Swimming World Results Top 150

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

WOMEN'S EVENT

100 METER FREESTYLE
Top 150 Performances
54.01**	Jingyi Le, CHN	World Championships	Rome	09-05-94
54.10#	Le	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-13-97
54.15	Bin Lu, CHN	World Championships	Rome	09-05-94
54.31r	Le	World Championships	Rome	09-07-94
54.40	Ying Shan, CHN	Asian Games	Hiroshima	10-04-94
54.42	Lu	Asian Games	Hiroshima	10-04-94
54.48p*	Jenny Thompson, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-01-92
54.49	Shan	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-13-97
54.50	Le	Olympics	Atlanta	07-20-96
54.51r+	Yong Zhuang, CHN	Olympics	Barcelona	07-28-92
54.57*?	Franziska Van Almsick, GER	European Championships	Sheffield	08-03-93
54.59	Shan	CHN Nationals/OTs	Tianjin	04-04-96
54.62r	Van Almsick	European Championships	Sheffield	08-07-93
54.63	Thompson	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-01-92
54.64	Zhuang	Olympics	Barcelona	07-26-92
54.66	Thompson	U.S. Nationals	Minneapolis	08-07-99
54.69p	Thompson	Olympics	Barcelona	07-26-92
54.69	Lu	CHN Nationals	Tianjin	05-10-94
54.69	Le	CHN Nationals/OTs	Tianjin	04-04-96
54.72	Le	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-09-93
54.73r*	Kristin Otto, GDR	World Championships	Madrid	08-19-86
54.73	Zhuang	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-09-93
54.77	Van Almsick	World Championships	Rome	09-06-94
54.79	Barbara Krause, GDR	Olympics	Moscow	07-21-80
54.79r	Le	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
54.79*	Inge de Bruijn, NED/Tualatin Hills	NED Winter Nationals	Eindhoven	12-17-99
54.80p	Thompson	U.S. Nationals	Austin	07-27-93
54.82	Thompson	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-11-97
54.83pr	Angel Myers-Martino, USA	Olympics	Barcelona	07-28-92
54.84	Thompson	Olympics	Barcelona	07-26-92
54.86	Le	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-11-97
54.86	Lu	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-09-93
54.86	Shan	CHN Nationals	Tianjin	05-10-94
54.88r	Van Almsick	World Championships	Rome	09-07-94
54.88r	Zhuang	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-11-93
54.88	Sandra Voelker, GER	Olympics	Atlanta	07-20-96
54.89	Thompson	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-27-99
54.90r	Krause	Olympics	Moscow	07-22-80
54.90p	Le	Olympics	Atlanta	07-20-96
54.92p	Shan	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-13-97
54.92*	Inge de Bruijn, NED	Trofeu Brasil	Rio de Janeiro	06-09-99
54.93	Otto	Olympics	Seoul	09-19-88
54.93	Myers-Martino	Olympics	Atlanta	07-20-96
54.94	Otto	GDR Nationals	Magdeburg	05-22-84
54.94	Van Almsick	Olympics	Barcelona	07-26-92
54.94p	Thompson	U.S. Nationals/WCTs	Nashville	07-26-97
54.95	Thompson	World Championships	Perth	01-12-98
54.96	Thompson	U.S. Nationals/WCTs	Nashville	07-26-97
54.96	de Bruijn	NED Nationals/EC Trials	Amersfoort	06-18-98
54.98p	Krause	Olympics	Moscow	07-20-80
4.98	Dara Torres, USA	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-29-00
54.99r	Van Almsick	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
54.99	Le	CHN Nationals	Tianjin	05-10-94
54.99*	Suzu Chiba, JPN	JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials	Tokyo	06-10-99
55.00	Myers-Martino	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-01-92
