DUBAI – American swimmer Ryan Lochte broke the men's 200 metres individual medley world record at the short-course World championships on Friday timing 1:50.08.

His time bettered the mark of 1:51.55sec set by South Africa’s Darian Townsed in November last year at a Fina World Cup meeting in Berlin.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
1:50.08 Ryan Lochte USA Dubai 17.12.10
1:51.55 Darian Townsend RSA Berlin 15.11.09
1:51.56 Ryan Lochte USA Manchester 11.04.08
1:52.99 Laszlo Cseh HUN Debrecen 13.12.07
1:53.14 Thiago Pereira BRA Berlin 18.11.07
1:53.31 Ryan Lochte USA Shanghai 07.04.06
1:53.46 Laszlo Cseh HUN Trieste 08.12.05
1:53.93 George Bovell TRI East Meadow 25.03.04

Also see:

Fina World Cup, Berlin day 2, today’s record
Nov 15, 2009