I have some contributions, corrections, and omissions mostly in the historical content to this most excellent document. As always, thanks for all your hard work on this list.
(Note: 10th American 50 m free record of career, most-ever by ANY U.S. swimmer in ANY event, m/w. Mar Spitz broke AR in 200 meter butterfly nine times for most by any U.S. male swimmer.)
This is not correct. Don Schollander set the American Record 11 times from 1962 to 1968. He has the most of anyone in any event. When Mark Spitz set his first AR in this event of 1:54.3 it tied Schollander's mark and he Don had or shared the mark for 9 years.
24.25 Torres U.S. Olympic Trials Omaha 07-06-08. Ninth 50 free AR [lcm] of career. Ties Mark Spitz for most-ever by ANY U.S. swimmer in ANY single event!)) Statement about Schollander applies here.
53.76sf Dara Torres, USA/Florida U.S. Olympic Trials Omaha 07-03-08. (Note: "world record" for 40-44 age-group [dob: 04/67]
A question here is what does World Record mean? If you are referring to FINA Masters World Records then this is not correct. FINA only ratifies Masters World Records in FINA member Masters sanctioned meets. United States Masters recognizes this as a US Masters Record because that organization does not requirement that it be a Masters Sanctioned meet.
Note: third world-record in this event. Most-ever in any single event by any Italian woman and most-ever by any European.
This is only particaly correct. The most World Records in this event by a European is
January 3, 2010 3:59.15** Federica Pelligrini, ITA World Championships Rome 07-26-09.
Note: third world-record in this event. Most-ever in any single event by any Italian woman and most-ever by any European.
This is only partially correct. The most World Records in this event by a European is by Ragnhlid Hvegar from Denmark. She set 8 World Records in this event from 1937 to 1940 and held the World Record in the event until 1956 and the time period was from 2-10-1937 to 8-25-1956, six months short of 20 years making this one of the longest world marks in history.
American Debbie Meyer with five has most overall. The statement above applies here because of the 8 World Records that were the most by a women in this event.
(Note: fourth woman to hold 200-400 free wrs simultaneously. Others: Shirley Babshoff, USA; Barbara Krause, GDR; Manadou.)
Actually she is the 11th women to hold both wrs simultaneously. Here are the names in order of 200-400 wrs and the years they were set.
1. Gertrude Ederle -1923, 1924, and 1925. 2. Martha Noreluis - 1927, 1928 and 1929. 3. Helene Madison - 1931, 1932, and 1933. 4. Willey Den Ouden - 1934, 1935, and 1936. 5. Lorraine Crapp - 1956 and 1957. 6. Debbie Meyer - 1968 and 1969. 7. Shane Gould - 1971, 1972, and 1973. Then Shirley Babshoff, USA; Barbara Krause, GDR; Manadou as correctly stated at 8, 9, and 10.
8:14.10** Rebecca Adlington, GBR Olympics Beijing 08-16-08
Second British woman world record-setter @ an Olympics. Anita Lonsborough [200 breast, ROUe, 1960] was first. This statement is correct.
Adlington only GBR freestyle gold-medalist/world record-setter. Third British wr-setter ever.
This statement is not correct. Henry Taylor won double gold in 1908 in London in the 400 and 1500 Free and set World Records in both events in the process. This would make Adlington the Fourth British wr-setter ever.
8:24.95 Tiffany Cohen, USA/Texas Olympics Los Angeles 08-03-84
(Note: gold-medalist)(Note: first American [m/w] to win 800-1500 golds @World Championships. Repeated in 2007
This is not correct because the FINA World Championships did not start the 1500 Free event for women until 2001. Tiffy did win the gold in this event at the 1984 Olympics but never won this event at the World Championships and was fifth to Kim Linehan at the 1982 World Championships. Kate Ziegler, as correctly stated is the only women to accomplish this in 2007 and 2009.
28.30s Natalie Coughlin, USA/Cal World Championships Melbourne 03-27-07. 58.97 Coughlin U.S. Olympic Trials Omaha 07-30-08. Note: 2001, '05, '07 World Champion, 100 meter backstroke.
Natalie was not the World Champion in the 100 Back in 2005. She was third to Kisty Coventry at first and Buschschulte at second.
2:20.22*# Rebecca Soni, USA/USC Olympics Beijing 08-15-08
(Note: American/NCAA Divison 1 record-holder, 200 yard breaststroke; 2006- '09 champion. Only four-peater.
Tara Kirk was a four-peater at the the NCAA Divison 1 meet in this event in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Brendan Hansen did this in the exact same years at the NCAA Divison 1 meet and he is the only man to be a four-peater in this event.
2:22.44 Amanda Beard, USA/Arizona U.S. Olympic Trials Long Beach 07-12-04
Also, first [and ONLY!] woman to win World Championshiop/Olympic 200 breast golds in consecutive years.
This statement is true only because of consecutive years. This would not be true if you were referring to World Championships and Olympics consecutively. Agnes Kovacs won this event at the 2000 Olympics and both the 1998 and 2001 World Championships. So she is the only one to win these championships three in a row consecutively.
58.24* Hannah Wilson, HKG/Cal World Uiverity Gaes Belgrade 07-09-09
Member of Cal's 2009 NCAA Division 1 team champion –first in school history!)
