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

800 METER FREESTYLE
Top 82 Performances
8:16.22**	Janet Evans, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Tokyo	08-20-89
8:17.12*#	Evans	U.S. Nationals	Orlando	03-22-88
8:19.53*	Anke Mohring, GDR	European Championships	Strasbourg	08-22-87
8:20.20+	Evans	Olympics	Seoul	09-24-88
8:22.09	Astrid Strauss, GDR	Olympics	Seoul	09-24-88
8:22.11	Evans	U.S. Nationals	Los Angeles	08-04-89
8:22.44	Evans	U.S. Nationals	Clovis	07-27-87
8:22.93+*	Julie McDonald, AUS	Olympics	Seoul	09-24-88
8:23.09	Mohring	Olympics	Seoul	09-24-88
8:23.18	McDonald	Pan-Pacific Championships	Brisbane	08-16-87
8:23.59	Evans	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-12-88
8:23.61	Evans	U.S. Nationals	Austin	07-26-93
8:23.72	Evans	Pan-Pacific Championships	Kobe	08-15-93
8:23.99	Mohring	European Championships	Bonn	08-19-89
8:24.05^	Evans	World Championships	Perth	01-12-91
8:24.15	Janelle Elford, AUS	Sundown Invitational	Mission Bay	05-30-88
8:24.32	Evans	U.S. Nationals/WCTs	Austin	08-02-90
8:24.62	Tracey Wickham, AUS	Commonwealth Games	Edmonton	08-05-78
8:24.64	Mohring	GDR Olympic Trials	Potsdam	07-23-88
8:24.70	Kim Linehan, USA	AAU Nationals	Ft. Lauderdale	08-16-79
8:24.71	Evans	U.S. Open	Orlando	12-22-87
8:24.73	Evans	URS Dual	Atlanta	08-24-89
8:24.77*	Sarah Hardcastle, GBR	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh	07-29-86
8:24.94	Wickham	World Championships	West Berlin	08-28-78
8:24.95	Tiffany Cohen, USA	Olympics	Los Angeles	08-03-84
8:25.06	Brooke Bennett, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-28-99
8:25.52	Evans	Olympics	Barcelona	07-30-92
8:25.78	Michelle Ford, AUS	Commonwealth Games	Edmonton	08-05-78
8:26.34p	Bennett	Pan-Pacific Championships	Sydney	08-28-99
8:26.36	Bennett	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-13-97
8:26.37	Sheridan Lopez, AUS	Sundown Invitational	Mission Bay	05-30-88
8:26.38	Mohring	FRG Dual	Munich	08-26-87
8:26.52	Strauss	GDR Nationals	East Berlin	06-21-86
8:26.52s	Evans	U.S. Nationals	Orlando	03-26-88
8:26.86	Hayley Lewis, AUS	Pan-Pacific Championships	Kobe	08-15-93
8:26.95	Elford	AUS Olympic Trials	Sydney	05-14-88
8:27.07	Strauss	GDR Olympic Trials	Potsdam	07-23-88
8:27.24	Evans	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-05-92
8:27.35	Katja Hartmann, GDR	GDR Nationals	East Berlin	06-21-86
8:27.47s	Evans	Goodwill Games	Federal Way	07-23-90
8:27.48	Linehan	World Championships	Guayaquil	08-05-82
8:27.80	Marybeth Linzmeier, USA	U.S. Nationals	Brown Deer	08-13-81
8:27.82	Linehan	U.S. Winter Nationals	Austin	04-09-80
8:27.86	Linehan	U.S. "Olympic Trials"	Irvine	07-29-80
8:27.89	Bennett	Olympics	Atlanta	07-25-96
8:27.94a	Chen Yan, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-18-97
8:28.07	Strauss	GDR Nationals	Erfurt	06-20-87
8:28.07p	Strauss	Olympics	Seoul	09-23-88
8:28.08	Cohen	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	06-29-84
8:28.13p	Evans	Olympics	Seoul	09-23-88
8:28.24	Strauss	World Championships	Madrid	08-22-86
8:28.24	Strauss	European Championships	Bonn	08-19-89
8:28.27	Elford	AUS CG Trials	Adelaide	12-15-89
8:28.36	Strauss	GDR Nationals	Magdeburg	05-26-84
8:28.39	Cohen	U.S. Winter Nationals	Indianapolis	03-27-84
8:28.40	Mohring	GDR Nationals	Erfurt	06-20-87
8:28.44	Hartmann	World Championships	Madrid	08-22-86
8:28.47	Evans	Goodwill Games	Federal Way	07-20-90
8:28.59*	Irene Dalbey, NOR	European Championships	Bonn	08-19-89
8:28.69	Evans	Pan-Pacific Championships	Edmonton	08-25-91
8:28.71	Bennett	World Championships	Perth	01-17-98
8:28.78	Lewis	Pan-Pacific Championships	Atlanta	08-13-95
8:28.80	McDonald	AUS Nationals/OTs	Perth	04-05-92
8:28.82	Michelle Richardson, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	06-29-84
8:28.85	Linehan	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	06-29-84
8:28.90	Ford	Olympics	Moscow	07-27-80
8:28.91	Heike Friedrich, GDR	GDR Olympic Trials	Potsdam	07-23-88
