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--- Results, Rankings, and Records ---
ALL-TIME WORLD PERFORMERS-PERFORMANCES RANKINGS
Compiled by Bill Bell, The Write Stuff
 
KEY
** World Record
# 2nd-Performance All-Time
*' European Record
*+ Commonwealth Record
*" Latin-South American Record
' U.S. Open Record
* National Record
r Relay Split
p Preliminary Time
+ Olympic Record
^ World Championship Record
a Asian Record
h Hand time
MEN'S EVENT
 
100 METER FREESTYLE
Top 150 Performances
48.21** Alex Popov, RUS Mare Nostrom Invitational Monte Carlo 06-18-94
48.42*# Matt Biondi, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-10-88
48.47* Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED European Championships Istanbul 07-28-99
48.63+ Biondi Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
48.69r*" Fernando Scherer, BRA USA Dual/Goodwill Games East Meadow 07-31-98
48.72p*+ Michael Klim, AUS NSWIS/ZOGGS Invitational Sydney 03-26-00
48.73r*+ Klim Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-22-99
48.74 Biondi U.S. WCTs Orlando 06-24-86
48.74p Popov Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
48.74 Popov Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
48.74r^ Popov World Championships Perth 01-15-98
48.74sfB van den Hoogenband European Championships Istanbul 07-27-99
48.79 van den Hoogenband International Meeting/Speedo de Toulouse Toulouset 04-15-00
48.81 Gary Hall, Jr., USA/Texas Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
48.81sfA Klim Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-25-99
48.82 Popov European Championships Istanbul 07-28-99
48.86 Popov GER Dual/Goodwill Games East Meadow 07-31-98
48.88 Popov RUS Nationals/OTs Moscow 04-28-96
48.90p Hall Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
48.91 Scherer USA Dual/Goodwill Games East Meadow 07-31-98
48.93 Popov Speedo/Canet Invitational Canet 05-28-93
48.93 Popov World Championships Perth 01-14-98
48.94 Biondi World Championships Madrid 08-19-86
48.95 Biondi U.S. Nationals Mission Viejo 08-06-85
48.98 Klim Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-25-99
48.99p Biondi U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-10-88
49.02 Biondi Goodwill Games Federal Way 07-24-90
49.02* Popov, EUN Olympics Barcelona 07-28-92
49.02 Gustavo Borges, BRA Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
49.02r Popov European Championships Seville 08-22-97
49.02 Neil Walker, USA U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
49.04p Biondi Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
49.05r Scherer Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-05-99
49.08 Chris Jacobs, USA/Texas Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
49.09 Popov European Championships Seville 08-22-97
49.10 Popov European Championships Vienna 08-24-95
49.12 Popov Speedo/Canet Invitational Canet 06-10-94
49.12 Popov World Championships Rome 09-07-94
49.12 Popov Grand Prix Invitational Barcelona 06-10-95
49.13 van den Hoogenband Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
49.14 Biondi World University Games Kobe 08-27-85
49.15 Popov Mare Nostrom Invitational Barcelona 06-05-93
49.15 Popov European Championships Sheffield 08-05-93
49.15r Klim Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-12-97
49.17 Biondi Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-16-85
49.17p Biondi U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-03-92
49.17p Borges Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
49.17 Neil Walker, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-25-99
49.18 Biondi World Championships Perth 01-09-91
49.18r* Stephan Caron, FRA FRA Nationals Millau 08-06-91
49.18* Popov, URS European Championships Athens 08-22-91
49.19 Scherer Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-04-99
49.20p Jacobs Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
49.20 Klim World Championships Perth 01-14-98
49.21 Romain Barnier, FRA/Auburn FRA Winter Nationals Rennes 03-24-00
49.21 Klim NSWIS Invitational Sydney 03-26-00
49.23 Popov Mare Nostrom Invitational Monte Carlo 06-17-95
49.24p Biondi U.S. Nationals Mission Viejo 08-06-85