55.02	Thompson	U.S. Open	San Antonio	12-04-99
55.03	Voelker	GER Nationals/OTs	Braunschweig	05-24-96
55.03*+	Sue Rolph, GBR	European Championships	Istanbul	07-28-99
55.03p	Torres	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-29-00
55.04pr	Thompson	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
55.05	Otto	World Championships	Madrid	08-17-86
55.05	Rolph	GBR Nationals/EC Trials	Sheffield	07-08-99
55.06r	Van Almsick	European Championships	Vienna	08-24-95
55.07	Van Almsick	GER Nationals	Potsdam	06-04-93
55.08r	Van Almsick	European Championships	Vienna	08-24-95
55.09*	Martina Moravcova, SVK	World Championships	Perth	01-12-98
55.10	Shan	World Championships	Perth	01-12-98
55.11r	Otto	Olympics	Seoul	09-22-88
55.11r*	Catherine Plewinski, FRA	European Championships	Bonn	08-17-89
55.11	Shan	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-09-93
55.11	Amy Van Dyken, USA	Olympics	Atlanta	07-20-96
55.12r	Zhuang	Asian Games	Beijing	09-28-90
55.12p	Thompson	World Championships	Perth	01-12-98
55.14p	Myers-Martino	Pan-Pacific Championships	Edmonton	08-23-91
55.14p	Nicole Haislett, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-01-92
55.15	Haislett	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-01-92
55.15	Van Dyken	World Championships	Perth	01-12-98
55.16	Caren Metschuk, GDR	Olympics	Moscow	07-21-80
55.16	Le	World University Games	Buffalo	07-09-93
55.16	Thompson	World Championships	Rome	09-06-94
55.16	Karin Brienesse, NED	NED Nationals/OTs	Drachten	06-09-96
55.16	Voelker	Great Britain Grand Prix	Leeds	03-16-97
55.17	Haislett	World Championships	Perth	01-07-91
55.17	Van Almsick	GER Nationals	Warendorf	06-22-95
55.17	Rolph	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur	09-11-98
55.18	Birgit Meineke, GDR	European Championships	Rome	08-22-83
55.19	Haislett	Olympics	Barcelona	07-26-92
55.19	Moracova	U.S. Nationals	Moravcova	03-29-00
55.20	Otto	Hamburg Gala	Hamburg	02-10-87
55.20r	Myers-Martino	Pan-Ams	Mar del Plata	03-14-95
55.20p	deBruijn	European Championships	Istanbul	07-27-99
55.21	Otto	GDR Nationals	East Berlin	06-17-86
55.22	Van Almsick	European Jr. Championships	Leeds	08-19-92
55.22p	Shan	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-09-93
55.22p	Myers-Martino	U.S. Nationals/WCTs	Indianapolis	08-14-94
55.22	Shan	2nd World Military Games	Zagreb	08-12-99
55.24r	Otto	GDR Nationals	East Berlin	06-19-86
55.24r	Dara Torres, USA	U.S. Nationals	Ft. Lauderdale	08-14-91
55.24	deBruijn	European Championships	Istanbul	07-28-99
55.25	Thompson	Pan-Pacific Championships	Kobe	08-13-93
55.26p	Thompson	Pan-Pacific Championships	Kobe	08-13-93
55.27	Zhuang	Asian Games	Hiroshima	04-26-92
55.27	Van Almsick	European Jr. Championships	Leeds	08-13-92
55.27	Van Dyken	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-06-96
55.28p	L. Lu	CHN Nationals/OTs	Tianjin	04-04-96
55.28	Thompson	Santa Clara Invitational	Santa Clara	06-30-96
55.28	Ashley Tappin, USA	U.S. Nationals	Minneapolis	04-02-98
55.28	Rolph	GBR Winter Nationals	Sheffield	12-17-99
55.30r	Torres	U.S. Nationals	Orlando	03-25-88
55.30pr	Katrin Meissner, GDR	Olympics	Seoul	09-22-88
55.30	Zhuang	Asian Games	Beijing	09-24-90
55.30so	Myers-Martino	U.S. Nationals/WCTs	Indianapolis	08-16-94
55.31	Plewinski	World Championships	Perth	01-07-91
