Latest News About 200M World Record

Here’s the latest on the 200m world record in the event you asked about.

• The current acknowledged long-course 200m individual medley world record (women) was broken by Summer McIntosh in 2025, taking the mark down to 2:05.70 at the Canadian trials ahead of the World Championships in Singapore. This surpassed the previous 2:06.12 set by Katinka Hosszu in 2011 (world championships era).[1]
• In the men’s 200m individual medley, Léon Marchand dominated and set a world record during the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, becoming the new standard in the event (semifinals drive to final).[4]
• There are other notable 200m records across formats (e.g., 200m freestyle, 200m backstroke, etc.) and short-course marks that periodically reset, but your focus on the 200m world record would typically refer to the long-course IM (women) and IM (men) records above.[3][9]

If you’d like, I can pull the most up-to-date article links and summarize the exact times, dates, and who held the records immediately before and after the latest performances. I can also provide a quick side-by-side of current records for all 200m strokes and the 200m IM to avoid confusion. Would you like that?

Note: The information above reflects the latest widely recognized long-course 200m IM records as of mid-2025, with ongoing championships potentially updating these times. If you want, I can verify the very latest official records from World Aquatics and major championships.[9][1][4]