women)#200_metre_breaststroke" title="List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)">World long-course champions in women's 200 m breaststroke</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1973_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1973</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Renate_Vogel" title="Renate Vogel">Renate Vogel</a> (GDR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1975_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships">1975</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hannelore_Anke" title="Hannelore Anke">Hannelore Anke</a> (GDR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1978_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships">1978</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union"><img alt="Soviet Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lina_Ka%C4%8Diu%C5%A1yt%C4%97" title="Lina Kačiušytė">Lina Kačiušytė</a> (URS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1982_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships">1982</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union"><img alt="Soviet Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Svetlana_Varganova" title="Svetlana Varganova">Svetlana Varganova</a> (URS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1986_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships">1986</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Silke_H%C3%B6rner" title="Silke Hörner">Silke Hörner</a> (GDR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1991_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships">1991</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union"><img alt="Soviet Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yelena_Volkova_(swimmer)" title="Yelena Volkova (swimmer)">Yelena Volkova</a> (URS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1994_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships">1994</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Samantha_Riley" title="Samantha Riley">Samantha Riley</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1998_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">1998</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%81gnes_Kov%C3%A1cs" title="Ágnes Kovács">Ágnes Kovács</a> (HUN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2001_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2001</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%81gnes_Kov%C3%A1cs" title="Ágnes Kovács">Ágnes Kovács</a> (HUN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2003_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2003</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Beard" title="Amanda Beard">Amanda Beard</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2005_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2005</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leisel_Jones" title="Leisel Jones">Leisel Jones</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2007_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2007</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leisel_Jones" title="Leisel Jones">Leisel Jones</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2009_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2009</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Na%C4%91a_Higl" title="Nađa Higl">Nađa Higl</a> (SRB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2011_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2011</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Soni" title="Rebecca Soni">Rebecca Soni</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2013_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2013</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yuliya_Yefimova" title="Yuliya Yefimova">Yuliya Yefimova</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2015_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2015</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kanako_Watanabe" title="Kanako Watanabe">Kanako Watanabe</a> (JPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2017_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2017</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yuliya_Yefimova" title="Yuliya Yefimova">Yuliya Yefimova</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2019</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yuliya_Yefimova" title="Yuliya Yefimova">Yuliya Yefimova</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2022_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2022</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lilly_King" title="Lilly King">Lilly King</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2023</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tatjana_Smith" title="Tatjana Smith">Tatjana Schoenmaker</a> (RSA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2024_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metre_breaststroke" title="Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke">2024</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tes_Schouten" title="Tes Schouten">Tes Schouten</a> (NED)</li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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