Summer McIntosh breaks world record in 200m individual medley
Summer McIntosh now has world records in three different events.
www.nbcsports.comHere’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]