55.31p	Thompson	Pan-Pacific Championships	Atlanta	08-11-95
55.31	Thompson	Pan-Pacific Championships	Atlanta	08-11-95
55.32	Manuela Stellmach, GDR	GDR Nationals	East Berlin	06-17-86
55.32	Zhuang	East Asian Games	Shanghai	05-11-93
55.33	Otto	GDR Olympic Trials	Potsdam	07-19-88
55.33r	Haislett	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
55.33p	Bin	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-09-93
55.33	Shan	CHN Winter Invitational	Nanking	10-29-95
55.33	Shan	CHN Winter Invitational	Nanking	10-29-95
55.33	Guilin Sun, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-13-97
55.33	Voelker	World Championships	Perth	01-12-98
55.34p	Meineke	World Championships	Guayaquil	08-01-82
55.34	Otto	URS Dual	Kharkov	03-09-84
55.34r	Otto	URS Dual	Kharkov	03-09-84
55.34	Myers-Martino	Pan-Pacific Championships	Edmonton	08-23-91
55.34	Thompson	U.S. Nationals	Austin	07-27-93
55.34	Van Almsick	European Championships	Vienna	08-22-95
55.34r	Myers-Martino	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
55.34	Yinwei Zhu, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-13-97
55.35p	Shan	CHN Nationals/OTs	Tianjin	04-04-96
55.35	Na Chao, CHN	CHN Invitational	Nanking	10-29-95
55.35	Antje Buschschulte, GER	GER Nationals/EC Trials	Munich	07-03-97
55.36	Voelker	European Championships	Istanbul	07-28-99
55.38	Otto	European Championships	Strasbourg	08-18-87
55.38	Meissner	European Championships	Bonn	08-15-89
55.38p	Zhuang	Pan-Pacific Championships	Tokyo	08-18-89
55.38p	Le	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-09-93
55.38p	Le	World Championships	Rome	09-05-94
55.38	Voelker	GER Nationals/EC Trials	Munich	07-03-97
55.38	Voelker	European Championships	Seville	08-19-97
55.39	Myers-Martino	U.S. Nationals	Orlando	02-10-96
55.39	Myers-Martino	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-06-96
55.40*	Tamara Costache, ROM	ROM Gala	Bahia Mare	12-13-86
55.40	Mitzi Kremer, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-08-88
55.40	Stellmach	European Championships	Bonn	08-15-89
55.40p	Van Almsick	Olympics	Barcelona	07-26-92
55.40	Yun Nian, CHN	CHN Nationals	Dong	10-04-96
55.41	Krause	GDR Nationals	East Berlin	07-05-78
55.41*	Therese Alshammar, SWE/Nebraska	Austrian Meeting Y2K	Vienna	04-29-00
55.42	Haislett	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	04-04-91
55.44p	Metschuk	Olympics	Moscow	07-20-80
55.44p	Plewinski	Olympics	Barcelona	07-26-92
55.44p	Thompson	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-06-96
55.44p	Myers-Martino	Olympics	Atlanta	07-20-96
55.44p	Voelker	European Championships	Seville	08-19-97
55.44p	Moravcova	World Championships	Perth	01-12-98
Remaining Top 100 Performers
55.49	Sumika Minamoto, JPN	JPN Nationals	Tokyo	06-14-98
55.55	Ying Le, CHN	CHN Nationals	Tianjin	05-10-94
55.55*	Louise Johncke, SWE	Swedish Grand Prix	Jonkoepping	06-07-98
55.57	Jenna Johnson, USA	U.S. World Championship Trials	Orlando	06-22-86
55.57*	Mette Jacobsen, DEN	World Championships	Rome	09-06-94
55.58*	Natalia Metscheriakova, RUS	RUS Nationals	Moscow	05-28-95
55.58*	Susan O'Neill, AUS	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur	09-11-98
55.58*	Sarah Ryan, AUS	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-27-99
55.59p	Huijue Cai, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-13-97
