SAINT PETERSBURG – Nikolay Skvortsov of Russia set a world record in the men's 200 metres butterfly at the national short-course championships.

Skvortsov won in 1:50.53 seconds on Sunday in Saint Petersburg beating his own mark of 1:50.60 that he set winning gold at the European Championships in Rijeka last December.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):

1:50.53 Skvortsov Nikolay RUS St. Petersburg 08.02.09
1:50.60 Skvortsov Nikolay RUS Rijeka 13.12.08
1:50.73 Esposito Franck FRA Antibes 08.12.02
1:51.21 Rupprath Thomas GER Rostock 01.12.01
1:51.58 Esposito Franck FRA Antibes 14.01.01
1:51.76 Hickman James GBR Paris 28.03.98
1:52.64 Pankratov Denis Gelsenkirchen 02.02.97

Also see:

SC European championships, Skvortsov sets 200 butterfly world record
Dec 13, 2008