49.24* Giorgio Lamberti, ITA European Championships Bonn 08-17-89
49.24p Joe Hudepohl, USA U.S. Nationals Austin 07-27-93
49.24p Popov RUS Nationals/OTs Moscow 04-28-96
49.24sfB Popov European Championships Istanbul 07-27-99
49.26p Biondi U.S. WCTs Orlando 06-24-86
49.26 Popov Mare Nostrom Invitational - Series 3 Monte Carlo 06-12-99
49.27 Popov, URS URS Nationals Moscow 06-13-91
49.27r Klim World Championships Perth 01-15-98
49.28 Popov RUS Nationals Moscow 05-23-93
49.29p Popov, EUN Olympics Barcelona 07-28-92
49.30p Borges U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
49.31 Biondi U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-03-92
49.31 Hall U.S. Nationals/WCTs Indianapolis 08-16-94
49.31 Borges Pan-Ams Mar del Plata 03-14-95
49.32r David Fox, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-12-95
49.33 Jon Olsen, USA U.S. Nationals Austin 07-27-93
49.33p Popov World Championships Rome 09-07-94
49.33p Klim World Championships Perth 01-14-98
49.34 Biondi U.S. Nationals Clovis 07-28-87
49.34 Jason Lezak, USA U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-07-99
49.35r Caron European Championships Strasbourg 08-21-87
49.36tt Rowdy Gaines, USA Longhorn Invitational Austin 04-03-81
49.36 Popov Santa Clara Invitational Santa Clara 07-09-94
49.37p Biondi U.S. Nationals Clovis 07-28-87
49.37 Biondi U.S. Nationals Orlando 03-23-88
49.37p Caron Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
49.38r Denis Pimankov, RUS GER Dual/Goodwill Games East Meadow 07-31-98
49.39 Olsen Pan-Ams Mar del Plata 03-14-95
49.39p Klim Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-25-99
49.40* Lars Frolander, SWE European Championships Istanbul 07-28-99
49.41 Hall World Championships Rome 09-07-94
49.41 Popov Speedo/Canet Invitational Canet 06-15-95
49.42r Popov, URS URS Nationals Moscow 06-14-91
49.42 Olsen U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-03-92
49.42 Chris Fydler, AUS Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-25-99
49.43 Borges Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
49.43 Fox U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 03-16-95
49.43 Klim Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 09-15-98
49.43 van den Hoogenband NED Nationals/EC Trials Amersfoort 06-20-99
49.43 Bryan Jones, USA U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-07-99
49.44* Jonty Skinner, RSA AAU Championships Philadelphia 08-14-76
49.44r Hall Pan-Ams Mar del Plata 03-15-95
49.44 Popov Speedo/Canet Invitational Canet 06-15-95
49.44 Olsen U.S. Nationals Rose Bowl 08-01-95
49.44 Scherer Trofeu Brasil Rio de Janeiro 08-06-98
49.45 Jacobs U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-10-88
49.45p Olsen U.S. Nationals Austin 07-27-93
49.45 Popov Mare Nostrom Invitational Barcelona 06-05-99
49.45p Scherer Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-04-99
49.46r Scherer Pan-Ams Mar del Plata 03-15-95
49.46 Olsen U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-08-96
49.46 Klim Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-11-97
49.46sfA Frolander European Championships Istanbul 07-27-99
49.47p Gaines Longhorn Invitational Austin 04-03-81
49.47 Popov RUS Nationals Moscow 06-05-94
49.47 Hall Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-11-95
49.47p Lezak U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-07-99
49.48p Biondi World Championships Madrid 08-19-86
49.48p Lamberti European Championships Bonn 08-17-89
49.48r Brent Lang, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-19-89
49.48 Borges Pan-Ams Havana 08-14-91
49.49p Olsen U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-03-92
49.49p Borges Olympics Barcelona 07-28-92
49.49 Olsen U.S. Nationals/WCTs Indianapolis 08-16-94
49.49p Hall U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-08-96
49.49p Klim AUS World Championship Trials Brisbane 10-07-97
49.50 Caron Olympics Barcelona 07-28-92
49.50* Raimundas Mazoulis, LTU Canada Cup Etobicoke 12-12-93
49.50p van den Hoogenband European Championships Istanbul 07-26-99
49.51pr Caron European Championships Strasbourg 08-21-87