The Cal Men's swimming team won the NCAA Championship in 1979 and 1980 so this would be the third in school history.
2:04.14p* Mary DeScenza, USA/Georgia World Championships Rome 07-29-09
(Notre: four-time NCAA 200 yard fly champ for ‘Dawgs [2003-‘06]. Only woman to accomplish this feat
Mary T Meager was a four-peater at the the NCAA Divison 1 meet in this event in 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1987. In 1984, she redshirted for 1 year to train and concentrate on the 1984 Olympics.
2:06.15** Ariana Kukors, USA/Washington World Championships Rome 07-27-09.
(Note: Kukors second former University of Washington swimmer to win a gold-medal. Butterflyer Robin
Backahus took top honors @ the inaugural World Championships in Belgrade 36 years ago. )
This is not correct. She is the third former University of Washington swimmer to win a gold medal. Rick Demont won the 400 Free at the same championships that Robin Backahus did. Those two were both teammates at the Univ. of Washington. He did a time of 3:58.18 to set the World Record and be the first swimmer to go under 4 minutes in the 400 Free just like Pellegrini was the first women to accomplish this in 2009.
2:07.03sf2# Kukors World Championships Rome 07-26-09 (Note: Kukors first Husky swimmer of either sex to set a world-record.
This statement is not correct and she is the third Husky swimmer of either sex to set a world-record. Jack Medica set World Records in the 200 Free in 1935 and the 400 Free in 1934. He is one of only two swimmers to ever go undefeated in his events at the NCAA Divison 1 Championship and the other swimmer to accomplish this was Roy Saari.
4:35.25 Coventry RSA Nationals/WCTs Durban 04-19-09
Fastest-ever on African continent. Also went a 59.94 100
back four events later! Fastest –ever one-day double of its kind all-time!)
I would say this fastest ever one day double is rather subjective given what Michael Phelps has done in the last 8 years at Championship events.
Submitted by:
skipswims
January 3, 2010 Two poins: since 2004 NCAAs were swum scm I forgot Kirk had four-peated, along/w Texas'Brendan Hansen in 200 breast. My errpr.
And Kovacs actually tripled, winningg the World Championships in 1998, the Olympics in Y2K and the Worlds again the following year.
Submitted by:
slickwillie32
January 4, 2010 Many thnks to all who wrot in w/corrections, which for the most part have been incorporated and will appear in next ranking list to be published laer this year.
Some further corrections:
50 free:
Yi Tang's 24.81 is from lasgt year's National Games in Jinan in October.
800 free
Chloe Sutton's pr 8:27.69 from the TYR Meet of Champions @ Mission viejo lasgJuneaccidentally omitted.
1500 free
Roumania's Camille Potec's former European Record and still her pr/NR of 15:52.37 from last April's French World Championship Trials in Montpellier accidentally cut when lisgt was reduced in size.
Sara Nicoponski's last name hs no "r".
In the 100 back Australia's Eily Seebohm's pr is 58.88, NOT the 59.88 shown (typo).
Mary DeScenza has a 100 back pr of 1:00.44 from lediing off her club team's 400 medley relay at the 2008 U.S. Open in Minneapolis.
China's Yanxin Zhou has a pr o f 59.40 and that should be he only time for her on the list. Her time among the performers' section should be deleted.
200 back
Kristen Heiss (USA/Texas A&M) went a 2:09.22 @ the World University Games in Belgtrde last summer and that time was accidentally cut out.
2:09.48 for China's Liaoyang Jiao is actually a 200 fly time.
50 bfreast
Leisel Jones' pr is 30.52 from the 2006 Mare Nostrum meting in Monaco.
Pnny Heyns' pr/NR is 30.83 from the 1999 Pan-Pacs in Sydney. She is shown w/a 30.84.
China's Jin Zhao's 30.85 should be 31.75s (50 split off her 1:07.2 100 breast from last year's National Games)
The japanese city "Kunamoto" should bespelled "Kinamoto."
100 breast
Former Nittany Lion [Penn State] and Mustang [SMU] Corrie Clark's pr 1:07.43 from the U.S. Open in Federal Way last August should be added.
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Submitted by:
slickwillie32
January 4, 2010 In referring to Don Schollandar, the event that he set 11 American Records was the 200 Free. He was the first to go under 2 minutes. He set 10 World Records in this event from 1963 to 1968 and lost the record to Robert Windle and Hans Klein in those years but got the record back and Mark Spitz tied the mark in 1969 and Mark didn't break the mark until 1971.
1:55.29sf2 Dana Vollmer, USA/Cal World Championships Rome 07-28-09
Bears now match Pac-10 rivals Stanford, USC for having won both women's and men's NCAA Championships. Cal won its two men's titles in 1980-'81 under then Coach Nort Thornton.)
Two corrections to this statement.
Bears now match Pac-10 rivals Stanford, USC, and Arizona for having won both women's and men's NCAA Championships. Arizona did this in winning both NCAA Championships in 2008.
Cal won its two men's titles in 1980-'81 under then Coach Nort Thornton.) That should read 1979 and 1980. The University of Texas Men's team won the NCAA Championship in 1981 giving Coach Eddie Reese his first of 9 NCAA Championship titles.
Submitted by:
skipswims
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