8:28.92*	Christina Sossi, ITA	European Championships	Bonn	08-19-89
8:29.05	Wickham	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane	10-02-82
8:29.05"	Claudia Poll, CRC	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-13-97
8:29.06	Diana Munz, USA	Pan-Pacific Championships	Fukuoka	08-13-97
8:29.08s	Bennett	U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials	Nashville	07-26-97
8:29.11	Munz	U.S. Nationals	Federal Way	03-28-00
8:29.13	Mohring	GDR Nationals	Magdeburg	06-17-89
8:29.19	Hartmann	GDR Olympic Trials	Potsdam	07-23-88
8:29.21	Bennett	Pan-Pacific Championships	Atlanta	08-13-95
8:29.22	Strauss	NOK Meeting	East Berlin	02-02-87
8:29.24	Evans	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-05-92
8:29.35	Cynthia Woodhead, USA	World Championships	West Berlin	08-24-78
8:29.35	Strauss	Friendship Games	Moscow	08-24-84
8:29.48	Cohen	U.S. World Championship Trials	Mission Viejo	07-23-82
8:29.48p	Cohen	World Championships	Guayaquil	08-04-82
8:29.52	McDonald	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh	07-19-86
Remaining Top 81 Performers
8:29.91*	Dagmar Hase, GER	Olympics	Atlanta	07-25-96
8:30.00	Tami Bruce, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Austin	08-12-88
8:30.05	Erika Hansen, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-04-92
8:30.18	Stacey Gartrell, AUS	Commonwealth Games	Victoria	08-23-94
8:30.20	Grit Muller, GER	World Championships	Perth	01-12-91
8:30.31	Jana Henke, GER	World Championships	Perth	01-12-91
8:30.4-h	Leslie Daland, USA	Goodwill Games	Moscow	07-04-86
8:30.8-h	Kathy Hettche, USA	Goodwill Games	Moscow	07-04-86
8:30.84*	Kirsten Vileghuis, NED	Olympics	Atlanta	07-25-96
8:31.06	Kirsten Kielgass, GER	Olympics	Atlanta	07-25-96
8:31.08	Anke Sonnenbrodt, GDR	GDR Gala	East Berlin	03-31-83
8:31.20*	Flavia Rigamonti, SUI	SUI Nationals	Geneva	08-05-99
8:31.57	Ping Lou, CHN	Asian Games	Hiroshima	10-07-94
8:31.98	Kim Brown, USA	U.S. Nationals	Clovis	07-27-87
8:32.11p	Hua Chen, CHN	CHN National Games	Shanghai	10-18-97
8:32.15	Julia Jung, GER	GER Nationals	Warendorf	06-05-95
8:32.51	Donna Procter, AUS	AUS Winter Nationals	Melbourne	04-29-91
8:32.55	Ines Diers, GDR	Olympics	Moscow	07-27-80
8:32.56	Julie Kole, USA	U.S. Nationals	Los Angeles	08-04-89
8:32.61	Jackie Willmott, GBR	World Championships	Guayaquil	08-06-82
8:32.63*	Schiko Yamada, JPN	U.S. Open	San Antonio	12-04-99
8:32.68	Heidi Grein, GDR	European Jr. Championships	West Berlin	07-27-86
8:32.79	Carmela Schmidt, GDR	European Championships	Split	09-11-81
8:32.90*	Stela Pura, ROM	European Jr. Championships	West Berlin	06-24-86
8:33.42	Grit Richter, GDR	GDR "Olympic Trials"	Magdeburg	05-26-84
8:33.48	Heike Dahne, GDR	Olympics	Moscow	07-27-80
8:33.69	Guanbin Zhou, CHN	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-12-93
8:33.74*	Eri Yamanoi, JPN	JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials	Tokyo	06-14-97
8:33.79	Hannah Stockbauer, GER	European Championships	Istanbul	07-28-99
8:34.04	Debbie Babashoff, USA	World Championships	Madrid	08-22-86
8:34.16	Andrea Hayes, USA	U.S. Nationals	Clovis	07-27-87
8:34.32	Noemi Leung, ROM	Balkan Championships	Zagreb	07-13-87
8:34.48	Natalya Trefilova, URS	URS Olympic Trials	Moscow	07-16-88
8:34.56*	Isabelle Arnould, BEL	Olympics	Seoul	09-23-88
8:34.56	Sun Xuemei, CHN	CHN National Games	Beijing	09-12-93
8:34.57	Trina Jackson, USA	U.S. Nationals	Austin	07-26-93
8:34.65	Christina Teuscher, USA	U.S. Nationals	Pasadena	08-04-95
8:34.65	Kaitlin Sandeno, USA	Pan-Ams	Winnipeg	08-06-99
8:35.04	Petra Thumer, GDR	GDR Nationals	Leipzig	07-09-77
8:35.07	Florence Barker, USA	U.S. Nationals	Brown Deer	08-15-81
8:35.17	Petra Schneider, GDR	GDR Nationals	Erfurt	05-30-82
8:35.19	Anna McVann, AUS	Olympics	Los Angeles	08-02-84
8:35.48	Kim Small, USA	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	03-05-92
8:35.40p*	Annelie Strumenlieva, BUL	Olympics	Seoul	09-23-88