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

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