Tuesday 5 January 2010

LC World Records pre-Polyurethane Suits

By publishing this I do not intend to diminish the acheivements of any of the World Record breakers since February 2008. Too often we lose sight of the fact that these guys are truly gifted athletes who work incredibly hard to acheive what they have. However, as the rules have changed re: swimsuits, so will the results. I have compiled what I consider the new targets for swimmers to shoot for. These are the records that stood before Polyurethane suits were used (February 2008).

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DisciplineTimeNameNATDateEvent

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50m Freestyle21.64Alexander PopovRUS6/1/2000Russian Olympic Trials

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100m Freestyle47.84P. v.d Hoogenband NET9/19/2000Olympic Games

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200m Freestyle1:43.86Michael PhelpsUSA3/27/2007World Championships

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400m Freestyle3:40.08Ian Thorpe AUS7/30/2002Commonwealth Games

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800m Freestyle7:38.65Grant Hackett AUS7/27/2005World Championships

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1500m Freestyle14:34.56Grant Hackett AUS7/29/2001World Championships

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50m Backstroke24.8Thomas Rupprath GER7/27/2003World Championships

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100m Backstroke52.98Aaron Peirsol USA3/27/2007World Championships

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200m Backstroke1:54.30Ryan Lochte USA3/30/2007World Championships

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50m Breaststroke27.18Oleg Lisogor UKR8/2/2002European Championships

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100m Breaststroke59.13Brendan Hansen USA8/1/2006US Nationals

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200m Breaststroke2:08.50Brendan Hansen USA8/21/2006Pan Pacific Championships

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50m Butterfly22.96Roland Schoeman SA7/25/2005World Championships

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100m Butterfly50.4Ian Crocker USA7/30/2005World Championships

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200m Butterfly1:52.09Michael Phelps USA3/28/2007World Championships

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200m Individual Medley1:54.98Michael Phelps USA3/29/2007World Championships

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400m Individual Medley4:06.22Michael Phelps USA4/1/2007World Championships

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4 x 100m Freestyle3:12.46United StatesUSA8/19/2006Pan Pacific Championships

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4 x 100m Medley3:30.68United States USA8/21/2004Olympic Games

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4 x 200m Freestyle7:03.24United States USA3/30/2007World Championships

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DisciplineTimeNameNATDateEvent

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50m Freestyle24.13Inge de BruijnNET9/22/2000Olympic Games

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100m Freestyle53.3Britta Steffen GER8/2/2006European Championships

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200m Freestyle1:55.52Laure ManaudouFRA3/28/2007World Championships

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400m Freestyle4:02.13Laure ManaudouFRA8/6/2006European Championships

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800m Freestyle8:16.22Janet Evans USA8/20/1989Pan Pacific Championships

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1500m Freestyle15:42.54Kate ZieglerUSA6/17/2007TYR Meet of Champions

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50m Backstroke28.09Li Yang CHI10/19/2007World Military Games

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100m Backstroke59.44Natalie Coughlin USA3/27/2007World Championships

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200m Backstroke2:06.62Krisztina EgerszegiHUN8/25/1991European Championships

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50m Breaststroke30.31Jade Edmistone AUS1/30/2006AUS Nationals

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100m Breaststroke1:05.09Leisel Jones AUS3/20/2006Commonwealth Games

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200m Breaststroke02:20.5Leisel Jones AUS2/1/2006AUS Commonwealth Trials

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50m Butterfly25.33A. KammerlingSWE3/12/2005Swedish SC Championships

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100m Butterfly56.61Inge de Bruijn NET9/17/2000Olympic Games

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200m Butterfly2:05.40Jessicah Schipper AUS8/17/2006Pan Pacific Championships

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200m Individual Medley2:09.72Yanyan Wu CHI10/17/1997China's National Games

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400m Individual Medley4:32.89Katie Hoff USA4/1/2007World Championships

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4 x 100m Freestyle3:35.22GermanyGER7/31/2006European Championships

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4 x 100m Medley3:55.74AustraliaAUS3/31/2007World Championships

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4 x 200m Freestyle7:50.09United States USA3/29/2007World Championships

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* - February 2008 is the date when poly suits were first introduced. Listing the records at this date is open to interpretation. There were a number of world records in Melbourne 2007 after some relatively quiet years 2000-20006, this could also be explained by faster suits. Its hard to forget all the claims made by Speedo of how much the various Fastskins were supposed to drop drag and reduce effort. Most people that have ever worn full legs or full body suits would agree that they benefit you, regardless of the textile/non-textile argument. Fastskin II was supposed to drop the drag by 4% to all other suits, clearly an advantage. The reason I haven't set it back to 1998, when bodysuits first came on the scene, is that swimmers have unquestionably become faster since 98 in most events. They train harder, for longer and have better support nowadays than before bodysuits. It is fair to assume that the 1998 records would have been broken, in most cases, by the same swimmers with or without the bodysuits.

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