49.51p Biondi Pan-Pacific Championships Edmonton 08-23-91
49.51 Olsen Olympics Barcelona 07-28-92
49.51 Frolander European Championships Seville 08-21-97
49.51 Fydler Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 09-15-98
49.51p Walker U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
49.52* Nils Rudolph, GER European Championships Athens 08-22-91
49.52 Hudepohl U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-03-92
49.52 Borges World Championships Rome 09-07-94
49.52p Klim Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-11-97
49.53 Biondi Olympics Barcelona 07-28-92
49.53 Hall U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-08-96
49.53 Frolander World Championships Perth 01-14-98
49.54 Scott Tucker, USA U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
49.55 Klim AUS World Championship Trials Brisbane 10-07-97
49.56 Lang Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-18-89
49.56 Olsen Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-11-95
49.56 Popov AIS Pre-Olympic Canberra 03-30-96
49.56 Lorenzo Vismara, ITA 2nd World Military Games Zagreb 08-12-99
49.57 Gennadiy Prigoda, URS URS Olympic Trials Moscow 07-14-88
49.57 Lamberti European Championships Athens 08-22-91
49.57p Borges World Championships Rome 09-07-94
49.57 Scherer Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
49.57 Walker Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-11-97
49.57p Popov World Championships Perth 01-14-98
49.58* Jorg Woithe, GDR GDR Nationals Gera 06-18-83
49.58 Yuriy Bashkatov, URS URS Olympic Trials Moscow 07-14-88>
49.58 Popov, CIS CIS Olympic Trials Moscow 04-28-92
49.58p Hudepohl Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-13-93
49.58* Karel Novy, SUI SUI Winter Nationals Geneva 03-10-00
49.59p Biondi World Championships Perth 01-09-91
49.59p Hudepohl U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-03-92
49.59p Olsen U.S. Nationals Rose Bowl 08-01-95
49.59r Scherer World University Games Fukuoka 08-27-95
49.59p* Francisco Sanchez, VEN Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
49.59 van den Hoogenband World Championships Perth 01-14-98
Remaining Top 100 Performers
49.60 Tommy Werner, SWE SWE Nationals Landskrona 08-03-90
49.61 Shaun Jordan, USA U.S. Nationals Federal Way 04-04-91
49.61p* Ricardo Busquets, PUR Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
49.61p Novy SUI Winter Nationals Geneva 03-10-00
49.62 Lezak U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
49.65* Pavlo Khnykin, UKR Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
49.66 Borges U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
49.67 Torsten Spanneberg, GER European Championships Vienna 08-24-95
49.68 Scott Tucker, USA U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Nashville 07-28-97
49.70* Bart Kizierowski, POLl European Championships Istanbul 07-27-99
49.71sfB Ian Thorpe, AUS Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-25-99
49.71 Ryk Neethling, RSA/Arizona RSA Olympic Trials Durban 04-06-00
49.72p Tucker U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
49.74r Christian Troeger, GER Olympics Atlanta 07-23-96
49.74p Fydler ACT Open Championships Canberra 04-22-00
49.75pr Mark Pinger, GER Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
49.77r* Jani Sievinen, FIN European Championships Vienna 08-23-95
49.79 Tom Jager, USA World Championships Madrid 08-19-86
49.79 Sven Lodziewski, GDR European Championships Strasbourg 08-20-87
49.79 Silko Gunzel, GER European Championships Athens 08-22-91
49.79r Johan Kenkhuis, NED European Championshnips Istanbul 07-27-99
49.79 Roland Schoeman, RSA/Arizona RSA Olympic Trials Durban 04-06-00
49.80 Andrew Baildon, AUS Commonwealth Games Auckland 01-27-90
49.82* Attila Zubor, HUN World Championships Perth 01-14-98
49.82* Salim Iles, ALG FRA Winter Nationals Rennes 03-24-00
49.83r Christophe Kalfayan, FRA European Championships Sheffield 08-06-93
49.84* Oleg Roukhlevitch, BLR European Championships Seville 08-21-97
49.84 Mark Veens, NED NED Nationals/EC Trials Amersfoort 06-20-99
49.85p Troy Dalbey, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-10-88
