Germany’s Steffen Deibler has wiped 0.12 seconds off the world record in the men's 50 metres butterfly.

The 22-year-old from Hamburg was timed 22.06 seconds at the International Swim meet in Aachen, Germany, on a short-course on Saturday, eclipsing the previous world mark of 22.18 set by Amaury Leveaux of France at last year’s Europeans.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
22.06 Steffen Deibler GER Aachen 24.10.09
22.18 Amaury Leveaux FRA Rijeka 14.12.08
22.29 Amaury Leveaux FRA Angers 06.12.08
22.50 Matt Jaukovic AUS Sydney 25.10.08
22.60 Kaio Marcio de Almeida BRA 15.12.07
22.71 Ian Crocker USA Indianapolis 10.10.04
22.74 Geoff Huegill AUS Berlin 26.01.02

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