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

200 METER FREESTYLE
Top 105 Performances
1:56.78**	Franziska Van Almsick, GER	World Championships	Rome	09-06-94
1:56.89a#	Bin Lu, CHN	World Championships	Rome	09-06-94
1:57.30	Yan Chen, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-14-97
1:57.32	Luna Wang, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-14-97
1:57.37	Lu	Asian Games	Hiroshima	10-04-94
1:57.48*"	Claudia Poll, CRC	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-10-97
1:57.55	Heike Friedrich, GDR	GDR Nationals	East Berlin	06-18-86
1:57.61	Poll	World Championships	Rome	09-06-94
1:57.65+	Friedrich, GDR	Olympics	Seoul	09-21-88
1:57.71	Van Almsick	European Championships	Vienna	08-23-95
1:57.75	Kristin Otto, GDR	GDR Nationals	Magdeburg	05-23-84
1:57.87	Friedrich	GDR Olympic Trials	Potsdam	07-20-88
1:57.90p	Van Almsick	Olympics	Barcelona	07-27-92
1:57.90*	Nicole Haislett, USA	Olympics	Barcelona	07-27-92
1:57.97	Van Almsick	European Championships	Sheffield	08-04-93
1:58.00	Van Almsick	Olympics	Barcelona	07-27-92
1:58.14r	Van Almsick	Olympics	Atlanta	07-23-96
1:58.16	Poll	Olympics	Atlanta	07-21-96
1:58.17*+	Susan O'Neill, AUS	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-25-99
1:58.18	Van Almsick	GER Nationals	Warendorf	06-24-95
1:58.18	Poll	Mare Nostrom Invitational	Canet	05-31-97
1:58.23	Cynthia Woodhead, USA	FINA Cup	Tokyo	09-02-79
1:58.24	Friedrich	European Championships	Strasbourg	08-19-87
1:58.26^	Friedrich	World Championships	Madrid	08-18-86
1:58.33	Barbara Krause, GDR	Olympics	Moscow	07-24-80
1:58.43	Woodhead	Pan-Ams	San Juan	07-03-79
1:58.49	Van Almsick	GER Nationals	Potsdam	06-06-93
1:58.51	Friedrich	URS Dual	Tallinn	03-14-88
1:58.53	Woodhead	World Championships	West Berlin	08-22-78
1:58.57	Van Almsick	Olympics	Atlanta	07-21-96
1:58.65	Woodhead	URS Dual	Kiev	08-22-81
1:58.65	Haislett	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-02-92
1:58.66	Manuela Stellmach, GDR	GDR Nationals	Magdeburg	06-14-89
1:58.67	Woodhead	FRG Dual	Belmont Plaza	04-22-79
1:58.67	Sylvia Poll, CRC	Olympics	Seoul	09-21-88
1:58.72	Lu	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-10-93
1:58.75	Birgit Meineke, GDR	GDR Nationals	Magdeburg	05-23-84
1:58.75	Friedrich	NOK Meeting	East Berlin	02-10-88
1:58.78p*	Suzu Chiba, JPN	JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials	Tokyo	06-12-99
1:58.79	Stellmach	GDR Olympic Trials	Potsdam	07-20-88
1:58.79*	Camelia Potec, ROM	European Championships	Istanbul	07-30-99
1:58.82	Stellmach	GDR Nationals	East Berlin	06-18-86
1:58.85	C. Poll	Pan-Pacific Championships	Kobe	08-12-93
1:58.86r	Lindsay Benko, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-26-99
1:58.87	Friedrich	NOK Invitational	East Berlin	02-12-86
1:58.87r	Potec	European Championships	Istanbul	07-27-99
1:58.88	Van Almsick	GER Nationals/OTs	Braunschweig	05-28-96
1:58.89p	Haislett	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-02-92
1:58.90	Stellmach	World Championships	Madrid	08-18-86
1:58.90	C. Poll	World Championships	Perth	01-13-98
1:58.91p	C. Poll	World Championships	Rome	09-06-94
1:58.92p	Mitzi Kremer, USA/Clemson	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-09-88
1:58.92	Chiba	JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials	tokyo	06-12-99
1:58.93	Stellmach	European Championships	Bonn	08-16-89
1:58.95	Stellmach	European Championships	Strasbourg	08-19-87
1:58.95r	Anke Mohring, GDR	European Championships	Bonn	08-15-89
1:58.95	Haislett	Pan-Pacific Championships	Kobwe	08-12-93
