GOTHENBURG, Sweden, August 11. THE epicenter of Masters swimming was in Sweden last week as swimmers from all ages around the world converged on Gothenburg for the FINA World Masters Long Course Championships that took place July 31 – August 6. A fair amount of new FINA Masters World Records also went in the books during what proved to be a week of fast swimming.
Here's a list of the world records that fell:
World Records by Age Group:
Individual
25-29
Kamil Kasprowicz; New Record: 200 back (2:03.80); Old Record: Martin Harris (2:05.86), 1994
Kamil Kasprowicz; New Record: 200 IM (2:05.98); Old Record: Honza Vitazka (2:06.33), 2002
Linda Lund Kristiansen; New Record; 50 fly (27.90); Old Record: Marja Parssinen (28.09), 1998
30-34
Ioan Stefan Gherghel; New Record: 100 fly (54.19); Old Record: Oswaldo Quevedo (54.98), 2009
Ricardo Monasterio; New Record: 800 free (8:16.52); Old Record: Daniel Kowalski (8:18.76), 2009
35-39
Kirsten Cameron; New Record: 800 free (9:09.12); Old Record: Kirsten Cameron (9:11.15), 2008
40-44
Vlad Pyshnenko; New Record: 100 free (51.72); Old Record: Erik Hochstein (52.10), 2009
Vlad Pyshnenko; New Record: 200 free (1:53.65); Old Record: Michael Ross/Rich Saeger (1:55.06), 2009/2006
Edilson Silva Jr.; New Record: 50 back (27.38); Old Record: Michael Ross (27.47), 2008
Mark Vogel; New Record: 200 back (2:12.77); Old Record: Sean Murphy (2:13.37), 2006
50-54
Marcus Mattioli; New Record: 800 free (8:55.05); Old Record: Jim McConica (9:03.84), 2001
Marcus Mattioli; New Record: 400 IM (4:53.69); Old Record: Lorenzo Marugo (5:03.27), 2004
Marcus Mattioli; New Record: 200 fly (2:15.05); Old Record: Hugo Bregman (2:15.06), 2009
60-64
Charlotte Davis; New Record: 400 IM (6:08.99); Old Record: Brigitte Merten (6:22.61), 2006
Charlotte Davis; New Record: 200 IM (2:52.67); Old Record: Brigitte Merten (2:58.08), 2006
Sanderina Kruger; New Record: 200 free (2:29.54); Old Record: Rosario De Vivanco (2:31.50), 2009
65-69
Margit Ohlsson; New Record: 200 back (3:03.48); Old Record: Bonnie Pronk (3:06.41), 2008
Margit Ohlsson; New Record: 100 back (1:21.81); Old Record: Satoko Takeuji (1:24.67), 2007
Margit Ohlsson; New Record: 50 back (37.32); Old Record: Satoko Takeuji (37.54), 2009
Nobuko Yasuda; New Record: 200 breast (3:24.79); Old Record: Hannelore Rose (3:26.88), 2007
70-74
Christel Schulz; New Record: 200 free (2:48.03); Old Record: Yoshiko Osaki (2:49.80), 2008
85-89
Karl Hauter; New Record: 200 breast (4:13.81); Old Record: Thomas Maine (4:16.56), 2010, Hiromu Yoshimoto (4:22.99), 2000
Thomas Maine; New Record: 400 IM (8:34.37); Old Record: Karl Hauter (8:34.82), 2010
Thomas Maine; New Record: 200 IM (3:51.20); Old Record: Frank Piemme (3:51.88), 2010
Thomas Maine; New Record: 100 fly (1:55.18); Old Record; Thomas Maine (1:59.55), 2010
Thomas Maine; New Record: 200 fly (4:15.93); Old Record; Karl Hauter (4:46.99), 2010
90-94
Barbara Bohm; New Record: 200 breast (6:53.97); Old Record: Maria Lenk (6:57.76), 2005
95-99
Mieko Nagaoka; New Record: 800 free (31:37.24); Old Record: N/A
Mieko Nagaoka; New Record: 50 breast (2:50.35); Old Record: Rosa Sellares (4:20.32), 2005
Relays
120-159
Germany's Tina Mollenhauer, Timo Nolte, Nina-Christin Winter, Stephan Kunzelmann; New Record: mixed 200 medley relay (1:53.92); Old Record: Dallas Aquatic Masters (1:54.81), 2008
240-279
Germany's Antje Stille, Monika Senftleben, Brigitte Merten, Ruth Stubert; New Record: women's 200 medley relay (2:30.49); Old Record: Spencer (2:30.69), 2008