49.87 Mike Heath, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 06-27-84
49.87 Todd Person, AUS AIS Berri Invitational Canberra 12-12-99
49.87p Popov ACT Open Championships Canberra 04-22-00
49.87 Popov ACT Open Championships Canberra 04-22-00
49.87 Fydler ACT Open Championships Canberra 04-22-00
49.91 Bjorn Zikarskiy, GER Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
49.91sfA Scheman RSA Olympic Trials Durban 04-05-00
49.92 Vladimir Predkin, RUS European Championships Sheffield 08-05-93
49.93sfB Neethling RSA Olympic Trials Durban 04-05-00
49.94p Josh Davis, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-08-96
49.94* Jose M. Meolans, ARG Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-04-99
49.94sfA Brock Newman, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-25 99
49.94* Yannick Lupien, CAN Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-26-99
49.95 Dirk Richter, GDR FRG Dual Munich 08-26-87
49.95 Anders Holmertz, SWE LEN Invitational Rome 08-11-90
49.95r Roman Egorov, RUS Olympics Atlanta 07-25-96
49.96r* Salim Iles, ALG FRA Nationals/EC Trials Dunkirk 05-10-99
49.97p Brad Schumacher, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-08-96
49.98p Doug Gjertsen, USA U.S. Nationals Los Angeles 08-02-89
49.98r Roman Tchegolev, RUS World Championships Rome 09-09-94
49.98 Ian Thorpe, AUS AUS Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Brisbane 03-25-99
49.98p Roland Schoeman, RSA U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-07-99
49.99 Jim Montgomery, USA Olympics Montreal 07-25-76
49.99p Chris Cavanaugh, USA World Championships Guayaquil 08-03-82
50.01 Dave Jenkins, AUS U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
50.02 Per Johansson, SWE SWE Winter Nationals Stockholm 04-15-88
50.04r Nikolai Evseev, URS GDR Dual Gera 02-27-87
50.04p* Nick Shackell, GBR GBR Nationals/EC Trials Sheffield 04-10-97
50.04 Gavin Meadows, GBR European Championships Istanbul 07-28-99
50.05sf Jeff English, AUS AUS Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Brisbane 03-23-99
50.06 Mark Stockwell, AUS U.S. Nationals Ft. Lauderdale 08-15-84
50.06r* Stefan Volery, SUI European Championships Strasbourg 08-21-87
50.06r Roberto Gleria, ITA European Championships Athens 08-23-91
50.06 Steve Clarke, CAN Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-11-97
50.07 Venjamin Tajanovich, URS European Championships Athens 08-22-91
50.08r Scott McCadam, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-17-85
50.08* Javier Botello, ESP ESP Winter Nationals Madrid 04-08-00
50.09* Sion Brinn, JAM Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
50.11 Craig Oppel, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Brisbane 08-14-87
50.12* John Steel, NZL Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-13-93
50.13r Sergei Smiriagin, URS World UniversityGames Edmonton 07-05-83
50.13* Michael Gross, FRG Hamburg Gala Hamburg 02-03-88
50.13 Ryk Neethling, RSA RSA Nationals Durban 04-09-99
50.14r Trent Bray, NZL Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 09-14-98
50.14* Yoav Bruck, ISR European Championships Seville 08-22-97
50.19p Lars Conrad, GER GER Nationals/EC Trials Munich 07-03-97
50.20* Jari Melberg, NOR LEN Invitational Rome 08-11-90
50.20pr Hakan Karlsson, SWE Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
50.20 Nick Folker, RSA RSA Nationals Durban 04-09-99
50.21p Joel Thomas, USA U.S. Nationals Federal Way 04-04-91
50.21p Bengt Zikarskiy, GER GER Olympic Trials Munich 05-31-92
50.21p* Nicolae Ivan, ROM European Championships Seville 08-21-97
50.22p John Miranda, USA USS Invitational Austin 12-05-85
50.22r Vladimir Tkacenko, URS Spartakiade Moscow 09-12-86
50.23 Attila Czene, HUN World Championships Rome 09-07-94
50.24 David McCagg, USA World Championships West Berlin 08-28-78
50.24 Todd Dudley, USA Pan-Ams Indianapolis 08-11-87
50.24p Michael Fibbens, GBR GBR Olympic Trials Sheffield 05-22-92
50.24 Seth Pepper, USA U.S. Nationals Austin 07-27-93
50.24p Marcos Hernandez, CUB Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-04-99
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