# British swimming champions – 200 metres breaststroke winners

The British swimming champions over 200 metres breaststroke, formerly the (Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) National Championships) are listed below. The event was originally contested over 220 yards and then switched to the metric conversion of 200 metres in 1971.
In 1962 Anita Lonsbrough set a world record of 2.52.2 sec in the final.

## 200 metres breaststroke champions

| Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
| | 220 yards | 220 yards |
| 1946 | Goldup Davies | |
| 1947 | Roy Romain | Elizabeth Church |
| 1948 | Roy Romain | Elizabeth Church |
| 1949 | Roy Romain | Hanne Caspers |
| 1950 | Peter Jervis | Elenor Gordon |
| 1951 | Derek Snelling | Elenor Gordon |
| 1952 | Peter Jervis | Elenor Gordon |
| 1953 | Peter Jervis | Margaret Grundy |
| 1954 | Peter Jervis | Margaret Grundy |
| 1955 | Chris Walkden | Elenor Gordon |
| 1956 | Chris Walkden | Elenor Gordon |
| 1957 | Brian Day | Christine Gosden |
| 1958 | Chris Walkden | Anita Lonsbrough |
| 1959 | Gerard Rowlinson | Anita Lonsbrough |
| 1960 | Gerard Rowlinson | Anita Lonsbrough |
| 1961 | Chris Wilkinson | Anita Lonsbrough |
| 1962 | Chris Wilkinson | Anita Lonsbrough |
| 1963 | Neil Nicholson | Stella Mitchell |
| 1964 | Basil Hotz | Stella Mitchell |
| 1965 | Basil Hotz | Stella Mitchell |
| 1966 | David Finnigan | Stella Mitchell |
| 1967 | Roger Roberts | Jill Slattery |
| 1968 | Stuart Roberts | Jill Slattery |
| 1969 | Bill Mahony | Dorothy Harrison |
| 1970 | Nigel Johnson | Dorothy Harrison |
| | 200 metres | 200 metres |
| 1971 | Malcolm O'Connell | Dorothy Harrison |
| 1972 | | Jean Jeavons |
| 1973 | David Wilkie | Caroline Tamlyn |
| 1974 | David Wilkie | Marion Stuart |
| 1975 | David Wilkie | Helen Burnham |
| 1976 | Duncan Goodhew | Debbie Rudd |
| 1977 | Paul Naisby | Margaret Kelly |
| 1978 | Duncan Goodhew | Margaret Kelly |
| 1979 | | |
| 1980 | Duncan Goodhew | Margaret Kelly |
| 1981 | Adrian Moorhouse | Suki Brownsdon |
| 1982 | Adrian Moorhouse | Gaynor Stanley |
| 1983 | Adrian Moorhouse | Jackie Willmott |
| 1984 | Murray Buswell | Nina Herbert |
| 1985 | Adrian Moorhouse | |
| 1986 | Adrian Moorhouse | Suki Brownsdon |
| 1987 | Nick Gillingham | Suki Brownsdon |
| 1988 | Nick Gillingham | Suki Brownsdon |
| 1989 | Nick Gillingham | Suki Brownsdon |
| 1990 | Nick Gillingham | Suki Brownsdon |
| 1991 | Nick Gillingham | Jean Hill |
| 1992 | Nick Gillingham | Sharlene Brown |
| 1993 | Nick Gillingham | Marie Hardiman |
| 1994 | Alexander Clapper | Marie Hardiman |
| 1995 | Nick Gillingham | Marie Hardiman |
| 1996 | Jonny Tunstall | Linda Hindmarsh |
| 1997 | Richard Maden | Linda Hindmarsh |
| 1998 | Adam Whitehead | Linda Hindmarsh |
| 1999 | Adam Whitehead | Linda Hindmarsh |
| 2000 | Adam Whitehead | Heidi Earp |
| 2001 | Ian Edmond | Jaime King |
| 2002 | Ian Edmond | Jaime King |
| 2003 | Ian Edmond | Jaime King |
| 2004 | Ian Edmond | Kirsty Balfour |
| 2005 | Kristopher Gilchrist | Kirsty Balfour |
| 2006 | James Kirton | Kirsty Balfour |
| 2007 | Richard Webb | Kerry Buchan |
| 2008 | Kristopher Gilchrist | Georgina Holderness |
| 2009 | Kristopher Gilchrist | Hannah Miley |
| 2010 | Michael Jamieson | Stacey Tadd |
| 2011 | Michael Jamieson | Stacey Tadd |
| 2012 | Andrew Willis | Stacey Tadd |
| 2013 | Michael Jamieson | Stacey Tadd |
| 2014 | Michael Jamieson | Sophie Taylor |
| 2015 | Adam Peaty | Molly Renshaw |
| 2016 | Andrew Willis | Chloé Tutton |
| 2017 | Ross Murdoch | Jocelyn Ulyett |
| 2018 | James Wilby | Jessica Vall |
| 2019 | James Wilby | Molly Renshaw |
| Not held during 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic |||
| 2022 | James Wilby | Abbie Wood |
| 2023 | James Wilby | Gillian Kay Davey |
| 2024 | James Wilby | Kara Hanlon |