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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
WOMEN'S EVENT
 
400 METER FREESTYLE
Top 71 Performances
4:03.85** Janet Evans, USA Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
4:04.53# Evans Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-19-89
4:05.00a Yan Chen, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-15-97
4:05.45 Evans U.S. Open Orlando 12-20-87
4:05.84* Anke Mohring, GDR European Championships Bonn 08-17-89
4:05.84 Evans Goodwill Games Federal Way 07-21-90
4:05.85 Evans U.S. Nationals Austin 07-29-93
4:05.94 Heike Friedrich, GDR Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
4:06.28*+ Tracey Wickham, AUS World Championships West Berlin 08-24-78
4:06.39 Friedrich European Championships Strasbourg 08-20-87
4:06.43 Evans U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-10-88
4:06.56*? Claudia Poll, CRC Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-12-97
4:06.62 Mohring Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
4:06.72 Chen World Championships Perth 01-14-98
4:06.73 Evans U.S. Nationals Los Angeles 08-02-89
4:06.85 Friedrich GDR Nationals East Berlin 06-19-86
4:06.97 Evans URS Dual Atlanta 08-25-89
4:07.02 Friedrich GDR Olympic Trials Potsdam 07-21-88
4:07.07 Brooke Bennett, USA World Championships Perth 01-14-98
4:07.10 Tiffany Cohen, USA Olympics Los Angeles 07-31-84
4:07.12 Kim Linehan, USA Texas Sr. Circuit Championships Austin 07-27-79
4:07.15 Cynthia Woodhead, USA World Championships West Berlin 08-24-78
4:07.18* Dagmar Hase, GER Olympics Barcelona 07-28-92
4:07.25* Michelle Smith, IRL Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
4:07.32 Evans U.S. Nationals Orlando 03-25-88
4:07.37 Evans Olympics Barcelona 07-28-92
4:07.45 Friedrich World Championships Madrid 08-19-86
4:07.47 Evans Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-14-93
4:07.56s Evans U.S. Nationals Orlando 03-22-88
4:07.66 Linehan AAU Nationals Woodlands 08-02-78
4:07.66 Astrid Strauss, GDR Friendship Games Moscow 08-21-84
4:07.68* Sarah Hardcastle, GBR Commonwealth Games Edinburgh 07-27-86
4:07.71 Strauss European Championships Strasbourg 08-20-87
4:07.73 Linehan World Championships West Berlin 08-24-78
4:07.76s Evans U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-12-88
4:07.77 Linehan U.S. "Olympic Trials" Irvine 07-31-80
4:07.84 Linehan Women's International Austin 01-05-80
4:07.86 Luna Wang, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-15-97
4:07.89 Mohring GDR Olympic Trials Potsdam 07-21-88
4:07.89 Tami Bruce, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-10-88
4:07.92s Evans Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-20-89
4:08.01 Friedrich URS Dual Tallinn 03-17-88
4:08.05 Cohen U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-05-83
4:08.05 Mitzi Kremer, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-05-89
4:08.07 Strauss European Championships Rome 08-24-83
4:08.09* Camelia Potec, ROM European Championships Istanbul 08-01-99
4:08.16 Bruce Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
4:08.17 Woodhead U.S. "Olympic Trials" Irvine 07-31-80
4:08.25 Strauss GDR Nationals Gera 06-17-83
4:08.30 Hase Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
4:08.37 Franziska Van Almsick, GER European Championships Vienna 08-24-95
4:08.39 Bennett Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-24-99
4:08.45 Wickham Commonwealth Games Edmonton 08-09-78
4:08.47 Cohen U.S. Winter Nationals Indianapolis 03-30-84
4:08.56 Diana Munz, USA U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-31-00
4:08.57 Kerstin Kielgass, GER European Championships Istanbul 08-01-99
4:08.58 Ines Diers, GDR European Championships Split 09-09-81
4:08.59 Smith Pre-Olympic Invitational Ft. Lauderdale 07-04-96
4:08.63 Mohring GDR Nationals Magdeburg 06-15-89
4:08.63p Mohring European Championships Bonn 08-17-89
4:08.63 Evans World Championships Perth 01-09-91
4:08.67 Evans U.S. Nationals/WCTs Austin 07-31-90
4:08.68 Strauss GDR Nationals Erfurt 06-18-87
4:08.70* Kirsten Vlieghuis, NED Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
4:08.71 Carmela Schmidt, GDR European Championships Split 09-09-81
4:08.73 Cohen U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 06-27-84
4:08.75 Lindsey Benko, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-24-99
4:08.76 Diers Olympics Moscow 07-22-80
4:08.77 Strauss GDR Nationals East Berlin 06-19-86
4:08.78 Evans U.S. Nationals/WCTs Indianapolis 08-17-94
4:08.80 Guanbin Zhou, CHN Asian Games Hiroshima 10-06-94
4:08.82 Wickham Commonwealth Games Brisbane 10-06-82
4:08.82 Hase World Championships Perth 01-14-98
Remaining Top 115 Performers
4:08.86 Sheridan Lopez, AUS Sundown Invitational Mission Bay 05-28-88
4:08.89 Hayley Lewis, AUS Commonwealth Games Auckland 01-27-90
4:08.91 Petra Thumer, GDR European Championships Jonkoepping 08-17-77
4:09.10 Katja Hartmann, GDR GDR Olympic Trials Potsdam 07-21-88
4:09.16 Petra Schneider, GDR Olympics Moscow 07-22-80