1:58.97p	Mary Wayte, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-09-88
1:58.97	C. Poll	RUS Dual/Goodwill Games	East Meadow	08-01-98
1:58.97	Kremer	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-09-88
1:59.01	Stellmach	Olympics	Seoul	09-21-88
1:59.02p	Friedrich	Olympics	Seoul	09-20-88
1:59.02	Li Kang, CHN	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-10-93
1:59.02	Jingyi Le, CHN	CHN Nationals	Tianjin	05-06-94
1:59.02	Van Almsick	GER Nationals/WCTs	Hannover	07-08-94
1:59.04	Krause	GDR Nationals	East Berlin	07-02-78
1:59.04	Wayte	Olympics	Seoul	09-21-88
1:59.06*	Nadezda Chemezova, RUS	USA Dual/Goodwill Games	East Meadow	07-30-98
1:59.11	Wayte	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-09-88
1:59.11	O'Neill	AUS Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials	Brisbane	03-23-99
1:59.14	Krause	GDR Olympic Trials	Magdeburg	05-26-80
1:59.15	Lu	CHN Nationals	Tianjin	05-06-94
1:59.17	Guanbin Zhou, CHN	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-10-93
1:59.20	Friedrich	AUS Invitational	Canberra	01-09-88
1:59.22p	Poll	Olympics	Seoul	09-20-88
1:59.23	Wayte	Olympics	Los Angeles	07-30-84
1:59.24	Wayte	U.S. Open	Orlando	12-21-87
1:59.24*	Natalia Trefilova, URS	Olympics	Seoul	09-21-88
1:59.26	Kornelia Ender, GDR	Olympics	Montreal	07-22-76
1:59.27	Betsy Mitchell, USA	U.S. World Championship Trials	Orlando	06-23-86
1:59.27	Van Almsick	GER Nationals	Hamburg	06-05-98
1:59.28	Martina Moravcova, SVK/SMU	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-30-00
1:59.30	C. Poll	CAMEX Championships	Panama City	09-16-92
1:59.33p	Haislett	Olympics	Barcelona	07-27-92
1:59.35	C. Poll	Mare Nostrom Invitational	Barcelona	05-29-96
1:59.36	Woodhead	U.S. Nationals	Ft. Lauderdale	08-18-79
1:59.37	C. Poll	USA Dual/Goodwill Games	East Meadow	07-30-98
1:59.38	Haislett	U.S. Nationals	Austin	07-28-93
1:59.39	Woodhead	Women's International	Austin	01-06-80
1:59.40p	Van Almsick	Olympics	Atlanta	07-21-96
1:59.41	Stellmach	NOK Meeting	East Berlin	02-10-88
1:59.43	Ying Shan, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-14-97
1:59.44	Woodhead	U.S. "Olympic Trials"	Irvine	08-01-80
1:59.44	C. Poll	UltraSwim Invitational	Charlotte	06-24-94
1:59.44	C. Poll	Speedo/Canet Invitational	Canet	06-01-96
1:59.44	Wang	CHN Nationals	Dong	10-05-96
1:59.45	Meineke	European Championships	Rome	08-23-83
1:59.46	Wayte	U.S. Open	Orlando	12-06-86
1:59.46	Kerstin Kielgass, GER	GER Nationals	Warendorf	06-23-95
1:59.46	VAn Almsik	FRA Winter Nationals	Rennes	03-23-00
1:59.47p	O'Neill	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-24-99
1:59.48	Otto	Friendship Games	Moscow	08-20-84
1:59.48	Chiba	JPN Nationals/OTs	Tokyo	04-08-96
1:59.49	Woodhead	AAU Nationals	Woodlands	08-03-78
1:59.50	Woodhead	Olympics	Los Angeles	07-30-84
1:59.50p	Wayte	Olympics	Seoul	09-21-88
1:59.50	Christina Teuscher, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-07-96
1:59.51p	Wayte	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-09-88
1:59.51	Shan	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-10-93
Remaining Top 100 Performers
1:59.53*	Annemarie Verstappen, NED	World Championships	Guayaquil	08-02-82
1:59.56	Dagmar Hase, GER	Olympics	Atlanta	07-21-96
1:59.57	Trina Jackson, USA	Olympics	Atlanta	07-21-96
1:59.61*	Martina Moravcova, SVK	World Championships	Perth	01-13-98
1:59.64	Ines Diers, GDR	Olympics	Moscow	07-24-80
1:59.74*	June Croft, GBR	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane	10-04-82