55.60pr	Marianne Muis, NED	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
55.63	Cynthia Woodhead, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Tokyo	09-03-79
55.63	Chrissy Ahmann-Leighton, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-01-92
55.65	Kornelia Ender, GDR	Olympics	Montreal	07-18-76
55.65	Ines Diers, GDR	Olympics	Moscow	07-21-80
55.65	Peipei Ye, CHN	CHN Nationals/OTs	Tianjin	04-04-96
55.66	Brittta Steffen, GER	European Jr. Championships	Moscow	07-18-99
55.69p	Luna Wang, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-13-97
55.71	Heike Friedrich, GDR	European Championships	Sofia	08-06-85
55.71	Mary Wayte, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-08-88
55.75r	Linda Olofsson, SWE	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
55.79	Annemarie Verstappen, NED	Speedo Invitational	Amersfoort	01-26-85
55.79	Conny van Bentum, NED	World Championships	Madrid	07-17-86
55.79	Karen Pickering, GBR	World Championships	Rome	09-06-94
55.80	Livia Copariu, ROM	AUS Invitational	Canberra	01-09-88
55.80r	Catherine Fox, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-11-97
55.82	Lei Xue, CHN	CHN Nationals	Tianjin	05-10-94
55.85p	Nancy Hogshead, USA	Olympics	Los Angeles	07-29-84
55.85	Yingwen Zhu, CHN	CHN Nationals	Dong	10-04-96
55.86	Weiyue Zhong, CHN	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-10-93
55.90*"	Sylvia Poll, CRC	Olympics	Seoul	09-19-88
55.90	Rebecca Creedy, AUS	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-27-99
55.91	Yuan Yuan Jia, CHN	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-09-93
55.92	Carrie Steinseifer, USA	Olympics	Los Angeles	07-29-84
55.93	Simone Osygus, GER	Olympics	Barcelona	07-26-92
55.94*	Laura Nicholls, CAN	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-27-99
55.95*	Evgeneniy Ermakova, URS	European Jr. Championships	Antwerp	08-04-91
55.96	Wenyu Zheng, CHN	CHN Nationals	Tianjin	04-08-97
55.97	Melanie Valerio, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	08-01-95
55.98r	Daniela Hunger, GDR	GDR Olympic Trials	Potsdam	07-21-88
55.98	Liliana Dobrescu, ROM	Olympics	Atlanta	07-20-96
55.98	Ekaterina Kibalo, RUS	European Championships	Istanbul	07-28-99
55.99	Lindsey Farella, USA	U.S. Nationals	Buffalo	02-13-97
56.03*	Leah Martindale, BAR	Olympics	Atlanta	07-20-96
56.05*	Gitta Jensen, DEN	U.S. Open	Minneapolis	12-01-91
56.05pr	Shannon Shakespeare, CAN	Olympics	Atlanta	07-22-96
56.05*	Joscelin Yeo, SIN	East Asian Games	Bandar Seri	08-14-99
56.06*	Vibeke Johansen, NOR	NOR Nationals/OTs	Oslo	07-07-96
56.08	Whitney Hedgepeth, USA	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	04-06-91
56.08	Julie Cooper, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-01-92
56.09	Paige Zemina, USA	U.S. Nationals	Ft. Lauderdale	08-13-91
56.10	Svetlana Koptchikova, URS	Friendship Games	Moscow	08-21-84
56.10	Xiaohong Wang, CHN	Asian Games	Beijing	09-28-90
56.11	Xue Han, CHN	CHN Nationals	Shanghai	04-15-99
56.11sfA*	Natalia Baranovskaya, UKR	European Championships	Istanbul	07-27-99
56.12	Jill Sterkel, USA	U.S. Nationals	Austin	04-09-80
56.12	Wilma van Hofwagen, NED	World Championships	Perth	01-12-98
56.13	Claudia Poll, CRC	CAMEX Championships	Panama City	03-06-96
56.14	Laura Walker, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-08-88