{"id":782994,"date":"2026-07-06T02:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/782994\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T02:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:47:08","slug":"summer-mcintosh-shatters-200-fly-world-record-in-201-65-ending-oldest-wr-in-womens-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/782994\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer McIntosh Shatters 200 Fly World Record in 2:01.65, Ending Oldest WR in Women’s Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t2026 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 200m Butterfly \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n

World Record: 2:01.81 \u2013\u00a0Liu Zige<\/a>, China (2009)
\nCanadian Record: 2:01.99 \u2013\u00a0Summer McIntosh<\/a>\u00a0(2025)
\nWorld Aquatics \u2018A\u2019 Standard: 2:09.21<\/p>\n

Summer McIntosh<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 2:01.65\u00a0*NEW WORLD RECORD\/CANADIAN RECORD
\nMary-Sophie Harvey<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 2:10.58
\nClaire Watson \u2013 2:12.58<\/p>\n

In a performance that shook the swimming world, Summer McIntosh<\/a> shattered the world record in the women\u2019s 200-meter fly with a blazing time of 2:01.65 on night one of the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials in Montreal.<\/p>\n

The oldest world record in women\u2019s swimming at almost 17 years old, the 200 fly world record was the last remaining record from the super-suit era on the women\u2019s side and just a few years ago seemed unbreakable.<\/p>\n

McIntosh shaved .16 off of the previous world record time of 2:01.81, set by China\u2019s Liu Zige<\/a> back in 2009. McIntosh\u2019s performance also broke her own Canadian record in the event, as she took .34 off of her lifetime best from the 2025 World Championships.<\/p>\n

McIntosh dominated right from the start in Montreal, blasting ahead of the field to gain almost a body length\u2019s lead by the 50-meter mark; she turned in 27.45 at the 50, over a second ahead of runner-up Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/a>. McIntosh continued to extend her lead throughout the race, eventually getting her hands on the wall almost nine seconds ahead of Harvey.<\/p>\n

Despite trailing Zige\u2019s world record pace by nearly two-tenths at the halfway point, McIntosh pulled off a faster backhalf than the former record holder, chasing down the world record line and surpassing it to set a new standard.<\/p>\n

Split Comparison<\/p>\n

Zige \u2013 Old World Record
\nMcIntosh \u2013 Old Personal Best
\nMcIntosh \u2013 New World Record<\/p>\n

50
\n27.19
\n27.22
\n27.45<\/p>\n

100
\n58.08 (30.89)
\n58.41 (31.19)
\n58.21 (30.76)<\/p>\n

150
\n1:30.20 (32.12)
\n1:30.00 (31.59)
\n1:29.73 (31.52)<\/p>\n

200
\n2:01.81 (31.61)
\n2:01.99 (31.99)
\n2:01.65 (31.92)<\/p>\n

McIntosh swam this race the only way she could \u2013 she needed to attack the third 50 and hold on for dear life against the World Record line in the closing. The polyurethane suits like the one Zige wore to set her World Record were theorized to give swimmers a big closing advantage, and that showed up in Zige\u2019s swim.<\/p>\n

In addition to breaking the world record and Canadian record in the event, McIntosh\u2019s time also set a new Commonwealth record and Americas record in the 200 fly.<\/p>\n

McIntosh now owns four LCM world records; the 19-year-old already held the title of fastest ever performer in the women\u2019s 400 free, 200 IM and 400 IM. The 200 fly world record is perhaps the most infamous of them all, with her performance in the event further cementing her place in swimming history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials Women\u2019s 200m Butterfly \u2013 Finals World Record: 2:01.81 \u2013\u00a0Liu Zige, China (2009) Canadian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,277092,277093,82,29380],"class_list":["post-782994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-liu-zige","tag-mary-sophie-harvey","tag-sports","tag-summer-mcintosh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}