4:09.24 Julia Jung, GER GER Nationals Warendorf 06-22-95
4:09.38 Janelle Elford, AUS Sundown Invitational Mission Bay 05-28-88
4:09.40 Annelies Maas, NED European Championships Jonkoepping 08-17-77
4:09.56 Hua Chen, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-15-97
4:09.58 Andrea Hayes, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-10-88
4:09.64 Aihua Yang, CHN World Championships Rome 09-07-94
4:09.65 Stela Pura, ROM European Championships Strasbourg 08-20-87
4:09.70* Irina Laritscheva, URS Friendship Games Moscow 08-21-84
4:09.72 Julie McDonald, AUS Commonwealth Games Auckland 01-27-90
4:09.75 Noemi Leung, ROM European Championships Strasbourg 08-20-87
4:09.76 Heidi Grein, GDR NOK Meeting East Berlin 02-10-88
4:09.80* Sachiko Yamada, JPN JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-24-00
4:09.82 Marybeth Linzmeier, USA U.S. World Championship Trials Mission Viejo 07-21-82
4:09.97 Debbie Babashoff, USA U.S. World Championship Trials Orlando 06-24-86
4:10.01 Ping Luo, CHN CHN Nationals Tianjin 05-07-94
4:10.06 Carla Geurts, NED Olympics Atlanta 07-22-96
4:10.11* Yana Klochkova, UKR European Championships Istanbul 04-05-00
4:10.21 Christina Teuscher, USA World Championships Rome 09-07-94
4:10.25 Michelle Ford, AUS Commonwealth Games Edmonton 08-09-78
4:10.33 Julianne Brossman, USA U.S. Winter Nationals Indianapolis 03-30-84
4:10.37 Anke Sonnenbrodt, GDR European Championships Rome 08-24-83
4:10.46 Shirley Babashoff, USA Olympics Montreal 07-20-76
4:10.67* Suzu Chiba, JPN Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-14-93
4:10.67 Diana Munz, USA U.S. Nationals East Meadow 03-31-99
4:10.71* Tanya Vannini, ITA European Championships Strasbourg 08-20-87
4:10.74 Kaitlin Sandeno, USA Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-04-99
4:10.78 Yasuko Tajima, JPN JPN National/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-24-00
4:10.83* Janelle Atkinson, JAM Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-04-99
4:10.83p Ellen Stonebraker, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-24-99
4:10.88 Melissa Deary, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-14-98
4:10.89 Manuela Melchiori, ITA European Championships Bonn 08-17-89
4:10.98 Eri Yamanoi, JPN JPN Nationals/OTs Tokyo 04-05-96
4:10.99 Natalya Trefilova, URS URS Olympic Trials Moscow 07-14-88
4:11.01 Erika Hansen, USA U.S. Nationals/WCTs Austin 07-30-90
4:11.04 Trina Jackson, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-12-95
4:11.17 Stephanie Ortwig, GER GER World Championship Trials Munich 11-17-90
4:11.18 Kim Brown, USA U.S. World Championship Trials Orlando 06-26-86
4:11.21 Manuela Stellmach, GDR GDR Nationals Erfurt 06-18-87
4:11.32 Suzy Baumer, AUS Pan-Pacific Championships Brisbane 08-15-87
4:11.40 Michele Richardson, USA U.S. Nationals Ft. Lauderdale 08-17-84
4:11.46 Jane Skillman, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-19-89
4:11.47 Julia Greville, AUS AUS Pan Pacific Trials Adelaide 03-15-97
4:11.47 Nadezhda Chemezova, RUS World All Stars Dual/GWGs East Meadow 08-01-98
4:11.49 Sarah L. Anderson, USA U.S. Nationals Austin 07-29-93
4:11.49* June Croft, GBR Olympics Los Angeles 07-31-84
4:11.51* Irene Dalbey, NOR European Championships Bonn 08-17-89
4:11.53 Kathy Hettche, USA Goodwill Games Moscow 07-07-86
4:11.58 Stephanie Elkins, USA U.S. "Olympic Trials" Irvine 07-31-80
4:11.67 Jackie Willmott, GBR World Championships Guayaquil 08-03-82
4:11.69 Barbara Krause, GDR GDR Nationals East Berlin 06-03-78
4:11.69 Grit Mueller, GER GER World Championship Trials Munich 11-08-90
4:11.71* Isabelle Arnould, BEL Olympics Seoul 09-22-88
4:11.71 Julie Kole, USA U.S. Nationals Los Angeles 08-02-89
4:11.87 Julie Martin, USA Pan-Ams Indianapolis 08-11-87
4:11.92 Chanying Zheng, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-15-97
4:11.92 Jana Henke, GER World Championships Perth 01-14-98
4:11.93 Nadia Bergknecht, GDR GDR Nationals East Berlin 06-18-86
4:12.11 Kim Small, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-03-92
4:12.11 Natasha Bowron, AUS AUS Pan Pacific Trials Adelaide 03-15-97
4:12.22 Diane Williams, USA U.S. Nationals Mission Viejo 08-08-85
4:12.24 Caini Tan, CHN CHN Nationals/Asian Games Trials Shanghai 08-24-98
4:12.33 Beatrice Coada, ROM European Championships Athens 08-22-91
4:12.35 Cristina Sossi, ITA European Championships Athens 08-22-91
4:12.39 Susan O?Neill, AUS Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 08-13-98
4:12.39 Hua Chen, CHN Asian Games Bangkok 12-10-98
4:12.40 Jolanda van der Mer, NED World Championships Guayaquil 08-03-82
4:12.40* Andrea Orosz, HUN HUN Nationals Budapest 07-11-85
4:12.44 Mary Wayte, USA U.S. Open Austin 12-08-85
4:12.52 Victoria Horner, GBR Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 08-13-98
4:12.52 Hannah Stockbauer, GER GER Nationals/EC Trials Leipzig 05-28-99
4:12.63 Monika Gyurko, HUN HUN Nationals Budapest 07-11-85
4:12.63 Olena Lapunova, UKR European Championships Seville 08-21-97
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