1:59.75*	Mette Jacobson, DEN	Mare Nostrom Invitational	Monte Carlo	06-12-99
1:59.79*	Michele Pearson, AUS	Olympics	Los Angeles	07-30-84
1:59.80	Astrid Strauss, GDR	GDR Nationals	Gera	06-16-83
1:59.88*	Catherine Plewinski, FRA	Olympics	Barcelona	07-27-92
1:59.89	Min Qian, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-14-97
1:59.90	Aihua Yang, CHN	CHN Nationals	Tianjin	05-06-94
1:59.92	Laura Walker, USA	U.S. Nationals	Orlando	03-24-88
1:59.92	Stephanie Ortwig, FRG	European Jr. Championships	Amersfoort	07-28-88
1:59.92	Julia Greville, AUS	World Championships	Perth	01-13-98
1:59.93*	Michelle Smith-DeBruin, IRL	European Championships	Seville	08-20-97
1:59.93*	Min Shu Tsai, TPE	World Championships	Perth	01-13-98
1:59.96	Marianne Muis, NED	European Championships	Bonn	08-16-89
1:59.98	Jenny Thompson, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-02-92
2:00.01	Mary T. Meagher, USA	U.S. World Championship Trials	Orlando	06-23-86
2:00.04	Louise Johncke, SWE	Swedish Grand Prix	Jonkoepping	06-15-98
2:00.05	Marybeth Linzmeier, USA	U.S. Nationals	Brown Deer	08-14-81
2:00.08	Carmela Schmidt, GDR	GDR Olympic Trials	Magdeburg	05-23-80
2:00.08	Sabina Schulze, GDR	URS "B" Dual	Magdeburg	03-15-88
2:00.09*	Elena Dendeberova, EUN	Olympics	Barcelona	07-27-92
2:00.13	Yun Nian, CHN	CHN Nationals	Dong	10-06-96
2:00.18	Conny van Bentum, NED	NED Nationals	Amersfoort	06-29-86
2:00.18	Stela Pura, ROM	ROM Winter Nationals	Baia Mare	03-19-87
2:00.18*	Natalia Baranskaia, RUS	European Championships	Istanbul	07-30-99
2:00.19	Yinwei Zhu, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-14-97
2:00.21r*	Jessica Deglau, CAN	Pan-Ams	Winnipeg	08-04-99
2:00.24p	Lisa Jacobs, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-07-96
2:00.27	Janet Evans, USA	U.S. Nationals/WCTs	Austin	07-30-90
2:00.29	Petra Thumer, GDR	European Championships	Jonkoepping	08-16-77
2:00.30	Eri Yamanoi, JPN	Asian Games	Hiroshima	10-04-94
2:00.31	Tami Bruce, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-09-88
2:00.31	Whitney Hedgepeth, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-09-88
2:00.33	Karen Pickering, GBR	Olympics	Barcelona	07-27-92
2:00.35	Helene Muller, RSA/Nebraska	RSA Olympic Trials	Durban	04-04-00
2:00.39	Kim Linehan, USA	AAU Nationals	Ft. Lauderdale	08-19-79
2:00.39	Lumininta Dobrescu, ROM	European Championships	Sheffield	08-04-93
2:00.39	Antje Buschulte, GER	GER Nationals/EC Trials	Munich	07-04-97
2:00.41	Sarah Anderson, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Edmonton	08-22-91
2:00.43	Noemi Lung, ROM	ROM Winter Nationals	Arad	12-19-86
2:00.43p	Ashley Whitney, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-07-96
2:00.44p	Julie Greville, AUS	Olympics	Atlanta	07-21-96
2:00.45	Sara Linke, USA	Santa Clara Invitational	Santa Clara	07-08-88
2:00.46	Ellen Stonebraker, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-25-99
2:00.47	Svetlana Koptchikova, URS	Friendship Games	Moscow	08-20-84
2:00.48	Hayley Lewis, AUS	World Championships	Perth	01-08-91
2:00.50r	Britta Steffen, GER	European Jr. Championships	Moscow	07-15-99
2:00.51	Yuan Yuan Jia, CHN`	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-10-93
2:00.53*	Helene Muller, RSA/Nebraska	RSA Olympic Trials	Durban	04-04-00
2:00.54	Irina Laritscheva, URS	Friendship Games	Moscow	08-20-84
2:00.54	Regina Dittmann, GDR	GDR Nationals	Erfurt	06-17-87
2:00.57	Nancy Hogshead, USA	Seventeen Meet of Champions	Mission Viejo	05-19-84
2:00.57	Karen Koenig, GDR	GDR Nationals	Magdeburg	05-23-84